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Computer Science Seminar-Parallel balanced binary trees using just join
Yihan Sun
Department of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon Univeristy
February 6, 2019
10:00 – 10:50 am
209 Computer Science Building
Computer Science Seminar
With the evolution of hardware and growth in the volume of data, parallelism has become imperative and the key to improving performance. As such, it is of great interest to have simple and efficient parallel algorithms and data structures for programmers to easily organize and process data. My research designs such simple and efficient parallel algorithms and data structures, with provable guarantees in theory, good performance in practice, as well as simplicity in programming. In particular, this talk will introduce my work on parallel tree structures, that are highly-parallelized, safe for concurrency, theoretically work-efficient, supporting a wide range of functions and augmentations and multi-versioned. The tree structure is also implemented in a C++ library called PAM, and applied to various areas such as computational geometry and databases.
Bio: Yihan Sun is currently a Ph.D. student in Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Prof. Guy Blelloch. Prior to that, she received her Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Tsinghua University, working on data mining and social network analysis. Her research interests broadly lie in the theory and practice of parallel algorithms, data structures, as well as their implementations and applications.
Volunteer to help incoming freshman on their PRO Day
Interested in helping incoming S&T students? Do you want to represent your organization? Do you want to tell your story? Become a PRO Volunteer today! Accepting both lunch and advising volunteers. Be sure to attend one of the mandatory trainings:
Wednesday, February 6th or Thursday, February 7th in Schrenk G-3 from 6-7:00 PM
Questions? Contact James Twillmann at james.twillmann@mst.edu
Miner Mingle with Accenture
Accenture will offer a roundtable discussion on February 7th at 12 p.m. in 305 Norwood Hall. Be sure to bring questions to this networking event!
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Employer Panel with Brewer Science and U.S. Bank
COER invites you to an Employer Panel on February 4th at 4:00 p.m. in Carver Turner in the Havener Center. Receive Career Fair and interviewing tips from representatives from Brewer Science and U.S. Bank. Refreshments served!
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Research On Tap: The Formula for Happiness in Russian Fairy Tales
Dr. Irina V. Ivliyeva, Department of Arts Languages and Philosophy
Wednesday, February 13 at 6:00 p.m.
Public House Brewing Company’s Rolla Brewpub Loft
Title: “The Formula for Happiness in Russian Fairy Tales”
Abstract: Everybody has a special place in their heart for fairy tales from their childhood, no matter what culture they are from. Focusing on discovering the secret of happiness, rather than on the recipe for success, Russian fairy tales show how an average (undereducated, weak, or disadvantaged) person overcomes all obstacles to “live happily ever after to a ripe old age”. After a brief review of the history of Russian oral tradition, which was influenced by a unique blend of Christian and Pagan beliefs, Ivliyeva will present the most famous Russian fairy tale collections, discuss their educational nature, and examine the social and psychological values they reflect. Examples include the use of magic numbers and patterns, symbolic colors, fixed epithets, transformation, and the role of animals.
Student Success Center hiring
The Student Success Center is looking to hire 1-2 tutors who can tutor the following classes:
Thermodynamics II
Chem E Reactor Design
Molecular Chemical Engineering
Machine Dynamics
Modeling Analysis of Dynamic Systems
Materials and Energy Balances.
You must have received an A in the class and you must be able to tutor more than 1 class.
If you are interested or you know of someone who would be interested, please email wanja@mst.edu or call our office 573-341-7590. You can also stop by and speak with the Student Success Advisor.
Southwinds wants your poems, stories, and art
Southwinds, Missouri S&T’s only creative arts magazine, is making its final call for student submissions to the Spring 2019 issue! The deadline is February 15. Please send your stories, poems, creative nonfiction, photos, and drawings as soon as possible to swinds@mst.edu, or contact Anne Cotterill at the Department of English and Technical Communication, cotteril@mst.edu, for copies of the magazine or more information. You may also submit your work at http://southwinds.mst.edu. Find us on Facebook.
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EWB Faculty and Staff Talent Show
February 15th – 7:00PM @ Leach Theatre
The EWB Faculty and Staff Talent Show is a great way for our students, faculty, and community to share a fun night and learn some of the lesser known skills at our university!
Volunteer for Career Fair
S&T’s spring Career Fair is just one month away and the career opportunities and employer relations staff need volunteers to help make the event run smoothly. Please consider volunteering for spring Career Fair events, including the Career Fair on Tuesday, Feb. 19, and interviews the following day on Wednesday, Feb. 20.
Volunteer for a shift online. You can view the date, time, table location and description of each volunteer position.
Follow these steps to sign up:
Find a position that works for your schedule
Click the grey “Sign Up” box next to the position name — you can check multiple boxes
Scroll to the bottom and select the green “Submit and Sign Up” button
Fill out your department, name, email and phone number
Click the green “Sign Up Now” button.
For more information, please contact Carrie Nowell, student service coordinator, at nowellca@mst.edu or 341-6238.
Miner basketball teams in action at home this weekend
Missouri S&T’s basketball teams will be on the home court this weekend for a pair of Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheaders, beginning on Thursday when S&T hosts Truman State at Gibson Arena.
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