2008 Seminars

• Seminar: Dr Julie McCann, Imperial College London, "ANS: Autonomics for Wireless Sensor Networking", 10th December 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract. 10-Dec-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Professor David Walker, School of Computer Science, Cardiff University, "Performance Results for Nested Parallelism on Multicore Architectures", 3rd December 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract, slides. 03-Dec-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Dr Ashish Thandavan, ACET, University of Reading, "g-Eclipse - Access the Power of the Grid ", 26th November 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract, slides (pdf). 26-Nov-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Rajini Sivaram, IBM Hursley Park, Winchester, UK, "Concurrency Features in Java", 26th November 2008, 11:00-12:00. Abstract, slides (pdf). 26-Nov-2008 11:00
• Seminar: Dr David Spence, e-Science Development Officer, IT Services, University of Reading, "e-Research and Campus Grid developments", 19th November 2008, 13:00-14:00.Abstract, slides (pdf). 19-Nov-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Rayna Georgieva and Sofiya Ivanovska, IPP, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,"Sensitivity Analysis of Air Pollution Models", 13th November 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract, slides (pdf) 13-Nov-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Hugh Glaser, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, "RKBExplorer.com: Anatomy of a Semantic Web Application", 12th November 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract, slides (pdf). 12-Nov-2008 13:00
• CANCELLED Seminar: Dr Adrian Haffegee, ACET, University of Reading, "tba", 5th November 2008, 13:00-14:00. 05-Nov-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Prof. Doug Saddy, Centre for Integrative Neurosciences and Neurodynamics, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, "Time and again: measuring the temporal aspects of language in the brain", 29th October 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract, slides (pdf). 29-Oct-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Dr Garry Smith, ACET, University of Reading, "The SORMA project: A marketplace for Grid resources", 22nd October 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract, slides (pdf). 22-Oct-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Dr Alessio Murgia, PEDAL, University of Reading, "Eye-Tracking in Virtual Reality", 15th October 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract and references. 15-Oct-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Teeroumanee Nadan, ACET, University of Reading, "Immersive Projection Technology for Biological Sciences", 9th October 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract, slides (pdf). 09-Oct-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Carl Albing, Cray Inc, USA and ACET, University of Reading, "Toward Scalable, Extensible Service Mashups: adding computing power to e-science", 8th October 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract, slides (pdf). 08-Oct-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Thomas Naughton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA and ACET, "System-level Virtualization: Overview and recent work on Loadable Hypervisor Modules", 1st October 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract, slides (pdf). 01-Oct-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Prof. Kevin Warwick, School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading, UK, "Neural Implants: A New Kind of Medicine or the Next Evolutionary Step?", 18th June 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract 18-Jun-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Dr. Bryan Carpenter, University of Southampton, "An HPspmd Analysis of the Gadget 2 Code for Cosmological Simulations", 11th June 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract, slides. 11-Jun-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Prof. Dan Katz, Louisiana State University, "The Finite Difference Time Domain Method for Parallel Computational Electromagnetics", 4th June 2008, 13:30-14:30. Abstract, slides. 04-Jun-2008 13:30
• Seminar: Prof. Srini Parthasarathy, Ohio State University, "Architecture Conscious Data Analysis: Progress and Future", 3rd June 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract. 03-Jun-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Prof. Alexei Likhtman, Dept. Mathematics, University of Reading, "Multiscale modelling of entangled polymers", 21st May 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract, slides. 21-May-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Prof. Simon Chandler-Wilde, Dept. Mathematics, University of Reading, "Hybrid Numerical-Asymptotic Methods for Wave Scattering Problems", 14th May 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract, slides (pdf) 14-May-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Dr Hugo Mills, OMII-UK, "GridSAM and OMII AuthZ", 6th May 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract, slides. 06-May-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Ben Clifford, Argonne National Laboratory/Globus/SWIFT, "Challenges in Grid Workflows, as seen by a developer of the Swift workflow system", 30th April 2008, 13:00-14:00. Abstract, slides. 30-Apr-2008 13:00
• Seminar: Prof. Allan Jost, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada and Prof. Ramiro Liscano, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada, "Managing Access to Resources for Collaborative Sessions in Ubiquitous Environments", 23rd April 2008, 14:00-15:00. Abstract. Slides (pdf). 23-Apr-2008 14:00
• Seminar: Prof. David Abramson, Associate Director - Monash e-Research Centre, Monash University, Australia , "e-Science: Why it matters, and how to build applications for the Grid", 26th March 2008, 14:00-15:00, Room 101, Carrington Building (building 135). Abstract. Slides. 26-Mar-2008 14:00
• Seminar: Prof. Jordi Madrenas, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, "The Perplexus project: Pervasive computing framework for complex system modelling. The multiprocessor approach.", 26th March 2008, 13:00-14:00, Room 101, Carrington Building (building 135). Abstract. Slides (pdf). 26-Mar-2008 13:00