Kickoff in Glorieta: Supercomputing Challenge TMM, Sept. 11, 2007

Supercomputing Challenge Tuesday Morning Message, September 11, 2007

Good Day,

CHALLENGE REGISTRATION
At this date, 10 teachers and 49 students have followed at least
three of the ten steps at http://challenge.nm.org/registration.shtml
to complete their registrations for the 2007 -2008 Challenge and Kickoff.

Please understand the AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) at
http://challenge.nm.org/archive/07-08/aup.shtm and know that you MUST
act in a responsible and ethical way at all times, online and in
person when participating in the Challenge.

The flow chart at http://challenge.nm.org/ctg/overview/project.shtml
helps guide your project development.


DATES THIS COMING MONTH
Registration closes on September 30th.
TEAF (Team Entry Authorization Form) and $40 student registration fee
due by Oct. 5th.

Work on a Project Proposal to bring to the Kickoff Conference at
Glorieta, Sunday, October 21st. We will talk more about these and the
mid school changes after more people register.


PRE- CHALLENGE SURVEY
Please fill out the online survey at
http://mode.lanl.k12.nm.us/pre-survey_login.php
We need this information from teachers and students for our
assessment process. THANKS embedded in advance here. aTdHvaAnNcKeS


LOOKING AHEAD
KICKOFF KEYNOTE SPEAKER MARISOL GAMBOA
1:30 ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, GLORIETA CONFERENCE CENTER
Marisol Gamboa participated in the 1992-93 and 1993-94 Supercomputing
Challenges while at Hatch High School. She was a recipient of the
4-year Amy Boulanger scholarship. Marisol received her BS degree in
Computer Science in 1998 from the University of New Mexico. Upon
graduation, she began working as a Software Engineer for IBM Almaden
Research Center. Marisol joined Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory in 2002, on assignment to the National Ignition Facility
where she developed distributed control system user interfaces. She
is currently a Senior Computer Scientist and Technical Lead for
Global Security in the Counterproliferation Analysis Section. She is
responsible for the design and implementation of software capable of
supporting the rapid integration of analytical technologies for
processing unstructured messages in a high-performance computer environment.


LOOK INTO THE FUTURE
Important dates are available at
http://challenge.nm.org/archive/07-08/dates.shtml
Please note these dates in your school calendar, your personal
calendar, the calendar on your refrigerator, etc.

SCIENCE LINK
What to learn more about where Marisol works?
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory http://www.llnl.gov/

B, C, D
Betsy, Celia and David for Consult, Challenge Management Team
consult@challenge.nm.org