{"532371":{"#nid":"532371","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CSE Confronts HPC and Big Data Challenges with New Partnership Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFresh on heels of announcing the new \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2016\/04\/20\/georgia-tech-portman-announce-coda-tech-square\u0022\u003ECoda tower in Tech Square\u003C\/a\u003E, the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) celebrated the launch of its \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cse.gatech.edu\/content\/school-cse-strategic-partnership-program\u0022\u003EStrategic Partnership Program\u003C\/a\u003E (SPP) by hosting an inaugural workshop, April 27.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe SPP is an initiative to bring together High-Performance Computing (HPC) experts from the public and private sectors to solve the industry\u0027s emerging problems, develop the field\u2019s workforce, and leverage CSE expertise.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor this first-of-its-kind workshop, the SPP invited a variety of partners offering a broad perspective on Big Data and computational information. These partners included Accenture, Cray, IBM, LexisNexis, Northrop Grumman, NVIDIA, and Yahoo Labs. Other participants representatives from Oak Ridge National Lab, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and U.S. Department of Defense.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur visitors were impressed with our leadership and vision in high-performance computing and data analytics,\u201d said David Bader, CSE school chair. \u201cWe\u2019re poised to make Georgia Tech the \u2018go-to\u2019 place in the nation to understand HPC and Big Data.\u201d Bader further discussed his plans to expand the program within the next year, recruit more partners, and enhance CSE curriculum.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe day featured talks on various data analytics and utility topics. These included updates from CSE Professors \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/srinivas-aluru\u0022\u003ESrinivas Aluru\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/haesun-park\u0022\u003EHaesun Park\u003C\/a\u003E. Aluru discussed his research using parallel algorithms to get the most from genomic data, the new Institute for Data Engineering and Science, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-and-uncs-renci-lead-major-effort-applies-big-data-solutions-regional-challenges\u0022\u003ENSF South Big Data Innovation Hub\u003C\/a\u003E. Park talked about her work analyzing massive unstructured text and image data using high-speed algorithms.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssociate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/richard-vuduc\u0022\u003ERich Vuduc\u003C\/a\u003E engaged workshop attendees in discussions about current and future CSE curriculum, and about developing a prepared and relevant workforce. The meeting concluded with SPP partners engaging with CSE students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on the Strategic Partnership Program, please contact the College of Computing Director of Development \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jhannan@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJohn Hannan\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETthe School of Computational Science and Engineering celebrates the launch of its\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cse.gatech.edu\/content\/school-cse-strategic-partnership-program\u0022\u003EStrategic Partnership Program\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and impress program\u0027s private and public sectors partners.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Faculty and students impress private and public sector experts during inaugural workshop to confront emerging industry questions."}],"uid":"30267","created_gmt":"2016-05-04 09:25:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:35","author":"Devin Young","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-05-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-05-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"485871":{"id":"485871","type":"image","title":"David Bader 2015","body":null,"created":"1452902401","gmt_created":"2016-01-16 00:00:01","changed":"1475895236","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:56","alt":"David Bader 2015","file":{"fid":"204278","name":"david_bader.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/david_bader_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/david_bader_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":562296,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/david_bader_0.jpg?itok=Db0_bs1z"}}},"media_ids":["485871"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4305","name":"cse"},{"id":"168427","name":"School of Computational Science \u0026 Engineering"},{"id":"167090","name":"SPP"},{"id":"172001","name":"Strategic Partnership Program"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022Mailto:devin.young@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDevin M. Young\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Assistant\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["devin.young@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}