Seven Minute Madness Duncan A' Buell

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Seven Minute MadnessDuncan A. Buell
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Research Initiatives

• Parallel computing and scientific computation
• Reconfigurable computing
• Computational biology
• Computer security

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Parallel Computing/Scientific Computation

• 32 processor Beowulf machine daniel
• Opportunities for collaboration with other depts
• Ongoing work in computational biology
• Soon to be part of a CSE grid

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Reconfigurable Computing

• Design hardware with a computer program
• Not really special purpose hardware, but perhaps
  10x to 100x the performance of GP computers
• Applications in
• Computational biology
• Computer and communications security
• Image processing

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Theory or Experiment?

• The purpose of computing is insight, not
  numbers.
• (Richard Hamming)
• Sometimes the purpose of computing is numbers.
• (Paul Schneck)
• When all else fails, compute an example.
• (John Brillhart)
• A good idea is not necessarily a bright idea.
• (Howard Resnikoff)