aspuru-list May 2007

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-seminars] Reminder - IIC Seminar on Wed. - Barbara Tversky

by Helene Tingle

Initiative in Innovative Computing @ Harvard Seminar Series Wednesday, May 16, 2007; 4:00pm 60 Oxford Street, Room 330 Barbara Tversky, Department of Psychology, Stanford University Seminar Title: Cognitive Origins of Graphics Abstract Graphics serve many ends: to attract interest, to record and convey information, to offload memory and information processing, to facilitate inference and discovery, to promote collaboration. To do so effectively, they use elements and the spatial relations among them to convey meanings that are spatial or metaphorically spatial. An historical survey and current experiments reveal how space and the things in it are used to convey meanings. A program for revealing and instantiating cognitive principles for designing effective graphics will be described. Upcoming IIC Seminars Continue to stay up to date with our IIC Seminar Schedule. ***Parking is available in the 52 Oxford Street Garage. Please tell the attendant that you are attending the IIC Seminar. _______________________________________________ iic-seminars mailing list iic-seminars(a)calists.harvard.edu http://calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-seminars

16 years, 11 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-seminars] Reminder - IIC Seminar with David Keyes today in Maxwell Dworkin

by Helene Tingle

Initiative in Innovative Computing @ Harvard Seminar Series Friday, May 11, 2007; 11:00am Location: Maxwell Dworkin G125, 33 Oxford Street David Keyes, Fu Foundation Professor of Applied Mathematics, Columbia University Seminar Title: Scalable Solver Infrastructure for Multirate, Multiscale PDE Applications Abstract Optimal complexity algebraic preconditioners, such as multigrid/ multilevel preconditioners for PDE-governed problems, keep the time spent in dominant algebraic kernels close to linear as the applications scale out to the limit of currently available parallel computers (e.g., BlueGene/L with 131,072 (2**17) processors). Krylov accelerators and Jacobian-free variants of Newton's method, as appropriate, are wrapped outside to deliver robustness in multirate, multiscale coupled systems, which are solved either implicitly or in more traditional forms of operator splitting. The Towards Optimal Petascale Simulations (TOPS, www.scidac.org/math/TOPS.html) project, directed by the speaker, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy to research and deploy a collection of open-source scalable solver software components (PETSc, Hypre, SuperLU, etc.) for discrete problems arising in several large-scale applications, for instance, fusion reactor modeling and design. As the U.S. fusion energy community gears up for participation in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) consortium, the ultimate goal of which is abundant energy production outside of the planetary carbon cycle, simulations on petascale hardware are expected to play an essential role. We outline the TOPS software philosophy and research agenda and illustrate with a progression of five applications in DOE's magnetically confined fusion energy portfolio, ranging from swapping software through a standard interface to prototyping new codes. Upcoming IIC Seminars Continue to stay up to date with our IIC Seminar Schedule. ***Parking is available in the 52 Oxford Street Garage. Please tell the attendant that you are attending the IIC Seminar. _______________________________________________ iic-seminars mailing list iic-seminars(a)calists.harvard.edu http://calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-seminars

16 years, 11 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Environmental Events around Harvard 5/10/07 - 5/24/07

