From gears@eng2.uconn.eduWed Jan 31 23:19:08 1996 Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 10:17:22 -0500 (EST) From: ** Dagitim ** To: ** ITUMD ** Istanbul Teknik Universitesi Mezunlari Dernegi Uluslararasi Kurulusu Subject: NCSA OPENS "SCIENCE FOR THE MILLENNIUM" WEB SITE 01.26.96 (fwd) Norvecden yardim istegi From: DEMIR.I.KARSAN@conoco.dupont.com Subject: SADI GLAVA'YI ARIYORUM 1965 senesinde ITU Insaat Fakultesi'nden mezun olan arkadasim Sadi Glava'nin adresini ariyorum. Bilenlerin lutfen beni haberdar etmesini rica ederim. Tesekkurler Demir I. Karsan _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ To: ITU Alumni Scattered All Around The World _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ NCSA OPENS "SCIENCE FOR THE MILLENNIUM" WEB SITE 01.26.96 ============================================================================= Champaign, Ill. -- The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) this week announced the alpha release of the "Science for the Millennium" Web site. Science for the Millennium offers in-depth access to knowledge gained through advanced scientific computing. Through video-rich, prototype, online science exposition, Web visitors can explore how scientists are harnessing the latest computing, networking and virtual reality technologies to solve major problems in science and society. "From within the Expo Home Page, users can start at the Information Center, which includes general information about the exhibits, movies and reference materials, or go immediately to the Pavilion of Science and Industry, which houses three major exhibits on astronomy and astrophysics," said David Curtis, project director for the Science for the Millennium Web site. "Or, at the click of a mouse, visitors can head to the Pavilion of Computation, where they'll find an exhibit called 'The Metacomputer: One from Many,' which explains what metacomputing is, why it's needed and how it's being applied to solving Grand and National Challenges." On the education front, in a preliminary evaluation of the online exhibits by two groups of local high school teachers and students, both verbal and written feedback via online forms were very positive. The exhibit was also presented in the Education Program at Supercomputing '95 as part of a panel on "New Trends in Supercomputing for Classroom Use and Assessment." According to a press release from NCSA, many educators signed up after the panel indicating their interest in exploring how the Science Expo can be best put to use in their science classroom activities. In addition, NCSA is working with UIUC faculty to investigate how the Expo's content can be applied to undergraduate science courses. "Presently, the online Science Expo focuses chiefly on astronomy and astrophysics and the extensive resources needed for advanced scientific computing," said Curtis. "However, pending continuing center support, the Expo's coverage may be extended to other discipline areas in science and engineering. Moreover, it's hoped to enhance the interactivity of some of the present exhibits through emerging Web tools and technologies such as Java, VRML, streamed video and audio and video hyperlinking." GROWING THE CONCEPT The concept for the Web project originated with development of NCSA Mosaic in 1993. At that time, NCSA was using conventional video programming to communicate to broad audiences the excitement, challenge and scientific results of high performance computing, NSCA noted in a press release. Through NCSA Mosaic it became possible to integrate video seamlessly into hypertext for broad Internet access. A large number of digital video clips appearing in the Expo were created from live-action footage accumulated during the three year period (1991-1993) when NCSA's video magazine series, NCSA RealTime, was in production. "Science for the Millennium" showcases fundamental and applied science at NCSA as well as its major partners and collaborators and the University of Illinois," said Curtis. "As such, our Web Expo represents an example of how NCSA is employing new information technologies to aid communications between scientists, technologists and broader audiences in research, education, business and government." Users can access Science for the Millennium on the World Wide Web at http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/Expo/.