Parallel Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations

Date: June 9-20, 2008

Location: University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Deadline: For applications/abstracts of talks: April 1, 2008.

Organizers: D. Stanescu and A.D. Porter (University of Wyoming)

Schedule:

The conference begins at 8:00am on Monday, June 9, 2008 in CR 222 (Classroom Building 222). View a current version of the schedule (for more details, return to this site later).

Purpose:

To bring participants to a good understanding of the numerical methods presently in use for the solution of partial differential equations and have on-hand experience with their implementation in a modern computer environment.

Speakers:

Topics

Introduction to Parallel Computing

High-performance computing on present-day architectures

Numerical methods for time-dependent problems

Nodal Discontinuous Galerkin Methods: theory and implementation

High-accuracy and spectral element methods

Domain decomposition methods

Funding Institutions

This conference is supported in part by the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) through its Participating Institution (PI) Program. PI members may use IMA/PI funds to support travel of their personnel to this conference.

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For more information:

Dan Stanescu, Department of Mathematics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071;