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Events for April 12, 2007
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CPT Workshop for International Students
Thu, Apr 12, 2007 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Sponsored by the Office of International Services, this workshop is mandatory for all new applicants for Curricular Practical Training (CPT). *Learn more about CPT
*Obtain an application
*Learn how and when to apply for CPTPre-registration is not required for this workshop. Please do arrive on time.Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 211
Audiences: International Students!
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Lyman L. Handy Colloquium
Thu, Apr 12, 2007 @ 12:45 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
The Promise of Computational Science: Opportunities for Computational MaterialsLyman L. Handy Colloquium presents The Promise of Computational Science: Opportunities for Computational Materials Professor Sidney Yip
Departments of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Abstract
As advanced computational methods are being developed and used to solve complex problems, the intersection of computational science and materials research presents a unique opportunity for ensuring the scientific and technological competitiveness of our nation. We explore the notion of designing a "Concept Material" through the process of multiscale modeling and simulation with verification and validation. Several types of applications, from grand challenge problems suitable for a national initiative to small-group projects linking colleagues across the campus, will be offered as examples, concluding with an outlook on global synergy in educating a new community of scientists and engineers. Suggested reading: S. Yip, "Synergistic Science: Computational Materials", Nature Materials, 2, 3 (2003). Thursday, April 12, 2007
Seminar at 12:45 p.m. OHE 122 Refreshments will be served after the seminar in the HED Lobby The Scientific Community is Cordially Invited.Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
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CS Distinguished Lecture Series
Thu, Apr 12, 2007 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
This lecture has been cancelled.Dr. John GrayMicrosoft eScience GroupTitle: eScience -- bringing all the world's science data and literature online and cross-indexing it.Hosted by Prof. Shahram Ghandeharizadeh
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Nancy Levien
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Parallel Multifrontal Sparse Solvers
Thu, Apr 12, 2007 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Robert LucasDirector of the Computational Sciences Division
USC Information Sciences InstituteAbstract:Solving large sparse systems of linear equations is the computational bottleneck in many applications. These include such diverse fields as mechanical computer aided engineering (MCAE) and interior point methods from optimization. Therefore, over the last three decades, a great deal of research has gone into porting such algorithms to large-scale, parallel systems. This talk will review the multifrontal method for factoring such linear systems and the experience gained porting it to distributed memory (MPI), shared memory (OpenMP), and SIMD systems. The talk will conclude with lessons learned and a discussion of some of the open research problems in this area.Biography:Dr. Robert F. Lucas is the Director of the Computational Sciences Division of the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute (ISI). There he manages research in computer architecture, VLSI, compilers and other software tools. Prior to joining ISI, he was the Head of the High Performance Computing Research Department in the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. There he oversaw work in scientific data management, visualization, numerical algorithms, and scientific applications. Prior to joining NERSC, Dr. Lucas was the Deputy Director of DARPA's Information Technology Office. He also served as DARPA's Program Manager for Scalable Computing Systems and Data-Intensive Computing. From 1988 to 1998 he was a member of the research staff of the Institute for Defense Analyses, Center for Computing Sciences. From 1979 to 1984 he was a member of the Technical Staff of the Hughes Aircraft Company. Dr. Lucas received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1980, 1983, and 1988 respectively.Host: Aiichiro Nakano
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Nancy Levien
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Science, Serendipity and the Search for Truth: Point of View
Thu, Apr 12, 2007 @ 07:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Science, Serendipity and the Search for Truth puts science on stage in an informal series of conversations and performances alongside music, theater, journalism, religion, film, dance and other disciplines to see what serendipitous connections might bubble up. For the second Point of View program, relativist Don Marolf of UCSB will tell us what Einstein's relativity REALLY means to the physicists who study our world. Poet, author and LMU professor Michael Datcher, will talk about the role of the writer as a witness and also his newly launched journal of literary nonfiction, The Truth about the Fact. L.A.-based choreographer Rosanna Gamson will show and tell us about her work, "Grand, Hope, Flower," which pretends to be a lecture on quantum electrodynamics, but is actually about L.A. For more information about the series, please visit:
http://www.usc.edu/webapps/events_calendar/custom/113/index.php?category=Item&item=0.861403&active_category=DayLocation: Gin Wong Conference Center
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
