19 March 2018
Following the success of the previous year’s event, a second
seminar day took place on 19th March 2018, bringing together researchers and
programmers from different departments with common interests in the
following areas:
- Research in Scientific Computing
- Software engineering and sustainable software development
- Computing infrastructure and High Performance Computing
Venue
Microsoft Research
Programme
9:45 - 10:00 Welcome and Introduction
10:00-11.00 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
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:30 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
12:30-1:30 Lunch and HoloLens demo
1:30-3:00 Session 3
- Eiko Yoneki (Computer Lab) - Efficient Large-Scale Graph Processing
- Lukas Lang (DAMTP) - Efficient motion estimation in fluorescence microscopy data
- Arjen Tamerus (UIS) - Working with the Cambridge RSE team
Staff and graduate students are invited to give lightning talks and posters on their work and the topics listed above.
