TUTORIAL DAY AT COPPER MOUNTAIN

A set of three multigrid tutorials will be presented on Sunday, April 1. Attendance is open to all, and there is no charge or required registration. All three tutorials will be elementary in nature, and are designed to familiarize the audience with the basics of the topic.

A Multigrid Tutorial, Part I

9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Presented by William L. Briggs

This presentation is an updated reincarnation of the tutorials Bill gave at Copper Mountain in 1987 and 1989. The 1987 tutorial led to the publication of the popular book, A Multigrid Tutorial (SIAM books), which has served as the introduction to multigrid for a good many workers in the field. Assuming no familiarity with multigrid, the tutorial introduces multigrid from first principles, examining basic iterative methods, coarse-grid correction, two-level approaches, and extending to multigrid methods.

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A Multigrid Tutorial, Part II

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Presented by Van Emden Henson

In this section we will take up some "complications" that arise commonly in practice, and illustrate some of the techniques used to deal with them. These will be presented in simple, model-problem form.  Typical solution methods will be outlined.  Time constraints may prohibit coverage of all topics.

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Cache-Based Algorithms

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Presented by Craig C. Douglas and Ulrich Rüde

An introduction to methods for improving locality of data usage in iterative methods will be presented.  The emphasis will be for problems related to solving PDE's.  Separate methods for structured, unstructured, and quasi-unstructured grids will be given.  In some cases, but not all, bitwise identical results are achieved with respect to standard implementations of the algorithms considered.  The methods are applicable to almost any compiled language.  No background in machine architectures will be assumed or needed.
 
 

FORMAT

Morning and afternoon sessions will consist of individual talks of approximately 25 minutes each. Workshop and Circus sessions will be held in the evenings.

WORKSHOPS AND CIRCUS SESSIONS

The program will include special time set aside for Workshops and Circuses. The Workshop Chair will encourage and support informal workshops on special topics of interest. The Circus Chair, for each of the three planned circus sessions, will encourage participation and contributions and will organize, set the schedule, and oversee its progress.

SPECIAL SESSIONS

We encourage special sessions on focus topics of interest. Anyone wishing to organizing such a session should contact Steve McCormick. Anyone interested in contributing to a special session should contact the session chair. Current planned sessions include: