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• Training: Introduction to High Performance Computing Administration

  Mar 2, 2018 7:30 am374 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 am118 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 am94 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 pm65 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 am62 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.

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

  Apr 10, 2018 1:45 pm52 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

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

  Aug 21, 2018 12:30 pm49 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.

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

  Mar 9, 2018 11:00 am47 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 pm41 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.

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

  Mar 21, 2018 12:15 pm38 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 . . .

• NCSA & DIA hosting sports and data analysis colloquium

  Nov 20, 2018 9:15 am35 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. 

• Globus Two-day Training

  May 15, 2018 9:30 am32 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 am32 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 am30 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.

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

  Mar 26, 2018 11:15 am25 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.

• Leveraging Tech Services for Bio Imaging Research

  Mar 2, 2018 11:15 am24 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.

   

• iDSI Community Engagement Breakfast Invitation

  Apr 4, 2018 8:30 am23 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

• MATLAB license now available for undergraduates

  Aug 20, 2018 10:30 am22 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.

• Digital Humanities Summer Institute 2018

  Jan 10, 2018 3:00 pm20 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.

• 2018 February Newsletter

  Mar 2, 2018 11:30 am15 views

  View the February newsletter online.

• Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing Registration Extended

  Mar 5, 2018 4:00 pm15 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.

• Whole-Tale Summer Internships available

  Apr 4, 2018 8:30 am14 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.

• Scholarly Commons Open House

  Oct 5, 2018 12:30 pm14 views

  You are invited to the Scholarly Commons Open House

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

• Statistical Consulting Service

  Jan 10, 2018 2:30 pm13 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/

• The Social Media Macroscope

  Jan 10, 2018 2:30 pm12 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.

• Training: Intermediate High Performance Computing Administration

  Mar 2, 2018 7:30 am12 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

• When Excel Isn't Enough - 4/19

  Apr 10, 2018 1:30 pm12 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?

• What is UC2B?

  Jan 10, 2018 2:30 pm11 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/

• NSF-sponsored Workshop to Focus on Data Lifecycle Training

  Mar 2, 2018 11:15 am11 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.

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

  Mar 12, 2018 9:15 am11 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

• Interactive Voice Assistant Helps New Students At Ball State

  Jan 10, 2018 2:30 pm10 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

• A Powerful Supercomputer is Helping Scientists to Understand Epilepsy

  Mar 2, 2018 11:15 am10 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.

   

• U of I Box Now Offers HIPAA

  Apr 2, 2018 8:15 am10 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.

• PEARC 19 Submission deadlines have been extended

  May 2, 2019 10:00 am10 views

  You are invited to prepare presentation proposals for the PEARC19 Conference that will be held in Chicago, July 28 - August 1, 2019. 

  Presentations may address any topic related to advanced research computing, but topics consistent with one or more of the following four technical tracks are of particular interest. Proposals may take several forms as indicated below. NOTE: Sections highlighted in blue reflect deadline extensions and other updates. See PEARC19 Call for Participation page for more information.

• REU and NCSA SPIN Programs Panel Discussion

  May 22, 2019 1:00 pm10 views

  Join Women@NCSA on Wednesday, June 5 from 1:30-2:30pm in the NCSA atrium for a partnering panel discussion from REU and NCSA SPIN programs. This panel aims to discuss opportunities and pathways for women in STEM fields with undergraduate students. The panel will be followed by round table discussions on topics such as women in research, women in STEM, careers for women in research, etc. The event is open to all. We are looking for volunteer mentors to help drive the conversations during the round table discussion, please contact Alice Delage at adelage@illinois.edu if you are interested in volunteering. 

  Refreshments will be served. RSVP and invite others via our Facebook event! 

• Illinois Campus Cluster Helps DES Map the Skies

  Mar 2, 2018 11:15 am9 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.

• University Data Breakfast Series - June

  Jun 4, 2018 10:30 am9 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.

• High Performance Computing topics by XSEDE

  Jan 10, 2018 2:30 pm8 views

  XSEDE is pleased to announce a regular series of remote workshops on High-Performance Computing topics.  These hands-on workshops provide a convenient way for researchers to learn about the latest techniques and technologies of current interest in HPC. 

