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2008 CIG Workshop on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Solid Earth Geosciences

GeoMath08 Workshop Program - Santa Fe Hilton, Mesa Room A

DAY 1: SEPTEMBER 15 (MONDAY)

Time Topic Speaker
7:30-8:30 Breakfast (Mesa Room B)
8:30-8:45 Opening Remarks and Introduction (e.g., Marc Spiegelman, Omar Ghattas)
8:45-10:30 Session I: Mantle Convection/Lithospheric Deformation
Problem Description/Challenges Louis Moresi (Monash University) - Mantle-scale geodynamics
Shijie Zhong (UC Boulder) - Mantle Convection: Current Status and Future Challenges
Optimal Solvers/Preconditioners for Stokes David May (Monash University) - Preconditioners for Variable Viscosity Stokes Flow
Discussion
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:30 Session II: Mantle Convection/Lithospheric Deformation
Multi-grid/Optimal solvers Ray Tuminaro (Sandia) - Multigrid and Optimal Solvers
Multi-scale adaptive methods for Stokes Wolfgang Bangerth (Texas A&M) - Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Geodynamics Applications
Discussion
12:30-2:00 Lunch (Mesa Room B)
2:00-4:00 Session III: Magma Dynamics
Problem Description/Challenges: Richard Katz (Univ Oxford) - Problems in Magma Dynamics (and a few solutions)
Mark Hesse (Brown/UT Austin) - Reservoir Simulation Magma Dynamics
Thermodynamics of mantle systems Paula Smith (Caltech) - Thermodynamics of Mantle Systems
Discussion
4:00-4:30 Coffee/Snacks
4:30-6:00 Session IV: Multi-physics/Multi-Scale Methods I
Methods for Multi-physics Coupled Solvers Dan Reynolds (SMU) - Multi-Physics/Multi-Scale Methods I: Methods for Multi-Physics Coupled Solvers
John Shadid (Sandia) - Robust and Flexible Newton-Krylov based Solution Methods for Nonlinear Coupled Multiphysics Systems
Discussion
6:00-8:00 Poster Session [View Poster Collection] and Reception (Mesa A)

 

SEPTEMBER 16 (TUESDAY)

Time Topic Speaker
7:30-8:30 Breakfast (Mesa Room B)
8:30-10:00 Session V: Crustal Deformation and Earthquake Physics
Problem Description/Challenges Jean Paul Ampuero (Caltech) - Current Challenges in Computational Earthquake Dynamics
Yehuda Ben Zion (USC) - Constraining the physics governing collective behavior of earthquakes and faults through numerical modeling and observations
Yuri Fialko (UCSD) - Problems in Solid Earth Deformation: Crust and Upper Mantle
10:00-10:30 Coffee
10:30-11:30 Coupling of Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Deformation Adrian Lenardic (Rice University) - Cancelled (Hurricane Ike)
Discussion
11:30-12:30 Synthesis Discussion I:
Open Problems
Looking forward
12:30-2:00 Lunch (Mesa Room B)
2:00-4:00 Session VI: Multi-physics/Multi-Scale II
Multi-scale methods for heterogeneous systems Todd Arbogast (UT Austin) - Multiscale Finite Element Methods for Heterogeneous Porous Media 
Yalchin Efendiev (Texas A&M University)- Multiscale finite element methods using limited global information
David Moulton (Los Alamos) - Multilevel Modeling: Multigrid's Lost Twin
Discussion
4:00-4:30 Coffee
4:30-6:00 Session VII: Inverse Theory, Inference and Uncertainty I
Data Assimilation: Geophysical data Malcolm Sambridge (ANU) - Non-deterministic approaches to inverse problems
Error Estimation Don Estep (Colorado State) - Adjoint-Fueled Advances in Error Estimation for Multiscale, Multiphysics Systems
Discussion

 

SEPTEMBER 17 (WEDNESDAY)

Time Topic Speaker
7:30-8:30 Breakfast (Mesa Room B)
8:30-10:00 Session VIII: Inverse Theory, Inference and Uncertainty II
Inverse theory Klaus Mosegaard (Univ Copenhagen) - Limits to Nonlinear Inversion
PDE Constrained Optimization George Biros (U Penn) - Fast Algorithms for Inverse Problems Governed by PDEs
Discussion
10:00-10:30 Coffee
10:30-12:00 Synthesis and Cross-Cutting Themes:
Open Problems
Best practice discussion, Collaborative software design and Visualization
Software and Implementation Roundtable
12:00 Meeting Adjourns
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