<html>
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)">
<style>
<!--
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{margin-right:0in;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
span.emailstyle17
{font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle19
{font-family:Arial;
color:navy;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></p>
<div>
<p><span style='font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span><span
style='color:navy'> </span></p>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Arial'>The International
Visualization Consortium announces its first access grid event:</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
Introduction to the Distributed Rendering Environment</span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
</span><span
style='font-family:Arial'>Presented by Scott Meador</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Arial'>
Wednesday, February 25<sup>th</sup></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Arial'>
</span></b><b><span style='font-family:Arial'>10:00-11:00 a.m.</span></b><b><span
style='font-family:Arial'> Eastern</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Arial'> Location:
</span></b><b><span style='font-family:Arial'>Purdue</span></b><b><span
style='font-family:Arial'> </span></b><b><span style='font-family:Arial'>University</span></b><b><span
style='font-family:Arial'> <span style='color:navy'>Transitional </span>Institutional
Venue<span style='color:navy'> (AG1 & AG2 enabled)</span></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Arial'>
url:
<a href="http://www.ivisc.org/">www.ivisc.org</a></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Arial'>
Room Voice Phone: 765-494-2108</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
purpose of this workshop is to provide basic information about the Distributed
Rendering Environment (DRE) and, also, to introduce you to the fundamentals of
a render farm. The DRE, at </span></i><i><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Purdue</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>University</span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>, is part of the High Performance Classroom (HPC) initiative.
Purdue students can access the DRE by using their career account and will allow
them to render 3D models and animations over several computers across the
campus. The Purdue DRE initiative is a joint project between
Instructional Computing Services, Research Computing Services and the </span></i><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Envision</span></i><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></i><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Center</span></i><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. It is currently in it's beta
implementation.</span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Contact:
Nancy Dietrich (765-494-1031 <a href="mailto:nmdietrich@purdue.edu">nmdietrich@purdue.edu</a>)
or Steve Dunlop (765-494-5861 <a href="mailto:dunlops@purdue.edu">dunlops@purdue.edu</a>)</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> </p>
</div>
</body>
</html>