In April 2015 there was a devastating earthquake in Nepal, killing thousands and displacing hundreds of thousands more. Robin Wilson was working for the Flowminder Foundation at the time, and was given the task of processing millions of rows of mobile phone call records to try and extract useful information …
Dr. Richard F L Evans, lecturer in Condensed Matter Theory in the physics department at the University of York, gave a stimulating seminar exploring the current state-of-the-art in atomistic modelling of magnetic materials and presenting calculations of two industrially important magnetic materials: NdFeB permanent magnets and IrMn/CoFe bilayers for spin …
Dr. Mike Croucher, research software engineer at the University of Sheffield, gave an insightful seminar exploring some of the issues surrounding the use and development of research software, proposing a rational approach to the use of software in order to produce correct results and highlighting how underestimating the importance of …
Professor Andrew J. Tatem, gave a seminar on his work on population modelling. He collaborates with NGOs and other organisations to better the lives of disadvantaged communities around the world so that the World Development Goals can be achieved. His work focuses on developing computational modells and data acquisition methods …
James Hawkes, postgraduate research student at the University of Southampton, presented his research on the scalability of parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) codes. His project on Massively-Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics is sponsored by the Dutch maritime research institute MARIN. Within this project ReFRESCO, a CFD code for fluid problems around …
Dr Michal Krompiec, research scientist at Merck Chemicals, gave an interesting seminar on the topic of organic photovoltaics (OPV), first highlighting the capabilities of this relatively new technology and then discussing about how computer simulations are an essential and powerful tool for the design of high performance materials in order …
Dr Greg Wilson, co-founder of Software Carpentry , gave a wide ranging seminar on the breadth of programming skills, how to teach and learn computing, and the central challenges that would have the biggest impact on all scientists using computers, not just the computing experts. Starting with how being open …
Prof. Cheng started the seminar and briefed the audience on the history of Lloyds register. LR is a global charity with £1 Billion turnover and around 250 offices world wide which started as ship classification society. Currently offers a large variety of services such as engineering and business services with …
Dr. Shilong Lu and Fabrizio Lungo, researchers and developers at Fidelity Technologies Ltd., gave an informative presentation on Fidelity Technology Ltd.’s research strategies and product development, as well as detailing the challenges in developing an end-to-end real-time platform that provides meaningful and contextually appropriate interpretation of collected data, and delivers …
Jodie Walshe, Decision Support Manager for Engineering and Supply in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), gave a research seminar about the possibilities that computer modelling has to offer to many different aspects of the RNLI workings. He explained that the RNLI is funded by donations entirely, and it is …