Workshop in software frameworks

Dear colleague,

    This is an invitation to attend a 1-day workshop on
"Multi-Scale, Multi-Physics Software Frameworks in
Computational Science," to be held in the conference room of
the Paul Peck Alumni Center, on Drexel's University City
Campus.

    The principal scientific context this meeting, and my
motivation for organizing it, is the "MODEST" project, aimed
at MOdeling the dynamics and evolution of DEnse STellar
systems in astronomy. MODEST is a loosely knit
collaboration between various groups working in stellar
dynamics, stellar evolution, and stellar hydrodynamics --
very different areas of computational astrophysics which
previously have had little direct interaction with one
another. Our goal is to create a software framework for
large-scale simulations of such systems, within which new
and existing codes for dynamics, stellar evolution, and
hydrodynamics can be easily coupled. More information on
MODEST can be found at

      http://manybody.org/modest

    The scope of the workshop is much broader than MODEST,
however, and is aimed at fostering better understanding of
the general issues involved in constructing software
frameworks in computational science. The workshop web page
is

      http://manybody.org/modest/Workshops/modest-7c.html

    The morning session will consist of a brief introduction
to MODEST (by me), followed by three invited 30-minute
talks, with 30 minutes of open discussion following each
talk. The invited speakers are experts in software
frameworks in other areas of computational science:

* David Berhholdt (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  The CCA (Common Component Architecture) Software Framework

* Erik Schnetter (LSU Center for Computation and Technology)
  The Cactus Environment

* V. Balaji (Princeton University)
  Frameworks for Climate Modeling

The afternoon session will be devoted to informal
discussion, demonstrations, and possibly additional short
presentations.

    I look forward to seeing many of you next week at what
promises to be a very interesting interdisciplinary
experiment!

Regards,

Steve McMillan

-- 
Stephen L. W. McMillan, Professor of Physics, Drexel University
+1 215-895-2723, FAX +1 215-895-5934, steve@physics.drexel.edu