This is the March 2002 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 9AM to 5PM, Monday through Friday.
Join the members of the ITC Research Computing Support Group for our Spring 2002 Brownbag series. Each Brownbag is held at 12 noon at the Research Computing Support Center (244 Wilson Hall), usually on the third Wednesday of the month. Bring your lunch, we'll supply the drinks and cookies. The notes from previous Brownbag talks are available on ITCWeb at www.itc.virginia.edu/research/talks/
Learn about the trends and key issues in high-performance computing in the
21st century from industry leaders and successful users. This one-day event
will focus on the technical and management aspects of supercomputing to help
you achieve real-world organizational objectives. A half-day focusing on topics
and information of particular interest to managers and executives will be followed
by a half-day of technical sessions.
This event will be held beginning at 7:30 AM on Thursday, March 21 at the Hilton
Hotel, Tyson's Corner, McLean VA. There is no charge for this event, but space
is limited, so register today! For details on this one day high performance
computing conference and registration go to: http://www.sgievent.com/HPCU/
or call 800-958-4554. You can register for "Morning Executive Presentations",
"Afternoon Technical Workshops", or the full day.
HPC UNIVERSITY is sponsored by Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI), HPCwire, and RAYTHEON.
ESRI's current releases of ArcGIS 8.1.2 (ArcView 8.1.2, ArcEditor 8.1.2, ArcInfo
8.1.2, and ArcSDE 8.1.2) are now available on CD from the Research Computing
Support Center in Room 244 Wilson Hall.
ArcGIS 8.1.2 is a service release of ArcGIS 8.1. It contains performance improvements, maintenance fixes,
and adds support for Windows XP (Home Edition and Professional). Some of the improvements in ArcGIS 8.1.2
include TIFF performance improvements, ArcSDE query optimizations, additional projections, and Euro
Dollar symbol support.
ArcGIS 8.1.2 is a complete install that includes all the improvements of ArcGIS 8.1 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
As a result, you do not have to install ArcGIS 8.1 SP1 before installing ArcGIS 8.1.2.
This MINITAB update replaces files shipped with the English-language version of MINITAB 13.1, 13.2, and
13.3x for Windows. This update also includes all other MINITAB 13 updates that were formerly available on
the MINITAB maintenance website.
In addition to a number of corrections and cosmetic updates, MINITAB Release 13.32 includes a new
probability distribution, the Triangular Distribution, available from the menu commands Calc > Random
Data > Triangular and Calc > Probability Distributions > Triangular. This distribution is useful when you
have three types of information -- minimum value, maximum value, most likely value -- about a random
value such as cycle time. These three parameters define the triangular distribution. The density of this
distribution is in the shape of a triangle.
You can obtain detailed information and download this update from http://www.minitab.com/support/maintenance/index.htm
Those of you who teach Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) or want to learn more about it and encourage your students to use the free student edition of LISREL from the Scientific Software International (SSI) website will be interested in an introductory tutorial on the use of the LISREL student edition also available from the SSI website. This tutorial, Getting Started with the Student Edition of LISREL 8.51, has been produced by Dr. Gerhard Mels, who is responsible for LISREL technical support at SSI. You can download the document as well as the free student edition of Lisrel 8.51 from http://www.ssicentral.com/other/entry.htm