The NIC Symposium is held every two years to give an overview on activities and results obtained by the NIC projects in the last two years.

NIC Symposium 2012
7-8 February 2012
Jülich - Germany

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The 6th NIC-Symposium marks also the 25th anniversary of the founding of the "Höchstleistungsrechenzentrum" (HLRZ), later renamed John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC). NIC – a joint foundation of Forschungszentrum Jülich, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) and Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) – supports with its members' supercomputer facilities more than 150 research groups at universities and national labs working on computer simulations in various fields of science.

Numerous scientific results of high impact in many different areas of research were obtained by the scientists who used the supercomputers in Jülich for their simulations. This symposium will give an overview of the history and the activities of the NIC, and of the results obtained in the last two years by research groups supported by the NIC.

Fifteen invited lectures will cover selected topics in the following fields:

• Astrophysics
• Biophysics
• Chemistry
• Elementary Particle Physics
• Condensed Matter
• Materials Science
• Soft Matter Science
• Environmental Research
• Hydrodynamics and Turbulence
• Plasma Physics
• Computer Science

These talks and an additional poster session are intended to inform a broad audience of scientists and the interested public about the research activities at NIC.

The proceedings of the symposium will cover projects that have been supported by the supercomputers JUROPA and IBM Blue Gene/P in Jülich in an even wider range than the lectures.

Organizing Committee

Kurt Binder
Gernot Münster
Manfred Kremer
Walter Nadler

Symposium Secretary

Ms. Elke Bielitza

Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)
Institute for Advanced Simulation
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
D-52425 Jülich

Programme

Venue: Auditorium (Großer Hörsaal) of Forschungszentrum Jülich

Programme and poster session: pdf

Tuesday, 7 February 2012

8:30	Transfer from Jülich
8:45	Registration
9:00	Welcome Address by A. Bachem, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Forschungszentrum Jülich
9:15	Th. Lippert, Forschungszentrum Jülich Supercomputing at Scale
10:00	K. Binder, Universität Mainz 25 years HLRZ/NIC: Taking the Lead in Supercomputing in Germany
10:30	Coffee
11:00	A. Groß, Universität Ulm Ab initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Molecule-Surface Interactions
11:45	W. Paul, Universität Halle Structure and Dynamics at Polymer-Solid Interfaces: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation of 1,4-Polybutadiene on Graphite
12:30	Lunch
14:00	K. Rushchanskii, Forschungszentrum Jülich Computational Studies of Insulating Magnetic Oxides
14:45	A. Muramatsu, Universität Stuttgart Quantum Spin Liquid in Correlated Fermions on a Graphene-Like Structure
15:30	Coffee
16:00	N. Atodiresei, Forschungszentrum Jülich Understanding Molecular Electronics and Spintronics from First Principles Simulations
16:45	B. Gmeiner, Universität Erlangen Highly Parallel Geometric Multigrid Algorithm for Hierarchical Hybrid Grids
17:30	Poster Session and Reception Poster Abstracts
19:00	Transfer to Jülich

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

8:30	Transfer from Jülich
9:00	D. A. Fedosov, Forschungszentrum Jülich Mesoscale Simulations of Human Blood Flow: From Red Blood Cell Elasticity and Interactions to Blood Rheology
9:45	J. Harting, Universität Stuttgart Colloidal Particles at Liquid Interfaces: From Bijels to Pickering Emulsions
10:30	Coffee
11:00	U.-G. Meißner, Universität Bonn Nuclear Physics from Lattice Simulations
11:45	H. Wittig, Universität Mainz Probing the Nf = 2 QCD Phase Transition with Light Wilson Fermions
12:30	Lunch
14:00	R. Banerjee, Universität Hamburg Generation of Strong Magnetic Fields via the Small-Scale Dynamo from Gravity Driven Turbulence
14:45	J. P. Mellado, MPI für Meteorologie Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Mixing in the Planetary Boundary Layer
15:30	Coffee
16:00	D. Bauer, Universität Rostock Study of Plasma Formation and Ionization Dynamics in Intense Laser Fields by Means of Massively Parallel Particle-in-Cell Simulations
16:45	G. Geiser, RWTH Aachen A Hybrid Aeroacoustic Prediction Method for Non-Reactive and Reactive Flows
17:45	Transfer to Jülich and to Düren Train Station

Bus Schedule

Bus is free of charge for participants.

Date	Departure Time	Meeting Point	Destination
7 February	08:30	Bus stop "Walramplatz"	Research Centre Jülich, Auditorium
	08:35	Bus stop "Neues Rathaus"
	19:00	Research Centre Jülich, Auditorium	Hotels in Jülich
8 February	08:30	Bus stop "Walramplatz"	Research Centre Jülich, Auditorium
	08:35	Bus stop "Neues Rathaus"
	17:45	Research Centre Jülich, Auditorium	Hotels in Jülich
			Düren Train Station

Proceedings

Proceedings of this symposium and descriptions of further NIC projects will be issued as a volume of the "NIC Series". Contributions are by invitation only (Hints for Authors).

Posters

We invite contributions in the form of poster presentations. Please send a short abstract (less than 3000 characters, no figures) to nic-redaktion@fz-juelich.de till January, 27th 2012. The posters will be mounted on movable walls provided by the organisers. The maximum size of a single poster should not exceed 90 cm widths and 145 cm height (portrait format).

Accommodation

We have booked a number of rooms at hotels in Jülich, which will be held for NIC Symposium until 27 January 2012. Please use the Online-Registration form to reserve a room. You will receive a confirmation of your room reservation from Ms. Elke Bielitza soon.

Reservations received after that date will be accepted on a space available basis.

Shuttle service will be provided from the hotels in Jülich.

Stadthotel Jülich (fully booked)
Baierstr. 1
52428 Jülich
Single room 54 Euro/night, double room 79 Euro/night
Walking distance from Jülich train station: 12 min


Hotel am Hexenturm (fully booked)
Große Rurstr. 94
52428 Jülich
Single room 59 Euro/night, double room 90 Euro/night
Walking distance from Jülich train station: 15 min


Hotel Kaiserhof (fully booked)
Bahnhofstr. 5
52428 Jülich
Single room 67 Euro/night, double room 92 Euro/night
Walking distance from Jülich train station: 5 min

How to get to Jülich

A detailed description can be found at:
http://www.fz-juelich.de/portal/EN/Service/Howtoreachus/_node.html.

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