2010 Seminars

Title Speaker Date
Two-Stage Robust Unit Commitment Problem Muhong Zhang, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University,
Tempe, AZ		 December 16, 2010
Network Topology Optimization Kory Hedman, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ December 16, 2010
An Overview of X-caliber for 1400 Richard Murphy, Sandia National Laboratories December 14, 2010
Applications of Complexity Science to Engineered Systems Jackson Mayo, Sandia National Laboratories, CA December 13, 2010
Putting quantum correlations to work: unleashing the power of hidden order and emergent phenomena for quantum information processing Gavin Brennen, Associate Professor, Macquarie University,
Sydney, Australia		 December 13, 2010
Some of the Past, Some of the Future
•  Star-100 to the ETA-10
•  Working Past Latency Issues		 David Resnick December 9, 2010
Architecture-Aware Algorithms and Combinatorial Techniques for High-Performance Computing Michael M. Wolf, Sandia National Laboratories December 7, 2010
GRASSY: Free Computation on GPUs Matthew Sinclair, University of Wisconsin - Madison December 7, 2010
General Purpose Computing on GPUs (GPGPU) - what's all the
fuss about?		 Dr. David Strip, Sandia National Laboratories December 6, 2010
Breaking the O(n^2) bit barrier: Scalable Byzantine Agreement with an Adaptive adversary Jared Saia, University of New Mexico December 6, 2010
Systematic construction of nucleic acid circuits for cell-free, enzyme-free environments Prof. Erik Winfree, California Institute of Technology November 22, 2010
Dynamic Model Reduction, Calibration and Uncertainty Quantification for Real-time System Analysis and Control Shuai Lu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory November 18, 2010
Stability of ODEs with Colored Noise Forcing Timothy Blass, University of Texas at Austin November 16, 2010
Suppression of Auger Recombination in Nanostructures: Non-blinking Semiconductor Nanocrystals Dr. George E. Cragg, Dayton, Ohio November 16, 2010
Stochastic Integer Programming Professor Suvrajeet Sen, Data Driven Decisions Lab Ohio
State University		 November 15, 2010
Software Created by Humans: The Driving Function of Software Cost Professor Charles Knutson, Brigham Young University November 11, 2010
An Uncertainty Centric View of Reactor Safety Simulation Vincent Mousseau, Idaho National Laboratories November 3, 2010
Software Protection and Assurance using Process-level Virtualization (Joint Sandia CSRI & UNM Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series) Jack Davidson, University of Virginia November 11, 2010
Atomistic Simulations of Grain Boundaries and Nanocrystalline Metals Dr. Garritt J. Tucker, The Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA November 9, 2010
Graph Decompositions and Computation Blair Sullivan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory November 9, 2010
Very Fast Convergence of Algebraic Optimizable Schwarz Methods and Preconditioners for Banded Matrices and PDEs on Irregular Domains Daniel B. Szyld, Temple University, Philadelphia November 8, 2010
Towards accurate modeling of van der Waals interactions in complex materials Dr. Alexandre Tkatchenko, Fritz-Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany November 8, 2010
Microarchitecture Research and Design Challenges in the Multicore Era Clayton Hughes, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida November 1, 2010
BAR Protocols for MAD Services
(Joint Sandia CSRI & UNM Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series)		 Mike Dahlin, University of Texas at Austin October 28, 2010
Why reconsider constraints when we know them so well? And other related topics… Dr. Martine Ceberio, Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Texas at El Paso October 28, 2010
Analysis and applications of advection-reaction-diffusion flame model Natalia Vladimirova, City University of New York October 26, 2010
Bayes' rule in the Serengeti: using probabilistic models to reveal the network structure of food webs Edward Baskerville, Ph.D candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Scientific Computing, University of Michigan October 25, 2010
Partitioning Spatially Located Computations using Rectangles Prof. Umit Catalyurek, Ohio State University October 21, 2010
Graph Coloring Software for Computational Science and Engineering Assefaw Gebremedhin, Purdue University October 21, 2010
Understanding How Choices Change Clusterings: geometric comparison of popular mixture model distances Scott Mitchell, Sandia National Laboratories   October 14, 2010
How density functional theory is revolutionizing modern materials science Kieron Burke, University of California, Irvine October 14, 2010
Rise of the Machines: AI for Games and Simulation Bill Klein, Ph.D.  Founder of Klein Computing and Wisp Games October 12, 2010
Performance Trade-Offs in Distributed Detection Networks Nagi Rao, Oak Ridge National Laboratory October 5, 2010
A Multi-Scale Model of Vacuum Breakdown Helga Timko, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) Meyrin, Switzerland and University of Helsinki, Finland September 28, 2010
Structures, energetics and reactions of hydrocarbons on nickel Dr. Jonathan E. Mueller, California Institute of Technology September 23, 2010
On-line Predictions Using Databases of Reduced-Order Models and Interpolation on Matrix Manifolds David Amsallem, Stanford University and UC Berkeley September 23, 2010
Using Memory Traffic Predictions to Estimate the Runtime of Linear
Algebra Kernels		 Ian Karlin, University of Colorado at Boulder September 21, 2010
Modeling Synaptic Plasticity Kristofor D. Carlson, Purdue University September 20, 2010
Structural, Thermodynamic and Kinetic Modeling of Materials for
Energy Storage		 Gopi Krishna "Phani" Dathar, University of Texas at Austin September 15, 2010
First-Principles Atomistic Modeling for Property Prediction in Silicon-based Materials Robert J. Bondi, University of Texas at Austin September 14, 2010
Distributed Control for Smart Lights Prof. Kevin M. Passino, Ohio State University September 10, 2010
Efficient Uncertainty Quantification and a posteriori Error Estimation for Multiscale Mortar Method Timothy Wildey, The University of Texas at Austin September 8, 2010
The Brain in Motion: Brain Biomechanics and Traumatic Brain Injury Professor Philip Bayly, Washington University in St. Louis September 3, 2010
Quantifying Prediction Fidelity in Multiscale Multiphysics Simulations Helgi Adalsteinsson, Sandia National Laboratories August 31, 2010
Roles for Information Theory in Natural Language Processing Peter Chew, Moss Adams LLP, consulting firm August 31, 2010
High-Order, Adaptive Methods for Atomic Structure Calculations Ondrej Certik, University of Nevada August 30, 2010
A Measure Theoretic Computational Approach For Inverse
Sensitivity Problems

