[bioundgrd] March 5th - D.E. Shaw Research Talk Plus Job and Internship Possibilities

[Janice Chang]

>D. E. Shaw Research Tech Talk
>
>March 5, 2009
>5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET
>Refreshments will be served
>
>Room 4-237
>Building 4
>
>About The Talk
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>About The Speaker
>
>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. 
>
>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.
>
>Learn more at <http://www.DEShawResearch.com/>www.DEShawResearch.com.
>
>
>
>Melinda Cerny
>Assistant Director, Chemistry Education
>Rm. 2-204
>Department of Chemistry
>MIT
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