Computational Science Research Center
Date of the Event: December 5, 2008
TITLE: WPC SCIENCE FOR MANAGING RISKS DATE: Friday, December 5th, 2008 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Mr. Craig Tillman, President, Weather Predict Consulting, Raleigh, North Carolina ABSTRACT: This talk will introduce the science and engineering capabilities of Weather Predict Consulting (WPC) in risk management. The topics will include WPC resources and capabilities, modeling […]
Date of the Event: November 21, 2008
TITLE: FIGHTING INFLUENZA VIRUSES USING SUPER COMPUTERS DATE: Friday, November 21, 2008 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dong Xu, NIH Center of National Biomedical Computation Resource, McCammon Group/Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry ,University of California, San Diego ABSTRACT: The new highly lethal avian influenza virus strains H5N1 poses a serious pandemic threat. Continuing […]
Date of the Event: November 14, 2008
TITLE: COMPUTATIONAL CHALLENGES IN STRUCTURE BASED DRUG DESIGN DATE: Friday, November 14th, 2008 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: G. Narahari Sastry, Ph.D., Molecular Modeling Group, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology ABSTRACT: One of the most promising and challenging areas for the application of computational techniques is in lead […]
Date of the Event: November 7, 2008
TITLE: QUANTIFYING THE PREDICTABILITY OF NOISY NONLINEAR BIOGEOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS DATE: Friday, November 7th, 2008 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Barbara A. Bailey, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Statistical modeling of dynamical systems makes the estimation and construction of confidence intervals for interesting quantities from data possible. When noise […]
Date of the Event: October 31, 2008
TITLE: ESTIMATION OF IONOSPHERIC WEATHER USING DATA ASSIMILATION DATE: Friday, October 31st, 2008 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Miguel Dumett, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, NASA, University of Southern California, Department of Mathematics ABSTRACT: The presence of electrons and ions in the ionosphere affects wireless communication. Accurate predictions of ionospheric weather is a difficult […]
Date of the Event: October 24, 2008
TITLE: ELECTROCHEMICALLY-CONTROLLED HYDROGEN BONDING DATE: Friday, October 24th, 2008 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Diane Smith, Associate Professor Analytical Chemistry, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Chemists today are truly masters of molecules – with increasing ease we connect together atoms to form an infinite variety of molecules from the very simple to the […]
Date of the Event: October 17, 2008
TITLE: WAVE BREAKING DISSIPATION IN WAVE/CURRENT INTERACTIONS DATE: Friday, October 17th, 2008 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Juan M. Restrepo, Uncertainty Quantification Group Leader, Mathematics Department and Physics Department, University of Arizona ABSTRACT: Stochastic parameterization is employed to capture the effect of wave breaking dissipation and diffusion in a balanced and comprehensive model […]
Date of the Event: October 10, 2008
TITLE: DYNAMIC AEROELASTICITY OF STRUCTURALLY NONLINEAR AIRPLANE CONFIGURATIONS USING MODALLY REDUCED LINEAR AERODYNAMIC MODELS DATE: Friday, October 10th, 2008 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Luciano Demasi, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Linear unsteady aerodynamic panel models have been the workhorse of airplane aeroelasticity for […]
Date of the Event: October 3, 2008
TITLE: AZIMUTHAL CHANNELS ON SATURN’S F RING AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH PROMETHEUS DATE: Friday, October 3rd, 2008 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Carlos E Chavez, Instituto de Astronomia Sede Ensenada, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico ABSTRACT: How Prometheus creates azimuthal structure in the F ring has been puzzling the scientists since these features […]
Date of the Event: September 26, 2008
TITLE: FARADAY WAVES IN BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES DATE: Friday, September 26th, 2008 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Ricardo Carretero, Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Group, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Traditional Faraday waves appear in a layer of liquid that is shaken vertically. These patterns can take the form of stripes, […]