CIS(theta), 2018-2019 September Meeting: Administrativa!

CIS(theta), 2018-2019

September Meeting: Administrativa!

(1) Wreath of the Unknown Server: We visited our LAST ever Linux ssh/sftp server, Shadowfax, which is still in Room 429, though dormant. Yes, I'm afraid it's true, all my Linux Boxes have been replaced with WimpDoze!

(2a) Planning: So we have to find an alternative to installing MPI on native Linux! We're thinking Raspbery PIs?

(2b) Research: How do we run MPI under WimpDoze without installing anything? How about MPI4PY? What about Raspberian?

(2c) Reading: In the mean time, here's our first reading assignment.

(3) Display Case Unveiled: We took down a ton of fractal prints and ray tracings from Room 429 to the 2 display cases on the 1st floor near the art wing. We decorated both display cases as best we could and left before anyone saw us. Must have been gremlins. BTW, we also have an HDTV with Chromecast to showcase student work here.

NCSHS Charter Certificate Baldwin SHSfrom A Jorge Garcia

(4) NCSHS: We're going to continue our chapter of the National Computer Science Honor Society. We talked about the requirements for membership and how we started a chapter. Each chapter is called "Zeta Omicron something." We're "Zeta Omicron NY Hopper." This is a pretty new honor society. The first few chapters were called Zeta Omicron Alpha and Omicron Zeta Beta. We have the first NYS chapter! BTW, NCSHS is not to be confused with my Calculus class and the CML. I am also the advisor for the Continental Mathematics League Calculus Division which is like Mathletes with in-house competitions about Calculus. CML is an international competition where we usually place in the top 3 or 4 schools  in the TriState. We've been competing for several years!

NCSHS Student Application Form from A Jorge Garcia

NEW SMARTBOARD SETUP

NOTE: MIC FOR SCREENCASTING!

NOTE: TI nSPIRE CX CAS EMULATOR!!

NEW DECOR IN THE REAR OF ROOM 429

NOTE: SLIDERULE!

NOTE: OLD LINUX SERVERS!!

NEW TAPESTRIES IN ROOM 429

NEW VIEW FROM LEFT REAR SIDE

NOTE: OLD UBUNTU DESKTOP!

NEW VIEW AS YOU WALK IN

NOTE: SIDERULE!

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Membership 

(alphabetic by first name):

CIS(theta) 2018-2019:

Gaius(12), GiovanniA(12), JulianP(12), TosinA(12)

CIS(theta) 2017-2018:

BrandonB(12), FabbyF(12), JoehanA(12), RusselK(12)

CIS(theta) 2016-2017: 

DanielD(12), JevanyI(12), JuliaL(12), MichaelS(12), YaminiN(12)

CIS(theta) 2015-2016: 

BenR(11), BrandonL(12), DavidZ(12), GabeT(12), HarrisonD(11), HunterS(12), JacksonC(11), SafirT(12), TimL(12)

CIS(theta) 2014-2015: 

BryceB(12), CheyenneC(12), CliffordD(12), DanielP(12), DavidZ(12), GabeT(11), KeyhanV(11), NoelS(12), SafirT(11)

CIS(theta) 2013-2014: 

BryanS(12), CheyenneC(11), DanielG(12), HarineeN(12), RichardH(12), RyanW(12), TatianaR(12), TylerK(12)

CIS(theta) 2012-2013: 

Kyle Seipp(12)

CIS(theta) 2011-2012: 

Graham Smith(12), George Abreu(12), Kenny Krug(12), LucasEager-Leavitt(12)

CIS(theta) 2010-2011: 

David Gonzalez(12), Herbert Kwok(12), Jay Wong(12), Josh Granoff(12), Ryan Hothan(12)

CIS(theta) 2009-2010: 

Arthur Dysart(12), Devin Bramble(12), Jeremy Agostino(12), Steve Beller(12)

CIS(theta) 2008-2009: 

Marc Aldorasi(12), Mitchel Wong(12)

CIS(theta) 2007-2008: 

Chris Rai(12), Frank Kotarski(12), Nathaniel Roman(12)

CIS(theta) 1988-2007: 

A. Jorge Garcia, Gabriel Garcia, James McLurkin, Joe Bernstein, ... too many to mention here!

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Well, that's all folks!
Happy Linux Clustering, 

AJG

http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009

A. Jorge Garcia

 
Applied Math, Physics & CompSci

2015-2017 NYS Secondary Math PAEMST Nominee

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CIS(theta), 2017-2018 June Meeting: Maker Space?

CIS(theta), 2017-2018 

June Meeting: Maker Space?

June Update

We're still is a bit of a holding pattern, I'm afraid. We did everything we can do without any new hardware (see below). So, let's see if next month we finally get a delivery from BOCES? If not, our last meeting will be just for handing out binary graduation cords to my Seniors for the National Computer Science Honor Society! 

