Tenth Copper Mountain Conference
on
Multigrid Methods
APRIL 1-6, 2001
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

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This program is preliminary and is subject to possible modification.
Times given here are only estimates and are likely to change.
We will try to limit schedule changes to within the given day.
Participants and speakers should monitor this page and the bulletin board at the conference.

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Speakers should plan their talks to be at most 20 minutes.
Program Chairs will adhere strictly to this schedule.

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Wednesday night's cash bar & banquet is in the Bighorn Room in the Copper Conference Center.
All other activities will be held in the Copper Conference Center.

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Sunday, April 1

TUTORIAL	Tutorial series on basic methods, more advanced techniques, and cache-based algorithms.
9:00am-noon	William L. Briggs A Multigrid Tutorial, Part I
2:00pm-4:00pm	Van Emden Henson A Multigrid Tutorial, Part II
4:30pm-6:00pm	Craig Douglas and Ulrich Rüde Cache-Based Algorithms
RECEPTION	Cash bar and light buffet.
7:00pm-9:00pm	Copper Conference Center.

Monday, April 2

SESSION 1 Transport	Chair: Tom Manteuffel
8:00am	Travis Austin A Divergence-Free Relaxation Scheme in an H^1-Finite Element Space: Numerical Results and Theory
8:25am	Barry Lee FOSLS for Neutron/Photon Transport at LLNL
8:50am	Linda Stals The Parallel Solution of Radiation Transport Equations
9:15am	Christoph Pfalum Discretization of Neutron Transport by FOSLS and Piecewise Constant Functions on the Sphere
9:40am	COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 2 Inverse Problems	Chair: Ulrich Rüde
10:00am	Eldad Haber Multigrid All-At-Once Methods for Large Scale Inverse Problems
10:25am	Hugh R. MacMillan First-order System Least-squares for Electrical Impedance Tomography
10:50am	Ulrich Rüde Multilgrid Solution of Bioelelectric Field Problems
SESSION 3 Applications 1	Chair: Van Henson
11:15am	Avraham Kenigsberg A Multigrid Approach for Fast Geodesic Active Contours
11:40pm	David Moulton An Augmented Systems Approach to Preconditioning Mimetic Discretizations
12:05pm	Achi Brandt Multiscale Computation: Recent Methodological Developments
SESSION 4 Applications 2	Chair: Van Henson
4:30pm	C.W. Oosterlee On Multigrid Methods for Linear Complementarity Problems with Application to American-style Options
4:55pm	Schorsch Schmidt FOSLL* for Stokes and Elasticity
5:20pm	Marc Alexander Schweitzer A Multilevel Particle-Partition of Unity Method
5:45pm	Eite Tiesinga Multigrid Modeling of Two Confined and Interacting Atoms.
6:10pm	Jun Zhang Multigrid Method and High Order Compact Scheme for Solving Boundary Layer Problems on Nonuniform Grids
6:35pm	Pavel Bochev Constrained transport remap algorithms on unstructured quadrilateral and hexahedral grids

Tuesday, April 3

SESSION 5 Algebraic Methods 1	Chair: Jan Mandel
8:00am	Marian Brezina An Extension of Convergence Theory for the Smoothed Aggregation Multigrid
8:25am	Tim Chartier Spectral AMGe
8:50am	Jane Cullum A Numerical Exploration of Algebraic Multigrid
9:15am	Jonathan Hu Parallel Algebraic Aggregation for Maxwell's Equations
9:40am	Frank Kiefer AMG-based Wavelet-like Multiscale Solvers for Convection-diffusion Problems
10:05am	COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 6 Algebraic Methods 2	Chair: John Ruge
10:25am	Johannes Kraus Element-Free AMG Interpolation Based on Multilevel Extension Mappings
10:50am	Domenico Lahaye A Multilevel Preconditioner for Field-Circuit Coupled Problems
11:15am	Jan Mandel Approximation and Coupling Estimators for Algebraic Multigrid
11:40am	Björn Medeke On Algebraic Multilevel Preconditioners for Disordered Systems
12:05pm	Gene Poole Advancing Analysis Capabilities in ANSYS through Solver Tech
SESSION 7 Algebraic Methods 3	Chair: Marian Brezina
4:30pm	John Ruge AMG: An Overview
4:55pm	Joachim Schoeberl Algebraic Multigrid for H(curl) and H(div)
5:20pm	Ray Tuminaro A Parallel Multilevel Preconditioning Module for Unstructured Mesh Krylov Solvers
5:45pm	Panayot S. Vassilevski Parallelizing AMGe Using Domain Decomposition
6:10pm	Ulrike Meier Yang On the Use of Schwarz Smoothing in AMG
6:35pm	Irad Yavneh An Algebraic Multigrid Approach for Shape from Photometric Stereo

