Wednesday Dec 23 2009, 13:30, at BMB5

Parallel Solution of Large Sparse Linear Systems

Abstract. Recent advances in computer architecture and hardware made petascale platforms possible in which a node consists of many cores. On such platforms, however, one needs novel parallel algorithms that avoid the well-known memory-wall, i.e. design algorithms t [...read more]

Biography. Murat Manguoglu was born in Ankara, Turkey, in 1979. In June 2002, he received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. He received his master’s degree in Computatio ...read more

Thursday Dec 10 2009, 16:00, at BMB5

Cloud Computing

Abstract. "Cloud Computing" seminar will discuss the following: * Define Cloud Computing * Explain an open source technology called "Hadoop" * Give examples to show how Hadoop is used in Cloud Computing * Discuss how Hadoop deployments are optimized Referenc [...read more]

Biography. Dr. Nurcan Coskun is currently employed by Intel Corporation. Her previous work experience includes College of Wooster, IBM and Tandem. Dr. Coskun has expertise in integrated programming environments, code generators, incremental compilers, interpreters, ...read more

Network Formation Games

Abstract. As opposed to the classical networking literature, many modern computer networks, including the Internet itself, are constructed and maintained by self-interested agents. In such networks, the global performance of the system may not be as good as in the [...read more]

Biography. Bugra Caskurlu received his B.S degree in Computer Science from Bilkent University in 2003. After his graduation, he started his graduate studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and received his M.S. degree in Computer Science in 2006. Currently, he's ...read more

MSc_Thesis: SECURE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL MECHANISMS FOR ISOLATED NETWORKS

Abstract. Current network security solutions are consisted of a single host, with network interfaces of the host connected to protected and external networks at the same time. This design ensures security by restricting traffic flow to a single point, where it can [...read more]

MSc_Thesis: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A HYBRID AND CONFIGURABLE ACCESS CONTROL MODEL

Abstract. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A HYBRID AND CONFIGURABLE ACCESS CONTROL MODEL A hybrid and configurable access control model, is designed to satisfy the requirements of using different access control models in the same structure. The idea is arised to compl [...read more]

MSc_Thesis: Prediction of Protein-Protein Interactions from Sequence using Evolutionary Relations of Proteins and Species

Abstract. High-throughput protein interaction assays aim to provide a comprehensive list of interactions that govern the biological processes in a cell. These large-scale sets of interactions, represented as protein-protein interaction networks, are often analyzed [...read more]

MSc_Thesis: INTERACTIVE EDITING OF COMPLEX TERRAINS ON PARALLEL GRAPHICS ARCHITECTURES

Abstract. Rendering large terrains on large screens at interactive frame rates is a challenging area of computer graphics. In the last decade, real-time terrain rendering on large screens plays an important role in many simulations and virtual reality systems. To f [...read more]

MSc_Thesis: A Script based modular game engine framework for Augmented Reality Applications

Abstract. Augmented reality is a technology that combines virtual and real objects in the user’s view of the physical environment. It runs in real-time with user interactivity. This technology has various potential uses in architecture, manufacturing, educati [...read more]

MSc_Thesis: Content-Based Audio Management and Retrieval System for News Broadcasts

Abstract. The audio signals can provide rich semantic cues for analyzing multimedia content, so audio information has been recently used for content-based multimedia indexing and retrieval. Due to growing amount of audio data, demand for efficient retrieval techniq [...read more]

MSc_Thesis: Multi-Resolution Visualization of Large Scale Protein Networks Enriched with Gene Ontology Annotations

Biography. In order to detect similarities between cellular mechanisms of different organisms, genome-wide protein networks can be used. Protein networks which provide functional organization information about an organism is an emerging topic in bioinformatics. Give ...read more