[LA-SiGMA-funded] Co-sponsored seminar by Steve Plimpton - Nov. 4 Sid Fuchs ME Seminar Series and LaSiGMA Seminar

[Mark Jarrell]

On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 5:13 PM, B. Ramu Ramachandran
<ramu at coes.latech.edu>wrote:

> Dear Bhupender:
>
> Will it be possible to do the following:
>
> a)  Reserve a "meeting" on EVO to cover the time-period of the seminar +
> Q&A.
> b)  Have a computer with a good quality webcam to broadcast the speaker
> and the screen on EVO. (I am not sure how well the sound will be picked up.
>  Not sure what can be done about that.)
>

We purchased a good microphone and speaker to be used with EVO that works
quite well.  It should be in room 244J.


> c)  Optionally (preferably) have the speaker's slides available on the
> computer connected to the webcam, and share that desktop (someone will have
> to keep up with the speaker's slide changes on the webcam computer).
> d)  Have the webcam/computer operator relay any questions back to the
> speaker.
>
> Please let me know if this is possible.  Thanks.
>
> -Ramu
> -----------------
>
> On 10/28/2011 8:54 AM, bthakur at cct.lsu.edu wrote:
>
>> Dear Dimitris,
>>
>> I dont think it would be possible to broadcast it as there are only few
>> rooms equipped with Access Grid equipment required to broadcast seminars.
>> Having Polycom wont work either as most campuses in LI/LASiGMA can only
>> connect through AG.
>>
>> However we can setup an informal meet and greet with long-distant
>> LI/LASiGMA faculty when he visits CCT in the morning. It is great that he
>> will meet the GPU team here as we have been exploring GPU implementations
>> of LAMMPS and will be able to discuss some aspects with him.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bhupender.
>>
>>
>> Quoting "Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos" <meniki at me.lsu.edu>:
>>
>>  Dear Colleagues,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I finally have a finalized travel plan from Steve Plimpton for his visit
>>> and
>>> seminar at LSU. I am writing to you directly because you had expressed
>>> your
>>> interest specifically when I had put out a call a few months ago. I am
>>> also
>>> copying all of our LaSiGMA colleagues to make sure that they are aware
>>> and
>>> have the opportunity to participate.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> His visit will start with a late arrival on Nov. 3. He will spend the
>>> whole
>>> day Nov. 4 at LSU and depart Nov. 5 early in the morning. His seminar
>>> will
>>> take place 3:30pm-4:30pm, Nov. 4 in the Frank H. Walk Design Presentation
>>> Room (ELAB 140, directions will be sent to all).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve has a very busy schedule so he will be here one day only (I was
>>> angling for two, but did not work out), so an effort will be made to make
>>> his short visit as meaningful as possible for as many as possible.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I believe it is fair to give priority of participation to the
>>> co-sponsoring
>>> entities (Mech. E. and LaSiGMA), so I will not broadcast the event to the
>>> wider public until next Tuesday. I will send out a flier with Steve's
>>> abstract to ME and LaSiGMA personnel later today.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My thoughts on the schedule and arrangements are given below the
>>> signature
>>> line of this message. Please provide your feedback so that we can
>>> converge
>>> sooner rather than later.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> Dimitris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Schedule
>>>
>>> 1.       Multi-scale simulations and tool development group
>>> (coarse-graining, continuum-MD/DPD, etc.); Venue: Venue: 338 Johnston
>>> Hall
>>> (CCT); Time Slot: 8:30am - 9:15am
>>>
>>> 2.       GPU group; Venue: 338 Johnston Hall (CCT); Time Slot:
>>> 9:30am-10:15am
>>>
>>> 3.       General LAMMPS interested group; Venue: Venue: 338 Johnston Hall
>>> (CCT); Time Slot: 11:00am-11:45am
>>>
>>> 4.       Lunch with up to 6 interested Faculty (TBD); Venue: Faculty
>>> Club;
>>> Time Slot: 12:00noon- 1:15pm
>>>
>>> 5.       Meetings with individual interested faculty (TBD); Venue: PFTH;
>>> Time Slot: 1:30pm - 3:00pm
>>>
>>> 6.       Seminar; Venue: Frank H. Walk Design Presentation Room (ELAB
>>> 140);
>>> Time Slot: 3:30pm - 4:30pm
>>>
>>> 7.       Graduate Student and Post-Doc. Social; Venue: Frank H. Walk
>>> Design
>>> Presentation Room (ELAB 140); Time Slot: 4:30pm - 5:30pm or 6:00pm
>>>
>>> 8.       Dinner with Mark Jarrell (or designee), Nikitopoulos and up to 4
>>> more interested Faculty (TBD); Venue: Juban's or Mansour's; Time Slot:
>>> 7:00noon- ...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Organization
>>>
>>> Those who wish to drive in from other towns (e.g. Ruston, New Orleans)
>>> should be provided with hotel accommodation free of charge.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The Walk Room will be used for the seminar because of its holding
>>> capacity
>>> (~120+ ) and presentation infrastructure. I call on Bhupender Thakur to
>>> work
>>> with our technical staff to make arrangements over next week and ensure
>>> that
>>> the seminar is broadcast live to our LaSiGMA partners, who should also
>>> "beam
>>> in".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 338 Johnston Hall will be used for the group meetings because it is very
>>> well equipped for highly interactive smaller meetings involving
>>> individuals
>>> at remote sites. I call on Bhupender Thakur to work with CCT technical
>>> staff
>>> to make arrangements over next week and ensure that the remote
>>> connections
>>> are properly set up and working.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>


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