[Colloquium] 11/2 TTIC Colloquium: Gordon Kindlmann, University of Chicago

[Mary Marre]

When:     Monday, November 2nd at 11:00 a.m.

Where:    TTIC, 6045 S Kenwood Avenue, 5th Floor, Room 526

Speaker:  Gordon Kindlmann; University of Chicago

Title:  Diderot: a Domain-Specific Language for Portable Parallel
Scientific Visualization and Image Analysis


Abstract:
Many algorithms for scientific visualization and image analysis are rooted
in the world of continuous scalar, vector, and tensor fields, but are
programmed in low-level languages and libraries the obscure their
mathematical foundations.  Diderot is a parallel domain-specific language
that is designed to bridge this semantic gap by providing the programmer
with a high-level, mathematical programming notation that allows direct
expression of mathematical concepts in code.  Furthermore, Diderot provides
parallel performance that takes advantage of modern multicore processors
and GPUs.  These features make Diderot an effective tool for developing new
algorithms by exploratory programming.  The high-level notation allows a
concise and natural expression of the algorithms and the parallelism allows
efficient testing on realistic data sets.  I will also describe some of the
scientific collaborations in which visualization, and this kind of
language, are especially valuable.

Bio:
Gordon Kindlmann is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the
University of Chicago. His research focus in on image analysis and data
visualization to improve the computation of imaging-based science. Gordon's
research simplifies how informative visualizations are created, and
improves how relevant image features are detected, sampled, and quantified.
He is also interested in the theoretical and perceptual bases of effective
data visualization. His post-doctoral research at the Laboratory of
Mathematics in Imaging (Harvard Medical School) focused on diffusion MRI,
the topic of his PhD from University of Utah in 2004.  He received his MS
in Computer Graphics (1999) and his BA in Mathematics (1995) from Cornell
University.


Host: Greg Shakhnarovich



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Mary C. Marre
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