Computer Science Research Institute

Title	Speaker	Date
End to End Computing Research on Petascale Computers	Dr. Scott Klasky, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	December 14, 2009
Entropy viscosity for nonlinear conservation laws	Professors Jean-Luc Guermond and Bojan Popov Texas A&M University	December 10, 2009
Exponential Improvements in Qubit Complexity	Joseph F. Traub, Columbia University & Santa Fe Institute	December 7, 2009
Multiscale Methods for Increased Tractability in Stochastic Collocation for Flow in Porous Media	Benjamin Ganis, University of Pittsburgh	December 2, 2009
Pragmatically Programming on the Portable Path to Productive Peta-scale (and beyond)	Richard F. Barrett, Interview Candidate, Senior Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	December 1, 2009
Reduction of Model Complexity and the Treatment of Discrete Inputs in Computer Model Emulation	Curtis Storlie, University of New Mexico	November 16, 2009
Sensitivity, Uncertainty, and Adaptive Simulation Methodologies for Large-Scale Computational Models	Hany S. Abdel-Khalik, Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering North Carolina State University	November 12, 2009
Instruction-Level Simulation of a Cluster at Scale	Edgar A. Leon, Ph.D., University of New Mexico	November 11, 2009
Efficient Algorithms for Band Reduction and Sparse SVD	Siva Rajamanickam, University of Florida	November 10, 2009
Parallel Iterative Algorithms for Large Sparse Linear Systems	Maxim Naumov, Purdue University	November 9, 2009
Shear-Induced Bcc-to-Plastic Flow Transition Prior to Melting	Christine J. Wu, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	November 3, 2009
Eigenvalue problems for ordinary differential operators and certain Toeplitz matrices	Oksana Guba, UNM Dept of Math & Statistics	October 28, 2009
The Automatic Construction and Solution of a Partial Differential Equation from the Strong Form	Joseph Young, University of Bergen, Norway	October 19, 2009
Antenna, Radar-Cross-Section, and Electromagnetic Analysis in the SAR Sensors Department	Billy C. Brock, Sandia National Laboratories	October 14, 2009
High-resolution finite element schemes for coupled problems	Matthias Moller, Technical University of Dortmund	October 14, 2009
HIPS : a parallel hybrid direct/iterative solver based on a Schur complement approach	Jérémie Gaidamour, University of Bordeaux, France	October 1, 2009
Computational Analysis of Dynamic Interaction Networks	Tanya Berger-Wolf, University of Illinois at Chicago	September 28, 2009
Modeling the Manufacturing Imperfection in IC Design Flow	Zhenhai Zhu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	September 28, 2009
Global Error Estimates and Adaptive Algorithms for Evolution ODEs	Jeff Sandelin, Colorado State University	September 23, 2009
Interface energy trends for semicoherent Fe(001)/TMX(001) systems using ab initio calculations	Dan Fors, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden	September 16, 2009
Adaptive smoothed aggregation for nonsymmetric problems	Geoffrey Sanders, University of Colorado, Boulder	September 14, 2009
A High-Order Element-Based Galerkin Method for the Global Shallow Water Equations	Michael Levy, University of Colorado-Boulder	September 10, 2009
On a Fixed-Grid Approach for 3D FSI-Simulations Including Large Structural Deformations	Axel Gerstenberger, Technical University of Munich, Germany	September 9, 2009
Root Cause Analysis of Errors for High Performance Computing	Joel Vaughan, SIP, Sandia National Laboratories	September 9, 2009
Gaskinetic approach to fluid dynamics and CFD simulations in the NASA Constellation program	Johannes Kerimo, Texas A&M University, NASA-Virginia	September 8, 2009
Nonlinear Filter Tutorial, Part 2 (UQ/V&V Seminar)	Nick West, Stanford University	September 1, 2009
Geometric Integrators for Classical Molecular Dynamics: Theory and Application	Dr. Stephen Bond, University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign	September 1, 2009
