Overview
In a 2008 National Academies study on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME), the importance of an ICME cyberinfrastructure was discussed in some detail. Such a cyberinfrastructure is composed of elements including collaborative Web sites, repositories of various types of data, computational modeling tools, and collaboration software. This workshop will first provide a brief description of "materials cyberinfrastructure" and the importance of such an infrastructure to the materials community (particularly as it relates to ICME). This overview will be followed by four live demonstrations of some different elements of cyberinfrastructure, including: (1) a thermodynamics and phase diagram computational tool, (2) a collaborative 3D materials database platform, (3) a web-based resource for nanoscience and technology computational tools and collaborations, and (4) a consortium-based, collaborative modeling and simulation code platform.

Topics Include:

• Noon–12:30: "Materials Cyberinfrastructure: Definition and Recommendations from the 2008 National Academies Study on ICME"
• 12:30–12:50: Live Demonstration of ThermoCalc
• 12:50–1:10: Live Demonstration of the 3D Materials Atlas 
• 1:10–1:30: Live Demonstration of the NanoHub 
• 1:30–1:50: Live Demonstration of MatDL/MatForge 

Date and Time:  Wednesday, March 2, Noon to 2:00 p.m.

Event Location:  TMS 2011 Exhibition Hall, San Diego Convention Center

Speakers Include:

• John Allison, University of Michigan
• Paul Mason, ThermoCalc, Inc.
• Andy Geltmacher, Naval Research Laboratory
• Alejandro Strachan, Purdue University
• Laura Bartolo, Kent State University
  

How to Register:
This session is included as part of the full conference registration fee and all meeting attendees are invited to attend. Lunch is not provided, however daily meals are available for purchase.