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New NIU CS Faculty Visit and Talks - 11/08/2019 @ 10:00 Building 241 D172
by Papka, Michael E. 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

The ALCF is pleased to welcome Northern Illinois University computer science faculty members Pratool Bharti, David Koop, and Maoyuan Sun to Argonne to present 20-minute talks next Friday, November 8, in Building 241/Room D172, beginning at 10AM. ALCF Director Michael Papka will introduce the speakers. All are welcome to attend. If you would like to arrange to meet any of the speakers in the afternoon, please contact Kathy DiBennardi at dibennar(a)anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]> or (630) 252-8600. _______ Context-aware Machine Learning Models for Personalized and Public Health Pratool Bharti, Assistant Professor Innovations in designing Machine Learning models (and creating novel applications) have been growing at a rapid pace in the last decade. More recently, there is an earnest interest in context-aware learning, where the goal is to carefully extract limited contexts within the domain of interest during model development and execution. Such contexts can be many and also domain specific—for example, physiology of the human body in classifying physical activities; evolution of anatomies in classifying biological species; dynamically changing outdoor environments during modeling and optimization of transportation systems; and much more. The motivation for integrating contexts during learning not only improves accuracy, but also saves on implementation/ execution cost. However, this process is challenging and often requires multi-disciplinary expertise. In this talk, I will highlight my recent technical contributions in this space. First, I will present my research on designing physiology-aware learning models to accurately classify complex human activities using wearable devices that are significant for personalized elder care. The innovation here is careful integration of multi-modal inertial sensory data from multiple wearable devices emplaced across multiple positions in the human body, and finally integrating human physiology into decision making. Second, I will present my results on neural network models to classify genus and species types of mosquitoes from smart generated images taken by experts or by ordinary citizens. The innovation here lies in extracting contextually relevant anatomies (e.g., head, thorax, wings, legs) from mosquito images, and assigning appropriate weights to only the most critical anatomical component(s) for accurate classification. This work is expected to have significant impact in automating mosquito surveillance and related public health efforts in the US and across the globe. I will also briefly explain my work on vision-guided automation of freight transportation under challenging environmental conditions and dynamics. Supporting Reproducible Exploratory Data Analysis David Koop, Assistant Professor As computational data analysis and visualization tools permeate more fields, the ability to generate results has often outpaced the ability to meaningfully record and reflect on them. Interactive visual applications on the web allow users to explore data and gain insight, but these findings are often ephemeral, lost when a new page is loaded. Computational notebooks combine cells of code with their outputs and explanatory text, and have become key tools in exploratory data analysis. However, the ability to modify and reorder cells often produces unknown or ambiguous dependencies, leading to problems with reproducing past results. In both settings, being able to rapidly explore data seems to be in tension with being able to reproduce and extend that work. My research aims to develop methods that improve the reproducibility of interactive web applications and computational notebooks without impeding the fast and flexible analyses these environments facilitate. Furthermore, making individual explorations more robust and reproducible can often enhance collaboration, allowing others to understand and extend that work. Engaging Data with Visual Analytics Maoyuan Sun, Assistant Professor We are in the midst of a data deluge that shows no signs of slowing down. Human behavior is increasingly mediated by technology that captures, stores, and transmits data at speeds and scales never before imagined. In such an increasingly data-rich world, enabling humans to make sense of big data offers us almost boundless possibilities to learn about ourselves and improve the world. In this talk, I will introduce visual analytics, an interdisciplinary field that marries information visualization with data mining / machine learning and present my work on supporting sensemaking of complex relationships. As a concrete example of involving human in the loop for data analytics, I will go through my work of visual analytics with biclusters. I will discuss the concept and design space of biclusters and present several visualization designs of interactive biclusters. I will also briefly present a few of my other on-going projects and discuss my future research plans. _________________________________ Michael E. Papka Deputy Associate Laboratory Director - Computing, Environment and Life Sciences Director - Argonne Leadership Computing Facility papka(a)anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]> Professor of Computer Science Northern Illinois University papka(a)niu.edu<mailto:[email protected]> -- Computing mailing list Computing(a)anl.gov https://lists.cels.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/computing

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Argonne Computing Coffee Hour Today in the Viz Lab from 2:00-3:00
by Werner, Janet M. 30 Oct '19

