Events Summaries
Specific Themes
Edinburgh June 30-July 3 2010
This meeting will address formulation issues, numerical methods, and the implementation of algorithms for probing molecular models, especially multiscale simulation methods. We will bring together mathematicians and computer scientists with physical scientists, to accelerate the transfer of theoretical methodology mathematical ideas into applications.
Note: it is anticipated that the meeting will be wider than these topics, but many of the invited presentations will be focussed on these issues.
NAIS is providing partial support for this meeting, with cosponsorship from the EPSRC Research Network on Mathematical Challenges of Molecular Dynamics, and the E-Science Institute Go To Event Website
Edinburgh June 25 2010
This is the one-day NAIS annual meeting. Details soon!
Edinburgh June 21-24 2010
NAIS will organise a 4 day training and collaboration workshop in which researchers attend courses and lab sessions and also have opportunities to share their own challenges in HPC software development. The point is to kickstart collaborative projects.
Warwick May 20-21 2010
The European Finite Element Fair (EFEF) is an annual series of completely informal small workshops throughout Europe with equal initial conditions for each speaker. EFEF provides a platform for high-level discussions on current research on finite element approximation, in the broadest sense, of partial differential equations. NAIS is providing partial support for the 2010 edition of this meeting being held at Warwick University. Go To Event Website
Edinburgh April 6-9 2010
This is the 2010 Joint Meeting of the British Mathematics Colloquium and the British Applied Mathematics Colloquium, to be held in Edinburgh. NAIS is providing support for the talk of Eric Vanden-Eijnden (New York University). Go To Event Website
Edinburgh 15 Feb. - 1 March 2010
This is a special training event to be run on 3 afternoons in February. Go To Event Website
UoE (JCMB 4312) January 28 2010
Mike Ashworth, from the STFCs Hartree Centre, will present their perspective on current developments in geophysical models. Tea and biscuits will be provided in the School of Mathematics Common Room following the talk.
ICMS (Edinburgh) November 23-24 2009
Rapid advances in remote sensing, computing, and communication technologies lead to burgeoning of digital data and call for developing new mathematical and computational tools needed for efficient handling of digital signals and images. This 2-day meeting focusses on the development of the modern framework for image processing and reconstruction, including algorithmic issues. The meeting was supported by an EPSRC Bridging the Gaps grant, ICMS and NAIS. Go To Event Website
Edinburgh October 19-21 2009
This was a major international workshop cosponsored by NAIS and the US National Science Foundation. Go To Event Website
ICMS (Edinburgh) September 12 2009
The Scottish Computational Mathematics Symposium (SCMS) one day meetings are held every year in September with the aim of bringing together mathematicians and others who develop and/or use computer algorithms to solve mathematical problems. The meetings are open to everyone interested. The 2009 meeting was organized by Jared Tanner (Edinburgh) and Dugald Duncan (Heriot-Watt) and featured the following talks
NAIS was pleased to provide funding for Jack Dongarra to visit. Go To Event Website
A convergent finite element approximation of a phase field model for incompressible fluid flows.
Adaptive regularization methods for nonlinear optimization
Five important concepts to consider when using computational high performance systems at scale
Efficient and accurate solutions of large-scale electromagnetics problems using the multilevel fast multipole algorithm
Can mathematics cure leukemia? (Lessons on mathematics in medical sciences)
Shock capturing for high-order central difference schemes
Dr David Erickson III (ORNL) Numerical and High Performance Computing Challenges in Global Climate Modelling Dr. David Erickson III will be visiting Edinburgh on September 9th and 10th. http://www.csm.ornl.gov/~eke/ Dr Erickson is a Senior Research Staff member in the Computational Earth Sciences Group in the Computer Science and Mathematics Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He is an expert in numerical models of global bio-geo-chemistry, and has developed simulations and models for the impacts of aerosols, biomass burning and soil moisture anomalies on climate. Recent activities have been related to extreme events. He is collaborating with NCAR and NASA on integrating numerical atmospheric/climate models, assimilation models and satellite data. On September 10, the NAIS Centre and the School of Mathematics sponsored an informal seminar by Dr Erickson. The focus was on the challenges in utilizing numerical methods and HPC to address accurate predictions from global climate models. The event was open to all staff and PhD students with relevant interests at Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt or Strathclyde.
Edinburgh September 10 2009