This is the February 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 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. If you are an instructor
and would like an introductory workshop tailored to your class's needs on any
of our fully-supported packages (e.g., SAS, Matlab, Maple) please e-mail res-consult@virginia.edu,
or call the Research Computing Support Center at 243-8800.
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 "SAS System Help" uses a Web browser to display help (e.g.,
Netscape or Internet Explorer). If, when you try to open "SAS System Help,"
in the HELP Menu, the following error message appears:
A URL similar to the following appears in the Address field: For additional information about SAS Hotfixes, how to tell what's been applied,
why to apply them, etc., please see the Webpage at http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/faq.html.
If you have questions or concerns about SAS, please contact the Research Computing
Support Center at 243-8800 or Res-Consult@Virginia.EDU.
In January 2003, ITC announced a major upgrade of the SecureCRT software from
version 3.4.6 to version 4.0.2. SecureCRT is a telnet program from Van Dyke
Technologies that provides data encryption and secure login capabilities. We
encouraged users of versions prior to 3.4.6 to upgrade their SecureCRT installations
to close known security holes. (Please see the announcement at http://www.itc.virginia.edu/pubs/announcements/items/itc-securecrt4.html
for more details about the features of version 4.0.2.)
Version 4.0.3 is now available and it fixes a bug in the client program that
did not scrub user names, passwords, and pass phrases in memory after their
use.
To find out more about SecureCRT, please visit ITC's SecureCRT information
site at http://www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/securecrt/.
For more information on VASUG or to contact an officer visit the VASUG Web
page at http://www.vasug.org/.
Research Computing Spring Colloquia
The notes from these colloquia as well as previous ones are available on ITCWeb
at www.itc.virginia.edu/research/talks/
SPSS has recently released two new versions, 11.5 for Windows and 11.0 for
Mac OS-X. We haven't received the software yet for distribution, but should
have it by mid-February in time for this talk. We'll overview the new features
and procedures of these new versions. Cancelled - we didn't receive the
software yet.
This talk will provide an overview on using the TotalView debugger for either
serial or parallel programs written in C, C++, or Fortran (77 and 90). Further
information about the TotalView Debugger can be found on the Web page at http://www.itc.virginia.edu/research/totalview.
SAS 9.1 is coming sometime in the first half of 2003. This talk will provide
an overview of new features in SAS with special attention to the Output Delivery
System (ODS).
HES Seminar on February 12, 2003
You are invited to
join the Department of Health Evaluation Sciences for a seminar entitled "Information
Seeking in the NICU: Drowning in the Data Stream?" on Wednesday, February 12.
Patrick Brown, M.D., of the U.Va. School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics
is the speaker. The talk takes place at 4:00pm in Classroom A in the Department
of Health Evaluation Sciences. For more information, e-mail Irene Mullins at imb5e@virginia.edu.
SAS 8.2 HELP Error in Windows
If you are running
SAS 8.2 for Windows on Windows XP, and possibly certain versions of Windows 2000
or ME, you may need to apply the following patch to make the SAS Help work correctly.
The page cannot be found
Other error messages that might appear are as follows:
"http://
The SAS Web Server has encountered an error.
Then you need get the SAS HotFix to repair this problem. For details about the
problem and links to the SAS HotFix that resolves it, please see the Webpage at
http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/007/007766.html.
HTTP/1.1 404 Not found SecureCRT Upgraded to Version 4.0.3
Virginia SAS Users Group Meeting on February 19, 2003
The next VASUG meeting is in the planning stages and scheduled for February 19,
2003. Newcomers are welcome, and members who would like to present a topic should
let one of the other officers know as soon as possible.
SAS SUGI 28 Conference: Proven Technology for Changing Times
SAS
Users Group International (SUGI) 28 -- Proven Technology for Changing Times
conference will be held March 30-April 2, 2003 in Seattle, Washington. Register
now at:
http://www6.sas.com/redirect.jsp?cmID=3DC15655L20495U172288=20
There's still time to get the early bird discount for the upcoming SAS Users Group International (SUGI) 28th Annual Conference! You have until Friday, February 28, to take advantage of the lowest possible registration fees, so act now! To find out what's in store for this year's conference, visit: http://www6.sas.com/redirect.jsp?cmid=3DC15655L20496U172288
Complete conference information, including the schedule of over 400 paper presentations, demos and training courses are now available. You can even create your own personal schedule via the Web site! Don't miss this valuable opportunity to network with your colleagues and SAS staff, gather information on the latest solutions and best practices, learn new techniques in the hands-on workshops and see the future of SAS software.
July 13-15, 2003 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.
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. The abstract
submission deadline is February 21, 2003 (12 noon PST), and the paper submission
deadline is February 28, 2003 (12 noon PST). For conference details or to submit
a research paper, visit http://www.acm.org/sigkdd/kdd2003/.
Maple Summer Workshop 2003
Wilfred Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
ACM SIGKDD Conference, August 24-27, in Washington, DC
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