NIC Symposium 2012
7-8 February 2012
Jülich - Germany
Goal
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 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
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
NIC Sekretariat
D-52425 Jülich
Tel.: 02461-61-5642
Fax : 02461-61-2810
E-Mail: e.bielitza@fz-juelich.de
Programme
Venue: Auditorium (Großer Hörsaal) at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Complete programme: 
Programme and Poster Abstracts of the NIC Symposium 2012 (PDF, 409 kB)
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 |
| 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 |
| 17:30 | Transfer to Jülich |
Proceedings
Proceedings of this symposium and descriptions of further NIC projects were issued as a volume of the "NIC Series".
NIC Symposium 2012
Klaus Binder, Gernot Münster, Manfred Kremer (Editors)
Proceedings, 7-8 February 2012, Forschungszentrum Jülich
NIC Series Vol. 45
ISBN 978-3-89336-758-0, February 2012, 400 pages
NIC Symposium 2012 - Proceedings (pdf, 110 MB)
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/4538
