Electronic Libraries Expert To Deliver CCT Eminent Lecture Today
CCT, along with the LSU Department of Computer Science, will host an IT Eminent Lecture Series today at 3 p.m. in Coates Hall Room 145.
The guest speaker is Michael Lesk, a professor of library and information science at Rutgers University. Prior to his work at Rutgers, Lesk was part of the computer science research group at Bell Laboratories and also head of the Division of Information and Intelligent Systems at the National Science Foundation.
Lesk is best known for his work in electronic libraries. In his lecture, Lesk will discuss how the ability to access, store and analyze large amounts of data electronically is transforming scientific research.
A reception will take place at 2:30 p.m., prior to Lesk's lecture.
Berkeley Professor Details Links Between Linear Algebra, Faster Computation
James Demmel. the Richard Carl Dehmel Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at University of California – Berkeley, explained the relationship between improved linear algebra and improved computational resources in an IT Eminent Lecture Series for CCT.
CCT, along with the LSU Department of Computer Science, hosted the lecture Friday, June 1.
Demmel's lecture, “The Future of High-Performance Linear Algebra,†explained that since mathematics is closely tied to science and engineering research, breakthroughs in linear algebra allow greater progress in those areas.
As mathematicians develop better and more accurate algorithms, this in turn leads to faster, easier-to-use high-performance computing resources and more accurate computation, Demmel said.
Once new algorithms are detected, they can be tuned in to work with new hardware and software. Demmel explained since computer science undergoes constant change, mathematics will evolve along with it.
And, the best algorithms are those that are compatible with and produce the best results on the majority of machines, he said. Mathematicians are working along with computer scientists and software developers to create such algorithms.
CCT in the News
Electronic Visualization Laboratory Director Discusses Advanced Techniques
5-29-2007/Supercomputing Online
Sight is a person's primary sense, and one-third of a person's brainpower is spent processing visual images. Therefore, visualization is becoming a primary means for scientists and researchers to explore new territory and show new concepts to the general public. http://supercomputingonline.com/article.php?sid=13830 Berkeley Prof Ties Math Breakthroughs to Faster Computation
6-1-2007/HPC Wire
BATON ROUGE, La., June 1 -- James Demmel, the Richard Carl Dehmel Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at University of California-Berkeley, explained the relationship between improved linear algebra and improved computational resources in an IT Eminent Lecture Series for the LSU Center for Computation and Technology, or CCT. http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/1593644.html Pats on the Back • Thomas Sterling has been appointed as the Seola Arnaud & Richard Vernon Edwards Jr. Professor in the LSU Department of Computer Science, within the College of Basic Sciences. Sterling's appointment is official July 1. • U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration Assistant Secretary Sandy Baruah will visit CCT on Wednesday, June 6, to learn more about the research taking place here. • Dan Katz was elected to the SURAgrid Governance Committee. • Frank Muldoon's paper, "A Divergence-Free Interpolation Scheme for the Immersed Boundary Method," was accepted for publication in the International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids. Sumanta Acharya (Department ofMechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University) was co-author of the paper. The paper can be viewed online at: http://www.cct.lsu.edu/~fmuldoo/immersed-boundary-technical-note-version-18.pdf. Lectures This Week: • The CCT Colloquium Series, held each Friday at 3 p.m. in Johnston 338, will return in the fall with Shantenu Jha in charge of the speaker line-up. If you have a speaker wish list, please send it to Shantenu at sjha@cct.lsu.edu. • The second June ITELS lecture, which features Michael Lesk of Rutgers University, will take place TODAY at 3 p.m. in Coates Hall Room 145. Lesk will discuss “Scientific Data Libraries: Changing Research.†• A third ITELS lecture for June, featuring Moshe Y. Vardi of Rice University will take place on Monday, June 11, at 3 p.m. in the Howe Russell Geoscience Complex, Room 130E. Vardi will discuss “And Logic Begat Computer Science: When Giants Roamed the Earth.†• The next All CCT meeting will be Wednesday, June 20, at 3 p.m. in Johnston 338. Please Note: • The deadline for compliance with the LSU Visual Identity Program is June 30. More than a year ago, the University introduced a new and comprehensive visual identity system to present a consistent and unified brand image. With this deadline approaching, all parts of campus are reminded to order new business system items (envelopes, letterhead, business cards, etc.) and to recycle any old materials after June 30. All promotional and printed items for CCT must have the correct logo from this point forward. Graphic Services will be checking items for compliance and will not print items containing logos that do not comply with the policy. Also, since Graphic Services is busy printing revised materials for many sections of campus, if you will need any items printed in the coming month, it is best to send your request in early. More information about the University's policy and downloadable versions of the LSU logo are available at www.lsu.edu/pa. If you have any questions or wish to receive a copy of the LSU/CCT logo, please contact CCT Manager of Public Relations Kristen Sunde at 225-578-3469 or ksunde@cct.lsu.edu. • Registration is now open for Challenges of Large Applications in Distributed Environments (CLADE) Workshop at: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~schopf/CLADE2007/ . The CLADE 2007 workshop will be held in conjunction with the 16th International Symposium on High-Performance Distributed Computing in Monterey Bay, Calif. on Monday, June 25. CLADE 2007 authors will discuss a wide variety of applications. In addition, the program includes a several invited speakers, a panel addressing the challenges of distributed data and a keynote speech by Scott Oster from Ohio State University, who will discuss the National Cancer Institute's cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid, caBIG. • A Post-Katrina forum, "Gulf States Alliance: Network Science and Recovery," will take place at the Beau Rivage Hotel in Biloxi, Mississippi on August 19-21, 2007. This forum is sponsored by the National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Programs in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Forum registration is free and includes forum-sponsored meals, and breaks. Space is limited so participants are strongly urged to pre-register in order for forum planners to know in advance how many will be in attendance. The deadline for pre-registration is July 25, 2007. For more information and to register, please visit: http://forum2007.laepscor.org. • If you have any news for the CCT Weekly, please e-mail PR Manager Kristen Sunde directly at ksunde@cct.lsu.edu. Upcoming Grant Deadlines: Measurement, Science and Engineering Research Grants Programs
June 29 2007 10 a.m.
At Most $ 150,000.00 available
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12347&mode=VIEW Communications and Networking Technology
June 29 2007 10 a.m.
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=12359 Lars Onsager Prize
July 01 2007 10:15 a.m.
At Most $ 15,000.00 available
http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/onsager.cfm NSF Biological Databases and Informatics NSF BD&I
July 09 2007 5 p.m.
A Portion Of $ 7,000,000.00 available
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05577/nsf05577.htm NSF Division of Molecular & Cellular Biosciences
NSF MCB
July 12 2007 5 p.m.
http://www.nsf.gov/bio/mcb/about.jspSupport%20is%20provided%20for%20basic%20research%20and%20related%20activities%20that
5-29-2007/Supercomputing Online
Sight is a person's primary sense, and one-third of a person's brainpower is spent processing visual images. Therefore, visualization is becoming a primary means for scientists and researchers to explore new territory and show new concepts to the general public. http://supercomputingonline.com/article.php?sid=13830 Berkeley Prof Ties Math Breakthroughs to Faster Computation
6-1-2007/HPC Wire
BATON ROUGE, La., June 1 -- James Demmel, the Richard Carl Dehmel Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at University of California-Berkeley, explained the relationship between improved linear algebra and improved computational resources in an IT Eminent Lecture Series for the LSU Center for Computation and Technology, or CCT. http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/1593644.html Pats on the Back • Thomas Sterling has been appointed as the Seola Arnaud & Richard Vernon Edwards Jr. Professor in the LSU Department of Computer Science, within the College of Basic Sciences. Sterling's appointment is official July 1. • U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration Assistant Secretary Sandy Baruah will visit CCT on Wednesday, June 6, to learn more about the research taking place here. • Dan Katz was elected to the SURAgrid Governance