Sponsored Symposia

Visual Processing of Natural Images: Theory, Psychophysics, Physiology, and Imaging
April 5–6, 2002

This conference, co-sponsored with the Computational Neuroscience Program, brought together interdisciplinary research representing theoretical, neurophysical, brain imaging, and psychophysical approaches to the problem of visual processing of natural images. The key goals of the conference were the discussion of the bridge between simple and complex (natural) images and extensions of the information theoretic perspective to understanding higher-level visual processing.

Sponsors

Computational Neuroscience Program

Center for Cognitive Sciences

Graduate School

Institute of Technology

Medical School

Supercomputing Institute for Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation

Organizers

Daniel Kersten, University of Minnesota, chair

Tom Carlson, University of Minnesota

Sing-Hang Cheung, University of Minnesota

Patty Costello, University of Minnesota

Sheng He, University of Minnesota

Gordon Legge, University of Minnesota

Thomas Naselaris, University of Minnesota

Cheryl Olman, University of Minnesota

Paul Schrater, University of Minnesota

Computational Chemistry at the Interface
June 3–4, 2002

As part of the 34th Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, the Supercomputing Institute co-sponsored a mini-symposium on Computational Chemistry at the Interface. The mini-symposium featured sessions on the computational chemistry of nanostructured materials, environmental chemistry, and chemical biology.

Organizers

Donald G. Truhlar, University of Minnesota, chair

Christopher J. Cramer, University of Minnesota

Jiali Gao, University of Minnesota

Alon V. McCormick, University of Minnesota

Nanosimulation Workshop
August 26, 2002

The First Annual Nanosimulation Workshop was held at the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus on August 26, 2002. It was jointly sponsored by the Supercomputing Institute and the Center for NanoEnergetics Research (CNER). CNER is a research center created in the spring of 2001 at four university sites through the Department of Defense–University Research Initiative for NanoTechnology (DURINT). The Univeristy of Minnesota is the lead institution; the others are the University of Delaware, Oklahoma State University, and South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The talks included presentations by CNER researchers and complementary research by a distinguished group of invited speakers. The workshop organizer was Donald G. Truhlar, University of Minnesota.

More Information For more information on past and future symposia sponsored in part by the Supercomputing Institute, please refer to our internet pages at: www.msi.umn.edu/general/events.html