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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 2008
20 - 22 February 2008
Jülich - Germany
Programme
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This fourth NIC-Symposium gave an overview of the activities and the results obtained in the last two years at the John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC). The great progress in supercomputing was also highlighted by the fact that the newly installed Blue Gene/P system in Jülich currently ranks number two in the Top 500 List. This will open new dimensions in supercomputing for researchers in Germany and Europe.
NIC - a joint institute of Forschungszentrum Jülich, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) and Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) - supports with its supercomputer facilities about 130 research groups at universities and national labs which work on computer simulations in various fields of science.
Fifteen invited lectures covered selected topics in the following fields:
- Astrophysics
- Biophysics
- Chemistry
- Condensed Matter
- Material Science
- Elementary Particle Physics
- Polymers
- Environmental Research
- Nuclei, Atoms, Plasmas, and Patterns
The talks are intended to inform a broad audience of scientists and the
interested public about the research activities at NIC.
The proceedings of the symposium cover a larger range of projects that have been supported
by the IBM supercomputers JUMP and IBM Blue Gene/L in Jülich and the APE topical computer at DESY-Zeuthen.
This symposium was the fourth in a series intended to document regularly the activities at NIC.
Organizing Committee
Gernot Münster
Dietrich Wolf
Manfred Kremer
Ms Helga Frank (Symposium Secretary)
Ms Erika Wittig (Conference Service)
Wednesday, 20 February 2008 (Auditorium)
| 8:30 | Transfer from Jülich |
| 9:00 | Registration |
| 9:30 |
Opening |
| 9:45 | Th. Lippert, Forschungszentrum Jülich
The Status of Supercomputing: Technical and Political Developments |
| 10:30 | Coffee |
| 11:00 | Z. Fodor, NIC, DESY Zeuthen
Phase Transitions and the Mass of the Visible Universe |
| 11:45 | G. Schierholz, NIC, DESY Zeuthen
The Transverse Spin Structure of the Nucleon |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | M. Gruner, Universität Duisburg-Essen
Large-Scale First-Principles Calculations of Magnetic Nanoparticles |
| 14:45 | R. Jones, Forschungszentrum Jülich
Structural Patterns in Ge/Sb/Te Phase-change Materials |
| 15:30 | Coffee |
| 16:00 | E. Koch, Forschungszentrum Jülich
Realistic Description of TTF-TCNQ - a Strongly Correlated Organic Metal |
| 16:45 | J. Harting, Universität Stuttgart
Boundary Effects in Microfluidic Setups |
| 17:30 | Poster Session and Reception |
| 19:00 |
Transfer to Jülich |
Thursday, 21 February 2008 (Auditorium)
| 8:30 | Transfer from Jülich |
| 9:00 | S. Jahn, GFZ Potsdam
Fluids under Extreme Conditions of Pressure and Temperature and their Role in Geological Processes |
| 9:45 | R. Spurzem, Universität Heidelberg
Formation and Evolution of Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei and Star Clusters |
| 10:30 | Coffee |
| 11:00 | U. H. E. Hansmann, NIC Jülich
Protein Simulations on Massively Parallel Computers |
| 11:45 | W. Plass, Universität Jena
Transition Metal Centers in Biological Matrices: Why Nature Has Chosen Vanadate as Cofactor for Haloperoxidase |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | D. Marx, Universität Bochum
Glycine at the Pyrite Water Interface: An ab initio Metadynamics Study |
| 14:45 | F. Müller-Plathe, TU Darmstadt
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of PVA/Pt(111) Interfaces |
| 15:30 | Coffee |
| 16:00 | B. Metsch, Universität Bonn
Coarse Grid Classification: AMG on Parallel Computers |
| 16:45 | M. Behr, RWTH Aachen
Towards Shape Optimization for Ventricular Assist Devices Using Parallel Stabilized FEM |
| 17:30 | Transfer to Jülich |
Friday, 22 February 2008
| 8:30 | Transfer from Jülich |
| 9:00 | Jutta Docter, Michael Stephan, JSC
Introduction to JUGENE at Forschungszentrum Jülich (Lecture Room at JSC)
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| 10:00 | Christoph Pospiech, IBM
Porting Applications to Blue Gene/P (Lecture Room at JSC)
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| 11:30 | Inauguration of the Blue Gene/P System (Auditorium)
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| 13:30 | Transfer to Jülich
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Proceedings
Proceedings of this symposium and descriptions of further NIC projects were
issued as a volume of the "NIC Series".
NIC Symposium 2008
Gernot Münster, Dietrich Wolf, Manfred Kremer (Editors)
Symposium, 20 - 21 February 2008, Forschungszentrum Jülich
NIC Series Vol. 39
ISBN 3-00-017351-X, February 2008, 383 pages
NIC-Symposium 2006
1 -3 March 2006
Jülich - Germany
Programme | Proceedings
NIC-Symposium 2004
17 - 18 February 2004
Jülich - Germany
Programme | Proceedings
NIC-Symposium 2001
5 - 6 December 2001
Jülich - Germany
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