philosophi.ca : Workshop Programme

Monday April 21st

1. Orientation - 9:00am to 10:00am

Introductions - Dr. Suzanne Crosta, Dean of Humanities will welcome us to McMaster.
Orientation to SHARCNET and HPC - Hugh Couchman
Review of goals of the workshop - Geoffrey Rockwell
Introductions

2. Invited Speaker and Discussion - 10:30 - 12:30

Dr. Stephen Downie of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign will discuss the opportunities and challenges of digital humanities and high performance computing. There will be time for discussion and a survey of other issues and projects.

Lunch - 12:30pm - 2:00pm

3. Review and Analysis of the Opportunities and Challenges - 2:00pm - 3:00pm

We will brainstorm the issues and boil them down to issue groups for the next breakout session

4. Breakout Groups - 3:30 - 5:00

The breakout groups will develop their issues and outline opportunities, barriers, and next steps
The breakout groups will report back to the larger group

Dinner

Tuesday April 22nd

5. Reporting and Summarizing - 9:00am - 10:00am

A reporter from each group will summarize the work of the group
Discussion of overlap and missing issues
Hearing from granting council officers and representatives of other organizations

6. Developing an Agenda for H-HPC and SHARCNET - 10:30am - 12:30pm

Development of a humanities agenda for SHARCNET and HPC in general
Development of an agenda for the digital humanities and ideas for outreach
Discussion of next steps

7. Working lunch with administrators and colleagues - 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Lunch
Presentation of the Agenda
Discussion at tables and after lunch

8. Wrap up and Reporting - 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Wrap up
Discussion of next steps
Assigning tasks to develop a full agenda report
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