Computational Methods for PDEs Summer School

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA   August 3-9, 2019

held in conjunction with the 2019 deal.II Users and Developers Workshop.

Program and Topics

The Summer School consists of a three day introduction to computational methods for PDEs that includes an introduction to the deal.II finite element library, followed by a four day deal.II workshop (see the separate website for the deal.II workshop).

Audience
The audience for this workshop are primarily graduate students in the US, be we would like to encourage interested undergraduate students to apply.

The Computational Science community is not diverse, with women and minorities woefully underrepresented. This Summer School is an attempt at addressing this situation in some sense, and we will give women and applicants from underrepresented groups substantial priority.

To participate successfully, you should have some background in programming, and knowledge about ODEs/PDEs and linear algebra. We will review the mathematical foundations throughout the course, though.

Content
The first part of this school will consist of a mix of lectures, hands-on tutorials, and free time to experiment. Our plan is to cover a broad spectrum of topics including:

  • An introduction to PDEs
  • An introduction to basic numerical methods and numerical linear algebra
  • An overview of the Finite Element Method with a focus on practical aspects
  • A tutorial on the deal.II Finite Element library
  • A conversation about career opportunities in computational mathematics.
The goal is to introduce participants to the world of practical PDE solution methods and, in particular, for participation in part two, the deal.II workshop that is otherwise intended for existing deal.II users and developers.

Schedule:

  • August 2: arrival
  • August 3-5: Summer School with lectures, tutorials, tinker time
  • August 6-9: deal.II workshop
  • August 10: departure
The complete program and time schedule can be found here.

Organizers

Wolfgang Bangerth (bangerth@colostate.edu), Colorado State University;
Juliane Dannberg (judannberg@gmail.com) University of California, Davis;
Timo Heister (heister@sci.utah.edu) University of Utah;
Annalisa Quaini (quaini@math.uh.edu) University of Houston;
Natasha Sharma (nssharma@utep.edu) University of Texas at El Paso.

Sponsors

The Department of Mathematics at Colorado State University.

The College of Natural Sciences at Colorado State University.

When and where?

August 3-5, 2019 at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. The workshop will be held in Eddy Hall, room 100. The Summer School will be followed by the deal.II workshop August 6-9, 2019 (at a different location on campus).

Travel Information to Fort Collins, CO

Fort Collins is located in Colorado, approximately one hour north of Denver. To get there, you would fly to Denver (airport code DEN, serviced by all major domestic and many international airlines). There is then a shuttle that takes you directly to Fort Collins, with the option of being dropped off on campus, close to the hotel for participants.

Code of Conduct

Colorado State University is receiving funding from the National Science Foundation to support this conference. As a condition of the conference grant, NSF requires that CSU disseminate its policy or code-of-conduct that addresses sexual harassment, other forms of harassment (non-gender or non-sex based harassment prohibited by law), and sexual assault. CSU is committed to providing an environment that respects the dignity and worth of every member of its community including visitors. CSU strives to create and maintain a work and study environment that is fair, inclusive, and responsible so that each member of the CSU community is treated with dignity and respect. To that end, CSU has adopted the following policy:

CSU's Discrimination, Harassment, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Stalking, and Retaliation Policy (Policy) prohibits the named behaviors, including sexual assault.

The Policy identifies the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) as the office that handles reports of discrimination and harassment in employment or educational opportunity, including sexual harassment complaints involving both students and non-student Covered Persons. For detailed information on complaint procedures, please visit the Office of Equal Opportunity.