Wednesday, April 4

SESSION 8 Domain Decomposition	Chair: Ulrike Meier Yang
8:00am	Richard B. Lehoucq Automated Multi-Level Substructuring:Theory
8:25am	Moshe Israeli A Hierarchical Domain Decomposition Method for the Solution of the Helmholtz and Biharmonic Equations
8:50am	Jayadeep Gopalakrishnan Multigrid and Schwarz Methods for Time-harmonic Maxwell Equations
9:15am	K.C. Park Localized Construction of Non-Matching Interfaces That Pass A-Priori Patch Test
9:40am	SPECIAL SESSION Funding Opportunities at the National Science Foundation Catherine Mavriplis As a program officer in Applied Mathematics and Computational Mathematics, the speaker will give an overview of avenues for requesting funding and discuss new directions in the mathematical sciences funding landscape.
10:05am	COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 9 NonLinear Methods	Chair: Jim Jones
10:25am	Andrea Codd First-Order System Least Squares (FOSLS) for Elliptic Grid Generation (EGG)
10:50am	Jim Jones Computational Issues in the Application of Nonlinear Multigrid to Nonlinear Diffusion Problems
11:15am	Andrew Knyazev Eigensolvers with Multigrid Preconditioners
11:40pm	Johannes Korsawe Nonlinear Convergence via Linear Multilevel Performance: Gauss-Newton-Multilevel
BANQUET	Cash bar and banquet.
6:30pm	Bighorn Room in the Copper Conference Center.

Thursday, April 5

SESSION 10 Computational Fluids	Chair: Irad Yavneh
8:00am	Michael Bader A Robust and Parallel Multigrid Method for Convection Diffusion Equations
8:25am	Boris Diskin Textbook Multigrid Efficiency for High-Reynolds-Number Navier-Stokes Equations
8:50am	Victoria E. Howle Experiences with Parallel Block Preconditioning of the Linearized Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations
9:15am	Kent-Andre Mardal An Efficient Parallel Iterative Approach to the Time-dependent Stokes Problem
9:40am	Dimitri Mavriplis Comparisons of Unstructured Multigrid as a Non-linear Solver, a Linear Solver, or a Pre-Conditioner
10:05am	Sandra Nägele Multigrid Method Coupled with Large Eddy Simulation
10:30am	Justin W.L. Wan Two Multigrid Time Stepping Schemes which Preserve Monotonicity and TVD
10:55am	COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 11 Ocean Models	Chair: Craig Douglas
11:15am	Mohamed Iskandarani Overview of Ocean Modeling Using Spectral Elements
11:40am	Craig Douglas Subgrid Substructuring Techniques for a Multilayered Ocean Model
12:05pm	Gundolf Haase Simultaneous Iterations in Ocean Modeling
SESSION 12 Theory	Chair: Joe Pasciak
4:30pm	Susanne C. Brenner An Additive Theory for Multigrid V-Cycle Algorithms
4:55pm	Scott Fulton On the Accuracy of Multigrid Truncation Error Estimates
5:20pm	Chisup Kim A Two-level Preconditioner for an Anisotropic Mixed Finite Element Problem
5:45pm	Joe Pasciak New Estimate for a Penalty Approach for Non-conforming Finite Elements
6:10pm	Roman Wienands Local Fourier k-grid (k=1,2,3) Analysis for Navier-Stokes-type Systems
CIRCUS/WORKSHOP	Chair: Craig Douglas
7:30pm	Everyone is welcome to talk and/or listen. The circus program will be determined at the start by polling the participants. Contact Craig for suggestions and information, or just show up and be ready to talk, interact, or just listen. For a workshop, please contact Craig beforehand.

Friday, April 6

SESSION 13 Computational Strategies	Chair: Kirk Jordan
8:00am	Mark Kremenetsky Considerations for Parallel CFD Enhancements on SGI ccNUMA and Cluster Architectures
8:25am	Mark Adams Parallel Algorithms for Unstructured Gauss-Seidel Multigrid Smoothers
8:50am	Paul Farrell Factors Involved in the Performance of Computations on Beowulf Clusters
9:15am	Markus Kowarschik Enhancing the Cache Performance of Multigrid Codes on Structured Grids
9:40am	COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 14 Computational Strategies	Chair: Seymour Parter
10:00am	Bobby Philip Elliptic Solvers with Adaptive Mesh Refinement and First-Order System Least-Squares (FOSLS) Methodologies
10:25am	Malik Silva Cache Aware Data Layouts
10:50am	Jari Toivanen Multilevel Preconditioners for Boundary Lagrange Multipliers
11:15am	Gabriel WittumMultigrid Methods for Porous Media Flow Problems
11:40am	Ben KirkCascadic Multigrid Simulation of Incompressible Viscous Flow Problems: Performance Analysis and Parallel Workstation and Cluster Implementation

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