Information technology

Introducing VTGemini, an emergency preparedness iOS mobile application for the Blacksburg campus

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

VTGemini, a tool that puts emergency preparedness information into the hands of the Virginia Tech community, is a free app and can be downloaded from iTunes.

In memoriam: Kenneth Wade Williams, technical writer, Enterprise Systems

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Kenneth Wade Williams was a member of the Virginia Tech community since 1999. He served most recently in Information Systems and as the “tunnel guy” for the Athletic Department during Virginia Tech home football games.

National Science Foundation partnership grant expands geospatial education through Virginia's community colleges

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500

The partnership effort continues to support community colleges as they strive to help meet the demand for skilled geospatial technicians.

Tyler Walters appointed to board of directors of digital archival firm

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500

University Libraries Dean Tyler Walters has accepted appointment to the board of directors of DuraSpace, an independent, not-for profit organization with the mission to lead the development and improvement of open technologies that provide long-term, durable access to scholarly, scientific, and cultural records.

Progress on unified communications continues as several campus buildings are completed

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500

As the Unified Communications project approaches the end of its first year, approximately 300 employees have new telephones, backed by technology that merges traditional functions with leading-edge network-based communications.

Earving L. Blythe receives EDUCAUSE Leadership Award

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The university's former chief information officer will be honored for his pioneering contributions to applying networking technology to higher education.

Virginia Tech first to reach certified online trust standards

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Virginia Tech has qualified for Internet2's InCommon Bronze and Silver Identity Assurance program. Internet2, a nonprofit higher education consortium, administers the certification program as part of its mission to provide secure and privacy-preserving trust services for its participants.

University's Geospatial Intelligence Foundation membership to extend impact on geospatial research

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

With locations in both Blacksburg and Arlington, Va., the Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation and the Center for Geospatial Information Technology will be able to extend the university’s impact on geospatial research through their membership with the foundation.

Earving L. Blythe honored with emeritus status

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400

For 35 years, Earving L. Blythe has been the driving force behind many of the university's internationally recognized information technology initiatives.

Scott F. Midkiff named vice president for information technology and chief information officer

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Scott Midkiff arrived at Virginia Tech in 1986 and has developed and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in networking, wireless networks and mobile systems, network applications, and telecommunications.

Office of Learning Technologies wins Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award for ePortfolio use in First Year Experiences courses

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The award is based specifically on ePortfolio use in the First Year Experiences course.

Search committee for the Vice President for Information Technology selects finalists for campus interviews

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The Virginia Tech community is invited to attend the open forum presentations by the candidates for the position of vice president for information technology.

Virginia's open access fiber network lights up bandwidth boost to Giles and Craig counties

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400

In 2010, the Virginia Tech Foundation received a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program to extend Virginia's open-access fiber optic backbone from Bedford to Blacksburg passing through several rural under-served communities in Montgomery, Giles, Craig, Botetourt, Roanoke, and Bedford counties.

Jon Udell to serve as first Distinguished Innovator in Residence

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Jon Udell, an author, information architect, software developer and new media innovator, will give a free lecture at the Inn at Virginia Tech April 12, on "Representing the World: How Web Users Can Become Web Thinkers and Web Makers."

New campus network to unite campus telephone, data systems; ‘Unified Communications’ project to simplify, enhance campus connectivity

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Following some pilot installation projects later this spring and summer, the first full-scale, building-wide installation projects are expected to begin this fall.

Earving L. Blythe, vice president for information technology, to retire Aug. 1

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Scott Midkiff, professor and head of the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will chair the search committee for the next vice president and chief information officer. University President Charles W. Steger says he expects the position to be filled by the beginning of fall semester.

Virginia Tech, Oak Ridge National Laboratory collaborate on wireless research

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Virginia Tech, which each have strong programs in wireless communication technology with different applications, will join forces.

In memoriam: Mike Naff, director, Application Information Systems

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:20:09 -0500

Naff spent 34 years working at Virginia Tech.

IBM awarded five-year contract to transform campus telecommunications services

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500

The yellowing, beige ROLM telephones that have been a fixture in every campus office and residence hall room for nearly 25 years will soon become part of university history.

Four Virginia university presidents, Gov. McDonnell discuss instructional, resource sharing projects supported by 4-VA initiative

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400

The panel discussed the progress of the 4-VA initiative and the pilot projects for instructional and resource sharing among Virginia’s higher education institutions.

Pamplin MBA alumnus leads FBI cybercops

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Pampin College of Business alumnus Gordon Snow, who is the assistant director of the FBI's cyber division, discusses the bureau's cybersecurity work in the fall 2011 issue of Pamplin magazine.

Knowledge mining resource accelerates science, technology education, research

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400

A knowledge mining and visualization resource allows someone who is not an expert in data mining to make sense of massive amounts of data and find potential collaborators across fields.

Game day GIS application improves stadium security at home football games

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400

The application allows police and emergency responders to track and view security and safety activities digitally using a Web-enabled, spatial platform.

Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation names vice president for cyber, IT research

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Paige Atkins, formerly with the Defense Information Systems Agency, will over see growth and business development of information and cyber research for the Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation.

