http://www.renci.org/ RENCI en-us http://www.renci.org/news/unc_botany.php A UNC Chapel Hill team that includes RENCI will launch an new curriculum that uses social computing tools to teach botany. Fri, 27 June 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/nceons_platform.php RENCI engineers continue to install the power and communications infrastructure for the platform in the Pamlico Sound off the coast of North Carolina. Wed, 18 June 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/ecu_rover.php Faculty and staff at RENCI’s ECU engagement site spread the word about hurricane awareness at Dare County schools. Thurs, 12 June 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/bistro_media.php Three-dimensional visualizations and interactive touch screen displays will be among the multimedia tools showcased at the latest Renaissance Bistro. Mon, 2 June 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/ecu_masters.php Two ECU grad students will receive support for their master's theses work through the new RENCI at ECU Masters Fellows program. Mon, 19 May 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/luminescence.php UNC Chapel Hill art students find a unique environment for their final projects at RENCI's UNC Chapel Hill engagement center. Mon, 19 May 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/rover_outreach.php RENCI’s high tech education and outreach van is a new tool for Asheville area teachers. Tues, 6 May 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/ww_winners.php Weather Web means better weather data, new curriculum in underserved counties. Mon, 5 May 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/viz_challenge.php ECU students gave the display wall at RENCI at ECU a workout during the center’s first Visualization Challenge. Thurs, 1 May 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/techreports.php Read about the latest work of RENCI researchers through the newly introduced technical reports series. Mon, 29 April 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/renci_duke.php The new engagement center will open it doors in May, expanding the RENCI virtual organization to eight facilities across North Carolina. Fri, 25 April 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/sensor_seminar.php Learn more about sensor network research and how it has evolved in the past few years from abstract discussions to actual hardware and algorithms, and its transition into the real world. Fri, 18 April 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/ci_award.php RENCI will lead an Open Science Grid effort to extend cyberinfrastructure to new researchers and campuses. Tues, 15 April 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/nsf_wkshop.php An NSF-sponsored workshop will look at new ways to interact with computers to aid science and discovery. Thurs, 3 April 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/shoah_bistro2.php Learn about the Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History Archive through the Renaissance Bistro lunchtime series. Thurs, 27 March 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/blue_waters.php The consortium will encourage the use of petascale computing for research and education. Thurs, 20 March 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/ncemac2008.php The spring meeting of the NC Emergency Management Association featured a variety of RENCI disaster research projects and programs aimed at helping emergency managers. Tues, 18 March 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/spectacular_justice.php A new media installation in RENCI's Social Computing Room challenges viewers to get personal about the death penalty. Thurs, 13 March 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/unc_melanoma.php A new collaboration will use advanced image analysis techniques to help doctors fight the most deadly form of skin cancer. Tues, 11 March 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/shoah_bistro.php Learn about the Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History Archive through the Renaissance Bistro lunchtime series. Mon, 10 March 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/ncemac08.php The upcoming Spring meeting of the NC Emergency Management Association will feature the work being done through RENCI's disaster research efforts. Wed, 27 February 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/realtromins.php A UNC Chapel Hill research team will work with RENCI to develop new medical devices through a startup called REALTROMINS. Fri, 22 February 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/mrradar.php The MRR, one of only a few in the U.S., predicts whether a storm will bring rain, snow, sleet or ice. Tues, 19 February 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/nceons.php RENCI will develop power and communications for new observation platform in Pamlico Sound. Wed, 6 February 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/weather_web.php RENCI is challenging teachers in NC counties that lack research and operational grade weather stations to develop curricula that would use a weather station and the data it produces in science education programs. Thurs, 24 January 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/dls_jones.php Michael Jones, chief technology advocate of Google Earth, will speak on Feb. 21 at the FedEx Global Education Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Fri, 18 January 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/its_open_house.php RENCI will host an open house for its new engagement center on Thursday, Feb. 7, featuring state-of-the-art visualization technology and collaboration tools. Wed, 16 January 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/gridschool.php Students, researchers and educators can attend TUGS '08 to learn how to use national cyberinfrastructure. Mon, 7 January 2008 http://www.renci.org/news/climate_alive.php RENCI at UNC Asheville will work with the new Centers for Environmental and Climatic Interaction to build western North Carolina into a center for climate-related services. Thur, 20 December 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/belvoir_students.php Elementary school students learn geography and weather through hands-on activities and 3D