DOE Multiscale Mathematics Workshop 

The Sheraton Pentagon South Hotel
Alexandria, VA

May 3-5, 2004



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Program

Tentative Agenda

Monday, 3 May 2004

7:30 – 8:15 

 Continental breakfast provided

8:15 – 9:00 

Welcome and Overview
Includes description of process, including discussion of goals, concrete questions to be answered, logistics, etc.

9:00 – 10:00 

Plenary Talk on fundamental issues of multiscale mathematics - Linda Petzold and Tom Hou

10:00 – 10:30 

BREAK

10:30 – 11:30 

Plenary Talk on illustrative applications (multiscale challenges in the context of specific problems) - Sidney Yip

11:30 – 12:00  

Assignment of breakout sessions and rooms

12:00 – 1:00  

LUNCH

 1:00 – 4:00  

Breakout sessions focused on identifying multiscale issues in the applications

 4:00 – 4:30  

BREAK

  4:30 – 6:00  

Brief presentation of findings from breakout sessions

Tuesday, 4 May 2004

8:00 – 8:30 

 Continental breakfast provided

8:30 – 8:45 

Clarification of charge

9:00 – 12:00 

Breakout sessions led by mathematicians 

12:00 – 1:00  

LUNCH

 1:00 – 3:30  

Brief presentations of findings from breakout sessions

  3:30 – 4:00  

BREAK

  4:00 – 5:30  

Panel discussion, mathematician panelists.  (This is where the fundamental mathematical underpinnings of multiscale issues will be discussed).

Wednesday, 5 May 2004

8:00 – 8:30 

 Continental breakfast provided

8:30 – 8:45 

Revisit charge for roadmap

9:00 – 12:00 

Breakout sessions devoted to creating outlines for roadmap 

12:00 – 1:00  

LUNCH (General participants free to leave).

 1:00 – 5:30  

Session leaders meet to create first rough draft of roadmap document

Note:  The hotel will offer a buffet lunch in their Columbia restaurant  for $9.95 per person (plus tax) each day during the workshop.   It will primarily consist of a meat entree (chicken or beef) with an appropriate starch, vegetable, dinner rolls, salad bar, and ice tea.  

Note:  Wireless connectivity will be provided, but only during breaks, lunch, and evenings. It will be disabled during meeting agenda items. Websites will be updated in real-time by wireless if enabled.  

Breakout Session Titles and Co-Leaders:

  • Materials Science -  Russ Caflisch (UCLA),  Giulia Galli (LLNL)

  • Environmental and Geosciences - Mary Wheeler (UT-Austin), Casey Miller (UNC)

  • Biosciences - John Doyle CalTech), TBA

  • Fusion - Phil Colella (LBNL), Steve Jardin (PPPL)

  • Combustion - John Bell (LBNL), Ahmed Ghoniem (MIT)

  • High Energy Density Physics - David Levermore (Maryland), Bob Rosner (ANL/UChicago)

  • Uncertainty Quantification -  George Ostrouchov (ORNL), Roger Ghanem (JHU)

  • Information Sciences - Ewing (Rusty) Lusk (ANL),  Jim Thomas (PNNL)

 



If you have questions about this workshop, please contact Bill Gropp.
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Webpage revised:  06/10/2004