CENTER FOR COMPUTATION & TECHNOLOGY

CCT Weekly Dec. 8, 2009

Red Stick Festival Moves from Spring to Fall; Will Take Place Nov. 10-13, 2010

Pats on the Back:
•    The National Science Foundation asked Professor Thomas Sterling to participate in the first workshop of its HPC Task Force, which took place Dec. 3-5 in Arlington, Virginia. This task force is recommending strategies for ensuring U.S. computational sciences community sustainability through the end of the next decade and beyond.

•    The International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation, a worldwide scholarly organization that promotes study and collaboration in relativity and astrophysics, has asked CCT Interim Director Jorge Pullin to run for president of the organization. The society nominates only two candidates to run for this international position.

CCT Welcomes:
•    Shivangi Misra, who will be Professor Thomas Sterling's program manager.

CCT in the News:
Business Briefs: Exhibition Next
Source: The Advocate 

Arts and Sciences Join to Develop Greener, More Efficient Conferences and Exhibits
Source: Science Centric

Red Stick Reveillon at the Manship
Source: 2theadvocate.com

Animation Festival Rescheduled to November
Source: Daily Report

Lectures This Week:
•    CCT Director candidate Bruce Allen will give a presentation outlining his research on Thursday, Dec. 10, at 10 a.m. in Johnston 338. 

Please Note:
•    This week is finals week, and it is the last week of class activity for the Fall 2009 semester. Please be aware student workers may have a limited schedule this week and during the upcoming holidays. If you have questions about student worker hours during the holidays, please contact Brittany Juneau at bjuneau@cct.lsu.edu.

•    The last ALL CCT meeting for the Fall 2009 semester will take place next Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 3 p.m. in Johnston 338 unless otherwise announced. Please make every effort to attend!

•    The LONI Institute (LI) is looking for Louisiana researchers to propose projects that involve the LI Computational Scientists. Please send your proposals (up to one page) requesting time from the LI computational scientists to manager@institute.loni.org, by Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. For more information and a link to the ongoing LI Projects, please visit http://institute.loni.org/liprojects.php .

•    The CCT Director Search candidates: Arun Bansil, Michael Norman, Stephen David Beck and Bruce Allen -- will be visiting campus to give presentations and meet faculty, staff and students. To review CVs on the four candidates, please visit http://www.cct.lsu.edu/CCTSearch.

•    Debra Waters is planning the annual CCT holiday lunch at Mike Anderson's for Tuesday, Dec. 15. Please let her know whether or not you plan to attend by e-mailing her at debra@cct.lsu.edu.

•    This is a reminder about the CCT PS - 18 CCT Training and Conference Room Reservation Policy.  Specifically note that 338 Johnston is not to be used for LSU Academic Classes.

•    Please remember to send your news concerning grants, awards, conferences, or other pertinent information that should be communicated to CCT to PR Manager Kristen Sunde at ksunde@cct.lsu.edu.

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