visualization at RENCI's ECU engagement center. Mon, 3 December 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/editors_award.php RENCI Director Dan Reed is recognized for his efforts to promote the importance of HPC and related technologies. Fri, 16 November 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/transition.php Alan Blatecky will become Interim Director of RENCI in December when founder Dan Reed heads to Microsoft Research. Fri, 9 November 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/ncema.php RENCI introduces its Collaborative Workspace Environment, a comprehensive online workspace for emergency managers consisting of desktop conferencing software, the NCEMA Web portal and NC-FIRST. Fri, 9 November 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/sc07_booth.php Integrated modeling, virtual environments for research and decision support, and more will be featured in RENCI's SC07 exhibit. Wed, 31 October 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/ediscussion.php At the recent Microsoft eScience Workshop at RENCI, experts speculated on why some scientific communities have been slow to adopt eScience practices. Fri, 26 October 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/bof_sc07.php An SC07 Birds of a Feather session will examine how the U.S. can maintain its leadership position in research. Fri, 26 October 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/renci_uncc.php The newest RENCI engagement center will focus on forecasting urban growth and its impacts. Wed, 24 October 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/motifnetwork.php A paper explaining the grid-enabled workflow MotifNetwork wins honors at an international bioinformatics conference. Fri, 19 October 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/hapsample.php A Web-based tool will help biologists create large, simulated genetic datasets used to study genetic mutations and disease. Tues, 18 September 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/pcastnet.php Presidential advisors, including RENCI’s Dan Reed, presented a report to President Bush assessing U.S. competitiveness in networking and IT. Mon, 10 September 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/mseScience.php There is still time to register for this free workshop that will examine the impact of technology on scientific research. Mon, 10 September 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/dlsatkinson.php RENCI’s Distinguished Lecture Series continues next month with a talk by Robert D. Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). Thur, 6 September 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/floodsensors.php A network of flood and weather sensors developed by RENCI will help Brunswick County, NC, manage flood emergencies. Wed, 5 September 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/bistroSep.php Learn about hurricanes and RENCI’s disaster research through the Renaissance Bistros informational sessions. Fri, 17 August 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/petascale.php RENCI is among the collaborators on a national “leadership class” computing system that has been recommended for funding. Fri, 10 August 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/water_view.php NCI at UNC Asheville collaborates on flood models and a new animated film. Wed, 8 August 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/floodplain.php New models of coastal storm surges being done at RENCI will help North Carolina determine best responses to storms and floods. Wed, 8 August 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/eScience.php The due date for presentation abstract submissions has been extended to Aug. 20 Fri, 3 August 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/mrfSummit.php RENCI’s Dan Reed was among the panelists at the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit who discussed computing’s changing role in research and the need to embrace new approaches. Mon, 30 July 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/eScience.php RENCI will host a free workshop to address the challenges created by computers in scientific research and the technologies that make research possible. Fri, 13 July 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/sinstitute.php RENCI will hold a two-week science camp for high school students to explore advanced technologies and key concepts in computers, electronics and robotics. Tues, 3 July 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/dreher.php Patrick Dreher will lead the effort to expand the IT infrastructure that supports RENCI, its engagement sites and research computing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Thur, 21 June 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/vhanews.php USC Shoah Foundation and RENCI amend video archive agreement to include Duke and NCSU communities. Tue, 19 June 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/fellowsPR2.php Four faculty members at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been named Faculty Fellows of the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) and will spend the next year working closely with RENCI staff on innovative research projects that use advanced technologies. Wed, 13 June 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/isde5.php A collaboration among RENCI at UNC Asheville and several Asheville area community groups leads to the animation “Water in Western North Carolina.” Tue, 5 June 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/ensight.php Computational Engineering International (CEI) of Apex, NC, will provide visualization software for RENCI offices throughout North Carolina. Thur, 10 May 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/pcastdc.php Dan Reed and George Scalise warn that U.S. IT leadership is at risk. Thur, 5 May 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/smiletiger.php RENCI helps the NC Emergency Management Association with remote collaboration using tools developed by a Charlotte company Wed, 26 April 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/topsail.php An upgrade of Topsail, RENCI’s Dell cluster at UNC-Chapel Hill, puts its performance among the world’s best. Wed, 11 April 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/rover.php