VIGRE Working Group in Scientific Computing

Department of Mathematics
University of Michigan


MEETING TIMES: NOT MEETING THIS SEMESTER

LOCATION: NOT MEETING THIS SEMESTER

ORGANIZERS: James Rossmanith
4843 East Hall
rossmani@umich.edu
&
Robert Krasny
4839 East Hall
krasny@umich.edu

DESCRIPTION: sk Scientific computing is concerned with the investigation of scientific problems through computer simulations. Such simulations are important in many fields of science, especially in those where direct experimentation is difficult or prohibitively expensive. Some examples include weather prediction, climate modeling, astrophysics, plasma physics, and molecular dynamics. Scientific computing as a discipline is comprised of several activities including
  • Algorithm development
  • Theoretical analysis of an algorithm's accuracy, efficiency, and stability
  • Practical implementation issues such as parallelization and adaptivity
  • Computational experiments.

The goal of the VIGRE Working Group in Scientific Computing is to hold weekly meetings and discuss aspects of scientific computing that are of interest to the participants. The format of these meetings are as follows:

  • Each week there will be a different speaker and topic.
  • The talks are 50 minutes long.
  • The talks are intended to be informal and questions and discussions are strongly encouraged.
  • The talks can be a presentation on a journal article, a chapter out of a textbook, or original research.

We hope to attract speakers and participants from all levels including advanced undergraduates, graduate students, post-docs, and faculty.

Please contact the organizers if you would like to participate.



Past Semesters:



rossmani@umich.edu