Committee. • Frank Muldoon's paper, "A Divergence-Free Interpolation Scheme for the Immersed Boundary Method," was accepted for publication in the International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids. Sumanta Acharya (Department ofMechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University) was co-author of the paper. The paper can be viewed online at: http://www.cct.lsu.edu/~fmuldoo/immersed-boundary-technical-note-version-18.pdf. Lectures This Week: • The CCT Colloquium Series, held each Friday at 3 p.m. in Johnston 338, will return in the fall with Shantenu Jha in charge of the speaker line-up. If you have a speaker wish list, please send it to Shantenu at sjha@cct.lsu.edu. • The second June ITELS lecture, which features Michael Lesk of Rutgers University, will take place TODAY at 3 p.m. in Coates Hall Room 145. Lesk will discuss “Scientific Data Libraries: Changing Research.†• A third ITELS lecture for June, featuring Moshe Y. Vardi of Rice University will take place on Monday, June 11, at 3 p.m. in the Howe Russell Geoscience Complex, Room 130E. Vardi will discuss “And Logic Begat Computer Science: When Giants Roamed the Earth.†• The next All CCT meeting will be Wednesday, June 20, at 3 p.m. in Johnston 338. Please Note: • The deadline for compliance with the LSU Visual Identity Program is June 30. More than a year ago, the University introduced a new and comprehensive visual identity system to present a consistent and unified brand image. With this deadline approaching, all parts of campus are reminded to order new business system items (envelopes, letterhead, business cards, etc.) and to recycle any old materials after June 30. All promotional and printed items for CCT must have the correct logo from this point forward. Graphic Services will be checking items for compliance and will not print items containing logos that do not comply with the policy. Also, since Graphic Services is busy printing revised materials for many sections of campus, if you will need any items printed in the coming month, it is best to send your request in early. More information about the University's policy and downloadable versions of the LSU logo are available at www.lsu.edu/pa. If you have any questions or wish to receive a copy of the LSU/CCT logo, please contact CCT Manager of Public Relations Kristen Sunde at 225-578-3469 or ksunde@cct.lsu.edu. • Registration is now open for Challenges of Large Applications in Distributed Environments (CLADE) Workshop at: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~schopf/CLADE2007/ . The CLADE 2007 workshop will be held in conjunction with the 16th International Symposium on High-Performance Distributed Computing in Monterey Bay, Calif. on Monday, June 25. CLADE 2007 authors will discuss a wide variety of applications. In addition, the program includes a several invited speakers, a panel addressing the challenges of distributed data and a keynote speech by Scott Oster from Ohio State University, who will discuss the National Cancer Institute's cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid, caBIG. • A Post-Katrina forum, "Gulf States Alliance: Network Science and Recovery," will take place at the Beau Rivage Hotel in Biloxi, Mississippi on August 19-21, 2007. This forum is sponsored by the National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Programs in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Forum registration is free and includes forum-sponsored meals, and breaks. Space is limited so participants are strongly urged to pre-register in order for forum planners to know in advance how many will be in attendance. The deadline for pre-registration is July 25, 2007. For more information and to register, please visit: http://forum2007.laepscor.org. • If you have any news for the CCT Weekly, please e-mail PR Manager Kristen Sunde directly at ksunde@cct.lsu.edu. Upcoming Grant Deadlines: Measurement, Science and Engineering Research Grants Programs
June 29 2007 10 a.m.
At Most $ 150,000.00 available
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12347&mode=VIEW Communications and Networking Technology
June 29 2007 10 a.m.
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=12359 Lars Onsager Prize
July 01 2007 10:15 a.m.
At Most $ 15,000.00 available
http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/onsager.cfm NSF Biological Databases and Informatics NSF BD&I
July 09 2007 5 p.m.
A Portion Of $ 7,000,000.00 available
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05577/nsf05577.htm NSF Division of Molecular & Cellular Biosciences
NSF MCB
July 12 2007 5 p.m.
http://www.nsf.gov/bio/mcb/about.jspSupport%20is%20provided%20for%20basic%20research%20and%20related%20activities%20that
Publish Date:
06-05-2007
