LabTech 2012

Contribution List

5. Developing Multi-Device and Multi-Platform Mobile Scientific Apps and Pages: Android to HTML5

Jack Deslippe (LBNL)

Just like the rest of the public, scientists are doing more and more of their computing on the go everyday. Mobile devices are currently being used to communicate with colleagues, find and review new papers, and even manage calculations on supercomputers. However, there are still a lot of exciting scientific mobile applications waiting to be written (e.g. Materials Genome Database Apps, ALS...

4. EndNote Fast Start, with a special preview of what's coming

Ms Donna Kirking (Thomson Reuters)

This would be a class covering the most-used features in EndNote, with a special look at the beta of the new iPad app and an overview of what we plan for EndNote X6. The features covered include: * Find Full Text, and setting its preferences * Online Search in Online Search mode * Direct Export from databases that support it * Direct Export from databases such as PubMed that are not...

6. Getting the Most out of LBL's Google Apps on Android Phones and Tablets

Jack Deslippe (LBNL)

Android phones and tablets are built with Google apps integrated at a deep level. These devices contain the best and most advanced LBL Google experience of any mobile devices. This talk is presented as a series of tips and tricks to getting the most out of your LBL gmail, gcal, gtalk, gdocs, gvoice, g+ and other LBL Google apps on your Android device.

7. NERSC Science Gateways

Annette Greiner (LBNL), Shreyas Cholia (LBNL)

At NERSC, we are developing scientist-targeted web sites we call "science gateways." These can take various forms, from a simple file download site to a full-blown web application invoking code on a high-performance computing system, and can include components from a heterogenous mix of tools and technologies. In this talk, we will demonstrate several NERSC science gateways and discuss the...

1. Office 2010 Tips and Tricks

Mr tbd instructor to be identified later (LearnIT)

Review the differences between Office 2010 and earlier versions of MS Office. Review specific products and provide quick learning opportunities (for example, Excel pivot tables, macros, charting options, etc). Use short 30 minute segments to deliver content. Ask LearnIT instructor to provide sessions.

2. Oracle BI benefit to Civilian Scientific

Mr John Hax (Oracle Federal)

Oracle Business Intelligence platform adds new analytic power to any Dept of Energy organization, providing the information to decide and the confidence to act. Oracle Business Intelligence breakthrough analytic capabilities include: Exploration and Discovery – Explore all relevant data in an impromptu manner – without the constraints of preset hierarchies. Answer unanticipated questions and,...

3. Web SSO and Federated Identity

Gregory Haverkamp (LBNL)

In this talk, I will present an overview of our Shibboleth environment. I will describe how application developers and owners can interface with Shibboleth in order to bring SSO to their users. I will very briefly cover topics in federated identity, tying in the Shibboleth content, along with some mention of social identities.