VirtualRDC News @ Cornell

OK, the next attempt is ready to go:

• Starting this Friday, oct 23: all mixedtmp areas will be mounted read-only
• Starting Monday, Oct 26, downtime for 3 days.
• Wed Oct 28, system is back up, but mixedtmp is still being restored.

The problematic filesystem (/mixedtmp/lehd3) has been successfully backed up.
Until the downtime in October, the filesystem will be made read-only. Please
also avoid, to the extent possible, reading from this filesystem.

The 2009 NSF-Census-IRS Workshop on Synthetic Data and Confidentiality Protection was a great success. 121 registered attendees from 38 different institutions and agencies were present. 17 presentations and keynotes were given over the course of the day. The presentations are available at http://www.vrdc.cornell.edu/news/nsf-census-irs-workshop2009/program/. [More »]

The final program is posted at http://www.vrdc.cornell.edu/news/nsf-census-irs-workshop2009/.  Thanks to all who made the workshop successful through their participation, planning, and other efforts. All presentations will be posted here soon.

We have discovered a problem with the registration process for foreign participants. If you have not received an email with the subject line ‘Conference Access Confirmed by Security,’ please contact Dawn Anderson (dawn.m.anderson@census.gov) immediately.

URGENT MESSAGE FOR FOREIGN (NON-U.S.) PARTICIPANTS

The final print program has been posted to http://www.vrdc.cornell.edu/news/nsf-census-irs-workshop2009/. Participants are still welcome to register. Registration is mandatory to gain access to the Census Headquarters building in Suitland, MD. [More »]

From the Cornell RDC administrator, addressed to (prospective) RDC researchers:

“A web page is now available with transportation, lodging and registration information for the upcoming 2009 Joint U.S.-Canadian Census Research Data Center Conference. Please visit the site here:

http://ciser.cornell.edu/pub/RDC2009Conference.shtm

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The ILBD data sets are located at /economic/ilbd/microdata on our compute nodes, the same location they are located on the Census RDC cluster.

You can now submit papers and register to participate at the planned workshop. Details are at http://www.vrdc.cornell.edu/news/nsf-census-irs-workshop2009/. A preliminary program can be found there as well.