Dear all,

please forward to your colleagues and particularly encourage "dirac" 
domain researchers and students to attend.

Best wishes,

Peter
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Dear colleagues,

The Higgs Centre is delighted to announce the upcoming Higgs Symposium on 
Scientific Challenges and Big Computing, taking place on 7-8 January 2015 at 
Appleton Tower, 11 Crichton Street Edinburgh EH8 9LE.

* Theme :  Scientific Challenges and Big Computing

https://higgs.ph.ed.ac.uk/workshops/higgs-centre-symposium-scientific-challenges-and-big-computing

Many Grand Challenge problems in theoretical and experimental particle physics, 
theoretical astrophysics, and condensed matter physics may be addressed by 
computer simulation. This is a third scientific method lying between 
traditional theoretical tools and experiment. Grand Challenge problems are also 
distinguished by having their solution enabled only by the most powerful 
computers. Such challenges involve the processing of enormous volumes of data, 
and may involve fertile interdisciplinary work between basic science, 
mathematics, and High Performence Computing development and usage.

The symposium is intended to generate discussions across multiple disciplines. 
It will bring together experts in the areas of astrophysics and cosmology, 
density functional theory, and theoretical and experimental particle physics. 
The speakers are leaders in these fields and will discuss large-scale 
simulations, algorithm development and parallel computer technology.

* Dates: Two full day meeting, 7th/8th January 2015.

* Location: Appleton Tower, George Square, Edinburgh

* Fees: paid upon registration

     Full delegate £80 : covering banquet, lunches and coffee
     PhD student delegate £40

   PhD students are encouraged to apply for economy hotel accomodation
   fully funded by the Higgs Centre.

* Confirmed speakers

  Particle Physics Theory & Experiment
     Mauro Morendin  (INFN)
     Rene Brun       (CERN)
     Martin Luscher  (CERN)
     Norman Christ   (Columbia University)
     Shoji Hashimoto (KEK)
     Richard Brower  (Boston University)

  Astrophysics & Cosmology
     Katrin Heitmann (Argonne National Laboratory)
     Adrian Jenkins  (Durham University)
     Paul Shellard   (Cambridge University)

  Condensed matter physics
     Spencer Sherwin (Imperial College)
     Stewart Clark   (Durham University)

  HPC Industry
     Eng Lim Goh (Silicon Graphics)
     Pradeep Dubey (Intel Parallel Computing Labs)

* Registration:

https://higgs.ph.ed.ac.uk/workshops/higgs-centre-symposium-scientific-challenges-and-big-computing

   Attendees are requested to register by 12th December.

* Travel

   Map:  https://goo.gl/maps/grScc

   Outside the UK:

    Edinburgh is served by an airport with excellent tram, bus and taxi
    connectivity to central Edinburgh. Edinburgh has direct and
    budget flights to major European hubs as well as direct flights to the
    US.

   Within UK:

     Edinburgh is served by the Waverly city centre station on the
     moderately high speed and moderately priced East Coast line,
     connecting the length of the country.

     London is a pleasant and Wifi enabled 4h30m journey, enabling our
     guests to productively avoid time spent in airplanes, airport security
     and lounges. Many other centres of scientific excellence in the UK are
     even closer.

* Accommodation:

   List of recommended places close to the venue is available on the website.


With best regards,

Peter Boyle, Sadegh Khochfar, Wahid Bhimji, Andreas Hermann, Oliver Witzel
-- 
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.