Florida LamdaRail Network Shines on UF
Computing & Networking Services (CNS)
Dave Pokorney
CTO, Director of Engineering - Florida LambdaRail, LLC
The Florida LambdaRail (FLR) Project is gearing up for LambdaRail production. Scheduled to launch next March, the FLR is Florida education's entry into what is commonly called "Internet 3." Especially useful for huge research data bases and image distribution, FLR will make it easier to collaborate with students and colleagues nationwide and beyond. A must for researchers and those involved in collaborative projects.
How to Block Spam
Computing & Networking Services (CNS)
Steve Ulmer
CNS Open Systems Group
Facilities are available on campus FREE to the UF community which enable you to filter out spam emails? This session will describe the processes in place and review resources available that you can use to rid your inbox of unwanted messages.
Junk E-mail ("spam") Filtering Information
Safe Computing
Computing & Networking Services (CNS)
Jordan Wiens,
UF Security Engineer
Learn how to protect your privacy, data, and computer by following the few simple steps presented in this seminar.
UF Computer Training Opportunities — They're Here and They’re Free
Computing & Networking Services (CNS)
Marie Dence
UF Information Technology Training Committee
UF has a wealth of free computing training available to UF Faculty, Staff, and Students. This overview will elucidate what’s available and how to sign up for free classroom and online training.
Information Technology Training Projects
VoIP - Using the Internet as your Phone
Computing & Networking Services (CNS)
John Madey,
Director of UF Telecommunications
Voice Over Internet Protocols (VoIP) allows you to connect a telephone to your computer to send/receive real-time voice messages. This saves you the expense and overhead of using two separate systems. The VoIP system now on campus will be demonstrated. Guidelines will be presented on how to decide if this will work for you and on how to request this service.
VoIP Telephony Services for the University of Florida
Transparent Reality Simulation as an e-Learning Tool
Department of Anesthesiology
Samsun (Sem) Lampotang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Most real systems are opaque in the sense that their inner function and processes are not externally apparent. We will describe and demonstrate transparent reality, an educational simulation technique developed at UF, that is aimed at facilitating the development of mental models in learners.
National Curriculum in Radiology Reporting
Department of Radiology
Chris Sistrom, M.D., MPH
Department of Radiology,
College of Medicine
Radiology reports are the primary work product for non-interventional radiologists. The quality of these important documents is often determined by arbitrary factors and personal "style." A poorly constructed report can be further degraded by poor communication skills on the part of the radiologist or resident. Very little formal didactic material exists to train radiologists in reporting. The Radiology Society of North America has awarded us a grant to develop a web based national curriculum in radiology reporting and our preliminary efforts after just over 1 year of development are the subject of this submission.
The Use of Virtual Interactive Characters in Medical Education
Department of Surgery
Amy O'Meara Stevens, M.D.
Hospitalist Surgical Services
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery University of Florida
Malcom Randall VA;
Dr. Scott Lind
Professor
Department of Surgery
Chief surgery NF/SG Veterans Health System;
Dr. Benjamin Lok
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer and Information Sciences and
Engineering
Talk will discuss the potential role of virtual characters in medical education. Highlight the collaborative efforts of our research team which include faculty from the Colleges of Medicine, Engineering and Education at UF. Briefly review results of pilot study using virtual patient to teach communication skills.
Going the Distance: Everything You Wanted to Know About Distance Education at the University of Florida but Were Afraid to Ask
Distance, Continuing & Executive Education
Christopher D. Sessums
Director, Distance Learning
Here's your opportunity to find out how you can offer courses and programs to students off campus as well as what's in it for you.
GEMS (Graduate Education Monitoring System)
Division of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Transplantation
Dr. Edward A. Ross
Associate Professor
GEMS is an online application to quantitate medical trainee work hours and allow evaluation of their performance by the faculty.
It is a growing concern that medical residents may be working in excess of 80 hour limit regularly that hamper their ability to make medical decisions. There are only few commercial products in the market that do timekeeping. We have come up with a complete package that not only tracks a medical resident's work hours, but also continuously monitors for any ACGME violations. Violations are sent as a report to the concerned person on a regular basis. In addition, it also reminds all the trainees to fill out their work hours whenever due.
It also allows faculty evaluation of trainees. Once the master schedule of rotations is entered during the setup, the application reminds the faculty through email whenever an evaluation is due.
We believe the strongest and novel approach of this program is automated email reminders to concerned parties. Other features include generating customizable reports, secure message board and role based logins.
The application has been running successfully for the past year in several divisions in the Department of Medicine and Pediatrics.
Research Anytime Anywhere @ Your Library
George A. Smathers Libraries
Carol A. Turner
Director for Public Services
Jana Ronan
Angela Mott
UF libraries provide the following services to Distance Learning students and faculty: reference assistance including online chat, remote access to databases and journals, document delivery and interlibrary loan of materials, electronic reserves and online library instruction. Come learn how working with UF's libraries - HSC and Smathers - can enhance your virtual classroom activity and your students' performance.
Library Resources and Services to Support Distance
Learning
- Health Science Center Libraries
Health Science Center Libraries
Linda C. Butson
Assistant Director of Outreach Services
Mary Edwards
MLIS Distance Learning Librarian
UF libraries provide the following services to Distance Learning students and faculty: reference assistance including online chat, remote access to databases and journals, document delivery and interlibrary loan of materials, electronic reserves and online library instruction. Come learn how working with UF's libraries - HSC and Smathers - can enhance your virtual classroom activity and your students' performance.
The UF High Performance Computing Center (HPC) Grid:
Collaborative Power at Work
High Performance Computing Center
Charles A. Taylor, Ph.D.
Senior HPC Systems Engineer
The advent of the University of Florida High Performance Computing Grid (HPCG) marks a new era in computation-enabled research at UF. This era opens with the introduction of the 1.325 TFLOP Dell Cluster as the cornerstone of UF's faculty-led grid computing initiative which will be realized in three phases beginning late this Fall.
XAM: An Internet Application for High Stakes Examinations
Office of Medical Informatics
Richard Rathe, MD
Assoc. Dean for Information Technology
Assoc. Prof. of Family Medicine
G. Cornwall
C. Karle
Professional schools struggle with evaluation and assessment at many levels. High stakes examinations are especially problematic. Paper exams require hours of personnel time to create, distribute, track, and dispose of. Security is an ever-present concern. Moving to an electronic format opens an entirely new set of challenges: access control, computer crashes, and hacking to name a few. XAM is a Web-based assessment tool that provides a secure, efficient, and easily managed environment for online examinations. As an open-source, standards-based program, XAM is portable, extensible, and low cost.
EvalSuite - Online Evaluation Tools
Extensible Assessment Machine (XAM)
Cyber Visions: the Emerging Role of Information Technology in Architecture
School of Architecture
John Maze
Assistant Professor
Architecture has for centuries been in drawings and model, but since the digital revolution, the entire nature of what is architectural representation has had to be reexamined. This discussion will focus on the ever-evolving role of technology and the design process, and the everyday implications of what it means to design virtually.
ERP Implementation at UF
UF Bridges
Michael Conlon, Ph.D.
Director of Data Infrastructure
