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GLOSSARY
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(P) |
PLENARY |
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(HPC) |
HIGH PERFORMANCE
COMPUTING |
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(N) |
NETWORKING |
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(SIDMDR) |
SECURITY, IDENTITY MANAGEMENT
& DISASTER RECOVERY |
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(SR) |
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH |
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(AMC) |
ADVANCED MEDIA
& COLLABORATION |
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(RTLT) |
RESEARCHER TOOLS & LEARNING
TECHNOLOGY
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Day 1: Tuesday,
April 25, 2006
10:30-12:00 Concurrent Track Sessions
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| 10:30-11:20am |
Networking
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Bridging
the Digital Divide in BC: Leveraging
Strengths, Creating Innovative
Partnerships
Introductions by: John
Webb, Director, Community and External Initiatives, Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services
Dave Nikolejsin,
CIO, Province of BC
Manjit Kang, Director, Strategic Bid Team, TELUS
(Labatt) |
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| 10:30am–12:00pm |
Scientific
Research (SR) |
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10:30-11:10am
11:10-12:00pm
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Bioinformatics:
Technology Overview
Introductions by: Mark Thachuck, WestGrid & Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, UBC
One View of Systems
Biology
Stuart Kauffman, IBI Director and iCORE Chair
Biocomplexity and Informatics, U
of C
Bioinformatics
- Infrastructure Needs: Present
and Future
Steve
Jones, Associate
Director & Head, Bioinformatics,
Canada's Michael Smith Genome
Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency.
(Terasen) |
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| 10:30-12:00pm |
Networking
(N)
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An
Overview of BCNET's Advanced Applications
Community
APAC Working Group Chairs Panel
Chair: Michelle
Lamberson, Director,
Office of Learning Technology,
UBC
Richard
Smith, Associate
Professor, School of Communications,
SFU
Lionel
Tolan, Director,
Academic Computing Services, SFU
Jens
Haeusser, Manager,
IT Security Office, UBC
Randy
Sobie, Research Scientist,
Institute of Particle Physics
Canada, Adjunct Professor, Dept.
of Physics and Astronomy, UVic
(Canadian Pacific) |
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| 10:30-12:00pm |
Researcher
Tools & Learning Technology
(RTLT) |
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Traveling
the BCNET & Netera Super Highway:
Research Development, Innovation
& Productivity through Connections
Chair:
Don
Avison, President,
The University Presidents' Council
of British Columbia
Dr.
Dennis Salahub,
Vice President Research, U
of C
Dugan O'Neil, Assistant Professor, Dept. Of Physics, SFU
Dr.
Richard Keeler,
Associate Vice President Research,
UVic
Dr.
Michael Blades,
CFI Coordinator, UBC
Paul
Thiel, Director
of Advanced Information Technology,
BCIT
Dr. Peter Jackson, Associate Professor, Atmospheric Sciences, UNBC
(Fletcher) |
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| 10:30-12:00pm |
HIgh
Performance Computing |
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Computations
in Space
Introductions by: Jonathan
Schaeffer, WestGrid Co-Principal Investigator, Professor,
Computing Science, U
of A
Robert
Rankin, Associate
Professor, Department of Physics,
U of A
Rachid
Ouyed, Associate Professor,
Department of Physics, U of C
Brett Gladman,
Associate Professor & Canada
Research Chair, Department of
Physics and Astronomy, UBC
(Canfor) |
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Plenary |
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12:00-1:30pm |
Lunch
