Over the past five years, I have had the privilege of working with the Summer Institute program at the Ohio Supercomputer Center. Summer Institute, SI for short, is “a two-week residential program that gives gifted Ohio high school students project-based, hands-on learning,” and each year is a unique experience for both myself and the students who participate in this program.
In today's news we look at Ohio's $71 billion spending plan, Ohio State University rolling out BYOD engagement tool, Ed Seidel presenting on supercomputing in an era of big data and big collaboration, Yale's library saving old chipotle cups and Gov. Kasich's proposal possibly eliminating landlines...
Over the weekend of June 12-13, 2015, staff members of the Ohio Technology Consortium’s (OH-TECH) Shared Infrastructure (SI) unit moved systems and storage from the Kinnear Road Data center (KRC) at The Ohio State University to the State of Ohio Computer Center (SOCC). While not a common event, this was not the first time that I have been responsible for moving equipment from KRC to the SOCC.
In today's news we look at the Tiny Titan parallel computer becoming an interactive display at the American Museum of Science and Energy at Oak Ridge, programs that are aiming to boost minorities in STEM, Ohio Wesleyan's OWjL camp receiving a $3,000 grant from Timer Warner Cable, a Wright State Alumus winning the prestigious national aerospace award and Allied Fiber bringing massive broadband to the Southeast...
In today's news we look at the FCC giving $23 million to Frontier Communications to expand Ohio's broadband, girls experiencing the life of an engineer at the University of Akron, Youngstown State University ranking amoung the best online MS degrees in engineering, the best Ohio counties for technology and Facebook joining with Google and Twitter to offer a click-to-call function on their ads...
In today's news we look at Columbus being named the Intelligent Community of the Year, Ohio libraries going mobile, coding being used to boost STEM success, five Ohio cities ranking the best for millennial job seekers and the lack of technology hindering local Ohio communities...
In today's news we look at Ohio State's new budget plan, a former P&G exec consulting for the Ohio Supercomputer Center, Ohio utility provider providing learning environment for students, Ohio students competing in the OhioFIRST Robotics Competition and Ohio State University winning the EcoCAR 3 challenge...
In today's news we look at Dayton being named the best Ohio metro for STEM jobs, Nationwide Children's buying a faster genome sequencer, an opinion piece on why Ohio should have a strategic partnership with Cuba, Ohio State University finding need-based aid for 12,400, and ODILO and Findaway announcing a new partnership...
In today's news we look at the University of Akron cutting tuition costs, a spotlight on 3-D printers, Americans living without broadband, and robots potentially replacing professors...
In today's news we look at OSU's College of Veterinary Medicine being the first in the country to use 3-D printers, Wendy's opening 90 Degrees Labs in Columbus, Ohio receiving funds to align workforce programs with industry needs, Consolidated Electric Cooperative beginning to roll out broadband capabilities in Ohio, and an AI supercomputer assembled by tapping data warehouses for their idle computing power...
In today's news we look at employers offering college degrees for their employees, Ohio colleges among the top-ranked for online programs for veterans, Ohio's new supercomputer three times faster than the previous system, schools and libraries receiving their full request in E-Rate funding, and Cleveland searching for a way to collaborate technology and the community...
In today's news we look at Columbus State Community College offering courses to help put workers back on the job, a robotics championship to make STEM exciting, cable powers used to transform healthcare, University of Minnesota and CUNY lauching a new platform in their publications, and a $10 hedge fund supercomputer that's taking over Wall Street..
In today's news we look at companies in northeastern Ohio gathering at Youngstown State to get a sample of the latest tech trends, Ohio State is facing a $10 million budget gap, researchers are making strides with the Cheyenne supercomputer, IT and library services are working together at Smith College, and Frontier Communications' four-year investment in Ohio has exceeded $199 million...
In today's news we look at the University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College work with OARnet in making an identity blueprint for higher education institutions in Ohio, two Ohio community colleges who are merging their administration offices, Dublin being approved for a 100 gigabit broadband plan, Penn State having a tech expo to show off the future of education, and the University of Chicago being chosen to house the Obama presidential library...
John Burke, library director of the Gardner-Harvey Library at Miami University Middletown, began his career just as online catalogs and periodical databases were becoming widespread and the nascent Internet was gaining interest.
His interest in this technology drew him to the field – as well as led him to help others keep up with the ever-changing field as the author of a technology textbook.
OhioLINK recently talked with Burke about working at a regional campus, changes in technology and their impact on librarianship over the past two decades
In today's news we look at technology majors becoming more popular than humanities at Ohio colleges, high school girls participating in STEMM Day at the University of Toledo, Franklin County Launching a $2.5 million jobs program, and Purdue installing their new supercomputer to help in research...
In today's news we look at researchers using the supercomputers at the Ohio Supercomputer Center for help in the Nepal earthquake, Clark State getting approved to offer a 10-percent discount for students, an editorial on getting broadband for Stark County, a nonprofit that aims to prep 11,000 community college students for STEM jobs, and ProQuest acquiring MyiLibrary and OASIS...
In today's news we look at Upper Arlington beginning plans for a fiber-optic network, Ohio public and private universities sparring over how the state should divide grant money, Kent State University professors teaching at Akron high schools so students can earn college credit, Huntington being among the 50 cities competing for a new broadband project, and President Obama announcing new initiatives for libraries...
In today's news we look at fifteen high school students who won scholarships during Goodyears annual STEM Career Day, Central State University being placed on fiscal watch, Ohio colleges planning to launch a drone summit this summer, connecting higher education trends to academic libraries, and the reality of an affordable domestic supercomputer...
As today, April 22, is Earth Day 2015, I wanted to take a moment to share some of my favorite stories that show how researchers are leveraging Ohio Supercomputer Center resources to better understand Mother Earth and mankind’s relationship with her.
In today's news we look at the Choose Ohio First Scholar Showcase hosted at Columbus State, Ohio State students participating in a hardware-focused hackathon, Ohio politcians working on lowering college costs, Louisville libraries helping to train local talent for tech jobs, and the University of Maryland releasing the results of their broadband quality in public libraries survey...
In today's news we look at Ohio finding its niche in the world of high-performance computing, Zane State College and Ohio University allowing students to transfer associate degree credits towards a bachelor's degree, a new lab offering a blended learning classroom, University of Akron lowering prices on some courses, and Intel and Cray being selected for a $200 million supercomputer project...
In today's news we look at the unveiling of the Ohio Supercomputer Center's newest supercomputer Ruby Cluster, Clark State planning to have tuition rebates to encourage retention, the University of Cincinnati School of Information Technology partners with Sinclair Community College, NetObjex announced the launch of SmartLibrary, a system that enables libraries to send messages to their patrons' mobile devices, and an increase in broadband equipment as fibre subscribers boom...
It was exciting to visit the remarkable State of Ohio Computer Center yesterday to help Ohio Supercomputer Center officials dedicate the state’s latest investment in state-of-the-art, shared, statewide technology resources — the HP/Intel Ruby Cluster supercomputer.
This new system is a boon for Ohio for many reasons – it promotes continued collaboration and efficiency around the state, it supports and strengthens our commercialization efforts, it helps to train a high-tech workforce, and its availability will increase the quality of the education and research here.
In today's news we look at municipalities in Ohio being connected via fiber-optics network, Kent State University planning to double their research spending, the OSU-OU venture capital fund preparing to launch, a Major League Baseball team using a supercomputer to help win more games, and the U.S. Department of Education releasing a guide for ed-tech developers...
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