Representatives from Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) recently attended the Supercomputing 2008 Conference (SC08) in Austin, Texas. The SC08 conference included a technical program, tutorials, workshops, an exhibits area, an education program and many other activities. The conference included scientists, researchers, software developers, network engineers, policy makers, corporate managers, CIO’s and IT administrators from universities, industry and government from all over the world.

Dr. Linda Hayden, Director of the Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research represented ECSU. Several students were selected as student volunteers for SC08 to assist with the conference. They included graduate students, Je'aime Powell and Kaiem Frink and undergraduate research students Chelsea Vick, Patrina Bly, Jamika Baltrop, and Michael Jefferson. Students enjoyed the opportunity to see the latest high-performance networking and computer technology and meet leading researchers from around the world.