[Colloquium] Kevin Long's talk tomorrow, January 27, 2005

[Nita Yack]

COMPUTER SCIENCE
The University of Chicago-TALK

Date:	Thursday, January 27, 2005
Time:	2:00 p.m.
Place:	Ryerson 276
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Speaker:	Kevin Long

From:		Sandia National Laboratories

URL:		http://csmr.ca.sandia.gov/~krlong/

Title:  Sundance: High-Level Software Components for Building Efficient 
Optimization-Ready Parallel PDE Simulators

Abstract:  Sundance is a system of software components that allows 
construction of an entire parallel simulator and its derivatives using 
a high-level symbolic language. With this high-level problem 
description, it is possible to specify a weak formulation of a PDE and 
its discretization method in a small amount of user-level code; 
furthermore, because derivatives are easily available, a simulation in 
Sundance is immediately suitable for accelerated PDE-constrained 
optimization algorithms. In this talk, I'll give an overview of the 
capabilities and design of Sundance, describe the interfaces that allow 
use of its features in other codes and use of other components in 
Sundance, and discuss its application to several current research 
problems in PDE-constrained optimization.



Host:  Robert Kirby
*The talk will be followed by refreshments in Ryerson 255*
Persons who need assistance should call 773-702-6614


Nita Yack
Departmental Administrator
Computer Science Department
1100 E. 58th Street - Room 151
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 702-6019
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