2020 MICDE Symposium

9 Apr 2020, 07:00 → 10 Apr 2020, 13:55 America/Detroit

On April 9 & 10, the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering will host its 2020 Annual Symposium. In addition to talks by external experts who are driving new fronts in computing, the Symposium will showcase some of the game-changing research supported by our Catalyst Grants program, and the workshop on Resilient Cities through Computation organized by MICDE’s Center for Scientific Software Infrastructure and with support from the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Thursday 9 April

08:00 → 08:45 Registration

Check-in at registration table on the first floor of Rackham. Name badges will be provided. Coffee will be provided on the 4th floor.

08:45 → 09:00 MICDE 2020 Symposium: New Paradigms in Computing: Year in Review - Krishna Garikipati, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics, MICDE Director, University of Michigan

09:00 → 09:40 MICDE 2020 Symposium: New Paradigms in Computing: Keynote: Ian Foster, Professor of Computer Science, University of Chicago Director, Data Science and Learning Division Argonne National Laboratory

09:40 → 10:30 MICDE 2020 Symposium: New Paradigms in Computing: Catalyst Projects Session I

10:30 → 10:50 BREAK

Coffee is provided.

10:50 → 11:30 MICDE 2020 Symposium: New Paradigms in Computing: Keynote: Ewa Deelman, Research Professor and Research Director, Information Sciences Institute University of Southern California

11:30 → 12:00 MICDE 2020 Symposium: New Paradigms in Computing: Catalyst Projects Session II

12:00 → 14:30 Lunch

A buffet lunch will be provided for symposium registrants. Lunch will be served in the Rackham Assembly Hall.

12:00 → 14:30 Student Poster Competition

U-M students and postdocs working on computational projects present their work in the annual MICDE Student Poster Competition.

The poster session will take place in the Rackham Assembly Hall on Thursday, April 9, 2020 from 12:00-2:30 p.m. Prizes will be awarded to three outstanding posters.

14:30 → 14:45 MICDE 2020 Symposium: New Paradigms in Computing: Remarks

14:45 → 15:35 MICDE 2020 Symposium: New Paradigms in Computing: Catalyst Projects Session III

15:35 → 15:55 Break

15:55 → 16:45 MICDE 2020 Symposium: New Paradigms in Computing: Catalyst Projects Session IV

16:45 → 17:00 MICDE 2020 Symposium: New Paradigms in Computing: Poster Competition Awards & Closing Remarks

17:00 → 22:00 Hackathon - Creating A Hybrid Simulation System Using The 'Simple Run Time Infrastructure

Use the SRTI ('Simple Run Time Infrastructure') to replace a simulator from a complex system with your own! Your programming skills will help guide a virtual-agent through a natural disaster. Compete with a supported programming language of your choice! The best-performing submission will receive a prize!

Friday 10 April

08:30 → 09:00 Registration: Morning Registration

Check-in at registration table on the first floor of Rackham. Name badges will be provided. Coffee will be provided on the 4th floor.

09:00 → 09:05 Resilient Cities through Computation Workshop: Opening Remarks - Sherif El-Tawil, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan

09:05 → 09:30 Resilient Cities through Computation Workshop: Keynote: Therese McAllister, Community Resilience Group Leader and Program Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology

09:30 → 10:20 MICDE 2020 Symposium: New Paradigms in Computing: Workshop speaker - Session I

10:20 → 10:40 BREAK

10:40 → 12:25 Resilient Cities through Computation Workshop: Workshop speakers - Session II

12:25 → 13:25 LUNCH - Announcement of Hackathon winners

Lunch will be provided for workshop registrants in the Assembly Hall.

13:25 → 13:35 Resilient Cities through Computation Workshop: Closing Remarks - Sherif El-Tawil, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan