When: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 [4:00 PM - 5:00 PM]
Where: Bldg 4 Room 5209
Where: Bldg 4 Room 5209
Description
This lecture sheds light on the most notable wonders of the great Egyptian Pyramids over time. The topic will be approached historically, scientifically and philosophically, and will be followed by a consideration of the latest theories in this field. The major emphasis will be on the mysterious numerical connections found in these works with the digital Pi and how nowadays supercomputers are racing to break the latest records in terms of Pi calculations.
Samar Aseeri
Dr. Samar Aseeri is a Computational Scientist at KAUST Supercomputing Lab. Before joining KAUST in 2010, she received her training on supercomputing at IBM in New York. She obtained both her Masters and PhD in Applied Mathematics from Umm Al-Qura University in 2005 and 2009 respectively. Her current research interests focus on Fast Fourier Transform library benchmarks. Along with providing support to Shaheen users at KAUST, she is also involved with various research projects with the Extreme Computing Research Center.
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