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The mission of the Texas Learning & Computation Center (TLC2) is to foster and support interdisciplinary research, education, and training in computational sciences and engineering through centers, laboratories, and individual faculty initiatives. TLC2 has state-of-the-art computation, visualization, and educational facilities for environmental studies, biological, biomedical, and energy research, undergraduate and graduate education, and teacher training. In addition to high-performance computing support, the TLC2 staff provides support in grants management, communications and media services, event and outreach coordination, and applications solutions and web development.
We hope you will join TLC2 on your favorite social media pages. You can follow TLC2 on Twitter or become a fan of TLC2 on Facebook.
H-NET launch part of Coogs going green
The Houston-Network of Environmental Towers (H-Net), a TLC2 affiliated research center, will launch a weather balloon on Saturday, November 20, as part of green pre-game festivities surrounding the nationally ranked Houston Cougars' game against Memphis. The balloon will launch from the tailgate area approximately 15 minutes before kickoff.
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TLC2 exhibits at SC09
The Texas Learning & Computation Center is presenting booth talks and information about UH research at the 2009 Supercomputing Conference in Portland, Oregon, November 14-20. As a founding member of Gulf Coast Academic Supercomputing (GCAS), TLC2 is collaborating with Texas A&M University's Supercomputing Facility to showcase our state's top-level research. SC09 attendees can find TLC2 in Booth 1801 in the Oregon Convention Center. Keep up with GCAS and TLC2 on the GCAS Supercomputing blog, and watch for conference updates here on the TLC2 website, on the @TLCSquared Twitter feed, and on the TLC2 Facebook page.
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New research leads to non-invasive sleep studies
TLC2 affiliated faculty member Dr. Ioannis Pavlidis, Eckhard Pfeiffer professor of computer science and director of the Computational Physiology Lab, has been recognized by the National Science Foundation for his work with UTHSC sleep medicine researcher Dr. Jayasimha Murthy, which has led to the development of a less invasive and more comfortable method of diagnosing sleep apnea. Their work appears in the November issue of the journal Sleep and is the subject of an NSF press conference.
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TLC2 fosters community environmental awareness
Professor Carroll Parrot Blue’s community partnership raised the roof in downtown Houston at Discovery Green Park Nov. 7 in support of Life is Living.org, a national campaign that uses a new form of green spoken storytelling — one that represents the diverse and changing perspectives on what it means to be environmentally just. TLC2 helped support this event and hundreds of families enjoyed the day, dancing, listening to music and poetry, and learning about human accountability to each other and to the environment. Learn more at www.lifeisliving.org.
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Economics professor examining quality of care in AIDS treatment
Dr. Alok Bhargava of the Department of Economics presented the talk “The impact of healthcare infrastructure and emotional support on the health and well-being of AIDS patients in South Africa” at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10, in PGH232. The lecture previewed an upcoming article by Dr. Bhargava that touches on disciplines from biomedicine to sociology, economics to anthropology, and presents thought-provoking study of the effect of quality of care and emotional well-being on AIDS patients..
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Atmospheric research hits the roof
The Houston Network of Environmental Towers (H-NET), a TLC2-affiliated research center, is the focus of KUHF's UH Moment. Dr. Barry Lefer describes the atmospheric quality research being conducted high atop UH's Moody Towers. Listen in!
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UH researcher receives million-dollar Qatar grant; proposal rooted in TLC2-funded research project
The Qatar National Research Fund recently awarded University of Houston researchers two separate grants totaling $2.4 million to collaborate with researchers in that country to advance science research and education. One of those grants, to mechanical engineering professor David Zimmerman, has its roots in a 2005 TLC2 innovation funding grant. The full story...
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2010 Mars Rover Celebration in pre-flight mode
Plans for the 2010 Mars Rover Celebration, to be held on January 30, 2010, are well under way. After two information meetings with area science advisors and educators, TLC2 showcased the Celebration at the AIAA Space 2009 Expo Pasadena September 14-18, and hosted a teacher training workshop to acquaint area high school science and gifted/talented teachers with the Mars Rover curriculum on Saturday, September 26.
Catch up with photos and video from the 2009 Mars Rover Celebration and get news of the 2010 event when you become a fan of the Mars Rover Celebration on Facebook or follow Mars Rover on Twitter.
To register a team for the Mars Rover Celebration 2010 or to find more information on the curriculum and competition, visit the Mars Rover Celebration website.
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UH surpasses $100 million in research awards
The University of Houston has achieved a historic milestone after eclipsing $104 million in research awards this year. The total, which could go higher, is the most in the university's history and furthers the momentum UH has established toward becoming an elite Tier-One public research university. For the complete story, visit UH Today.
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TLC2's Crowder named CLASS assistant dean
Dr. Jerome Crowder has been named the Assistant Dean for Technology and Communication for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. In this role he will work with faculty and staff to develop and enhance the use of technology in teaching and research throughout the college. He will also be responsible for communicating information about faculty, research, and department highlights with the University and beyond. While working for the dean’s office, he will continue to be a TLC2 affiliated faculty member, to teach courses in Anthropology, and to pursue his ongoing research projects.
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Regents authorize new Health and Biomedical Sciences Center
The University of Houston has taken another bold step towards Tier-One status with the UH System regents' approval of the construction of a 167,000-square-foot Health and Biomedical Sciences Center that will house laboratories, academic space, and surgical facilities for health-related research. For the complete story, visit UH Today.
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Take a look at what TLC2 has been up to!
TLC2 supports research with high speed computing resources, and supports faculty with event and communications resources. Our photo galleries are kept up to date by TLC2 videographer/photographer Adam Blount, who posts photo collections for all TLC2 events and outreach. Take a look at some of our projects from the year to date, and check back often for new galleries!
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Speedy research is in the (FPGA) cards
TLC2-affiliated faculty will have the opportunity to take their high performance computing research to a new level, thanks to the donation of eight field-programmable gate array (FPGA) cards by Petroleum GeoServices. Any faculty interested in using the cards for research should contact Erik Engquist at erike@tlc2.uh.edu.
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