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<blockquote type="cite" cite>D. E. Shaw Research Tech Talk<br>
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March 5, 2009<br>
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET<br>
Refreshments will be served<br>
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Room 4-237<br>
Building 4<br>
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About The Talk<br>
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D. E. Shaw Research is an independent research laboratory that
conducts basic scientific research in the field of computational
biochemistry under the direct scientific leadership of Dr. David E.
Shaw. Our group is currently focusing on molecular simulations
involving proteins and other biological macromolecules of potential
interest from both a scientific and a pharmaceutical perspective.<br>
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Our lab recently constructed the first of 16 "segments" of a
massively parallel supercomputer called Anton, designed specifically
for the execution of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Each segment
of Anton, using novel algorithms developed in our lab, is designed to
simulate a single MD trajectory as much as a millisecond or so in
length-timescales at which biologically significant phenomena occur.
Anton has already generated the world's longest MD trajectory, and is
now being used by our scientists to execute preliminary protein
simulations.<br>
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Join us for an overview of our work on parallel algorithms and machine
architectures for high-speed MD simulations and a description of the
simulations that have helped elucidate the dynamics and functional
mechanisms of biologically important proteins.<br>
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About The Speaker<br>
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Ross Lippert is involved in the design of algorithms and software for
Desmond. He earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from MIT, where he also
earned four concurrent undergraduate degrees in physics, mathematics,
computer science, and electrical engineering. Before joining DESRES,
Ross was an instructor at MIT's Department of Mathematics. Previously,
he was a Senior Research Scientist in the Informatics Research group
at Celera Genomics and a von Neumann Fellow in Computational Science
at Sandia National Labs. <br>
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Stop by to learn about our current research projects as well as
full-time and internship opportunities within the group. All science
and technical majors are welcome. Refreshments will be served.<br>
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Learn more at <a
href="http://www.DEShawResearch.com/">www.DEShawResearch.com</a>.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Melinda Cerny</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Assistant Director, Chemistry
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Rm. 2-204</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Department of Chemistry</blockquote>
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