A new series of tech talks by local and off-campus speakers on overviews of
what things are, how they work, and what they're good for. The series
will cover High Performance Computing, collaboration tools,
and social computing.
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<em>Note</em>: All talks are at 4pm in the Lab for Applied Computing in CASCI, Building 74,
unless otherwise indicated.
<em><strong>Please check back here for any last minute changes!</strong></em>
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<a href="rcss-photos.html">photos</a>. . . . 
<a href="http://quikmaps.com/full/23007">Map to CASCI Labs in Building 74</a>. . . .
<a href="http://www.socialtext.net/researchcomputingtest/index.cgi?rc_seminar_series">Archive</a>. . . .
<a href="rcss2007-8.html">RC Seminar Series 2007-8</a>. . . .
<a href="rcss.html">RC Seminar Series Current</a>

<h2>Infrastructure:</h2>

Sep. 28  <a href="http://molly.it.rit.edu/rcseminar/archive/2006-09-28">Networks Large and Small</a> - Andy Elble, Senior Network Engineer, ITS
<a href="docs/RITNetwork-2006.ppt">ppt</a>
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Oct. 12   <a href="http://molly.it.rit.edu/rcseminar/archive/2006-10-12">Cryptography for Systems Administrators</a> - <a href="http://www.cis.rit.edu/content/view/194/49/">Bob Krzaczek</a>, Software Architect,
LIAS, Imaging Science
<a href="docs/krz-sa-crypto/index.xhtml">xhtml</a> (need good CSS/Javascript support)
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Oct 26    <a href="http://molly.it.rit.edu/rcseminar/archive/2006-10-26">Nodes, Clusters, and Grids</a> - <a href="http://www.nssa.rit.edu/~nssa/nssa/people/facDetail.maml?t_Link=8&t_RenderAs=edit">Charles Border</a>, Professor, Networking, Security, and Systems Administration 

<h2>Software:</h2>

Nov 9 <a href="http://molly.it.rit.edu/rcseminar/archive/2006-11-09">Parallel Java</a>
- <a href="http://www.cs.rit.edu/portal/index.php?module=Contacts&C_op=userViewOne&C_usr=ark">Alan Kaminsky</a>, Professor, Computer Science
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.cs.rit.edu/~ark/lectures/pj03/notes.shtml">html</a>
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Dec 7 <a href="http://molly.it.rit.edu/rcseminar/archive/2006-12-07">Parallel Coding</a> - <a href="http://www.cs.rit.edu/portal/index.php?module=Contacts&C_op=userViewOne&C_usr=ptt">Paul Tyman</a>, Professor, Computer Science

<h2>Distributed Computing:</h2>

Jan 11 <a href="http://molly.it.rit.edu/rcseminar/archive/2007-01-11">Condor Overview</a> - <a href="http://www.cis.rit.edu/content/view/192/49/">Bill Hoagland</a>, Software Development Engineer, LIAS, Imaging Science
<a href="./docs/condor-overview.ppt">ppt</a>
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Jan 25 <a href="http://molly.it.rit.edu/rcseminar/archive/2007-01-25">Condor Applications</a>  - <a href="http://www.cis.rit.edu/content/view/232/49/">Emmett J. Ientilucci</a>,
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Imaging Science
<a href="./docs/2007-01-25_Condor_Apps.pdf">pdf</a>

<h2>Cluster Computing:</h2>

Feb 8 <a href="http://molly.it.rit.edu/rcseminar/archive/2007-02-08">ROCKS Cluster Overview</a> - <a href="http://www.rit.edu/~rc">Rick Bohn</a>,
Systems Administrator, Research Computing
<a href="./docs/Rocks-present3-pp972kxp.ppt">ppt</a>
<a href="rcss-photos.html">photos</a>
 
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Feb 15 <a href="http://molly.it.rit.edu/rcseminar/archive/2007-02-15">ROCKS Cluster Applications</a> - <a href="http://dbb.urmc.rochester.edu/bcbp/members/faculty/mathews_david.html">David H. Mathews</a>, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center 
<a href="./docs/ncRNA_discovery.ppt">ppt</a>
<a href="rcss-photos.html">photos</a>

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Apr 5 <a href="http://molly.it.rit.edu/rcseminar/archive/2007-04-05">
Multi-server Systems: Blade Servers vs Multiple Individual Servers (Nodes)
- <a href="./docs/cdavis-bio.html">Carl Davis</a>, 
Chief Architect, Stellar System Technologies, Inc., Rochester, NY
<a href="rtsp://media.rc.rit.edu/ag/davis-stellar-apr-05-2007.mp4">video</a>

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Apr 19 <a href="http://molly.it.rit.edu/rcseminar/archive/2007-04-19">
Modeling Thermal Transport at Single Interfaces and in Nanostructured
Materials</a> - <a href="http://www.rit.edu/~mecheng0/people/faculty/stevens.htm">Rob Stevens</a>, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
<a href="./docs/stevens.abstract.html">abstract</a>
<a href="./docs/stevens.4.19.07.ppt">ppt</a>
<a href="rcss-photos.html">photos</a>
<a href="rtsp://media.rc.rit.edu/ag/stevens-rit-apr-19-2007.mp4">video</a>
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May 17 <a href="./docs/newman.html">
Searching for Genetic Causes of Age-related Hearing Loss</a> - <a href="http://www.rit.edu/~dlwsbi/">
Dina Newman</a>, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
<a href="./docs/newman.abstract.html">abstract</a>
<a href="rtsp://media.rc.rit.edu/ag/newman-rit-may-17-2007.mp4">video</a>

<h2>Grid Computing:</h2>

May 23 <a href="./docs/avery.html">
The Open Science Grid: Linking Universities and Laboratories
in National Cyberinfrastructure</a> - <a href="http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~avery/">
Paul Avery</a>, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Florida 
<a href="./docs/avery-abstract.html">abstract</a>
<a href="./docs/avery-bio.html">bio</a>
<a href="http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~avery/griphyn/talks/avery_rit_2007may23.ppt">ppt</a>
<a href="http://archer.rit.edu/dvtuner/launch.php?player=vlc&address=http://media.rc.rit.edu/rc/OSG_XviD_2Pass.avi&port=1234">video</a>