This short webinar will introduce users to the process of writing a proposal to secure an allocation on XSEDE, the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment, and cover the elements that make a proposal successful. This webinar is recommended for users...
Algorithmic adaptations to use next-generation computers closer to their potential are underway throughout scientific computing. Instead of squeezing out flops – the traditional goal of algorithmic optimality, which served as a reasonable proxy for all associated...
Many people bandy about the notion of “parallelism,” saying such things as, “This optimization makes my application more parallel,” with only a hazy intuition about what they’re actually saying. Others cite Amdahl’s Law, which provides bounds on speedup due to...
Program: The Data Incubator is an intensive six-week fellowship that prepares masters, PhDs, and postdocs in STEM + social science fields seeking industry careers as data scientists. The program is supported by sponsorships from dozens of employers across multiple...
Dr. Rosalind Picard, founder and director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will present a talk titled “Emotion Technology, Wearables, and Surprises,” at 4:30 p.m. on March 23 in the Beyster Buidling on...
The U-M Department of Biostatistics is holding the Undergraduate Summer Institute in Biostatistics from June 1 – 26, 2015. The theme is “Transformational Analytical Learning in the Era of Big Data,” and applications are being accepted through March...
U-M is hosting a telecast of an upcoming training workshop on MPI programming sponsored by XSEDE along with the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. The two-day MPI workshop will be held March 4-5, 2015. The U-M...
Mario Juric is a Washington Research Foundation Data Science Professor of Astronomy at the Department of Astronomy at the University of Washington, and a Senior Data Science Fellow of the University of Washington eScience Institute. He is also theData Management...
The Science of Cyberinfrastructure: Research, Experience, Applications and Models (SCREAM-15) conference in Portland, Oregon, July 16 is seeking submissions for papers. The deadline is Feb. 23. Visit the conference’s call for papers page for more details. Topics...
Users of high performance computing resources are invited to meet Flux operators and support staff in person at an upcoming user meeting: Room 1180, Duderstadt Center, Friday, Feb. 6, 2 – 5 p.m. There is not a set agenda; come at anytime and stay as long as you...