Graduate Student Poster Session
(Segal) |
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1:30-3:00
Concurrent Track Sessions
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| 1:30-3:00pm |
Researcher
Tools & Learning Technology
(RTLT) |
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Leading-edge
Technology Initiatives on BC Campuses
CIO Panel
Introductions by: Michael
Hrybyk, President & CEO, BCNET
Ted
Dodds, CIO, UBC
Jim
Cranston, CIO, SFU
Mark Roman, Executive
Director, Uvic
Brian
Mackay, CIO, TRU
Ian McLeod, Director
Computing Resources, BCIT
(Fletcher) |
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| 1:30-3:00pm |
Advanced
Media & Collaboration (AMC) |
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Collaboration
Technologies for Research and
Teaching: Current Internet-based
Technology Versus Future Opportunities
Chair: Richard
Smith, Associate
Professor, School of Communications,
SFU
Keir
Novik, PhD, Manager,
Information Technology, BCNET
Mike Keating, Manager, Education Services,
UVic
(Canadian Pacific) |
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| 1:30-3:00pm |
Security,
ID Management & Disaster Recovery
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2:15-3:00pm |
Who Turned Out the Lights? Security Research in Critical Infrastructure Protection
Introductions by: Mark Thachuck, WestGrid & Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, UBC
Eric Byres,
Research Faculty, BCIT
Darren
Lissimore, Senior
Research Associate, BCIT
Nate Kube , Senior
Research Associate, BCIT/Wurldtech
From the Edges
Out: Recent Research in Resilient
Broadband Communications
Gary
McIntyre, Information Security Consultant, IBM Global
Services Canada
(Terasen) |
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| 1:30-2:15pm |
Researcher
Tools & Learning Technology
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Network
Research Tools
Introductions by: Dr.
Alan Wagner, Associate
Professor, Dept of Computer Science,
UBC
Dr. Charles Krasic, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, UBC
Dr. Ljiljana Trajkovic, Professor, School of Engineering Science, SFU
(Canfor) |
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| 1:30-3:00pm |
HIgh
Performance Computing |
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Particle
Physics in Canada
Introductions by: Randy Sobie, Research Scientist,
Institute of Particle Physics
Canada, Adjunct Professor, Dept.
of Physics and Astronomy, UVic
Dan Vanderster,
PhD Candidate, GridX1, UVic
Dugan
O’Neil, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, SFU
Christopher Hearty,
Associate Professor, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, UBC
Roger
Moore, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, U of A
(Labatt) |
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Plenary |
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3:00-3:30pm |
Coffee
Break
(Segal) |
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3:30-5:00
Concurrent Track Sessions
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| 3:30-5:00pm |
Advanced
Media & Collaboration (AMC) |
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VOIP
Campus Initiatives
Chair:Tedd
Dodds,
CIO, UBC
David Burkholder, Network Services, TRU
Worth Johnson, Director of Computer Operations,
SFU
Brian Crinkley, Network BC, Office of the CIO,
Province of BC
Simon Edgett, Director of Voice Architecture, Bell
(Canadian Pacific) |
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Networking
(N)
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Research
Challenge: Graduate Student Forum
Graduate Students from BCNET Member
Institutions
Chair: Dr. Alan Wagner,
Associate Professor Dept.
of Computer Science, UBC
Steven Shelford,
PhD, UVic.
QoS Transit Services
Mike
Blackstock , UBC-CS,
PhD
Ubiquitous Computing Middleware
Savio Lau, SFU-ENSC,
MASc
TCP Analysis and Modeling of Hybrid Satellite-terrestial Traffic.
MD.
Maruf Monwar, Graduate
Student, Computer Science, UNBC.
