Distinguished SCI Seminars
2025

Oct 23, 2025
Dr. J. Nathan Kutz
Dr. J. Nathan Kutz
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington
Shallow Recurrent Decoders for the Automated Discovery of Physical Models
Shallow Recurrent Decoders for the Automated Discovery of Physical Models

May 6, 2025
Dr. Bill Miller
Dr. Bill Miller
Senior Advisor of the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure
Perspectives on accelerating discovery and innovation through responsible AI infrastructure
Perspectives on accelerating discovery and innovation through responsible AI infrastructure

April 3, 2025
Karen E. Willcox
Karen E. Willcox
Director, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
Predictive Digital Twins at Scale: Graphical Formulations to Manage Uncertainty and Complexity
Predictive Digital Twins at Scale: Graphical Formulations to Manage Uncertainty and Complexity

Feb. 6, 2025
Jack Dongarra
Jack Dongarra
University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Manchester
An Overview of High-Performance Computing and Responsibly Reckless Algorithms
An Overview of High-Performance Computing and Responsibly Reckless Algorithms
Past DSCI Seminars

Mar 17, 2023
Jim Ahrens
Jim Ahrens
LANL
The Data Science Infrastructure (DSI) Project
The Data Science Infrastructure (DSI) Project

Jan 14, 2022
Darío Gil
Darío Gil
Senior Vice President and Director of IBM Research
What’s next in computing
What’s next in computing

Dec 10, 2021
Rommie Amaro
Rommie Amaro
Professor and Endowed Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC San Diego
Computational Microscopy of SARS-CoV-2 in situ
Computational Microscopy of SARS-CoV-2 in situ

Nov 12, 2021
Madhav Marathe
Madhav Marathe
Distinguished Professor in Biocomplexity, Division Director of the Network Systems Science and Advanced Computing Division at the Biocomplexity Institute and Initiative, Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia
Real-time pandemic science in the 21st Century: The role of data and computing
Real-time pandemic science in the 21st Century: The role of data and computing

Oct 29, 2021
Michael Heroux
Michael Heroux
Director, Software Technology, Exascale Computing Project
Exascale and You: Lesser-known challenges & benefits from pushing performance limits
Exascale and You: Lesser-known challenges & benefits from pushing performance limits

Oct 15, 2021
Susan Gregurick
Susan Gregurick
Director, Office of Data Science Strategy
Connecting Data, Enhancing Software…Creating a Data Ecosystem
Connecting Data, Enhancing Software…Creating a Data Ecosystem

Oct 21, 2020
George Karniadakis
George Karniadakis
Brown University
PINNs to DeepOnets: Approximating functions, functionals, and operators using deep neural networks for diverse applications
PINNs to DeepOnets: Approximating functions, functionals, and operators using deep neural networks for diverse applications

Jan 17, 2020
Manish Parashar
Manish Parashar
Office Director of the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure at NSF
Transforming Science in the 21st Century: NSF’s Vision for a National Cyberinfrastructure Ecosystem
Transforming Science in the 21st Century: NSF’s Vision for a National Cyberinfrastructure Ecosystem

Feb 22, 2019
David Odde
David Odde
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
Simulating brain cancer cell migration mechanics
Simulating brain cancer cell migration mechanics

Jan 25, 2019
Rick Stevens
Rick Stevens
Associate Laboratory Director for Computing, Environment and Life Sciences, Argonne National Laboratory
Exascale Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Cancer
Exascale Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Cancer

Nov 9, 2018
Stephen Kobourov
Stephen Kobourov
Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Arizona
Putting Data on the Map
Putting Data on the Map

Oct 30, 2018
Les Loew
Les Loew
Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Director, Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling
The Virtual Cell Project
The Virtual Cell Project

Oct 19, 2018
Abani Patra
Abani Patra
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo
“Predictive” Simulations of Complex Physical Systems With Many Models and Quantified Uncertainty in the Age of Data, ML, AI
“Predictive” Simulations of Complex Physical Systems With Many Models and Quantified Uncertainty in the Age of Data, ML, AI

Oct 5, 2018
Kirk Jordan
Kirk Jordan
IBM Distinguished Engineer, Data Centric Solutions, IBM T.J. Watson Research & CSO IBM Research UK, Cambridge, MA
Data Centric Systems: Algorithm Exploitation & Evolving AI/Cognitive Examples
Data Centric Systems: Algorithm Exploitation & Evolving AI/Cognitive Examples

