Challenges in ComputingOn 14 and 15 December 2011, Simula marks the occasion of 10 years of operation by hosting the conference Challenges in Computing.
In the conference, Simula wants to focus on future challenges in our research fields, by letting world leading scientists and technologists share their visions and their
thoughts on what the next decades might bring.
The Norwegian Minister of Research and Education, Tora Aasland, will conduct the opening of the conference on Wednesday 14 December. Speakers
 Bashar Nuseibeh The Open University, and Lero - the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre more Talk title: Requirements for Pervasive Privacy  Paola Inverardi University of L'Aquila more Talk title: Engineering Software in the Future Era: The role of uncertainty  Alfio Quarteroni École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and Politecnico di Milano more Talk title: Model reduction, complexity reduction  Natalia Trayanova Johns Hopkins University more Talk title: Simulating Cardiac Function and Dysfunction  Omar Ghattas University of Texas at Austin, and the KAUST-UT Austin Academic Excellence Alliance more Talk title: Grand Challenges in Computational Inverse Problems  Heinrich Stüttgen Vice President of NEC Laboratories Europe more Talk title: Challenges in the Evolution of the Internet of Things - Processing Real-World Information in the Cloud  Keith Marzullo more University of California San Diego, and Division Director, National Science Foundation Talk title: US Ignite
Time and place
The conference will take place 14 and 15 December 2011 at Simula Research Laboratory, Fornebu. Please register for participation by 1 December 2011. Conference invitation (pdf) - feel free to distribute. Conference program
Collaboration with Springer
During the ten years of operation, Simula has developed a strong collaboration with the world-leading scientific publisher Springer Verlag. Springer aims at publishing a book under the headline Challenges in Computing, and will include interviews with the speakers at the conference. At the conference, the Springer Computational Science and Engineering Award 2011 will be presented. |
