Supercomputing Challenge
Kickoff Conference
Saturday Night Electives, 7:45-9:00

Creative Strands

Sewn Circuits (SEWNCIR), Speare 113, Juanita Reano, Suranya Jayan
Use technology to create an object to wear. Use a small battery, led lights, and silver conductive thread to hand sew a lighted design into anything you desire.
Little Bits (LILBITS), Cramer 203, Teri Roberts, Patty Meyer, Drew Einhorn
Power of electricity with magnetic circuits. Build stuff without ever getting near a soldering gun.

Informational Strands

Etscorn Observatory (NIGHTSKY), Veronica Pierce, Jimmy Alexander, Russell Van Dam, Ken Smith
Catch the bus at the Mineral Museum for a unique star party, hosted by the Astronomy Club.
Web Design (WEBDES), Weir 128, Lab, Kevin Clay, Franz Chavez
For Beginners to Advanced - HTML Syntax, FTP, Cascading Style Sheets.
Fractals (FRACTAL), Weir 209, Lab, Joel Castellanos, Kari Erickson
Come to a hands-on workshop to learn the software packages Fractal Grower and Xaos. See photos of fractals in nature, applications of fractals and the relationship between fractals and chaos theory.
Scratch (SCRATCHCODE), Cramer 114, Lab, Su Gibbs, Tony Espinoza
Create stories, games, and animations. Share with others around the world.
LaTeX Gloves? (LATEX), Library 208, Lab, Jesse Crawford, Sean Turner
LaTeX is an advanced typesetting system that lets you create professional documents, including complex mathematical and scientific notation, by describing the content in a specialized programming language.

Game Strands

Mafia (MAFIA), Cramer 120, Stephanie Gott
Otherwise called Werewolf, Witch Hunt, or Pirates. It is a party game modeling a battle between an informed minority (the mafia) and an uninformed majority (the townspeople).
Supercomputing Challenge Computational Thinking Contest (CONTEST), Speare 116, Lab, Ian Wesselkamper
In celebration of the Challenge's 25th year, come play with code.org and perhaps win $25.

Cyber Security Sessions

Cryptography (CRYPTO), Cramer 221, Jed Crandall
A demo about public key cryptography that involves mixing food coloring and activities around the art of solving codes.
Is the Cloud Raining data? (CLOUDRAIN), Cramer 239, Cristina Montoya, Wes Harris
What is the cloud and how to protect data in the cloud.
YOU are going to protect the Internet! (PROTECTED), Weir 203, Ted Reed, Skyler Manzanares
How we as a supercomputing community can think of ways to help protect and secure the Internet!
How You Can Use Metadata to Identify Paul Revere as a Terrorist (COLONIALDATA), Speare 23, Lab, Ben Edwards, Matthew McPheeters
A fun introduction to network analysis to stimulate discussion about what information one shares online and how it could affect privacy.
Ethical Hacking and Code Breaking (ETHHACK), Speare 23, Lab, Neale Pickett, Josh Hoover
A hands on tutorial and contest.

Relaxing Sports

Yoga (YOGA), Gym, Melissa Begaye, YOGA instructor (TBD), Kaley Goatcher, Matthew Crepeau
Gym (BBALL1), NM Tech Gymnasium, Kaley Goatcher, Matthew Crepeau
Dodge ball and volleyball.
NM Tech Game Room (GAMEROOM), Fidel Student Union Building, Gabriel Acosta, Jason Kritter + game room employee
Billiards, Foosball, air hockey, etc.

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