Computers and the Universe Agenda 2017

Final Agenda (last updated 19 June 2017)

Monday, June 19:

8:30 – 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast provided!

538 Davey Lab Orientation to the Week (Palma)
9:00 – 10:30 am A Brief History of Computing in Science (Li)
10:30 – 10:45 am Break (break times are approximate and may vary)
10:45 am – 12:00 noon The Frontier of Computational Cosmology:  The Growth of Structure in the Universe (Li)
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm Lunch on your own
1:30 – 3:00 pm Hardware Architectures for Modern Scientific Computing (Kandemir)
3:00 – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 – 4:45 pm Deep Learning:  The Next Workload for High-Performance Computing? (Kandemir)
4:45 – 5:00 pm Discussion and Daily Evaluation (Palma)
9:30 – 11:00 pm Rooftop Observing (weather dependent) (Palma)

Tuesday, June 20:

9:00 – 10:30 am  538 Davey Lab PHeT Investigation on Gravity & Orbits (Palma)
10:30 – 10:45 am Break (break times are approximate and may vary)
10:45 am – 12:00 noon Gravity and Orbits (Williams)
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm Lunch on your own
1:30 – 3:00 pm Orbit Applications and Journey to the Moon (Williams)
3:00 – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 – 4:45 pm Universe Sandbox (Palma & Williams)
4:45 – 5:00 pm Discussion and Daily Evaluation (Palma)
9:30 – 11:00 pm Rooftop Observing (if necessary) (Palma)

Wednesday, June 21:

9:00 – 10:30 am  538 Davey Lab N-body Simulations in Astronomy (Jackson)
10:30 – 10:45 am Break (break times are approximate and may vary)
10:45 am – 12:00 noon Introduction to Fractals (He, Hemler, & Li)
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm Lunch on your own
1:30 – 3:00 pm Hands-on Fractal Calculation & Visualization (He, Hemler, & Li)
3:00 – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 – 4:45 pm Hands-on Fractal Calculation & Visualization (He, Hemler, & Li)
4:45 – 5:00 pm Discussion and Daily Evaluation (Palma)
9:30 – 11:00 pm Rooftop Observing (if necessary) (Palma)

Thursday, June 22:

9:00 – 10:30 am  538 Davey Lab R:  Statistics in the Classroom (Feigelson)
10:30 – 10:45 am Break (break times are approximate and may vary)
10:45 am – 12:00 noon R:  Statistics in the Classroom  (Feigelson)
12:00 noon – 1:30 pm Lunch on your own
1:30 – 3:00 pm Zoom Presentation – Big Data from the APOGEE Experiment (Beaton)
3:00 – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 – 4:45 pm Analyzing SDSS Stellar Spectra with Voyages (Palma)
4:45 – 5:00 pm Discussion and Daily Evaluation (Palma)
6:00 – 8:30 pm Banquet — Atherton Hotel followed by Exoplanet Surprises (Dawson)

Friday, June 23:

9:00 – 10:15 am  538 Davey Lab How Video Gamers Advance Neutrino Astrophysics (Cowen)
10:15 – 10:30 am  Break
10:30 – 11:30 am  Atomistic-scale simulations with reactive force fields: a computational tool to visualize and understand complex chemistry (van Duin)
11:45 am (approx)  adjournment