Name: Workshop on Advanced Computing for Accelerators
Start: 2013-01-15T09:30:00+00:00
End: 2013-01-17T21:20:00+00:00
Location: Cockcroft Institute

Workshop on Advanced Computing for Accelerators

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

Monday 14 January 2013
Tuesday 15 January 2013

09:30 Coffee
Coffee
09:30 - 10:00
10:00 Introduction to the Workshop - Day 1 - Roger Barlow (University of Huddersfield (GB))
Introduction to the Workshop - Day 1
- Roger Barlow (University of Huddersfield (GB))
10:00 - 10:15
Room: Training Suite
10:15 Basic use of the system and job submission - Rob Allan (STFC)
Basic use of the system and job submission
- Rob Allan (STFC)
10:15 - 10:30
10:30 Introduction to running ELEGANT on Sid - Peter Williams
Introduction to running ELEGANT on Sid
- Peter Williams
10:30 - 10:40
Room: Training Suite
10:40 Introduction to using GENESIS on Sid - David Dunning (STFC)
Introduction to using GENESIS on Sid
- David Dunning (STFC)
10:40 - 10:50
Room: Training Suite
10:50 Practical session for ELEGANT and GENESIS
Practical session for ELEGANT and GENESIS
10:50 - 13:00

13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 Introduction to running VORPAL on SID - Jonny Smith (Tech-X)
Introduction to running VORPAL on SID
- Jonny Smith (Tech-X)
14:00 - 14:15
Room: Training Suite
14:15

14:15 - 17:30
Wednesday 16 January 2013

09:30 Coffee
Coffee
09:30 - 10:00
10:00 Introduction to the Workshop - Day 2 - Roger Barlow (University of Huddersfield (GB))
Introduction to the Workshop - Day 2
- Roger Barlow (University of Huddersfield (GB))
10:00 - 10:10
10:10 Introduction to HPC and parallel architectures: hardware - Jonathan Follows (Hartree Centre)
Introduction to HPC and parallel architectures: hardware
- Jonathan Follows (Hartree Centre)
10:10 - 10:40
10:40 Introduction to HPC and parallel architectures : software - Mike Ashworth
Introduction to HPC and parallel architectures : software
- Mike Ashworth
10:40 - 11:10
11:10 Coffee
Coffee
11:10 - 11:30
11:30 Doing more in less time - Some examples of task farming and parallel computing in computational solid state chemistry. - David Cooke (Huddersfield University)
Doing more in less time - Some examples of task farming and parallel computing in computational solid state chemistry.
- David Cooke (Huddersfield University)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 The Puffin code for Free Electron Laser simulation - Lawrence Campbell (Strathclyde)
The Puffin code for Free Electron Laser simulation
- Lawrence Campbell (Strathclyde)
12:00 - 12:30
12:30 Experience with GPMAD - Sam Tygier (Manchester)
Experience with GPMAD
- Sam Tygier (Manchester)
12:30 - 12:50
12:50 Lunch
Lunch
12:50 - 13:50
13:50 Multi-objective genetic optimisation - Bas van der Geer (Pulsar Physics)
Multi-objective genetic optimisation
- Bas van der Geer (Pulsar Physics)
13:50 - 14:20
14:20 OPAL and FEMAXX - Parallel Codes for Particle Accelerator Modelling - Andreas Adelmann (PSI)
OPAL and FEMAXX - Parallel Codes for Particle Accelerator Modelling
- Andreas Adelmann (PSI)
14:20 - 15:05
15:05 Multithreading in the MERLIN simulation program - James Molson
Multithreading in the MERLIN simulation program
- James Molson
15:05 - 15:25
15:25 Experiences with a CONDOR pool - Chris Lingwood (Lancaster)
Experiences with a CONDOR pool
- Chris Lingwood (Lancaster)
15:25 - 15:45
15:45 Tea
Tea
15:45 - 15:55
15:55 Parallel solution of large sparse linear equation systems - Rashid Mehmood (Huddersfield)
Parallel solution of large sparse linear equation systems
- Rashid Mehmood (Huddersfield)
15:55 - 16:15
16:15 Parallelising Geant4 - John Allison
Parallelising Geant4
- John Allison
16:15 - 16:45
16:45 A parallel differential algebra code: tackling an apparently linear problem with openmp. - David Robert Brett (University of Manchester (GB))
A parallel differential algebra code: tackling an apparently linear problem with openmp.
- David Robert Brett (University of Manchester (GB))
16:45 - 17:05
17:05 Multipactor Simulations with VORPAL - Chris Lingwood
Multipactor Simulations with VORPAL
- Chris Lingwood
17:05 - 17:35
Thursday 17 January 2013
09:30 Introduction to the workshop - Day 3 - Roger Barlow (University of Huddersfield (GB))
Introduction to the workshop - Day 3
- Roger Barlow (University of Huddersfield (GB))
09:30 - 09:40
09:40 What are the physics research challenges? - Christopher Prior (STFC)
What are the physics research challenges?
- Christopher Prior (STFC)
09:40 - 11:10
11:10 Coffee
Coffee
11:10 - 11:30
11:30 What are the new techniques and algorithms available? - Michael Gleaves
What are the new techniques and algorithms available?
- Michael Gleaves
11:30 - 13:00
Facilitated by Michael Gleaves
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 STFC Knowledge Exchange Funding Schemes - Vlad Skarda (STFC)
STFC Knowledge Exchange Funding Schemes
- Vlad Skarda (STFC)
14:00 - 14:20
14:20 EU funding schemes - Mark Howitt
EU funding schemes
- Mark Howitt
14:20 - 14:40
14:40 Discussion on funding possibilities
Discussion on funding possibilities
14:40 - 15:30

15:30 Tea
Tea
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 What next? Possible collaborations and proposals - Swapan Chattopadhyay (Cockcroft Institute, UK)
What next? Possible collaborations and proposals
- Swapan Chattopadhyay (Cockcroft Institute, UK)
16:00 - 17:30

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