To promote idea exchanges and opportunities for young researchers to practice presentation skills, the second CACES (Center of Advanced Computational Engineering and Sciences) Research Symposium was held at the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) on May 20, 2017. As part of the JI Graduate Seminar Series, the symposium consisted of five technical presentations by faculty members and 15 by postdocs and graduate students. It was well attended by many faculty members and more than 40 graduate students. Professor Yongxing Shen served as the chairman.
Professor Fan Cheng from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering spoke about higher order derivatives in Costa’s entropy power inequality. Professor Hong Wang from the School of Materials Science and Engineering gave an introductory speech on the Materials Genome Initiative, a new paradigm for materials research. Professor Xiujun Han, also from the School of Material Science and Engineering, shared his work on how to compute a force field for Ni-Nb binary alloys parameterized using the density functional theory and Professor Hong Zhu from JI gave a talk about thermoelectric materials design with the Materials Genome Initiative approach. In addition, Professor Pingqiang Zhou from the School of Information Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech showcased his work on the design and CAD of noise sensors for on-die supply voltage emergency detection.
Professor David Hung, Associate Dean for Research, giving the opening address
Professor Yongxing Shen welcoming the participants
Professor Pingqiang Zhou presenting the design and CAD of noise sensors for on-die supply voltage emergency detection
Professor Hong Wang introducing the Materials Genome Initiative
Professor Hong Zhu presenting thermoelectric materials design
A new feature of this symposium is that all participants were encouraged to provide anonymous constructive feedback on the performance of any of the postdoc/student speakers.
In his closing remark, Professor Chien-Pin Chen, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, summarized the research results of the CACES and challenged researchers to find a thrust area to advance the CACES.
Some of the participants of the symposium