Sep 21, 2018
Anna Michalak
Anna Michalak
Carnegie Science
Exploring climate impacts on inland and coastal water quality
Exploring climate impacts on inland and coastal water quality

Sep 7, 2018
Hanan Samet
Hanan Samet
Distinguished University Professor, Computer Science Department, Center for Automation Research, and Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland
Reading News with Maps by Exploiting Spatial Synonyms
Reading News with Maps by Exploiting Spatial Synonyms

Apr 27, 2018
Vin de Silva
Vin de Silva
Associate Professor of Mathematics, Pomona College
Persistent Cohomology & Circular Coordinates
Persistent Cohomology & Circular Coordinates

Apr 6, 2018
Baba C. Vemuri
Baba C. Vemuri
Professor, Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, University of Florida
A Unified Geometric Approach to online subspace and robust subspace learning
A Unified Geometric Approach to online subspace and robust subspace learning

Mar 9, 2018
Mark D. Gross
Mark D. Gross
Professor of Computer Science and the director of the ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder
Design, Making, and Creativity (or Polymaths Unite!)
Design, Making, and Creativity (or Polymaths Unite!)

Feb 16, 2018
Tom Mitchell
Tom Mitchell
E. Fredkin University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University
Using Machine Learning to Study How Brains Represent Language Meaning
Using Machine Learning to Study How Brains Represent Language Meaning

Feb 2, 2018
Sheelagh Carpendale
Sheelagh Carpendale
University of Calgary
Data Visualization for an Informed Society
Data Visualization for an Informed Society

Jan 12, 2018
Alex Szalay
Alex Szalay
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Arts and Sciences and Whiting School of Engineering
Numerical Laboratories: the Road to Exascale
Numerical Laboratories: the Road to Exascale

Dec 8, 2017
Gerhard A. Holzapfel, Ph.D.
Gerhard A. Holzapfel, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomechanics, Head Graz University of Technology Institute of Biomechanics
How can imaging modalities be used to shed more light upon the modeling of cardiovascular diseases?
How can imaging modalities be used to shed more light upon the modeling of cardiovascular diseases?

Nov 10, 2017
M. Alex O. Vasilescu
M. Alex O. Vasilescu
Assoc. Director, UCLA Computer Vision and Graphics Lab
You’ve got Data, We’ve got Tensors: Linear and Multilinear Tensor Decompositions
You’ve got Data, We’ve got Tensors: Linear and Multilinear Tensor Decompositions

Sep 29, 2017
Jessie Kennedy
Jessie Kennedy
Dean, Research & Innovation, Edinburgh Napier University
Visualization and Taxonomy
Visualization and Taxonomy

Sep 22, 2017
Cleve Moler
Cleve Moler
Chairman and Co-Founder, MathWorks
Evolution of MATLAB
Evolution of MATLAB

Apr 21, 2017
Gunther Uhlmann
Gunther Uhlmann
Walker Family Endowed Professor of Mathematics, University of Washington
Travel Time Tomography
Travel Time Tomography

Mar 24, 2017
Ulrich Ruede
Ulrich Ruede
Chair for Simulation at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Not Yet At Extreme Scale Simulation
Not Yet At Extreme Scale Simulation

Mar 3, 2017
David C. Van Essen
David C. Van Essen
Alumni Endowed Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Washington University in St. Louis
Human Cerebral Cortex: Structure, Function, Connectivity, Development, and Evolution
Human Cerebral Cortex: Structure, Function, Connectivity, Development, and Evolution

Feb 17, 2017
Bongshin Lee
Bongshin Lee
Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research
Telling Data-Driven Stories with Visualization
Telling Data-Driven Stories with Visualization

Feb 3, 2017
Leslie Greengard
Leslie Greengard
Silver Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Courant Institute, New York University
Inverse problems in acoustic scattering and cryo-electron microscopy
Inverse problems in acoustic scattering and cryo-electron microscopy

Jan 20, 2017
Terrence Sejnowski
Terrence Sejnowski
Salk Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Diego
Space-time Computing in Dendritic Spines
Space-time Computing in Dendritic Spines

Jan 13, 2017
Carla Gomes
Carla Gomes
Professor and Director, Institute for Computational Sustainability, Cornell University
Computational Sustainability
Computational Sustainability

Nov 11, 2016
Ronny Ramlau
Ronny Ramlau
Scientific Director, RICAM
Inverse Problems in Adaptive Optics
Inverse Problems in Adaptive Optics

