Research IT News

Virtual Reality (VR) Demo Day

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:15:00 CDT

The VR@Illinois campus network, in partnership with the Virtual Reality Club at Illinois, presents: Virtual Reality (VR) Demo Day on Friday, August 30, 2019, from 1pm to 5pm.

Faculty, students, and staff are invited to join us at multiple sites across campus on VR Demo Day to explore how these technologies are being used in higher education. Visit each participating site to demo over ten different types of VR and AR headsets and experience immersive programs simulating archaeological digs, 3D anatomical pregnancy simulation, 3D art and modeling, 360 Videos, Google Earth, games, and more. Come and learn about what VR and AR resources are available to you across campus.

For more information on VR Demo Day, visit us online at: https://go.illinois.edu/VRDemoDay

NCSA COLLABORATES WITH NGA TO CREATE THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL GEOSPATIAL SYSTEM

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 09:30:00 CDT

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced a new collaboration between the Blue Waters Project, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the University of Minnesota and The Ohio State University to produce digital elevation models (DEM) of the entire Earth, among other geospatial research projects.

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

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:15:00 CDT

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.

Revisions to the OPRS Exempt Research Policy

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:15:00 CDT

The OPRS has revised its exempt research policy. The revisions will go into place August 1, 2019. Read about the changes and how OPRS is implementing them here. Researchers can also learn about the changes through our informational session on August 16, 2019. The session will take place from 10:00-10:30 am in Room 121 of 805 West Pennsylvania Avenue.

Food and Family Conference 2019 - Registration Open!

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:15:00 CDT

Food and Family Conference | September 25-26, 2019 | Chicago, IL

Join the nation's foremost experts in human nutrition, obesity research, and child and family health at the Food and Family Conference 2019. Hosted by the Family Resiliency Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in partnership with the Christopher Family Foundation.

Click here to register: https://appserv7.admin.uillinois.edu/FormBuilderSurvey/Survey/uiuc_famil... .

Detailed agenda coming soon!

Undergraduate Research & the Humanities: Challenges and Possibilities

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:15:00 CDT

What will 21st century humanities pedagogy look like? How might we strengthen and diversify the humanities and engage and inspire a new generation of learners? What is already being done, and what new models and structures might we create, to shape a future of undergraduate research that re-centers the importance of the humanities in undergraduate education at Illinois?

The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) and the Illinois Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) invite faculty and staff to participate in this important conversation, which will begin with a keynote by Ellen McClure, professor of French and Francophone Studies and History, and Director of the new Engaged Humanities Initiative (EHI) at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Please register for the conference by August 1.

Health Equity Scholars Poster Session and Celebration Luncheon

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 15:00:00 CDT

Please join us Wednesday, Aug. 7, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., at the Beckman Institute for a poster session and recognition luncheon for our inaugural Health Equity Scholars program. You will have an opportunity to meet the scholars and learn more about their work with faculty mentors and community organizations to address health disparities.

Learn more and RSVP by August 2.

OPRS Office Hours - July 12

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:15:00 CDT

Friday July 12, 10am to noon.

The Office for the Protection of Research Subjects (OPRS) will be hosting walk-in office hours. Staff reviewers will be available to assist you with your IRB protocol during this time. No appointment is needed. OPRS is located at 805 West Pennsylvania Avenue in Urbana.

Deadline Extended | NIH Grant Writing Series Faculty Nominations

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:15:00 CDT

IHSI has extended the deadline for faculty nominations to participate in the complete National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant Writing Series during the 2019 fall semester. Junior faculty (years 2-4) may nominate themselves with a letter of support from their department head, a copy of their CV, and a brief summary of their research interests. Pleasesubmit your nomination to Maggie Berg by July 12, 2019.

Funding: NEH Media Projects: Production Grants

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:15:00 CDT

Application deadline: August 14, 2019

The NEH Media Projects: Production Grants program supports the production and distribution of documentary film, television, radio, and podcast projects that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways.

Beckman Institute receives animal MRI

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:15:00 CDT

Eighteen University of Illinois colleges, departments, and schools, along with a generous gift from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust, are funding the purchase of a Bruker 9.4 Tesla preclinical animal MRI system.

Call for Proposals: iConference 2020

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:15:00 CDT

The Call for Proposals is now open for iConference 2020 in Borås, Sweden. The theme is Sustainable Digital Communities and there is a great deal of flexibility in presentation formats, from full papers, to workshops to colloquia. Submission deadlines vary by track, beginning September 16.

Illinois Technology Services helps the College of Veterinary Medicine install new linear accelerator technology for cancer research

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:15:00 CDT

The College of Veterinary Medicine (Vet Med) recently installed a state-of-the-art Varian TrueBeam® linear accelerator, used by radiation oncologists in cancer treatment and research. It is a level of technology found in only a few of the veterinary schools in all of North America.

