FSU's Department of Scientific Computing and Program in Interdisciplinary Computing are sponsoring "Viz Day," a day to explore visualization technologies in science and engineering. You, your faculty and students are invited to a presentation by Mercury Computer Systems Visualization Sciences group who will demonstrate and discuss Avizo 3D visualization and analysis software Wednesday April 1, 3:00-5:00 in 499 Dirac Science Library. Please forward this message to faculty that you think would be interested.

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Created: March 27 2009

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OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 26, 2009—Oak Ridge Associated Universities and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have announced four winners in the first high-performance computing grants competition. The grants, open to ORAU member institutions, allow faculty and student teams the opportunity to participate in research at ORNL with the benefit of ORNL’s computing resources and staff. The grant award, $25,000 for the first year, also includes potential funding of up to two more years for a total of $75,000 provided by ORAU.

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Created: March 10 2009

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FROM SEED TO NUTS: HUMAN ANCESTOR'S FACE EVOLVED TO EAT SURVIVAL FOODS

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The facial structure of an ancient relative of modern humans may have evolved to allow them to eat large, hard nuts and seeds as part of a survival strategy, according to a new study by an international team of researchers that includes Florida State University’s Dennis E. Slice.

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Created: February 06 2009

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A study co-authored by Professor Dennis Slice has confirmed through a complex statistical analysis that many people see human facial features in the front end of automobiles and ascribe various personality traits to cars — a modern experience driven by our prehistoric psyches.

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Created: January 23 2009

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Florida State University and the Department of Scientific Computing are pleased and excited to host MMM2008, the international Multiscale Materials Modeling conference. MMM is an international conference for materials science scholars and professionals to exchange research findings, examine complex problems, develop innovative theoretical concepts, and address issues of practical application in materials modeling. MMM2008, the fourth occurrence of this progressive and influential conference, will be held at the Tallahassee/Leon County Civic Center October 27 – 31st.

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Created: October 03 2008

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