Workshop on Advanced Computing for Accelerators

from Tuesday, 15 January 2013 (09:30) to Thursday, 17 January 2013 (21:20)
Cockcroft Institute

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
15 Jan 2013
16 Jan 2013
17 Jan 2013
AM
09:30 --- Coffee ---
10:00 Introduction to the Workshop - Day 1 - Roger Barlow (University of Huddersfield (GB))   (Training Suite)
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10:15 Basic use of the system and job submission - Rob Allan (STFC)   ()
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10:30 Introduction to running ELEGANT on Sid - Peter Williams   (Training Suite)
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10:40 Introduction to using GENESIS on Sid - David Dunning (STFC)   (Training Suite)
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10:50 Practical session for ELEGANT and GENESIS   ()
09:30 --- Coffee ---
10:00 Introduction to the Workshop - Day 2 - Roger Barlow (University of Huddersfield (GB))   ()
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10:10 Introduction to HPC and parallel architectures: hardware - Jonathan Follows (Hartree Centre)   ()
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10:40 Introduction to HPC and parallel architectures : software - Mike Ashworth   ()
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11:10 --- Coffee ---
11:30 Doing more in less time - Some examples of task farming and parallel computing in computational solid state chemistry. - Dr David Cooke (Huddersfield University)   ()
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09:30 Introduction to the workshop - Day 3 - Roger Barlow (University of Huddersfield (GB))   ()
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09:40 What are the physics research challenges? - Dr Christopher Prior (STFC)   ()
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11:10 --- Coffee ---
11:30 What are the new techniques and algorithms available? - Michael Gleaves   ()
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PM
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00 Introduction to running VORPAL on SID - Jonny Smith (Tech-X)   (Training Suite)
14:15
Practical session running VORPAL (also ELEGANT and GENESIS if desired) (until 17:30) ()
12:00 The Puffin code for Free Electron Laser simulation - Dr Lawrence Campbell (Strathclyde)   ()
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12:30 Experience with GPMAD - Dr Sam Tygier (Manchester)   ()
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12:50 --- Lunch ---
13:50 Multi-objective genetic optimisation - Bas van der Geer (Pulsar Physics)   ()
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14:20 OPAL and FEMAXX - Parallel Codes for Particle Accelerator Modelling - Andreas Adelmann (PSI)   ()
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15:05 Multithreading in the MERLIN simulation program - James Molson   ()
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15:25 Experiences with a CONDOR pool - Chris Lingwood (Lancaster)   ()
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15:45 --- Tea ---
15:55 Parallel solution of large sparse linear equation systems - Rashid Mehmood (Huddersfield)   ()
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16:15 Parallelising Geant4 - Dr John Allison   ()
Poster
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16:45 A parallel differential algebra code: tackling an apparently linear problem with openmp. - David Robert Brett (University of Manchester (GB))   ()
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17:05 Multipactor Simulations with VORPAL - Dr Chris Lingwood   ()
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viideo clip
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00 STFC Knowledge Exchange Funding Schemes - Vlad Skarda (STFC)   ()
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14:20 EU funding schemes - Mark Howitt   ()
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14:40 Discussion on funding possibilities   ()
15:30 --- Tea ---
16:00 What next? Possible collaborations and proposals - Swapan Chattopadhyay (Cockcroft Institute, UK)   ()