Funding: ACRL Scholarly Communications Research Grants

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:00:00 CDT

Application deadline: September 30, 2019

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is allocating $30,000 in the 2020 fiscal year to offer grants of up to $5,000 each for new research in areas suggested by ACRL’s 2019 report Open and Equitable Scholarly Communications: Creating a More Inclusive Future.

Black hole simulation solves a mystery about their accretion disks

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:45:00 CDT

Scientists conducted the most detailed simulations of a black hole to date using a custom code and the GPUs on Blue Waters. A number of theoretical predictions regarding accretion disks have finally been validated.

Midwest Big Data Hub successfully transitions to second phase with new NSF award

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:45:00 CDT

The National Science Foundation (NSF) this month announced the second phase of funding for the regional Big Data Innovation Hub (BD Hubs) program. Under the planned four year, $4 million award, the Midwest Big Data Hub will continue to be led from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Hub's priority focus areas will be co-led by five partner institutions in the region: Indiana University, Iowa State University, the University of Michigan, the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, and the University of North Dakota.

Scientists spearhead convergence of AI and HPC for cosmology

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:00:00 CDT

Leveraging data generated by the Galaxy Zoo project, a team of scientists is now applying the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance supercomputers to accelerate efforts to analyze the increasingly massive datasets produced by ongoing and future cosmological surveys.

Linear Accelerator Exponentially Grows Oncology Program at Illinois Vet Med

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:15:00 CDT

It’s been 25 years since Illinois opened its cancer care service. Over that period, the impact of the program has far exceeded its size. We can credit a handful of clinician-scientists who have built a strong foundation, making the program’s outsized achievements possible.

Artificial photosynthesis transforms carbon dioxide into liquefiable fuels

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 08:30:00 CDT

Chemists at the University of Illinois have successfully produced fuels using water, carbon dioxide, and visible light through artificial photosynthesis. By converting carbon dioxide into more complex molecules like propane, green energy technology is now one step closer to using excess carbon dioxide to store solar energy – in the form of chemical bonds – for use when the sun is not shining and in times of peak demand.

Supercomputers Help Engineers Discover New Materials for Solar Cells and LEDs

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 09:30:00 CDT

Research engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a high-throughput computational method using XSEDE-allocated resources to design new materials for next generation solar cells and LEDs. According to their calculations, these materials, called hybrid halide semiconductors, would be stable and exhibit excellent optoelectronic properties.

Petascale Computing Hackathon - accepting applications through July 8!

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 08:45:00 CDT

Date of Event: Sept 9-13, 2019

Application Deadline: July 8, 2019

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is pleased to announce that team applications for the Blue Waters Petascale Computing Hackathon are now open.

The hackathon is intended for research and development teams wanting to:

adapt their codes to run on petascale-class systems equipped with CPUs and/or GPUs,
optimize applications that already run on petascale computing systems,
accelerate machine learning and deep learning applications, or
implement other innovative uses of petascale computing systems.

Tune in to the 2019 Illinois Quantum Computing Summer School at NCSA

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 14:00:00 CDT

NCSA will offer a remote broadcast of the Discovery Partners Institute’s 2019 Illinois Quantum Computing Summer School in NCSA 1030 June 17-20, 2019. Those interested in attending at NCSA are asked to RSVP by June 12, 2019.

The Illinois Quantum Computing Summer School is an immersive educational experience for learning the basic principles and current applications of quantum computing. The school is open to students, postdocs, and faculty, with the targeted audience being theoreticians who have some background in classical computing but little expertise in quantum computation. The curriculum is designed to provide a "ground-up" introduction to the subject.

View the full schedule. Questions may be directed to Jay Roloff, jayr@illinois.edu.

Machine Learning Enables Scientists to Spot "Comma-Shaped Clouds," Extreme Weather

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 09:30:00 CDT

Meteorologists can get time-critical help in spotting dangerous cloud formations using artificial intelligence (AI), according to scientists at Penn State and AccuWeather Inc. The team used a "machine learning" program running on XSEDE supercomputers to recognize a typical cloud formation known as comma-shaped clouds in satellite images. Their results detected up to 99 percent of the comma-shaped clouds and 64 percent of ensuing storms in 2011 and 2012 satellite images over the U.S. Their hope is to develop an accurate early warning system so that storm warnings can be issued more quickly than possible today.

Register now for the Linux Clusters Institute (LCI) workshop

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Wed, 29 May 2019 12:00:00 CDT

Registration is now open for the 2019 Linux Clusters Institute (LCI) Introductory Workshop,which will be held August 19-23, 2019 at the Rutgers University Inn & Conference Center in New Brunswick, NJ. This workshop will cover the fundamentals of setting up and administering a high-performance computing (HPC) cluster and will be led by leading HPC experts.

Smart City Illinois: Building Empathy with Better Infrastructure

mseda2@illinois.edu (Mariana Seda) — Thu, 23 May 2019 09:15:00 CDT

A team of Illinois undergraduate researchers collaborate with the city of Champaign to bridge the gap between data and people and re-envision technology infrastructure towards a smart city future.