NCSA Access Magazine - April 25, 2000

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: [FYI --- WHH] : Access Online : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ : TABLE OF CONTENTS : April 25, 2000 : : COVER STORY : The Science of Glass : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/CoverStories/Optics/ : : FEATURES : VentureTECH Endorsed by Illinois Legislature : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Features/VTech/ : This IS Rocket Science : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/CoverStories/CSAR/ : : HEADLINES : Allstate Wins NCSA Grand Challenge Award : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Headlines/00Headlines/000417.Allstate.html : CAIDA Announces Second Round Funding for Internet Teaching Labs : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Headlines/00Headlines/000425.CAIDA.html : : NEWS BRIEFS : Globus Toolkit Workshop Goes Live on the Grid : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Briefs/00Briefs/000414.Globus.html : Blackwell and Tapia Honored with Lecture Series : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Briefs/00Briefs/000425.Tapia.html : REU Summer Internships Now Available : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Briefs/00Briefs/000418.ALGREU.html : Astronomical Observatories Now Accessible over High-speed Networks : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Briefs/00Briefs/000425.Observatories.html : AC3 to Host First Annual Meeting : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Briefs/00Briefs/000425.AC3.html : Amersham Pharmacia Biotech and Science Announce Prize for Young Scientists : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Briefs/00Briefs/000425.Science.html : CAIDA Sponsored Internet Teaching Labs to Open Nationwide : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Briefs/00Briefs/000425.CAIDA.html : STAR TAP ITN Service Begins : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Briefs/00Briefs/000425.STARTAP.html : SDSC Announces Open Registration for ISMB 2000 : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Briefs/00Briefs/000425.ISMB2000.html : data link Newsletter, April 2000 : http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SCD/Alliance/datalink/ : : EVENTS : Biological Physics Lecture Series : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Events/991214.Biophysics.html : The Ninth Annual Corporate Communicators Conference : http://www.ragan.com/ : Sixth Annual Genes, Proteins and Computers Conference (GPCVI) : http://www.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk/CCP11/gpcvi/ : IPDPS 2000: International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium : http://www.ipdps.org/ : The complete NCSA, Alliance, and HPCC calendar of events is online at: : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Events/ : : FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES : Collaborative Research Experience for Women in Undergraduate Computer : Science and Engineering : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Funding/000411.CREW.html : NSF ROLE Program : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Funding/991209.ROLE.html : NSF Science Instructional Materials Initiative : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Funding/000412.NSFSIMI.html : A complete list of Alliance funding opportunities is available at: : http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Funding/ : : NCSA LIVE : Numerical Simulation of 3D Grazing Black Hole Collision : http://zuul.ncsa.uiuc.edu/arrott2/media/BlackHole.ram : Web Weather Watch : http://alderaan.ncsa.uiuc.edu/live3.ram : Inside the Machine Room : http://alderaan.ncsa.uiuc.edu/live4.ram : Streaming Video Archive : http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/MEDIA/vidlib/

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