March Post

Before we can continue with our openMPI project, we need a Linux Cluster! We used to have a classroom full of quad-core Linux boxes where we could setup a 100-core 50 GFLOP/s cluster for free! Now we only have Windows boxes, what to do? So, instead of going with Big Iron, maybe we should switch gears and try building our very own Little Fe Linux Cluster out of Raspberry PI 3.0 single board computers? As I type, we are looking into funding for a project similar to the one you see in the YouTube clip above. Maker Space, here we come!

March CIS(theta) Update: 

We are still waiting for funding from BOCES for our RPI project. So, this month we just burned 25 Fedora Game Spin 27 DVDs and had a BZFlag Game Day right before Easter Break!

Donorschoose Update: 

We got 4 codrones funded in just 27 days! Thanx to all my generous donors! Our latest Donorschoose campaign raised money for 2 codrones in just 7 days! Our first Donorschoose campaign took 20 days. These codrones will be used in our final project in AP CompSci after AP Exams. 

March Homework!

In the meantime, you can download the BCCD ISO file and burn your own bootable CD. BCCD stands for Bootable Cluster CD. Don't worry if your first burn doesn't boot. You can use that CD as a "Linux Coaster" for your favorite beverage the next time you play on SteamOS. If you can make this work at home, try to run GalaxSee HPC Module from the BCCD documentation page.

Also, here's our fourth reading assignment. BTW, I was an editor on this book. That's why I recommend it. It's all about setting up and programming a Linux Cluster aka Super Computer with COWS (Commodity Off-the-shelf Work Stations = ordinary PCs). What's unique about this book is that it uses Java for all its coding samples making it an easy read for anyone who has taken AP CompSci!

NEW DECOR (Display Case):

Featuring ChromeCast & Processing!

NEW DECOR (Room 429):

Featuring Tapestry from RedBubble!

So, what's all this good for aside from making Fractal Zoom or Shrek Movies?

SETI Search

Econometrics

Bioinformatics

Protein Folding

Beal Conjecture

Scientific Computing

Computational Physics

Mersenne Prime Search

Computational Chemistry

Computational Astronomy

Computer Aided Design (CAD)

Computer Algebra Systems (CAS)

These are but a few examples of using Computer Science to solve problems in Mathematics and the Sciences (STEAM). In fact, many of these applications fall under the heading of Cluster Programming or Super Computing. These problems typically take too long to process on a single PC, so we need a lot more horse power. Next time, maybe we'll just use Titan!

====================

Membership (alphabetic by first name):

CIS(theta) 2017-2018:

BrandonB(12), JoehanA(12)

CIS(theta) 2016-2017: 

DanielD(12), JevanyI(12), JuliaL(12), MichaelS(12), YaminiN(12)

CIS(theta) 2015-2016: 

BenR(11), BrandonL(12), DavidZ(12), GabeT(12), HarrisonD(11), HunterS(12), JacksonC(11), SafirT(12), TimL(12)

CIS(theta) 2014-2015: 

BryceB(12), CheyenneC(12), CliffordD(12), DanielP(12), DavidZ(12), GabeT(11), KeyhanV(11), NoelS(12), SafirT(11)

CIS(theta) 2013-2014: 

BryanS(12), CheyenneC(11), DanielG(12), HarineeN(12), RichardH(12), RyanW(12), TatianaR(12), TylerK(12)

CIS(theta) 2012-2013: 

Kyle Seipp(12)

CIS(theta) 2011-2012: 

Graham Smith(12), George Abreu(12), Kenny Krug(12), LucasEager-Leavitt(12)

CIS(theta) 2010-2011: 

David Gonzalez(12), Herbert Kwok(12), Jay Wong(12), Josh Granoff(12), Ryan Hothan(12)

CIS(theta) 2009-2010: 

Arthur Dysart(12), Devin Bramble(12), Jeremy Agostino(12), Steve Beller(12)

CIS(theta) 2008-2009: 

Marc Aldorasi(12), Mitchel Wong(12)

CIS(theta) 2007-2008: 

Chris Rai(12), Frank Kotarski(12), Nathaniel Roman(12)

CIS(theta) 1988-2007: 

A. Jorge Garcia, Gabriel Garcia, James McLurkin, Joe Bernstein, ... too many to mention here!

====================

Well, that's all folks!
Happy Linux Clustering, 

AJG

http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009

A. Jorge Garcia

 
Applied Math, Physics & CompSci

2015-2017 NYS Secondary Math PAEMST Nominee

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CIS(theta), 2017-2018 April+May Meeting: Maker Space?

CIS(theta), 2017-2018 

April+May Meeting: Maker Space?

