NCSA Visit: October 30, 1995

Objective: The objective is to have key personnel from Virginia Tech meet with key staff from NCSA and discuss possible collaborations with regards to our future programs related to the Advanced Communications and Information Technology Building. Our group represents the University Computing Center, Research Division and the Colleges of Architecture and Urban Studies, Arts and Sciences, and Engineering.

Virginia Tech Visitors:

• Len Peters, Vice Provost of Research and Dean of Graduate School.

• Mike Williams, Director of VT Computing Center

• Mike Vorster, Associate Dean of Research in College of Engineering.

• Jack Carroll ( Home Page ), Department Head of Computer Science,
  "ACIT Author" of the Human Computer Interaction Center.

• Cal Ribbens, Associate Professor of Computer Science,
  "ACIT Author" of the Parallel Computer Center.

• Mary Beth Rosson ( Home Page ), Associate Professor of Computer Science,
  Virginia Tech Representative of the NSF HCI Research Team.

• Yvan Beliveau, Department of Building Construction,
  College of Architecture and Urban Studies.

• Diana Farkas, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering,
  Director of the Atomistic Simulation Laboratory

• Ron Kriz, "ACIT Author" of the ACIT Visualization Center,
  Director of the Laboratory for Scientific Visual Analysis,
  Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
  and Materials Science and Engineering,

Topics of interest at NCSA (quick links):

• NCSA's Home Page
• NCSA-SGI Power Grid Alliance
• NCSA's Electronics Visualization Lab: The CAVE
• NCSA's Industrial Affiliates Program
• NCSA's Software Development Tools Group

• Virginia Tech's Home page
• VT Information Systems Plan 1995-1998
• VT Research & Graduate Studies Blueprint for Research & Graduate Education
• University's Research Centers
• Human Comupter Interface Center
• College of Engineering's Research Centers

Email address for VT visitors:

• Len Peters, petersl@vt.edu,
• Mike Williams, williams@vt.edu,
• Mike Vorster, mikev@vt.edu,
• Jack Carroll, carroll@vtopus.cs.vt.edu,
• Mary Beth Rosson, rosson@discus.ise.vt.edu,
• Cal Ribbens, ribbens@huron.cs.vt.edu,
• Yvan Beliveau, yvan@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu,
• Diana Farkas, diana@vision.mse.vt.edu,
• Ron Kriz, kriz@wave.esm.vt.edu .

Email address for NCSA Staff we will meet:

• John Towns, our host and Program Coordinator NCSA-SGI Power Grid Alliance,
  John Towns email: jtowns@mithril.ncsa.uiuc.edu

• John Stevenson, Director of the Industrial Program, (217) 244-0474
  John Stevenson email: johns@ncsa.uiuc.edu

• John Shalf, Member who works on CAVE apps. for the NCSA's Relativity Group,
  Former VT-GRA for the Digitial Visualization Reference Center at VT,
  John Shalf's email: jshalf@bach.ncsa.uiuc.edu,
  John's web page for Visualization Tutorials

• Other NCSA Staff will be added when made available

Tenetative agenda for October 30, 1995 is:

	9:30 am	Arrive at the Blacksburg Airport
	10:00 am	Depart for Illinois
	11:15 am	Arrive Champaign-Urbana Airport
	12:00 - 1:00 pm	Box Lunches in BI 4169, Len Peters ACIT Overview
	1:00 - 2:00 pm	CAVE Demo: 1. meterology simulation, thunderstrom (with track balls) 2. plastic injection molding simulation 3. airflow in aircraft (with track balls) 4. catherdral walkthru 5. mathematics study on hyperbolic functions 6. studying protien structures 7. MRI 8. Brain detour
	2:00 - 3:00 pm	Group 1: SciViz/CAVE discussion, BI 4169 Group 2: Industrial Program discussion, BI 5301(?)
	3:00 - 4:00 pm	Group 1: Computing Environment / Computational Science / Parallel Computing/ Software Interface Development, Group 2: May want to continue IP discussions, or join back with Group 1.
	4:00 pm	Visitors depart for Willard.

Questions or comments about this trip, please contact kriz@wave.esm.vt.edu

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