Twentieth International Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods

University Of California-San Diego, La Jolla CA

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Abstract

This NSF award will provide partial financial support for the Twentieth International Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods, to be held at the San Diego Supercomputer Center on the campus of the University of California at San Diego, in February 2011. Domain decomposition, in some form, is by far the most common paradigm for large-scale simulation on massively parallel distributed, hierarchical memory computers. This paradigm permeates almost all arenas of simulation, from such practical concerns as numerical climate modeling, modeling of complex biological molecules and biological processes, the design and testing of automobiles, aircraft and other structures, and the modeling of complex porous media flows, to more abstract scientific endeavors such as modeling black holes and searching for the origins of the universe. However, many users of domain decomposition do not avail themselves of the most sophisticated and efficient methods known. This has become more pronounced as the size of the large-scale scientific simulation community has grown with the availability of hardware in the past few years, particularly inside scientific communities without traditionally strong ties to the computational mathematics or computer science communities. The goal of this conference is to promote advances in domain decomposition methods by encouraging interdisciplinary technical interchange throughout the international computational science and engineering communities, and by taking advantage of conference siting, to attract to this important area many new U.S. scientists. It is strongly aligned with NSF's, and more generally, our national priorities to promote and advance fundamental interdisciplinary research in Computational Science and Engineering. NSF funding will make possible financial support for graduate students, post-docs, and other young researchers who otherwise might not be able to attend. The funding will also allow for increasing participation of women, African Americans, and Hispanic Americans from across the nation as well as from the diverse Southern California scientific community.