Enhancing Productivity ...
The basic mission of the MCS Division is increase scientific productivity in the 21st century by providing intellectual and technical leadership in the computing sciences -- computer science, applied computational mathematics, and computational science.

Through World-Class Science ...
Projects in the division range from algorithm development and software design in core areas such as optimization, to exploration of new technologies such as distributed (Grid) computing and bioinformatics, to numerical simulations in challenging areas such as climate modeling.

March 16, 2009
"Optimizing Matrix-Vector Multiplication with Combinatorial Techniques"
SPEAKER: Michael Wolf, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
TIME: 10:30 AM - 12:00 AM
LOCATION: Building 221 Conference Room A216
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March 19, 2009
"Automatic Generation of Performance/Memory Models for Parallel Scientific Applications"
SPEAKER: Van Bui, MCS
TIME: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
LOCATION: Building 221, Room A216
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March 25, 2009
"Process Variation Aware Thread Mapping for Chip Multiprocessors"
SPEAKER: Sri Hari Krishna Narayanan, MCS
TIME: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
LOCATION: Building 221, Room A216
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more upcoming seminars & events >>

"HPCC RandomAccess Benchmark Highlighted in IPDPS Best Paper"
HPCC RandomAccess Benchmark for Next Generation Supercomputers received Best Paper in the applications research track of the IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium... [more info]

"Neural Modeling Breaks New Ground for Treatments in Epilepsy"
Rick Stevens and Mark Hereld discuss their involvement with neural network models at Argonne and the University of Chicago. [more info]

"MacArthur Foundation Awards Planning Grant to Improve Decision-making in Energy Policy"
Led by Ian Foster, UChicago is launching a large-scale collaboration to develop a computational modeling tool that will help a wide range of organizations in climate and energy policy decision-making... [more info]

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