Dave, Thanks for posting this. We have a ScienceSim users meeting on Fridays 9am PDT. If anyone is interested, I can ask Wilf Pinfold, general chair of the SC'09 conference, to join us and answer questions about SC'09 expectations.
--mic On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Dave Coyle <coyle+open...@knifejaw.com> wrote: > For anyone who might be interested, last week it was announced that > one of this year's focuses at the SC09[1] conference will be the "3D > Internet". OpenSim BOF? > > From the press release: > > "The 3D Internet Focus Area will look at ways in which 3D > visualization and immersive environments such as Second Life are > changing the way we communicate, share information, educate students > and explore scientific problems. > > "'The Internet changed the way we share information and the > 3D Internet will change the way we relate to each other in fundamental > ways,' said John Hengeveld, a business strategy manager at Intel and > chair of the 3D Internet Focus Area. 'These graphically rich 3D worlds > require a host of HPC resources, and they could forever change > education and how people come to understand scientific concepts.' > > "Submissions for most areas of the SC09 technical program will be > accepted beginning March 16. Technical paper abstracts are due April 3 > and final papers as well as submissions for tutorials, workshops and > panels are due April 6." > > > SC09 will be November 14-20, 2009 in Portland, Oregon, USA. > > http://sc09.supercomputing.org/ > > -Coyle > > > [1] -- What's SC09? "SC09, sponsored by the ACM (the Association for > Computing Machinery) and the IEEE Computer Society, offers a complete > technical education program and exhibition to showcase the many ways > high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis lead to > advances in scientific discovery, research, education and commerce. > This premier international conference includes a globally attended > technical program, workshops, tutorials, an exhibit area, > demonstrations and hands-on learning. > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-dev mailing list > Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev > _______________________________________________ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev