The Power of Scientific Computing
Fall 2013 CSCVR Workshop

Poster announcement: [PDF]

The dramatic increase in the speed and data-handling capability of high performance computers, and a complementary development of novel algorithms, have transformed the nature of scientific investigation. Computation is now used regularly and intensively for the simulation of complex physical problems. Scientific computation has joined experiment and theory to become a central pillar of modern science. Please join us to learn about the impact of computing on the process of scientific discovery at UMass Dartmouth.

All talks take place on the UMassD campus in Textiles 105.


September 17, 2013 — Textiles 105
Time Description Speaker Affiliation
1:00 Welcome Sigal Gottlieb Director, CSCVR (UMassD)
1:20 - 2:20 From the F-22 Raptor to Pregnancy Tests Yanlai Chen Mathematics (UMassD)
2:20 - 3:00 Collaboration brainstorming
3:00 - 3:30 Reducing Offshore Platform Response to Waves Mazdak Tootkaboni Civil and Environmental Engineering (UMassD)
3:30 - 4:00 Blurring and De-blurring Scientific Models Akil Narayan Mathematics (UMassD)
4:00 - 4:30 Susceptibility and Resistance to C. Diff Infection Vanni Bucci Biology (UMassD)
4:30 - 5:00 Collaboration brainstorming
5:00 - 6:00 Computational Simulations of Energy Systems Mehdi Raessi Mechanical Engineering (UMassD)
6:00 Refreshments
September 24, 2013 — Textiles 105
Time Description Speaker Affiliation
1:00 Welcome Sigal Gottlieb Director, CSCVR (UMassD)
1:20 - 2:20 Exploding Stars and the Accelerating Universe Robert Fisher Physics (UMassD)
2:20 - 3:00 Collaboration brainstorming
3:00 - 3:30 Multiscale Simulations of Semiconductor Devices Bo Dong Mathematics (UMassD)
3:30 - 4:00 Crowdsourcing in the Computational Sciences Firas Khatib Computer Science (UMassD)
4:00 - 4:30 Underwater Sound Propagation Ying-Tsong Lin Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (UMassD)
4:30 - 5:00 Collaboration brainstorming
5:00 - 6:00 Human Tear Film Dynamics Alfa Heryudono Mathematics (UMassD)
6:00 Refreshments