Seminars & Events

Mathematics and Computer Science Division
"Fast Solvers and Electrochemical Problems"

DATE: May 17, 2011
TIME: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
SPEAKER: Peter Brune, LANS Postdoc Interviewee
LOCATION: Building 240 Seminar Room 4301, Argonne National Laboratory
HOST: Barry Smith

Description:
The numerical treatment of interesting models for physical systems is often hobbled by two major factors: The implementation cost of exploring the space of potentially relevant models, and the computational cost of solving these models. My research has attempted to combine automated scientific computing methods with fast solution algorithms in order to allow for the efficient solution of novel problem formulations in a few key domains of interest. I will describe three efforts: geometric multigrid methods for general finite element problems, the treatment of models for implicit solvation using automated scientific computing methods, and the development of a fast approximation technique for an important model quantity arising in the classical density functional theory treatment of ion channels.

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