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July 2007
Volume 8 | Issue 7 | 3 July 2007

Our July issue brings you lots of exciting announcements and opportunities. IBM is accepting proposals for the 2007 IBM Innovation Awards, an international award competition offering faculty the chance to receive cash awards to advance their teaching and research. Read how Msc. Patricia de Andrade Bueno Garcia is helping students in Brazil learn about DB2 or view the new courseware offerings, including several Tivoli courses and instructor-led online classes for Rational. Find out more about Web 2.0, attend the SHARE conference, or simply catch up on academic news from around the globe, which includes three new student contests underway in Asia.

This newsletter is intended for members of the IBM Academic Initiative. If you are on the faculty of an accredited academic institution but haven't joined the Academic Initiative, you can apply right now by going to: http://www.ibm.com/university/members/.
 

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News Features Webcasts podcasts & events Training & books
 News

Serbia: IBM signs agreement with Union University's School of Computing
IBM has signed a 5-year agreement with Union University's School of Computing to allow for research and education of faculty and students related to IBM products and technologies. IBM plans to organize courses and faculty training and then begin implementing IBM curricula in the next school year.
Serbian: http://www.raf.edu.yu/


China: IBM Master Speech program launched at Peking University
The China University Relations team launched its IBM Master Speech program series on June 13 at Peking University. The program aims to connect IBM distinguished leaders and scientists with students at top Chinese universities to build IBM leading image in academia and the public.
Chinese: http://it.sohu.com/20070613/n250554721.shtml


France: ENS Lyon joins the 'Décrypthon' Program
On June 11, AFM (French Muscular Dystrophy Association), CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) and IBM inaugurated the new IBM p550 server being offered to ENS Lyon, one of the most prestigious French Scientific Schools. ENS Lyon will apply its computing and technical skills to the benefit of the 'Décrypthon' Program, which is a collaboration to use grid computing for research in neuromuscular disorders.
French: http://www.capcampus.com/


France: MIAGE National Days in Orléans
In May, IBM co-sponsored the MIAGE National Days at the University of Orléans, which is part of the MIAGE network. 650 participants, including students, graduates, professors and business partners, met for conferences and round tables on the topic of Job Changes in IT.
French: http://www.jnm2007.net/


Latvia: IBM and Riga Technical University begin cooperative program
IBM and Riga Technical University (RTU) have agreed to work together to develop curricula that will enhance the skills of the RTU students. Two undergraduate courses are planned: Service Oriented Architecture using WebSphere products and Software Engineering using Rational products. IBM will also train the professors, contribute academic software licenses, and provide certification of best students.
Latvian: http://www.tvnet.lv/zinas/tehnologijas/popsci/article.php?id=502039
Latvian: http://www.rtu.lv/aktualitates/aktualitate.php?identifikators=1914


Worldwide: IBM Academic Initiative members evaluate new on-line offering
A pilot is underway to evaluate IBM's Virtual Innovation Center (VIC), an on-line education offering that is currently only available to IBM Business Partners. Faculty around the world volunteered to test the VIC as a method for getting courseware, training, and technical documents about IBM technologies.
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/university/scholars/VICpilot.html
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 Features

Awards: 2007 IBM Innovation Awards for faculty
The IBM Innovation Awards program is an international award competition designed to increase the use of open source and open standards-based tools for academic curricula and research. IBM is currently accepting proposals for the Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) Innovation Award and the Real-time Innovation Award. Cash awards are valued between $10,000 and $30,000 USD.
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/university/scholars/ur/awards/eclipse/uima_awards.html http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/university/scholars/ur/awards/realtime/index.html


Faculty spotlight: Msc. Patricia de Andrade Bueno Garcia
Professor Andrade draws on her real-world experience as a corporate a DBA, inspiring her students to advance their IBM DB2 skills and help fill a gap in the Brazilian work force. Thanks to her efforts, students at UNIFAE Centro Universitio Franciscano have the opportunity to join a DB2 Student Ambassador program and take her special post-graduate course for IBM DB2 Professional Certification.
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/university/scholars/members/spotlights/p_andrade.html


Courseware: New Tivoli courses to use in your classrooms today!
Several new Tivoli courses are now available and cover a wide range of topics such as security, system availability, application and network management. Download the course materials and include them in your curricula.
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/university/scholars/courseware/tivoli.html


Contests: IBM Academic Initiative India launches The Great Mind Challenge 2007
The Academic Initiative team in India launched the Great Mind Challenge and opened its on-line registration. This is a unique opportunity for student programmers to develop innovative solutions using open standards-based IT tools under grueling real time situations.
http://www-07.ibm.com/in/university/greatmind/tgmc_2007.html


Contests: Two student contests are underway in China
Now through the end of the year, university students all over China have the opportunity to learn new skills and win great prizes. The 2007 Mainframe Technology National Application Contest is offering an IBM mainframe internship to the winner, and the top prize in the 2007 Power Architecture Design Contest is RMB20,000. Encourage your students to enter.
Chinese: http://ibmur.hust.edu.cn/mfcontest/index.html
Chinese: http://www.ibm.com/cn/systems/p/powerapply2007
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 Webcasts, podcasts & events

Webcast: Enduring Impact Through SOA
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an architectural approach for integrating and linking repeatable business tasks or services. Experience and knowledge of the SOA approach is a valuable asset for students who want to enhance their marketable IT skills. Join IBM executives and clients for this complimentary webcast. All attendees will receive access to video podcasts from the IMPACT 2007 conference.
http://www.ibm.com/soa/launchwebcast


Event: Special academic rates for the SHARE conference in San Diego
Students and educators get a discounted rate for SHARE, the largest mainframe users' conference, August 12-17 in San Diego, CA. Excellent educational and networking opportunities are available, along with a shot at the System z Entry Level for z/OS System Programmer Mastery Test. For more information, contact zskills@us.ibm.com.
http://www.share.org
http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/mastery_tests/azprogprot_mt.shtml


Event: Web 2.0 goes to work
Web 2.0 capabilities provide services that let people collaborate and share information on-line in new ways with social networks, wikis, blogs and other communication tools. Learn more about IBM technologies that take advantage of Web 2.0, or attend a complimentary one-day briefing.
More info: http://www.ibm.com/software/info/web20/
Briefings:http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/offers/techbriefings/details/web20.html
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 Training and books

Training: IBM Rational Education launches new on-line classes
Get the education you need on Rational tools right from your desk and be part of a virtual classroom! Rational now offers Instructor-Led On-line courses (ILO), which are synchronous classes with live instructor interactions, hands-on labs, and group interactions.
http://www.ibm.com/training/us/catalog/rational/ilo


Redbook: Partitioning and multi-dimensional clustering for DB2 9
Learn how to set up and administer database partitioning. Explore the table partitioning function that makes it easy to add and remove year's worth of data in your warehouse. Analyze your data to discern how multi-dimensional clustering can drastically improve your query performance.
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg247467.html


Training: Tivoli faculty training in China, August 13-17
The first Tivoli faculty training will be conducted from August 13 to August 17 in China. Focusing on IT service management, the training is expected to initiate Tivoli skills enablement in China higher education.
Chinese: http://ibmur.hust.edu.cn/t3training/


Training: IBM China hosts SSME seminar, August 6-10
To further highlight SSME and advocate IBM's leadership in services innovation, IBM China will host a second SSME seminar from August 6 to August 10. The experts from IBM and China academia will discuss the current status on SSME research and curriculum.
Chinese: http://ibmur.hust.edu.cn/t3training/
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 Web-based technology and product news publications

developerWorks newsletters
https://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/newsletter/

Rational Edge e-zine
http://www.therationaledge.com

IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal

IBM Systems Journal
http://www.research.ibm.com/journal

Global WebSphere Community Forum
http://ecommunity.groupintelligence.com/websphere/forums/


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