Parallel Hash Table Implementation and Performance on 64-core Tilera Chips For Network Traffic Analysis	Bob Benner, Sandia National Laboratories	August 27, 2009
Heuristic Evaluations for Software Usability: A Quick Tutorial	Alisa Bandlow, Sandia National Laboratories	August 26, 2009
The Validation Methodology and the QUESO Library from the Center for Predictive Engineering and Computational Sciences (PECOS/ICES)	Ernesto Prudencio, University of Texas at Austin	August 19, 2009
Approximating the demand matching problem through iterated packing	Ojas Parekh, Emory University	August 13, 2009
Uncertainty Quantification of High Dimensional Outputs From Physical Systems UsingHierarchical Emulators	Keith Dalbey, University of Buffalo (SUNY)	August 12, 2009
A Rogue’s Gallery of V&V Practice (UQ/V&V Seminar)	Bill Rider, Sandia National Laboratories	August 11, 2009
Eulerian Finite-Difference Simulations of Hyper-Elastic and Elastic-Plastic Flows	David Hill, California Institute of Technology	August 10, 2009
CodeBook: A System for Numerical Software Maintenance, Versining, & Distribution	Marc Abrams, Harmonia	August 7, 2009
Parameterized Matrix Equations and PageRank	Paul G. Constantine and David F. Gleich, Stanford University	August 6, 2009
A low noise approach to coupling solid-state spin qubits	Jake Taylor, NIST	August 5, 2009
Toward An Objective, Reliable and Accurate Method for Measuring Research Leadership (2009 CSRI Summer Lecture Series)	Kevin Boyack	July 29, 2009
Penalty based methods for multi-view and multi-task learning problems with network structure	George Michailidis, University of Michigan	July 29, 2009
Huffman Compression on GPUs	Robert L. Cloud, University of Alabama at Birmingham	July 29, 2009
Adaptive and Parallel Computational Simulations in Various Engineering Applications	Xiaojuan (Sarah) Luo, Scientific Computation Research Center (SCOREC), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	July 27, 2009
Taming Complexity in Multiphysics Software Design	James C. Sutherland, University of Utah	July 27, 2009
Analysis and Applications of Dimension-Adaptive Sparse Grid Stochastic Collocation Techniques for Verification within Predictive Science	Clayton Webster, Florida State University	July 23, 2009
Accuracy, Precision and Efficiency with Sparse Grids	John Burkardt, Virginia Tech, Advanced Research Computing	July 23, 2009
Advances in node-centered Lagrangian shock hydrodynamics on brick- and simplex-type ﬁnite elements (2009 CSRI Summer Lecture Series)	Guglielmo Scovazzi, Sandia National Laboratories	July 22, 2009
Kalman Filter Tutorial	Nick West, Stanford University, ICME (Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering)	July 22, 2009
Parallel Network Analysis (2009 CSRI Summer Lecture Series)	Cindy Phillips, Sandia National Laboratories	July 15, 2009
Generation of Hexahedral Block-Structured Meshes using Fundamental Sheets	Franck Ledoux, CEA, France	July 14, 2009
Using Operations Research to Reduce Security Risks in American Drinking Water Systems (2009 CSRI Summer Lecture Series)	William Hart, Sandia National Laboratories	July 8, 2009
Peridynamic Mechanics (2009 CSRI Summer Lecture Series)	Stewart Silling, Sandia National Laboratories	July 1, 2009
A Frequency Domain Approach to Model Validation in the Presence of High Modal Density (UQ/V&V Seminar)	Aaron Nimityongskul, Air Force Research Laboratory	June 29, 2009
Synchronized Flux-Corrected Remapping of Mass and Momentum for ALE Methods	M. Shashkov, Group T-5, Los Alamos National Laboratory	June 29, 2009
Operating Systems for Capability Supercomputers (2009 CSRI Summer Lecture Series)	Kevin Pedretti, Sandia National Laboratories	June 24, 2009
Feasibility in Combinatorial Optimization	Meinolf Sellmann, Brown University	June 18, 2009
Computing with Expression Graphs (2009 CSRI Summer Lecture Series)	David M. Gay, Sandia National Laboratories	June 17, 2009