Don Estep, Colorado State University, University Interdisciplinary Research Scholar Professor  of Mathematics Professor of Statistics Director, CIMS (Center for Interdisciplinary Mathematics and Statistics)

 August 30, 2010
h-Adaptive methods for quantification of uncertainty in high-dimensional stochastic problems John D Jakeman, Australian National University August 30, 2010
Stochastic inversion in high-speed aerodynamics Gianluca Iaccarino, Mechanical Engineering and Institute for Computational Mathematical Engineering Stanford University August 19, 2010
Network—Specific Computer Traffic Modeling and Prediction Joel Vaughan Department of Statistics, University of Michigan August 18, 2010
Extended Lagrangian Born-Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics Peter Steneteg, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden August 11, 2010

Capturing the Natural Variability of Real Networks with Kronecker Product Graph Models

 Jennifer Neville, Purdue University August 11, 2010
The Sea Clock Douglas S. Drumheller, PhD, Hyperbolic Consulting August 10, 2010
Double feature seminar on Life at the edge: Graphene nanoribbons & Ambient and super-critical water via ab initio molecular dynamics: Schemes involving van der Waals forces Dr. Ari P. Seitsonen, University of Zurich, Switzerland August 5, 2010
Isogeometric Analysis and Generalized Elements Professor David Benson (University of California, San Diego) August 4, 2010
Quantification of Uncertainty in High-dimensional Stochastic Problems using Adaptive Sparse Grids John D Jakeman, Department of Mathematics, Australian National University July, 29, 2010
Simulation Methods for Studying Reactions in Proteins Prof. Markus Meuwly, University of Basel, Switzerland July 28, 2010
Revisiting and Revising Rungs of Jacob's Ladder of Density Functional Theory, with Application to Problems of Molecular Adsorption on Metal Surfaces Dr. Jianwei Sun, Dept. of Physics & Engineering Physics, Tulane University July 28, 2010
Extreme Scale Data Management in HPC

Gerald Lofstead, Georgia Tech

 July 21, 2010
MESA Technology Development in Support of High-Performance Computing Tom Zipperian, Rita Gonzales, Dale Hetherington, Tony Lentine, Charles Sullivan, Rich Dondero, and Mike Descour
Sandia National Laboratories		 July 20, 2010
Unit Distance Graphs: Conclusions and Applications Jill Cochran, Texas State University July 20, 2010

