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• Training: Introduction to High Performance Computing Administration

  Mar 2, 2018 7:30 am358 views

  Introductory Workshop

  May 14-18, 2018

  University of Nebraska – Holland Computing Center, Lincoln, NE

  If you are a Linux system administrator new to HPC, this is the workshop for you!  In just five days you will:

  Learn HPC system administration concepts and technologies and how to apply themGet hands-on skills building a small test cluster in lab sessionsHear real-life stories and get to ask experts questions in panel discussions

  More information: http://linuxclustersinstitute.org/workshops/intro18/

  Register: http://linuxclustersinstitute.org/workshops/intro18/register.php

• Scientific Software Development: PETSc and MOOSE Workshop

  Apr 9, 2018 8:15 am104 views

  This workshop, held May 15, 2018 at 9am, will teach students components and methods for modern scientific software and model development. This event offers hands-on lectures and tutorials by the developers of the major software packages PETSc and MOOSE. Topics will include numerical modeling, finite element modeling, multiphysics simulation and integrating components into a target software application.

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  Finding Solutions with Research IT: Research IT Consultants enable one equine researchers’ progress with U of I Box

  Jun 19, 2018 10:15 am90 views

  Connecting researchers to the right technology and resources for their needs is one of the main initiatives of the new Research IT program launched by Technology Services in Spring 2018. With the help of two Research IT consultants, one researcher was able to solve a long-standing problem that was hindering her progress.

• Illinois REDCap now available campus-wide

  May 20, 2019 4:30 pm64 views

  IHSI is pleased to announce the campus-wide launch of Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap), the renowned data collection and management application, at Illinois. REDCap is now available for investigators across the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus.

  If you would like to use Illinois REDCap for your research project, please visithealthinstitute.illinois.edu/REDCap and submit the Illinois REDCap user request form.

  LEARN MORE ABOUT ILLINOIS REDCAP

• Random Walks on Career Paths with Melanie Loots

  Mar 2, 2018 11:30 am55 views

  All are invited to join Women@NCSA on Wednesday, March 7, from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in NCSA room 1040 for a talk by Melanie Loots.

  The former NCSA Senior Associate Director now serves as the Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at Illinois.Melanie will share the story of her career and offer career advice from the lessons she’s learned. Drinks and refreshments will be provided.

• Fall Update - a message from Deputy CIO for Research IT, John Towns

  Aug 21, 2018 12:30 pm45 views

  As we return from summer activities and embark on a new academic year, I want to share some recent efforts and planned activities for Technology Services' Research IT team with the campus research community. Based on the proposal to campus entitled, A Bold Investment in Research for the University of Illinois, and the subsequent document, Prioritizing a Bold Investment in Research for the University of Illinois, Research IT has made incremental but steady progress in establishing new research-enabling capabilities for our campus community.

• Reminder: Early-Bird Registration Period Ending Soon for 2018 Linux CIuster Institute (LCI) Introductory Workshop

  Apr 10, 2018 1:45 pm40 views

  Register now for the LCI Introductory Workshop before the early-bird registration period ends on April 22! LCI will continue to accept registrations after April 22, but the fee will increase.

  Introductory Workshop

  May 14-18, 2018

  University of Nebraska – Holland Computing Center

  Lincoln, NE

  Intermediate Workshop

  August 13-17, 2018

  Yale University

  New Haven, CT

• Conducting Research in Modern Society: Making Science Reproducible and Transparent

  Mar 9, 2018 11:00 am39 views

  Conducting Research in Modern Society: Making Science Reproducible and Transparent presented by the Illinois Health Sciences Institute.

  David Mellor from the Center of Open Science

  March 29, 2018, 4-5pm

  Beckman Institute Auditorium

• Undergraduate Research Symposium - April 19

  Apr 18, 2018 2:15 pm36 views

  The annual Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held Thursday, April 19 from 9am-4:30pm in the Illini Ballroom, Rooms A, B, and C.

• NCSA & DIA hosting sports and data analysis colloquium

  Nov 20, 2018 9:15 am32 views

  Join NCSA on December 7th from 11 am - 12 pm as we dive into the world of athletic data analysis with Illinois' Director of Athletics Josh Whitman, Head Baseball Coach Dan Hartleb, Assistant Football Coach Kingsley Osei-Asibey, Associate Athletic Director Randy Ballard, Associate Director of Athletics, Sports Technology Nick Rogers, and NCSA's own Rob Sisneros. Register here. 