Performance Comparison of MPI based Parallel Multiple Sequence Alignment
(Labatt) |
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| 3:30-5:00pm |
Researcher
Tools & Learning Technology
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Can We Realize The Promise of Learning Technologies
Chair: Louis
Fox, Vice Provost, University
of Washington
Michelle
Lamberson, Director,
Office of Learning Technology,
UBC
Shannon Kelly, Program
Head and Research Co-Chair, School
of Computing and Academic Studies,
BCIT
(Terasen) |
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HIgh
Performance Computing |
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HPC in
Earth, Ocean and Climate Research
Introductions by: Gren
Patey, WestGrid Co-Principal Investigator, Professor, Dept. of Chemistry,
UBC
Robert Grant,
Associate Professor, Renewable Resources, U of A
Benoit Pirenne,
Assistant Director, Information
Technology, NEPTUNE Canada Project,
UVic
Dr. Andrew Calvert,
Associate Professor, SFU
(Canfor) |
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| 3:30-5:00pm |
Researcher
Tools & Learning Technology
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CANARIE
Collaborative
Research in Advanced Applications
Part I
Presentations
as follows:
Moderator –
Susan
Baldwin, Senior
Director, Operations, CANARIE
Jacqueline
Bourdeau - BEST:
Giving PhD Students Better Tools
Rob
Simmonds - Canadian
DataGrid: Giving Scientists
Access to Data
Omar
Cherkaoui - Deploying
Bio-Grid Applications over Light
Infrastructure
Stuart
Lomas - End-to-end
Lightpaths to Synchrotrons
Bryan
Caron - High Bandwidth
Real-time Remote Processing
Systems & Grid for the ATLAS
High Level Trigger
(Fletcher) |
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Plenary |
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5:00-7:00pm |
Open
Reception
Introductions by: Ted
Dodds, CIO, UBC
Speaker: The Honourable Murray
Coell, Minister of Advanced Education
Entertainment, Food &
Refreshments
iPod raffle for Early Bird Registrants (you must be present to win)
(Segal ) |
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Day 2: Wednesday,
April 26, 2006
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Plenary |
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8:00-8:25am |
Breakfast
(Segal) |
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8:25-10:30am |
Plenary |
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8:25-8:50am
8:50- 10:00am
10:00-10:30am
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New
Technology Showcase:
Host:
Tedd
Dodds, CIO, UBC
Identity
2.0: Next Generation Internet
Identity
Dick
Hardt, Founder
& CEO, Sxip Identity
The
BCNET 2006 Coolest Applications
Contest Finalists
Prizes to be awarded by
Tri Chiem, Account Executive,
Government, Education &
Research, Sun Microsystems of
Canada Inc.
This year's winners
are:
Camilo Rostoker,
Masters Student, UBC, Computer
Science: Interactive Exploration
of Financial Market Data
Xin
Liu:PhD Student, UBC
Computer Science: BitVampire:
A Cost-Effective Peer-to-Peer
On-Demand Media Streaming System
Anthony
Yu, PhD Student, UBC
Computer Science. MOPAR: A Mobile
Overlay Peer-to-Peer Architecture
for Scalable Massively Moving
Objects
Albert
Meyburgh, BCIT Student:
GateKeeper & KeyVault: Secure
Communications Layer
Showcase of New Technologies:
Free Space Optics (FSO)
Technology for High Bandwidth
Point-to-Point Communications
Mike
Manginella, Western
Director of Sales, LightPointe
Communications
All-Optical
Switches Support for Dynamic
Lightpath Provisioning
Lenny
Chin, Director
of Product Management and Marketing,
Lambda Optical Systems
Super Jumbo Frames: Performance Analysis
Bill Rutherford,
Director, Rutherford Research
Videoconferencing Solutions
and IP Network Camera Applications
Rick
Richardson, Precision
Camera
(Fletcher) |
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10:30-12:00pm Concurrent Track Sessions
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HIgh
Performance Computing |
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Advanced Data Visualization
Introductions by:
Ken Hewitt, President,
Netera Alliance Brian
Corrie, Collaboration
and Visualization Coordinator
for WestGrid; Collaboration
and Visualization Coordinator
for IRMACS, SFU
Pierre
Boulanger, Professor/iCORE
Industrial Chair, U of A
(Labatt) |
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Advanced
Media & Collaboration (AMC) |
10:30-11:20am
11:20-2:00pm
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The
Changing World of Broadcast Media
Introductions by:
Mark
Zuberbuhler, Executive
Producer/Director for Telestudios,
UBC
McLean