RENCI’s first educational outreach vehicle will reach out to young people in western North Carolina through a partnership with the North Carolina Arboretum. Thur, 29 March 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/reed_release.php RENCI Director Dan Reed will oversee an expansion of RENCI and become UNC Chancellor James Moeser’s senior advisor for strategy and innovation. Wed, 28 March 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/landreth_release.php Toronto Filmmaker Chris Landreth will speak at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at the Talley Student Center Grand Ballroom on the North Carolina State University campus. Fri, 16 March 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/bistro1.php Learn about RENCI’s bioinformatics research through the new Renaissance Bistro lunchtime series. Thur, 8 March 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/secondlife.php RENCI director Dan Reed will provide a lecture, titled “Computing the Future: The 3D Net,” in the virtual world Second Life on Friday, March 16. Thurs, 8 March 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/NCSUopenhouse.php The NC State community and the general public will get a sampling of the activities at RENCI’s new Centennial Campus facility during a March 23 open house. Mon, 5 March 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/hastaconf.php HASTAC’s first international conference will be a forum of ideas, exhibits, demos, art and conversation, driven by digital visionaries and practitioners. Mon, 5 March 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/summer.php A two-week program for juniors and seniors will provide a chance to explore computer science, electronics and robotics. Thur, 22 February 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/fellowsPR.php Full-time faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill are invited to take part in the new RENCI Faculty Fellows Program. Fri, 9 February 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/livny.php Miron Livny, an expert on distributed processing and high throughput computing, will provide an overview of two national distributed computing facilities to speak at UNC. Thur, 8 February 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/disasterconf.php The upcoming Spring meeting of the North Carolina Emergency Management Association, the 2007 North Carolina All Hazards Conference, will feature much of the work being done through RENCI's disaster research efforts. Thur, 8 February 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/bistro.php Learn about RENCI’s bioinformatics research through the new Renaissance Bistro lunchtime series. Thur, 8 February 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/ocracoke.php RENCI’s Blue Gene®/L system adds nodes to aide high-resolution weather forecasting. Wed, 17 January 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/openhouse.php Mark you calendar for the RENCI Open House, noon – 3 p.m., Friday, March 2 at RENCI’s Chapel Hill anchor site. Wed, 17 January 2007 http://www.renci.org/news/bakeoff.php The Carolina Center for Exploratory Genetic Analysis (CCEGA), will present the results of its genetics “bake-off” at a Feb. 2 meeting on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Mon, 18 December 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/lecturerelease.php A renowned technology expert from IBM will launch RENCI’s Distinguished Lecture Series on February 8. Mon, 18 December 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/bakeoff.php The Carolina Center for Exploratory Genetic Analysis (CCEGA), will present the results of its genetics “bake-off” at a Feb. 2 meeting on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Mon, 18 December 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/uav.php First test missions of UAV a success Mon, 18 December 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/aaasfellow.php Dan Reed, director of RENCI, is among the scientists named as AAAS Fellows this year. Fri, 1 December 2006 http://www.renci.org/podcast/catalystflash.php RENCI partners with a wide range of organizations to enable scientific discovery and improve the lives of North Carolinians. Mon, 20 November 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/SC06booth.php RENCI’s inaugural research exhibit at SC06 will feature demonstrations of work in disaster planning and response, bioinformatics, and performance monitoring and analysis. Wed, 1 November 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/SC06bof.php RENCI and the San Diego Supercomputing Center will host a discussion about performance evaluation and reliability of petascale computing systems. Wed, 1 November 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/sites.php New locations at UNC Asheville and East Carolina University expand RENCI’s reach and impact. Wed, 25 October 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/hastac.php The first international conference of the Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory will be held in April 2007 and paper submissions are due Dec. 1. Wed, 18 October 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/openscience.php The next phase of development of the OSG includes RENCI work to make the grid useful to a wider range of scientific research communities. Mon, 25 September 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/bioworkflow.php The North Carolina/TeraGrid Bioportal now offers scientists a new capability to help them work more efficiently and effectively. Wed, 20 September 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/nsf.php The Computing Research Association will establish a consortium of computing experts under an agreement with the National Science Foundation. Tue, 19 September 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/gridtoday.php The North Carolina/TeraGrid Bioportal, developed by RENCI, was recognized by the readers of GRIDtoday in the publication’s inaugural Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards. Tue, 12 September 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/scidac.php RENCI will play a key role in two national research projects that are among 30 computational science projects being supported by the DOE’s SciDAC program. Mon, 11 