• Software Carpentry—Women in Biology (April 5–6)

  Mar 21, 2018 12:15 pm30 views

  What basic computing skills do I need as a researcher? How do I maintain my research code?

  How can I quickly and automatically process my experimental data?

  This two-day workshop will cover the skills you need to succeed as all fields become data-driven:

  Scripting for task and data management

  Data analysis and programming with RData Management

  Version control with Git and more . . .

• Globus Two-day Training

  May 15, 2018 9:30 am27 views

  When: June 11-12

  Where: NCSA 1030

  Cost: $0

  Why Attend? Learn how the Globus platform simplifies development of web applications for researchers. Experiment with new Globus services and APIs. Exchange ideas with peers on ways to apply Globus technologies. Expand your knowledge of Globus administration features

  The schedule is available at https://www.globusworld.org/tour/program?c=13

• Introduction to ORCID for Research Administrators: What, Why, How?

  Sep 5, 2018 8:45 am26 views

  Tues., Sept. 11, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

  Grainger Engineering Library

  2nd floor conference room “Commons”

• Training in Digital Methods for Humanists Fellowships

  May 9, 2018 9:30 am25 views

  IPRH announces the second cycle of a three-year competition for Faculty Fellowships that support Training in Digital Methods for Humanists (TDMH), a pilot program funded by the Investment for Growth Initiative of the Offices of the Provost and the Vice Chancellor for Research.

• Leveraging Tech Services for Bio Imaging Research

  Mar 2, 2018 11:15 am19 views

  The Bio Imaging Lab at Beckman Institute decreased their processing time from over 260 days to just a few hours by leveraging Amazon Web Services at Illinois, provided by Technology Services. This is their story.

   

• Design Research: Kim Erwin and Jerry Krishnan with Carle Illinois Faculty

  Mar 26, 2018 11:15 am19 views

  The FAA Design Research Initiative presents Kim Erwin and Jerry Krishnan, “You Don’t Get Points for Novelty: Design Research for Health Care,” a panel discussion with Kesh Kesavadas, Jenny Amos, and Stan Ruecker. March 29, 4-5 p.m., NCSA Auditorium. Reception immediately afterwards.

• iDSI Community Engagement Breakfast Invitation

  Apr 4, 2018 8:30 am18 views

  You are invited to join us at the iDSI Community Engagement Working Group Breakfast.

  April 11, 2018

  8:30-10:30am

  Illini Union 210

• Digital Humanities Summer Institute 2018

  Jan 10, 2018 3:00 pm13 views

  Proposals are now being accepted for presentations at the DHSI Conference & Colloquium, to be held in June 2018 alongside classes at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute, University of Victoria. Open to all, the DHSI Conference & Colloquium offers an opportunity to present research and projects within an engaging, collegial atmosphere. Participation comes free with DHSI registration, and contributors not planning to register for a DHSI course can join for a modest participation fee of $150 CDN.

• MATLAB license now available for undergraduates

  Aug 20, 2018 10:30 am13 views

  As you start the new semester make sure you have all the right tools. The University of Illinois WebStore is now able to provide MATLAB  to all students, faculty and staff as a virtual application through our University wide CITRIX service. For only $20 a semesterstudents can now analyze data, develop algorithms, and create models using MATLAB.

  To obtain access, first, visit WebStore and purchase the MATLAB Virtual Application for Students offer. Then, follow the instructions in your WebStore Order History for access to the software.

  For more information about what's included in the new license, visit WebStore’s News Items. If you have questions about the new MATLAB license, contact webstore@illinois.edu.

• 2018 February Newsletter

  Mar 2, 2018 11:30 am12 views

  View the February newsletter online.

• Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing Registration Extended

  Mar 5, 2018 4:00 pm12 views

  Designed to train the next generation of supercomputer users, the Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing (ATPESC) is scheduled for its sixth year in the Chicago area from July 29 - August 10. Deadline extended to March 15.

