The SC07 Education Program will be held Saturday, November 10th, through Tuesday, November 13th in Reno, Nevada.

SC07 Education Program Schedule

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Plenary Session

Research on the Effectiveness of Computational Science Education - Chad Thompson (Krell Institute) Computational Science Concept Map – Steve Gordon (Ohio Supercomputer Center)

Parallel Sessions: Desktop to Grid Computing Across the Disciplines

Environmental Science - Paul Gray (University of Northern Iowa)
Chemistry - Shawn Sendlinger (North Carolina Central University) Biology - Jeff Krause (Shodor)
Physics - Dave Joiner (Kean University) & Rubin Landau (Oregon State University) Mathematics - Bob Panoff (Shodor)
Parallel Computing - Charlie Peck (Earlham College)
Computational Fluid Dynamics - Jim Giuliani (Ohio Supercomputer Center) & Steve Gordon (Ohio Supercomputer Center)

Plenary Session: Pathways Reports of Domain Activities

Physics - Norman Chonacky (Yale University), David Winch (CiSE) & Richard Glass (University of Cincinnati)
Chemistry - Shawn Sendlinger (North Carolina Central University) Biology - Jeff Krause (Shodor)
Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences - Steve Beck (Louisiana State University), Vernon Burton (University of Illinois) & Ahmed Lacevic (Social Explorer) Engineering - Steve Gordon (Ohio Supercomputer Center) & Steve Stevenson (Clemson University)

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Parallel Sessions, Group 1

Introduction to 3D Scientific Visualization - Jeff Sale (San Diego Supercomputer Center) LPCE - Creating a System Wider Model for Serving Students with Print-Related Disabilities in Post Secondary Settings - Christopher Lee (University of Georgia) LPCE - High Performance Computing for Everyone Regardless of Disability - Richard Ladner (University of Washington) Agent Systems - Bob Panoff (Shodor)
Systems Dynamics - Dave Joiner (Kean University) Numerical Systems - Dan Warner (Clemson University) Grid Computing - Alina Bejan (University of Chicago/Argonne National Laboratory), Ben Clifford (University of Chicago/Argonne National Laboratory), Mike Wilde (University of Chicago/Argonne National Laboratory)
nano-based Education Through Generation-nano.org and nanoHUB.org - Gerhard Klimeck (Purdue University) & Alejandra Magana (Purdue University)

Parallel Sessions, Group 2

Mashup Madness: An Introduction to GIS and Map Mashups - Jeff Sale (San Diego Supercomputer Center)
LPCE - Overview of issues and opportunities using computational science for LPCE with an emphasis on available applications for STEM instruction - Kent Robertson (Shodor)
Assessment of the Student Learning Process in Computational Science - Gypsy Abbott (University of Alabama at Birmingham) Maya - Autodesk Staff
Creating Java Simulations for Physics Teaching with Easy Java Simulations - Wolfgang Christian (Davidson College) MetaVerses - Tom Murphy (Contra Cost College), Charlie Peck (Earlham College), Jessie Puls (University of Northern Iowa)

Monday, November 12, 2007

Plenary Session

Empowering students as computational science professionals - Angela Shiflet (Wofford College) DoD Programs - Valerie Thomas (DoD HPC Modernization Program) SC07 Conference Highlights
  • Technical Program - Harvey Wasserman (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) - Presentation (PPT)

Parallel Sessions, Group 1

Chemistry - Clyde Metz (College of Charleston) & Shawn Sendlinger (North Carolina Central University) Biology - Jeff Krause (Shodor) Physics - Dave Joiner (Kean University) & Rubin Landau (Oregon State University) Computer Science - Tom Murphy (Contra Costa College) & Charlie Peck (Earlham College)
Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences - Steve Beck (Louisiana State University), Vernon Burton (NCSA, University of Illinois) & Ahmed Lacevic (Social Explorer) Computation to Enable, Enlighten, and Enliven Mathematics Exploration - Bob Panoff (Shodor) & Angela Shiflet (Wofford College)

Parallel Sessions, Group 2

Getting Started with TeraGrid Resources and Science Gateways - Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (TeraGrid), Shaowen Wang (National Center for Supercomputer Applications), Stephenie McLean (RENCI), Dennis Gannon (Indiana University), Choonhan Youn (San Diego Supercomputing Center) Matlab Tutorial - Cleve Moler (Mathworks)
Web 2.0 for e-science - Geoffrey Fox and Marlon Pierce (Indiana University)
Condor - Renato Figueiredo (University of Florida) and Henry Neeman (Oklahoma University) Monte Carlo in Reno: Playing Russian Roulette in Science: Chances Are Your Chances Aren't - Bob Panoff (Shodor) & Michael Mascagni (Florida State University)

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Parallel Sessions, Group 1

HPC University Resources & CSERD-NSDL Resources - Mary Ann Leung (e-SciTek, LLC), Laura McGinnis (Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center) & Bob Panoff (Shodor)
Interactions in Understanding the Universe - Thomas Loughran (University of Notre Dame) Bootable Cluster CD (BCCD) - Dave Joiner (Kean University)
Getting Started Using Open Science Grid Resources - Alina Bejan (University of Chicago), Ben Clifford (University of Chicago), Mike Wilde (Argonne National Laboratory)
Collaboration Tools - Kevin Hunter (Earlham College) & Charlie Peck (Earlham College)

Parallel Sessions, Group 2

Computational Models in Science Teaching - Jenda Domaracki (Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center), Pallavi Ishwad (Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center) & Joel Stiles (Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center)
GISolve - Shaowen Wang (National Center for Supercomputer Applications)

Student Program

Supercomputing in Plain English Overview - Henry Neeman (Oklahoma University) Supercomputing in Plain English: High Throughput Computing - Henry Neeman (Oklahoma University)

BOFs

HPC University - Laura McGinnis (Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center)