2023 Flatiron Wide Autumn Meeting

Date


FWAM (“Flatiron-wide Autumn Meeting”, previously “Flatiron-wide Algorithms and Mathematics”) is a two-day internal conference with the goal of introducing and reviewing scientific and computational tools of broad and significant usefulness to Flatiron researchers across all centers of the institute. This year’s theme is “Software Development Best Practices”, divided into four broad topics:

  • GPU programming and automatic differentiation
  • Programming languages and interoperability
  • Open-source software management
  • Visualization and interactive graphics

2023 Committee

Dan Fortunato, Chair

Center for Computational Mathematics

Jason Kaye

Center for Computational Quantum Physics

Sophie Beck

Center for Computational Quantum Physics

Alex Williams

Center for Computational Neuroscience

Sarah Harvey

Center for Computational Neuroscience

Kaze Wong

Center for Computational Astrophysics

Natalie Sauerwald

Center for Computational Biology

Scott Weady

Center for Computational Biology

Alex Barnett

Center for Computational Mathematics

Geraud Krawezik

Scientific Computing Core

Lehman Garrison

Scientific Computing Core

Aaron Wong

Informatics

October 19 2023

TimeTopicSpeaker
9:50 AM-10:00 AMWelcome
10:00 AM-11:30 AM[GPU+AD] Introduction to GPU ProgrammingEmanuel Scoullos, Data Scientist, NVIDIA
11:30 AM-11:50 AMCoffee Break
11:50 AM-12:50 PM[GPU+AD] Reverse mode automatic differentiation: Unraveling expression graphs & library magicSteve Bronder, Software Engineer, Flatiron Institute, CCM
12:50 AM-2:00 PMLunch
2:00 PM-3:00 PM[Prog] Introduction to foreign function interfacesBrian Ward, Software Engineer, Flatiron Institute, CCM
3:00 PM-3:30 PM3:00 PM-3:30 PMChris Edelmaier, Software Engineer, Flatiron Institute, CCB
3:30 PM-4:00 PMCoffee Break
4:00 PM-5:00 PM[Prog] Modern C++ for scientific software[Prog] Modern C++ for scientific software
5:00 PM-7:00 PMReception

October 20, 2023

TimeTopicSpeaker
9:30 AM-10:30 AM[OSS] Rosetta and Masala: Developing general platforms for biomolecular modellingVikram Mulligan, Research Scientist, Flatiron Institute, CCB
10:30 AM-11:00 AM[OSS] Between two micro-climates: Scientific software in academia and industryKatharine Hyatt, Applied Scientist, Amazon
11:00 AM-11:30 AMCoffee Break
11:30 AM-12:00 PM[OSS] Nonuniform FFTs at Flatiron: Lessons from a small scientific production codeAlex Barnett, Group Leader Numerical Algorithms, Flatiron Institute, CCM
12:00 PM-1:00 PM[OSS] Panel and Q&A: Case studies on long-tern software managementBarry Smith, Senior Research Scientist, Flatiron Institute, CMM, with Miles Stoudenmire, Research Scientist, Flatiron Institute, CCQ, and Marsha Berger, Group Leader, Flatiron Institute, CCM
1:00 PM-2:10 PMLunch
2:10 PM-2:40 PM[OSS] Introduction to JOSS and showyourworkSophie Beck, Associate Research Scientist, Flatiron Institute, CCQ and Kaze Wong, Flatiron Research Fellow, Flatiron Institute, CCA
2:40 PM-3:40 PM[Vis] WebGl and WebAssembly: Viewing (bigger) data in the browserEvan Molinelli, Software Engineer, Simons Foundation
3:40 PM-4:00 PMCoffee Break
4:00 PM-4:30 PM[Vis] H5Gizmos: A web-based infrastructure for special purpose interactive visualizationsAaron Watter, Senior Software Engineer, Flatiron Institute, SCC
4:30 PM-5:00 PM[Vis] Collaborative scientific visualization in the browser with FigurlJeremy Magland, Senior Data Scientist, Flatiron Institute, CCM
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