UW faculty, staff, and graduate students can continue to purchase SPSS 19, the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, at a reduced rate through the UW’s perpetual (pay once) license agreement with IBM Corporation. SPSS 19 provides the base modules only, is for use on UW-owned and personal computers, and is not available for undergraduates (who can get SPSS 20).
Seattle last week hosted an international supercomputing event showcasing the high-performance computing needed by UW researchers for analyzing, storing, and sharing massive datasets. The UW played a key role in SC11, with UW-IT and its engineers on the Pacific Northwest Gigapop team providing the fiber optic cabling, racks and power to help make the event possible. UW scientists from the eScience Institute, Computer Science & Engineering, and other units also participated. Read more in UW Today.
UW undergraduates join UW faculty, staff, and graduate students in being able to purchase the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences—SPSS 20—at significant savings over list prices. This is part of the new annual renewal licensing agreement UW-IT and UW Purchasing negotiated with IBM Corporation to get the best terms possible given that perpetual licenses are no longer offered for new versions of SPSS. The new SPSS 20 has an expanded number of modules and is for use on both UW-owned and personal computers. Get more information.
Tune in to UWTV on November 15 at 8:00 p.m. to see Bill Gates in a rare discussion about technology and the application of computer science to solve challenges in areas from education to energy to water quality. The program, “The Opportunity Ahead: A Conversation with Bill Gates,” was filmed last month as part of the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Distinguished Lecture Series. You also can watch this program on demand.
Enhance your skills using Microsoft Access, Excel, .NET, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Visio, and many more Microsoft products through UW-provided (so no cost to you) access to the Microsoft IT Academy Online Learning Program, through October 2012. In addition to hundreds of video-based Microsoft E-Learning courses, you can access the Microsoft Digital Literacy program to learn basic computer skills. For more information, go to Microsoft IT Academy at the UW.
Light a spark this winter with an "Ignite!" session on new technologies that improve the student learning experience at the UW. Come hear five-minute presentations from UW faculty and students sharing stories, ideas, lessons, and strategies for using these tools. Look to the January issue of IT Connect News for the exact date and time; you can also subscribe to the RSS news feed to find out first.
Do you need to conduct an effective literature review but don’t know where to start? Turn to Annual Reviews, comprehensive collections of critical reviews by leading scientists of significant primary research literature in 40 disciplines in biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences, including economics. You can even set up alerts to be notified when new review articles are added to the site, keeping you up-to-date in your area of research. This UW-restricted resource is made available by UW Libraries.
A novel approach for improving civic discussions, embodied in an interactive citizen-generated guide to local ballot issues, is the topic of the CSE Colloquia that aired on UWTV November 6. On the program, “The Living Voters Guide: Supporting Reflective Public Thought”, Computer Science and Engineering’s Alan Borning and Travis Kriplean discuss this approach and how it could be used for decision making on other issues. Catch the show online.
