MURPA 2008

MURPA 2008

Seminars conducted mainly by high definition video link to UCSD in 2008 were:

MURPA 2008

MURPA 2008: Left to right: Peter Serwylo, Hoang Nguyen, Nick Barnes and Aimee Li

18 JulyPeter ArzbergerInternational Research and Education:Opportunities and Challenges
24 JulyMark EllismanIntegrating Neuroscience Knowledge: Brain Research in the Digital Age
31 JulyLarry SmarrThe Emerging Global Collaboratory for Microbial Metagenomics Rsearchers
7 AugustIlkay AltintasOn Accelerating Scientific Discovery using Scientific Workflows and the Kepler System
21 AugustJurgen SchulzeImmersive Virtual Reality Research at Calit2
28 AugustWilfed LiCyberinfrastructure for Avian Flu Drug Design: have the cake and eat it too
4 SeptemberAndrew McCullochMulti-Scale Modelling of the Heart
11 SeptemberKim BaldridgeGrid Enabled Molecular Science Trough Online Networked Environments

The students selected for travel December 2008-February 2009, and their research projects, were:

  • Mr. Hoang Nguyen [BSE], who worked with San Diego Supercomputer Center expert, Ms Ilkay Altintas, on a software engineering oriented project involving the Kepler scientific workflow engine;
  • Ms. Li Guanghua (Aimee) [BCS], who worked with Dr. Wilfred Li on the virtual screening for inhibitors against avian influenza;
  • Mr. Nicholas Barnes [BSc/BCS], who worked with Professors Andrew McCulloch and Roy Kerckhoffs on the software simulation of the heart; and
  • Mr. Peter Serwylo [BITS], who worked with Dr. Jurgen Schulze on the visualization of 3D city models using large mega-pixel tiled display walls.
A wrap-up of the 2008 program as reported by Calit2