Modeling Dislocations in a Polycrystal using the Generalized Finite Element Method (GFEM)

Joshua Robbins, Sandia National Laboratories

 July 15, 2010
Modeling Combinatorial Search Spaces Andrew Sutton, Colorado State University July 1, 2010
Learning in the presence of too much data Jonathan Mugan, University of Texas at Austin June 30, 2010
The complexity of routing in hierarchical PNNI networks Eric Rosenberg, AT&T Labs June 28, 2010
Nonlinear Dynamical Models of Associative Memory Alex Duda, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign June 24, 2010
Network Defense Game Navin Rustagi, University of New Mexico June 24, 2010
An Algebra for Visual Analysis George Michailidis, The University of Michigan June 15, 2010
Inverse Method for Characterization of Material Properties Miguel A. Aguilo, PhD., Cornell University June 14, 2010
Global Optimization and Uncertainty Quantification for Computationally Expensive Simulation Models with Applications to Groundwater, Carbon Sequestration, and Watershed Applications Christine Shoemaker, Cornell University June 8, 2010
System Analysis for the Platform Lifecycle Simon Hammond, Univ. of Warwick, UK May 24, 2010
Software Persistent Memory Raju Rangaswami, Florida International University May 19, 2010
Using GPUs to Enable Highly Reliable RAID Matthew Curry, University of Alabama at Birmingham May 18, 2010
Parallel Simulation Toward Extreme-Scale Network Experimentation Jason Liu, Florida International University May 18, 2010
Hardware Acceleration for Conservative Parallel Discrete Event Simulation on Multi-Core Systems Elizabeth Lynch, Georgia Institute of Technology May 18, 2010
Multistage Energy System Planning under Uncertainties Eric Huang, University of California, Davis May 11, 2010
Visualizing Relationships in Uncertain MR Spectroscopy Data David Feng, University of North Carolina May 10, 2010
Optimal Design of Biofuel Production System and Resource Allocation:  A California Case Study Chien-Wei Chen, University of California Davis May 6, 2010
Coherence of Donor Electron Spins in Isotopically Enriched Silicon Wayne Witzel, Sandia National Laboratories May 5, 2010
Modeling & Computational Enhancements for Efficient Transformation of Wind, Rain, and Fire into Electricity  Dr. Richard O’Neill, Chief Economist Federal Electrical Regulatory Commission (FERC) April 28, 2010
Stochastic network design and its applications in transportation and energy infrastructure system planning Yueyue Fan, University of California, Davis April 26, 2010
Randomness and Scaling in Mechanics of Materials Martin Ostoja-Starzewski, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign April 22, 2010
Kitware Overview and Update Bill Hoffman, Kitware April 22, 2010

High level overview of the Insight Toolkit – 10:00 am; Technical presentation on segmentation, registration in ITK – 10:30 am.  