Oct 21, 2016
Michael Holst
Michael Holst
Professor of Mathematics and Physics, UC San Diego
A Look at Some Mathematics Research Problems in General Relativity
A Look at Some Mathematics Research Problems in General Relativity

Apr 15, 2016
Joel Primack
Joel Primack
University of California, Santa Cruz
New Insights on Galaxy Formation from Observations and Simulations
New Insights on Galaxy Formation from Observations and Simulations

Apr 8, 2016
Susan Holmes
Susan Holmes
The John Henry Samter University Fellow In Undergraduate Education And Professor of Statistics, Stanford Medicine
Applying the principles of good registration to the visualization of uncertainty
Applying the principles of good registration to the visualization of uncertainty

Mar 11, 2016
John Plunkett and Barbara Kuhr
John Plunkett and Barbara Kuhr
plunkett-kuhr.com
The Emotional Power of Data
The Emotional Power of Data

Feb 26, 2016
Hank Driskill
Hank Driskill
Disney Animations
The Continuum of Development at Walt Disney Animation Studios
The Continuum of Development at Walt Disney Animation Studios

Feb 12, 2016
Maneesh Agrawala
Maneesh Agrawala
Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Stanford University
Redesigning, Reusing and Revitalizing Existing Charts and Graphs
Redesigning, Reusing and Revitalizing Existing Charts and Graphs

Feb 5, 2016
Thomas Ertl
Thomas Ertl
Visualization Research Center (VISUS), University of Stuttgart, Germany
More Joy with Visualization
More Joy with Visualization

Oct 23, 2015
Carl Kesselman
Carl Kesselman
University of Southern California
Accelerating Data Driven Scientific Discovery: Man-Machine Symbiosis Redux
Accelerating Data Driven Scientific Discovery: Man-Machine Symbiosis Redux

Oct 9, 2015
Henry Fuchs
Henry Fuchs
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Virtual Reality: the next platform or the next bubble?
Virtual Reality: the next platform or the next bubble?

Oct 2, 2015
Dimitri Kusnezov
Dimitri Kusnezov
Chief Scientist, US Department of Energy/NNSA
The Interface of Prediction
The Interface of Prediction

Sep 25, 2015
Jean-Daniel Fekete
Jean-Daniel Fekete
University of Paris
Visualizing Large and Dense Graphs
Visualizing Large and Dense Graphs

Sep 4, 2015
Lawrence Frank
Lawrence Frank
University of California, San Diego
Imaging as Exploration
Imaging as Exploration

Apr 17, 2015
Stan Osher
Stan Osher
Professor of Mathematics & Director of Applied Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles
What sparsity and L1 optimization can do for you
What sparsity and L1 optimization can do for you

Apr 3, 2015
Peter J. Bickel
Peter J. Bickel
Professor of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley
The ENCODE Project and Us
The ENCODE Project and Us

Mar 27, 2015
Grace Wahba
Grace Wahba
University of Wisconsin
Analysis of Variance in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces, Distance Correlation, and Why Mortality Runs in Families
Analysis of Variance in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces, Distance Correlation, and Why Mortality Runs in Families

Mar 13, 2015
Tamara G. Kolda
Tamara G. Kolda
Sandia National Laboratory
Tensor Analysis for Sparse and Network Data
Tensor Analysis for Sparse and Network Data

Jan 30, 2015
George Karniadakis
George Karniadakis
The Charles Pitts Robinson and John Palmer Barstow Professor of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Division of Applied Mathematics
From Stochastic Modeling to Fractional Modeling – New Tools in Large-Scale Simulations
From Stochastic Modeling to Fractional Modeling – New Tools in Large-Scale Simulations

Oct 31, 2014
Jeffrey Anderson
Jeffrey Anderson
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Building State-of-the-Art Forecast Systems with the Ensemble Kalman Filter
Building State-of-the-Art Forecast Systems with the Ensemble Kalman Filter

Oct 3, 2014
Ruediger Westermann
Ruediger Westermann
Technical University of Munich
Big Data Visualization in Research and Development – from Galaxies to Visual Effects on Desktop PCs
Big Data Visualization in Research and Development – from Galaxies to Visual Effects on Desktop PCs

Apr 18, 2014
Nicholas Zabaras
Nicholas Zabaras
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University
An Information Theoretic Approach towards Predictive Materials Modeling
An Information Theoretic Approach towards Predictive Materials Modeling

Apr 11, 2014
Adolfy Hoisie
Adolfy Hoisie
Laboratory Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Modeling-based Co-design of Exascale Systems and Applications
Modeling-based Co-design of Exascale Systems and Applications