April+May Update

We're still is a bit of a holding pattern, I'm afraid. We did everything we can do without any new hardware (see below). So, let's see if next month we finally get a delivery from BOCES? If not, our last meeting will be just for handing out binary graduation cords to my Seniors for the National Computer Science Honor Society! 

March Post

Before we can continue with our openMPI project, we need a Linux Cluster! We used to have a classroom full of quad-core Linux boxes where we could setup a 100-core 50 GFLOP/s cluster for free! Now we only have Windows boxes, what to do? So, instead of going with Big Iron, maybe we should switch gears and try building our very own Little Fe Linux Cluster out of Raspberry PI 3.0 single board computers? As I type, we are looking into funding for a project similar to the one you see in the YouTube clip above. Maker Space, here we come!

March CIS(theta) Update: 

We are still waiting for funding from BOCES for our RPI project. So, this month we just burned 25 Fedora Game Spin 27 DVDs and had a BZFlag Game Day right before Easter Break!

Donorschoose Update: 

We got 4 codrones funded in just 27 days! Thanx to all my generous donors! Our latest Donorschoose campaign raised money for 2 codrones in just 7 days! Our first Donorschoose campaign took 20 days. These codrones will be used in our final project in AP CompSci after AP Exams. 

March Homework!

In the meantime, you can download the BCCD ISO file and burn your own bootable CD. BCCD stands for Bootable Cluster CD. Don't worry if your first burn doesn't boot. You can use that CD as a "Linux Coaster" for your favorite beverage the next time you play on SteamOS. If you can make this work at home, try to run GalaxSee HPC Module from the BCCD documentation page.

Also, here's our fourth reading assignment. BTW, I was an editor on this book. That's why I recommend it. It's all about setting up and programming a Linux Cluster aka Super Computer with COWS (Commodity Off-the-shelf Work Stations = ordinary PCs). What's unique about this book is that it uses Java for all its coding samples making it an easy read for anyone who has taken AP CompSci!

NEW DECOR (Display Case):

Featuring ChromeCast & Processing!

NEW DECOR (Room 429):

Featuring Tapestry from RedBubble!

So, what's all this good for aside from making Fractal Zoom or Shrek Movies?

SETI Search

Econometrics

Bioinformatics

Protein Folding

Beal Conjecture

Scientific Computing

Computational Physics

Mersenne Prime Search

Computational Chemistry

Computational Astronomy

Computer Aided Design (CAD)

Computer Algebra Systems (CAS)

These are but a few examples of using Computer Science to solve problems in Mathematics and the Sciences (STEAM). In fact, many of these applications fall under the heading of Cluster Programming or Super Computing. These problems typically take too long to process on a single PC, so we need a lot more horse power. Next time, maybe we'll just use Titan!

====================

Membership (alphabetic by first name):

CIS(theta) 2017-2018:

BrandonB(12), JoehanA(12)

CIS(theta) 2016-2017: 

DanielD(12), JevanyI(12), JuliaL(12), MichaelS(12), YaminiN(12)

CIS(theta) 2015-2016: 

BenR(11), BrandonL(12), DavidZ(12), GabeT(12), HarrisonD(11), HunterS(12), JacksonC(11), SafirT(12), TimL(12)

CIS(theta) 2014-2015: 

BryceB(12), CheyenneC(12), CliffordD(12), DanielP(12), DavidZ(12), GabeT(11), KeyhanV(11), NoelS(12), SafirT(11)

CIS(theta) 2013-2014: 

BryanS(12), CheyenneC(11), DanielG(12), HarineeN(12), RichardH(12), RyanW(12), TatianaR(12), TylerK(12)

CIS(theta) 2012-2013: 

Kyle Seipp(12)

CIS(theta) 2011-2012: 

Graham Smith(12), George Abreu(12), Kenny Krug(12), LucasEager-Leavitt(12)

CIS(theta) 2010-2011: 

David Gonzalez(12), Herbert Kwok(12), Jay Wong(12), Josh Granoff(12), Ryan Hothan(12)

CIS(theta) 2009-2010: 

Arthur Dysart(12), Devin Bramble(12), Jeremy Agostino(12), Steve Beller(12)

CIS(theta) 2008-2009: 

Marc Aldorasi(12), Mitchel Wong(12)

CIS(theta) 2007-2008: 

Chris Rai(12), Frank Kotarski(12), Nathaniel Roman(12)

CIS(theta) 1988-2007: 

A. Jorge Garcia, Gabriel Garcia, James McLurkin, Joe Bernstein, ... too many to mention here!

====================

Well, that's all folks!
Happy Linux Clustering, 

AJG

http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009

A. Jorge Garcia

 
Applied Math, Physics & CompSci

2015-2017 NYS Secondary Math PAEMST Nominee

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Sage Ebay

TpT

CIS(theta), 2017-2018 April Meeting: Maker Space?

CIS(theta), 2017-2018 

April Meeting: Maker Space?

April Update

We're still is a bit of a holding pattern, I'm afraid. We did everything we can do without any new hardware (see below). So, let's see if next month we finally get a delivery from BOCES? If not, our last meeting will be just for handing out binary graduation cords to my Seniors for the National Computer Science Honor Society! 

March Post

Before we can continue with our openMPI project, we need a Linux Cluster! We used to have a classroom full of quad-core Linux boxes where we could setup a 100-core 50 GFLOP/s cluster for free! Now we only have Windows boxes, what to do? So, instead of going with Big Iron, maybe we should switch gears and try building our very own Little Fe Linux Cluster out of Raspberry PI 3.0 single board computers? As I type, we are looking into funding for a project similar to the one you see in the YouTube clip above. Maker Space, here we come!

March CIS(theta) Update: 

We are still waiting for funding from BOCES for our RPI project. So, this month we just burned 25 Fedora Game Spin 27 DVDs and had a BZFlag Game Day right before Easter Break!

Donorschoose Update: 

We got 4 codrones funded in just 27 days! Thanx to all my generous donors! Our latest Donorschoose campaign raised money for 2 codrones in just 7 days! Our first Donorschoose campaign took 20 days. These codrones will be used in our final project in AP CompSci after AP Exams. 

March Homework!

In the meantime, you can download the BCCD ISO file and burn your own bootable CD. BCCD stands for Bootable Cluster CD. Don't worry if your first burn doesn't boot. You can use that CD as a "Linux Coaster" for your favorite beverage the next time you play on SteamOS. If you can make this work at home, try to run GalaxSee HPC Module from the BCCD documentation page.

Also, here's our fourth reading assignment. BTW, I was an editor on this book. That's why I recommend it. It's all about setting up and programming a Linux Cluster aka Super Computer with COWS (Commodity Off-the-shelf Work Stations = ordinary PCs). What's unique about this book is that it uses Java for all its coding samples making it an easy read for anyone who has taken AP CompSci!

NEW DECOR (Display Case):

Featuring ChromeCast & Processing!

NEW DECOR (Room 429):

Featuring Tapestry from RedBubble!

So, what's all this good for aside from making Fractal Zoom or Shrek Movies?

SETI Search

Econometrics

Bioinformatics

Protein Folding

Beal Conjecture

Scientific Computing

Computational Physics

Mersenne Prime Search

Computational Chemistry

Computational Astronomy

Computer Aided Design (CAD)

Computer Algebra Systems (CAS)

These are but a few examples of using Computer Science to solve problems in Mathematics and the Sciences (STEAM). In fact, many of these applications fall under the heading of Cluster Programming or Super Computing. These problems typically take too long to process on a single PC, so we need a lot more horse power. Next time, maybe we'll just use Titan!

====================

Membership (alphabetic by first name):

CIS(theta) 2017-2018:

BrandonB(12), JoehanA(12)

CIS(theta) 2016-2017: 

DanielD(12), JevanyI(12), JuliaL(12), MichaelS(12), YaminiN(12)

CIS(theta) 2015-2016: 

BenR(11), BrandonL(12), DavidZ(12), GabeT(12), HarrisonD(11), HunterS(12), JacksonC(11), SafirT(12), TimL(12)

CIS(theta) 2014-2015: 

BryceB(12), CheyenneC(12), CliffordD(12), DanielP(12), DavidZ(12), GabeT(11), KeyhanV(11), NoelS(12), SafirT(11)

CIS(theta) 2013-2014: 

BryanS(12), CheyenneC(11), DanielG(12), HarineeN(12), RichardH(12), RyanW(12), TatianaR(12), TylerK(12)

CIS(theta) 2012-2013: 

Kyle Seipp(12)

CIS(theta) 2011-2012: 

Graham Smith(12), George Abreu(12), Kenny Krug(12), LucasEager-Leavitt(12)

CIS(theta) 2010-2011: 

David Gonzalez(12), Herbert Kwok(12), Jay Wong(12), Josh Granoff(12), Ryan Hothan(12)

CIS(theta) 2009-2010: 

Arthur Dysart(12), Devin Bramble(12), Jeremy Agostino(12), Steve Beller(12)

CIS(theta) 2008-2009: 

Marc Aldorasi(12), Mitchel Wong(12)

CIS(theta) 2007-2008: 

Chris Rai(12), Frank Kotarski(12), Nathaniel Roman(12)

CIS(theta) 1988-2007: 

A. Jorge Garcia, Gabriel Garcia, James McLurkin, Joe Bernstein, ... too many to mention here!

====================

Well, that's all folks!
Happy Linux Clustering, 

AJG

http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009

A. Jorge Garcia

 
Applied Math, Physics & CompSci

2015-2017 NYS Secondary Math PAEMST Nominee

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Sage Ebay

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