30 Oct '19

Hello, The weekly Argonne Computing Coffee Hours are going well with having presentations each week to facilitate everyone getting to know about each other’s computing activities to enable more collaborations. The coffee hours take place on Wednesdays, 2pm – 3pm in the Viz Lab on the 4th floor, 4312. The CPS Division will host this week. The speaker for today will be Tim Williams who will give a talk about the Aurora Early Science Program. Janet -- Computing mailing list Computing(a)anl.gov https://lists.cels.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/computing

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FW: Halloween Party
by Tezak, Samantha L. 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

Good morning CPS, The Argonne Club will be hosting the annual Halloween Party tomorrow from 4-8pm at the Guest House. See attached for details. Samantha *************************************** Samantha L Tezak Executive Assistant, CPS Division Argonne National Laboratory 9700 S. Cass Avenue Lemont, IL 60439 Tel: (630) 252-6250 E-mail: stezak(a)anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]> **************************************** P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

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REMINDER: Argonne Computing Coffee Hour Today in the Viz Lab from 2:00-3:00
by Werner, Janet M. 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

Hello, The weekly Argonne Computing Coffee Hours are going well with having presentations each week to facilitate everyone getting to know about each other’s computing activities to enable more collaborations. The coffee hours take place on Wednesdays, 2pm – 3pm in the Viz Lab on the 4th floor, 4312. The speakers for today are Sven Leyffer and Johann Rudi. The title of Sven’s talk is “Optimization, Machine-Learning, and AI @ APS” and Johann’s is “Global Convection in Earth's Mantle: Extreme Scale Simulations and Data & Physics Driven Inversion of Uncertain Parameters”. Janet -- Computing mailing list Computing(a)anl.gov https://lists.cels.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/computing

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CPS Meeting - Speaker: Sigfried Haering
by CPS Division Office 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Good morning CPS, Today’s speaker will be Sigfried Haering. He will present a talk titled “Enabling distributed wind and topics in turbulence modeling” October 21, 2019 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Building 240, Room 4301 [cid:[email protected]]

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Fwd: You're Invited: Graduate Research Cooperative Town Hall Meeting
by Habib, Salman 17 Oct '19

17 Oct '19

This seems to be a very interesting opportunity, so please go if interested. Salman -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: You're Invited: Graduate Research Cooperative Town Hall Meeting Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 18:59:55 +0000 From: Argonne Newsroom <ArgonneNewsroom(a)anl.gov><mailto:[email protected]> Reply-To: Argonne Newsroom <ArgonneNewsroom(a)anl.gov><mailto:[email protected]> To: habib(a)anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]> View this email in your browser<https://mailchi.mp/anl.gov/graduate-research-cooperative-town-hall-meeting?…> [Argonne National Laboratory]<https://anl.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=12b0bf5a3c2bf2e87f5cab8a4&id=…> SAVE THE DATE October 21, 2019 [header] Graduate Research Cooperative town hall meeting Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago have launched a new collaboration that will bolster the laboratory's stature as a world-class community of talent and increase its impact as a science and technology leader. Additional UChicago students will be available to support Argonne projects, and a new pathway has been created for Argonne staff to serve as primary research supervisors for Ph.D. students. Please join us at a town hall meeting for an introductory overview of the Graduate Research Cooperative, a panel discussion with GRC leaders, and a Q&A session. Speakers include: * Juan de Pablo, vice president for national laboratories, UChicago * Paul Nealey, professor and deputy dean for education and outreach in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, UChicago * Ka Yee Lee, vice provost for research, UChicago * Paul Kearns, director, Argonne * Stephen Streiffer, interim deputy laboratory director for science, Argonne * Seth Darling, director, Center for Molecular Engineering, Argonne Visit Argonne Today<https://anl.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=12b0bf5a3c2bf2e87f5cab8a4&id=…> for details. EVENT DETAILS Monday October 21, 2019 11 a.m. Building 240 TCS Conference Center Coffee and tea will be served. [Add To Calendar]<https://anl.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=12b0bf5a3c2bf2e87f5cab8a4&id=…> [Follow Us On Twitter]<https://anl.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=12b0bf5a3c2bf2e87f5cab8a4&id=…> [Like Us On Facebook] <https://anl.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=12b0bf5a3c2bf2e87f5cab8a4&id=…> [Watch Us On YouTube] <https://anl.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=12b0bf5a3c2bf2e87f5cab8a4&id=…> [Follow Us On Flickr] <https://anl.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=12b0bf5a3c2bf2e87f5cab8a4&id=…> [Join Us On LinkedIn] <https://anl.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=12b0bf5a3c2bf2e87f5cab8a4&id=…> [DOE Logo]<https://anl.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=12b0bf5a3c2bf2e87f5cab8a4&id=…> U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science<https://anl.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=12b0bf5a3c2bf2e87f5cab8a4&id=…> UChicago Argonne LLC<https://anl.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=12b0bf5a3c2bf2e87f5cab8a4&id=…> Privacy & Security notice<https://anl.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=12b0bf5a3c2bf2e87f5cab8a4&id=…> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This email was sent to habib(a)anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]> why did I get this?<https://anl.us2.list-manage.com/about?u=12b0bf5a3c2bf2e87f5cab8a4&id=91cdd2…> unsubscribe from this list<https://anl.us2.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=12b0bf5a3c2bf2e87f5cab8a4&id=…> update subscription preferences<https://anl.us2.list-manage.com/profile?u=12b0bf5a3c2bf2e87f5cab8a4&id=91cd…> Argonne National Laboratory · 9700 South Cass Avenue · Lemont, IL 60439 · USA

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Fwd: DCOMP Request for Executive Committee Nominations
by Habib, Salman 17 Oct '19

17 Oct '19

Please nominate/convince your colleagues for these positions. Salman -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: DCOMP Request for Executive Committee Nominations Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 11:25:48 -0600 From: APS DCOMP <apsunits(a)aps.org><mailto:[email protected]> To: habib(a)anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]> [https://storage.pardot.com/717393/9266/aps_logo_new.png]<http://go.pardot.com/e/640833/2019-10-17/9c798/180427069?h=bfBYkXFRA54XtQLb…> Dear DCOMP Members: We ask for your assistance in identifying suitable candidates to run for positions in the Division of Computational Physics. The nomination period has been extended until November 1. The positions that are open this year are: * Vice Chair of DCOMP (becoming, in successive years, chair-elect, chair, and past chair—each with distinct duties). These officers play an important role in representing computational physics within APS and providing leadership in organizing the scientific content of the APS March and April meetings. * DCOMP Division Councilor, serving a four-year term. This officer serves as liaison between the Council of the Society and the Executive Committee of the Division. Following each Council meeting, the Division Councilor reports to the Chair and the Secretary/Treasurer regarding Council actions that affect the status and operations of the Division. Reports shall be made to the entire Executive Committee during their regularly scheduled meetings. * Two Members-at-large, each serving a three-year term. The members-at-large participate in the leadership of DCOMP. The election will be held later this fall. The elected Councilor will begin their term on January 1, 2020. The Vice Chair and Members-at-Large begin their terms in March 2020. The current officers are listed at the DCOMP website<http://go.pardot.com/e/640833/-governance-officers-index-cfm/9c792/18042706…>, as are the responsibilities of the officers. Please send your suggestions to the DCOMP nominating committee via Rajiv Kalia, rkalia(a)usc.edu<mailto:[email protected]>, by November 1. Be sure to include a few supportive remarks for each potential candidate you recommend, and also provide contact information for the potential candidate. Self-nominations are welcome! It is important to remember the membership of APS is diverse and global, so the executive committees of APS should reflect that diversity. Please consider that the executive committee of DCOMP represents computational scientists from all disciplines of physics. Nominations of women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and scientists from outside the United States are especially encouraged. Thank you in advance for your suggestions. Rajiv Kalia Chair, DCOMP Nominating Committee [https://storage.pardot.com/717393/8760/icon_tw.png]<http://go.pardot.com/e/640833/APSphysics/9c79b/180427069?h=bfBYkXFRA54XtQLb…> [https://storage.pardot.com/717393/8752/icon_fb.png] <http://go.pardot.com/e/640833/apsphysics/9c79d/180427069?h=bfBYkXFRA54XtQLb…> [https://storage.pardot.com/717393/8756/icon_in.png] <http://go.pardot.com/e/640833/groups-gid-1765297/9c79g/180427069?h=bfBYkXFR…> [https://storage.pardot.com/717393/8754/icon_rfeed.png] <http://go.pardot.com/e/640833/feeds/9c79j/180427069?h=bfBYkXFRA54XtQLbq-Mw4…> [https://storage.pardot.com/717393/8758/icon_ytube.png] <http://go.pardot.com/e/640833/apsphysics/9c79l/180427069?h=bfBYkXFRA54XtQLb…> APS Headquarters: 1 Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740 Editorial Office: 1 Research Road, Ridge, NY 11961 Office of Government Affairs: 529 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20045 © 2019 American Physical Society | All rights reserved | View Email Online<http://go.pardot.com/webmail/640833/180427069/6d90d4b01bdeea5c5ce11cd4b4c48…> You are receiving this message because you are a member of the APS Division of Computational Physics. Approved by Michael Falk, DCOMP Secretary/Treasurer. Update Email Preferences<http://go.pardot.com/e/640833/aps-communication-preferences/9c794/180427069…> - Unsubscribe from all APS emails<http://go.pardot.com/unsubscribe/u/640833/6d90d4b01bdeea5c5ce11cd4b4c48961e…> - Contact Us<http://go.pardot.com/e/640833/about-contact-index-cfm/9c796/180427069?h=bfB…> This email was sent to habib(a)anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]>. To continue receiving our emails, add us to your address book. <http://go.pardot.com/unsubscribe/u/640833/6d90d4b01bdeea5c5ce11cd4b4c48961e…> <http://go.pardot.com/emailPreference/epc/640833/dDPPuwyQ26HXF1msDLUTnRZiHBd…> [http://go.pardot.com/r/640833/1/180427069/open/1]

