aspuru-list December 2011

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Oranges and grapefruits

by Margaret Ronald

Courtesy of Jon Welch, we now have a lot of oranges, grapefruits, and tangerines in the lounge for any who'd like to claim them. Enjoy! -- Maggie Margaret Ronald Faculty Assistant | Aspuru-Guzik Research Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Harvard University 12 Oxford Street | Cambridge, MA 02138 617.496.1716 office | 617.496.9411 fax http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/ Hours: Mon - Fri 1:00-5:00

12 years, 4 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] last chance to sign cards

by Anna B. Shin

Dear Group, Sarah gave me the holiday cards for our custodians Elsa and Marie. Elsa is flying out to El Salvador, so today is her last day of work before she takes off. This is your last chance to sign her card as I plan to give it to her at 2pm. By the way, someone wrote "Thanks for" on her card and did not finish writing their thought. Nice job. [?] Please also sign Marie's card if you haven't already. Last thing, Leslie used to coordinate collecting money from the group to buy a nice gift for Elsa. I took this over last year but didn't have the time to coordinate with the entire group. So last year, "we" got her a gift card and box of chocolates. Unexpectedly, Elsa asked me who donated money so she could personally thank them, and of course, I didn't know what to say. To avoid another awkward moment, I am telling you now that "we" got her a gift card and chocolates, plus the beautiful card that Sarah got, as a token of appreciation from the Aspuru-Guzik group. "We" also got a similar gift of appreciation for Marie. Now you can nod and smile if Elsa or Marie says anything instead of feel confused. [?] Last last thing, many thanks to Sarah and Stephanie for coordinating signing of cards this year. [?] Best, Anna Anna B. Shin Laboratory Administrator | Aspuru-Guzik Research Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Harvard University 12 Oxford Street | Cambridge, MA 02138 617.496.9964 office | 617.694.9879 cell | 617.496.9411 fax http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/ <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=e7480c62f0&view=att&th=12eee19970…>

12 years, 4 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [IACS-events] Mark your calendar: ComputeFest 2012 is January 13-20

by Rosalind Reid

Dear friends, As 2011 comes to a close, IACS is preparing a packed week of January workshops, seminars and other activities to launch the new year and prepare students for spring courses. All events are free and open to the public and will take place in Maxwell Dworkin. We hope you'll join us during ComputeFest! A full and updated ComputeFest calendar is online at https://iacs.seas.harvard.edu/events/computational-science-ventures, with links to registration pages. (Advance registration is necessary for some events.) On our website you can sign up for: -- THE FUTURE OF COMPUTATION IN SCIENCE: A MINI-SYMPOSIUM. Experts from IBM, Google, NVIDIA, Intel and AstraZeneca will offer perspectives on the future of computational science. The Jan. 13 panel discussion will be hosted by SEAS Dean Cherry A. Murray and moderated by IACS Director Efthimios Kaxiras. -- COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS WORKSHOPS. Each morning, Jan. 17-20, explore Matlab, Mathematica, R or Python in workshops offered by MathWorks, Wolfram Research, SEAS faculty and SEAS Academic Computing. (Registration for Matlab sessions will be through MathWorks.) -- NETWORKING/PEER-HELP SESSIONS. After each morning session, sign up for a hands-on "Birds of a Feather" session to explore tools with others who share your interest. Bring your laptop and enjoy a light lunch. -- COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE VENTURES (https://iacs.seas.harvard.edu/events/computational-science-ventures) will be a special afternoon seminar series featuring entrepreneurs who have merged science and computing to create new products and services. Organized and moderated by Alexander Wissner-Gross. Among the speakers will be Dean Kamen and Stephen Wolfram. Special student activities during this year's ComputeFest include the IACS Computational Challenge (https://iacs.seas.harvard.edu/student-activities/iacs-challenge-2012), a team competition in which students will try to optimize delivery of vital services after a natural disaster. Interested students should sign up *before* the winter recess. ******** Other opportunities to burnish your computational skills at Harvard in January include these offerings for students: -- "Programming Statistical Models with Zelig 4," a short course offered by IQSS, afternoons Jan. 17-20. See http://www.iq.harvard.edu/events/node/2710 -- "Spatial Thinking and Analysis with GIS," a workshop offered by CGA, Jan. 17-20. CGA also offers a Winter GIS Institute Jan. 3-13. See http://gis.harvard.edu ******** Seminars will resume in February. Best wishes for the new year from IACS! ----------------- Rosalind Reid Assistant Dean for External Programs Executive Director, Institute for Applied Computational Science Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 http://iacs.seas.harvard.edu/people rreid(a)seas.harvard.edu | 617-384-9091 _______________________________________________ Iacs-events mailing list Iacs-events(a)seas.harvard.edu https://lists.seas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iacs-events