Mashingaidze-Greavees,
President, Founder, The Nimble
Company
Paul
Amodeo, VP Sales,
Syntagma
The Emergence
of New Content Delivery Models
Bernard
Jules, Senior Project Manager, Internet and New Media Technology, CBC/Raio-Canada
(Canfor) |
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Networking
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The
Future of Regional Networks
Chair:
Michael
Hrybyk, President,
CEO, BCNET
Cathy
King, Director, Member
Relations and Communications, Netera Alliance
Graham
Mowbray, Executive
Director, ACEnet
Scott
Mah,Director of Communications
Technology, University of Washington
(Fletcher) |
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Security,
ID Management & Disaster Recovery
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Inside
Identity Management: How BC is
Making it Work
Chair: Lionel
Tolan, Director,
Academic Computing Services, SFU
Jens
Haeusser, Manager,
IT Security Office, UBC
Peter
Watkins, Executive Director,
Technology Planning & Standard,
Province of BC
(Canadian Pacific) |
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Researcher
Tools & Learning Technology
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Lightpath Management and Testing
Introductions by: Mark Thachuck, WestGrid & Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, UBC
Marilyn
Hay, Manager, Network
Engineering, BCNET and Manager,
Network Management Centre, UBC
Gary
Finley, Director
of Networking, Netera Alliance
(Repap) |
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Plenary |
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12:00-1:00pm |
Lunch
Outrageous Opinions!
Host: Paul
Amodeo, VP Sales,
Syntagma
Speeches 2-3 minutes, to be placed on the tirade list please email your name to lucy.cook@bc.net with the header “Outrageous Opinions” – there will be a prize for the most outrageous opinion.
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1:30-3:00pm
Concurrent Track Sessions
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Researcher
Tools & Learning Technology
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2:15-3:00pm |
Potentials
for Remote Instrumentation as
a Teaching Tool
Introductions by: Mark Thachuck, WestGrid & Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, UBC
Simon
Alban, Senior Instructor
in the Division of Biomolecular
and Pharmaceutical Chemistry,
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
UBC
Devon
A. Cancilla, Director
of Scientific Technical Services,
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Enhancing
Learner Engagement Through New
Media
John
Moore, Associate
Director, Learning &
Instructional Development Centre,
SFU
(Labatt) |
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Networking
(N)
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Next
Generation Network Architecture
Chair: Rene
Hatem, Chief Engineer,
CANARIE
Harminder
Gill . Sr.Director
Technology Development & Product
Management, Bell West
Alberto
Leon-Garcia, Professor,
University of Toronto Nortel Institute
Chair for Network Architecture
and Services
(Terasen) |
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Security,
ID Management & Disaster Recovery
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Reducing
Risk: Is your Business Protected
from Disaster?
Introduction by: Margaret Sayer, Manager of Operations Centre, Dept. of Information Technology, UBC
Art
Pelletier, Head
of Client Services, Export Development
Canada
(Canadian Pacific) |
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Researcher
Tools & Learning Technology
(RTLT) |
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CANARIE
Collaborative
Research in Advanced Applications
Part II
Moderator
– Susan
Baldwin, Senior
Director, Operations, CANARIE
Presentations as follows:
Dr.
Louise Sauvé -
ENJEUX - Learning about Learning
in a Virtual Environment
Brian
Corrie - MediaLightPaths
Project
Dr.
Robert Woodbury
- MediaLightPaths Project
John
Roston - Shared
Spaces: HD Ultra-Videoconferencing
Pierre
Boulanger, Training over
Photonic Networking - Remote
virtual surgery
(Fletcher) |
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Security,
ID Management & Disaster Recovery |
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Interoperability
and Identity Management - Federation
Standards in Education - Lecture
Introduction: Tri
Chiem, Account Executive,
Government, Education & Research,
Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc.,
Lauren
Wood, Senior
Technical Program Manager (interoperability
and technology partnerships),
Sun Microsystems
(Canfor) |
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