1. Education, Outreach, and Training
Chuck Koelbel Thanks to Richard Tapia, Michael Sirois

2. What VGrADS Promised
Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
3 outstanding summer students in 2006
Amanda Burch: compiling for Cell processor
Emily de la Garza: comparing EMAN scheduling mechanisms
Danielle Kramer: simulating scheduling robustness
Support for Hopper and Tapia conferences
Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing 2005
Held panel, sent 3 staffers
Computer Science Computer And Mentoring Project (CS-CAMP)
Final session for high school students and teachers in summer 2006
Amanda, Emily, and Danielle spoke
Courses
Jack Dongarra, “Understanding Parallel Computing” in spring 2006
Grad student exchanges

3. AGEP Repeat the success of 2006
3 students at Rice
Could increase, subject to mentor time
Please help recruit -
Can we expand to other sites?
Do any other VGrADS schools have sites?
Remote mentoring?
Project suggestions?
In a related vein, excess EOT funds could be used for REUs
Anybody interested?
No NSF supplementary proposal needed
But probably good to have the students identified before sending the money

4. Tapia and Hopper Conferences
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2006
Coming in October to San Diego
Will send several CS students from Rice; anybody else?
In 2007, Hopper and Tapia will be co-located
Ideas for joint activities that VGrADS could sponsor?
Keynote?
Panel session?
Interpretive dance?

5. CS-CAMP
Program to get young high-school girls, teachers, administrators interested in computer science
Proposed renewal and expansion to NSF
Replicate at UCSD
Declined to fund
Working with Ann Redelfs, EPIC group to revise and resubmit
New ideas for K-12 needed
Prepackaged grid demo?
Suitable for school PC lab?
Curriculum materials?
Again, excess funds available to fund new efforts

6. Courses and Students
Let us know when you incorporate grid concepts in any undergrad course
Previously, courses at UCSD and UCSB
Long-planned course at Rice
Graduate student exchanges / visits
Replaced this year by LEAD workshops
Next year?