Mar 28, 2014
Prabhakar Raghavan
Prabhakar Raghavan
Vice President of Strategic Technologies at Google
Why Computer Scientists Need to Understand Consumer Behavior
Why Computer Scientists Need to Understand Consumer Behavior

Mar 21, 2014
Roger D. Kamm
Roger D. Kamm
Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Biological and Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Studies of Single Cell and Cell Population Behaviors in 3D Co-Culture Microfluidic Systems
Studies of Single Cell and Cell Population Behaviors in 3D Co-Culture Microfluidic Systems

Feb 28, 2014
Per Christian Hansen
Per Christian Hansen
DTU Compute, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark
Repeated Blurring Operations Produce Sharper Images: Image Deblurring with Krylov Subspace Methods
Repeated Blurring Operations Produce Sharper Images: Image Deblurring with Krylov Subspace Methods

Jan 31, 2014
Ben Shneiderman
Ben Shneiderman
University of Maryland–College Park
Information Visualization for Knowledge Discovery
Information Visualization for Knowledge Discovery

Jan 17, 2014
Anders Ynnerman
Anders Ynnerman
Professor in Scientific Visualization, Linkpings University
Medical Visualization – Within and Beyond The Hospital Walls
Medical Visualization – Within and Beyond The Hospital Walls

Nov 8, 2013
Mark Ainsworth
Mark Ainsworth
Professor of Applied Mathematics, Brown University
Pyramid algorithms for Bernstein-Bezier finite elements of high, non-uniform order in any dimension
Pyramid algorithms for Bernstein-Bezier finite elements of high, non-uniform order in any dimension

Oct 11, 2013
J. Tinsley Oden
J. Tinsley Oden
Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES), The University of Texas at Austin
The Emergence of Predictive Computational Science: Validation and Verification of Computational Models of Complex Physical Systems
The Emergence of Predictive Computational Science: Validation and Verification of Computational Models of Complex Physical Systems

Oct 4, 2013
Matthew P. Scott
Matthew P. Scott
Howard H. and Jessie T. Watkins University Professor and Professor of Developmental Biology, Genetics, Bioengineering, and Biology, Stanford University
Communicating with Hedgehogs: Transduction and Gene Regulation
Communicating with Hedgehogs: Transduction and Gene Regulation

Apr 19, 2013
George Spirou, PhD
George Spirou, PhD
Director, Center for Neuroscience, West Virginia University School of Medicine
Structural Dynamics of Developing Neural Circuits at Nanoscale Resolution
Structural Dynamics of Developing Neural Circuits at Nanoscale Resolution

Apr 12, 2013
Alfio Quarteroni
Alfio Quarteroni
Professor of Mathematics, EPFL
The Challenge of Complexity in Numerical Simulations
The Challenge of Complexity in Numerical Simulations

Mar 8, 2013
James E. Ferrell, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
James E. Ferrell, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Chemical and Systems Biology, and Professor of Biochemistry, Stanford University
Bistability and Trigger Waves in Mitosis
Bistability and Trigger Waves in Mitosis

Feb 15, 2013
Tamara Munzner
Tamara Munzner
Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia
Dimensionality Reduction From Several Angles
Dimensionality Reduction From Several Angles

Feb 13, 2013
Xavier Pennec
Xavier Pennec
INRIA, France
The stationary velocity field framework for modeling the progression of Alzheimer’s disease
The stationary velocity field framework for modeling the progression of Alzheimer’s disease

Feb 12, 2013
Danny Alexander
Danny Alexander
Professor of Imaging Science, University College London
Microstructure imaging with diffusion MRI
Microstructure imaging with diffusion MRI

Jan 25, 2013
Michael Goodchild
Michael Goodchild
Emeritus Professor of Geography, UC Santa Barbra
Communicating Geospatial Uncertainty
Communicating Geospatial Uncertainty

Dec 7, 2012
Mary Czerwinski
Mary Czerwinski
Visualization and Interaction (VIBE) Research Group, Microsoft Research
Emotion Tracking for Memory, Health and Awareness
Emotion Tracking for Memory, Health and Awareness

Sep 28, 2012
Catherine Plaisant
Catherine Plaisant
University of Maryland
Interactive Visualizations of Temporal Event Sequences (with a focus on Electronic Health Record data)
Interactive Visualizations of Temporal Event Sequences (with a focus on Electronic Health Record data)