Stephen Aylward, Kitware April 21, 2010
Extreme Binning: Scalable, Parallel Deduplication for Chunk-based File Backup Darrell Long, University of California at Santa Cruz April 21, 2010
Interactive Machine Learning for Image and Video Exploitation Reid B. Porter, Los Alamos National Laboratory April 20, 2010
First Principles Multiscale Methods Applied to Materials Science William A. Goddard, III, California Institute of Technology April 20, 2010
Topological Data Analysis:  Persistence & Tidy Sets Prof. Afra Zomorodian, Department of Computer Science,
Dartmouth College		 April 13, 2010
Bounded System Identification for Biological Systems Dr. Cranos Williams, North Carolina State University April 12, 2010
A Micromoldable Liquid Metal for Ultra-Stretchable Electronics Dr. Michael Dickey, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University April 12, 2010
Droplet production via interfacial chemical reaction: a route to nano-emulsions Dr. Thomas Ward, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University April 12, 2010
Challenges and Solutions for EEDF Measurements in Low Temperature Plasmas Dr. Steve Shannon, North Carolina State University April 12, 2010
Arctic Sea Ice Mechanics Kara Peterson, University of New Mexico April 12, 2010
Molecular modeling of biological materials Yaroslava G. Yingling, Assistant Professor, North Carolina
State University		 April 12, 2010
Laser Microfabrication and Nanofabrication of Medical Devices Professor Roger Narayan, Ph.D., School of Engineering, North Carolina State University April 12, 2010
Enhancing HPC Systems using Virtualization Patrick Bridges, University of New Mexico April 12, 2010
Bernstein polynomials: Universal simplicial finite element shape functions? Robert Kirby, Texas Tech University April 12, 2010
Processor Modeling using Monte Carlo Techniques: An Alternative to Detailed Simulation Jeanine Cook, New Mexico State University April 8, 2010
Multiscale modeling of ductile failure and spall Celia Reina Romo, Aeronautics Dept., Computational Solid
Mechanics Group, Caltech		 April 8, 2010
Seismic Imaging Experiences on GPUs Scott Morton, Ph.D., Mgr. Geophysical Technology, Hess Corporation April 8, 2010
Mesh Processing and Generation Jun Wang, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee April 6, 2010
Implicit integration of 3D ice sheet flow using hybrid factorization/relaxation block preconditioning Jed Brown, ETH Zentrum April 1, 2010
New Results in the Design of Switched Feedback Controllers for Linear Systems Keith Santarelli, Sandia National Laboratories March 31, 2010
Rapid Parallel Evolutionary Placement of Short Sequence Reads Dr. Alexandros "Alexis" Stamatakis, Technische Universität München March 30, 2010
Wind power forecasting and power system operations Jianhui Wang, Argonne National Laboratory March 23, 2010
Model Reduction with Stability Guarantee for Linear and Nonlinear Systems Arising in Analog Circuit Applications Bradley Bond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology March 23, 2010
A Brief Overview of HW/SW Co-Design for Embedded Systems – Is it relevant to high performance computing? Sharon Hu, University of Notre Dame March 5, 2010
Modeling and Visualization of Anode Materials’ Deformation during Li Insertion Yue Qi, Chemical Sciences and Materials Systems Lab, GM R&D March 3, 2010
Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron Dynamics in GaAs-based Mid-infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers Xujiao (Suzey) Gao University of Wisconsin - Madison March 1, 2010
Verification of the Sceptre Code (UQ/V&V Seminar) Shawn Pautz, Sandia National Laboratories February 23, 2010
Approximating Topological Invariants on a Quantum Computer Stephen Jordan, Institute for Quantum Information, Caltech February 23, 2010
High-accuracy electron correlation methods in new regimes: Coupled-cluster molecular dynamics Andrew Taube, John von Neumann Fellow, Sandia National Laboratories February 18, 2010
Using Contingency Matrices and Tensors for Allocation in Accounting Peter Chew February 10, 2010
Recent algorithmic and software improvements for partitioning and ordering Cedric Chevalier, CSRI Post Doctoral Researcher Seminar February 9, 2010
Quantum Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Rolando D. Somma, Los Alamos National Laboratory February 2, 2010
Uncertainty in Scientific & Volume Visualization Joe Kniss, University of New Mexico February 1, 2010
Predictive Simulations of Fluid Flows in Engineering: Challenges and Opportunities Dr. Onkar Sahni, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY January 27, 2010
Formation of an advection lattice with biaxial magnetic fields: A powerful new method of heat and mass transfer James E. Martin, Sandia National Laboratories January 26, 2010
Chemotaxis and Numerical Methods for Chemotaxis Models Yekaterina Epshteyn, Carnegie Mellon University January 25, 2010
Mechanism Design and Analysis Using Simulation-Based Game Models Yevgeniy "Eugene" Vorobeychik
University of Michigan		 January 25, 2010
A Balanced-Force Algorithm for Modeling Interface Dynamics with Surface Tension Marianne Francois, Los Alamos National Laboratories January 25, 2010
Communication-avoiding Krylov subspace methods (dissertation talk) Mark Hoemmen, CSRI Postdoctoral Seminar, SNL 1416 and UC Berkeley January 22, 2010
Scalable Parallel Primitives for Massive Graph Computation Aydin Buluc, University of California, Santa Barbara January 20, 2010
Toward an Optimal Numerical Solution of the Flow Problem through Mesh Generation Dr. Mohamed Ebeida, Carnegie Mellon University January 19, 2010
Models and Algorithms for PageRank Sensitivity David Gleich, University of British Columbia January 18, 2010
Monte Carlo Sampling in Stochastic Programming:  Assessing Solution Quality and Sequential Sampling Güzin Bayraksan, University of Arizona and David Morton,
Stanford University		 January 14, 2010
Optimization and Model Reduction of Time Dependent PDE-Constrained Optimization Problems: Applications to Microfluidic Biochips Harbir Antil, Rice University January 11, 2010


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