Co-sponsored by: Seattle Education Society In this talk I will discuss a journey from HPC and AI theory to a most unexpected application.  An important part of research involves connecting the dots between different areas of Computer Science and finding places where the theoretical research can be driven by very tangible, "mundane" applications.  I will give a brief introduction to the field of High Performance Computing and its relation to Artificial Intelligence in modern computing.  I will then discuss how these two fields, together with Software Engineering and Data Analysis, can help with career-path exploration for students like you.  Most importantly, I want to share my experience with putting theory into practice, thinking about today's professional trends. Speaker(s): Dr. Erika F. Parsons, Location: Room: 458 915 N. Broadway Everett, Washington 98201

  Utilities are under increasing pressure to improve their ability to serve electric power loads in urban environments. At the same time, costs for acquiring land and performing construction projects in those urban environments are skyrocketing and there is a growing demand that utility infrastructure be placed underground for aesthetic and security reasons. AMSC’s Resilient Electric Grid (REG) solutions based on High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) power cables provide substantial relief to utilities that face pockets of urban load growth, space constraint challenges and demands for higher levels of reliability and resilience. REG solutions are an alternative to transmission equipment that allows utilities to move bulk power into and around urban areas with equipment that is underground, compact, efficient and at distribution voltages.   Speaker(s): Michael Ross, AMSC, Location: Seattle, Washington