September 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/katrinasummit.php Panelists will look at how advanced modeling and visualization techniques and on-demand high-performance computing can improve scientists’ abilities to accurately predict and respond to weather-related disasters. Fri, 8 September 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/cinematics.php On September 29, the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education in partnership with the Carolina Performing Arts Series and the Carolina Inn, will host UNC-Chapel Hill’s inaugural Performing Arts Symposium. Fri, 25 August 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/pcastcali.php A delegation from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) received an overview of computing programs at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), on Monday, Aug. 7. The group, including RENCI Director Dan Reed, toured the lab’s Terascale Simulation Facility (TSF). Fri, 11 August 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/2050.php The Human Being 2050 will be the focus of the Fall 2006 What’s the Big Idea? lecture series and RENCI’s Dan Reed will be one of the featured speakers. Wed, 19 July 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/tucasi.php As part of an effort to develop a large-scale data resource for Triangle area universities, RENCI will host a series of discussions on data-related issues. Mon, 17 July 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/top500.php The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) scored its first ranking on the Top 500 supercomputers list with Ocracoke, its new IBM Blue Gene/L system. Wed, 5 July 2006 http://www.interactions.org/sgtw/2006/0628/ramakrishnan_more.html RENCI's Lavanya Ramakrishnan talks to Science Grid This Week about her many grid Research Projects. Thur, 29 June 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/knowles.php David A. Knowles, an executive experienced in economic development, business assistance and strategic planning, will lead economic development programs at RENCI. Thur, 16 June 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/CRA-ACM.php Leaders of the Computing Research Association and ACM's U.S. Public Policy Committee (USACM) commended Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) and his colleagues for supporting the American Competitiveness Initiative. Thur, 16 June 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/scoopstory.php When it comes to hurricanes, Mother Nature still rules, as Katrina so vividly reminded us last year. That doesn’t mean humans are powerless in their struggles with major coastal storms. High-performance computing experts at RENCI are working with marine and atmospheric scientists and North Carolina disaster response agencies to use advanced technologies to improve storm prediction, modeling, and mitigation. Thur, 16 June 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/Cathyinterview.php A conference sponsored by RENCI, HASTAC and Duke ISIS hopes to be the catalyst that brings together a community of new media scholars. Thur, 8 June 2006 http://www.renci.org/podcast/CathyDavidsonInterview.m4v Video Podcast File of Cathy Davidson interview on the recent Thinking Through New Media Conference held at Duke, the work of the Humanities, SRTS, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC) and collaborating with RENCI. (File Size 24 Megabytes) Thur, 8 June 2006 http://www.renci.org/podcast/DanReedTalk5-30-06.m4v Video Podcast File of Dan Reed's Talk at Peabody Hall on the campus of The University of North Carolian at Chapel Hill. (File Size 240 Megabytes) Wed, 31 May 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/2016talk.php Before a standing room only audience at UNC-Chapel Hill, RENCI Director Dan Reed offers a look at how a technology-enriched future might impact the way we work, play and do business. Wed, 31 May 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/bioportal.php A web-based work environment developed at the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) will give users of the National Science Foundation's TeraGrid easy access to a wide range of bioinformatics and biomedical applications and databases and will allow the national biology research community to access computing, data, and other resources offered through the TeraGrid. Wed, 24 May 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/bioworkshop.php Researchers and practitioners from the high performance computing and biomedical communities are invited to attend a workshop that addresses the challenges and opportunities collaboration and cooperation between these two communities. Wed, 17 May 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/epic.php Group works to engage all communities in using and developing cyberinfrastructure. Wed, 10 May 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/future.php Daniel A. Reed, a world-renowned authority on high-performance computing, will offer a glimpse of 2016 and the wonders (and annoyances) that new technologies are likely to bring over the next decade in a presentation Tuesday, May 30, on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus at 1:30 p.m. at Peabody Hall, room 104. Wed, 3 May 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/bluegene.php The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) has acquired an IBM Blue Gene®/L computing system that will give scientists and business researchers computing power never before available in North Carolina, IBM and RENCI announced recently. Mon, 1 May 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/newmedia.php Graduate students interested in new media technologies and their impact on art, culture, science, commerce and the environment will convene on the Duke University campus June 7 and 8. Wed, 26 April 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/cochair.php RENCI Director Daniel A. Reed will serve as co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) subcommittee on Networking and Information Technology. Tue, 25 April 2006 http://www.renci.org/news/ibm.php RENCI director Dan Reed will kick off IBM's annual University Day with a talk on the role of computing in innovative research, education and economic development efforts. Mon, 24 April 2006