CHAPEL HILL, NC, Nov. 8, 2007–The Renaissance Computing Institute, launched in 2004 to build partnerships and apply advanced technologies to complex, multidisciplinary problems, enters a new stage in December as founder Daniel A. Reed joins Microsoft Research and Deputy Director Alan Blatecky takes the helm as interim director.

  CHAPEL HILL, NC – Dan Reed, Director of the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) and Chancellor’s Eminent Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will oversee an expansion of RENCI and become the senior advisor for strategy and innovation to UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser.