SKC Science & Technology Webinar

Big Science with Big Instruments

Date/Time: Thursday, September 9, 2021, 10:00am Indian Standard Time

Speaker: Frank Wuerthwein, University of California-San Diego and San Diego Supercomputer Center, USA

Recording available at: https://youtu.be/Lnf3K_-TOa0

Abstract: Humanity has built extraordinary instruments by pooling human and financial resources globally. These instruments produce data at petabytes to exabytes that needs to be processed and analyzed by their global collaborations using globally distributed computing systems. We will introduce the science of 3 such large global endeavors, Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), IceCube and Large Hadron Collider (LHC), elucidating common patterns in the global computing infrastructure for big science.

Bio: Frank Wuerthwein is a professor of physics at University of California-San Diego, which he joined in 2003 after holding appointments at CalTech and MIT. He is the Interim Director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center and the Executive Director of the Open Science Grid, a national cyberinfrastructure to advance the sharing of resources, software, and knowledge. His research focuses on experimental particle physics and distributed high-throughput computing. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University.

Target Audience: This is for a wider audience. In particular, higher secondary and college students and teachers are welcome.

This webinar will be conducted over Zoom. The Zoom link will be available to registrants (sent to their email addresses) shortly before the webinar starts.

This webinar is part of SKC Science and Technology Webinar Series.