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SUMMARY:New kinds of software for new kinds of science - Alexander Brändl
 e (Microsoft Research)
DTSTART:20090630T123000Z
DTEND:20090630T133000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Fabien Petitcolas
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Developing a precise\, quantitative\, predictive sci
 ence of complex natural systems looms as the most active\, important branc
 h of science this century. Such a science is vital to understanding the bi
 osphere\, climate change\, future food and water security\, and the threat
  of a global pandemic\, and that science could underpin a revolution in ou
 r understanding of living systems\, medicine\, and health. It will require
  new kinds of scientists to develop a new kind of natural science\, and bo
 th will depend critically on radically new kinds of computational methods 
 and tools to enable scientists to build and test dynamic\, predictive mode
 ls of complex natural systems\, integrate them with data and experiments\,
  and publish and share models\, data\, and results. This\, in turn\, deman
 ds new kinds of software environments to support this new kind of computat
 ional science\, led by new kinds of computational scientists. \n\nA unique
  collaboration between scientists and software engineers in Microsoft Rese
 arch's Computational Science Group in Cambridge is pioneering the developm
 ent of these new software environments. This talk will give a short introd
 uction into the research on tools & technologies for new kinds of science 
 we conduct.
LOCATION:Large public lecture room\, Microsoft Research\, Roger Needham Bu
 ilding\, 7 J J Thomson Avenue\, Cambridge CB3 0FB
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