Bulletin #10 Friday 1st, December, 2023 |
Important Dates & Reminders
Monday, December 4, 2023: Fall examinations begin
Monday, December 11, 2023 Fall 2023 Grades due
Friday, December 22, 2023 Winter Recess - University Closed |
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In this Issue
Upcoming Seminars:
"Challenges and Opportunities for MPI in the Post-Exascale Era"
-Rajeev Thakur, Argonne National Laborator | Dec 4
CS Events:
Annual Holiday Party | Dec 7
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December
4th - Rajeev Thakur |
Monday / CS Seminar
December 4th / 12:00 PM
Hybrid / Mudd 3514 |
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"Challenges and Opportunities for MPI in the Post-Exascale Era"
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Abstract
Over the past 30 years, MPI (Message Passing Interface) has enabled applications to run on many generations of parallel clusters and supercomputing systems, thereby enabling computation-driven progress in essentially all areas of science and engineering. As we enter the era of exascale systems, MPI continues to be the standard interface that most applications use for internode communication and scaling to the full system. This talk will discuss some of the challenges that were overcome for MPI to reach exascale and explore the challenges that must be overcome for MPI to continue to meet the needs of future post-exascale systems and applications.
Biography
Rajeev Thakur is an Argonne Distinguished Fellow and Deputy Director of the Data Science and Learning Division at Argonne National Laboratory. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University. His research interests are in high-performance computing, parallel programming models, runtime systems, communication libraries, scalable parallel I/O, and artificial intelligence and machine learning. He was the director of Software Technology for the Exascale Computing Project (ECP) from 2016 to 2017 and continues as the lead for the Programming Models and Runtimes area in ECP Software Technology. He is a member of the MPI Forum that defines the Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard. He is also co-author of the MPICH implementation of MPI and the ROMIO implementation of MPI-IO, which have thousands of users all over the world and form the basis of commercial MPI implementations from Intel, HPE/Cray, IBM, Microsoft, and other vendors. MPICH received an R&D 100 Award in 2005. Rajeev is a co-author of the book “Using Advanced MPI: Modern Features of the Message-Passing Interface” published by MIT Press. He was an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (2003-2007) and was Technical Program Chair of the SC12 conference. He also served on the Steering Committee of the SC conference series (2015-2018). He is a Fellow of IEEE.
Zoom Link: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/98742944672?pwd=eUNmd3dabGlyYkxUQThZNjVVRS84QT09
Panopto: https://northwestern.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=0c762f3e-4358-4c48-ae8c-b0b6012faf7a
Research Interests/Area
High-performance computing, parallel programming models, runtime systems, communication libraries, scalable parallel I/O, AI/ML |
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It's that time of year again and we are thrilled to invite you to RSVP for the computer science department's annual holiday party!
Get ready for an evening of good food, good music, and great vibes on Thursday 7th December 2023 at 4PM. |
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Thursday 7th December 2023; 4PM-6PM |
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Louis Room, 2nd Floor, Norris University Center |
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Become a DTC Project Partner |
Support Northwestern first-year engineering students this fall by becoming a project partner for Design Thinking and Communication (DTC). The project proposal deadline is December 1, 2023. Staff, faculty, and University organizations are encouraged to submit project ideas. External referrals are always appreciated. Applicable topics include (but are not limited to):
Rehabilitation engineering
Medicine and medical devices
Environment, sustainability, and conservation
User experience and user interactions
Games and entertainment
Education
Please email questions to Bayleigh Smith (bayleigh.smith@northwestern.edu). |
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Friday 1st December 2023 Deadline |
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ResilientNU Winter Cohorts |
ResilientNU’s winter cohort is open for registration! Over 5 weeks, our small groups cover wellness, stress management, and finding balance in 75-minute sessions with a trained NU student and a staff member from Health Promotion & Wellness (HPAW).
Our small cohorts are a great way to build time for yourself and your wellbeing amidst busy schedules. If you’re interested, please check out http://bit.ly/resilient-nu or email resilientnu@u.northwestern.edu if you have any questions!
We hope to see you in a cohort! |
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Empowering Human Knowledge for More Effective AI-Assisted Decision-Making
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Researchers from the Northwestern Center of Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence are exploring key differences between human and AI judgment to support more effective human-AI decision-making.
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Addressing Gender and Intersectional Bias in Artificial Intelligence
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On November 10, the Gender Equity Initiative at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and the Northwestern University Law and Technology Initiative cohosted the “Gender and Intersectional Bias in Artificial Intelligence Conference.”
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How Scenario Writing Could Help Us Build a Safer AI Future
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Researchers with the Northwestern Center for Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence are working to understand the plausible risks of AI through a unique, writing-based method.
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Examining Trust and Reliability at the Intersection of Computer Science and Law
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During a two-day workshop in October, IDEAL explored reliability and trust in machine learning and artificial intelligence systems through the lens of computer science, law, and policy.
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Deborah Cohen named interim leader of Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
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Annelise Riles to step down at the end of the year
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Robin Means Coleman to step down from Northwestern roles
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Coleman has served as the University’s vice president and associate provost for diversity and inclusion, chief diversity officer and professor since 2021
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Scholar-activist Nia Robles Del Pino named 2024 Global Rhodes Scholar
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As the first Argentinian to receive the honor, Northwestern senior will study mathematical physics at Oxford
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