NCSA staff who would like to submit an item for the calendar can email newsdesk@ncsa.illinois.edu.
Nominate students for the $20,000 Illinois Innovation Award and the $10,000 Fiddler Innovation Fellowship by February 1, 2022!
Speaker: Aaron Reinhard, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Kenyon College
Join us to celebrate Lunar New Year 2022 as the Year of the Tiger on Tuesday, February 1 from 12:00-1:00 PM.
NCSA will host a virtual open house to recruit candidates for entry-, mid-, and senior-level Research Network Engineer positions. Join us February 1 from 5–7 p.m. CT via Zoom to learn more about our center and how you can join our Integrated Cyberinfrastructure team. Register by January 30 to attend.
The Humanities Without Walls summer Bridge program supports PhD students in the humanities at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in exploring new career paths while making an impact in our community. Join us for more information about this opportunity on February 2.
Join our team of SBIR experts and the FAST (Federal and State Technology) Center of Illinois for a monthly SBIR 101 event from 12:00-1:00pm C
Join the Data Science User Group on Friday, February 4th from 12:00 - 1:00 PM. The aim of the user group is to build a community of interest around data science to foster learning, collaboration, and networking. The group will serve both students and professionals to bridge the gap between the analytical sciences and practical applications of industry.
Speaker: Jens Koch, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University
Join us in kicking off Startup Week with a presentation with Brand Hub: Marketing Strategy for Startups.
Learn how to parallelize model scientific applications using OpenMP, a shared-memory application programming interface. This workshop will be entirely hands-on with participants completing exercises on an XSEDE supercomputing cluster. Basic skills in C/C++ or Fortran, parallel programming, and Linux are required.
As part of STARTUP WEEK, learn more about Chinmay Soman’s startup journey with EarthSense.
Join us on February 9 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM in the Siebel Center Atrium to learn more about on-campus opportunities to work for a tech company in Research Park. This event is only intended for CS students.
As part of STARTUP WEEK, learn more about Ryan Shelton’s startup journey with Photonicare.
Join us for a Zoom panel discussion featuring Carmen Gonzalez (Law, Loyola University Chicago), A. Naomi Paik (Criminology, Law, & Justice and Global Asian Studies, University of Illinois Chicago), Heidi Hurd (Law and Philosophy) and Richard Ross (Law and History).
Our Entrepreneur-In-Residence, Alan Singleton, will wrap up STARTUP WEEK with a legal update for startup companies.
Speaker: Peter Maurer, Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago
Join us from 12:00-1:00 PM on Tuesday, February 15 to learn more about HR for small businesses with HR Expert in Residence, Kelly Gust. This will be a hybrid event, more details forthcoming.
Research Park and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation invite you to join us for AgTech Breakfast from 8:00-9:30am on February 3, 2022 at the Illinois Conference Center (Heritage Hall).
Speaker: Ale Baptista
Join us on Thursday, February 17 from 12:00-1:00 PM for an EIR Workshop with Tom Parkinson.
Join the Ansible Illinois meetup group on Thursday, February 17 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM.
Join the Blockchain Meetup Group from 12:00 - 1:00 PM on Friday, February 18. This is group is for anyone interested in distributed ledger technology (i.e. blockchains, cryptography, smart contracts, decentralized applications (DApps) cryptocurrency/tokens, and relevant related subjects). Everyone is welcome.
Speaker: Thomas Faulkner, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Join us for LAS Night on Tuesday, February 22 from 4:00 - 6:00 PM to learn more about opportunities at Research Park for humanities students.
Join us on February 23 from 12:00 -1:00 PM in celebrating Black History Month with a luncheon and panel discussion in the EnterpriseWorks atrium.