12 years, 4 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Sandwiches!

by Margaret Ronald

We have a tray of sandwiches in the lounge -- enjoy! -- Maggie Margaret Ronald Faculty Assistant | Aspuru-Guzik Research Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Harvard University 12 Oxford Street | Cambridge, MA 02138 617.496.1716 office | 617.496.9411 fax http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/ Hours: Mon - Fri 1:00-5:00

12 years, 4 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [qip] now

by Edward Farhi

We are meeting now in 6C442 for pizza and discussion. Eddie ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Edward Farhi Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics Director Center for Theoretical Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6-300 Cambridge MA 02139 617 253 4871 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

12 years, 4 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] MATLAB Sessions at MIT: Week of January 23

by Jacob Sanders

Hey group! I just learned that the MathWorks people who develop MATLAB are hosting a series of eight sessions at MIT during the week of January 23. The sessions look really interesting for anyone who does MATLAB work. The topics for the eight sessions are: Parallel Computing with MATLAB Advanced Graphics and Visualization in MATLAB Mathematical Modeling with MATLAB Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in MATLAB Computer Vision with MATLAB Applied Curve Fitting with MATLAB How Basic Communications Theory Turns into a 4G Wireless System Model in MATLAB Introduction to MATLAB: Problem Solving and Programming You can register for any of these sessions on the website: http://www.mathworks.com/company/events/seminars/mit_iap12/index.html Dates and times are listed for each session on that website. Just thought this might be useful! Cheers, Jacob

12 years, 4 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Helen S brought leftovers to the lounge and says enjoy!

by Anna B. Shin

Anna B. Shin Laboratory Administrator | Aspuru-Guzik Research Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Harvard University 12 Oxford Street | Cambridge, MA 02138 617.496.9964 office | 617.694.9879 cell | 617.496.9411 fax http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/ <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=e7480c62f0&view=att&th=12eee19970…>

12 years, 4 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [qip] Monday December 19

by Edward Farhi

Hi Quanta We agreed to meet on Monday to hear reports from those who went to QIP. I suggest noon and I will order pizza. Let me know if you will be there so I know how much to get. We will meet in 6C 442. Eddie ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Edward Farhi Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics Director Center for Theoretical Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6-300 Cambridge MA 02139 617 253 4871 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

12 years, 4 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] The ghost of calculations past

by Dmitrij Rappoport

Dear group members, Our common hard disk on Odyssey is running full once again and was already at 100% capacity last night. Just to be perfectly clear what that means: All calculations started on Odyssey would crash or fail to transmit data back to the submit directory! I've moved few GB of my data and we are currently at merely 99% usage but this is obviously only a temporary relief. I would like to ask everyone invested in calculations on Odyssey to pitch in and to (temporarily) move some of their data from past calculations to their local desktop computers. Useful tip: du -sh command run in a given directory shows the aggregated usage of all its subdirectories in human-readable format Also, we should perhaps discuss an archiving solution for the (considerable) amount of data from the members of the group who have already left. Best, Dmitrij Dr. Dmitrij Rappoport Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA phone: (617) 496 8221, mobile (857) 600 6846 email: rappoport(a)chemistry.harvard.edu

12 years, 4 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Candy by the printer

by Jacob J Krich

I left a candy cane and some chocolates by the printer. Please help yourselves. Jacob

12 years, 4 months

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