Living in a Nonlinear World (2009 CSRI Summer Lecture Series)	Russell Hooper, Sandia National Laboratories	June 10, 2009
An X-FEM Formulation for Contact in Multi-Material Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Calculations	Efrem Vitali, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Structural Engineering University of California, San Diego	June 9, 2009
Models and Algorithms for Wind Farm Network Design	Rich Chen, University of Michigan	May 18, 2009
Inequality and network structure	Willemien Kets, Santa Fe Institute	May 14, 2009
Opportunities for Extreme Data Analysis	Michael Kirby, Colorado State University	May 12, 2009
Learning Models of Boundaries in Natural Images	Charless C. Fowlkes, Dept of Computer Science, UC Irvine	May 12, 2009
Molecular Modeling Approaches for Very Large Biological Systems	Steve Harvey, Georgia Institute of Technology	May 11, 2009
Spacetime Discontinuous Galerkin Methods: A New Model for the Dynamics of Materials	Robert B. Haber, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana,	May 11, 2009
Sobolev Gradients, Preconditioning and Applications	John Neuberger, Department of Mathematics, University of North Texas	May 1, 2009
Qthreads: Portable, Lightweight, Locality-aware Threading	Kyle Wheeler, Sandia National Laboratories	April 16, 2009
Algebraic Models for Multilinear Dependence	Jason Morton, Stanford University	April 16, 2009
Moment-of-fluid Interface Reconstruction	M. Shashkov, T-5, LANL	April 9, 2009
Synthetic Aperture: Recent Progress and Future Directions	Armin W. Doerry, Sandia National Laboratories	April 6, 2009
Reliability and Optimization Methods for System of Systems	Mark McDonald, Vanderbilt University	April 6, 2009
Performance issues in GPGPU programming and parallelizing LAMMPS with CUDA	Dr. Hyesoon Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology	March 31, 2009
Multi-scale Modeling Approach for Designing New Polymeric Materials in Fuel Cell Technology	Dr. Seung Soon Jang, Georgia Institute of Technology	March 31, 2009
Plasmon interactions and hybridizations in complex metallic nanostructures	Feng Hao, Rice University	March 30, 2009
The PGI Accelerator Programming Model: Design and Implementation	Michael Wolfe, PGI Compiler Engineer and Brent Leback, PGI Engineering Manager	March 18, 2009
Communication-avoiding linear algebra	Mark Hoemmen, UC Berkeley	March 13, 2009
The Power of Polynomial Approximation for Parameterized Matrix Equations	Paul Constantine, Stanford University	March 11, 2009
ISENS: System for Information Integration, Querying, and Exploration, of Multi-Ontology, Distributed, Semantic Web Data	Dimitri Dimitrov of Tech-X Corporation	March 11, 2009
XtremeData Parallel Database Appliance and In-Socket FPGA Accelerator	Joe Ward, Geno Valente and Vellore Ravichandran, XDI Inc.	March 10-11, 2009
A Phase-Field Model for Lithium-Ion Batteries	Damian Burch, California Institute of Technology	March 9, 2009
Functional Data Analysis: Prediction Through Canonical Correlation	Ana Maria Kupresanin, Arizona State University	February 26, 2008
Tree-based Overlay Networks	Dr. Dorian Arnold, University of New Mexico	February 25, 2009
Quantum Mechanics and Many-Body Correlation in a Complex Environment	Mike Stopa, Center for Nanoscale Systems, Harvard University	February 24, 2009
Conditional inference for assessing the statistical significance of neural spiking patterns	Matt Harrison, Carnegie Mellon University	February 24, 2009
Machine Learning Tools for Uncertain Grids Method Simulations	Sergey A. Terekhov, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer, Neurok Software, LLC	February 23, 2008
Introducing the Uncertain Grids Method An advanced, meshless Lagrangian technique for the solution of multidimensional PDEs	Dr. Oleg Diyankov and Dr. Sergey Terekhov, Sparsix Corporation	February 23, 2009
Regression Splines: Applications and Fiducial Theory	Derek Sonderegger, Colorado State University	February 19, 2008
