LSU Alumni Returns to Alma Mater for Lecture Series
After graduating from LSU in 1959 with a degree in civil engineering, J. Tinsley Oden returned to his alma mater Wednesday, Sept. 12, to lecture on “Adaptive Multiscale Modeling of Large-Scale Molecular Systems.†Oden was the LSU Center for Computation & Technology's first Frontiers of Scientific Computing guest lecturer for the Fall 2007 semester. Oden is associate vice president for research and director of the University of Texas at Austin's Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES). Oden has authored more than 500 scientific publications, making him a leading contender in the computational science field. In 2004, Oden received a Presidential Citation for his work at University of Texas. Oden is part of a seven-member team, including Ph.D. students, institute directors, chemical engineers and professors, who created a way to incorporate mathematical theory with problems in solid and fluid mechanics, specializing in non-linear fluid mechanics. “The real problems are those which transcend scales,†Oden said. One of Oden's research goals is to create a way to extend knowledge from one measurement scale to another. To combat numerical method problems, Oden and teammates created the term “adaptive modeling.†With adaptive modeling, Oden's group is working to better understand flaws in modeling and correct errors before the physical structures are erected. In the lecture, Oden demonstrated how the concept of adaptive modeling is applied to buildings through multiple digital examples. Experimenting with polymer for virtual models, Oden said each model measures different forms of energy. Oden presented a slide show demonstrating the anatomy of multi-scale modeling, examples of nano-indentation problems, the modeling of a nano-manu process, the Arlequin Method, along with images of base polymer models and surrogate models. Projects Oden's team soon will undertake include parallel implementation of the Arlequin method, parallel goals algorithm, large-scale applications on multiprocessor machines and adaptive control methods in laser treatment of cancer. Following the presentation, Oden answered questions from lecture guests, and CCT hosted a reception for him in the Life Sciences Annex lobby. Oden said he was “very impressed by LSU's progression†and “hopes to make a return to the campus soon.†CCT Staff Takes Part in International Digital Media Conference
Prague, Czech Republic - “Optical Multicast†is the new capability to stream multiple high performance, high-quality digital media streams along multiple sites around the world. A demonstration involving three continents took place Monday at the 7th Annual Global LambdaGrid Workshop in Prague, Czech Republic. At the conference, large-scale digital media images were shown on screens feeding images from Barcelona, Tokoyo, Ottawa, Chicago, North Carolina, Amsterdam and Louisiana. To address the problems of limited streaming of large-scale media, researchers created the High Performance Digital Media Network (HPDMnet). HPDMnet provides scientists with more accurate ways to discover resources, signal for services, manage and control streams, receive streams, transport streams, and duplicate streams using dynamically allocated lightpaths. Research from the conference will continue and feed into the Global Lambda Integrated Facility (GLIF, a world-wide optical networking research collaboration.) About one hundred people from a large number of institutions were involved in Monday's demonstration, including Jon MacLaren, Andrei Hutanu, Ian Wesley-Smith, Daniel S. Katz, Gabrielle Allen and Ed Seidel from the CCT, and Lonnie Leger, Ben Blundell and Charles McMahon from LONI. CCT in the News
• Push to Develop Video Gaming Industry
09-07-07/KATC
BATON ROUGE, La. -- A consortium has been formed to push the development of the video game industry in Baton Rouge, which backers say will provide high-paying jobs that will stay in the area.
