NIC Symposium 2016
11-12 February 2016
Jülich - Germany
Goal
The John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC) – a joint foundation of Forschungszentrum Jülich, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), and GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung - 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 gives an overview of 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
- Earth and Environmental Research
- Fluid Mechanics
- 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 of the NIC and about the simulation projects that have been supported by the supercomputers JUROPA, JURECA, and JUQUEEN in Jülich. The accompanying symposium proceedings cover a range of topics even wider than provided by the talks.
Organizing Committee
Kurt Binder
Gernot Münster
Florian Janetzko
Manfred Kremer
Alexander Schnurpfeil
Symposium Secretaries
Ms. Britta Hoβfeld
Ms. Helga Offergeld
Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)
Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS)
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
D-52425 Jülich, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)2461 61-3893
Fax: +49 (0)2461 61-2430
Email: h.offergeld@fz-juelich.de
Programme
Venue: Auditorium (Großer Hörsaal) at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Complete programme: 
Programme and Poster Abstracts of the NIC Symposium 2016 (PDF, 583 kB)
Thursday, 11 February 2016
| 8:30 | Transfer from Jülich |
| 9:00 | Registration |
| 9:30 | Welcome Address by W. Marquardt, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Forschungszentrum Jülich |
| 9:45 | Th. Lippert, Forschungszentrum Jülich Scientific Big Data Analytics by HPC |
| 10:30 | Coffee |
| 11:00 | M. Müser, Forschungszentrum Jülich Percolation and the Physics of Seals |
| 11:45 | P. Romero, Frauenhofer IWM Understanding Tribology and Machining Processes through Computationally Intensive Large Scale MD |
| 12:30 | Group Photograph |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | K. Albe, TU Darmstadt Nanostructured Metallic Glasses: Tayloring the Mechanical Properties of Amorphous Metals |
| 14:45 | P. Nielaba, Universität Konstanz Structures and Phases in (Nano-)Systems in Confined Geometry |
| 15:30 | Coffee |
| 16:00 | P. Coto, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Electron Transfer and Transport Processes at Molecule-Metal and Molecule-Semiconductor Interfaces |
| 16.45 | G. Rossetti, Forschungszentrum Jülich Intrinsic Disordered Protein in Diseases: A Computational Challenge |
| 17:30 | Poster Session and Reception |
| 19:00 | Transfer to Jülich |
Friday, 12 February 2016
| 8:30 | Transfer from Jülich |
| 9:00 | M. Hoeft, Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenberg LOFAR: Calibration and Imaging on JURECA |
| 9:45 | D. Seifried, Universität Köln Interstellar Turbulence and Its Effects on the Formation of Protostellar Discs |
| 10:30 | Coffee |
| 11:00 | C. Hölbling, Universität Wuppertal Ab Initio Determination of the Neutron-Proton Mass Difference |
| 11:45 | A. Schwenk, TU Darmstadt The Strong Interaction at Neutron-Rich Extremes |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | R. Grauer, Universität Bochum Reconnection, Dynamos and Turbulence: From Kinetics to Instantons |
| 14:45 | I. Dornmair, Universität Hamburg Towards Plasma-Driven Free-Electron Lasers |
| 15:30 | Coffee |
| 16:00 | F. Leroy, TU Darmstadt Multiscale Simulations of Solid-Liquid Interfaces |
| 16:45 | H.Köstler, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Massively Parallel Large Scale Stokes Flow Simulation |
| 17:30 | End of NIC Symposium |
| 17:45 | Transfer to Jülich and to Düren Train Station |
Proceedings
Proceedings of this symposium and descriptions of further NIC projects were issued as a volume of the "NIC Series".
NIC Symposium 2016
Kurt Binder, Marcus Müller, Manfred Kremer, Alexander Schnurpfeil (Editors)
Proceedings, 11-12 February 2016, Forschungszentrum Jülich
NIC Series Vol. 48
ISBN 978-3-95806-109-5, February 2016, 417 pages
NIC Symposium 2016 - Proceedings (pdf, 147 MB)
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/9842
PDF files of single articles
