[Carolinas_asist] South Carolina Program Updates and NC details RSVP

Fri Sep 20 15:00:58 EDT 2013

Below is update with details on South Carolina event.  (Also copy of NC event.) We hope you can come to either NC or SC event next Friday. Please RSVP.  Thanks.

Have a great weekend, Deborah Swain

The Carolinas Chapter of 
the Association for Information Science and Technology (cc:ASIS&T) is 
excited to present this upcoming program in Columbia, SC on September 27! 
This event is free, but space is limited. Please 
register at http://3dprinters.eventbrite.com/ or RSVP to Susan 
Rathbun-Grubb (srathbun at mailbox.sc.edu).

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3D Printing 
Technologies: A Talk and Demonstration by Dr. John H. Gerdes, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, 
Integrated Information Technology
In this talk we will address the emerging area of 3D 
printing. We are hearing about amazing advances associated with 3D printers 
every day. These systems are showing up in TV series, in movies, and in the 
news. There have been recent articles detailing the production of an artificial 
ear printed from bio-material, a proposals to construct a unified plane fuselage 
using 3D printing, and construction buildings in distant and remote places 
(think the moon and mars) using 3D printers. We also hear of the potential for 
printing guns using this technology. In this talk we will give an introduction 
to the different types of 3D printing technologies and give some examples of how 
these systems are being used. We also will discuss the new 3D Design Lab 
currently located at IT-oLogy. This facility was funded through a recent USC’s 
ASPIRE grant, and is available to address the 3D printing needs of the whole USC 
community. You will see some examples of some parts produced using 3D printing. 
Finally you will get a tour of the 3D Design Lab and see two printers that use 
different 3D printing technologies. 

Date/Time: Friday, September 27, 2013 – 
2:30pm-4:00pm
Location: 
second floor of  IT-ology, 1301 Gervais 
St., Columbia, SC 29208 (http://it-ology.org/About.aspx)

About Dr. Gerdes: 

After graduating from Cornell University with a Bachelors and 
Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering Dr. John Gerdes worked 15 years in the 
combustion industry designing burners. In 1990 he returned to academics, earning 
his doctorate in information systems from Vanderbilt University.  
Along the way he has earned additional masters degrees in both Business 
and Computer Science. After graduating from Vanderbilt, Dr. Gerdes taught in the 
business schools of The Ohio State University, and the University of California 
Riverside.  In 2006 he joined USC in the College of Hospitality, 
Retail, and Sport Management in what is now the Integrated Information 
Technology program. Dr. Gerdes’ research interests are quite broad. In 2009 he 
received an external grant to study a new approach in student advising. This 
idea evolved, and was subsequently named a winner in USC’s QEP competition for 
SACS. Much of his published work focuses on web data mining, where he collects 
web content and then derives insights into user behavior and industry impact. A 
third stream of research is in the area of security technology, where his recent 
work on digital certificates has recently resulted in an issued U.S. patent. In 
2013 Dr. Gerdes spearheaded a successful ASPIRE proposal that involved 13 USC 
faculty from 10 departments and 5 colleges to bring 3D printing to the USC 
Columbia Campus.
____________________________________________________________________________________

Refreshments will be 
provided.

This event is free, but space is limited. Please 
register at http://3dprinters.eventbrite.com/ or RSVP to Susan 
Rathbun-Grubb (srathbun at mailbox.sc.edu)

Thank 
you,

Susan Rathbun-Grubb, 
PhD
Assistant 
Professor
School of Library and 
Information Science
University of South 
Carolina
srathbun at mailbox.sc.edu
(803) 
777-0485============================================================From: swainham at msn.com
To: carolinas_asist at mail.asis.org; shoffner at renci.org; jhertel at uncc.edu; dswain at nccu.edu
CC: rhill at asis.org; wildemuth at unc.edu
Subject: RENCI Program Sept 27: Carolinas_asist: 2013
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:24:50 -0400

You are cordially invited by the ASIST Carolinas
Chapter  and NCCU “Friends of MIS” for a
program of speakers and lunch at the RENCI  (Renaissance Computing Institute) in
Chapel Hill, NC on September 27, 2013.
The title of the program is: "Using Big Data: Challenges and the Role of
Information Science." Speakers representing various research and
analytical tools at the RENCI will present. The program begins at
11:00am, includes lunch, and ends at 1:00pm.

 Topics 
by RENCI staff will provide overviews of data management and analytics for big 
data, decision support, and cybersecurity, along with example projects in 
healthcare and other domains. The agenda is below. Please RSVP by September 
24 to akamyab at eagles.nccu.edu or leave a 
phone message with Dr. Deborah Swain (919-530-7502).

The RENCI develops 
and deploys advanced technologies to enable research discoveries and practical 
innovations. RENCI partners with researchers, policy makers, and technology 
leaders to engage and solve the challenging problems that affect North Carolina, 
our nation and the world. An institute of the University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill, RENCI was launched in 2004 as a collaborative effort involving 
UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University and North Carolina State 
University.

Directions/location: RENCI Anchor Facility, 100 Europa Drive 
Suite 540, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Contact number: 919- 445-9640. 
Directions and link: http://www.renci.org/about/locations/renci-anchor-at-europa-center

AGENDA

"Using Big Data: Challenges and 
the Role of Information Science"

September 27, 2013 – RENCI – 
Chapel Hill

11:00 Ashok Krishnamurthy: Intro 
and welcome remarks (RENCI's organization, how it is working on big data, 
supporting research, etc., and other strategic stuff (NCDS mention?))
11:10 
Arcot Rajasekar: "Keynote style" overview about big data and the field of Info 
Sci, mention/intro to iRODS
11:30 Erik Scott: Genomics, Hadoop, other NoSQL, 
etc.
11:45 Ketan Mane: Healthcare, medical decision support
12:00 Howard 
Lander: DataBridge research project overview ("applying socio-metric models to 
opaque, long-tail data")
12:15 Lunch and networking
12:45 Discussion and 
closing

 Regards, Deborah Swain, 
Treasurer, cc: ASIST
***Pardon any duplicate 
postings. Hope to see you Sept. 27***             		 	   		  

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