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=7035404
After graduating from LSU in 1959 with a degree in civil engineering, J. Tinsley Oden returned to his alma mater Wednesday, Sept. 12, to lecture on “Adaptive Multiscale Modeling of Large-Scale Molecular Systems.†Oden was the LSU Center for Computation & Technology's first Frontiers of Scientific Computing guest lecturer for the Fall 2007 semester. Oden is associate vice president for research and director of the University of Texas at Austin's Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES). Oden has authored more than 500 scientific publications, making him a leading contender in the computational science field. In 2004, Oden received a Presidential Citation for his work at University of Texas. Oden is part of a seven-member team, including Ph.D. students, institute directors, chemical engineers and professors, who created a way to incorporate mathematical theory with problems in solid and fluid mechanics, specializing in non-linear fluid mechanics. “The real problems are those which transcend scales,†Oden said. One of Oden's research goals is to create a way to extend knowledge from one measurement scale to another. To combat numerical method problems, Oden and teammates created the term “adaptive modeling.†With adaptive modeling, Oden's group is working to better understand flaws in modeling and correct errors before the physical structures are erected. In the lecture, Oden demonstrated how the concept of adaptive modeling is applied to buildings through multiple digital examples. Experimenting with polymer for virtual models, Oden said each model measures different forms of energy. Oden presented a slide show demonstrating the anatomy of multi-scale modeling, examples of nano-indentation problems, the modeling of a nano-manu process, the Arlequin Method, along with images of base polymer models and surrogate models. Projects Oden's team soon will undertake include parallel implementation of the Arlequin method, parallel goals algorithm, large-scale applications on multiprocessor machines and adaptive control methods in laser treatment of cancer. Following the presentation, Oden answered questions from lecture guests, and CCT hosted a reception for him in the Life Sciences Annex lobby. Oden said he was “very impressed by LSU's progression†and “hopes to make a return to the campus soon.†CCT Staff Takes Part in International Digital Media Conference
Prague, Czech Republic - “Optical Multicast†is the new capability to stream multiple high performance, high-quality digital media streams along multiple sites around the world. A demonstration involving three continents took place Monday at the 7th Annual Global LambdaGrid Workshop in Prague, Czech Republic. At the conference, large-scale digital media images were shown on screens feeding images from Barcelona, Tokoyo, Ottawa, Chicago, North Carolina, Amsterdam and Louisiana. To address the problems of limited streaming of large-scale media, researchers created the High Performance Digital Media Network (HPDMnet). HPDMnet provides scientists with more accurate ways to discover resources, signal for services, manage and control streams, receive streams, transport streams, and duplicate streams using dynamically allocated lightpaths. Research from the conference will continue and feed into the Global Lambda Integrated Facility (GLIF, a world-wide optical networking research collaboration.) About one hundred people from a large number of institutions were involved in Monday's demonstration, including Jon MacLaren, Andrei Hutanu, Ian Wesley-Smith, Daniel S. Katz, Gabrielle Allen and Ed Seidel from the CCT, and Lonnie Leger, Ben Blundell and Charles McMahon from LONI. CCT in the News
• Push to Develop Video Gaming Industry
09-07-07/KATC
BATON ROUGE, La. -- A consortium has been formed to push the development of the video game industry in Baton Rouge, which backers say will provide high-paying jobs that will stay in the area.
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=7035404
Upcoming Lectures:
• The next all CCT meeting will be Sept. 19 at 3 p.m. in Johnston 338. Important: Pete Kelleher from the Office of Intellectual Property will be speaking at the meeting on what faculty need to know about LSU's policy on intellectual property for their research.
• Special Guest Lecture – Frank Loffler, of Sissa Trieste, Italy will present a lecture on “Initial Data for Neutron Star – Black Hole Systems. The lecture will take place Sept. 18 at 3 p.m. in Johnston 338.
• Brygg Ullmer of CCT will be lecturing on the Tangible Interfaces for Vizualization, Collaboration, and Education as part of the CCT Colloquium Series. The lecture will be Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. in Johnston 338.
• Fahringer and Radu Prodan, of the University of Innsbruck, Austria, will give a special guest lecture on “ASKALON: An Application Development and Runtime Environment for the Grid†on Monday, Sept. 24 at 10 a.m. in Johnston 338.
• Important: The CCT Colloquium Series has returned and will take place each Friday at 2 p.m. in Johnston 338. Last year, these lectures took place at 3 p.m., but the time has changed to accommodate other meetings. Shantenu Jha is in charge of the speaker line-up. If you have a speaker wish list or concerns with the lecture time change, please send it to Shantenu at sjha@cct.lsu.edu.
Please Note:
• 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:
NSF Focused Research Groups in the Mathematical Sciences
NSF FRG
September 21 2007 5:00 pm
A Portion Of $ 12,000,000.00 available
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06580/nsf06580.htm
NSF Creative IT
September 21 2007 5:00 pm
A Portion Of $ 10,000,000.00 available
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07562/nsf07562.htm
NSF Information Technology and Infrastructure Systems (ITIS)
October 01 2007 5:00 am
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13352
NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships (AAPF)
October 10 2007 5:00 am
A Portion Of $ 750,000.00 available
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07572/nsf07572.htm
Publish Date:
09-18-2007
