rek@theory.tn.cornell.edu (Ray Kujawski) (11/07/90)
SuperQuest
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The High School Supercomputing Challenge
The Cornell Theory Center, through its Cornell National
Supercomputer Facility, is happy to announce SuperQuest 1991!
Now is the time to prepare for this program. You can start by
sending for the application booklet, which gives complete
details about the competition.
As sponsor of the SuperQuest program, the Cornell Theory Center
welcomes participation from teams of young scientists
representing high schools throughout the United States.
SuperQuest provides a challenge and an opportunity for groups
of students to develop computational science projects. Winners
in the SuperQuest competition come to Cornell for a three-week
Summer Institute, receive workstations for their schools, and
are awarded continued access to the Theory Center's
supercomputers. The Cornell Theory Center is one of the four
national centers designated by the National Science Foundation
to further the use of supercomputing in scientific research.
Each student's SuperQuest project is judged individually, and
then combined team scores are used to select the winning
schools. There is no limit to the range of projects that can be
developed and run on the supercomputer. SuperQuest winners
receive hands-on training on the Theory Center's IBM
ES/3090-600J supercomputers, but the development of technical
skills is only one benefit of participation in the contest.
SuperQuest offers teams the opportunity to gain valuable
knowledge by designing an advanced science project. This
challenge benefits all those who participate!
To enter SuperQuest, a team must consist of three or four
students from grades 9-12 and a teacher-coach. Teacher-coaches
are a key component of the SuperQuest concept: their
participation along with the students is essential not only for
a team's success in the SuperQuest program but for providing
their schools with a permanent supercomputing resource- the
ability to inspire and guide peers and future classes of
students.
Teams interested in entering SuperQuest must submit materials
for registration by March 1, 1991, and completed applications
along with Project Reports by April 12, 1991. The four best
teams will spend three weeks at Cornell from July 1-19, 1991.
At the end of the Summer Institute, each student will make a
formal presentation of his or her research work in progress.
The teams will then return to their schools where they will
receive workstations and consulting support to continue their
investigations during the school year.
Joining the SuperQuest program this year are the following
SuperQuest Partners. If you are a resident of Arizona,
California, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, or
Utah, contact the office listed below for your state. If you
are from any other location, please call (607) 255-4859 for
information and an application booklet.
SuperQuest
Cornell Theory Center
424 Engineering and Theory Center Building
Ithaca, NY 14853-3801
(607) 255-4859
SuperQuest
CCIT User Services, Building 73
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
(602) 621-2300
SuperQuest
Computer-Aided Productivity Center
California Polytechnic University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
(805) 756-2347
SuperQuest
CIRCA, University of Florida
E520 CSE
Gainesville, FL 32611
(904) 392-2007, Suncom 622-2007
SuperQuest
University of Kentucky
Center for Computational Sciences
325 McVey Hall
Lexington, KY 40506-0045
(606) 257-8737
SuperQuest
1600 SEB
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1259
(313) 763-4664
SuperQuest
North Carolina Supercomputing Center
P.O. Box 12889
3021 Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2889
(919) 248-1100
SuperQuest
Utah Supercomputing Institute
3330 MEB
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
(801) 581-5253
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Ray Kujawski <rek@theory.tn.cornell.edu>
Technical Consultant
Cornell National Supercomputer Facility