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> MEDIA ADVISORY > September 14, 1999 > PA/M 99-22 > > INNOVATIVE APPLICATION OF NSF'S HIGH-TECH NATIONAL > SUPERCOMPUTER GRID TO EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND TRAINING > > Innovations inspired by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in science, > computing, and network grid technology promise to soon push the "envelope" > in K-12 and higher education. Some of the innovations in higher education > will be seen at an NSF-funded four-day technology conference and road show > this week, which is modeled on the American Chautauqua* forum and > organized by the National Computational Science Alliance (NCSA) and the > Education, Outreach and Training Partnership for Advanced Computational > Infrastructure (EOT-PACI). > > The conference will showcase hands-on demonstrations of cutting-edge > research and educational learning environments as well as research that > involves real-time use of sophisticated computational enhancements during > collaborative work. Attendees will experience the state-of-theart Access > Grid, a new technology for real-time collaborative visualization and > computing, featuring video, voice and data streams over the Internet. > Access Grid is testing the limits of the national high-bandwidth vBNS > network, connecting remote audiences and speakers at NCSA sites from > Boston to Maui, HI. A Wednesday afternoon session will focus on education > applications, allowing a preview of what the future may hold for "schools > without walls." > > ************************************************************************** > ********************************************** > Who: Roscoe Giles & Raquell Holmes, Boston Univ. Ctr. for > Computational Science > > What: Presentation on "Education, Outreach, & Training Partnership for > Advanced Computational > Infrastructure" > > When: 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 15, 1999 > > Where: ACCESS, National Ctr. for Supercomputer Applications > Ballston Metro Center Office Tower, 901 N. Stuart St., Suite > 800, Arlington, VA > (703-248-0072; [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > ************************************************************************** > ********************************************** > For more information contact: > Lee Herring (703) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * Chautauqua is a Seneca Indian word meaning meeting or gathering. The > original Chautauqua movement started in the late 19th century, when > traveling educational meetings were used to > introduce new concepts and cultural realities of the industrial revolution > to an increasingly diverse American population. For details about the > schedule and content, see: http://chautauqua.bu.edu > > > >
