The Pioneers of Quantum Computing

19 Nov 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): David P. Di Vincenzo

This talk profiles the persons whose insights and visions created the subject of quantum information science. Some famous, some not, they all thought deeply about the puzzles and contradictions that …

http://nanohub.org/resources/8067

Nano*High: Nature's Nasty Nanomachines: How Viruses Work, and How We Can Stop Them

25 Sep 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Carolyn R. Bertozzi

The birth and growth of nanotechnology is only a few decades old, whereas Nature has been building nano-machines for millennia. Viruses are marvels of natural nano-engineering, but can pose a …

http://nanohub.org/resources/8272

Nano*High: X-rays, Lasers, and Molecular Movies

25 Sep 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Roger W. Falcone

X-ray imaging is an excellent method to make visible what would normally be invisible - who hasn't had an X-ray at the doctor or dentist's office before? At the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, the …

http://nanohub.org/resources/8294

2010 Nano-Biophotonics Summer School @ UIUC Lecture 5 - Biomedicine - A tour of the Cell

25 Sep 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Marina Marjanovic

Edited and Uploaded by Omar Sobh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

http://nanohub.org/resources/9747

2010 Nano-Biophotonics Summer School @ UIUC Lecture 1 - Introduction

20 Sep 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Rashid Bashir, Stephen Boppart

Edited and Uploaded by Omar Sobh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

http://nanohub.org/resources/9637

X-ray Diffraction and Reflectivity Analysis of Thin Films and Nanomaterials

29 Dec 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mauro Sardela

A review of x-ray analysis techniques applied to the characterization of nanomaterials will be presented with focus on x-ray lab source instrumentation similar to the facilities available at the …

http://nanohub.org/resources/7955

Metal Oxide Nanowires as Gas Sensing Elements: from Basic Research to Real World Applications

21 Sep 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): andrei kolmakov

Quasi 1-D metal oxide single crystal chemiresistors are close to occupy their specific niche in the real world of solid state sensorics. Potentially, the major advantage of this kind of sensors with …

http://nanohub.org/resources/5738

Energy and Nanoscience A More Perfect Union

29 Mar 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Ratner

Huge problems of energy and sustainability confront the science/engineering community, mankind, and our planet. The energy problem comes in many dimensions, including supply, demand, conservation, …

http://nanohub.org/resources/6554

How Chemical Engineers Will Save the World

26 Mar 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): William F. Banholzer

The world is facing massive challenges brought on by population growth, economic meltdowns, and environmental constraints. Scientific solutions are needed now more than ever. In this seminar, an …

http://nanohub.org/resources/6462

Microstructural Design of Electrically Active Materials and Devices Through Computational Modeling: The OOF Project

20 Jan 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): R. Edwin García

We present an overview of a public domain program, the Object Oriented Finite Element analysis (OOF), which predicts macroscopic behavior, starting from an image of the microstructure and ending with …

http://nanohub.org/resources/6134

Spins and Magnets (Whiteboard lecture), Part 1

06 Jan 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

Whiteboard version of approximately the same material covered in Lectures 3A/3B.

http://nanohub.org/resources/6041

Spins and Magnets (Whiteboard lecture), Part 2

06 Jan 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

Whiteboard version of approximately the same material covered in Lectures 3A/3B.

http://nanohub.org/resources/6063

The Optical Freqency Comb: A Remarkable Tool for Metrology, Science and Medical Diagnostics

31 Dec 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): John L. Hall

The Optical Frequency Comb concept and technology exploded in 1999-2000 from the synthesis of advances in independent fields of Laser Stabilization, UltraFast Lasers, and NonLinear Optical Fibers. …

http://nanohub.org/resources/6040

Porting, Tuning and Performance Analysis Tools

29 Dec 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mohamed Sayeed

A basic introduction to Porting, Tuning and Performance analysis tools will be presented. I will talk about issues in porting applications to different architectures including writing portable …

http://nanohub.org/resources/6037

MPI for the Next Generation of Supercomputing

05 Dec 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Andrew Lumsdaine

Despite premature rumours of its demise, MPI continues to be the de facto standard for high-performance parallel computing. Nonetheless, supercomputing software and the high-end ecosystem continue to …

http://nanohub.org/resources/5639

Nanoparticle and Colloidal Simulations with Molecular Dynamics

05 Dec 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): steve plimpton

Modeling nanoparticle or colloidal systems in a molecular dynamics (MD) code requires coarse-graining on several levels to achieve meaningful simulation times for study of rheological and other …

http://nanohub.org/resources/5668

Data Preservation via RapidSVN for NCN students

24 Nov 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Xufeng Wang

This presentation discusses how to use SVN client RapidSVN and how to utilize SVN for data preservation purpose.

http://nanohub.org/resources/5923

OpenMP Tutorial

25 Nov 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Seung-Jai Min

This tutorial consists of three parts. First, we will discuss about how OpenMP is typically used and explain OpenMP programming model. Second, we will describe important OpenMP constructs and data …

http://nanohub.org/resources/5874

Welcoming Remarks

24 Nov 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Alejandro Strachan

Opening remarks for the Purdue School on High Performance and Parallel Computing.

http://nanohub.org/resources/5661

Introduction to Parallel Programming with MPI

24 Nov 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): David Seaman

Single-session course illustrating message-passing techniques. The examples include point-to-point and collective communication using blocking and nonblocking transmission. One application …

http://nanohub.org/resources/5932