• Scholarly Commons Open House

  Oct 5, 2018 12:30 pm8 views

  You are invited to the Scholarly Commons Open House

  October 9. 4:00-5:30 in 220 Main Library

• The Social Media Macroscope

  Jan 10, 2018 2:30 pm7 views

  The Social Media Analytics team is moving forward with plans for a cross-campus partnership with Indiana University on the Social Media Macroscope. The Social Media Macroscope will provide researchers with one-stop access to tools to collect, analyze and store social data for research and reproducibility.

• NSF-sponsored Workshop to Focus on Data Lifecycle Training

  Mar 2, 2018 11:15 am7 views

  For today’s graduate and post-doctoral students, conducting research often starts by trying to make sense of the many tools, technologies, and work environments used in data-intensive research and computing.

  NSF Cyber Carpentry Workshop: Data Lifecycle Training

  July 16-27 at University of North Carolina

  Travel and accommodations provided. Applications due March 15.

• Training: Intermediate High Performance Computing Administration

  Mar 2, 2018 7:30 am7 views

  Intermediate Workshop

  August 13-17, 2018

  Yale University, New Haven, CT

  If you have some experience as an HPC system administrator and want to expand your skills, this is the workshop for you! In just five days you will:

  Strengthen your overall knowledge of HPC system administrationFocus in depth on file systems and storage, HPC networks, and job schedulersGet hands-on training and discuss real-life stories with experienced HPC administrators

  Those who have attended an Introductory LCI workshop in the past are especially encouraged to attend!

  More information: http://linuxclustersinstitute.org/workshops/interm18/

  Register: http://linuxclustersinstitute.org/workshops/interm18/register.php

• What is UC2B?

  Jan 10, 2018 2:30 pm6 views

  UC2B, Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband, is a community broadband project that was funded through a federal grant. A non-profit group, UC2B-NFP, oversees the operations of the network service provider and seeks ways to enhance community involvement with an objective of expanding digital literacy. Research IT, in partnership with UC2B-NFP, is building a gig-minded ecosystem that presents opportunities for individuals and organizations to give back to the community with a goal of elevating digital literacy.

  To learn more about UC2B visit http://www.uc2b.net/

• Statistical Consulting Service

  Jan 10, 2018 2:30 pm6 views

  Do you need help with statistics in your research?

  Graduate students with statistical expertise will be available for free consultations to help with questions about statistical analysis.  Consultants have expertise in a variety of statistical software, including R, Stata, SPSS and SAS.

  For more information visit https://publish.illinois.edu/statsconsulting/statistical-consulting/

• Illinois 150: The 21st Century University and Research for the Public Good

  Mar 12, 2018 9:15 am6 views

  Join us on April 10-12 for Illinois 150, the concluding research event of the sesquicentennial celebration. This conference will bring together experts in health care; food, energy and water systems; technology; criminal justice; and other areas critical to individual and collective well-being to ask, "What does it mean for research to serve the public good in the 21st century?"

  Full details available on the OVCR website

• Whole-Tale Summer Internships available

  Apr 4, 2018 8:30 am6 views

  Whole-Tale: Merging Science and Cyberinfrastructure Pathways" is an NSF-funded project that will enable researchers to examine, transform and then seamlessly re-publish research data that was used in an article.

• Partner Investment in 7 TESLA MRI Impacts Illinois Research, Patient Care

  Jul 29, 2019 10:15 am6 views

  Carle and University of Illinois leadership recently approved funding to purchase a MAGNETOM 7 Tesla (7T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. They join an elite network of clinical facilities (currently one of only six nationwide) to offer patients access to this technology, the highest magnetic field imaging strength commercially available in the United States approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for brain and knee scans of patients greater than 66 lbs.

• When Excel Isn't Enough - 4/19

  Apr 10, 2018 1:30 pm5 views

  This workshop will discuss the pros and cons of Excel and databases for data storage. Weighing those pros and cons, do you need a database? If so, is a database in the cloud a cost effective solution?

• Interactive Voice Assistant Helps New Students At Ball State

  Jan 10, 2018 2:30 pm4 views

  There's no need for the brochures and bulky maps. Now, incoming freshman, or anyone for that matter, can just ask Frog Baby for Alexa for help with navigating campus life.

  Ball State’s Information Technology (IT) services has created Frog Baby for Alexa, an interactive voice assistant designed to help assist thousands of incoming freshman and other new students.