Sep 14, 2012
Daniel Rueckert
Daniel Rueckert
Professor of Visual Information Processing, Imperial College London
Machine learning meets medical imaging: From signals to clinically useful information
Machine learning meets medical imaging: From signals to clinically useful information

Apr 13, 2012
Fran Berman
Fran Berman
Vice President for Research and Professor of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Got Data? Building a Sustainable Digital Environment for Innovation in the Information Age
Got Data? Building a Sustainable Digital Environment for Innovation in the Information Age

Apr 6, 2012
Ben Santer
Ben Santer
Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
A Life in Climate Science: From Identification of a “Discernible Human Influence” on Climate to Identification of the “Top Ten” Climate Models
A Life in Climate Science: From Identification of a “Discernible Human Influence” on Climate to Identification of the “Top Ten” Climate Models

Mar 23, 2012
Heinz-Otto Peitgen
Heinz-Otto Peitgen
Fraunhofer MEVIS – Institute for Medical Image Computing
Medical Image Computing and Liver Surgery Planning
Medical Image Computing and Liver Surgery Planning

Mar 2, 2012
Stephen Smith
Stephen Smith
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
The Synaptome Meets the Connectome: Fathoming the Deep Diversity of CNS Synapses
The Synaptome Meets the Connectome: Fathoming the Deep Diversity of CNS Synapses

Feb 10, 2012
Jack Dongarra
Jack Dongarra
University of Tennessee/ORNL
On the Future of High Performance Computing: How to Think for Peta and Exascale Computing
On the Future of High Performance Computing: How to Think for Peta and Exascale Computing

Jan 27, 2012
Scott Delp
Scott Delp
James H. Clark Professor of Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University
Insights from simulating gait dynamics and disorders
Insights from simulating gait dynamics and disorders

Jan 20, 2012
Gene Myers
Gene Myers
Group Leader HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus
On Bioimage Informatics and Decoding Genomes
On Bioimage Informatics and Decoding Genomes

Oct 21, 2011
Bernhard Preim
Bernhard Preim
Department of Simulation and Graphics, University of Magdeburg
Visual Exploration of Simulated and Measured Blood Flow Data
Visual Exploration of Simulated and Measured Blood Flow Data

Apr 29, 2011
Simon Warfield
Simon Warfield
Professor and Director of Radiology Research, Director of the Computational Radiology Laboratory (CRL) in the Department of Radiology at Children’s Hospital, Harvard University
Assessing diffusion features of white matter in tuberous sclerosis and autism
Assessing diffusion features of white matter in tuberous sclerosis and autism

Apr 22, 2011
Rai Winslow
Rai Winslow
Johns Hopkins University
50 Years of Heart Modeling: Many Answers, Many More Questions
50 Years of Heart Modeling: Many Answers, Many More Questions

Apr 13, 2011
Sir Richard J. Roberts
Sir Richard J. Roberts
Nobel Laureate, Physiology and Medicine, 1993 and Chief Scientific Officer, New England Biolabs
COMBREX – Genomes, computers and experimentation in biology
COMBREX – Genomes, computers and experimentation in biology

Apr 8, 2011
Charlie Van Loan
Charlie Van Loan
Department of Computer Science, Cornell University
Block Tensor Computations
Block Tensor Computations

Apr 4, 2011
Jack Van Wijk
Jack Van Wijk
Eindhoven University of Technology
InfoVis from Eindhoven
InfoVis from Eindhoven

Apr 1, 2011
Chandra Bajaj
Chandra Bajaj
Director of Center for Computational Visualization, University of Texas at Austin
Accelerating Scientific Discovery using Electron Microscopy and Molecular Modeling
Accelerating Scientific Discovery using Electron Microscopy and Molecular Modeling

Feb 18, 2011
Emmanuel Candes
Emmanuel Candes
Stanford University
Robust principal component analysis? Advances in low-rank matrix modeling: some theory and some applications
Robust principal component analysis? Advances in low-rank matrix modeling: some theory and some applications

Feb 11, 2011
Trevor Hastie
Trevor Hastie
Stanford University
Learning with Sparsity
Learning with Sparsity

Jan 21, 2011
Don Tucker
Don Tucker
CEO, Electrical Geodesics, Inc., Professor of Psychology, Associate Director NeuroInformatics Center, University of Oregon
Anatomical Constraints for Dense Array Electroencephalographic Source Localization
Anatomical Constraints for Dense Array Electroencephalographic Source Localization

