The Computer Science (CS) seminar series is an event hosted by the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory, usually on Tuesdays at 1pm Chicago time. The series invites a mix of speakers from within Argonne, as well as external speakers from the U.S. and all over the world. Seminar talks span the breadth of CS, with a particular focus on scientific computing, high performance computing, and related topics.
Upcoming Speakers
Tzu-Mao Li
Assistant Professor at the CSE department of UCSD, working at the Center for Visual Computing
Presenting on August 29, 2023
Past Speakers
Michael Kruse
Assistant Computer Scientist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory
Presented on August 22, 2023
Tom Randall
Graduate Research Assistant in the School of Computing at Clemson University, and a Visiting Student in the MCS division at ANL for Summer 2023
Praveen Paramasivam
Master student at the University of South Dakota, and a Visiting Student in the MCS division at ANL for Summer 2023
Presented on August 8, 2023
Jacob Laurel
PhD Student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Presented on August 1, 2023
Lyuheng Yuan
Ph.D. student of Computer Science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a Visiting Student in the MCS division at ANL for Summer 2023
Tri Nguyen
PhD student of Computer Architecture at North Carolina State University, and a Visiting Student in the MCS division at ANL for Summer 2023
Presented on July 18, 2023
Tekin Bicer
Computer Scientist in the Data Science and Learning Division at Argonne National Laboratory
Presented on July 11, 2023
Mantas Mikaitis
Lecturer at the School of Computing of University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Presented on June 27, 2023
Matthieu Dorier
Software Development Specialist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory
Presented on June 20, 2023
Phil Carns
Computer Scientist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory
Presented on June 13, 2023
Anshu Dubey
Senior Computational Scientist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Presented on May 30, 2023
Saugat Adhikari
2nd year Ph.D. student of Computer Science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a Visiting Student in the MCS division at ANL for Summer 2023
Baixi Sun
Ph.D. student at Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, and Research Aide in the MCS Division at ANL for Summer 2023
Presented on May 23, 2023
Joaquin Chung
Research Scientist at the University of Chicago and Joint Appointment in the Data Science and Learning Division at Argonne
Presented on May 16, 2023
Da Yan
Assistant Professor of the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Presented on May 9, 2023
Robert Underwood
Post-Doctoral Appointee in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Presented on May 2, 2023
Xingfu Wu
Principal Computer Science Specialist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne
Presented on April 25, 2023
Bethany Lusch
Computer Scientist in the Data Science group with the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) at Argonne
Presented on April 18, 2023
Kevin A. Brown
Walter Massey Fellow in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne
Presented on April 11, 2023
David Lenz
Postdoctoral Appointee in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne
Presented on April 4, 2023
Shane Snyder
Software Engineer in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne
Presented on March 28, 2023
Weijian Zheng
Postdoctoral Appointee in Data Science and Learning Division at Argonne
Presented on March 21, 2023
Kazutomo Yoshii
Principal Experimental Systems Specialist at Argonne
Presented on March 14, 2023
Jose Monsalve Diaz
Postdoctoral Appointee in the Mathematics and Computer Science division at Argonne
Presented on March 7, 2023
Yanfei Guo
Computer Scientist in the Programming Models and Runtime Systems Group at Argonne
Presented on February 28, 2023
Murali Emani
Computer Scientist in the Data Science group with the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) at Argonne
Presented on February 21, 2023
Bogdan Nicolae
Computer Scientist with Argonne and Research Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology
Presented on February 14, 2023
Sheng Di
Computer Scientist, fellow of Northwestern-Argonne Institute of Science and Engineering (NAISE), and Scientist at Large through the Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering (CASE) at the University of Chicago
Presented on February 7, 2023
Tom Peterka
Computer Scientist at Argonne, scientist at the University of Chicago Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering (CASE), and fellow of the Northwestern Argonne Institute for Science and Engineering (NAISE)
Presented on January 31, 2023
Anshu Dubey
Senior Computational Scientist in the MCS Division at Argonne
Presented on January 24, 2023
Prasanna Balaprakash
R&D Lead and Computer Scientist in the MCS Division with a joint appointment in the Leadership Computing Facility at Argonne
Presented on January 10, 2023
SEMINAR SCHEDULE
Upcoming
29 August 2023
Differentiable Rendering and Beyond
Speaker: Tzu-Mao Li is an assistant professor at the CSE department of UCSD, working at the Center for Visual Computing
Past
22 August 2023
Rosetta-Bench is the Benchmark Suite That Every Benchmark Wants to Be When It Grows Up
Speaker: Michael Kruse is Assistant Computer Scientist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory
8 August 2023
2023 Summer Student Presentations III
Speakers: Tom Randall is a Graduate Research Assistant in the School of Computing at Clemson University, and a Visiting Student in the MCS division at ANL for Summer 2023 & Praveen Paramasiva is a Master student at the University of South Dakota, and a Visiting Student in the MCS division at ANL for Summer 2023
1 August 2023
Abstractly Interpreting Differentiable Programming
