"Using Computational Chemistry to Enhance the High School Classroom"
Dr. Rozeanne Steckler
Computational Chemistry: Is it useful for the Secondary Classroom?
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"Computer Graphics and Visualization -- Science Comes to Your Eyeballs" [PPT] and [HTML version].
One of the problems with computational science is that it leaves us with the very hardest thing for humans to comprehend -- numbers. Instead, as humans, we are much better at using pictures and other imagery to understand the world around us. 3D computer graphics is used to bridge the gap between the numbers we get and the pictures we can understa nd.
This talk will show how 3D computer graphics is used to better understand scientific data. It will explain how we get 3D on the screen, how we use color, how we change data into pictorial information, and how we can extend our definition of "graphics" to appeal to other senses.
Michael J. Bailey, PhD Senior Principal Scientist, San Diego Supercomputer Center Adj Professor, UCSD Computer Science / Mechanical Engineering Office: 858-534-5142 FAX: 858-534-5152 E-mail: mjb@sdsc.edu Web: http://www.sdsc.edu/~mjb ** U.S. Mail: ** ** Fed Ex, UPS: ** PO Box 85608 10100 John Hopkins Drive San Diego, CA 92186 La Jolla, CA 92037
"Connectedness: How the Internet Brings Together and Divides"
The Internet is a little over 30 years old, and computers are a little over 50 years old. These technologies have changed society and science, and many are still searching for ways to accentuate the positive and mitigate the negative. We will discuss resources for computational science available on the Internet and discuss classroom techniques that may be helpful for teachers. We will discuss Information Overload and share viewpoints on how to deal with this. We end with a personal historical view of events of the past half-century and invite your comments on how this might apply to you own personal view.
Kris Stewart, PhD Professor of Computer Science San Diego State University San Diego, CA 92182-8050 619.594.0491 stewart@sdsu.edu http://www.stewart.cs.sdsu.edu
Director NPACI Ed Center on Computational Science & Engineering http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu