Seminar program in scientific computing

Time: 13.15
Location: ITC, Polacksbacken, default room 2344

2013

22 May in room 2244 TBA Michael Patriksson Department of Mathematical Sciences Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg	8 May in room 2345 On Optimal Link Activation and Scheduling in Wireless Networks Di Yuan Department of Science and Technology Campus Norrköping Linköping University Norrköping abstract
24 April in room 2345 Spectral theory and Galerkin approximations Christian Engström UMIT Research Lab Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics Umeå University Umeå abstract	10 April in room 2345 The Schrödinger Equation in Quantum Dynamics - Applications to Chemical Physics Markus Kowalewski Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University
3 April Design optimization for wave propagation problems by material distribution Acoustics and electromagnetics: same same or different? Eddie Wadbro Department of Computing Science Umeå University Umeå abstract	6 March in room 2345 Docentföreläsning: Biologi: en utmaning för Numerisk Analys Stefan Engblom Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract
13 February in room 2446 Extraction of periodic structures from time series using Koopman analysis: An extension of normal-mode and Fourier analyses Shervin Bagheri Linné Flow Center Department of Mechanics KTH Stockholm abstract	7 February High order preserving residual distribution schemes for advection-diffusion like problems on arbitrary grids, application to the Navier Stokes equations Rémi Abgrall Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux University of Bordeaux Talence, France abstract
31 January Explorations in Numerical Aerodynamic Shape Optimization David Zingg Institute for Aerospace Studies University of Toronto Toronto, Canada abstract	23 January PARALUTION - a Library for Iterative Sparse Methods on CPU and GPU Dimitar Lukarski Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract

2012

12 December Solving elliptic PDEs using integral equation methods Rikard Ojala Numerical Analysis Department of Mathematics School of Engineering Sciences KTH Stockholm abstract	6 December Towards the Ultimate Solver for Wave Equations in the Time Domain Thomas Hagstrom Department of Mathematics Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas, USA abstract
5 December in room 2446 Entropy Stable High Order SBP for Finite Domain Compressible Flows Mark Carpenter NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia, USA abstract	21 November Splitting schemes Eskil Hansen Centre for Mathematical Sciences Lund University Lund abstract
14 November Boundary Closures for ESWENO Schemes Mark Carpenter NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia, USA abstract	31 October in room 1145 Multiresolution and Adaptive Mesh Refinement schemes: a comparative study Sonia Gomes Department of Mathematics University of Campinas Campinas, Brazil abstract
24 October in room 2345 Using improved directions of negative curvature for the solution of unconstrained or bound-constrained non-convex problems Javier Cano Departmento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Madrid, Spain	19 October at 14.00 in room 2446 Mini-workshop: Topics in Numerical Quantum Dynamics Speakers: Christian Lubich, Tübingen, Regina de Vivie-Riedle, München, Vasile Gradinaru, Zürich, Hans Karlsson, Uppsala, Emil Kieri, Uppsala Program
28 September at 10.15 in room 2446, licentiate seminar Leveraging multicore processors for scientific computing Martin Tillenius Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract thesis in DiVA	26 September in room 2345 Preconditioning and Iterative Methods for Complex Linear Systems Zhong-Zhi Bai Institute of Computational Mathematics and Scientific/Engineering Computing Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, P.R.China abstract
19 September at 15.15 Radial Basis Function - Generated Finite Differences for scientific computing: Freedom from meshes with low computational cost Natasha Flyer Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Boulder, Colorado, USA abstract	11 September at 14.15 Modeling and Simulation of Coating Processes in Automotive Industry Fredrik Edelvik Fraunhofer Chalmers Research Center Göteborg abstract
5 September A Newton-Scheme Framework for Multiscale Methods for Nonlinear Elliptic Problems Patrick Henning Institut für Numerische und Angewandte Mathematik Mathematik und Informatik der Universität Münster University of Münster Münster, Germany abstract	11 June Finite Volume Methods for Wave Propagation in Elastic and Poroelastic Materials Randy LeVeque Department of Applied Mathematics University of Washington Seattle, Washington, USA abstract
30 May Data Partitioning Based on Realistic Performance Models David Clarke School of Computer Science and Informatics University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland abstract	23 May Large Eddy Simulation of partially separated incompressible flow Mattias Liefvendahl Swedish Defence Research Agency Stockholm
16 May, PhD student seminar Matrix-free methods in two-phase flow simulations on graphics processors Karl Ljungkvist An adaptive pseudospectral method for wave packet dynamics Emil Kieri Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University Ljungkvist's's abstract Kieri's abstract	9 May Towards Higher Order Thinking Skills in Scientific Computing Henrik Brandén Department of Mathematics Linköping University Linköping abstract
20 April at 10.15 in room 2347 Global weak error control for the tau-leap method Jesper Karlsson Mathematical and Computer Sciences and Engineering Division King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Thuwal, Saudi Arabia abstract	18 April A Sparse and High-Order Accurate Line-Based Discontinuous Galerkin Method Per-Olof Persson Department of Mathematics University of California Berkeley, California, USA abstract
20 March in room 2245 A pedestrian's guide to Hermite methods, basic elements and some more sophisticated things Daniel Appelö Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA abstract	14 March PDEs and Interdisciplinary Mathematics Kaj Nyström Department of Mathematics Uppsala University abstract
9 March at 10.15 in room 2446, licentiate seminar Towards an adaptive solver for high-dimensional PDE problems on clusters of multicore processors Magnus Gustafsson Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract thesis in DiVA	29 February Numerical methods for nonlinear eigenproblems and associated problems Elias Jarlebring Numerical Analysis School of Computer Science and Communication KTH Stockholm abstract
15 February Nonlinear Multiobjective Optimization with Some Applications Kaisa Miettinen Industrial Optimization Group Department of Mathematical Information Technology University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä, Finland abstract	9 February at 14.15 How Numerical Diffusion Impacts the Level Set Method in 1D and 2D David Starinshak Department of Mathematics University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA abstract
8 February Preconditioners for multi- and many-core platforms (GPU) Dimitar Lukarski Institute for Applied and Numerical Mathematics Department of Mathematics Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruhe, Germany abstract	8 February at 9.15 Ice modeling and simulation 9.15 Shallow Ice approximations, Kolumban Hutter, Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology, ETH, Zürich 9.45 Glacial basal conditions from inverse modeling and dating complex glaciers, John Moore and Veijo Pohjola, Earth Sciences, Uppsala University 10.05 Coffee break 10.30 Thomas Zwinger, CSC-Finnish IT Center for Science, Helsinki 11.00 The Second-Order Shallow Ice Approximation, Josefin Ahlkrona, TDB, Uppsala University 11.20 Guessing the future: sea level rise and parametric uncertainty in ice sheet modeling, Patrick Applegate, BBCC, Stockholm University 11.40 Towards scalable solvers for full Stokes models, Jonas Thies, Department of Mathematics, Uppsala University 11.55 Marine Ice Margins - a short overview of ongoing projects at Stockholm University, Nina Kirchner, BBCC, Stockholm University 12.05 Sverker Holmgren, Nordforsk and TDB, Uppsala University
25 January The initial boundary value problems for symmetric second order hyperbolic systems Heinz-Otto Kreiss Numerical Analysis School of Computer Science and Communication KTH Stockholm abstract

