Speaker: Chris Siefert, Sandia National Laboratories
Title: Introduction to Multilevel Solvers for the Physical Sciences
Abstract:
Computer modeling and simulation form an indispensable part of modern research in science and engineering. They can help direct laboratory experimentation, provide insight for new mathematical theories and potentially solve problems which can be approached in no other way. These problems are often based on partial-differential equations, and often involve multiple physics regimes. Solving these problems on a time scale useful to the application scientists requires solver algorithms that can efficiently scale to thousands of processors.
The goal of this talk is to motivate and introduce one of the few families of methods capable of meeting this challenge --- multilevel algorithms. I will also be providing a brief overview of several open questions in multilevel algorithms research, from the perspective of both mathematics and computer science.
After the talk there will be a reception for Chris at 4pm in Jones 131.
Last updated at Thursday, 10-Apr-2008 23:47:06 EDT.