1998 Calendar of Events

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August 15, 1996 - December 15, 1998

CRPC Visitor
Amr El-Bakry
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 2108, Houston, TX

August 1, 1997 - August 1, 1998

CRPC Visitor
Jose Farah
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 3075, Houston, TX

September 1, 1997 - September 1, 1998

CRPC Visitor
Trond Steihaug
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 2038, Houston, TX

January

January 28

Program-Wide Training Focus Group (PWTFG) Meeting
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 1049, Houston, TX

January 29 - 30

Program Environment and Training (PET) Planning Meeting
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 1049, Houston, TX

February

February 17

GirlTECH Saturday Workshop
Rice University, Gardiner-Symonds Laboratory, Houston, TX

February 19 - 20

Approximate Models Workshop
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 1049, Houston, TX

March

April

April 9 - 10

Coalition of Academic Supercomputing Centers (CASC) Meeting
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 1024, Houston, TX

April 25

Aldine ISD Third Annual Technology Fair
M.O. Campbell Educational Center, Houston, TX

May

May 5

Rice University Outreach Reception
Rice University, Baker Institute, Houston, TX

May 13

CRPC Execuctive Committee Meeting (teleconference)
Rice University, Duncan Hall Room 3076, Houston, TX

May 18 - August 21

Spend a Summer with a Scientist Program
Rice University, Houston, TX

May 21 - 27

CRPC Visitor/Speaker
Peter Benner
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 2110, Houston, TX

May 21 - 27

CRPC Visitor/Speaker
Heike Fassbender
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 2110, Houston, TX

May 22

CRPC/CITI Speaker
Tadashi Watanabe
"Technology Trend and Perspectives in High Performance Computers"
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 1064, Houston, TX

May 28

CRPC Speaker
G.N. Prasanna
"Compilation of Parallel Multimedia Computations - Extending Retiming Theory and Amdahl's Law"
Rice University, Houston, TX

June

June 1 1998 - May 31 2000

CRPC Visitor
Charles Audet
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 3050, Houston, TX

June 1 - 5

DoD Users Group Meeting
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Houston, TX

June 1 - 12

South Texas Science Academy Program
Rice University, Houston, TX

June 14 - 19

Milby Science Institute Summer Intern Program
Rice University, Houston, TX

June 15 - 16

MRA Distance Learning Technologies Workshop
San Diego Supercomputer Center, San Diego, CA

June 16 - 19

Conference for African-American Researchers in Mathematical Sciences (CAARMS)
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Houston, TX

June 25

SC-COSMIC "Status of Minority Institutions" Conference
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Houston, TX

June 26 - 28

ADMI98 - Assessment and Vision Conference
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Houston, TX

June 28 - 30

CRPC Visitor
Patty Hough
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 2110, Houston, TX

June 28 - 30

CRPC Visitor
Juan Meza
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 2110, Houston, TX

July

July 1 - August 31

CRPC Visitor
Miguel Arguez
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 3821, Houston, TX

July 6 - 17

GirlTECH/Mathematical and Computational Sciences Awareness Workshop
Rice University, La Escuela Rice, Houston, TX

July 17 - 21

CRPC Visitor/Speaker
Olivier Daube
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 3077, Houston, TX

July 21 - August 21

CRPC Visitor
Maria Gonzalez-Lima
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 2109, Houston, TX

August

August 15 - December 20

CRPC Visitor
Karen Aardal
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 3018, Houston, TX

August 15 - December 20

CRPC Visitor
Jan Lenstra
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 2038, Houston, TX

September

September 1 1998 - May 31 1999

CRPC Visitor
David Whalley
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 3077, Houston, TX

September 2 - 4

Computational Grids and Problem Solving Environments Workshop
Townsend, TN

September 16 - October 6

CRPC Visitor
Michael Ulbrich
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 3075, Houston, TX

September 16 - October 6

CRPC Visitor
Stefan Ulbrich
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 3075, Houston, TX

October

October 1 1998 - March 31 1999

CRPC Visitor
Mario Cavichia
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 3075, Houston, TX

October 5 - November 30

CRPC Visitor
Ian Coope
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Room 3077, Houston, TX

October 22

Technical Steering Committee Meeting
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Houston, TX

October 23

External Advisory Committee Meeting
Rice University, Duncan Hall, Houston, TX

November

November 7 - 13

Supercomputing98
Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL

December

February 15

Abstract Submission Deadline for Special Issue of Concurrency: Practice and Experience Aspects of Seamless Computing
For more information, contact Dr. Mark Baker (mab@sis.port.ac.uk) or look up http://hpc-journals.ecs.soton.ac.uk/CPE/Special/SeamLess/CFP/.