2011

7 December Numerical methods and hybrid models for chemical master equations Tobias Jahnke Institute for Applied and Numerical Mathematics Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruhe, Germany abstract	23 November How well are subgrid-scale processes described in climate models? Gunilla Svensson Department of Meteorology Stockholm University Stockholm abstract
18 November in room 2347 Flashes on Research in Scientific Computing Speakers: Minh Do Quang, Radim Blaheta, Stanislav Sysala, Stefano Serra-Capizzano, Petia Boyanova, Ivan Lirkov, Jens Berg See workshop homepage	16 November Additive Schur complement approximation and application to multilevel preconditioning Johannes Kraus Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM) Austrian Academy of Sciences Linz, Austria abstract
11 November Velocity interpolation and streamline tracing on irregular geometries Annette Stephansen Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research Bergen, Norway abstract	9 November A stochastic model for peer-to-peer networks Takis Konstantopoulos Department of Mathematics Uppsala University abstract
3 November in room 2345, PhD student seminar The survey of well-known preconditioners used for block two-by-two systems Xin He Adaptive discontinuous Galerkin multiscale method for elliptic problems: Energy norm a posteriori error esimate Daniel Elfverson Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University	26 October Virtual Infrastructures for Computational Science P-O Östberg Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract
19 October Numerical Challenges in Earthquake Simulations Jeremy Kozdon Geophysics Department Stanford University Stanford, California, USA abstract	28 September Residual based artificial viscosity for compressible flows Murtazo Nazarov Numerical Analysis School of Computer Science and Communication KTH Stockholm abstract
21 September at 11.15, SIAM student chapter lecture Validated Numerics - a short introduction to rigorous computations Warwick Tucker Department of Mathematics Uppsala University abstract	16 September at 10.15 in room 2446, licentiate seminar A high-order accurate, collocated boundary element method for wave propagation in layered media Elena Sundkvist Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract thesis in DiVA
15 September, undergraduate lecture Climate and numerical weather prediction models Gunilla Svensson Department of Meteorology Stockholm University Stockholm abstract	14 September in room 2245 An unfitted Nitsche method for interface problems Sara Zahedi Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract
31 August in room 1211 Tracking cells over several generations in a microfluidic chamber Gustaf Ullman Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology and Computational and Systems Biology Department of Cell and Molecular Biology Uppsala University abstract	15 June Tunneling and Spawning with Hagedorn Wavepackets Vasile Gradinaru Seminar für angewandte Mathematik ETH Zürich, Switzerland abstract
25 May A Numerical Methodology for the Painlevé equations Bengt Fornberg Department of Applied Mathematics University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, USA abstract	4 May Towards a geometric multilevel method for saddlepoint problems Jonas Thies Centre for Interdisciplinary Mathematics Department of Mathematics Uppsala University abstract
27 April High order numerical simulation of fluid-structure interaction in the human larynx Bernhard Müller Department of Energy and Process Engineering Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, Norway abstract	13 April in room 2446 Stockholm-Uppsala Numerical Analysis Day 13.15: Finite Element Heterogeneous Multiscale Method for the Wave Equation Marcus Grote Departement Mathematik Universität Basel Basel, Switzerland abstract 15.15: Boundary integral equation methods for high frequency scattering problems Stephen Langdon Department of Mathematical Sciences University of Reading Whiteknights, United Kingdom abstract
6 April A Finite Element Method for Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations Max Jensen Department of Mathematical Sciences University of Durham Durham, United Kingdom abstract	30 March Fast numerical solution to the Helmholtz equation Björn Engquist Numerical Analysis School of Computer Science and Communication KTH Stockholm and Department of Mathematics University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas, USA
23 March Polarization in Yeast Mating: Modeling and Simulation of Spatial Stochastic Phenomena Brian Drawert Department of Computer Science University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California, USA abstract	9 March Multi configurational electron structure theory Roland Lindh Quantum Chemistry Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry Uppsala University abstract
2 March in room 2245 Adaptive numerical solution of PDE eigenvalue problems Volker Mehrmann MATHEON Institut für Mathematik Technische Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany abstract	23 February Task-based Programming on Complex Heterogeneous Multicore Marcus Holm abstract Using Hardware Transactional Memory for High-Performance Computing Martin Tillenius abstract Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University
9 February Convergence of Numerical Methods for Optimal Control Using Viscosity Solutions and Differential Inclusions Mattias Sandberg Numerical Analysis School of Computer Science and Communication KTH Stockholm abstract

2010

15 December in room 2245 Entropy stable boundary conditions Magnus Svärd School of Mathematics University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland abstract	1 December, docent lecture Finita elementmetoder för multiskal- och multifysikproblem Axel Målqvist Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract Docenturnämndens representant kommer att vara professor Maciej Klimek
24 November at 13.15 in room 2446 Flashes on Research in Scientific Computing Workshop in scientific computing with speakers: Fred Wubs, Stefan Engblom, Sofia Eriksson, Erik Lehto, Svetozar Margenov, Stefano Serra, and Maya Neytcheva. Full program and registration at the homepage.	27 October, docent lecture Noggranna och strikt stabila algoritmer för tids- och rumsberoende partiella differential ekvationer Ken Mattsson Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract Docenturnämndens representant kommer att vara professor Maciej Klimek
20 October Electron-lattice dynamics by means of simultaneous integration of the time dependent Schrödinger equation and the Newton´s equation of motion Sven Stafström Computational Physics Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology Linköping University Linköping	13 October GROMACS - A State of the Art High Performance Computing Application David van der Spoel Molecular Biophysics Group Department of Cell and Molecular Biology Uppsala University abstract
29 September Radial Basis Function Methods for Interpolation and Collocation Problems: Adaptive and Partition of Unity Schemes Alfa Heryudono Department of Mathematics University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA 02747, USA abstract	20 September First Principles Molecular Dynamics for Extended Length and Time Scales Anders Niklasson Theoretical Division Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA abstract
15 September Weak Boundary and Interface Conditions with Multi-Physics Applications Jan Nordström Scientific Computing Department of Mathematics Linköping University Linköping abstract	12 May in room 2344 PDE-constrained optimisation: why is it so challenging and some methods to overcome these challenges Sue Thorne Computational Science and Engineering Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Chilton, Didcot, United Kingdom abstract
7 May at 14.00 in room 2446, licentiate seminar Perfectly Matched Layers for Second Order Wave Equations Kenneth Duru Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract thesis in DiVA	5 May in room 2344 Saddle Point Problems in Liquid Crystal Modelling Alison Ramage Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Strathclyde Glasgow, Scotland
21 April Numerical methods for variance component estimation Lars Rönnegård Statistics Dalarna University Borlänge abstract	7 April Fast Reduction to Hessenberg Form on Multicore Processors Lars Karlsson Department of Computing Science Umeå University Umeå abstract
31 March at 13.15 in room 2345, licentiate seminar Managing Applications and Data in Distributed Computing Infrastructures Salman Toor Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract thesis in DiVA	24 March Supercomputing for Simulation in Science and Engineering Ulrich Rüde Department of Computer Science University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Germany abstract
19 March at 13.15 in room 2345, licentiate seminar Using Markov Models and a Stochastic Lipschitz Condition for Genetic Analyses Carl Nettelblad Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract thesis in DiVA	10 March at 15.15 in room 2446 Impact of Architecture and Technology for Extreme Scale on Software and Algorithm Design Jack Dongarra Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee, USA abstract
3 March Intrinsic and extrinsic contributions to noise in gene expression Shev MacNamara Oxford University Computing Laboratory University of Oxford Oxford, England abstract	24 February Controlling errors in self-consistent field electronic structure calculations Emanuel Rubensson Elias Rudberg Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract
17 February at 13.15 in room 2214 Robust Multilevel Solution Methods for Nonconforming FEM Systems Svetozar Margenov Institute for Parallel Processing Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia, Bulgaria abstract	11 February at 10.15 in room 2446, licentiate seminar Absorbing boundary techniques for the time-dependent Schrödinger equation Anna Nissen Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract thesis in DiVA

2009

16 December at 10.15 in room 2344, licentiate seminar Numerical Methods for the Navier-Stokes Equations applied to Turbulent Flow and to Multi-Phase Flow Martin Kronbichler Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract thesis in DiVA	2 December in room 2344 A novel parallel QR algorithm for hybrid distributed memory HPC systems Robert Granat Department of Computing Science Umeå University Umeå abstract
18 November in room 2344 Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Convection-Reaction-Diffusion systems with transmission conditions Emmanuil Georgoulis Department of Mathematics University of Leicester Leicester, United Kingdom abstract	12 November at 15.15 in room 2344 Large Eddy Simulation on Unstructured Grids Frank Ham Center for Turbulence Research Stanford University Stanford, California, USA abstract
4 November in room 2247 Ice Sheet Modeling - A Portrait of a Hot Research Topic Nina Kirchner Department of Physical Geography and Quartenary Geology Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research Stockholm University Stockholm abstract	28 October in room 2345 A "best fit" optimization approach for component based software development Morgan Ericsson Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract
21 October in room 2345 General Galerkin methods for Unified Continuum modeling of fluid-structure interaction Johan Jansson Numerical Analysis School of Computer Science and Communication KTH Stockholm abstract	9 October at 10.15 in room 2344, licentiate seminar Numerical Methods for Quantum Molecular Dynamics Katharina Kormann Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract thesis in DiVA
8 October in room 2344 Numerical Quantum Dynamics with Wave-packets Vasile Gradinaru Seminar for Applied Mathematics ETH Zurich, Switzerland abstract	5 October in room 2214 A fourth-order accurate embedded boundary method for the wave equation Daniel Appelö Applied and Computational Mathematics Caltech Pasadena, California, USA abstract
30 September in room 2344 Initial boundary value problems for second order systems of partial differential equations Heinz-Otto Kreiss Department of Numerical Analysis School of Computer Science and Communication KTH Stockholm abstract	3 June Accurate and Stable Calculations Involving Shocks Using a Hybrid Scheme Qaisar Abbas abstract A Hybrid Methodology for Unsteady Compressible Flows + Presentation of PSAAP Jan Nordström abstract Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University
20 May Analysis of the order of accuracy for node-centered finite volume schemes Sofia Eriksson abstract Measurements and numerical modelling of orifice flow in microchannels Jens Lindström abstract Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University	14 May Fast matrix computations via randomized sampling Per-Gunnar Martinsson Department of Applied Mathematics University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, USA abstract
13 May A least-squares multi-level radial basis function approach for parabolic PDEs such as the Black-Scholes equation Elisabeth Larsson Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract	6 May The visible cell: spatial-temporal modelling of processes in the living cell Kevin Burrage Oxford University Computing Laboratory University of Oxford Oxford, England abstract
23 April at 15.15 On the Role of Autonomics in Emerging Computational Ecosystems Manish Parashar Center for Advanced Information Processing Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA abstract	22 April, MSc thesis presentation Sparse Approximate Inverses in a Finite Element Framework Elisabeth Linnér Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract
15 April Convergence of the MPFA method on general grids Annette Stephansen Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research University of Bergen Bergen, Norway abstract	8 April If you can't solve a PDE, how can you tell me how to teach? Disciplinary knowledge and computing education research Robert McCartney Computer Science & Engineering Department University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut, USA abstract
1 April Reduced Order Modeling of Neurons: Capturing the internal dynamics without pruning the spines Steve Cox Dept. of Computational & Applied Mathematics (CAAM) Rice University Houston, Texas, USA abstract	25 March at 13.00 Filling the Plane - from Squares to Rep-Tiles Gunilla Borgefors Center for Image Analysis Uppsala University and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences abstract
18 March A hybrid level-set-Cahn-Hilliard model for two-phase flow Martin Kronbichler abstract cnF2freq: Efficient Determination of Genotype and Haplotype Probabilities Carl Nettelblad Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University	11 March Dynamics of gene regulation; in vivo, in silico, in penicullus Andreas Grönlund Department of Mathematics Uppsala University
25 February in room 2245 Small scale fluid flows dominated by capillarity and wetting Gustav Amberg Linné FLOW Centre Department of Mechanics KTH Stockholm abstract	11 February in room 2245 Density matrix purification: computation of large eigenspaces in O(n) Emanuel Rubensson Department of Theoretical Chemistry KTH Stockholm abstract

2008

15 December at 10.15 in room 2446 Conservative asynchronous time stepping: initial ideas and discussion Margot Gerritsen Petroleum Research Institute School of Earth Sciences Stanford University Stanford, California, USA abstract	10 December Optimal Control of Partial Differential Equations in Optimal Design Jesper Carlsson Department of Numerical Analysis School of Computer Science and Communication KTH Stockholm abstract
3 December A Unified Discrete--Continuous Sensitivity Analysis Method for Shape Optimization Martin Berggren Department of Computing Science Umeå University Umeå abstract	26 November Simulations of Chemical Reactions based on the Schrödinger Equation Katharina Kormann Anna Nissen Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract
19 November Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Coupled Problems Robert Söderlund Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics Umeå University Umeå abstract	29 October Fast Interface Tracking via a Multiresolution Representation of Curves and Surfaces Olof Runborg Department of Numerical Analysis School of Computer Science and Communication KTH Stockholm abstract
15 October, licentiate seminar Numerical simulation of well stirred biochemical reaction networks governed by the master equation Andreas Hellander Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University	25 September Certified Reduced Basis Methods for Wave Problems Jan Hesthaven Division of Applied Mathematics Brown University Providence, Rhode Island, USA abstract
17 September Relationship between the Reaction-Diffusion Master Equation and Particle Tracking Models Samuel Isaacson Department of Mathematics and Statistics Boston University Boston, Massachusetts, USA abstract	3 September Approximating the Solution of the Chemical Master Equation by Aggregation and Sparse Grids Markus Hegland Mathematical Sciences Institute Australian National University Canberra, Australia abstract
18 June Bank lending and the term structure Johan Waldén Haas School of Business University of California Berkeley, California, USA abstract	2 June Averaging Operators as Error Indicators in Problems with Strong Numerical Pollution Varis Carey Department of Mathematics Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado, USA abstract
28 May 14.15 : Nonlinear dynamics and vortex wrap-up with radial basis functions Natasha Flyer Computational Science Section NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) Boulder, Colorado, USA abstract 13.15 : Radial Basis Functions for solving PDEs - Some recent developments Bengt Fornberg Department of Applied Mathematics University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, USA abstract	26 May Multiscale Simulation of Biochemical Systems Linda Petzold Department of Mechanical Engineering University of California Santa Barbara, California, USA abstract
21 May Exploiting the Finite Element framework to construct two-by-two block preconditioners Maya Neytcheva Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract	16 April in room 2347 Simulation Methods for Climate Modelling Erland Källén Department of Meteorology Stockholm University abstract
2 April in room 2446 Algorithms for Computational Science and Engineering in the Multicore Era Sverker Holmgren Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract	26 March, docent lecture ALE-metoder för strömningsmekanikberäkningar med rörliga begränsningsytor Mattias Liefvendahl Swedish Defence Research Agency Stockholm Chairperson: Gunilla Kreiss Representative of the docent committee: Peter Stoica
12 March Constraint Programming: A Programming Paradigm on the Rise Pierre Flener Division of Computing Science Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract	5 March Gender-aware course-reform in Scientific Computing Lina von Sydow Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract
27 February Parallel Algorithms for Streamline Simulation of Fluid Flow in Oil Reservoirs Henrik Löf Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract	13 February Adaptive Grid Methods for Q-Tensor Theory of Liquid Crystals Alison Ramage Department of Mathematics University of Strathclyde Glasgow, Scotland abstract
6 February Numerical methods for genetic analysis of complex traits Kateryna Mishchenko Department of Mathematics and Physics Mälardalen University Västerås abstract

