The kickoff was a blast. Neo Martinez gave a super keynote, illustrated
with a bit of T. rex predatory action from Jurassic Park and the big
fish meeting the bigger fish sequence from The Phantom Menace, but
covering a good bit of food web science as well.
There's plenty of opportunity to participate, still. You can sign up as
a mentor, you can volunteer as a judge, and you can attend the finals in
Los Alamos in the spring.
Now is a good time to get involved as a mentor because the teams need to
get going on problem definition, research, model formulation, and
implementation.
-- rec --
J T Johnson wrote:
> All:
>
> Perhaps many list-ers knew about this, but I just discovered it here in
> our own backyard. I wish I had been able to attend.
>
> "Mission
> "The mission of the Supercomputing Challenge is to improve students'
> understanding and use of technology by developing their skills in
> scientific inquiry, modeling, computing, communications, and team work.
> See
http://www.challenge.nm.org/about/>
> Notet the abstracts, including one team seeking to model (using Star
> Logo) the best way to get people in and out of ABQ's Balloon Festival --
>
http://mode.lanl.k12.nm.us/get_abstract.php?team_id=22>
> -tj
>
>
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> Institute for Analytic Journalism
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http://www.analyticjournalism.com>
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>
http://www.jtjohnson.com tom at jtjohnson.com
> <mailto:tom at jtjohnson.com>
>
> "He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense."
> -John McCarthy, Stanford University mathematician
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