Invited Presentations

- 2004 Abstract submitted to the 1st Annual Conference on Computing and Information Sciences to be held at RIT in January 2005: "From Impractical to Practical: Solving an MRI Problem Using Parallelism" with Joseph P. Hornak and Andrew P. Bak.
- 2004 Presentation: M. Bostick, C.L. Bray, A. Fleming, S. Iannopollo, N.C. Schaller, G. Ferrante, J.P. Hornak, An NMR Relaxation Rate Study of Hydrated Randomly Close Packed Synthetic Soils. 32nd Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Rochester, NY, November 2004
- 2004 Presentation: M. Bostick, C.L. Bray, A. Fleming, S. Iannopollo, N.C. Schaller, G. Ferrante, J.P. Hornak, "An R1 & R2 Distribution Study of Hydrated Randomly Close Packed Synthetic Soils". Upstate NY NMR Symposium, Albany, NY, October 2004.
- 2004 Poster: C.L. Bray, M. Bostick, A. Fleming, S. Iannopollo, N.C. Schaller, J.P. Hornak, "An R1 & R2 Distribution Study of Hydrated Randomly Close Packed Synthetic Soils." 15th Triennial Conference for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance. Ponte Verda Beach, FL, October 2004.
- 2004 Panel at RIT's FITL on the Faculty Learning Community, May 26.
- 2004 Poster: Getting Techies to Discuss at FITL in May and for the Faculty Learning Community presentation day in April, both at RIT.
- 2004 Panel member for the Faculty Learning Community presentation day in April at RIT.
- 2004 Presentation: Getting Techies to Discuss at the Conference on Faculty-Student Partnerships in teaching and learning, Geneseo, May 10-12, 2004.
- 2004 Poster (Getting Techies to Discuss) and panel at the annual Faculty Learning Community presentation, April 30, supported by the RIT Institute on Effective Teaching Committee.
- 2004 Poster: C.L. Bray, S. Iannopollo1, G. Ferrante, N.C. Schaller, D.Y. Lee, J.P. Hornak, "An R1 Distribution Study of Hydrated Randomly Close Packed Synthetic Soils". 45th Experimental NMR conference, Asilomar, CA April 2004.


- 2000, "Using Java to Teach Parallelism", Education Consortium at the Ohio Supercomputer Center in Columbus, Ohio, October.
- 2000, "Using Java for Parallel Computing - JCSP versus CTJ", Communicating Process Architectures 2000, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, September.
- 2000, "Using Communicating Threads in Java (CTJ)", Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, February.


- 1997 Organized and taught an NSF UFE grant course, "Parallel Computing for Undergraduate Faculty", Colgate University, July.
- 1997 "Computer Science Education and the World Wide Web", Technical University of Gdansk, Poland, June 18.
- 1997 Panel moderator, "Using Java in Computer Science Education", SIGCSE/SIGCUE Conference on Integrating Technology into Computer Science Education, Uppsala, Sweden, June.
- 1997 "Computer Science Education and the World Wide Web", University of Osnabrueck, Germany, April 17.


- 1995 "Studies in Parallel Graphics Applications", Seventh IASTED/ISMM International Conference Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, Washington, DC, October, (Proceedings, pp. 107-109).
- 1995 "Parallel Programming Languages", SUNY Oswego, October.
- 1995 "The Undergraduate Parallel Computing Consortium", QEM's "Together We Can Make it work in NY", New York City, October.
- 1995 "Computer Graphics Education and the World Wide Web", Educator's Program, SIGGRAPH '95, Los Angeles, August.
- 1995 Proposer and panelist, "Different Approachs to Parallel Computing Education" at the 9th International Parallel Processing Symposium, Santa Barbara, April
- 1995 "Training for Transputer Technologies" at the Parallel Computing Forum, Wellesley College, March
- 1995 Panel Moderator, "Is Parallel Computing Dead?" at the Parallel Computing Forum, Wellesley College, March

- 1994 Taught "Parallel Computing Using Transputer Computational Structures" at the University of Magaguez, Puerto Rico, May.
- 1994 Proposer and panelist, "The Right Stuff? Teaching Parallel Computing" at the 8th International Parallel Processing Symposium, Cancun, April
- 1994 "Occam for Parallel C Programmers", SUNY Oswego, April.
- 1994 "Parallel Computing: What's it all about?", Insights '94, RIT, March.

- 1993 "Experiences in Parallel Computing", Parallel Computing in Education Workshop, Miskolc, Hungary, March.
- 1993 "Utilizing Multiple Transputers in Occam", University of Twente, The Netherlands, February.
- 1993 "Configuration Using the New Inmos Toolset", Parallel Computing Workshop, Colgate University, January.
- 1993 "Optimization of Matrix Operations in Occam", Parallel Computing Workshop, Colgate University, January.

- 1992 "Experiences in the Netherlands", University of Twente, The Netherlands, December.
- 1992 Panel Moderator, "Graphics Education for Computer Science" Siggraph.
- 1992 Organized and taught an NSF UFE grant course, "Parallel Computing - A Course for Undergraduate Faculty", Colgate University, June.
- 1992 Taught a session on parallel computing for "Occam and Transputer Engineering Course", RIT, May.
- 1992 "Parallel Computing, What's the Deal?", Computer Science Department, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, May.
- 1992 "Languages for Parallel Programming", Computer Science Department, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, March.
- 1992 "Parallel Computing, What's the Deal?", Computer Science Department, St. Mary's College, Burlington, VT, March.


- 1990 "Experiences with Scientific Visualization Applications in an Undergraduate Computer Graphics Laboratory Course", Educator's Seminar, SIGGRAPH '90, Dallas, August.
- 1990 "From SIMD to MIMD", UParCC, St. Bonaventure University, August.
- 1990 "FORTRAN for Supercomputers", Alleghany College, March.
- 1990 "FORTRAN for Supercomputers", Bucknell University, March.
- 1990 "FORTRAN for Supercomputers", Dickinson College, March.
- 1990 "Parallel Computing at RIT", UParCC, Colgate University, January.


Nan Schaller - Background Page

Nan C. Schaller
Rochester Institute of Technology
Computer Science Department
102 Lomb Memorial Dr.
Rochester, NY 14623-5608
telephone: +1.585.475.2139
fax: +1.585.475.7100
e-mail:
ncs@cs.rit.edu
18 November 2004