November 12, 2010
Kwan-Liu Ma
Kwan-Liu Ma
Professor of Computer Science, UC Davis
Techniques for Making Sense of Large, Complex Data
Techniques for Making Sense of Large, Complex Data

April 30, 2010
Larry Smarr
Larry Smarr
Harry E. Gruber Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
The Growing Interdependence of the Internet and Climate Change
The Growing Interdependence of the Internet and Climate Change

April 23, 2010
Manish Parashar
Manish Parashar
Rutgers University
Addressing Complexity in Emerging Cyber-Ecosystems – Exploring the Role of Autonomics in Emerging Computational Applications
Addressing Complexity in Emerging Cyber-Ecosystems – Exploring the Role of Autonomics in Emerging Computational Applications

April 16, 2010
Omar Ghattas
Omar Ghattas
University of Texas, Austin
Petascale adaptive mesh methods, with applications to solid earth geophysics problems
Petascale adaptive mesh methods, with applications to solid earth geophysics problems

March 12, 2010
Gregory Hager
Gregory Hager
Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics, Johns Hopkins University
Computational Modeling and Enhancement of Surgical Skill
Computational Modeling and Enhancement of Surgical Skill

February 19, 2010
Gabriel Taubin
Gabriel Taubin
Associate Professor of Engineering and Computer Science, Brown University
Surface Deformations Driven by Vector-Valued 1-Forms
Surface Deformations Driven by Vector-Valued 1-Forms

January 29, 2010
Jacqueline H. Chen
Jacqueline H. Chen
Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories
Petascale Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Combustion: Challenges and Opportunities
Petascale Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Combustion: Challenges and Opportunities

December 11, 2009
David Banks
David Banks
UT/ORNL Joint Institute for Computational Sciences
Talking to a Scientist about Visualization
Talking to a Scientist about Visualization

April 24, 2009
Felice Frankel
Felice Frankel
Senior Research Fellow, Director, Envisioning Science Program, Harvard University
More Than Pretty Pictures
More Than Pretty Pictures

April 17, 2009
Dennis Gannon
Dennis Gannon
Cloud Computing Futures Center Microsoft Research
The Challenges of Cloud Computing
The Challenges of Cloud Computing

April 6, 2009
William Dally
William Dally
NVIDIA
Stream Programming: Parallel Processing Made Simple
Stream Programming: Parallel Processing Made Simple

February 27, 2009
Jose Principe
Jose Principe
Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida
Co-Adaptive Brain Machine Interfaces
Co-Adaptive Brain Machine Interfaces

Feb 20, 2009
Herbert Edelsbrunner
Herbert Edelsbrunner
Duke University
Stability of the Fold
Stability of the Fold

Feb 19, 2009
Mario Hlawitschka
Mario Hlawitschka
University of California, Davis
Tensor Lines Revisited – a unified way of defining line structures
Tensor Lines Revisited – a unified way of defining line structures

May 2, 2008
Tom Hughes
Tom Hughes
Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, University of Texas
Isogeometric Analysis: Progress and Challenges
Isogeometric Analysis: Progress and Challenges

Mar 24, 2008
Andy van Dam
Andy van Dam
Brown University
When is the Pen Mightier Than the Keyboard?
When is the Pen Mightier Than the Keyboard?

November 2, 2007
Eduard Gröller
Eduard Gröller
Associate Professor of Practical Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology
Visualization with Style
Visualization with Style

October 22, 2007
Marsha Berger
Marsha Berger
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Cartesian Cut Cell Methods: Where Do Things Stand?
Cartesian Cut Cell Methods: Where Do Things Stand?

May 25, 2007
George Haller
George Haller
Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Where do particles go in fluid flows?
Where do particles go in fluid flows?

April 18, 2007
Amitabh Varshney
Amitabh Varshney
Computer Science and UMIACS, University of Maryland
Saliency-Guided Visualization and Persuasion
Saliency-Guided Visualization and Persuasion

December 1, 2006
Lee Hood
Lee Hood
The Institute for Systems Biology
Systems Biology and Systems Medicine: Computational Challenges
Systems Biology and Systems Medicine: Computational Challenges

November 17, 2006
Adrian Bejan
Adrian Bejan
J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Duke University
The constructal law of generation of configuration in nature
The constructal law of generation of configuration in nature

September 22, 2006
Michael Miller
Michael Miller
Center for Imaging Science, Whiting School of Engineering, John Hopkins University
The Emergent Discipline of Computational Anatomy
The Emergent Discipline of Computational Anatomy

