KAUST-IAMCS Workshop on Multiscale Modeling, Advanced Discretization Techniques, and Simulation of Wave Propagation

KAUST-IAMCS Workshop on Multiscale Modeling, Advanced Discretization Techniques, and Simulation of Wave Propagation

May 7-8, 2011

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Robust and accurate simulations of wave propagation in complex media are essential for many important industrial applications ranging from seismic imaging to medical tomography. Challenges in this area include developing robust discretization techniques that are accurate, less sensitive to wave number, and are scalable on state-of-the-art computer architectures. The focus areas of this workshop are:

• Advanced discretization techniques.
• Wave propagation in heterogeneous and random media.
• Subgrid models, multiscale discretization techniques, and uncertainty quantification.
• Solvers.
• Applications to geophysics.
• High-performance computation and visualization tools for large-scale wave simulations.

This workshop will bring together researchers from academia and industry, with the goal of facilitating the exchange of ideas to improve modeling and simulation predictions. The workshop will consist of a number of invited presentations. In addition, we particularly encourage poster presentations from workshop participants.

The workshop will be hosted by the KAUST Global Collaborative Research (GCR) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The location, schedule, and facilities will allow for plenty of interactions among participants. Support will be provided by a mixture of funds from KAUST, GCR, Texas A&M University's (TAMU) Institute for Applied Mathematics and Computational Science (IAMCS), and TAMU's Institute for Scientific Computation (ISC). There is no registration fee. Interested participants should contact KAUSTwaveprop@gmail.com for information and assistance with registration, accommodation, or airport transfer. Information will be provided at http://isc.tamu.edu/events/KAUSTwaveprop/ and will be updated frequently.

Organizers

• Victor Calo, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
• Yalchin Efendiev, Texas A&M University (TAMU)

Speakers

• Assyr Abdulle, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) - Finite Element Heterogeneous Multiscale Method for the Wave Equation
• Mazen Al-Ghoul, American University of Beirut - Self-Organization in Precipitate Systems: Experiments & Theoretical Modeling
• Tariq A. Alkhalifah, KAUST - Time Extrapolation of the Double-Square-Root Equation: Prestack Exploding Reflector Modeling and Migration
  
• Gregory Beroza, Stanford University - Seismic Ground Motion Prediction Using Virtual Earthquakes
• Zhiming Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences - The Adaptive Anisotropic PML Method for Time-Harmonic Acoustic and Electromagnetic Scattering Problems
• Eric Chung, Chinese University of Hong Kong - Energy-Conserving DG Method for Multiscale Wave Simulations
• Bjorn Engquist, University of Texas at Austin - Fast Algorithms for High Frequency Wave Propagation
• Omar Ghattas, University of Texas at Austin - Large-Scale Seismic Inversion: Elastic-Acoustic Coupling, DG Discretization, Gradient Consistency, Adaptivity, Uncertainty Quantification, and Parallel Algorithms
  
• Richard Gibson, Texas A&M University - Seismic Models of Fractured Reservoirs
• Jay Gopalakrishnan, University of Florida - Designing New Discontinuous Petrov-Galerkin (DPG) Schemes
• David Ketcheson, KAUST - Shock Dynamics in Layered Periodic Media
• Vadim Lisitsa, Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics (Russia) - Finite-Difference Simulation of Seismic Waves Propagation in Multiscale Media: Impact of Cavernous/Fractured Reservoirs (Synthetic Simulation and Field Study)
• Rudolph Lorentz, Texas A&M University at Qatar - Compression of Data Resulting from the Numerical Simulation of Counter Propagating Matter Waves in Optical Lattices
• Martin Mai, KAUST - Near-Field Ground-Motion Simulation Including 3D Elastic Scattering
  
• Ignacio Muga, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso - Analysis of the DPG Method for the Helmholtz Equation in Multi-Dimensions
• Bojan Popov, Texas A&M University - Entropy Viscosity
  
• Gerard Schuster, KAUST - Multiscale and Multisource Phase Encoded Seismic Inversion
• Mrinal Sen, University of Texas at Austin - Some Critical Aspects of Numerical Simulation of Seismic Wave Propagation
• Raul Tempone, KAUST - Stochastic Collocation for Second Order Hyperbolic Equations with Random Coefficients
• Panayot Vassilevski, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Finite Element Based Algebraic Multigrid: Principles and Algorithms
• Haijun Wu, Nanjing University (China) - Continuous Interior Penalty Finite Element Methods for the Helmholtz Equation with Large Wave Number
  

Posters

Partial list of poster presentations:

• Faisal Al-Malki, Taif University (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) - Asymptotic and Numerical Study of the Influence of a Poiseuille Flow on Triple Flame Propagation
• Jamie Bramwell, University of Texas at Austin - A Discontinuous Petrov-Galerkin Method for Elastic Wave Propagation
• Donald Brown, Texas A&M University - Multiscale Methods for Fluid-Structure Interaction
• Kai Gao, Texas A&M University - Pressure-Dependent Seismic Velocity Model for the Fractured Rocks
• Bangti Jin, Texas A&M University - Sparsity Reconstruction in Electrical Impedance Tomography
• Raka Jovanovic, Texas A&M University at Qatar - Two Approaches to Numerical Simulation of Counter Propagating Matter Waves In Optical Lattices
• Orhan Mehmetoglu, Texas A&M University - Central-Type Schemes for Nonlinear Hyperbolic Conservation Laws
• Mohammad Motamed, KAUST - A Collocation Method for Wave Equation with Random Coefficients
• Antti Niemi, KAUST - DPG Method Based on the Optimal Test Space Norm for Steady Transport Problems
• Nathan Roberts, University of Texas at Austin - Application of a Discontinuous Petrov-Galerkin Method to the Stokes and Navier-Stokes Equations
• Ana Vasilic, United Arab Emirates University - Homogenizing Acoustic Wave Propagation Through a Two-Phase Medium
• Jia Wei, Texas A&M University - Bayesian Inversion for Channelized Reservoirs via Reduced Dimensional Parameterization

Schedule

The schedule can be accessed here.

Registration

Registration is now closed.

Contact

If you have any questions concerning this workshop, contact KAUSTwaveprop@gmail.com or call Brad Shumbera at 979-458-0448.