Green high-performance computing and related technologies like alternative energy, power, storage, virtualization and cloud computing are impacting career and hiring decisions. With the planned Green High Performance Computing Center to be built in Holyoke, and the effort to attract and retain more IT industry in Massachusetts, educators will be asked to train more students for the IT workforce. Want to start incorporating some of these technologies in your classroom?

The Commonwealth Information Technology Initiative (CITI), Holyoke Community College, and the National Center for Information and Communications Technologies at Springfield Technical Community College are offering a Green High Performance Computing Educators’ Conference, Tuesday, May 25 at Holyoke Community College. The event is organized by community college educators, for community college educators (and others).

Who should attend?

Educators in computing, information & communications technology, and engineering fields at community colleges, universities, high schools, and informal education organizations who want to learn about new technologies to incorporate into their curricula.

Cost

Free, but advanced registration is required by May 21, 2010. Space is limited to 80 attendees, so register early.

Stipends

Stipends for participation are available for Massachusetts educators who are not employed on contracts on May 25. Participation stipends are $150 (inclusive of travel). Public school educators should abide by their district policies about whether or not to request a stipend.

Stipend recipients are required to complete and return a W-9 form in advance of the conference and sign an invoice at registration on May 25 in order to receive a stipend.

Check off stipend option on registration and follow instructions. Separate funding for travel expenses is not available.

For further information contact Helen Wetmore at 413-755-6550  or hwetmore@stcc.edu

GREEN HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING

EDUCATOR’S CONFERENCE

HOLYOKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE – KITTREDGE CENTER

MAY 25, 2010

AGENDA

Kittredge Center 301-303

8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.                     Registration/Networking

9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.                       Welcome

Jeff Hayden, Executive Director of the Kittredge Center for Business and Workforce Development, Holyoke Community College

Rick Adrion, Professor Dept. of Computer Science UMass Amherst and Director of Commonwealth Information Technology Initiative (CITI)

9:15 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.                    Overview of Green High Performance Computing

Jim Kurose, Distinguished Professor, Dept. of  Computer

Science, UMass, Amherst

Kittredge Center Classrooms

10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.                Sessions

KC 418 Community Connections        Nancy Dimauro, Director of Operations, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holyoke, Inc.

                                                        Victor Rojas, Technology Director, Boys & Girls Club of

                                                             Greater Holyoke, Inc.

                                                        Suzanne Parker, Executive Director, Girl’s Inc. of Holyoke

KC 420 Cloud Computing/ High          Dave Irwin, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Dept. of

    Performance Networking                  Computer Science UMass, Amherst

KC 422 Data Security                       Brian Bradley, Professor Bunker Hill Community College,

                                                          Network Security Engineer, Imaginatik, PLC and Decoi

                                                          Systems

Frost 265

Noon – 1:00                              Box Lunch - Networking

Kittredge Center Classrooms

1:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.                Sessions

KC 418 Storage                         Kim Yohannan, Academic Alliance Manager, EMC

                                                Mike Qaissaunee, Professor, Brookdale Community College

                                                Mohammad Shanehsaz, Professor, Brookdale Community College

KC 420 Cloud Computing/          Jim O'Neil, Senior Developer Evangelist, Microsoft

     Platform Technology

KC 522 Green Technology         Prashant Shenoy, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, UMass

                                                    Amherst

                                   Dave Irwin, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Computer

                                       Science, UMass Amherst

Frost 265

3:00 – 3:30                       Raffle and Wrap-up

Event Sponsors:

Commonwealth IT Initiative

Holyoke Community College

National Center for Information and Communications Technologies

Springfield Technical Community College

Sponsors: