[Colloquium] CS TALK TODAY: Dan Reed, Microsoft

[Donna Brooms]

>> DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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>> UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
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>> Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012
>> Time: 3:00 p.m.
>> Place: RY 251
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>> Speaker:		Dan Reed
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>> From:		Microsoft Corporation
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>> Web page:	http://www.hpcdan.org/
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>> Title: 		Exponential Change: Challenges and Opportunities    	
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>> Abstract:		Computing is transforming both scientific discovery and the social fabric of our society. First, consider the challenges of scientific computing, which has moved from the terascale to the trans-petascale regime, with exascale computing research now underway.  Large-scale scientific instruments, ubiquitous sensors and large scale simulations are now producing a torrent of digital data.  How do we rethink the implications of scale, examining systemic reliability and resilience, managing energy and power consumption more creatively based on heterogeneous, low power designs; simplifying software design and optimization; and transforming research data provenance and sustainability approaches to more economically sustainable models? 
>> Second, population growth and shifting demographics, rising global energy demand and climate change, personalized medicine and exploding health care costs, global communications and digital empowerment, workforce shifts and global economics – these and other societal factors are reshaping our world. They are both influenced and driven by rapid technical changes.
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>> This talk will focus on technical computing futures, but also explore a few of these policy topics with an eye toward more nimble and adaptive policy frameworks that can better accommodate rapid technical change..
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>> Hosted by: Andrew Chien
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>> Refreshments will be served prior to the talk in Ryerson 255 at 2:30.
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