March 30 - April 3

12th International Parallel Processing Symposium (IPPS) and 9th Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing (SPDP)
Delta Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida
Early registration deadline: March 5, 1998
Registration after March 18, 1998 on-site only
Additional information can be obtained from the General Co-Chairs, Victor P. Prasanna (ipps98@ganges.usc.edu) and Behrooz Shirazi (spdp98@zulu.uts.edu), or go to the homepage at http://www.ippsxx.org.

May 26 - 29

18th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDS '98)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sponsored by IEEE Compute Society
For additional information write 10662 Los Vaqueros Circle, PO Box 3014, Los Alamitos, CA, 90720-1314.

June 1 - August 15

The Summer Work Experience Program (AISES)
An oppurtunity for qualified American/Indian Alaska Native college students to work within US Federal Govt agencies located in Washington D.C., as well as other locations throughout the country. To be eligible applicants must have a minimum of a 2.5 GPA.
For additional information contact Amy Weinstein, Internship Coordinator, 303-939-0023 x 31 or email her at amy.weinstein@colorado.edu.

June 7 - 10

Santiago Workshop 1998 - "Synchronization, Pattern Formation, and Spatio-Temporal Chaos in Coupled Chaotic Oscillators"
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Abstract submission deadline: April 15
Abstract submission deadline if applying for financial aid: April 1
Additional information can be obtained from work98@sonia.usal.es, Michael A. Matias (mam@sonia.usal.es), Vicente Perez-Munhuzuri (vicente@fmmeteo.usc.es), or go to the homepage at http://sonia.usal.es/workshop.

June 14 - 17

PARA98 - International Workshop On Applied Parallel Computing: Large Scale Scientific and Industrial Problems
Umea University, Sweden
Extended abstracts submission deadline: February 15, 1998
Notification to authors: April 15, 1998
Paper (5 to 10 pages) submission deadline: July 31, 1998
For more information see http://www.hpc2n.umu.se/para98/
Address questions to para98@hpc2n.umu.se.

June 20 - 25

ED-MEDIA-World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia and ED-TELECOM-World Conference on Educational Telecommunications
Freiburg, Germany
Sponsored by Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
For more inforation see http://www.aace.org/ or AACE@virginia.edu.

June 22 - July 31

Summer Institute in Mathematics for Undergraduates (SIMU)
University of Puerto Rico-Humacao
Sponsored in part by the NSA and NASA, the Summer Institute is designed for Chicano/Latino and Native American undergraduates from the US and Puerto Rico who are interested in a research and educational experience that will expose them to an area of modern mathematics not normally presented to them during their undergraduate mathematics education.
For additional information see http://cuhwww.upr.clu.edu/~simu/ or write SACNAS, PO Box 8526, Santa Cruz, CA, 95061-8526.

June 24 - 26

The Technology Summit
Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA
Women in Technology International (WITI)
For more information see http://www.witi.org or call 1-800-334-9484.

June 28 - July 1

International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems
Renaissance Austin Hotel, Austin, TX
Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society TC on Multimedia Computing
For additional information see http://www.utexas.edu/coe/sqi or email ieee@sqi.utexas.edu or fax 512-471-4824.

July 8 - 10

International Workshop - Advanced Black-Box Techniques For Nonlinear Modeling: Theory and Applications, Time-Series Prediction Competition
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Paper submission deadline: April 2
Notification of acceptance: May 4
Time-series competition data submission deadline: March 20
Additional information can be obtained from Chairman Johan Suykens (Johan.Suykens@esat.kuleuven.ac.be) or visit the homepage at http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/sista/workshop/.

July 12 - 17 and 1 week in Summer 1999

Power of the Pen Project
Park East Hotel, Milwaukee, Michigan
Sponsored by grants from the Joyce and Gund Foundations and The National Education Association
Application submission deadline: February 15, 1998
For information/applications see http://www.rethinkingschools.org/
Address questions to 1-800-669-4192 or Rsbusiness@aol.com.

