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AHPCRC Goes to Supercomputing 2011 At the AHPCRC exhibit at Supercomputing 2011 (Seattle, WA), six sponsored researchers demonstrated new tablet computer apps for executing reduced-order models and taking notes in Braille, algorithms for solving large linear algebra problems and analyzing stereoscopic images, advanced capabilities for simulations and visualization, and power usage analysis for radar image formation. The exhibit and demonstrations were well attended and received many positive comments from conference attendees, including AHPCRC Cooperative Agreement Manager Raju Namburu (Army Research Laboratory), Jim Regan (Chairman and CEO of DRC Corporation), and upper management from DRC's High Performance Technologies Group. Sivaram Ambikasaran: Fast Linear Algebra for HPC Applications (Stanford University, graduate student with Eric Darve) Photos (top to bottom) Adam Duran (NMSU) demonstrates Braille note taking on an Android tablet for Jess Cannata, Jim Regan, Barbara Bryan, and Mark Thompson (DRC) Ricky Portillo (UTEP, at right) explains SAR image formation to Mark Potts (DRC) Siva Ambikasaran and Eric Darve (Stanford, at left) explain their fast linear algebra algorithm to Darve's colleagues Sarala Arunagiri (UTEP, at right) discusses stereo image mapping with a visitor to the exhibit Jon Tomas Gretarsson (Stanford, at left) shows some of his research group's visualizations to Adam Duran (All photos by Nancy McGuire, DRC) |
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AHPCRC 2011 Summer Institute Team Develops Touchscreen Braille Writer Adam Duran, a student now in his senior year at New Mexico State University, Adrian Lew, Stanford assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and Sohan Dharmaraja, a doctoral candidate at Stanford studying computational mathematics, developed a Braille writer for common touchscreen devices that has the potential to replace specialized devices costing up to 10 times more. (Stanford School of Engineering press release, will open in new window) |
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AHPCRC Sponsors AERO-F Workshop August 2011 -- AHPCRC researchers at Stanford University are developing a state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-based coupled fluid–structure analysis capability and building it into Stanford’s multidisciplinary code AERO-F. Using high performance computing resources, they are comparing the thrust produced by pure plunge, pitch, or twist wing motions with that for combined wing motions. They are also determining the optimal amplitudes and frequencies of the flapping and twisting motions. The group conducted a hands-on training session of AERO-F in August 2011; one of the attendees was a researcher from the Vehicle Technology Directorate (VTD) of ARL. The upgraded AERO-F code features a new embedded viscous CFD method has been installed on Harold (ARL/DSRC) and local VTD machines, and a report discussing its impact on the simulation of flexible flapping wings in the viscous flow regime will be provided to VTD. This fluid–structure computational technology, developed for flapping wings, has been adopted by Boeing for the analysis of High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) systems. |
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AHPCRC Center Director Charbel Farhat June 24, 2011 -- AHPCRC Center Director Charbel Farhat has received the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques from the Prime Minister of France. The Ordre des Palmes Academiques is an Order of Chivalry of France for academics and cultural figures, originated by Napoleon, to honor eminent members of the University of Paris. Prof. Farhat will receive the medal and ribbon at a ceremony organized by the French Consulate in San Francisco. |
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AHPCRC Center Director Charbel Farhat Wins ASME Lifetime Achievement Award June 7, 2011 -- Charbel Farhat, AHPCRC Center Director, has won the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Division Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes outstanding accomplishments, demonstrated by publications, documented testimonials from peers, and impact on the field of computing in engineering. A plaque and a $2,000 honorarium will be presented to Farhat during the CIE Luncheon at the IDETC/CIE 2011 Conference in Washington, DC, on August 29, 2011. |
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AHPCRC Center Director Charbel Farhat Named 2011 SIAM Fellow On March 31, 2011, The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) named 34 academics and professionals to its 2011 Class of Fellows for their outstanding contributions to applied mathematics and computational science through research in the field and service to the larger community. This distinguished group of individuals from wide-ranging areas was nominated by the SIAM community and will be recognized in July at the 7th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2011) in Vancouver, British Columbia. |
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