[AI Seminar Series] Seminar by Prof. Ewa Deelman, Friday May 29th, 12-1pm, MRB Seminar Room

[Vassilis Tsotras]

The next AI Seminar will be on Friday May 29th, 12-1pm, in the MRB Seminar
Room (1st floor).

*** Pizza and refreshments will be provided ****

To keep track of the number of attendees, please *register* at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-seminar-series-tickets-1990249996315

The talk will be given by *Prof. Ewa Deelman*, Computer Science and ISI, USC

TITLE: From Intent to Execution: AI-Assisted Scientific Workflows with
Pegasus

ABSTRACT:
Modern science increasingly relies on complex workflows that span AI,
simulation, data analysis, cloud, edge, and HPC systems. Yet creating and
managing these workflows remains difficult and time-consuming. This talk
introduces the Pegasus Workflow Management System, which automates
large-scale scientific workflows across heterogeneous computing
environments. The seminar will discuss Pegasus capabilities for workflow
automation, data management, fault tolerance, provenance, and scalable
execution, as well as ongoing efforts to integrate AI into the workflow
lifecycle. The talk will also demonstrate how AI-assisted approaches can
help researchers move from high-level ideas, sketches, or examples to
executable workflows, lowering barriers to advanced computing and enabling
more accessible, resilient, and intelligent scientific automation. In
addition, the seminar will highlight the availability of Pegasus through
NSF cyberinfrastructure resources, including the ACCESS program and PATh,
where researchers can use hosted Pegasus environments and integrated
workflows on national-scale computing systems.

Bio
Ewa Deelman, Ph.D is a Research Professor at the University of Southern
California (USC) Computer Science Department and a Research Director at the
USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI). At ISI, she is leading the
Science Automation Technologies Center. The Center explores the interplay
between automation and the management of scientific workflows that include
resource provisioning and data management, considering reproducibility and
open science. Dr. Deelman is also the Principal Investigator and Director
of the NSF-funded Cyberinfrastructure Center of Excellence that serves the
NSF Major and Midscale Facilities. She has received a number of awards
including the HPDC Achievement Award (2015) for “influence, contribution,
and distinguished use of workflow systems in high-performance computing”,
the Euro-Par Achievement Award (2022) for "outstanding impact on
workflow-based parallel and distributed computing", and the IEEE Computer
Society Sidney Fernbach Memorial Award (2025) for "pioneering research and
software engineering in distributed systems in support of scientific
workflows.” Dr. Deelman is an AAAS, IEEE, and USC/ISI Fellow.

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Sponsored by the RAISE at UCR Institute, the AI Seminar Series presents
speakers working on cutting edge Foundational AI or applying AI in their
research. The goal of these seminars is to inform the UCR community about
current trends in AI research and promote collaborations between faculty in
this emerging field. These seminars are open to interested faculty and
graduate/undergraduate students. Please forward this email to other
colleagues or students in your lab that may be interested. After the seminar a
discussion will follow for questions, open problems, ideas for possible
collaborations etc.

Sincerely,
Vassilis Tsotras
Professor, CSE Department
co-Director, RAISE at UCR Institute

Amit Roy-Chowdhury
Professor, ECE Department
co-Director, RAISE at UCR Institute
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