Minutes of the May 21/99 Meeting of the Computational Modeling Institute Steering Committee

Prepared by George Markowsky

The initial Steering Committee consists of two members from each of the initial four departments selected by the chair of each department:

Chemistry
Francois Amar
Ray Fort
Computer Science
Jim Fastook
George Markowsky
Mathematics
David Bradley
Bill Bray
Physics
David Batuski
Susan McKay

The meeting convened at 2:00 p.m. All members of the Steering Committee were present.

  1. The Steering Committee decided to tentatively focus the efforts of the CMI on the following areas:

  2. The next meeting of the Steering Committee will be scheduled so as to enable us to meet with Heather Jacobson and Sharon Jackiw to discuss the above areas of focus.

  3. The Steering Committee will reach out to all members of the University Community who might be interested in participating.

  4. The Steering Committee will work out bylaws along with the members over the course of the Fall Semester.

  5. The Steering Committee will organize a campus-wide meeting of the CMI for early in the Fall semester.

  6. The Steering Committee authorized the following committees to begin working:

  7. George Markowsky will begin drafting a report giving more background on the CMI. This report will include a list of grants that are being pursued by current CMI members. This report will be updated as new members join the CMI.

  8. The Steering Committee adjourned at 3:00 p.m.