by Jenny MacGregor

Dear HUCE Faculty and Friends, Please refer to the Center website for complete details on these and other environmental events taking place at and near Harvard. If you would like to add an event to the calendar, or unsubscribe from this list, please contact Jenny MacGregor, jenny_macgregor(a)harvard.edu <mailto:jenny_macgregor@harvard.edu>, 617-495-8883. *Highlights:* TONIGHT -- Microbial Sciences Initiative Seminar -- Dr. Peg Reilly -- Controversial Species Concept <http://www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html> 5/11/07 -- Global Water Crisis Symposium at Harvard School of Public Health 5/13/07 -- Annual Harvard Environmental Society Spring Barbeque *Calendar Listings:*** *Thursday 5/10/2007 * 3:30p - 4:30p POSTPONED: The Economic Value of Air-Pollution-Related Health Risks in Chengdu, China <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=64462524> New Date in June TBD 6:00p -- 8:30p -- MSI Thursday Evening Seminar Peg Reilly, UMass, Amherst Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3^rd Floor, Cambridge *Friday 5/11/2007 * 11:00a - 12:00p The ecological logic of indigenous landscape burning <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68359378> David Bowman, School of Plant Science, The University of Tasmania Harvard Forest Winter/Spring 2007 Seminar Series Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA 12:00p - 1:00p Climate Impacts of Air Pollution From Specific Sources <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=66628184> Nadine Unger, University of Vermont Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge 1:00p - 5:00p The Impact of the Global Water Crisis on Health and Human Development <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68359373> Kresge Snyder Auditorium HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston *Sunday 5/13/2007 * 2:00p - 4:00p Deep-Sea Volcanoes! <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68215925> Harvard Museum of Natural History Sunday Family Program with Ken Mallory Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge 4:00p - 7:00p Annual Environment Society spring BBQ <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68874291> Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge *Monday 5/14/2007 * 12:30p - 2:00p Harvard Energy Journal Club <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68418516> Weekly roundtable discussion open to the Harvard and MIT communities Harvard Univ. Center for the Environment (HUCE) conf. room 310, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge *Tuesday 5/15/2007 * 12:15p - 1:15p Landscape Issues in European Regional Planning: The Rise of a Third Way? <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68986141> Francesca Leder, Center for European Studies Visiting Scholars Brown Bag Lunch Seminar Series Cabot Room, Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street at Cabot Way, Cambridge *Wednesday 5/16/2007* 12:00p - 1:00p Climate Change at the Arctic's Edge <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=65927489> Alan Fortescue, Director of Education, Earthwatch EARTHWATCH, OLSEN AUDITORIUM, 4 Clock Tower Place, 5th floor in Maynard, MA *Thursday 5/17/2007 * 12:00p - 1:30p Hybrid knowledge, linking action to knowledge, and trust: experiences balancing human development and conservation in East Africa <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68934455> Robin Reid, Principal Systems Socio-Ecologist, Project Leader Sustaining Lands and Livelihoods Project International Livestock Research Institute Nairobi, Kenya Frontiers in Sustainable Development Lecture Series Center for International Development, Perkins Room -- Rubenstein Bldg, Room 415, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard 6:00p - 7:30p A Place To Call Home: The Ecology and Evolution of Birds' Nests and Eggs <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68222987> Exhibition opening lecture by Scott Edwards Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge *Friday 5/18/2007* 8:30a - 9:30a Sociobiology for microbes (and those that study them) <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68081532> Dr. Kevin Foster, FAS Center for Systems Biology- Bauer Fellow, Harvard University Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI) Chalktalk Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 3rd Floor Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street 11:00a - 12:00p Riding the wave of ecosystem services to successful conservation: triumph or wipe-out <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=66628190> Peter Kareiva -- The Nature Conservancy, Lead Scientist, Pacific Western Conservation Region Harvard Forest Winter/Spring 2007 Seminar Series Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA 12:00p - 1:00p The Impact of Boreal Forest Fire on Climate <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=66628188> Jim Randerson, UC Irvine Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge 12:00p - 1:00p Climate Impacts of Air Pollution From Specific Sources" <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=67796416> Nadine Unger, University of Vermont Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge *Monday 5/21/2007* 12:30p - 2:00p Harvard Energy Journal Club <http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/index.htm?event_id=68418517> Weekly roundtable discussion open to Harvard and MIT faculty Harvard Univ. Center for the Environment (HUCE) conf. room 310, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge -- Jenny MacGregor Events and Publications Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment ph: 617-495-8883

16 years, 11 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-seminars] Special IIC Seminar - David Keyes on Friday, May 11

by Helene Tingle

16 years, 11 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] phone call Thurs 10a

by C. Brian Roland

Hello office-mates in M110, I have a job-related phone call tomorrow from 10-11a, that I'll be receiving at my desk in M110. I apologize in advance if the noise causes a distraction. Brian -- C. Brian Roland Ph.D. Chemical Physics (2007) Harvard University