Task Force on Instructional Technology releases 'Invent The Future: VT 2020'

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400

The interactive report presents a vision of best uses of instructional technology in the next decade and beyond.

Virginia Tech technologies to be showcased at Northern Virginia event

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties Inc. will showcase Virginia Tech cyber security technologies, mobile communications, therapeutics, and more at the inaugural TechStorm on June 2 at the Mason Inn in Fairfax, Va

Researchers model genome copying-collating steps during cell division

Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Researchers from Virginia Tech and Oxford University have proposed a novel molecular mechanism for the cell's ability to detect the alignment of replicated chromosomes in the final phase of cell division. The research is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Virginia Tech cyber security team creates winning network security product

Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

A team from the Virginia Tech Information Technology Security Laboratory and Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering won third place in the 2011 National Security Innovation Competition.

Virginia Tech and partners develop state's geospatial workforce

Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Two one-week workshops offered through the Geospatial Technician Education Through Virginia's Community Colleges project are providing community college faculty and high school teachers with professional development in geospatial technology.

Smart College Visit launches Visit Virginia Tech mobile guide to campus

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Anyone visiting Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus can now have an electronic map, driving directions, a walking tour, admissions information, restaurant and hotel information, historical sights, and more available at their fingertips via the new mobile app.

Open-source software designed to minimize synthetic biology risks is released

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400

The research team at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech has created the package, which is now available to the gene synthesis industry and synthetic biology community in an open-source format.

Virginia Tech to require password updates for university e-mail addresses, accounts

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Virginia Tech is asking some 120,000 alumni, faculty, staff, and current students to change passwords for university e-mail addresses and accounts by July 1.

Workshops help small businesses reach customers using GPS technology

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Virginia Cooperative Extension and the Virginia Geospatial Extension Program, based in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment, are offering two workshops to help small businesses use location-based technology to reach out to potential customers.

Accelerator supercomputers dominate Green500 List’s Top 10

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Accelerator-based supercomputers hold eight of the top 10 spots on The Green500 List, released today.

University announces initiative for smart building management, campus security

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Virginia Tech has entered into a public-private partnership to co-develop an integrated security and incident management center of excellence at its campus in Blacksburg.

Virginia Tech officially launches Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse Web portal

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Virginia Tech is releasing its full version of the Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse Web portal today.

University releases 'Hokie Mobile' application for distribution through iTunes store

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Virginia Tech has released the university's first application for use on the iPhone and iPod Touch through the Apple iTunes store. The free app is called Hokie Mobile and provides users with campus news, events, maps, and a directory search.

Virginia Tech, Community College System, and Virginia Space Grant Consortium develop geospatial Web portal

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400

The Virginia Geospatial Extension Program, based in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment, has teamed with the Virginia Community College System and the Virginia Space Grant Consortium to develop a geospatial Web portal that will help train the future generation of geospatial technicians in Virginia.

Office of Information Technology names William H. Sanders director of technology in the arts

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400

William H. Sanders has been named director of technology for the arts for the Learning Technologies Division of the Office of Information Technology at Virginia Tech.

University researchers, partners create data mining algorithm that explains complex temporal interactions among genes

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Researchers at Virginia Tech, New York University (NYU), and the University of Milan in Italy, have created a data mining algorithm they call GOALIE that can automatically reveal how biological processes are coordinated in time.

University announces information technology security appointments

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Wayne Donald, Virginia Tech's information technology security officer, has been named the university's director for information security resources and coordination.

Virginia Tech Foundation receives $5.54 million grant from federal Broadband Technology Opportunities Program

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

The Virginia Tech Foundation has received a grant award from the U.S. Department of Commerce Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) to extend Virginia's open-access fiber optic backbone into the central Appalachian region of the state.

New computing simulation tool nets best paper award for professor Sandeep Shukla, colleagues

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Novel research on improving the simulation performance of hardware models created in a language called SystemC, often used to shorten manufacturing design cycles to improve the time it takes to bring a product to the marketplace, has garnered a team led by Sandeep Shukla, Virginia Tech associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, and three of his students, a best paper award at the 15th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC) held this month in Taiwan.

University spin-off company launches free energy-saving software for PC Windows users

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

MiserWare Inc. of Blacksburg, Va., founded by Professor Kirk Cameron and Joseph Turner in 2007 to commercialize energy-saving technologies developed at Virginia Tech for PCs, laptops, and servers, is giving away software.

Pamplin professor named Fellow of Decision Sciences Institute

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Cliff T. Ragsdale, Bank of America Professor of Information Technology in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech, has been named a Fellow of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI).

Chemist wins international award

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A Virginia Tech chemist has been awarded the 2010 Dirac Medal for the world's outstanding computational chemist under the age of 40.

Chemist Edward Valeev awarded top National Science Foundation grant for early stage research

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A Virginia Tech chemist is one of three faculty members from the College of Science who were awarded prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grants this fall by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Two computer science engineering students win industry research awards

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Two computer science department students from the Virginia Tech College of Engineering received honorable mentions in the Computing Research Association's (CRA) Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award competition for 2010.

Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, and Ford team to study simulated car crashes involving pregnant women

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Although states are not required to report fetal deaths in accident data, between 300 and 1,000 unborn babies die in car accidents each year.