Category: Science Research IT
September 5, 2008
Job: Business Consultant/Architect
We just posted a new job opening to the TCG web site, here, for a Business Consultant/Architect. If you’ve got system analysis, business analysis, and architecture experience, take a look!…
August 21, 2008
TCG is on the 2008 Inc. 5000
Inc. magazine announced the Inc. 5000 today, the list of the fastest-growing companies in the USofA. We’re delighted that TCG is number 1,716 on the list! (Number 1 would be better but all good things come to those who work hard…)
We…
August 1, 2008
How open should open source be?
On behalf of the NIH, TCG runs a project called the Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse, otherwise known as NITRC. It’s a resource for neuroimaging researchers who are developing or using software to analyze things like fMRI scans and other kinds…
May 15, 2008
FDP: Update on GMLOB (Take 2!)
This was the second session about GMLOB, and while the majority of the time in this session was spent looking at NSF’s Research.gov, it also included representatives from Education and NIH.…
FDP: GMLOB Update
Erika Rissi and Stacy Boyd spoke about the new GMLOB strategic landscape. Some interesting developments here, including the new GMLOB Strategic Landscape.…
FDP: Grants.gov Update
The new Grants.gov PMO discussed the status of the system. Eben Trebino introduced the session:
Working with a system built 3 years ago that’s handling four times more capacity than it was designed to manage. Now approaching 130,000 applications being submitted through…
FDP: Agency Updates
Turns out that there is no wifi access in the main meeting room at the FDP meeting, so I’ll be taking notes and posting them as soon as I reach an access point.
The first session provided updates from many Federal…
May 14, 2008
See you at the FDP meeting tomorrow! Although you may miss me…
I’m going to the FDP meeting tomorrow at the Fair Lakes Hyatt in Fairfax, VA. If you’re there, look for the bespectacled fellow furiously typing on a Macbook. Wait… That describes about a third of the audience. Okay… Look for the bespectacled…
March 18, 2008
Big Dog: $10m of your money put to good use
Big Dog is a quadruped robot developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). This thing can traverse rough territory while carrying significant payloads, which could be very useful in situations such as battle, health…
February 14, 2008
Call for papers: “Global HealthGrid: eScience Meets Biomedical Informatics”
Lots of activity in the BCIG these days! This just appeared…
6th Annual HealthGrid International Conference
International HealthGrid meeting extends deadline for papers to February 15th
Feb. 8 — In response to numerous requests to extend the deadline for submitting…