16 years, 12 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-seminars] Reminder - IIC Seminar with Chris Johnson today/Friday - David Keyes

by Helene Tingle

Initiative in Innovative Computing @ Harvard Seminar Series Wednesday, May 9, 2007; 4:00pm 60 Oxford Street, Room 330 Dr. Chris Johnson Ph.D. Director, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, Distinguished Professor, School of Computing, University of Utah Seminar Title: Visual Computing: Case Studies and Research Challenges Abstract Computers are now extensively used throughout science, engineering, and medicine. Advances in computational geometric modeling, imaging, and simulation allow researchers to build and test models of increasingly complex phenomena and thus to generate unprecedented amounts of data. These advances have created the need to make corresponding progress in our ability to understand large amounts of data and information arising from multiple sources. In fact, to effectively understand and make use of the vast amounts of information being produced is one of the greatest scientific challenges of the 21st Century. Visual computing, which relies on and takes advantage of, the interplay among techniques of visualization, computer graphics, virtual reality, and imaging and vision, is fundamental to understanding models of complex phenomena, which are often multi-disciplinary in nature. In this talk, I will first provide several examples of ongoing visual computing research at the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute as applied to problems in computational science, engineering, and medicine, then go on to discuss future research opportunities. Upcoming IIC Seminars Friday, May 11, 2007 at 11:00a.m. - David Keyes, Fu Foundation Professor of Applied Mathematics, Columbia University Location: Maxwell Dworkin G125, 33 Oxford Street Seminar Title: Scalable Solver Infrastructure for Multirate, Multiscale PDE Applications Continue to stay up to date with our IIC Seminar Schedule. ***Parking is available in the 52 Oxford Street Garage. Please tell the attendant that you are attending the IIC Seminar. _______________________________________________ iic-seminars mailing list iic-seminars(a)calists.harvard.edu http://calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-seminars

16 years, 12 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-seminars] Talk of Interest on evening of May 10

by Helene Tingle

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Dr. Margrit Betke will deliver the fourth spring lecture in the Women, Science and Society Seminar Series. Dr. Betke will present a talk titled "Video-based Tracking for Human- Computer Interaction and Conservation Biology," on May 10. The presentation will take place in the Maxwell Dworkin Room 119, at 33 Oxford Street from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., with a reception to follow. Dr. Betke will begin her discussion with ideas on improving the status of women in computer science, and will continue with an introduction to her image analysis research. Betke and her student shave developed video-based interface systems that help children who cannot speak to communicate. The systems have also been used to study Brazilian free-tailed bats. Dr. Betke is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at Boston University. She has been an outspoken advocate for women in computer science as well as for young faculty. To learn more about this talk and our other upcoming events, please visit the Faculty Affairs website www.faculty.harvard.edu/events or contact Sylviose Dossous on my staff at sylviose_dossous(a)harvard.edu or 495-9228. Feel free to view the attached poster and press release. Sponsored by Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity. Sincerely, Evelynn Hammonds Prof. of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity Harvard University _______________________________________________ iic-seminars mailing list iic-seminars(a)calists.harvard.edu http://calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-seminars

16 years, 12 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Reminder: European Climate Change Policy Lecture TODAY

by Jenny MacGregor

Please join us TODAY for a special discussion on European Climate Change policy and approaches... * "What's the difference?! The European approach to climate change"* /with/ Karl-Heinz Florenz Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (2004-2007) moderated by *David Blackbourn*, Coolidge Professor of History, Director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies *Tuesday, May 8, 2007, 2:00 - 3:30pm * * Busch Hall, Center for European Studies, Lower Level Conference Room, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA, www.ces.fas.harvard.edu* *Pre-Talk Reception at 1:30. Reception and lecture are free and open to the public.* -- Jenny MacGregor Events and Publications Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment ph: 617-495-8883

16 years, 12 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-seminars] Reminder - 2 IIC Seminars this week - May 9 and May 12

by Helene Tingle

16 years, 12 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-seminars] Reminder - IIC Seminars on May 9th and May 11

by Helene Tingle

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