- Seventh LAGRid summit and PIRE student poster session, Thursday, October 22, MARC Pavilion, Florida International University
- PIRE Advisory Board Meeting, 6/18/09
- 2009 Pre-Departure Training Orientation: PIRE Program students met for their final training session on Saturday, 4/25/09. Liza Carbajo and Magnolia Hernandez from the Office of Education Abroad presented the workshop.
- PIRE Co-PI Masoud Sadjadi presented PIRE at the 2009 Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference, 4/4/09
- Cultural Language and Training Program for 2009-2010 PIRE students begins. Meetings held at BBC, FIU on Mar 7, Mar 28, Apr 4, Apr 11, Apr 18.
- PIRE PI Yi Deng welcomes students to the 2009-2010 Orientation and Cross-Cultural Workshop February 28, 2009.
- PIRE PI Yi Deng attends PIRE Principal Investigators Meeting, December 10-11, 2008
- PIRE Students present posters at the Sixth Latin American Grid Summit October 30-31, 2008. This event was hosted by FAU and sponsored by IBM.
- FIU ACM and WICS PIRE presentation, Thursday, 10/9/08, 3:30PM, FIU UP ECS 243
- FIU Graduate Student Meeting with PIRE presentation, Friday, 9/19/08, 2:00PM, FIU UP ECS 349
- PIRE participants return from IBM China Research Lab, 07/26/08
- PIRE participants return from Universidad de Guadalajara, 07/25/08
- PIRE participants return from Barcelona Supercomputing Center, 07/18/08
- PIRE participants return from IBM India Research Lab, 07/18/08
- FIU Vice Provost for International Studies Douglas Kincaid discusses PIRE at the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) Commission on International Programs Summer meeting, 7/14/08
- PIRE participants return from Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 7/13/08
- PIRE participants return from Tsinghua University, 7/11/08
- PIRE PI Yi Deng presents PIRE in a keynote address at SEKE'08, 7/03/08
- ITESM representatives visit FIU and FAU, 05/22-23/08
- 3 PIRE Participants arrive in La Plata, Argentina, Friday, 05/16/08
- 6 PIRE Participants arrive in Beijing, China, Thursday, 05/15/08
- 4 PIRE Participants arrive in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, 05/15/08
- 2 PIRE Participants arrive in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, 5/07/08
- PIRE Participant Cultural and Language Training Session, Saturday, 4/26/08, 9:30AM, FIU BBC.
- PIRE Participant Cultural and Language Training Session, Saturday, 3/29/08, 9:30AM, FIU BBC.
- PIRE Participant Cultural and Language Training Session, Saturday, 2/16/08, 9:30AM, FIU BBC.
- Distinguished Lecture Series: Scaling eScience Impact by Dr. Ian Foster, Friday, 2/15/08, 2:00PM, ECS 243, FIU UP
- PIRE Participant Orientation Session, Saturday, 2/2/08, 9:30AM, FIU BBC A1-135
- His Excellency Zhou Wenzhong, the ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States, will be presenting a lecture on "The Peaceful Development of China and its Relations with the United States." Tuesday 1/29/08, 4:00PM, MARC Pavilion
- PIRE Spring 2008 Organizational Meeting, Thursday, 1/17/08, 2:00PM, FIU UP ECS 349
- PIRE Student Information Session, Friday, 11/2/07,
3:00PM, ECS 243 at FIU
- PIRE Student Information Session, Friday, 10/19/07,
3:00PM, ECS 243 at FIU
- PIRE Principal Investigators Meeting, 10/15-16/07,
NSF Headquarters
- PIRE Kickoff Meeting, Friday, 9/21/07, 10:00
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"PIRE... provides our students with the kind of
direct international experience and training that will
prepare them for careers in an increasingly competitive
global arena."
Dr. Modesto Maidique
President, Florida International University "PIRE...will enable the next generation of
students participants to become fully engaged as members of
the globally-aware IT workforce.""
Dr. Nicholas Bowen
Vice President of Strategy and Worldwide
Operations, IBM Research "We look forward to hosting students researchers
... to foster our existing collaborations and create new
ones."
Mateo Valero Cortés
Director, Barcelona Supercomputing Center "I was able to develop quite a bit as a person, researcher, and professional."
Marlon Bright,
FIU student "Being able to learn elements directly related to my project, the likes and dislikes of another culture, and be able to communicate in a different language are all aspects related to the PIRE program for which I will always be grateful."
Simone Pasmore,
FAU student "It helps you build confidence that the degree you hold will enable you to tackle any problem, and, more importantly, it lets you experience the job before committing your life to it."
Allison Lanager,
FIU student |
