Workshop on Advanced Computing for Accelerators

15 Jan 2013, 09:30 → 17 Jan 2013, 21:20 Europe/London

Cockcroft Institute

Tuesday 15 January

09:30 Coffee

1 Introduction to the Workshop - Day 1

Speaker: Roger Barlow (University of Huddersfield (GB))

Slides RogerBarlowDay1.pdf RogerBarlowDay1.pptx

2 Basic use of the system and job submission

Speaker: Rob Allan (STFC)

Slides RobAllen.pdf RobAllen.ppt

3 Introduction to running ELEGANT on Sid

Speaker: Peter Williams

Slides 2013-01-15_PElegant_PHW.pdf 2013-01-15_PElegant_PHW.pptx

4 Introduction to using GENESIS on Sid

Speaker: David Dunning (STFC)

Slides Running_Genesis_Free-Electron_Laser_Code_on_iDataplex.pdf Running_Genesis_Free-Electron_Laser_Code_on_iDataplex.ppt

5 Practical session for ELEGANT and GENESIS

13:00 Lunch

6 Introduction to running VORPAL on SID

Speaker: Jonny Smith (Tech-X)

Practical session running VORPAL (also ELEGANT and GENESIS if desired)

Wednesday 16 January

09:30 Coffee

7 Introduction to the Workshop - Day 2

Speaker: Roger Barlow (University of Huddersfield (GB))

Slides RogerBarlowDay2.pdf RogerBarlowDay2.pptx

8 Introduction to HPC and parallel architectures: hardware

Speaker: Jonathan Follows (Hartree Centre)

Slides JonathanFollows.pdf

9 Introduction to HPC and parallel architectures : software

Speaker: Mike Ashworth

Slides Ashworth_Accelerators_Workshop_16Jan13.pdf

11:10 Coffee

10 Doing more in less time - Some examples of task farming and parallel computing in computational solid state chemistry.

Speaker: Dr David Cooke (Huddersfield University)

Slides DavidCooke.pdf DavidCooke.ppt

Video DavidCooke.avi

11 The Puffin code for Free Electron Laser simulation

Speaker: Dr Lawrence Campbell (Strathclyde)

Slides LawrenceCampbell.pdf LawrenceCampbell.pptx

12 Experience with GPMAD

Speaker: Dr Sam Tygier (Manchester)

Slides sam_tygier_gpmad.pdf

12:50 Lunch

13 Multi-objective genetic optimisation

Speaker: Bas van der Geer (Pulsar Physics)

Slides BasvanderGeer.pdf

14 OPAL and FEMAXX - Parallel Codes for Particle Accelerator Modelling

Speaker: Andreas Adelmann (PSI)

Slides opal-felmaxx-cocroft.pdf

15 Multithreading in the MERLIN simulation program

Speaker: James Molson

Slides JMolson-Merlin.pdf

16 Experiences with a CONDOR pool

Speaker: Chris Lingwood (Lancaster)

Slides Lingwood_-_Condor.pdf Lingwood_-_Condor.pptx

15:45 Tea

17 Parallel solution of large sparse linear equation systems

Speaker: Rashid Mehmood (Huddersfield)

Slides RashidMehmood2.pdf

18 Parallelising Geant4

Speaker: Dr John Allison

Poster CHEP-Geant4_MT_poster.pdf

Slides johnAllison.pdf johnAllison.pptx

19 A parallel differential algebra code: tackling an apparently linear problem with openmp.

Speaker: David Robert Brett (University of Manchester (GB))

Slides DavidBrett.pdf

20 Multipactor Simulations with VORPAL

Speaker: Dr Chris Lingwood

Slides Lingwood_-_Multipactor_Website.pdf Lingwood_-_Multipactor_Website.pptx

viideo clip chirp.avi

Thursday 17 January

21 Introduction to the workshop - Day 3

Speaker: Roger Barlow (University of Huddersfield (GB))

Slides RogerBarlowDay3.pdf RogerBarlowDay3.pptx

22 What are the physics research challenges?

Speaker: Dr Christopher Prior (STFC)

Slides ChrisPrior.pdf

11:10 Coffee

23 What are the new techniques and algorithms available?

Facilitated by Michael Gleaves

Speaker: Michael Gleaves

Slides cockroft_v2.pdf cockroft_v2.pptx

13:00 Lunch

24 STFC Knowledge Exchange Funding Schemes

Speaker: Vlad Skarda (STFC)

Slides Skarda.pdf

25 EU funding schemes

Speaker: Mark Howitt

Slides Hpwitt.pdf

26 Discussion on funding possibilities

15:30 Tea

27 What next? Possible collaborations and proposals

Speaker: Swapan Chattopadhyay (Cockcroft Institute, UK)