[Colloquium] Reminder: Lou/MS Presentation/Nov 15, 2012

[Margaret Jaffey]

This is a reminder about Zhihao's MS Presentation tomorrow.

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Date:  Thursday, November 15, 2012

Time:  10:00 AM

Place:  Ryerson 251

M.S. Candidate:  Zhihao Lou

M.S. Paper Title: The 100-Processor Barrier in Parallel Simulated
Annealing Algorithms

Abstract:
The simulated annealing algorithm is a powerful algorithm for global
optimization problems. However, there seems to exist a barrier for its
parallelization to achieve a speedup over 100. Consider that it is now
commonplace for departments to have clusters with a few hundred nodes
while larger universities and institutions to have access to even
larger supercomputers, it is a very disappointing situation. This
paper reviewed the different techniques used in parallelizing the
simulated annealing algorithm, their performance and its measurement,
and the testing problems used in literature to date. This paper also
discuss the possible directions in which to move forward.

Zhihao's advisors are Prof. Rick Stevens and Prof. John Reinitz

Login to the Computer Science Department website for details:
 https://www.cs.uchicago.edu/phd/ms_announcements#zhlou

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