Upcoming events

The computer science colloquium takes place on Mondays from 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. This week's speaker, Kenneth Brown (Duke University), will be giving a talk titled "How to Build a Quantum Computer."

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Quantum computers promise to transform scientific computation by taking advantage of the rules of quantum mechanics to achieve an algorithmic speedup. Quantum computers remain difficult to build and in this talk I will examine the current state of the art in industry, academia, and national laboratories.  I will then discuss how these different groups can work together to build these devices. I will conclude with a discussion of the quantum computers we have built at the Duke Quantum Center and the next generation quantum computer we plan to build as part of the NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory.

Biography

Kenneth Brown is the Michael J. Fitzpatrick Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Physics, and Chemistry at Duke University.  He is an expert in quantum information science and engineering, and he uses the control of quantum systems to develop new technologies and understand the natural world. His research interests are ion trap quantum computers and quantum error correction. He serves on the American Physical Society Council of Representatives for the Division of Quantum Information. He was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Kavli Fellow, and an Experienced Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for his work in quantum information. He is a scientific advisor for IonQ.

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During each session, the graduate staff will review:

• Requirements (general)
• Applying
• Prerequisite requirements
• What makes a strong applicant
• Funding
• Resources
• Common questions
• Questions from attendees

Students considering the following programs should attend:

• Computer Science M.S.
• Computer Science M.C.S.
• Computer Science Ph.D.
• Data Science M.S.
• Data Science Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

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The computer science colloquium takes place on Mondays from 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. This week's speaker, Ayse K. Coskun (Boston University), will be giving a talk titled, "ML-Powered Diagnosis of Performance Anomalies in Computer Systems".

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Today’s large-scale computer systems that serve high performance computing and cloud face challenges in delivering predictable performance, while maintaining efficiency, resilience, and security. Much of computer system management has traditionally relied on (manual) expert analysis and policies that rely on heuristics derived based on such analysis. This talk will discuss a new path on designing ML-powered “automated analytics” methods for large-scale computer systems and how to make strides towards a longer-term vision where computing systems are able to self-manage and improve. Specifically, the talk will first cover how to systematically diagnose root causes of performance “anomalies”, which cause substantial efficiency losses and higher cost. Second, it will discuss how to identify applications running on computing systems and discuss how such discoveries can help reduce vulnerabilities and avoid unwanted applications. The talk will also highlight how to apply ML in a practical and scalable way to help understand complex systems, demonstrate methods to help standardize study of performance anomalies, discuss explainability of applied ML methods in the context of computer systems, and point out future directions in automating computer system management.

Biography

Prof. Ayse K. Coskun is a full professor at Boston University (BU) at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, where she leads the Performance and Energy Aware Computing Laboratory (PeacLab) to solve problems towards making computer systems more intelligent and energy- efficient. Coskun is also the Director of the Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE). Coskun’s research interests intersect design automation, computer systems, and architecture. Her research outcomes are culminated in several technical awards, including the NSF CAREER Award, the IEEE CEDA Ernest Kuh Early Career Award, and an IBM Faculty Award. Coskun has been an avid collaborator of industry (including with IBM TJ Watson, Oracle, AMD, Intel, and others) and received several patents during her time at Sun Microsystems (now Oracle). Her research team has released several impactful open-source software artifacts and tools to the community. Coskun has also regularly participated in outreach programs at BU and founded a new forum called “Advancing Diversity in EDA” (DivEDA). She currently serves as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design. Coskun received her PhD degree in Computer Engineering from University of California San Diego.

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The John V. Carlis Memorial Lecture is dedicated to the advancement of education and inclusion in the field of computing.

This year's speaker is Mark Guzdial from the University of Michigan, giving a talk titled "Changing Computing To Make It “For All."

Abstract

The term “computer science” was invented as something that should be taught to everyone in order to facilitate learning other subjects and to reduce the danger of having this powerful new technology controlled by only a few. Computing education has not become the democratizing force imagined in the 1960’s. Today, computer science has a narrow definition, and only a privileged few understand and create a critical part of our world. If we wanted to reach the original and more general goal, we would have to change how we teach computing — and maybe even change computing. In this talk, I review the history of “computer science” and its earlier purpose, consider the barriers to reaching universal computational literacy, then describe and demonstrate new kinds of languages, tools, and approaches for learning and teaching computing for everyone.

Biography

Mark Guzdial is a Professor in Computer Science & Engineering and Director of the Program in Computing for the Arts and Sciences at the University of Michigan. He studies how people come to understand computing and how to make that more effective. He was one of the founders of the International Computing Education Research conference. He was a lead on the NSF alliance “Expanding Computing Education Pathways" which helped US states improve and broaden their computing education. He invented and has written several books on the “Media Computation” contextualized approach to computing education. With his wife and colleague, Barbara Ericson, he received the 2010 ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator award.  He is an ACM Distinguished Educator and a Fellow of the ACM. His most recent book is Learner-Centered Design of Computing Education: Research on Computing for Everyone (Morgan & Claypool, 2015). He received the 2019 ACM SIGCSE Outstanding Contributions to Education award.

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The computer science colloquium takes place on Mondays from 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. This week's speaker, Tabitha Peck, will be giving a talk.

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RSVP today!.

During each session, the MSSE staff will review:

• Requirements (general)
• Applying
• Prerequisite requirements
• What makes a strong applicant
• Funding
• Resources
• Common questions
• Questions from attendees

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