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Daniel A. Reed, Ph.D, a key architect of national high-performance computing initiatives, has been named vice chancellor for information technology and CIO at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Reed will continue as founding director of the new interdisciplinary Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI), which explores the interactions of computing technology with the arts, humanities, sciences and engineering. The institute, jointly funded by UNCC, Duke University and NCSU, will partner with business leaders to enhance the competitiveness of North Carolina industries. Reed testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives Science Committee today, May 13, along with White House Science Adviser Dr. John Marburger, about the High-Performance Revitalization Act of 2004. That is the authorizing legislation for most U.S. civilian computing research. Reed chairs the policy board for the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, the Department of Energy's high-performance computing center for scientific research. Reed is a member of President Bush's Information Technology Advisory Committee, charged with providing advice on IT issues and challenges to the president. He is also a member of the Biomedical Informatics Expert Panel for the National Institute of Health's National Center for Research Resources.