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Deadline extended to April 28: The third annual TeraGrid conference, being held June 9-13 in Las Vegas, Nevada, will provide the scientific community with opportunities for collaboration and technology sharing to enable scientific discovery using the TeraGrid. In addition to paper presentations, tutorials, and demonstrations, TG08 will include two competitions for students: “The Impact of Cyberinfrastructure on Your World” and “TeraGrid Student Research” competitions. "The student competitions are intended to provide a venue for students to share scholarly work, even in its early stages, as a visual display,” said Diglio Simoni, HPC scientist with RTI International and co-chair of the TG08 Student Competition. “The competitions provide opportunities to practice presenting and to interact with senior colleagues and gather feedback. The goal is to promote a culture of HPC technology adoption even at the earliest stages of an individual's academic career by increasing awareness of available technologies and inspiring students to think, connect, create and share. Along the way, they learn research, writing and technology skills and compete for prizes." Competition Details “The Impact of Cyberinfrastructure on Your World” Competition High school and undergraduate students are invited to showcase their talents and creativity to convey how cyberinfrastructure will impact the world. Entries are due April 28, 2008. “TeraGrid Student Research” Competition Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit posters describing the applications and benefits of grid computing in their research endeavors. Poster abstracts are due April 28, 2008. For more details, visit: www.tacc.utexas.edu/tg08/index.php?m_b_c=studentContests Submissions chosen to compete at the TeraGrid Conference will be notified by May 5, 2008. The TeraGrid is a comprehensive cyberinfrastructure enabling world-class open computational research. TeraGrid ’08 will showcase the capabilities, achievements, and impact of TeraGrid in research and education through presented papers, demonstrations, posters, and visualizations. TG08 will foster collaborations among leading researchers, developers, and educators that build on the growing TeraGrid infrastructure. TG08 will also provide information and training to enable both current and future users to achieve optimal results and maximum impact using TeraGrid resources and services. Attendees will include researchers, developers, faculty, and postdocs; graduate students, undergraduate students, and high school teachers; program managers, directors, and liaisons from federal agencies; representatives of companies who use or develop advanced computing technologies; and staff from the TeraGrid partner institutions. For more information on the TeraGrid ‘08 conference, please visit www.tacc.utexas.edu/tg08/