July 16 - 18

Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems (NDES'98)
Technical University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Department of Measurement and Information Systems
Paper deadline and selection has already passed
For information/applications see http://www.mmt.bme.hu/events/ndes98/ or Geza Kolumban, Conference Chairman at kolumban@mmt.bme.hu or the organizing committee at ndes98@mmt.bme.hu.

September 14 - 17

NOLTA '98 - 1998 International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications
Crans-Montana, Switzerland
Summary submission deadline: March 13
Additional information can be found at nolta98@kairo2.csce.kyushu-u.ac.jp or visit the homepage at http://www-kairo.csce.kyushu-u.ac.jp/nolta98/.

September 27 - 30

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) 12th Annual Conference - Hispanic Challenges in the 21st Century: Leadership, Vision and Compassion
Hyatt Regency on San Diego Bay, San Diego, California
Proposal submission deadline: April 3
Additional information can be found at kathy@hispanic.com or address mail to HACU, National Headquarters, 4204 Gardendale, Suite 216, San Antonio, TX, 78229.

September 28 - October 1

Autofact '98 : Conference and Exposition
Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Additional information can be found at expo@sme.org or http://www.autofact.org or in the U.S/Canada call 1-800-733-3976.

October 8 - 11

SACNAS Silver Anniversary Conference
Hyatt Regency, Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.
For additional information see http://www.sacnas.org or email info@sacnas.org or call 408-459-0170 or email markj@cats.ucsc.edu. Mail can be addressed to SACNAS, P.O. Box 8526, Santa Cruz, CA, 95061-8526.

October 8 - 10

K-12 Teacher Workshops
Hyatt Regency-Capitol Hill, Washington DC
Sponsored by: American Society for Microbiology (ASM), National Research Council (NRC), NASA in collaboration with the SACNAS Nat'l Conf.
100 Teachers will be selected from applicants.
Educators seving K-12, classroom teachers, science and math specialists, Title I teachers, specialists who work with at-risk students and administrators should apply.
Application Deadline: June 1, 1998
Notification Date: September 1, 1998
For more information contact: Dante A. Cantu, 408-459-4273, info@sacnas.org or see the web page at http://www.sacnas.org.

October 14 - 17

ICCE - International Conference on Computers in Education
Asia-Pacific Chapter, Beijing, China
Sponsored by Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
For more information see http://www.aace.org or AACE@virginia.edu.

October 18 - 23

IEEE Visualization '98 Conference - Visualization Algorithms, Visualization Techniques/Emerging Technologies and Visualization Applications
Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Graphics in cooperations with ACM/SIGGRAPH
Paper submission deadline: March 31
For Additional Information contact Holly Rushmeier (holly@watson.ibm.com) or visit the homepage at http://www.erc.msstate.edu/vis98.

November 7 - 12

WebNet-World Conference of the WWW, Internet & Intranet
Orlando, Florida
Sponsored by Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
For more information see http://www.aace.org or AACE@virginia.edu.

January 9 - 12 1999

The Fifth International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architechture (HPCA - 5)
Sheraton World Resort, Orlando, Florida
Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society
Paper submission deadline: June 26, 1998
Author Notification: September 28, 1998
Camera-ready Copies: October 23, 1998
Send papers to hpca5@usc.edu
For additional information contact Jean-Luc Gaudiot (USC 213-740-4484, 213-740-9803 fax) or visit the homepage at http://www.cse.psu.edu/hpca5/.

February 28 1999 - March 4 1999

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education Int'l Conference
San Antonio, Texas
Sponsored by Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
For more information see http://www.aace.org or AACE@virginia.edu.

March 1 - 4 1999

International Conference on Mathematics/Science Technology (M/SET 99)
San Antonio Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas
Hosted by University of Houston and University of Texas-San Antonio
Sponsored by Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching (JCMST) and Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
Held concurrently with SITE 99 Meeting
Paper Submission deadline: October 15, 1998
Authors Notified: November 17, 1998
Proceedings Submission: December 10, 1998
Pre-Registration Deadline: January 20, 1998
For additional Information see http://www.aace.org/conf/mset/ or AACE@virginia.edu.

October 1 1999 - Noverber 30 1999

WebNet-World Conference of the WWW, Internet & Intranet
Hawaii
Sponsored by Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
For more information see http://www.aace.org or AACE@virginia.edu.

For more information on any of these activities, contact Theresa Chatman, Rice University, CRPC, MS-41, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, 713-527-6077, 713-285-5136 (fax), tlc@cs.rice.edu.

Last updated: August 20, 1998.

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