B4.8 Facilities, Housing, and Social Events

The undergraduate faculty members who attend SCSI will enjoy computational and scientific environments that are likely to be significantly better than what they have at their home institutions. The practical consequence is that the faculty would live at their workstations if given the chance. Part of the attraction is that the faculty enjoy working together and they interact well with the other computational teams; the interdisciplinary nature of the Institute fosters these positive interactions. Our current plan is to hold the workshops at the new Shodor Training facility in Durham, NC, which includes a network of 200MHz PowerMacintoshes, high powered graphics workstations, and data servers connected via T1 to the Internet backbone. We have also been invited to hold these workshops on the campuses of partners, including Furman and NCCU. The final sites will be picked to be maximally convenient the participants so as to minimize travel costs. For each of the several alternatives, there are outstanding computational labs, classrooms, and local housing arrangements to make the workshops attractive, comfortable, and productive.

Social Activities. To facilitate the social interactions of the Institute staff, participants, and guest speakers, the Project Director and staff will coordinate activities such as cultural excursions, gallery visits, sporting events, picnics, and other relaxing activities.