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With funding provided by the XSEDE program, and with additional funds from NCSI, there is no fee to attend any NCSI workshop this year.

Computational Biology for Biology Educators
This workshop will introduce college faculty to various resources that can be used to prepare students to acquire computational thinking, modeling and quantitative analysis skills that have become essential to the practice of modern biology. Hands-on sessions with software for building and running dynamic models, finding sequence motifs, inferring phylogeny and predicting structure will be coupled with pedagogy and examples of integration into the biology classroom. Hands-on tutorials on first two days will focus on: NetLogo for agent-based and system dynamics modeling; MATLAB/Scilab for flexible graphing, analysis and numerical computing; Biology Workbench for bioinformatics; and Gromacs for molecular dynamics. The focus will then shift to group work to develop materials for the classroom, with additional sessions based on participant interest.
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Jun 7 -
Jun 13
University of California, Merced
Merced, CA
Local Coordinators:
Alaena Alilin, Martha Narro and Masakatsu Watanabe
Lead Instructors:
Ananth Kalyanaraman and Jeff Krause
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May 17
For host-site details click here.
Completed
Computational Chemistry for Chemistry Educators
This workshop will cover various ways that computers can be used to enhance and expand the educational experience of students enrolled in the undergraduate chemistry curriculum. Discussions and hands-on laboratory exercises on visualization, simulation, molecular modeling, and mathematical software will be presented.
DatesLocationLeadersDeadlinesDetailsRegistration
May 17 -
May 23
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus
Stillwater, OK
Local Coordinators:
Dana Brunson
Lead Instructors:
, Clyde Metz, Henry Neeman and Shawn Sendlinger
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Apr 24
Completed
Computational Engineering for Engineering Educators
This workshop focuses on applications of computational science in engineering and bioengineering education. The workshop will build upon earlier workshops held at SC08 Education Program in Austin, Texas and provide more in-depth work with undergraduate and graduate engineering faculty as well as interested professionals from industry. The workshop will introduce the basic competencies for modeling and simulation for undergraduate engineers and provide hands-on examples using MATLAB, Vensim, and other modeling tools. This will allow for more advanced sessions in using parallel MATLAB for signal image processing and several other possible applications, computational fluid dynamics using the Open Foam, open source package, and one or two other subareas depending upon demand.
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Jul 12 -
Jul 18
Ohio Supercomputer Center
Columbus, OH
Local Coordinators:
not specified
Lead Instructors:
Ashok Krishnmaurthy, James Giuliani, Siddharth Samsi and Steven Gordon
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Jun 21
Completed
Computational Physics for Physics Educators
This workshop focuses on physics education augmented with the resources of high performance computing (HPC). Primary workshop content draws from the traditional physics curriculum, illustrating how to reshape that content in the light of new scientific perspectives made possible by modern numerical computing. The workshop achieves this by demonstrating uses of modern computing methods and HPC to solve modern-day physics problems.
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Jun 14 -
Jun 20
Widener University
Chester, PA
Local Coordinators:
not specified
Lead Instructors:
Jeff Rufinus, Norman Chonacky and Richard Gass
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May 24
Cancelled
Computational Thinking Across the Curriculum
DatesLocationLeadersDeadlinesDetailsRegistration
Oct 29 -
Oct 30
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
Local Coordinators:
not specified
Lead Instructors:
not specified
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Completed
Oct 29 -
Oct 29
Eastern Mennonite University
Harrisonburg, VA
Local Coordinators:
not specified
Lead Instructors:
not specified
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Completed
Computational Thinking in the Grades 6-12 Classroom
The purpose of this workshop is to expose participants to and inspire them with new techniques, teaching materials, and applications to use computational models in the grades 6-12 classroom. By bringing teachers from different disciplines together so that they can learn how to incorporate computational models into their classrooms, it will advance the use of computing in science education.
DatesLocationLeadersDeadlinesDetailsRegistration
Jul 12 -
Jul 18
University of Florida UF
Gainesville, FL
Local Coordinators:
Stephanie Stevenson
Lead Instructors:
Bob Panoff, Clyde Metz, Stephanie Stevenson and Susan Ragan
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Jun 21
Cancelled
Computational Thinking: The Power and the Peril
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Sep 7 -
Sep 7
Merrimack College
North Andover, MA
Local Coordinators:
not specified
Lead Instructors:
not specified
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Completed
Education Program at SC09 Conference in Portland
The SC09 Education Program will occur November 14-17, 2009, in Portland, Oregon. Participants will be engaged in hands-on activities to engage them in applying computational science, grid computing and high performance computing resources in education.

Housing, travel, conference registration and meal costs are provided for participants. Participants are asked to pay a registration fee of $75 to cover food and materials. This fee will be refunded if notification of cancellations is received by October 1, 2009. Scholarships are available for people unable to cover the registration fee. Scholarship application instructions will be sent to participants once they are accepted.

Education Program participants are encouraged to stay for the full SC09 conference to benefit from all that the conference has to offer. Participants will need to cover their own housing and meals after November 17 through the remainder of the conference.

