Computational Science            
Northwestern Argonne
Spring Symposium on Computational Science & Engineering April 3, 2003
Many thanks to all who participated in the Spring Symposium! Photos have been posted.
Slides of some of the talks are available; look for the links in the schedule below.
LOCATION
Northwestern University's Norris Center, Louis Room
SCHEDULE


10:00
Opening Remarks Randall Q. Snurr
10:05
Welcome — Provost Lawrence Dumas
10:10
Overview of computational science and engineering at NU and Argonne — Jorge Nocedal
.
Algorithms and Computational Science
Jorge Nocedal, chair
10:15
Cleve Moler — Plenary Speaker
The MathWorks
"Evolution of MATLAB"
[slides]
11:00
Jorge Moré, Math & Computer Science Division, ANL
"NEOS: Optimization Solutions for Scientific Computing"
[slides]
11:20
David Chopp, Department of ESAM, NU
"Simulation of Moving Interfaces"
[slides, ann0.3, barrier, filletcrack, fmm_movie]
11:40
Paul Fischer, Math & Computer Science Division, ANL
"Computational Hemodynamics: Simulating Transition in Vascular Flows"
[slides]
12:10
Buffet Lunch and Poster Session
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Computational Modeling in the Life Sciences
Vassily Hatzimanikatis and Ishwar Radhakrishnan, co-chairs
2:00

Vassily Hatzimanikatis — Introduction
Department of Chemical Engineering, NU
[slides]

2:10
Bernhard Palsson — Plenary Speaker
Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego
"Bringing Genomes to Life: The use of genome-scale in silico models"
[slides]
2:55
Rex Chisholm, Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, NU
"Center for Genetic Medicine Bioinformatics Initiatives"
[slides]
3:25
Wayne Anderson, Dept of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, NU
"Structural Genomics"
[slides]
3:55
Break
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Computational Materials Modeling
Mark Asta and Randy Snurr, co-chairs
4:15
Arthur J. Freeman — Plenary speaker
Department of Physics & Astronomy, NU
"Materials by Design and the Growing, Exciting Role of Computation/Simulation"
[slides]
4:45
Julius Jellinek, Chemistry Division, ANL
"Metal Clusters and Metallicity"
[slides]
5:15
Tamar Seideman, Department of Chemistry, NU
"Current-Driven Dynamics in Molecular-Scale Devices"
[slides]
5:35
Linda Broadbelt, Department of Chemical Engineering, NU
"Construction of Detailed Mechanistic Models Using Automated Mechanism Generation"
[slides]
5:55
Peter Voorhees, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, NU
"Computational Materials Science of Micro- and Nanostructures"
[slides]
6:15
Reception and Poster Session
POSTERS

View photos of the poster session

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Randy Snurr, Chemical Engineering, Committee Chair
Mark Asta, Material Science and Engineering, NU
Vassily Hatzimanikatis, Chemical Engineering, NU
Jorge Moré, Math and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Jorge Nocedal, Electrical and Computer Engineering, NU
Ishwar Radhakrishnan, Bioche
Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, NU
Mark Ratner, Chemistry, NU
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