Computational Science Research Center
Date of the Event: April 14, 2017
TITLE: Image and Video Analytics for Healthcare using neural networks. DATE: Friday, April 14th, 2017 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Mr. Prasad Kothari, Analytics Manager at PwC ABSTRACT: Image and Video Analytics has been most talked solution in healthcare and other sectors. Convolutional Neural Networks, Recurrent Neural Networks and adversarial neural networks have […]
Date of the Event: April 7, 2017
TITLE: Understanding regulatory DNA using evolution. DATE: Friday, April 7th, 2017 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Dr. Zeba Wunderlich, Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, UC Irvine. ABSTRACT: Our lab is interested is understanding the function and mechanisms of the regulatory DNA, e.g. enhancers, that encodes the gene regulatory networks driving diverse biological […]
Date of the Event: March 31, 2017
TITLE: [Rescheduled/Postponed] Whole Genome Sequencing in the Clinic DATE: Friday, March 31st, 2017 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Dr. Semyon Kruglyak, Director at Illumina. ABSTRACT: In Observation to Cesar Chavez Day this Colloquium has been rescheduled for next Fall. We have developed methods to analyze whole genome sequencing data and apply the results […]
Date of the Event: March 24, 2017
TITLE: Disordered Granular Chains DATE: Friday, March 24th, 2017 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Dr. Mason Porter, Department of Mathematics, UCLA ABSTRACT: Granular crystals are tightly packed arrangements of solid particles that deform on contact with each other. In this talk, I will give an introduction to granular crystals, and I will then […]
Date of the Event: March 17, 2017
TITLE: Design of Multi-phase Reacting Flow Processes for Synthesis of Nano-materials in Flames DATE: Friday, March 17th, 2017 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Dr. Joaquin Camacho, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SDSU. ABSTRACT: Flame-based nano-material synthesis and device fabrication processes are promising directions for developing emerging technologies. Complimentary computational and experimental approaches enable the […]
Date of the Event: March 10, 2017
TITLE: Highly Stable Glassy Carbon Interfaces for Long-Term Neural Stimulation and Low-Noise recording of Brain Activity Composites DATE: Friday, March 10th, 2017 TIME: 3:30PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Dr. Sam Kassegne, PhD, MEMS Research Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SDSU. Abstract: As research and clinical interest in interfacing microelectrodes with tissues, for applications ranging from […]
Date of the Event: March 3, 2017
TITLE: Student Research Symposium 2017 DATE: Friday, March 3rd, 2017 TIME: 8:30 AM – 6:30PM LOCATION: Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union SPEAKER: Special Reminder: The Computational Science Research Center gladly invites its attendants to the Student Research Symposium (SRS) 2017. More information at: http://srs.sdsu.edu/researchaffairs/student_research_symposium/ CSRC Colloquium will not be held this week. HOST: Dr. Elliot […]
Date of the Event: February 24, 2017
TITLE: Ensuring Mesh Objectivity in Multiscale Progressive Failure Analysis of Advance Composites DATE: Friday, February 24th, 2017 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Dr. Evan Pineda, Aerospace Research Engineer at NASA Glenn Research Center. ABSTRACT: Composite materials contain numerous inherent length scales. The globally observed damage and failure mechanisms are a culmination of the […]
Date of the Event: February 17, 2017
TITLE: Deep Learning Theory and Applications in the Natural Sciences DATE: Friday, February 17th, 2017 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Dr. Pierre Baldi, Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Director of the Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, and Associate Director of the Center for Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems at the […]
Date of the Event: February 10, 2017
TITLE: The Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer DATE: Friday, February 10th, 2017 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Dr. Christal Sohl, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, SDSU ABSTRACT: The Sohl lab explores the molecular consequences of enzyme mutations implicated in cancer, using enzyme kinetics, X-ray crystallography, and cellular models to establish the mechanisms of dysfunction. […]