A Sample-Free Method to Approximating a Probability Measure for Inverse Problems	Troy Butler, Colorado State University	February 18, 2009
Parametric and Nonparametric Uncertainty Quantification	Alyson Wilson and Dan Nordman, Iowa State University	February 16, 2009
Simulating Glassy Systems with Patchwork Dynamics	Dr. Creighton Thomas, Syracuse University	February 12, 2009
Serious Gaming: Immersive Military Training Simulations	Glyn Anderson, Game Production Services, LLC	February 11, 2009
Topological Evolution of Networks: Case Studies in the US Airlines and Language Wikipedias	Gergana Bounova, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	February 11, 2009
Optimizing Matrix-Vector Multiplication with Combinatorial Techniques	Michael Wolf	February 10, 2009
Electron spin dephasing by hyperfine-mediated interactions in a nuclear spin bath	Lukasz Cywinski, Condensed Matter Theory Center, University of Maryland	February 10, 2009
Self-Assembly, Particle Methods, and Lagrangian Coherent Structures	Philip Du Toit	February 9, 2009
Renormalization Group approach to Oscillator Synchronization	Dr. Oleg Kogan, Physics Dept., CalTech and Michigan State	February 5, 2009
Modeling adaptable behavior in neurons	Dylan Shepardson	February 4, 2009
MOOSE: A parallel computational framework for coupled systems of nonlinear equations	Derek Gaston, Idaho National Lab (Idaho Falls, ID)	February 4, 2009
Rethinking I/O in High-Performance Computing Environments	Nawab Ali, Ohio State University	February 3, 2009
Numerical Methods for Large-Scale Ill-Posed Inverse Problems	Julianne Chung	February 2, 2009
Nonlocality and length-scales in dynamic fracture: the peridynamic solution	Florin Bobaru, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln	January 29, 2009
A Framework for Reduced Order Modeling with Mixed Moment Matching and Peak Error Objectives	Keith Santarelli, Sandia National Laboratories	January 28, 2009
Strategies for Monitoring Network Flows	Professor George Michailidis	January 26, 2009
A conjectured hierarchy of length scales in a generalization of the Navier–Stokes- equation for turbulent fluid flow	Professor Eliot Fried, McGill University, Montreal Canada	January 26, 2009
Computation of melting points, crystalline free energies, and transport properties of molten salts	Saivenkataraman Jayaraman Notre Dame University (advisor Prof. Ed Maginn)	January 14, 2009
Almost Continuous Integration for the Co-Development of Highly Integrated Applications and Third Party Libraries (Software Engineering Seminar Series)	Ross Bartlett, Sandia National Laboratories	January 14, 2009
From Molecular Dynamics to Biomechanics: Multiscale Methods for strongly Non-linear Problems	Prof. Dr. Rolf Krause, Universitaet Bonn	January 15, 2009
Statistical Patterns in Global Terrorism	Aaron Clauset, Santa Fe Institute	January 14, 2009
Discontinuous Galerkin Method for the Reaction Infiltration Instability	Alan Schiemenz, Brown University	January 12, 2009
Numerical Solutions of Matrix Equations Arising in Dimension Reduction for Linear-Time-Invariant Systems in the Large-Scale Setting	Hung (Ryan) Nong, Rice University	January 12, 2009
A Probabilistic, Asynchronous System for Ultra-Efficient Performance	Harry Marr, PhD Georgia Institute of Technology	January 12, 2009
Domain Independent Hash-based Delayed Duplicate Detection for External Memory Search of Large Graphs	Peter Lamborn, Dept of Science and Eng, Mississippi State University	January 12, 2009
Language convergence in complex, ambiguous situations; and forays Into Security Visualization and Log Anonymization	Kiran Lakkaraju, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	January 12, 2009
NA-22 Simulation, Algorithms and Modeling program directions	Alex Slepoy, NA-22	January 6, 2009
A Pressure Relaxation Closure Model for One-Dimensional, Two-Material Lagrangian Hydrodynamics Based on the Riemann Problem	James Kamm, Los Alamos National Laboratory	January 5, 2009

2009 Seminars