
Indiana University Associate Dean for Research Technologies Dr. Craig Stewart, today (July 31) testifies before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology on the conclusions published in the 2007 President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology report: Leadership Under Challenge: Information Technology R&D in a Competitive World.
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The Office of the Vice President for Information Technology and CIO at Indiana University has announced a series of appointments in the leadership team of its Research Technologies division to expand IU's role in advanced information technology and its applications in scholarly discovery and artistic creation. The Research Technologies (RT) division of University Information Technology Services (UITS) at IU supports next generation research through delivery and support of advanced cyberinfrastructure. RT also works to create the cyberinfrastructure of tomorrow through collaboration with IU computer scientists and involvement in national projects such as the TeraGrid and Open Science Grid.
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Indiana University staff member Debby Allmayer, who serves as the human resources officer for the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology and CIO, was honored with the 2008 Indiana University Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Building Bridges Community Award during a ceremony held on the Bloomington campus on January 21. The Building Bridges Award honors members of the community who display the leadership and social consciousness embodied by Dr. King. For many years, Allmayer has contributed greatly to the IU and the Bloomington communities with her steadfast commitment to social justice and outreach.
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University Information Technology Services (UITS) Database and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialist Anna Radue was recently elected to the board of directors of Indiana's premier GIS organization. Radue will serve a three-year term on the board of the Indiana Geographic Information Council (IGIC), a nonprofit organization of GIS users, professionals, and educators recognized as the coordinating body for all geographic information in Indiana. At Indiana University, Radue, who is also an IU alumna, provides GIS and remote sensing technical support to all IU campuses throughout the state.
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The Sakai Foundation recently announced the election of Indiana University's Lance D. Speelmon to its board of directors. In this role, Speelmon will participate in foundation governance and in determining priorities for Sakai's development of open-source course management tools and its related higher education software for teaching, learning, research, and collaborative applications.
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University Information Technology Services at IU welcomes Barbara Christe as a new faculty fellow in the development of its collaboration and learning environment, Oncourse CL. Christe, a faculty member at IUPUI since 1998, is associate professor and program director of Biomedical Engineering Technology at the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology. Christe will create a repository of good practices for using Oncourse CL.
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