About the workshop

The aim of this event is to bring together researchers and programmers from different departments of the university with common interests in the following areas:

  • Research in Scientific Computing
  • Software engineering and sustainable software development
  • Computing infrastructure and High Performance Computing
  • Numerical analysis and algorithmic research

More info

Staff and graduate students are invited to give short talks or posters on their work and the topics listed above.

19 March, 2018

Cambridge
UK

115
Tickets

15
Invited speakers

Speakers

Mark Ashdown

Astrophysics

Alys Brett

Culham Centre for Fusion Energy

Matthew Johnson

Microsoft Research

Lukas Lang

DAMTP

Anil Madhavapeddy

Computer Lab

Arjen Tamerus

UIS

Alex Thom

Chemistry

Garth Wells

Engineering

Kirstie Whitaker

Neuroimaging Researcher

Eiko Yoneki

Computer Lab

Registration & Pricing

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Event Schedule

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Welcome & Introduction

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Session 1

  • Mark Ashdown (Astrophysics): The computational challenge of the Square Kilometre Array
  • Kirstie Whitaker (Neuroscience): Incentivising reproducible research at an institutional level
  • Garth Wells (Engineering): Transforming the teaching of computing using Jupyter Notebooks


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Coffee break

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Session 2

  • Alex Thom (Chemistry): Using FPGA technology for scientific calculations
  • Alys Brett (Culham Centre for Fusion Energy): UK RSE Association
  • Matthew Johnson (Microsoft Research): Harnessing AI for research


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Lunch and HoloLens demo

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Session 3

  • Anil Madhavapeddy (Computer Lab, Docker): An introduction to using the cloud for scientific computing
  • Eiko Yoneki (Computer Lab): Efficient large-scale graph processing
  • Lukas Lang (DAMTP): Efficient motion estimation in flouresence microscopy data
  • Arjen Tamerus (UIS): Working with the Cambridge RSE team

Event Partner

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Registration and lunch

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Event Location

Microsoft Research Ltd
21 Station Rd, Cambridge CB1 2FB, UK