Computational Science Research Center
Date of the Event: December 9, 2011
TITLE: A SIMPLE MODEL FOR THE MUCUS DISTRIBUTION IN A LUNG WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS DATE: Friday, Dec 9th, 2011 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Sara Zarei. Computational Science Research Center. San Diego State University. ABSTRACT: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common autosomal recessive disease in Caucasians associated with early mortality with a […]
Date of the Event: December 2, 2011
TITLE: THE EFFECT OF BATHYMETRIC PROFILE ON THE STRUCTURE OF COASTAL OCEAN UPWELLING DATE: Friday, Dec 2nd, 2011 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Paul Choboter. Department of Mathematics. Cal Poly State University. ABSTRACT: Joseph Pedlosky’s dynamical model of coastal ocean upwelling is elegantly simple, yet complex enough to possess rich and subtle dynamics. […]
Date of the Event: November 4, 2011
TITLE: FLOW-INDUCED DENSITY GRADIENTS IN MICROSCALE FLOWS DATE: Friday, Now 18th, 2011 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Antonio Redondo Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM ABSTRACT: We report the results of non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of pressure-driven flows of liquid argon in planar conduits. At equilibrium our molecular dynamics results are in […]
Date of the Event: November 4, 2011
TITLE: FLOW-INDUCED DENSITY GRADIENTS IN MICROSCALE FLOWS DATE: Friday, Now 18th, 2011 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Antonio Redondo Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM ABSTRACT: We report the results of non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of pressure-driven flows of liquid argon in planar conduits. At equilibrium our molecular dynamics results are in […]
Date of the Event: October 28, 2011
TITLE: HILBERT-HUANG TRANSFORM ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL PRECIPITATION DATASETS SINCE 1900 DATE: Friday, Oct 28th, 2011 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Samuel Shen Department of Mathematics and Statistics San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Average precipitation over the entire Earth is an important measure of global climate change. However, significant differences exist among the satellite […]
Date of the Event: October 21, 2011
TITLE: CHARACTERIZATION, EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING STUDY OF REACTIVE FLOW IN CARBONATES DATE: Friday, Oct 21th, 2011 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Yelena Sholokhova Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) ABSTRACT: The Weyburn-Midale reservoir is dominated by carbonate mineralogy that will partially dissolve as the acid CO2-rich waters used in the EOR operation react with […]
Date of the Event: October 14, 2011
TITLE: ANALYSIS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND DYNAMICS OF PROTEINS IN CELL MEMBRANES DATE: Friday, Oct 14th, 2011 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Stanly Steinberg and Flor Espinoza The Center for Spatiotemporal Modeling of Cell Signaling (STMC) Department of Mathematics Department of Pathology University of New Mexico ABSTRACT: Cells communicate with the outside world […]
Date of the Event: October 7, 2011
TITLE: INTRODUCTION OF NON-LINEAR ELASTICITY MODELS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF SHAPE AND DEFORMATION STATISTICS: APPLICATION TO CONTRACTILITY ASSESSMENT OF ISOLATED ADULT CARDIOCYTES DATE: Friday, Oct 7th, 2011 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Carlos Bazan, Ph.D. Computational Science Research Center. San Diego State University. ABSTRACT: We are exploring the viability of a novel approach to […]
Date of the Event: September 30, 2011
TITLE: BAYESIAN COMMUNITY-WIDE CULTURE-INDEPENDENT MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING DATE: Friday, Sep 30th, 2011 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Scott Kelley Department of Biology. San Diego State University. ABSTRACT: Contamination is a critical issue in high-throughput metagenomic studies, yet progress toward a comprehensive solution has been limited. We present SourceTracker, a Bayesian approach to estimate […]
Date of the Event: September 23, 2011
TITLE: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK: AUTOMATING THE DETECTION OF DOLPHIN WHISTLES IN COMPLEX AUDITORY SCENES DATE: Friday, Sep 23th, 2011 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Marie Roch Department of Computer Science. San Diego State University. ABSTRACT: Toothed whales and dolphins produce a variety of sounds for navigation and communication. This talk will focus […]