Simulation of Multiphysics Multiscale Systems 

4th International Workshop
in conjunction with the International Conference on Computational Science
May 27-30, 2007, Beijing, China
http://staff.science.uva.nl/~valeria/multiphysics2007/

Introduction

Simulation of multiphysics and multiscale (MPMS) systems poses a grand challenge to computational science. Most of the real-life systems, vital for industrial applications and academic research, involve interactions amongst a wide range of physical phenomena. In addition to that, the time and length scales of the individual processes involved often differ by orders of magnitude. Numerical simulation of these multiphysics and multiscale problems requires development of sophisticated models and methods for their integration, as well as efficient numerical algorithms and advanced computational techniques.

This workshop, being a follow-up to the highly successful events held at ICCS-2006 in Reading, UK, ICCS-2005 in Atlanta, USA and ICCS-2004 in Krakow, Poland, aims to bring together computational physicists, numerical specialists and computational scientists to push forward this challenging multidisciplinary research field. 

Topics
Specific topics include (but are not limited to):
Modeling of multiphysics and/or multiscale systems. Of particular interest are: Monte Carlo methods, particle-based methods, mesoscopic models such as cellular-automata, lattice gas and lattice-Boltzmann methods, computational fluid dynamics and computational solid mechanics; Multiphysics and/or multiscale modeling of biological or biomedical systems.This includes computational models of tissue- and organo-genesis, tumor growth, blood vessels formation and interaction with the hosting tissue, biochemical transport and signaling, biomedical simulations for surgical planning, etc. Novel approaches to combine different models and scales in one problem solution; Challenging applications in industry and academia, e.g. time-dependent 3D systems, multiphase flows, fluid-structure interactions, chemical engineering, plasma physics, material science, biophysics, automotive industry, etc.; Advanced numerical methods for solving multiphysics multiscale problems; New algorithms for parallel distributed computing, specific to the field. 
Important Simulation of Multiphysics Multiscale Systems

4th International Workshop

in conjunction with the International Conference on Computational Science

May 27-30, 2007
Beijing, China
Introduction
Simulation of multiphysics and multiscale (MPMS) systems poses a grand challenge to computational science. Most of the real-life systems, vital for industrial applications and academic research, involve interactions amongst a wide range  of physical phenomena. In addition to that, the time and length scales of the individual processes involved often differ by orders of magnitude. Numerical simulation of these multiphysics and multiscale problems requires development  of
sophisticated models and methods for their integration, as well as efficient  numerical algorithms and advanced computational techniques.

This workshop, being a follow-up to the highly successful events held at ICCS-2006 in Reading, UK, ICCS-2005 in Atlanta, USA and ICCS-2004 in Krakow, Poland,  aims to bring together computational physicists, numerical specialists and computational scientists to push forward this challenging multidisciplinary research field.
Topics

Specific topics include (but are not limited to):

Modeling of multiphysics and/or multiscale systems. Of particular interest  are:

Monte Carlo methods, particle-based methods, mesoscopic models such as cellular-automata, lattice gas and lattice-Boltzmann methods, computational  fluid dynamics and computational solid mechanics;  Multiphysics and/or multiscale modeling of  biological  or biomedical systems.    This includes computational models of tissue- and organo-genesis, tumor growth,    blood vessels formation and interaction with the hosting tissue, biochemical    transport and signaling, biomedical simulations for surgical planning, etc. Novel approaches to combine different models and scales in one problem solution;  Challenging applications in industry and academia, e.g. time-dependent 3D systems,  multiphase flows, fluid-structure interactions, chemical engineering, plasma  physics, material science, biophysics, automotive industry, etc.; Advanced numerical methods for solving multiphysics multiscale problems; New algorithms for parallel distributed computing, specific to the field. 
Important dates
Short abstract (1 page): December 5, 2006
Full papersubmission: January 5, 2007
Notification of acceptance: February 3, 2007
Camera-ready papers: February 19, 2007
Early registration: March 30, 2007

Workshop Organizers:

Chairs:

Valeria Krzhizhanovskaya
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
E-mail: valeria at science.uva.nl
Dr. Alfons Hoekstra
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
E-mail: alfons at science.uva.nl  
Co-chairs:
Dr. Shuyu Sun
Clemson University, USA
E-mail: shuyu at clemson.edu
Dr. Juergen Geiser
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
E-mail: geiser at mathematik.hu-berlin.de 
Vice-chairs:
Prof. Bastien Chopard
University of Geneva, Switzerland
E-mail: Bastien.Chopard at cui.unige.ch
Prof. Yuriy Gorbachev
St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Russia
E-mail: gorbachev at csa.ru