CENTER FOR COMPUTATION & TECHNOLOGY

# Important Dates: # ## May 13 - May 19 ## + Michael Garland, University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (5/14 - 5/16) + Bjarne Stroustrup, Texas A&M University (5/18 - 5/20) + CCT Colloquium Series: Bjarne Stroustrup, May 19, 2006, Room 338 Johnston Hall, 3:00 p.m. May 20 - May 26 + CCT canoe trip Saturday, May 20 to the Okatomoa River + Shantenu Jha, University College, London (5/22 - 5/26) + John Wooley, University of California, San Diego (5/24 - 5/26) + CactusEinstein Workshop, May 22-26, 2006 + Visions for Quantitative Biology: John Wooley, May 25, 2006, Room and Time TBA + CCT Colloquium Series: Kamran Abdollahi, May 26, 2006, Room 338 Johnston Hall, 3:00 p.m. + Kamran Abdollahi, Southern University (5/26) ## Please Note… ## * Congratulations Alex Nagelberg, Dylan Stark, and Elena Caraba who all secured great internships this summer. Alex and Dylan will be working at Argonne National Laboratory, and Elena will be at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. * For more information on the CCT canoe trip, please visit . * Katie Lea was promoted to the position of Education & Outreach Manager. Katie will be taking these duties on effective immediately, taking on the role from Kathy Traxler, who is now the CCT representative leading the training efforts for the combined efforts of ITS and CCT. * The All CCT meeting for May will be held at 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 30th. We are planning something special, so you'll want to be at this meeting for sure. Mark your calendars and leave time for two or more hours. * If you have any news for the CCT Weekly, please send it to . ## CCT in the News and News Releases ## * LSU computer agencies create partnership, The Advocate (5/17/06) * SURAgrid Program to Expand in South, SURA, (5/16/06) # Grant Information # ## FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OF INTEREST ## NSF: RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES: Due June 7th, 2006. Web: NNSA: PREDICTIVE SCIENCE ACADEMIC ALLIANCE PROGRAM: Preliminary proposals due July 17th, 2006. Web: http://www.llnl.gov/ASC/alliances/psaap/ NSF: CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE TRAINING, OUTREACH, EDUCATION, ADVANCEMENT, AND MENTORING FOR OUR 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCE (CI-TEAM): Due September 15th, 2006. Web: LA Board of Regents EPSCoR Proposal: Due June 28, 2005. Notice of Intent due May 31, 2006. Web: FOR JUNIOR FACULTY: NSF CAREER grants. Due dates July, 2006. See the NSF website for more details: NNSA: Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program: Expressions of Interest due July 17, 2006. Full proposal due November 30, 2006. Web: _________________________________________ # IMPORTANT GRANTS ADMINISTRATION UPDATE # In an effort to streamline the proposal routing and approval process, the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) has developed the Sponsored Programs System (SPS). SPS is a web-based proposal routing and approval system, which will be implemented campus-wide on September 1, 2006. If you attend one of the training sessions prior to September 1, you will be able to use this new system. Register for the 1-hour session at: _______________________________________________ # UPCOMING PROPOSAL DEADLINES # ## SCI VIZ CHALLENGE REMINDER: ## Entries to NSF's Scientific Visualization Challenge are due May 31. Website: NSF CI-TEAM: June 5, 2006 NASA BEYOND EINSTEIN: June 2, 2006 Contact info for grant questions: Carrie Brinkley, 205 Johnston 8-1294 _______________________________________________ _"Energy and persistence conquer all things. "_ > ~ Benjamin Franklin _Prepared by Gina Palermo, LSU's Center for Computation & Technology_

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05-13-2006