Computational Science Research Center
Date of the Event: January 29, 2016
TITLE: Microbial and Phage Modeling DATE: Friday, January 29th, 2016 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Rob Edwards ABSTRACT: We are surrounded by bacteria and their viruses, and those microbes have evolved alongside us. The human microbiome projects around the world seek to explore the microbes in both healthy people and those with […]
Date of the Event: January 22, 2016
TITLE: Computational Science and Engineering Research Center DATE: Friday, January 22nd, 2016 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Jose Castillo. Director of the Computational Science Research Center at San Diego State University ABSTRACT: The mission of the Computational Science Research Center (CSRC), located at San Diego State University, is to promote development and […]
Date of the Event: December 4, 2015
TITLE: M2DO: Multiscale Multiphysics Design Optimization DATE: Friday, December 4th, 2015 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Alicia Kim. Structural Engineering Department, UCSD ABSTRACT: There has been a rise of research interests in two notable areas of engineering design. One is to use more high fidelity design in conceptual design stage and the […]
Date of the Event: November 20, 2015
TITLE: Retrieving the shape in an inverse elasto-acoustic scattering problem: A mathematical investigation and a multi-step solution methodology DATE: Friday, November 20, 2015 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Rabia Djellouli. Department of Mathematics & Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Science (IRIS) California State University Northridge ABSTRACT: The determination of the shape of […]
Date of the Event: November 13, 2015
TITLE: Geometric Ergodicity of Gibbs Samplers for Bayesian Mixed Models DATE: Friday, November 13, 2015 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Jorge Carlos Rom√ɬ°n. Assistant Professor, Statistics at SDSU ABSTRACT: Due to advances in Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods, the use of Bayesian statistical models in the applied sciences has increased dramatically […]
Date of the Event: November 6, 2015
TITLE: Towards More Robust and Reliable VLSI Circuits: A Data Mining Perspective DATE: Friday, November 6th, 2015 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Ke Huang. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SDSU ABSTRACT: Millions of Very-Large-Scale Integration (VLSI) devices are fabricated, tested and delivered to the open market every day. As a result, […]
Date of the Event: October 30, 2015
TITLE: Global binary optimization on graphs for classification of high dimensional data DATE: Friday, October 30, 2015 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Ekaterina Merkurjev. Department of Mathematics, UCSD ABSTRACT: In this talk, we develop a global minimization framework for segmentation of high dimensional data into two classes. It combines recent convex optimization […]
Date of the Event: October 23, 2015
TITLE: High Efficiency Wireless EV Charger Based on Capacitive Power Transfer Principle DATE: Friday, October 23, 2015 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Chris Mi. Director of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Capacitive power transfer (CPT) and inductive power transfer (IPT) are two effective methods to […]
Date of the Event: October 16, 2015
TITLE: From 2D Image Recognition to 3D Scene Reconstruction: A Restricted Turing Machine DATE: Friday, October 16, 2015 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Xiaobai Liu. Assistant Professor of Computer Science, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Computer Vision aims to answer two types of questions – what and where – that involve 2D […]
Date of the Event: October 9, 2015
TITLE: Modeling of aerodynamics of flapping wings and blades using Lattice Boltzmann method and high-order of approximation numerical schemes DATE: Friday, October 9th, 2015 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Alex Povitsky. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron ABSTRACT: Numerical model of aerodynamics of flapping wing in generalized pitching motion has been […]