Marie Curie Research Training Network JETSET
5th School on
High Performance Computing in Astrophysics
JANUARY 8th - 13th 2008
JETSET Board & Science Meetings
JANUARY 14th & 15th 2008
The school will be hosted in the Centre for Astronomy, National University of Ireland Galway, (NUIG) and organised jointly by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and the NUIG Centre for Astronomy
Scientific Aim
Stellar jets are complex physical systems. Their study necessitates incorporating nonlinear effects which occur on a wide variety of length and timescales. As a result of this one of the primary methods used to study the physics of jets is numerical simulations. Since the physics is so complex, the problems are large enough to make mandatory the use of high performance computing techniques. Further, modern astrophysical datasets associated with observations are becoming so large that standard analysis methods are no longer efficient.
The School will address the methods used to simulate astrophysical jets and to derive useful information from large datasets, focusing on techniques involving high performance computing.
Programme
The school will consist of a series of lectures with emphasis on astrophysical problems where possible, including a course on MPI, an introduction to grid technology, lectures on adaptive mesh refinement techniques and sessions on virtual observatories and analysis of large datasets.
Shorter presentations will address applications of HPC to astrophysical problems such as 3D radiative transfer, large scale jet simulations and jet stability, among others. During the school, the participants will have access to a computer lab to facilitate hands-on exercises. There will also be a limited number of contributed oral presentations from the participants.
Scientific Organising Committee:
Sylvie Cabrit - Observatoire de Paris (France)
Max Camenzind - Landessternwarte Heidelberg, LSW (Germany)
Fabio De Colle - Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (Ireland)
Catherine Dougados - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (France)
Turlough Downes - Dublin City University (Ireland)
Jose Gracia - Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (Ireland)
Tom Ray - Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (Ireland)
Local Organising Committee:
Jose Gracia
Fabio De Colle
Eileen Flood
Matt Redman
Emma Whelan
The email address for further details is JetsetSchool@cp.dias.ie