Innovations inspired by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in science, computing, and network grid technology promise to soon push the "envelope" in K-12 and higher education. Some of the innovations in higher education will be seen at an NSF-funded four-day technology conference and road show this week, which is modeled on the American Chautauqua* forum and organized by the National Computational Science Alliance (NCSA) and the Education, Outreach and Training Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (EOT-PACI).
The conference will showcase hands-on demonstrations of cutting-edge research and educational learning environments as well as research that involves real-time use of sophisticated computational enhancements during collaborative work. Attendees will experience the state-of-the-art Access Grid, a new technology for real-time collaborative visualization and computing, featuring video, voice and data streams over the Internet. Access Grid is testing the limits of the national high-bandwidth vBNS network, connecting remote audiences and speakers at NCSA sites from Boston to Maui, HI. A Wednesday afternoon session will focus on education applications, allowing a preview of what the future may hold for "schools without walls."
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Who: Roscoe Giles & Raquell Holmes, Boston Univ. Ctr. for Computational Science
What: Presentation on "Education, Outreach, & Training Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure"
When: 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 15, 1999
Where: ACCESS, National Ctr. for Supercomputer Applications
Ballston Metro Center Office Tower
901 N. Stuart St., Suite 800, Arlington, VA
(703-248-0072; jtt@ncsa.uiuc.edu )
For more information contact:
Lee Herring (703) 306-1070/ kherring@nsf.gov
* Chautauqua is a Seneca Indian word meaning meeting or gathering. The original Chautauqua movement started in the late 19th century, when traveling educational meetings were used to introduce new concepts and cultural realities of the industrial revolution to an increasingly diverse American population. For details about the schedule and content, see: http://chautauqua.bu.edu