Computational Science Research Center

Computational Science Research Center

Student Research Symposium 2017

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 […]

2017 SPRING 2017

Ensuring Mesh Objectivity in Multiscale Progressive Failure Analysis of Advance Composites

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 […]

2017 SPRING 2017

Deep Learning Theory and Applications in the Natural Sciences

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 […]

2017 SPRING 2017

The Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer

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. […]

2017 SPRING 2017

The Emergent Heart Function: From Genetic Mutations to Architectural Malformations

Date of the Event: February 3, 2017

TITLE: The Emergent Heart Function: From Genetic Mutations to Architectural Malformations DATE: Friday, February 3rd, 2017 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Dr. Anna Grosberg, Cardiovascular Modeling Laboratory, UC Irvine. ABSTRACT: The heart√¢¬Ä¬ôs primary function is to generate pressure to move blood throughout the body, which is normally accomplished with striking efficiency and is […]

2017 SPRING 2017

Enabling Computation for Machine Learning Algorithms Inspired by Neurobiology

Date of the Event: January 27, 2017

TITLE: Enabling Computation for Machine Learning Algorithms Inspired by Neurobiology DATE: Friday, January 27th, 2017 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Dr. Doug Bergman, Algorithmic Data Scientist at KnuEdge ABSTRACT: Natural neural systems tightly couple a wide diversity of neuron types and connections to perform extremely efficient pattern recognition processing with very little training. […]

2017 SPRING 2017

Finding and Understanding Cortical Maps — It’s Maps All the Way Up

Date of the Event: January 20, 2017

TITLE: Finding and Understanding Cortical Maps — It’s Maps All the Way Up DATE: Friday, January 20th, 2017 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Dr. Marty Sereno, Department of Psychology SDSU ABSTRACT: Topological maps of receptor sheets have long been known to characterize early stages of sensory processing in the brain. But two-dimensional topological […]

2017 SPRING 2017