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<DIV><FONT color=#000080><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=439324813-30092005>Forwarded from </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Michelle
Wiginton<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">OU TO HOST FOURTH ANNUAL <st1:State
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w:st="on"><st1:place
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w:st="on">OKLAHOMA</st1:place></st1:State> SUPERCOMPUTING
SYMPOSIUM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">mw/9-27-05<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</SPAN></FONT></U><FONT
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">
CONTACT: Henry Neeman<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">
</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">(405) 325-5386;
hneeman@ou.edu<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><st1:City
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">NORMAN</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"> – Representatives
from 30 academic institutions in 11 states, 36 commercial firms, 16 government
agencies and four non-governmental organizations are among the 300 registrations
for the fourth annual Oklahoma <st1:PersonName
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on">Supercomputing Symposium</st1:PersonName>, scheduled for Tuesday and
Wednesday, Oct. 4 and 5, at the <st1:place
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w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. The symposium is free and
open to the public.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">“<st1:place
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on"><st1:State
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State></st1:place> has become a regional center for
supercomputing education and research, and we are excited to be a part of the
growth and success of the supercomputing industry through OSCER and the Oklahoma
<st1:PersonName
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on">Supercomputing Symposium</st1:PersonName>,” said Dennis Aebersold, CIO
and university vice president for Information Technology at OU. “Strong
collaborations and partnerships among academia, industry and government are
important to the future of supercomputing, and OU Information Technology will
continue its role as a catalyst for technology networking through education and
awareness.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">“We are very proud to host the only
supercomputing symposium in <st1:place
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on"><st1:State
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State></st1:place> and the only annual supercomputing
conference in the entire region,” said Henry Neeman, director of the OU
Supercomputing Center for Education and Research, or OSCER. “It is exciting to
see such broad interest in high-performance computing, with strong participation
from academia, government and industry, and participants ranging from high
school students to professionals to retirees,” Neeman added. “This event
is a unique opportunity to learn about the future of computing because whatever
happens in supercomputing today will be on desktops 10 years from
now.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">A Welcome Reception and Poster
Session sponsored by Intel and Uptime is scheduled from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday
at the Stephenson Research and Technology Center, 101 David L. Boren Blvd., on
OU’s Research Campus. The symposium continues from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday in the <st1:place
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w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
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w:st="on">Thurman</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
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w:st="on">J.</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
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w:st="on">White</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
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w:st="on">Forum</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on">1704 Asp Ave.</st1:address></st1:Street> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">The reception will provide an
opportunity for leaders, potential collaborators, colleagues, and employers from
academia, government and industry to meet one another. The event also will
include a vendor exposition in which participants will have an opportunity to
learn about existing and emerging high-performance computing
technologies.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">
</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">This year’s academic symposium
sponsors include Oklahoma EPSCoR, the Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce, the OU
Department of Information Technology, the Office of the OU Vice President for
Research, the OU Supercomputing Center for Education and Research, Intel,
Uptime, Perfect Order/Sun Microsystems, Precision IO, Foundry Networks, Dell,
ADIC, Force 10, Atipa Technologies, CDW-G, Aspen Systems, Myricom, and
Advanced Clustering Technologies.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">
Plenary speakers for the event include Walter F. Brooks,<B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </SPAN></B>division chief, NASA Advanced
Supercomputing Division; Guy T. Almes<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">,
</SPAN></B>program officer, Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science
Foundation; Roscoe Giles, professor of electrical engineering, Boston
University, deputy director of the Center for Computational Science, executive
director of the Institute for African American E-Culture, and team leader, EPIC
(Engaging People In Cyberinfrastructure); and Stephen R. Wheat, director, High
Performance Computing, Intel Corp. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">Other speakers
include:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><st1:PersonName
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w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Bob Felderman</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><B><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">,
</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">chief
technology officer, Precision I/O <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Natarajan Mohan
Ram, chief technology officer and program coordinator at C-DAC
(<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy">)</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Suresh
Marru<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">, </SPAN></B>scientific computing
research specialist, Extreme! Computing Labs, <st1:place
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w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
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w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
</LI></UL>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Amy Apon<B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">, </SPAN></B><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">associate professor of computer science</SPAN></FONT>,
<st1:place
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on">Arkansas</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
</LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Dan
Weber,<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </SPAN></B>senior research
scientist, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS), at
OU<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: navy; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext">John Fragalla<B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">, </SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#333333
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #333333">business development
manager for Sun Microsystems, High Performance and Technical Computing
(HPTC)/Global Education and Research </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext">Sun
Microsystems</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Kim
Winkelman<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">, </SPAN></B>president, <st1:place
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</LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: navy; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext">Chokchai “Box”
Leangsuksun,<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </SPAN></B>associate professor
of computer science and</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext">director, eXtreme Computing
Research group,</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">
</SPAN></FONT><st1:place
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext">Louisiana</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceName><FONT
color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext">
<st1:PlaceName
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w:st="on">Tech</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x"
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </LI></UL>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Joe</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">l Martin,<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">
</SPAN></B>associate vice president, Information Commerce for
OU<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </LI></UL>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: windowtext">Paul Gray, assistant professor,
Department of Computer Science, <st1:place
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