by U-M MICDE | Dec 1, 2015 | Educational, Events
As part of the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering (MICDE) Seminar Series, Thomas Hughes, leader of the ICES Computational Mechanics Group at the University of Texas at Austin will speak on the U-M campus this week. Hughes will speak at 4...
by U-M MICDE | Oct 12, 2015 | Educational, Events
Craig Stewart, Associate Dean of Research Technologies and Executive Director of the Pervasive Technology Institute at Indiana University will speak on the U-M campus. Title: Cyberinfrastructure for Research: from campus growth to national trends and new tools Time: 4...
by U-M MICDE | Sep 12, 2015 | General Interest, News
The Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering (MICDE) has announced its upcoming lineup of speakers in its ongoing seminar series, as well as a number of symposia. All are welcomed to attend. Students in the Graduate Certificate in Computational...
by U-M MICDE | Mar 23, 2015 | Educational, Events
Henry Neeman is Director of the OU Supercomputing Center for Education and Research (OSCER); Assistant Vice President, Information Technology – Research Strategy Advisor; Associate Professor, College of Engineering; and Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Computer...
by U-M MICDE | Mar 18, 2015 | Educational, Events
Shuo Xiang, a data scientist at Pinterest, will deliver a seminar titled “Data Engineering on Spark.” Date: Friday, March 27 Time: 1 p.m. Location: Henderson Room, Michigan League Abstract: We are collecting and processing vast amount of data nowadays and we have...
by U-M MICDE | Mar 17, 2015 | Educational, Events
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...
by U-M MICDE | Mar 16, 2015 | Educational, Events
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...
by U-M MICDE | Mar 5, 2015 | Educational, Events
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...
by U-M MICDE | Jan 28, 2015 | Educational, Events
David Randall is a University Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University, and director of the Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes, an NSF Science and Technology Center. His research interests are in general...