May 5, 2006
Bart M. ter Haar Romeny, PhD
Bart M. ter Haar Romeny, PhD
Eindhoven University of Technology
Biologically Inspired Algorithm Development for Computer-aided Diagnosis
Biologically Inspired Algorithm Development for Computer-aided Diagnosis

Apr 17, 2006
Natalia Trayanova
Natalia Trayanova
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University
Virtual Reality in the Race against Sudden Cardiac Death
Virtual Reality in the Race against Sudden Cardiac Death

March 17, 2006
Don Geman
Don Geman
Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Center for Imaging Science, Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute, & the Institute for Computational Medicine, John Hopkins University
Efficiency-driven Computational Vision
Efficiency-driven Computational Vision

March 10, 2006
Ian Foster
Ian Foster
Arthur Holly Compton Professor of Computer Science, University of Chicago
Service-Oriented Science
Service-Oriented Science

February 13, 2006
Russ Altman
Russ Altman
Departments of Genetics, Bioengineering, & Medicine, Stanford University
Challenges in Creating an Infrastructure for Physics-Based Simulation of Biological Structures
Challenges in Creating an Infrastructure for Physics-Based Simulation of Biological Structures

January 5, 2006
Guido Gerig
Guido Gerig
Taylor Grandy Professor of Computer Science and Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Neuroimaging: What can we learn about brain development?
Neuroimaging: What can we learn about brain development?

November 11, 2005
Gene H. Golub
Gene H. Golub
Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University
Arnoldi-type algorithms for computing stationary distribution vectors, with application to PageRank
Arnoldi-type algorithms for computing stationary distribution vectors, with application to PageRank

October 21, 2005
Stephen Pizer
Stephen Pizer
Kenan Professor of Computer Science, Radiology, Radiation Oncology, & Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina
From radiation treatment planning and delivery, via theory and algorithms, to visualized 3D segmentations
From radiation treatment planning and delivery, via theory and algorithms, to visualized 3D segmentations

September 30, 2005
Horst D. Simon
Horst D. Simon
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
What Supercomputers Still Can’t Do
What Supercomputers Still Can’t Do

May 10, 2005
Eric de Sturler
Eric de Sturler
Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fast Solvers for Long Sequences of Linear Systems
Fast Solvers for Long Sequences of Linear Systems

April 22, 2005
Jim Demmel
Jim Demmel
Mathematics and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
The future of numerical linear algebra libraries: Automatic tuning of sparse matrix codes, & the next LAPACK and ScaLAPACK
The future of numerical linear algebra libraries: Automatic tuning of sparse matrix codes, & the next LAPACK and ScaLAPACK

April 13, 2005
Antonio M. Baptista
Antonio M. Baptista
Department of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, Oregon Health & Science University
Coastal-margin Observatories: State-of-the-art, Challenges and Opportunities
Coastal-margin Observatories: State-of-the-art, Challenges and Opportunities

April 11, 2005
Demetri Terzopoulos
Demetri Terzopoulos
New York University
Artificial Life for Image Synthesis and Analysis
Artificial Life for Image Synthesis and Analysis

April 4, 2005
Daniel Cohen-Or
Daniel Cohen-Or
Associate Professor Computer Science, Tel-Aviv University
Differential Coordinates and Least-Squares Meshes
Differential Coordinates and Least-Squares Meshes

April 1, 2005
Bharat K. Soni
Bharat K. Soni
Mechanical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham
High Fidelity Simulations & Enabling Technologies for Scientific, Engineering, & Biomedical Emerging Applications
High Fidelity Simulations & Enabling Technologies for Scientific, Engineering, & Biomedical Emerging Applications

March 23, 2005
Herbert Edelsbrunner
Herbert Edelsbrunner
Computer Science and Mathematics, Duke University
Steps into Computational Algebraic Topology
Steps into Computational Algebraic Topology

March 3, 2005
Michael A. Puso
Michael A. Puso
Methods Development Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Segment-to-Segment Mortar Based Contact Modeling
Segment-to-Segment Mortar Based Contact Modeling

February 25, 2005
Geoffrey West
Geoffrey West
Santa Fe Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory
The Origin of Universal Scaling Laws in Biology from Genes and Cells to Whales and Ecosystems
The Origin of Universal Scaling Laws in Biology from Genes and Cells to Whales and Ecosystems

February 11, 2005
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
Assistant Professor: Division of Biomechanical Engineering, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University
High-Tech Healing Predicting Outcomes of Cardiovascular Interventions
High-Tech Healing Predicting Outcomes of Cardiovascular Interventions

