<![CDATA[School of Physics Biophysics Seminar: Atmaram Pai-Panandiker]]> 27664 Curative cancer treatment requires radiotherapy (RT) in almost 2/3rd of all cases.Unfortunately, children are highly susceptible to the development of debilitating toxicities and secondary malignancies from RT. Normal tissue sparing with hadron-beam therapy is being actively investigated to reduce RT side-effects. The objective of this talk is to describe conventional and novel normal tissue-sparing applications of photon and proton beam therapy, respectively; radiobiological interplay with the tumor microenvironment will also be discussed.

]]> Alison Morain 1 1347032565 2012-09-07 15:42:45 1475891989 2016-10-08 01:59:49 0 0 event Protons and Cancer Therapy

]]> 2012-09-14T12:00:00-04:00 2012-09-14T12:00:00-04:00 2012-09-14T12:00:00-04:00 2012-09-14 16:00:00 2012-09-14 16:00:00 2012-09-14 16:00:00 2012-09-14T12:00:00-04:00 2012-09-14T12:00:00-04:00 America/New_York America/New_York datetime 2012-09-14 12:00:00 2012-09-14 12:00:00 America/New_York America/New_York datetime <![CDATA[]]> alison.morain@physics.gatech.edu

]]> <![CDATA[http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?...]]> <![CDATA[http://www.physics.gatech.edu/seminars-colloquia/series/soft-condensed-matt...]]> <![CDATA[CSE Seminar: Wilfried N. Gansterer]]> 27439 Speaker:

Wilfried N. Gansterer
Associate Professor, Computer Science, University of Vienna in Austria

Title:

Distributed Matrix Computations Based on Gossiping 

Abstract:

We discuss novel randomized algorithms for distributed matrix computations which are based on gossip-style data aggregation. In contrast to parallel algorithms or to approaches where randomization in linear algebra problems is primarily utilized for approximation purposes, our emphasis is on the flexibility and fault tolerance which can be achieved with randomized communication schedules. In our algorithms, each node communicates only with its nearest neighbors. Thus, they are attractive for decentralized and dynamic computing networks and they can recover from various types of failures occurring at runtime.

As concrete case studies, we discuss a distributed QR factorization method and distributed orthogonal iteration method in terms of performance, resilience against hard and soft failures, and resilience against asynchrony of the nodes. 

Bio:

Wilfried N. Gansterer is currently associate professor at the Faculty of Computer Science of the University of Vienna in Austria. He holds a master degree in mathematics from Vienna University of Technology, an MSc in Scientific Computing/Computational Mathematics from Stanford University, and a PhD in Scientific Computing from Vienna University of Technology. He worked as a post-doctoral research associate at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Subsequently, he joined the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Vienna, where he received tenure in 2012. His research interests include numerical and high performance computing, parallel and distributed computing, as well as data mining and internet security.

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]]> Lometa Mitchell 1 1346831425 2012-09-05 07:50:25 1475891985 2016-10-08 01:59:45 0 0 event 2012-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 2012-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 2012-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 2012-09-14 19:00:00 2012-09-14 20:00:00 2012-09-14 20:00:00 2012-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 2012-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 America/New_York America/New_York datetime 2012-09-14 03:00:00 2012-09-14 04:00:00 America/New_York America/New_York datetime <![CDATA[]]> Rich Vuduc

richie@cc.gatech.edu

]]> <![CDATA[Former Sec. Gates, Former CJCS Mullen to Discuss the National Security Implications of America's Debt]]> 27694
Part of Strengthening of America—Our Children’s Future 

MONDAY, SEP 17, 2012 | 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM WEBCAST: 

http://csis.org/event/strengthening-america-national-security-americas-debt

Former Senators Sam Nunn (D-GA), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Warren Rudman (R-NH), and Evan Bayh (D-IN) invite you to join them and other former Members of Congress to the second of four forums on America’s fiscal challenge.

PANEL ONE

National Security Implications of America’s Debt

Featuring:

Robert Gates
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense (via Satellite)

Michael Mullen
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

PANEL TWO

The Bipartisan Plans to Address the Situation

Featuring:

Erskine Bowles
Former White House Chief of Staff; Co-chair, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (via Satellite)

Pete Domenici
Former U.S. Senator (R-NM); Senior Fellow and Co-Chair, Bipartisan Policy Center's Debt Reduction Task Force

Alan Simpson
Former U.S. Senator (R-WY); Co-chair, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (via Satellite)

Alice Rivlin
Former Director of the White House
Office of Management and Budget; Co-chair, Bipartisan Policy Center's Debt Reduction Task Force

Monday, September 17, 2012, 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Registration will begin at 12:00 p.m.

CSIS, B1 Conference Center, 1800 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

Seating is limited. RSVP is required. Please click here to RSVP.

Note: You must log on to your CSIS account to register.  If you do not have an account with CSIS you will need to create one.  If you have any difficulties, please contact imisadmin@csis.org.

Strengthening of America—Our Children’s Future is an initiative of The Concord Coalition,The Bipartisan Policy Center, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS),the American Business Conference, the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. 

The Steering Committee for Strengthening of America currently includes the following former members of Congress: 

Howard Baker (R-TN), Bob Bennett (R-UT), David Boren (D-OK), Bill Brock (R-TN), Richard Bryan (D-NV), Mike Castle (R-DE), Jack Danforth (R-MO), Tom Davis (R-VA), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Mickey Edwards (R-OK), Daniel Evans (R-WA), Bill Frenzel (R-MN), Dan Glickman (D-KS), Slade Gorton (R-WA), Bob Graham (D-FL), William Gray (D-PA), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Jane Harman (D-CA), J. Bennett Johnston (D-LA), Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS), David McCurdy (D-OK), Jim Nussle (R-IA), Tim Penny (D-MN), Chuck Robb (D-VA), Tim Roemer (D-IN), Alan Simpson (R-WY), Charlie Stenholm (D-TX), John Tanner (D-TN), Tom Tauke (R-IA), and Tim Wirth (D-CO).

]]> Debbie Mobley 1 1347574514 2012-09-13 22:15:14 1475891993 2016-10-08 01:59:53 0 0 event Former U.S. senators Sam Nunn (D-GA), who is distinguished professor in The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Pete Domenici (R-NM), Warren Rudman (R-NH), and Evan Bayh (D-IN) invite you to join them and other former members of Congress to the second of four forums on America’s fiscal challenge:  Panel One - Robert Gates and Michael Mullens on the National Security Implications of America's Debt.  Panel Two - The Bipartisan Plans to Address the Situation.  May be viewed via webcast.

]]> 2012-09-17T13:30:00-04:00 2012-09-17T16:30:00-04:00 2012-09-17T16:30:00-04:00 2012-09-17 17:30:00 2012-09-17 20:30:00 2012-09-17 20:30:00 2012-09-17T13:30:00-04:00 2012-09-17T16:30:00-04:00 America/New_York America/New_York datetime 2012-09-17 01:30:00 2012-09-17 04:30:00 America/New_York America/New_York datetime <![CDATA[]]>