JUNE 29: MSI-VI Kick off meeting to introduce and inform participants as to what the MSI-VI is, its objectives, goals, and to go over the times, dates, structure, and topics.

Minority Serving Institutions Network, Emerging High Performance Communities

JULY 13: OPEN HOUSE KICK OFF -

Stephenie Mclean
Director - EOT TACC
Texas Advanced Computing Center
Minority Serving Institution Network

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JULY 27: OpenGL
OpenGL is the premier environment for developing portable, interactive 2D and 3D graphics applications.

Robert J. Moorhead
Institute for Computational Science and Engineering
Mississippi State University

AUGUST 10: Theme: Sponsored Programs, Grant and Proposal Development
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Various of our members have been affected by Hurricane Katrina and we will be rescheduling Alson Been's Networks presentation for September 7, 2005
AUGUST 31: Networks

SEPTEMBER 7, 2005 Networks

Alson Been
Bethune Cookman College
Minority Serving Institution Network
Vice President of Information Technology

SEPTEMBER 14: Theme: Cyber Security
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SEPTEMBER 28: Access Grid in the Curriculum

Jennifer Teig Von Hoffman
Access Grid Documentation Project
Scientific Computing and Visualization
Boston University

OCTOBER 12: Theme: Diversity in Education
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Richard Tapia Conference October 19 - 22
Panel: Implementation and Use of the AccessGrid at MSI's for High Performance Computing Collaborations

OCTOBER 26: Advanced Computing Courses

TACC - Texas Advanced Computing Center
Advanced Computing Courses Delivery
EPIC - Engaging Peoplein Cyberinfrastructure

NOVEMBER 9: Theme: Integrating AccessGrid and Education, Curriculum
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SuperComputing Conference November 12 - 18

NOVEMBER 30: Bioreactors, bioengineering, and biomaterials for drug delivery and tissue engineering

Eric Crumpler
Biomedical Engineering
The Engineering Center
Florida International University  
McNair Program Coordinator

JANUARY 11: Theme: Evaluation and Assesment
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JANUARY 25: SuperComputing Conference 2006 Chair

Barbera Horner Miller
Associate Director
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center

FEBRUARY 8: Theme: Marketing, Publicity, and Promotion
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FEBRUARY 22: Bionanotechnology and its use in increasing Data Storage
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Sakhrat Khizroev
Nanosystems Research Center
The Engineering Center
Florida International University  
a. Computational Nanotechnology
b. Nanofabrication
c. Perpendicular Magnetic Recording 

MARCH 8: Theme: Publications
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MARCH 29: Optimization, and HPC

George Dulikravich - Chair
Mechanical and materials Engineering
Multidisciplinary Analysis, Inverse Design, Robust Optimization and Control Laboratory
The Engineering Center

APRIL 12: Theme: Distance, Continuing and e-learning
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APRIL 26: 3D Spatial Sound

Armando Barreto
Digital signal Processing Laboratory
Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Engineering Center
Florida International University