Event Archives

Drupal overview of a working site

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on August 17, 2010 - 12:06pm
Date: 
August 24, 2010 - 2:30pm
Location: 
Robarts Library, Room 4055 (CTSI computer classroom)
Presenter/Moderator: 
Daryl Weade

As discussed in the last UT DUG meeting, Daryl Weade will show the decisions made in implementing a series of Drupal installs to contain the new UTSC Centre for Teaching and Learning sites. Discussion will include site objectives, modules considered for best workflow/stability, and site design.

So you want to be a Mobile Developer: Introducing the iPhone Development Lectures Series...

Submitted by Michael Moncada on May 28, 2010 - 3:32pm
The iPhone Development Lecture Series Begins in July!
Date: 
July 21, 2010 - 3:00pm
Location: 
Bahen Centre, Room BA 2175
Presenter/Moderator: 
Michael Moncada

Want to be an iPhone Developer but don't know where to start? Join me and other mobile developer enthusiasts (we have cookies!) in this very first of many installments where we will explore this powerful mobile platform and learn how to build iPhone applications from the ground up - all within a friendly (low calorie - we might have one cookie :P) open environment. Bring your MacBooks along and join me in the application development or just sit in and take part in the discussions!

Next Generation Student Information Services

Submitted by Tamara Adizes on June 3, 2010 - 12:58pm
Date: 
June 16, 2010 - 11:00am
Location: 
Bahen Centre, Room 1170
Presenter/Moderator: 
Marden Paul

NGSIS is about business realignment – its focus on providing 21st century services to students, faculty and staff as well as providing the technological infrastructure upon which the educational tools and services of tomorrow can be built. Today’s students expect an environment that enables them to find information and to self-manage their experiences with our institution.

The First Digital Curation Institute Conference

Submitted by Kathleen on June 14, 2010 - 2:44pm
Date: 
June 16, 2010 (All day)
Location: 
140 St. George Street, Claude Bissell Building, Room 728
Presenter/Moderator: 
Andrew Wang

The Digital Curation Institute at the University of Toronto's iSchool provides a rich, interdisciplinary environment for investigating principles and theory building related to the creation, management, use, interpretation and preservation of digital resources; conducting research on digital curation issues; and developing technologies and tools to support best practice in this area. The DCI promotes innovative multi-faceted research projects that involve collaboration among faculty, students, practitioners, and researchers both national, and internationality.

UT DUG June Meetup

Submitted by Greg Mount on June 9, 2010 - 1:59pm
Druplicon
Date: 
June 14, 2010 - 4:00pm
Location: 
43 Elm Street, downstairs, two blocks north of Dundas just east of Bay
Presenter/Moderator: 
Greg Mount

Join us for the June meetup of the University of Toronto Drupal Users Group. Please login and RSVP if you wish to attend.

HPCS 2010

Submitted by dgruner on April 14, 2010 - 10:07pm
Date: 
June 5, 2010 (All day)
Location: 
Victoria College, UofT
Presenter/Moderator: 
Chris Loken
Presenter/Moderator: 
Daniel Gruner

SciNet is hosting this year's HPCS conference, and we'd like to bring it to the attention of our community. Please take a look at the conference website, and we are sure you won't want to miss this great event. Here is our announcement and call for papers.

Regards,
Daniel

Third and Final Call For Submissions, and Close of Early Registration:
'Data-Intensive Computing' HPCS2010 ( http://www.hpcs2010.org )

HPCS (High Performance Computing Symposium) is Canada's foremost
supercomputing conference, a multidisciplinary conference where

Core
 vs.
 Context:
 Lessons
 From
 the 
Trenches
 of 
Application 
Development

Submitted by Mark Hume on May 12, 2010 - 4:38pm
Date: 
May 26, 2010 - 3:00pm
Location: 
MC 252
Presenter/Moderator: 
Mark Hume

This presentation explores some real-world strategies for balancing application development demands for - functionality, speed, efficiency, robustness, flexibility, cost, usability, timeliness, supportability, scalability... you get the idea.

MyMedia

Submitted by sianmeikle on May 14, 2010 - 4:37pm
Date: 
May 26, 2010 - 3:00pm
Location: 
SF 1101
Presenter/Moderator: 
Bilal Khalid
Presenter/Moderator: 
Gordon Belray
Presenter/Moderator: 
Graham Stewart
Presenter/Moderator: 
Sian Meikle

The library has launched a content management system for serving and storage of rich media resources university wide. Growing out of the University's pandemic planning in 2009, the Library developed a web application, MyMedia, consisting of a dedicated streaming server, user/management interface, and extensive data storage.

Boot from VHD in Windows 7

Submitted by Jai Pandey on May 14, 2010 - 5:35pm
Date: 
May 26, 2010 - 3:00pm
Location: 
RS 211
Presenter/Moderator: 
Jai Pandey

The ability to boot from a VHD file was introduced with Windows 7. This feature, coupled with the use of differencing disks enables easy backups of entire hard disk images and creation of restore points. Differencing disks are also useful when there is a need for a base hard drive image that needs slight customization for different groups of users or workstations such as staff and students.

In the presentation I will demonstrate:

-How to create a VHD using GUI and command line tools
-Installing Windows 7 into a VHD
-Creating boot entries in the boot manager

Virtual Tutor Service: A new experience of online math tutoring

Submitted by shahbazi on May 17, 2010 - 10:48am
Date: 
May 26, 2010 - 3:00pm
Location: 
MC 254
Presenter/Moderator: 
Zohreh Shahbazi

The Virtual Tutor Service (VTS) is an online tutoring facility that the
Math and Stats Learning Centre (MSLC) provides to the first-year
students at the UTSC. The service offers additional resources and live help outside of normal MSLC hours, including nights and weekends, during the fall and spring semesters.

In this session, the VTS coordinator and TAs who conduct the service as well as one of the math course coordinators will talk
about their experience of teaching and learning mathematics in the online sessions.