Speaker: Jacob Laurel is a PhD Student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
18 July 2023
2023 Summer Student Presentations II
Speakers: Lyuheng Yuan is a Ph.D. student of Computer Science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a Visiting Student in the MCS division at ANL for Summer 2023 & Tri Nguyen is a PhD student of Computer Architecture at North Carolina State University, and a Visiting Student in the MCS division at ANL for Summer 2023
11 July 2023
End-to-End High-Performance Image Reconstruction Using Supercomputers
Speaker: Tekin Bicer, Computer Scientist in the Data Science and Learning Division at Argonne National Laboratory
27 June 2023
Numerical Features of Low-Precision Mathematical Hardware
Speaker: Mantas Mikaitis, Lecturer at the School of Computing of University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
20 June 2023
Mochi in Practice: Data Services for High-Energy Physics and Elastic In Situ Visualization Workflows
Speaker: Matthieu Dorier, Software Development Specialist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory
13 June 2023
Mochi Project Overview: the Democratization of Data Services in HPC
Speaker: Phil Carns, Computer Scientist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory
30 May 2023
Conceptualization of Software Sustainability Post ECP: the COLABS Vision
Speaker: Anshu Dubey, Senior Computational Scientist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne
23 May 2023
Seminar #1: Automating Flood Extent Mapping on Earth Imagery Using Elevation-Guided AI Technology & Seminar #2: Improving Data Loading and Communication Performance for Large-Scale Distributed Training
Speakers: Saugat Adhikari, 2nd year Ph.D. student of Computer Science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a Visiting Student in the MCS division at ANL for Summer 2023 & Baixi Sun, Ph.D. student at Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, and Research Aide in the MCS Division at ANL for Summer 2023
16 May 2023
Design and Implementation of the Illinois Express Quantum Metropolitan Area Network
Speaker: Joaquin Chung, Post-Doctoral Appointee in the Data Science and Learning Division, Argonne National Laboratory
9 May 2023
Large-Scale Graph Computing: From “Think Like a Vertex” to “Think Like a Task”
Speaker: Da Yan, Assistant Professor of the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
2 May 2023
Fast and Science-Preserving Compression for Light Sources
Speaker: Robert Underwood, Post-Doctoral Appointee in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
25 April 2023
Autotuning Scientific Applications for Energy Efficiency at Large Scales
Speaker: Xingfu Wu, Principal Computer Science Specialist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne
18 April 2023
Integrating Machine-Learned Surrogate Models with Simulations
Speaker: Bethany Lusch, Computer Scientist in the Data Science group with the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) at Argonne
11 April 2023
Understanding and Predicting Network Performance: It’s Hard
Speaker: Kevin Brown, Walter Massey Fellow in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne
4 April 2023
Continuous Representations of Scientific Data for Better Analysis and Visualization
Speaker: David Lenz, Postdoctoral Appointee in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne
28 March 2023
Understanding and Improving the I/O Behavior of Scientific Computing Applications
Speaker: Shane Snyder, Software Engineer in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne
21 March 2023
Scalable Parallel Machine Learning on High-Performance Computing Systems - Clustering and Reinforcement Learning
Speaker: Weijian Zheng, Postdoctoral Appointee in Data Science and Learning Division at Argonne
14 March 2023
Hardware Specialization and Open-source Hardware Ecosystems: Research Opportunities?
Speaker: Kazutomo Yoshii, Principal Experimental Systems Specialist at Argonne
7 March 2023
Too many chefs in the kitchen - An argument in favor of Program Execution Models (PXMs)
Speaker: Jose Monsalve Diaz, Postdoctoral Appointee in the Mathematics and Computer Science division at Argonne
28 February 2023
Scalable High-Performance MPI for Exascale Supercomputers
Speaker: Yanfei Guo, Computer Scientist in the Programming Models and Runtime Systems Group, Argonne
21 February 2023
Advancing Next Generation Scientific Applications with Novel AI Accelerators
Speaker: Murali Emani, Computer Scientist in the Data Science group with the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) at Argonne
14 February 2023
Perspectives on the Versatility of a Searchable Lineage for Scalable HPC Data Management
Speaker: Bogdan Nicolae, Computer Scientist with Argonne and Research Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology
7 February 2023
New Stories about SZ Lossy Compression for Scientific Datasets
Speaker: Sheng Di, Computer Scientist, fellow of Northwestern-Argonne Institute of Science and Engineering (NAISE), and Scientist at Large through the Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering (CASE) at the University of Chicago
31 January 2023
Scalable High-Performance Analysis of Scientific Data
Speaker: Tom Peterka, Computer Scientist at Argonne, scientist at the University of Chicago Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering (CASE), and fellow of the Northwestern Argonne Institute for Science and Engineering (NAISE)
24 January 2023
Designing Flash-X, a Multiphysics Application for Exascale and Beyond
Speaker: Anshu Dubey, Senior Computational Scientist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne
10 January 2023
AI for Modeling, Optimizing, and Controlling Complex Systems in Science Domains
Speaker: Prasanna Balaprakash, R&D Lead and Computer Scientist in the MCS Division with a joint appointment in the Leadership Computing Facility at Argonne