  Read the full story

• Highlighting Campus Cluster Research

  Jan 10, 2018 2:45 pm4 views

  The Illinois Campus Cluster Program (ICCP) was utilized for processing research done by Professor Jean-Pierre Leburton, a member of the Beckman Institute's Nanoelectronics and Nanomaterial Group. Leburton's work has recently been featured in numerous articles for his work on the future of transistors and the role of nanopores in DNA.

• Amazon Alexa Microgrant Program

  Feb 19, 2019 9:15 am4 views

  Application Deadline: March 3, 2019

  Are you interested in enhancing your own project using Alexa-enabled products, or prototyping for Alexa-enabled products? The Technology Entrepreneur Center will award a limited number of microgrants worth up to $1000 of acoustic test equipment and Alexa development kits for Illinois students to use on their projects. go.tec.illinois.edu/Alexa2019TEC

• Call for Proposals now open for the Women Advance IT Conference

  May 2, 2019 10:15 am4 views

  "Women Advance IT" is an IT leadership conference that will be held at the Nebraska Innovation Campus, 2021 Transformation Dr, Lincoln, NE 68508 on November 5-6, 2019. This two-day conference is open to the public. The final day of registration is October 29, 2019.This year's conference theme is, "Disruption." We want to hear about programs that encourage inclusiveness and continued education in improving diversity and inclusion, growing future leaders and adding more women in IT. This year's Emerging Tech track will focus on STEM, we encourage students to submit proposals on their research projects.  

• University Data Breakfast Series - June

  Jun 4, 2018 10:30 am4 views

  Date: June 21st from 8.30-10.30 am

  Location: Illini Union Room 314A

  Register at: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/73216

  The goal of this series will be to advance the major ideas generated in the “data-smart action groups” that were convened at the 2017 University Data Summit, and to secure funding that will make the proposed solutions in to a reality.

• Savvy Researcher Workshops

  Nov 6, 2018 9:30 am4 views

  Check out this week's Savvy Researcher Workshops:

  Personal Information Management: Monday, November 5, 4 – 5 p.m., Main Library, room 314

  Designing with Microsoft Publisher: Tuesday, November 6, 11 a.m. - noon, Main Library, room 314

  Making Scanned Text Machine Readable through Optical Character Recognition: Tuesday, November 6, 1 - 2 p.m., Main Library, room 314

  Smart & Simple Data Management: Tuesday, November 6, 3 – 4:30 p.m., Funk ACES, room 509

  Google for Scholars: Wednesday, November 7, 11 a.m. – noon, Main Library, room 314

  Drowning in Citations and PDFs? EndNote Can Help!: Wednesday, November 7, 1 – 2 p.m., Main Library, room 314

  Navigating the University Press Ecosystem: Thursday, November 8, 11 a.m. - noon, Main Library, room 314

  Building Digital Exhibitions with Omeka: Thursday, November 8, noon – 1 p.m., Main Library, room 314

  Introduction to Infographics Using Piktochart: Friday, November 9, noon – 1 p.m., Main Library, room 314

  The Power of Presentations: Enhancing your Slides for Teaching and Engagement: Friday, November 9, 1 – 2 p.m., Armory, room 172

  Learn more and register online.

• Image of Research Competition

  Jan 10, 2018 3:15 pm3 views

  Graduate and professional students at Illinois are invited to submit images of their research, creative or scholarly work for the fifth annual Image of Research competition. Entries will be judged by a multidisciplinary panel for connection between image, text, and research; originality; and visual impact. Deadline is Jan. 22, 2018.

  For more information visit the Image of Research Competition website.

• A Powerful Supercomputer is Helping Scientists to Understand Epilepsy

  Mar 2, 2018 11:15 am3 views

  Epilepsy is the fourth most common human neurological disorder in the world — a disorder characterized by recurrent, unprovoked seizures. According to the Centers for Disease Control, a record number of people in the United States have epilepsy: 3.4 million total, including nearly half a million children. At this time, there’s no known cause or cure, but with the help of NCSA’s Blue Waters supercomputer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, researchers like Ivan Soltesz are making progress.