2007

19 December in room 2344 Implicit-Explicit Temporal Integrators for MultiPhysics Applications Mark Carpenter Computational Methods and Simulation Branch (CMSB) NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia, USA abstract	12 December in room 2344 Eigenvalues of rank-one perturbed Hermitian matrices Jan Brandts Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands abstract
5 December in room 2344 Finite element approximation of parabolic stochastic partial differential equations driven by additive noise Stig Larsson Department of Mathematical Sciences Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg abstract	28 November in room 2344 Eigenvalue Distribution and Clustering in the Non-normal Case Stefano Serra Capizzano Department of Mathematics and Physics Universita' dell'Insubria Como, Italy abstract
21 November in room 2344 Space-time adaptive multiresolution methods for evolutionay PDEs Sônia Gomes Department of Applied Mathematics University of Campinas Campinas, Brazil abstract	14 November in room 2344 Numerical Simulations of Rigid Fiber Suspension Katarina Gustavsson NADA KTH, Stockholm abstract
31 October in room 2344 Modelling the collective motion of locusts, birds & fish David Sumpter Department of Mathematics Uppsala University abstract	10 October in room 2344 Adaptive variational multiscale methods Axel Målqvist Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract
3 October in room 2344 Analysis of stress propagation in isostatic granular systems Rafael Blumenfeld Department of Earth Science & Engineering Imperial College London, United Kingdom How to give the physics a chance: reducing the impact of numerical discretization errors Margot Gerritsen Petroleum Research Institute School of Earhth Sciences Stanford University	28 September at 13.15 in room 2345, licentiate seminar Parallel Algorithms and Implementations for Genetic Analysis of Quantitative Traits Mahen Jayawardena Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract
26 September in room 2344 A General Formulation of Perfectly Matched Layers for Mixed Hyperbolic-Parabolic Systems and its Application to Simulations of Viscous Compressible Flows Daniel Appelö Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA abstract	12 September in room 2344 Diffraction of shocks, a useful benchmark for compressible CFD codes and the complexity introduced by convex walls Craig Law Flow Research Unit University of Witvatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa abstract
5 September in room 2214 Introduction of femLego, a problem solving environment and its applications Minh Do-Quang Department of Mechanics Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm abstract	3 September at 15.15 in room 2247 Parallel programming in a manycore world: OpenMP 3.0 and beyond Timothy G. Mattson Intel abstract
24 May at 13.15 in room 2446, licentiate seminar Students working with a large software system: experiences and understandings Jonas Boustedt Avdelningen för Datavetenskap University of Gävle and Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract	23 May Free boundary problems in mathematical finance Jonathan Goodman Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences New York University New York, NY, USA abstract
16 May Simulation of subsurface flow and transport - some issues of interest for numerical analysis Auli Niemi Department of Earth Sciences Uppsala University	9 May Multilevel preconditioning of discontinuous Galerkin systems Svetozar Margenov Department of Scientific Computations Institute for Parallel Processing Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia, Bulgaria abstract
27 April at 10.15 in room 2446, docent lecture Parallellisering av adaptiva numeriska PDE lösare Jarmo Rantakokko Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University	25 April A Vertex-Centered Edge-Based Discontinuous Galerkin Method Sven-Erik Ekström Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University abstract
28 March at 15.15 in room 2446, docent lecture Ten good reasons to choose radial basis function methods Elisabeth Larsson Division of Scientific Computing Department of Information Technology Uppsala University