Program


Keynote talks

  • Frank Jenko (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics) Accelerating fusion energy research through HPC
  • Marina Becoulet (CEA) First principles modelling of magnetohydrodynamic instabilities and their control in magnetic fusion devices using HPC techniques
  • Tomo-Hiko Watanabe (Nagoya University) Exploration of burning plasma confinement physics using the supercomputer Fugaku
  • William Dorland (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory) First principles transport simulations optimized for reactor concept evaluation and for other faster-than-real-time applications

Invited talks

  • Kenji Imadera (Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University) 5D full-f gyrokinetic simulation with HPC infrastructures
  • Gabriel Pedroche (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia – UNED) E-lite 360º neutronics model of the ITER tokamak
  • Pedro Bonilla (Barcelona Supercomputing Center) On simulation of multi-physics fusion phenomena with Alya, a multipurpose High Performance Computing software
  • Helen Brooks (Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority) Scalable Multi-physics for Fusion Reactors with AURORA
  • Yasuhiro Suzuki (Hiroshima University) Development of 3D equilibrium code and its application to stellarators
  • James Dark (LSPM, CNRS) Modelling hydrogen transport in breeding blankets: influence of trapping effects
  • Hanne Thienpondt (CIEMAT) Turbulent heat flux versus density gradient: an inter-machine study with the gyrokinetic code stella
  • Jörg Riemann (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics) Microinstability simulations for stellarators involving kinetic electrons and realistic profiles with the global PIC code EUTERPE
  • Alexey Mishchenko (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics) Gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulations of electromagnetic turbulence in the presence of fast particles and global modes
  • Samuele Mazzi (Aix-Marseille University / CEA Cadarache) Gyrokinetic study of transport suppression in JET plasmas with MeV-ions
  • Thomas Hayward-Schneider (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics) Anisotropic analytical and numerical distribution functions in the global gyrokinetic particle-in-cell code ORB5

Contributed talks

  • Daniel Suárez (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) Implementation of a Q2D turbulence model and detection of flow instabilities in liquid metal MHD flows
  • Sita Sundar (SoVSAS Gautam Buddha University) Flow shear driven instability in relativistic EMHD regime
  • Ezequiel Goldberg (Barcelona Supercomputing Center) Massively parallel deterministic neutron transport solver for fusion multiphysics applications
  • Giovanni Lapenta (KULeuven) Full device 6D modelling of magnetically confined plasmas with fully kinetic ions and electrons
  • Julita Inca (UKAEA) Scalable Solution of Linear Elasticity Equations in 3D
  • Oriol Fernández (Barcelona Supercomputing Center) Experimental validation of a new HPC modelling tool for HighTemperature Superconductivity
  • Antonio González-Jerez (CIEMAT) Electrostatic gyrokinetic simulations in Wendelstein 7-X geometry: benchmark between the codes stella and GENE
  • Luis E. González (Universidad de Valladolid) Ab initio study of Helium in the liquid Lithium-Lead eutectic alloy
  • Hussein Assadi (The University of New South Wales) A Survey of Theoretical Methods for Predicting the Thermal Properties of Materials
  • Prashant Dwivedi (Czech Technical University in Prague) Hypervelocity dust impacts on plasma facing materials through molecular dynamics simulations
  • Julio Gutiérrez (Barcelona Supercomputing Center) Tungsten modelling from large-scale ab-initio methods

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Do not miss the voting session for the 3 most popular talks (invited & contributed) on 3 December 2021 at 16:25h!

First day – 2 December 2021

9:00-9:15 Welcome
 Chair: Mervi Mantsinen
9:15-10:00 Frank Jenko: Accelerating fusion energy research through HPC
10:00-10:30Kenji Imadera: 5D full-f gyrokinetic simulation with HPC infrastructures
10:30-10:45Break
 Chair: Julio Gutiérrez
10:45-11:15Gabriel Pedroche: E-lite 360º neutronics model of the ITER tokamak
11:15-11:45Pedro Bonilla: On simulation of multi-physics fusion phenomena with Alya, a multipurpose High Performance Computing software
11:45-12:15Helen Brooks: Scalable Multi-physics for Fusion Reactors with AURORA
12:15-13:15Lunch Break
 Chair: Shimpei Futatani
13:15-14:00Marina Becoulet: First principles modelling of magnetohydrodynamic instabilities and their control in magnetic fusion devices using HPC techniques
14:00-14:30Yasuhiro Suzuki: Development of 3D equilibrium code and its application to stellarators
14:30-14:50Daniel Suárez: Implementation of a Q2D turbulence model and detection of flow instabilities in liquid metal MHD flows
14:50-15:10Sita Sundar: Flow shear driven instability in relativistic EMHD regime
15:10-15:25Break
 Chair: Alejandro Soba
15:25-⁠15:55James Dark: Modelling hydrogen transport in breeding blankets: influence of trapping effects
15:55-16:15Ezequiel Goldberg: Massively parallel deterministic neutron transport solver for fusion multiphysics applications
16:15-16:35Giovanni Lapenta: Full device 6D modelling of magnetically confined plasmas with fully kinetic ions and electrons
16:35-16:55Julita Inca: Scalable Solution of Linear Elasticity Equations in 3D
16:55-17:15Oriol Fernández: Experimental validation of a new HPC modelling tool for HighTemperature Superconductivity

Second day – 3 December 2021

  Chair: Edilberto Sánchez
9:00-9:45 Tomo-Hiko Watanabe: Exploration of burning plasma confinement physics using the supercomputer Fugaku
9:45-10:15 Hanne Thienpondt: Turbulent heat flux versus density gradient: an inter-machine study with the gyrokinetic code stella
10:15-10:45Jörg Riemann: Microinstability simulations for stellarators involving kinetic electrons and realistic profiles with the global PIC code EUTERPE
10:45-11:05Antonio González-Jerez: Electrostatic gyrokinetic simulations in Wendelstein 7-X geometry: benchmark between the codes stella and GENE
11:05-11:20Break
 Chair: Alejandro Soba
11:20-11:40Luis E. González: Ab initio study of Helium in the liquid Lithium-Lead eutectic alloy
11:40-12:00Hussein Assadi: A Survey of Theoretical Methods for Predicting the Thermal Properties of Materials
12:00-12:20Prashant Dwivedi: Hypervelocity dust impacts on plasma facing materials through molecular dynamics simulations
12:20-12:40Julio Gutiérrez: Tungsten modelling from large-scale ab-initio methods
12:40-14:10Lunch Break
 Chair: Edilberto Sánchez
14:10-14:55William Dorland: First principles transport simulations optimized for reactor concept evaluation and for other faster-than-real-time applications
14:55-15:25Alexey Mishchenko: Gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulations of electromagnetic turbulence in the presence of fast particles and global modes
15:25-15:55Samuele Mazzi: Gyrokinetic study of transport suppression in JET plasmas with MeV-ions
15:55-⁠16:25Thomas Hayward-Schneider: Anisotropic analytical and numerical distribution functions in the global gyrokinetic particle-in-cell code ORB5
16:25-16:35  Closing & Voting session for the 3 most popular talks (invited & contributed)