Discovery Park - Cyber Center

Dr. Ahmed Elmagarmid accepted as ACM Distinguished Member

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Asssociation of Computing Machinery (ACM) accepts Dr. Ahmed Elmagarmid as a Distinguished Scientist on October 13, 2009

Dr. Elmagarmid invited to attend World Innovation Summit for Education in November 2009

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Prominent education, corporate, political and social leaders from around the world will meet to find new ways of shaping educational models for the future by addressing the core issues of Pluralism, sustainability and Innovation under the umbrella theme of "Global Education: Working Together for Sustainable Achievements".

Purdue receives $105 million award to lead national earthquake engineering network

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The National Science Foundation awarded $105 million to a Purdue-led team to spearhead a center that will serve as headquarters for the operations of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation, or NEES. Submitted through the Cyber Center in Purdue's Discovery Park, the grant spans five years and is the largest in the university's history.

"Stars of Science" program interviews Director

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Message to Arab youth, have a spirit of questioning and wondering about the what ifs of the universe.

Pothen Named Distinguished Alum

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Prof. Alex Pothen was selected as a 2009 Distinguished Alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD). IITD recognized Pothen with this distinction for his achievements which have brought acclaim to their institution. They commend his outstanding contributions as a researcher, scientist and educator. Pothen was one of four recipients of this prestigious award. He was presented with plaques and a scroll in August to commemorate this honor.

Purdue, Rutgers will lead $30 million U.S. homeland security research center

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Purdue and Rutgers universities will co-lead an international research and education group in a six-year, $30 million U.S. Department of Homeland Security center to create methods and tools to analyze and manage vast amounts of information for all mission areas of homeland security.

Director visits House of Lords

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Prof. Elmagarmid explains the Discovery Park model and its sustainability efforts involving climate change, environment and energy.

Director Elmagarmid attends World Economic Forum

Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Professor Ahmed Elmagarmid was one of 20 academicians invited to attend the May 15-17 2009 World Economic Forum on the Middle-East (WEF) held in the Dead Sea, Jordan

Entrepreneurial opportunities workshop offered at Purdue Research Park

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Purdue University students and future entrepreneurs can get advice and direction from successful business and professional leaders through a Feb. 19 event at the Purdue Research Park.

High Performance Parallel Scientific Computing September 4 - 5, 2008 Purdue University

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The goal of the workshop was to provide training in the area of high performance scientific computing for graduate students and researchers interested in scientific computing. The School addressed current hardware and software technologies and trends for parallel computing and their application to solve scientific problems. It also included lab sessions where participants got hands-on experience with parallel computing including the use of performance evaluation and debugging tools on state of the art simulation codes.