[CIG-ALL] CIG News - February 2006

[Cassie Ferguson]

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             CIG News
         February 2006
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Software development & releases

1. CIG Development Priorities.  CIG is now posting and updating its 
latest development priorities on the Geodynamics.org website. This 
feature will give you information about the availability of new software 
with our best estimate of release dates. Please periodically check this 
page. It can easily be accessed from the "Priorities" tab near the top 
of the homepage or directly from:
http://www.geodynamics.org:8080/cig/priorities

2. CitComS Bug Fix Release v. 2.0.2 is now available. This release fixes 
a number of reported bugs and typos and now builds on 64-bit machines. 
CitComS is a finite element code designed to solve thermal convection 
problems relevant to earth's mantle.
http://www.geodynamics.org:8080/cig/software/packages/citcoms

3. CitComCU Bug Fix Release 1.0.1 is now available.  Bug fixes involving 
variable declarations. Switched to ANSI C style. CitComCU is a finite 
element parallel code designed to solve, on a three dimensional regional 
domain, thermochemical convection problems relevant to the earth's mantle.
http://www.geodynamics.org:8080/cig/software/packages/citcomcu

4. Subversion Viewer. WebSVN, a PHP-based web interface to the 
Subversion version control system server, is operational. Users can now 
visually navigate CIG codes including CitComS, CitComCU, Lithomop and 
their revisions.
http://www.geodynamics.org/websvn

5. Submit bugs to the CIG Bug Tracker. CIG is now using a ticket system 
called Roundup to accept and track bug reports for CIG software and manuals.
http://www.geodynamics.org/roundup

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Workshop and training sessions

1. March 27-28, 2006. CIG-MC Workshop. Scott King and Shijie Zhong are 
organizing a focused workshop on compressible mantle convection to be 
held in West Lafayette, Indiana. Please contact: Scott King 
<sking at purdue.edu> or Shijie Zhong <Shijie.Zhong at colorado.edu>

2. June 26-30. CIG Fault Systems and Tectonic Modeling, co-sponsored by 
SCEC and NASA (seeking funding). The focus will be on the science 
associated with simulating pre- and post-seismic crustal deformation and 
training researchers in the use and customization of PyLith and GeoFest, 
a JPL code for crustal deformation. Golden, Colorado on the campus of 
the Colorado School of Mines. Please contact: Mark Simons 
<simons at caltech.edu> or Carl Gable <gable at lanl.gov>. Register at 
http://www.geodynamics.org

3. July 9-14. Studies of Earth's Deep Interior (SEDI). An informal 
discussion of community geodynamo codes under the CIG umbrella is 
planned. Prague, Czech Republic. Please contact: Peter Olson <olson at jhu.edu>

4. July 16-Aug 04. CIDER Workshop. CIG training session for mantle 
dynamics to be held as part of the CIDER workshop to be held at the 
Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara. 
http://www.deep-earth.org/summer06.html Please contact:  Peter van Keken 
<keken at umich.edu>

5. August 2006. Magma Migration Workshop. The workshop addresses 
community needs and priorities for software development in magma 
dynamics. Columbia University, New York. Please contact: Marc Spiegelman 
<mspieg at ldeo.columbia.edu> or Laurent Montesi <lmontesi at whoi.edu>

6. Fall 2006. Scientific Computing Workshop. The workshop, designed to 
bring together mathematicians, computational scientists and 
geoscientists, will address meshing, solvers, graphics, and other common 
issues in computational geophysics. Austin, Texas. Please contact: 
Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth at math.tamu.edu> or Omar Ghattas 
<omar at ices.utexas.edu>

7. Fall 2006. Imaging Science and CIG Computational Seismology Workshop. 
Please contact: Alan Levander <alan at mail.mail.rice.edu>

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Committees, Staff, Etc.

CIG is currently searching for a staff member in software development 
and systems administration.
http://www.geodynamics.org:8080/cig/positions/

Walter Landry, CIG Software Engineer, is still celebrating the birth of 
his daughter Brooke, a nearly 7.5-pounder born in December.

Technical writer Cassie Ferguson has returned from maternity leave. 
Photos of her son, Ethan, can be found in her page on the 
Geodynamics.org website.

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Who to contact:

CIG Administration, contracts, travel, etc.
Ariel Shoresh: (626) 395-1699
ariel at geodynamics.org

Equation solvers (PETSc) & PyLith development.
Matt Kepley: knepley at mcs.anl.gov

SVN software repository & GALE development.
Walter Landry: (626) 395-4621
walter at geodynamics.org

Benchmark problems, visualization & CitCom.
Luis Armendariz: (626) 395-1695
luis at geodynamics.org

Build procedure & computational seismology.
Leif Strand: (626) 395-1697
leif at geodynamics.org

Web site and user manuals:
Cassie Ferguson: (626) 395-1694
cassie at geodynamics.org

Software architecture & Pyre framework
Michael Aivazis: (626) 395-1696
aivazis at caltech.edu

Administration:
Mike Gurnis: (626) 395-1698
gurnis at caltech.edu

Science Steering Committee, contact Chairman
Marc Parmentier (Brown U.)
em_parmentier at brown.edu

Executive Committee, contact Chairman
Mark Richards (Berkeley)
markr at seismo.berkeley.edu