This is the April 2003 newsletter of the ITC Research Computing Support Group. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the information presented here, please contact the ITC Research Computing Support Group via e-mail to res-consult@virginia.edu, or at the Research Computing Support Center (RCSC), 244 Wilson Hall, 243-8800. The RCSC is open 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday.
The Research Computing Support Center will be hosting a series of colloquia as the new year starts. All talks will be from 3:30pm to 4:45pm in the Research Computing Support Center, Wilson Hall, Room 244. Please join us for:
The Research Computing Support Center can teach introductory workshops on SAS, SPSS, and S-PLUS statistical packages, as well as any of the other research software supported by ITC. The scheduled workshops for these three statistical packages have already occurred for this spring semester. However, we are available to teach the workshop, or some component of it, if there are several people interested in taking the workshop. We can tailor it to your group's specific needs. For example, if you are an instructor, we could tailor an introductory workshop to your class's needs; please e-mail res-consult@virginia.edu, or call the Research Computing Support Center at 243-8800 for more information.
Insightful Corporation, home of the statistical software package S-PLUS, also offers training courses for users of S-PLUS from the beginner to the seasoned professional. Seats are available for several S-PLUS courses being presented in 2003. You can view the details of all upcoming courses on the Insightful Website at http://www.insightful.com/services/schedule.asp.
Please plan to join us for a presentation on Watsyn on Wednesday, April 23, at 11:00 AM at the ITC Research Computing Support Center, 244 Wilson Hall. Food and drink will be provided.
Watsyn is the first fully integrated implementation platform for medical application development and deployment targeted at the mainstream medical industry. Watsyn is a product of Research Systems, Inc., makers of IDL (Interactive Data Language) software site-licensed at U.Va.
Fashioned after the "drag-n-drop" development paradigm pioneered by Visual Basic, Watsyn software allows you to quickly assemble sophisticated image-centric medical applications. Integrated DICOM and a rapid-application-development environment promote productivity while the support of COM and workflow management ensures application interoperability.
With the palette of pre-built modules, a clinical user can graphically assemble and configure applications tailored to specific needs. The palette of modules supports a variety of modality types and addresses the needs of most medical specialties, including PACS, NM, PET, 3D, radiation oncology and surgical planning. With these modules, one can create a virtually unlimited variety of modality, organ or disease specific applications across a range of uses including research, screening, diagnosis, staging and treatment. Additional information is available at http://watsyn.com/watsyn/.
Who: Debbie Doyle, Chris Chase - Watsyn Account Team
What: Technical presentation and demonstration of Watsyn
Where: ITC Research Computing Support Center, Wilson 244
When: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM, April 23rd, 2003
How: Registration is required to attend this meeting, please use the
following URL to register
http://rsinc.com/webinar/d.asp?classid=651
If you have questions about this presentation, please send mail res-consult@virginia.edu or contact us at 243-8800.
Katherine Holcomb is the newest addition to the Research
Computing Support Center staff.
Katherine has a Ph.D. in Physics, and joins the RCSC after several years
here at U.Va. working in the Computer Science department with the
Legion Grid Computing project. She also has worked as a Scientific
Applications Programmer at the National Center for Atmospheric
Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.
Katherine will be working in ITC-Wilson Hall, Room 202. Her e-mail
address is kah3f@virginia.edu.
ITC manages the site license for the Maple system, an advanced, mathematical
problem solving and programming environment. In addition to the research computing
application Maple, Waterloo offers several products of interest to post-secondary
educators and information management professionals.
Waterloo Maple is now soliciting participation in testing of Maple T.A., a
Web-based assessment and teaching software product in the pilot stage. Maple
T.A. offers a Web-based system for creating tests, assignments, and exercises,
automatically assessing student responses and performance. Maple T.A. can be
used in the classroom and as part of complex distance-education initiatives.
Unlike traditional assessment systems, Maple T.A. supports complex, freeform
entry and intelligent evaluation of responses, making this system ideal for
mathematics, science, or any course that requires mathematics. If your department
has interest in participating in a pilot study, please contact Maple directly
at bizdev@maplesoft.com.
Waterloo Maple will conduct free Web demonstrations of Maple T.A., their upcoming
product for creating online Maple-graded exams and assignments. All you need
to participate is a Web browser and a telephone. Seminars on Maplets Programming
and Maple in Mathematics Education will also be hosted throughout the Spring.
To view the current schedule and to register for a session, visit the Website
at https://maplesoft.webex.com/.
