Past Event:
Introduction to research outside an academic setting
Aric Hagberg, Los Alamos National Laboratory
12 – 1PM
Monday Nov 27, 2017
POB 6.304
Abstract
This event, organized by UT's SIAM chapter, aims to introduce graduate students and senior undergraduates to research outside an academic setting. The focus will be on broad research themes that are relevant to the industry and national labs. It should be noted that while there will be some technical content, this will not be the main thrust of the talk.
Dr. Hagberg will give an overview of Los Alamos National Laboratory history and research followed by some examples of current research directions and challenges. He will describe some projects where applied mathematicians and computational scientists are solving national security science problems. Finally, he will discuss research opportunities at Los Alamos.
Bio
Aric Hagberg is the Deputy Division Leader of the Computer, Computational, and Statistical Sciences Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Arizona in 1994, joined Los Alamos as a Director's Funded Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Nonlinear Studies, and became a Staff Scientist in the Theoretical Division in 1997. Aric is active in the applied mathematics academic community. He has published more than 60 research articles in the fields of mathematics, computer science, and physics and has led projects in nonlinear dynamics, network modeling, and optimization of complex systems. He is a founding author of NetworkX, the widely-used open-source software package for analysis and modeling of complex networked systems.