K-20 librarians interactive video conferencing

[Jennifer Oxenford <>]

Colleagues, 

[Apologies for cross-postings…]

Please join MAGPI for the Advanced Networks and High Performance Computing: The Big Data Challenge Virtual Symposium to be held Thursday February 7 from 1-4pm EST. 

Advanced research and education networks, such as Internet2, offer researchers and higher education faculty opportunities to connect to a diverse array of resources and "Big Data" and to collaborate with collaborators around the world toward some of the biggest challenges of our time across disciplines including genomics, bioinformatics, physics, and more. 

The MAGPI Advanced Networks and High Performance Computing: The Big Data Challenge Virtual Symposium aims to present current areas of research, pedagogy, and information technology best practices to higher education and research faculty, staff and administrators. The keynote and breakout sessions during this half-day symposium are designed to demonstrate to faculty and practitioners the range of HPC projects and resources that exist and how advancements in the HPC space can be applied to their own teaching and research activities. 

Participate in Two Ways: 

INTERACTIVE IVC SITES: Select H.323 interactive spots are available for organizations that would like to host faculty and staff to participate live in the event. To register to be an interactive H.323 site go to: http://magpi.net/Community/Programs/Advanced-Networks-and-High-Performance-Computing-Big-Data-Challenge

LIVE WEBSTREAM: To view the FREE live webstream of all sessions including breakouts simply go to: http://video.magpi.net/ and click on "live videos". No registration is required to watch the live web streams. Please note: If you are behind a firewall and having problems viewing the webstream you may need to open port 1935 TCP for video.magpi.net to work properly. If you continue to have problems with the webstream, contact your firewall administrator.

Remote viewers may send in questions or comments during the program via twitter to @magpik20 using hashtag #magpi_hpc or via Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/magpik20

Read Full Session Abstracts and Speakers' Bios at: http://magpi.net/Community/Programs/Advanced-Networks-and-High-Performance-Computing-Big-Data-Challenge

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Advanced Networks and High Performance Computing:The BIg Data Challenge 

Virtual Symposium Schedule

1:00 1:10 PM EST 

Welcome and Introductions 

Greg Palmer, Executive Director, MAGPI

1:10 - 1:50 PM EST  

Keynote Address - High Performance Computing at NOAA: Successes, Challenges, and Insights

Ron Bewtra, Technology Advisor, Head of IT Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

2:00 - 2:50 PM EST 

HPC at Lehigh and Beyond

Mike Chupa, Manager of Research Computing, Lehigh University 

3:00 - 3:50 PM EST 

The Computational Needs of Modern Genomics

Jeffrey Rosenfeld, Senior Scientific Programmer, University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey

Supercomputing for Atmospheric Sciences

Anke Kamrath, Director, Operations and Services Division, Computational & Information System Laboratory

More Information/Register: http://magpi.net/Community/Programs/Advanced-Networks-and-High-Performance-Computing-Big-Data-Challenge

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Please feel free share this information with anyone you think might be interested in your communities. Thank you! 

Best, 

Jennifer

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Jennifer Oxenford

Manager, Member Relations & Communications

MAGPI

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