Dear friends,
As 2011 comes to a close, IACS is preparing a packed week of January workshops, seminars
and other activities to launch the new year and prepare students for spring courses. All
events are free and open to the public and will take place in Maxwell Dworkin. We hope
you'll join us during ComputeFest!
A full and updated ComputeFest calendar is online at
https://iacs.seas.harvard.edu/events/computational-science-ventures, with links to
registration pages. (Advance registration is necessary for some events.) On our website
you can sign up for:
-- THE FUTURE OF COMPUTATION IN SCIENCE: A MINI-SYMPOSIUM. Experts from IBM, Google,
NVIDIA, Intel and AstraZeneca will offer perspectives on the future of computational
science. The Jan. 13 panel discussion will be hosted by SEAS Dean Cherry A. Murray and
moderated by IACS Director Efthimios Kaxiras.
-- COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS WORKSHOPS. Each morning, Jan. 17-20, explore Matlab, Mathematica, R
or Python in workshops offered by MathWorks, Wolfram Research, SEAS faculty and SEAS
Academic Computing. (Registration for Matlab sessions will be through MathWorks.)
-- NETWORKING/PEER-HELP SESSIONS. After each morning session, sign up for a hands-on
"Birds of a Feather" session to explore tools with others who share your
interest. Bring your laptop and enjoy a light lunch.
-- COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE VENTURES
(
https://iacs.seas.harvard.edu/events/computational-science-ventures) will be a special
afternoon seminar series featuring entrepreneurs who have merged science and computing to
create new products and services. Organized and moderated by Alexander Wissner-Gross.
Among the speakers will be Dean Kamen and Stephen Wolfram.
Special student activities during this year's ComputeFest include the IACS
Computational Challenge
(
https://iacs.seas.harvard.edu/student-activities/iacs-challenge-2012), a team competition
in which students will try to optimize delivery of vital services after a natural
disaster. Interested students should sign up *before* the winter recess.
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Other opportunities to burnish your computational skills at Harvard in January include
these offerings for students:
-- "Programming Statistical Models with Zelig 4," a short course offered by
IQSS, afternoons Jan. 17-20. See
http://www.iq.harvard.edu/events/node/2710
-- "Spatial Thinking and Analysis with GIS," a workshop offered by CGA, Jan.
17-20. CGA also offers a Winter GIS Institute Jan. 3-13. See
http://gis.harvard.edu
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Seminars will resume in February. Best wishes for the new year from IACS!
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Rosalind Reid
Assistant Dean for External Programs
Executive Director, Institute for Applied Computational Science
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
http://iacs.seas.harvard.edu/people
rreid(a)seas.harvard.edu | 617-384-9091
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