The program is open to undergraduate faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, and high school teachers.
DatesLocationLeadersDeadlinesDetailsRegistration
Nov 14 -
Nov 17
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, OR
Local Coordinators:
Michelle King
Lead Instructors:
Kay Wanous, Richard Gass and Stephanie Stevenson
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Completed
Introduction to Computational Thinking
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Oct 1 -
Oct 3
Benedictine University
Lisle, IL
Local Coordinators:
not specified
Lead Instructors:
not specified
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Completed
Introduction to Computational Thinking
The purpose of this workshop is to expose participants to and inspire them with new techniques, teaching materials, and applications to use computational models in the undergraduate curriculum. By bringing faculty from different disciplines together so that they can learn how to incorporate computational models into their classrooms and research projects, it will advance the use of computing in undergraduate science education. We desire to have participants from a broad range of disciplines, including computer science, mathematics, and the natural sciences.
DatesLocationLeadersDeadlinesDetailsRegistration
May 25 -
May 30
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, MI
Local Coordinators:
Joel Adams and Randall Pruim
Lead Instructors:
Bob Panoff, Daniel Warner, Jose darruda and Stephanie Stevenson
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May 4
For host-site details click here.
Completed
Jul 5 -
Jul 11
Atlanta University Center
Atlanta, GA
Local Coordinators:
Charles Hardnett and Tiki Suarez-Brown
Lead Instructors:
Bob Panoff, Clyde Metz and Susan Ragan
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Jun 14
Completed
Aug 2 -
Aug 8
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
Local Coordinators:
Amy Apon
Lead Instructors:
Bob Panoff, Clyde Metz, Henry Neeman, Laura McGinnis and Susan Ragan
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Jul 12
Completed
Introduction to Parallel and Distributed Computing
This three day workshop focuses on computational science methodologies and the related parallel programming tools to help you tune your undergraduate science courses to the multi-core, cluster and distributed high performance computing computer architectures of the present day. The workshop is designed for undergraduate faculty to help them make changes to their science curriculum, however undergraduate or graduate students are welcome to attend with their faculty, if they are helping with this curricular process.
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Jan 7 -
Jan 9
Middle East Technical University
Ankara, Turkey
Local Coordinators:
not specified
Lead Instructors:
Charles Peck, Tom Murphy and Werner Krotz-Vogel
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Jan 7
Attendees are expected to complete pre-workshop, daily, and post-workshop surveys, which help the presenters tune the workshop session to the actual participants, as well as help inform future workshops.
Completed
Parallel Programming and Cluster Computing
The Parallel Programming & Cluster Computing workshop focuses on techniques and tools for parallel computing. Much of this workshop concentrates on distributed parallelism (MPI); in addition, shared memory parallelism (OpenMP), instruction level parallelism, Graphics Processing Unit parallelism and hybrid shared/distributed parallelism are also explored. Participants will learn about developing, debugging, profiling and tuning of parallel applications across a variety of architectures, using tools from a variety of sources, including GNU, Intel, TotalView, and the Bootable Cluster CD. The material is designed for undergraduate faculty from a variety of disciplines who would like to add parallel computing to their undergraduate teaching and research. In addition, undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to attend alongside a sponsoring faculty member. The workshop is hands-on, with exercises in both programming and curriculum development.
DatesLocationLeadersDeadlinesDetailsRegistration
Jun 7 -
Jun 13
Kean University
Union, NJ
Local Coordinators:
David Joiner and Judy April
Lead Instructors:
Henry Neeman, Kay Wanous and Tom Murphy
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May 17
Completed
Jul 5 -
Jul 11
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA
Local Coordinators:
Karen Jones and Kathy Traxler
Lead Instructors:
Charles Peck, Henry Neeman, Kay Wanous and Tom Murphy
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Jun 14
Completed
Jul 5 -
Jul 11
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Local Coordinators:
Laura McGinnis
Lead Instructors:
Kay Wanous and Tom Murphy
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Jun 14
This workshop will be simulcast with the workshop at LSU, using remote telecommunication technologies, minimizing the effect of geographic distance as much as possible. Deposit for this workshop is only $100. Attendees are  . . . 
Completed
Aug 9 -
Aug 15
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Norman, OK
Local Coordinators:
Henry Neeman
Lead Instructors:
Charles Peck and Tom Murphy
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Jul 19
Completed
Push Workshops
Push workshops are when a NCSI representative runs a portion of "someone else's workshop."
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Mar 26 -
Mar 27
University of Texas, Pan American
Edinburg, TX
Local Coordinators:
not specified
Lead Instructors:
not specified
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Cyber Infrastructure Day
Completed
Apr 3 -
Apr 4
University of Tennessee at Martin
Martin, TN
Local Coordinators:
not specified
Lead Instructors:
not specified
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Mid-South 2009 Seventh Annual CCSC:MS Conference
Completed
SC09 Teacher Day
This is a one-day workshop and does not include housing or SC09 conference registration. It does include a full day of workshops and lunch.

Explore classroom-ready activities that bring a computational spin to your science and math lessons, and help your students understand how computing is changing the way we do science. From visualization of vast data collections, to models and simulations of complex phenomena; computational tools are essential for answering the questions that your students will face.

K12 teachers, interested administrators, and informal educators are invited to learn about the educational resources and opportunities for further professional development that are part of the Supercomputing community around the globe. Participants will go home with classroom-ready hands-on learning activities linked to national standards for K12 learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Shepherding students through Northwest Science Fair circuit science fairs? Learn about data visualization tools from the San Diego Supercomputing Center.

Teaching about ecology and the environment? Learn about how modeling tools can help us understand forest fires or predator - prey relationships, http://www.shodor.org/

Already in the goodie stockpile: Gotta Have I.T. computing resource kits from the National Center for Women in Information Technology -- posters, computing and careers info, digital media and more to come.
DatesLocationLeadersDeadlinesDetailsRegistration
Nov 14 -
Nov 14
Portland State University
Portland, OR
Local Coordinators:
Diane Baxter and Jeff Sale
Lead Instructors:
not specified
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Nov 6
--- SC-09 Teacher Day --- Location: Portland State University- Fariborz Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science Building Time: 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
Completed

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