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With funding provided by the XSEDE program, and with additional funds from NCSI, there is no fee to attend any NCSI workshop this year.

Computational Chemistry for Chemistry Educators
This workshop will cover various ways that computers can be used to enhance and expand the educational experience of students enrolled in the undergraduate chemistry curriculum. Discussions and hands-on laboratory exercises on visualization, simulation, molecular modeling, and mathematical software will be presented.
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Jun 14 -
Jun 20
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA
Local Coordinators:
not specified
Lead Instructors:
not specified
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May 14
The workshop is scheduled to begin Sunday evening, June 14 and will finish by Noon on Saturday, June 20.
Cancelled
Computing MATTERS: Inquiry-Based Science and Mathematics Enhanced by Computational Thinking
The workshop will focus on inquiry-based learning enhanced by computational thinking with content and practice to assist faculty to incorporate modeling and simulation at all levels from mobile devices, laptops, desktops, and –as needed– to high performance computing. The workshop will expose faculty to the basics of computational thinking, including modeling and simulation, with special emphasis on exploring topics that complement each other in math, engineering, and physical, life, and social science. Materials for the workshop are drawn from National Science Digital Library (NSDL), in particular Shodor’s extensive Interactivate collection of lessons, discussions, activities, and supporting materials, modeling software and curriculum, and other resources aligned with Common Core and various state standards. The workshop is aimed at faculty teaching the introductory courses for both majors, gen-ed, and pre-service teachers.
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Jul 13 -
Jul 15
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
Local Coordinators:
not specified
Lead Instructors:
Bob Panoff and Holly Hirst
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Jun 15
NOTE: This workshop is co-sponsored by the Second Generation of Chautauqua, also funded by NSF. Once registered here, you must also create an account at http://www.c2gen.org and sign up for this course. The workshop consists  . . . 
Completed
Introduction to Computational Thinking
This workshop aims to expose participants to and inspire them with new techniques, teaching materials, and applications to use computational models in the undergraduate curriculum. By bringing faculty and teachers from different disciplines together so that they can learn how to incorporate computational models into their classrooms and research projects, it will advance the use of computing in undergraduate science education. We desire to have participants from a broad range of disciplines, including computer science, mathematics, and the physical and life sciences.
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Jun 15 -
Jun 18
Utah Valley University
Orem, UT
Local Coordinators:
Charles Allison
Lead Instructors:
Bob Panoff
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May 15
The workshop consists of interactive explorations and hands-on exercises from Monday morning through Wednesday afternoon. The content will explore new techniques, teaching materials, and applications using computational model . . . 
Completed
LittleFe Buildout Event
LittleFe is a portable mini-cluster which is small enough to fit in a shipping case, light enough to easily move between classrooms, and travels as standard checked baggage to conferences and workshops. LittleFe's primary focus is turnkey classroom demonstrations of, and exercises in, High Performance Computing (HPC), parallel programming, and Computational/Data Enabled Science and Engineering (CDESE). LittleFe supports shared memory, distributed memory, and GPGPU parallelism. LittleFe's secondary focus is as a production HPC resource for small institutions that are not yet able to afford or support a full scale cluster; in fact, LittleFe can be used as a gateway to, and development platform for full scale HPC resources.

LittleFe buildout events consist of participants assembling their LittleFe unit from a kit; installing the Bootable Cluster CD (BCCD) software on it; learning about the curriculum modules available for teaching parallel programming, HPC and CDESE; and learning how to develop new curriculum modules for the LittleFe/BCCD platform.
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Mar 4 -
Mar 4
Kansas City Convention Center
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Jan 21
This LittleFe Buildout event will take place as a pre-symposium event at the SIGCSE 2015 symposium. 8 teams will learn how to assemble the LittleFe from a kit of parts, how to install the BCCD operating system, and how to use . . . 
Completed
LittleFe Curriculum Module Buildout
Teams from past LittleFe Buildout events will bring their LittleFe/BCCD units to a workshop to share ideas and best practices for developing new curriculum in a "Buildout-style" assembly of new curriculum modules. We would like you and a colleague or student working directly with you on LittleFe/BCCD curriculum or classroom use to attend as a team, but this is not a requirement.
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Jul 7 -
Jul 10
Shodor
Durham, NC
Local Coordinators:
Aaron Weeden
Lead Instructors:
Aaron Weeden and Mohammad Mobeen Ludin
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Jun 7
The workshop will be held at Shodor's teaching lab in Durham, NC. The workshop will begin at noon on Tuesday July 7 and end by noon on July 10.
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