DECEMBER 9, 2014
3:30 p.m. Reception
4-5 p.m. Lecture
Life Science Bldg, Rm 402
“Petascale Computing: Advancing the Frontiers of Computational Research”
Lecturer Thom H. Dunning, Jr.
Northwest Institute for Advanced Computing, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory & University of Washington and Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
A new generation of supercomputers is providing scientists and engineers with the ability to simulate a broad range of natural and engineered systems with unprecedented fidelity. Just as important, in this increasingly data-rich world, these new computers are allowing researchers to recognize phenomena, connections, and patterns in their search for knowledge. The impact of these new computing capabilities will be profound, affecting science, engineering and society. The presentation will describe Blue Waters, a petascale computing system at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that was funded by the National Science Foundation, and illustrate the role that Blue Waters is playing in a few illustrative areas of research.
Programmatic inquiries please contact Christian Mailhiot, Christian.mailhiot@wsu.edu
Required registration link: https://www.ogrd.wsu.edu/workshops.asp#384