If you are new to Web seminars and would rather attend a session conducted
by Research Computing, please contact us. The schedule is as follows:
ITC is pleased to announce the availability of Mailman, a new
web-based interface for making and managing email lists. Whether
you need to create a mailing list for a U.Va. committee, a project,
a department, or a chartered student organization, Mailman can
help you set it up in no time! If you are already using a mail
list set up under the old Majordomo system, you can quickly
convert it to a Mailman list and use the new interface to manage
it. Beginning August 1, 2003 all new lists will be created as
Mailman lists. Until that time, Mailman is recommended for list
management, and any new lists created will be Mailman lists
unless Majordomo is specifically requested. Majordomo service
will be retired on January 1, 2004.
Using Mailman, you can easily
and more! To find out more about Mailman, including how to request
a new list, please visit
http://www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/email/mailing-lists/mailman.html.
Abstracts requested by: May 30, 2003
Mallett Technology is proud to continue the tradition of organizing the
ANSYS Users' Conference for the Mid-Atlantic region. The goal of the
conference is to provide a forum for an open exchange of finite element
modeling ideas with an emphasis on the areas of best practices, challenging
and innovative uses of the ANSYS program and techniques used to improve the
productivity of an analyst.
Mallett Technology invites all ANSYS users to submit papers for
presentation at the conference. Any area of application of the ANSYS
program would be appropriate. The various applications will be grouped in
presentations sessions based on the disciplines involved.
Authors are requested to submit abstracts by May 30, 2003 to Mr. David J.
Power. Abstracts should clearly state the author's purpose, results, and
conclusions in the final paper. Notification of acceptance will be given by
June 30, 2003 and final manuscripts of papers are due before August 31,
2003. All papers accepted for presentation will be published on the
conference CDROM. Abstracts should be sent electronically as a Word or RTF,
or PDF file. For further information regarding conference papers please
contact either Dr. Abed M. Khaskia or Mr. David J. Power.
Conference contacts
Mr. David J. Power
Dr. Abed M. Khaskia
Join your fellow professionals in the health and human services community
to discuss the well-being of our world. The theme for 2003 is "GIS in Health
- Changing the Way We Think and Act."
Learn more and register at http://www.esri.com/events/health.
The Maple Summer Workshop is an annual international meeting that brings together
members of the Maple community to share techniques and innovative uses of Maple
in education, research, and industry. The workshop will be at the Wilfred Laurier
University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
For more information on the Workshop, please visit http://www.maplesoft.com/msw.
The Ninth ACM SIGKDD
International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining will take place
August 24 - 27, 2003 in Washington, DC KDD is the leading international conference
on knowledge discovery and data mining, and provides a forum for academic researchers
and industry and government practitioners to share their research and experience.
It will feature keynote presentations, oral paper presentations, poster presentations,
workshops, tutorials, and panels, as well as the KDD Cup competition. For conference
details, visit http://www.acm.org/sigkdd/kdd2003/.
The Springer Verlag Computer, Physics and Astronomy sale
for Spring 2003 is now underway at the U.Va. Bookstore.
Over 180 selected titles in computers, physics, astronomy
and related areas of interest are available at substantial
discounts off of the list prices.
Faculty, staff, TA, and departmental discounts apply in
addition to Springer's discounts.
The bookstore will send you a printed version of the
catalog, through U.Va. Messenger Mail, if you e-mail them at
bookshop@virginia.edu.
The sale will run through June 15, 2003.
Questions: call 434-924-1073 or e-mail
bookshop@virginia.edu.
Maple Web Demonstrations Continue in April
Maplets Programming with Karen Ranger (45 minutes)
Maplets Programming with Karen Ranger (45 minutes)
Mailman List Manager Now Available
Call for Papers: Mallett Technology ANSYS Users' Conference
Conference: October 8, 2003, The Inn and Conference Center, University
of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Mallett Technology Inc.
4601 Creekstone Drive, Suite 112
Durham, NC 27703
Phone: 919/474-9222 x11
Fax: 919-474-9223
Email: dpower@rtp.mallett.com
Mallett Technology Inc.
14900 Sweitzer Lane, Suite 202
Laurel, Maryland 20707, USA
Phone: (301) 725-0060 x 10
Fax: (301) 725-0061
Email: akhaskia@wdc.mallett.com
ESRI International Health Conference, May 4-7, 2003, in Arlington, VA
Maple Summer Workshop 2003, July 13-15, 2003, in Waterloo, Ontario
ACM SIGKDD Conference, August 24-27, in Washington, DC
Springer Verlag Computer, Physics, and Astronomy Book Sale
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