The sixth annual workshop will include such topics as: green storage systems, power management in the data center, future impacts of hybrid and solid state disk drives, quality of storage service in exabyte storage systems, moving data to knowledge—eScience and storage systems, and more. Register online.
BF and LifeScience Alley™ present this national conference to bring together the most active investors to discuss their investing strategies, the niches they are targeting, and share their views of present and emerging areas of opportunities. Each year this conference unites national VCs, corporate investors and other private equity investors to provide deal flow, co-investing, syndication opportunities and to provide emerging growth companies with access to this investor base. Register online.
The Eighth Workshop on Continuous Advances in QCD is the latest in a series of workshops organized biannually by the William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute. These workshops summarize recent developments in quantum chromodynamics and gauge theories at large. Topics discussed are at the cutting edge of QCD, and include supersymmetric tools, holographic descriptions of QCD, large-N methods, heavy quarks, and others. Due to limited space, participation is by invitation only.
Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EM08)
EM08 will provide a major forum for the exchange of information and discussion of recent developments in, and applications of, solid and fluid mechanics. Technical sessions will highlight and promote new thrusts and innovative developments in the field regardless of the discipline that inspired them. Register online for reduced rates before April 4.
Stephen H. Schneider, Stanford University, will highlight incentives to bring about a transition to cleaner transport, along with promising technology and policy options being pursued by other states and countries. He will also compare the transport sector with the industry and building sectors to predict how much can feasibly be done. The cost to attend this luncheon seminar is $30.
19th Annual CTS Transportation Research Conference
Researchers and practitioners from Minnesota and the Upper Midwest will share their research findings in a variety of transportation-related areas. The conference will cover all modes of transportation including highway, transit, rail, air, water, and others.
Green Chemistry in Minnesota: Opportunities and Challenges for Leadership
The green revolution has a new and unexpected business partner—the chemical products industry. Known as green chemistry, business leaders and researchers around the country are pursuing innovative ways to introduce environmentally friendly practices into the design, manufacture and application of chemical products.
“Green Chemistry in Minnesota” will bring together researchers, teachers, business leaders, policy advocates and policymakers to discuss Minnesota’s opportunities and challenges in becoming a significant green chemistry contributor. The agenda will feature panel presentations, participant discussions and a video conference roundtable with three national leaders in green chemistry.
Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) 2nd Annual Conference
The vision of the ERC is to create new fluid power technology that is compact and efficient. This will lead to significant fuel savings as the new technologies are implemented in existing and new applications. Registration will be available shortly.
Women were active participants in building and programming the first electronic digital computers, and notably prominent in the first generation of computer programmers in the 1950s, but they have faced serious barriers to full participation in the computing professions.
This international conference, with participants from six countries, examines gender and the diverse uses of computing in offices, libraries, schools, mass media, and the computing profession. Register online.
FFI: Visit the Web site, or e-mail questions to cbi@umn.edu
June 10
Design methods for in-stream structures: available techniques and research needs
Monthly lectures through the Partnership for River Restoration and Science in the Upper Midwest (PRRSUM) explore topics related to Upper Midwest research, training, and practice in river restoration.
"Seeing Mathematics Everywhere"
Doug Arnold, University math professor and director of the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), is the featured speaker at the next IT Public Lecture, sponsored by the IT Alumni Society. The event is free and open to the public.
Time: Reception, 6:30 p.m.; Lecture, 7 p.m.
Location: Digital Technology Center, Room 402, Walter Library
FFI: TBA
June 16 & 17
Learn more about UMore Park and Vermillion Highlands
Help shape the future of the University properties. Attend a campus forum and open house or participate live via UMConnect.
Two upcoming campus forums will provide opportunities for University faculty, staff and students to learn more about UMore Park and Vermillion Highlands, and view concept planning scenarios. Your suggestions can help to shape the future of the properties and create opportunities for research and learning experiences.
Minneapolis Campus: Monday, June 16, 9:30 a.m. at Coffman Memorial Union
St. Paul Campus: Tuesday, June 17, 12:00 noon at the Student Center’s North Star Ballroom
Challenges and Tensions in
International Research Collaborations
International research collaborations are expanding rapidly, but they involve certain challenges. How are cross-national collaborations affected by fundamental differences in the way science is organized and funded? in cultural expectations? in laws and regulations? in national systems of graduate education and postdoctoral training?
The conference will address these questions in the life sciences, health sciences, physical sciences, engineering, social sciences, and bioethics.
