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Events for March 09, 2010
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Saving the world, one server at a time!
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 @ 10:30 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Dr. Parthasarathy Ranganathan
Hewlett Packard CorporationAbstract:
Power and energy management, and more recently, sustainability are emerging to be critical challenges for future IT systems. While there has been a lot of prior work in this space, a lot more needs to be done. In this talk, I will discuss the challenges and opportunities in rethinking how we study and reason about energy efficiency for future systems. Specifically, I will talk about how confluence of emerging technology and industry trends offer exciting opportunities to systematically rethink the "systems stack" for the next orders of magnitude improvements in energy efficiency.Bio:
Partha Ranganathan is currently a distinguished technologist at Hewlett Packard Labs. His research interests are in systems architecture and manageability, energy-efficiency, and systems modeling and evaluation. He is currently the principal investigator for the exascale datacenter project at HP Labs that seeks to design next-generation servers and datacenters and their management. He was a primary developer of the publicly distributed Rice Simulator for ILP Multiprocessors (RSIM). Partha received his B.Tech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Rice University, Houston. Partha's work has been featured in various venues including the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, San Francisco Chronicle, Times of India, slashdot, youtube, and Tom's hardware guide. Partha has also been named one of the world's top young innovators by MIT Technology Review, and is a recipient of Rice University's Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni award.Hosted by Prof. Murali AnnavaramLocation: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - -248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Estela Lopez
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CS Colloq: Eftychios Sifakis
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Talk Title: Digital doubles and the synergistic role of scientific computing, biomechanics and computer animationSpeaker: Eftychios Sifakis (University of California Los Angeles – Walt Disney Animation Studios)Host: Prof. Gerard MedioniAbstract:
Digital doubles have not only evolved into prevalent elements of motion pictures and games, but are also finding an ever growing application base including medical diagnostics, surgical planning and design of vehicles and crafts. At the same time, current and developing applications demand improved photorealism, enhanced biomechanical accuracy, better subject-specificity and faster simulation algorithms. As these demands often outgrow the evolution of computer hardware, new algorithms for biomechanical modeling and simulation are necessary to ensure that upcoming computational platforms are utilized to the best of their capacity. Additionally, biomechanical simulation has provided a great opportunity for transformative advances in medical practice using virtual models of the human body for disease prevention and treatment. These emerging applications mandate an increased level of attention to the unique demands of subject-specificity and anatomical accuracy for clinical uses of biomechanical modeling and simulation. This talk will outline a number of techniques that were designed to facilitate modeling and simulation of digital doubles with high fidelity and efficiency. Finally, I will discuss the cross-cutting impact of such advances on character animation, scientific computing and virtual surgery. Bio:
Eftychios Sifakis is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of California Los Angeles (with a joint appointment in Mathematics and Computer Science). He completed B.Sc. degrees in Computer Science (2000) and Mathematics (2002) from the University of Crete, Greece, and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science (2007) from Stanford University. His research focuses on scientific computing, physics based modeling and computer graphics. He is particularly interested in biomechanical modeling for applications such as character animation, medical simulations and virtual surgical environments. Eftychios is a research consultant with Walt Disney Animation Studios, and has previously held consulting positions at Intel Corporation and SimQuest LLC.
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: CS Front Desk
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Summer 2010 Transfer Workshop
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 @ 04:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Workshops & Infosessions
Considering taking classes this summer at a local community college? Attend this workshop to learn which classes to take and how to get credit for those classes.
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: Undergrad
Contact: Viterbi Admissions & Student Affairs
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Lockheed Martin Information Session
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