• What is USIgnite?

  Jan 10, 2018 2:30 pm7 views

  USIgnite, a nonprofit organization that fosters the development and deployment of next-generation gigabit applications, created a national network of Smart Gigabit Communities, which includes Urbana-Champaign. The USIgnite team is interested in working with students, faculty and researchers to showcase innovative applications.

• Presentation: Research Data Services at Cambridge

  Jan 10, 2018 2:30 pm7 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.

• Highlighting Campus Cluster Research

  Jan 10, 2018 2:45 pm7 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.

• After The Storm: Simulating and Visualizing Extreme Weather with XSEDE

  Mar 2, 2018 11:15 am7 views

  Stormy weather is perfect for hot tea, warm clothes, and cool science.

  Read more

• Attend XSEDE's HPC Training Sessions to expand your knowledge of Big Data!

  Mar 2, 2018 7:30 am7 views

  We would like to call your attention to upcoming events being held at NCSA:

  March 6 - GPU Programming Using OpenACC

  Throughout the year, the Blue Waters and Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) projects, led by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), support a variety of interdisciplinary training sessions, workshops and webinars to assist researchers in expanding their computational and data analytics knowledge and providing skills to advance their research.

  The training sessions are offered as hands-on workshops that provide a convenient way for researchers to learn about the latest techniques and technologies of current interest in high performance computing (HPC). 

  Registration is free and required. The sessions are scheduled for 10 AM until 4 PM Central Time in Room 1030 of the NCSA building at 1205 W. Clark St. in Urbana. RSVP on Facebook to receive regular updates.

  If you need assistance finding relevant training sessions, contact us and we’ll work with you to help address your needs – bw-eot@ncsa.illinois.edu 

  The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) is a single virtual system that scientists can use to interactively share computing resources, data and expertise. People around the world use these resources and services — things like supercomputers, collections of data and new tools — to improve our planet. XSEDE is supported by the National Science Foundation.

• Writers Workshop Summer Hours

  Jun 4, 2018 10:45 am7 views

  The Writers Workshop will be open for limited summer hours during Summer Session II (June 11 - August 3). See the summer hours schedule below. For more information about individual or small-group consultations and to make an appointment, please visit their website.

  Monday - Thursday, 1 - 5 p.m., Undergraduate Library, room 251 or online Sundays, 3 - 7 p.m., Online only (select "Summer Sundays Online" from the drop-down menu at the top of the schedule).

• Image of Research Competition

  Jan 10, 2018 3:15 pm6 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.

• Handshake Helps With Job Placement

  Jan 10, 2018 3:15 pm6 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.

• Amazon Alexa Microgrant Program

  Feb 19, 2019 9:15 am6 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

• New Illinois med school built for health-tech future

  Mar 2, 2018 11:15 am6 views

  The Carle Illinois College of Medicine in Urbana-Champaign, which will welcome its first class of students in July, bills itself as the first medical doctorate program in the nation designed from inception to integrate engineering with medicine. Its hope is to graduate physician innovators who challenge the status quo and find solutions that reduce costs while improving access to and quality of care.

  Read the Chicago Tribune article on the Carle Illinois College of Medicine.

• CSE Fellowship Proposals Available

  Mar 14, 2018 8:45 am6 views

  Graduate students in participating departments are invited to submit CSE Fellowship Proposals for support of interdisciplinary research in Computational Science and Engineering (CSE). Several awards are expected to be given for the 2018 -2019 academic year which is from August 16, 2018 to July 15, 2019. Proposed research projects must be interdisciplinary, and must be oriented toward computational science and engineering and/or applied mathematics.

  Submission Information:  2018 - 2019 CSE Fellows

  Application Information:  Submit Proposals Here (You must create an account in EasyChair to Submit Proposal)

  Submission Deadline:  April 11, 2018 at 12:00 Midnight (CDT).

  If you have further questions, please e-mail fellows@cse.illinois.edu

• Fulbright Grants for Overseas Research

  Apr 2, 2018 9:15 am6 views

  The Fulbright program supports US citizens in all disciplines who wish to study or conduct research abroad in approximately 140 countries.