   

• Michigan State University's Empower Women in IT Conference: July 19

  Jul 12, 2018 9:00 am3 views

  Michigan State University Information Technology and MSU IT Club25 are excited to announce the inaugural Empower Women in IT Conference on July 19, featuring keynote speaker Emily Calandrelli! They have extended a warm welcome to all people working in IT. Emily Calandrelli is an Emmy-nominated science TV host. She's featured as a correspondent on Bill Nye Saves the World and an executive producer and the host of FOX's Xploration Outer Space.

• Attend the XSEDE HPC Workshop

  Jan 8, 2018 3:30 pm2 views

  XSEDE along with the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center are pleased to announce a one-day OpenMP workshopTuesday, January 9. This workshop is intended to give C and Fortran programmers a hands-on introduction to OpenMP programming. Attendees will leave with a working knowledge of how to write scalable codes using OpenMP. This event will be presented using the Wide Area Classroom (WAC) training platform.

  Add event to your calendar:  iCal   Outlook 2010

• Presentation: Research Data Services at Cambridge

  Jan 10, 2018 2:30 pm2 views

  The Research Data Service is hosting a visit by Marta Teperek, the current Research Data Facility Manager at the University of Cambridge, from July 13-14. She’ll be presenting on their data services program on Friday, July 14, and all are welcome to attend.

• Handshake Helps With Job Placement

  Jan 10, 2018 3:15 pm2 views

  Are you a Graduate Student starting your job search? Handshake, a new service offering at Illinois, can help you get started. With over 200,000 employers nation-wide, it's a fantastic way to get yourself seen.

  Read the full story.

• Illinois Campus Cluster Helps DES Map the Skies

  Mar 2, 2018 11:15 am2 views

  New result rivals precision of cosmic microwave background measurements, supports view that dark matter and dark energy make up most of the cosmos.

  Read the full story on the NCSA website.

• 2018 January Newsletter

  Mar 2, 2018 7:30 am2 views

  View the January newsletter online.

• U of I Box Now Offers HIPAA

  Apr 2, 2018 8:15 am2 views

  U of I Box is now available for storing protected health information. Individuals who would like to use U of I Box to store Protected Health Information may only do so in a provided Box Health Data Folder (BHDF). A request for a BHDF can be submitted from https://hipaa.uillinois.edu/protecting-phi-with-box-health-data-folders. Individuals are responsible for following set policies and guidance listed in the web page above.

• Call for Proposals: SBSRI Small Grant Program

  Apr 2, 2018 9:15 am2 views

  The Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Initiative, with support from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research both directly and via the Campus Research Board, requests proposals for its 2018 Small Grant Program. This program brings together interdisciplinary research teams to develop projects that show promise for external funding. Applications will be accepted until April 28, 2018.

• Researchers update Illinois standards for storm frequencies

  May 13, 2019 10:15 am2 views

  As heavy rainstorms become more frequent and stronger than in the past, municipal drainage systems designed from outdated standards often fail, resulting in flooding and financial losses.

  Researchers at the Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS) have recently applied newer data to update ISWS Bulletin 70, the publication that provides the state standards for expected extreme storms.

• 2018 Summer Boot Camp XSEDE Registration Pages Available

  May 15, 2018 9:30 am2 views

  The registration pages for the 2018 Summer Boot Camp event are now available.

  This 4 day event will include MPI, OpenMP, OpenACC and accelerators and run June 4-7. This event will be presented using the Wide Area Classroom(WAC) training platform and will conclude with a special hybrid exercise contest that will challenge the students to apply their skills over the following 3 weeks and be awarded the Fifth Annual XSEDE Summer Boot Camp Championship Trophy.  In addition, an XSEDE Badge will be available to those who complete the Challenge.

  https://www.psc.edu/hpc-workshop-series/summer-bootcamp-2018

  https://portal.xsede.org/web/xup/course-calendar

• The Internet of Things (IoT): An Intro to your Jetsons Lifestyle

  May 21, 2018 3:15 pm2 views

  Although the flying car is still a far-off dream for high-tech aficionados, many other technologies from the 20th century’s favorite futuristic cartoon have become a reality. Smartwatches, video calls, holograms that perform, and robotic assistants of all kinds are very real and present in our lives. What facilitates the existence and accessibility of these long-awaited tech advancements? In short, the Internet of Things.