CI DAYS
The Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Day presents an opportunity for educators and students to understand the benefits that cyberinfrastructure can bring to their scholarly pursuits, to see how others utilize cyberinfrastructure, and to learn what resources are available on campus, across institutions in Nevada, and nationally.
Registration is now closed. If you have any questions, please contact Mayara Cueto-Diaz, mcueto-diaz@nshe.nevada.edu.
This one-day event features:
- Understand how cyberinfrastructure helps create, disseminate, and preserve scientific data and knowledge
- Learn about modern computing technology and how it supports scientific research and everyday life activities
- Participate in tours and demonstrations at the UNR labs: Robotics, Drones, Autonomous Vehicles, High Performance Computation and Visualization (HPCVIS), and Earthquake Engineering
- Learn about the Nevada Research Data Center (NRDC)
- Learn about paid research and program opportunities for Nevada college students and teachers
- Network with Nevada research faculty and students
What is CI?
The National Science Foundation defines CI as a collection of advanced technologies and services to support scientific inquiry.
This includes:
- Computing clusters and high performance computing systems
- Data management, data integration, and data storage systems
- Digitally-enabled sensors and observatories
- Interoperable suites of software, services, and tools
- High speed networks
- Data mining and data visualization
- Collaboration and security tools
- The people who design, build, and run these systems
For more information contact:
Michele Casella
NSHE Sponsored Programs & EPSCoR Office
mcasella@nshe.nevada.edu 702-522-7076
*This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. IIA-1301726.