December 3, 2004
Phil Colella
Phil Colella
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Applied Numerical Algorithms Group
Adaptive Mesh Refinement Algorithms and Software
Adaptive Mesh Refinement Algorithms and Software

April 2, 2004
Peter J. Ortoleva
Peter J. Ortoleva
Distinguished Professor, Theoretical Chemistry, Indiana University
Multiple Scale Modeling of Cellular and Viral Systems
Multiple Scale Modeling of Cellular and Viral Systems

February 20, 2004
Roger Ghanem
Roger Ghanem
Department of Civil Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University
Perspectives on Computational Stochastic Mechanics
Perspectives on Computational Stochastic Mechanics

October 30, 2003
Jack Dongarra
Jack Dongarra
Innovative Computing Laboratory, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Tennessee
An Overview of High Performance and the Computational Grid
An Overview of High Performance and the Computational Grid

September 24, 2003
Edward W. Hsu
Edward W. Hsu
Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Diffusion Tensor Microscopy: From Molecules to Organs
Diffusion Tensor Microscopy: From Molecules to Organs

August 7, 2003
Philipp Slusallek
Philipp Slusallek
Computer Graphics Lab, Saarland University, Saarbrücken
Realtime Global Illumination on PCs
Realtime Global Illumination on PCs

May 23, 2003
Brian A. Wandell
Brian A. Wandell
Professor: Psychology Department & Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Computational Neuroimaging: Visual Perception, Plasticity, and Development
Computational Neuroimaging: Visual Perception, Plasticity, and Development

April 11, 2003
Torsten Moller
Torsten Moller
Assistant Professor, Computing Science, Simon Fraser University
Volume Graphics Challenges
Volume Graphics Challenges

April 4, 2003
Gene H. Golub
Gene H. Golub
Fletcher Jones Professor, Computer Science, Stanford
Shape from Moments
Shape from Moments

March 3, 2003
Hans-Peter Bunge
Hans-Peter Bunge
Chair of Geophysics, University of Munich
History matching in Circulation Models of the Earth’s mantle: Inferring past mantle structure and flow from seismic tomography and plate motion histories
History matching in Circulation Models of the Earth’s mantle: Inferring past mantle structure and flow from seismic tomography and plate motion histories

February 26, 2003
Spencer Sherwin
Spencer Sherwin
Senior Lecturer, Aeronautics, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine
Arteries and Algorithms: From 1D Vascular Modelling to 3D Bypass Graft
Arteries and Algorithms: From 1D Vascular Modelling to 3D Bypass Graft

February 21, 2003
Henry Tufo
Henry Tufo
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder
Terascale Spectral Element Algorithms and Implementations
Terascale Spectral Element Algorithms and Implementations

January 31, 2003
Arye Nehorai
Arye Nehorai
Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
EEG/MEG Error Bounds for a Static Dipole Source with a Realistic Head Model
EEG/MEG Error Bounds for a Static Dipole Source with a Realistic Head Model

January 27, 2003
Craig C. Douglas
Craig C. Douglas
Professor and Associate Director of Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, & Center for Computational Sciences, Yale University
Acceleration Techniques for the Spectral Element Ocean Model Methodology
Acceleration Techniques for the Spectral Element Ocean Model Methodology

January, 10, 2003
Robert Root-Bernstein
Robert Root-Bernstein
Department of Physiology, Michigan Sate University
Art Fosters Science: A New Paradigm for Stimulating Innnovation
Art Fosters Science: A New Paradigm for Stimulating Innnovation

November 15, 2002
Jonathan Richard Shewchuk
Jonathan Richard Shewchuk
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
Constrained Delaunay Tetrahedralizations and Provably Good Mesh Generation
Constrained Delaunay Tetrahedralizations and Provably Good Mesh Generation

November 8, 2002
Martin Rumpf
Martin Rumpf
Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing, University of Duisburg
A Unified Perspective to Image and Surface Processing
A Unified Perspective to Image and Surface Processing

October 21, 2002
Daniela Calvetti
Daniela Calvetti
Department of Mathematics, Case Western Reserve University
Iterative Methods for Tikhonov Regularization
Iterative Methods for Tikhonov Regularization

October 21, 2002
Lothar Reichel
Lothar Reichel
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Kent State University
Iterative Methods for Large-Scale Non-Selfadjoint Ill-Posed Problems
Iterative Methods for Large-Scale Non-Selfadjoint Ill-Posed Problems