Seminar Series
The CRC Seminar Series serves as a platform for the Notre Dame community and researchers across the globe to showcase how cyber-enabled discovery is playing a critical role in their research.
The CRC will be happy to host a joint seminar with your department if you have a speaker in mind. Please email your suggestions to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Looking forward to seeing you at the seminars!

April 10th, 2013
Improving Data Discovery for DataONE
Line Pouchard
Information Scientist Scientific Data Group
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

March 20th, 2013
Overview of web2py
Massimo Di Pierro
Associate Professor School of Computing
DePaul University

February 27, 2013
Understanding Molecular Origins of Aggregation in Biotherapeutics
Sandeep Kumar
Principal Scientist Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pfizer, Inc.

January 23, 2013
VecNet-CI: A Cyberinfrastructure Development Project in Support of the Vector Ecology and Control Network (VecNet)
Greg Madey
Research Professor Computer Science and Engineering
University of Notre Dame

Integration of Computer Simulation and Virtual Reality Visualization
Chenn Zhou
Professor Mechanical Engineering
Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies
Director Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS)
Purdue University Calumet

October 24, 2012
Toward Synergistic Advancement of Cyberinfrastructure and Geographic Information
Shaowen Wang
Associate Professor Geography and Geographic Information Science (Primary), Computer Science, and Urban and Regional Planning
Faculty Affiliate Computational Science and Engineering Graduate Program
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

October 16, 2012
Computational Investigations of Properties and Toxicity of Nanomaterials at the JSU Nanotoxicity Center
Jerzy Leszczynski
Professor of Chemistry and President’s Distinguished Fellow Jackson State University

September 19, 2012
Web-based Science Gateways for Structural Bioinformatics
Sandra Gesing
Senior Consultant and PhD Student Applied Bioinformatics Group at University of Tübingen

July 9, 2012
Reactive Flow and Transport in Environmental Systems: Energy Considerations
Scott James
Sandia National Laboratory

June 7, 2012
Center for Adaptive Supercomputing Software
John Feo
Manager Computational Sciences & Mathematics Division
Adaptive Supercomputer Software Group at Pacific Northwest National

May 3, 2012
High Performance Computer Vision, an Oxymoron?
John Hart
Professor Computer Science, High Performance Graphics and Shape Modeling
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

April 26, 2012
Platform for semantic integration of resources from Polish digital libraries, museums and scientific and technical information systems
Juliusz Pukacki
Team Leader Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center

April 25, 2012
Big Properties from Small Simulations
David Kofke
SUNY Distinguished Professor Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo

April 11, 2012
Developing usable scientific software in an academic research environment: Lessons learned developing Jmol and OpenMD
Daniel Gezelter
Associate Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame

March 22, 2012
Reference World Information and Simulation Environment
Alok Chaturvedi
Professor Purdue University’s Krannert Graduate School of Management
Founder, Chairman, and CEO Simulex Inc.

February 8, 2012
Computation of Topological and Shape Sensitivities in Turbulent Flows
Aleksandar Jemcov
Research Assistant Professor Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Computational Dynamics Center for Research ComputingUniversity of Notre Dame
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