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Fwd: due Oct 28: 2020 NSF Mathematical Sciences Graduate Internship projects
by Habib, Salman 17 Oct '19

17 Oct '19

Any interest in this? Note that, as Stefan says, the project must have a mathematics-oriented scope. Salman -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: due Oct 28: 2020 NSF Mathematical Sciences Graduate Internship projects Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 12:54:06 +0000 From: Wild, Stefan M. <wild(a)anl.gov><mailto:[email protected]> To: computing(a)anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]> <computing(a)anl.gov><mailto:[email protected]>, mcs-pi(a)mcs.anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]> <mcs-pi(a)mcs.anl.gov><mailto:[email protected]>, lans-all(a)mcs.anl.gov<mailto:[email protected]> <lans-all(a)mcs.anl.gov><mailto:[email protected]> All, We've been invited to again participate as a host for the NSF MSGI program ( https://orise.orau.gov/nsf-msgi/default.html ). The program funds a doctoral student to perform research in the mathematical sciences at host institutions, we typically host 6-10 of these. To be eligible to host a student, please submit a short project description by October 28 at https://forms.gle/gPEy5FKFx8qEahfq8 Let me know soon if you have questions, Stefan PS- Students must apply directly (see above), and the past three years have shown that it may help if they emphasize their mathematical background (the program seems to reject people if they appear too engineering-y) and name Argonne as a desired host location.

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due Oct 28: 2020 NSF Mathematical Sciences Graduate Internship projects
by Wild, Stefan M. 17 Oct '19

17 Oct '19

All, We've been invited to again participate as a host for the NSF MSGI program ( https://orise.orau.gov/nsf-msgi/default.html ). The program funds a doctoral student to perform research in the mathematical sciences at host institutions, we typically host 6-10 of these. To be eligible to host a student, please submit a short project description by October 28 at https://forms.gle/gPEy5FKFx8qEahfq8<https://goo.gl/forms/fZO7Ml4B7ULVAZuJ2> Let me know soon if you have questions, Stefan PS- Students must apply directly (see above), and the past three years have shown that it may help if they emphasize their mathematical background (the program seems to reject people if they appear too engineering-y) and name Argonne as a desired host location. -- Computing mailing list Computing(a)anl.gov https://lists.cels.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/computing

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Argonne Computing Coffee Hour Today in the Viz Lab from 2:00-3:00
by Werner, Janet M. 16 Oct '19

16 Oct '19

Hello, The weekly Argonne Computing Coffee Hours are going well with having presentations each week to facilitate everyone getting to know about each other’s computing activities to enable more collaborations. The coffee hours take place on Wednesdays, 2pm – 3pm in the Viz Lab on the 4th floor, 4312. The ALCF Division will host this week. The speakers for today will be Taylor Childers and Tom Uram who will talk about “Data Science at ALCF”. Janet -- Computing mailing list Computing(a)anl.gov https://lists.cels.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/computing

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