Program


Keynote talks

Speaker: Cristina Rea, from MIT, USA
Title: A review of explainable Machine Learning accelerating Fusion science

Speaker: José Manuel García-Regaña, from CIEMAT, Spain
Title: Stellarator turbulence simulation in Europe: a tour of its latest achievements

Speaker: Gilles Fourestey, from EPFL, Switzerland
Title: How EUROfusion Advanced Computing Hubs leverage high-performance computing to accelerate research and engineering in nuclear fusion

Speaker: Sergei Dudarev, from CCFE, UK
Title: The computational principles of a virtual tokamak reactor

Speaker: Andrew Davis, from CCFE, UK
Title: High Performance Multiphysics driven design for fusion systems

Invited talks

  • P. Gibbon (Focused Energy GmbH) Multi-scale simulations of proton-driven fast ignition of inertial fusion targets
  • T. Kurki-Suonio & A. Snicker (Aalto University (TKS) and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ud.): How to keep up with fast ions in the increasingly complex fusion devices?
  • F. Widmer (National Institutes of Natural Sciences) Towards Self Consistent Tearing Mode Evolution and Micro-Turbulence Interaction in Gyrokinetics
  • J. Kumar (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore): Neural network assisted electrostatic global gyrokinetic toroidal code using cylindrical coordinates
  • A. Mariani (Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi): Gyrokinetic and quasi-linear simulations of JET plasmas in view of DT operation
  • P. Dwivedi (Czech Technical University in Prague) Unraveling the Atomic-Scale Dynamics of Dust-Wall Interactions in Tokamaks
  • H. Brooks (UK Atomic Energy Authority): GPU Acceleration of OpenMC Neutronics for Fusion Applications
  • F. Cipolletta (Barcelona Supercomputing Center): Code optimizations in the BSC Advanced Computing Hub: Implementation of matrix compression for the coupling of JOREK to the 3D realistic conducting wall structures
  • F. Roca (National Fusion Laboratory, CIEMAT): Accuracy and scalability of incompressible inductionless MHD codes applied to fusion technologies
  • E. Kolemen (Princeton University): Flexible and Fast Stellarator Optimization with DESC Suite

Contributed talks

  • A. Lopez-Cazalilla (University of Helsinki): Mechanisms of bubble growth and blistering on metals exposed to hydrogen
  • J. Eifert (RWTH Aachen): Comparison of the Numerical Flow iteration to Lagrangian and Semi-Lagrangian schemes for the Vlasov system
  • Z. A. Xing (General Atomics): Leveraging NERSC computing to support DIII-D operations through profile analysis and kinetic magnetic equilibrium reconstruction
  • M. Chrysanthou (Laboratory for Scientific Computing, University of Cambridge): Numerical solutions of plasma flow in the presence of absolute vacuum
  • A. Serikov (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Institute for Neutron Physics and Reactor Technology (INR)): Monte Carlo radiation transport parallel computations on Marconi-Fusion HPC for the IFMIF-DONES radiation shielding tasks
  • Y. Narbut (Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics): Simulation of fully global electromagnetic turbulence in the stellarator W7-X
  • D. Torsello (Politecnico di Torino) Monte Carlo simulations of CAD-imported complex geometries for radiation damage in compact fusion reactors
  • W. Lin (Southwestern Institute of Physics): Gyrokinetic simulations on the triggering and self-sustaining of internal transport barrier in HL-2A tokamak plasmas
  • A. Farmakalides (University of Cambridge): An all-Mach semi-implicit finite volume method for magnetically-dominated MHD
  • F. J. Dominguez-Gutierrez (NOMATEN Centre of Excellence, National Centre for Nuclear Research): Threshold Displacement Energy Study in Tungsten: Combining Machine Learning and Classical MD Simulations
  • X. K. Lin (University of Cambridge): A novel algorithm for the accurate and fast solution of the two-fluid MHD equations
  • D. Gambino (Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping): Molecular dynamics investigation of radiation damage in high temperature superconducting tapes for compact fusion reactors
  • P. Puthan(Oak Ridge Associated Universities) ALMA toolkit for simulation of magnetohydrodynamic duct flows
  • J. Vinyals (Barcelona Supercomputing Center): Performance optimization of EUROFusion HPC code ERO2.0
  • D. Suarez (Oak Ridge National Laboratory): Characterization of buoyancy-driven eddies of liquid metal MHD flows in breeding blankets
  • L. Savino (Sapienza University of Rome): A GPU based 3D raytracing algorithm for DUED code

First day – 29 November 2023
Timezone CET (Central European Time)

Main RoomRoom 2
9:00-9:15 Welcome: E. Sánchez
 Inaugural session: HPC, ICF, and fast ions
Chair: M. Mantsinen
9:15-10:00 Gilles Fourestey: How EUROfusion Advanced Computing Hubs leverage high-performance computing to accelerate research and engineering in nuclear fusion
10:00-10:30Paul Gibbon: Multi-scale simulations of proton-driven fast ignition of inertial fusion targets
10:30-11:00Taina Kurki-Suonio & Antti Snicker: How to keep up with fast ions in the increasingly complex fusion devices?
11:00 – 11:20Break
Sessión: Gyrokinetics
Chair: Y. Suzuki
11:20-11:50Fabien Widmer: Towards Self Consistent Tearing Mode Evolution and Micro-Turbulence Interaction in Gyrokinetics
11:50-12:20Jaya Kumar: Neural network assisted electrostatic global gyrokinetic toroidal code using cylindrical coordinates
12:20-13:50Lunch Break
 Session: Turbulent transport
Chair: J. García
13:50-14:35José Manuel García-Regaña: Stellarator turbulence simulation in Europe: a tour of its latest achievements
14:35-15:05Alberto Mariani: Gyrokinetic and quasi-linear simulations of JET plasmas in view of DT operation
15:05-15:25Break
Session: Materials in nuclear fusion I Chair: J. Gutierrez
(Principal Room)
Session: Numerical Methods Chair: A. Mishchenko
(Room 2)
15:25-16:10Sergei Dudarev: The computational principles of a virtual tokamak reactor
16:10-16:40Prashant Dwivedi: Unraveling the Atomic-Scale Dynamics of Dust-Wall Interactions in Tokamaks
16:40-17:00Álvaro Lopez-Cazalilla: Mechanisms of bubble growth and blistering on metals exposed to hydrogenJan Eifert: Comparison of the Numerical Flow iteration to Lagrangian and Semi-Lagrangian schemes for the Vlasov system
17:00-⁠17:20Zichuan Anthony Xing: Leveraging NERSC computing to support DIII-D operations through profile analysis and kinetic magnetic equilibrium reconstructionMaria Chrysanthou: Numerical solutions of plasma flow in the presence of absolute vacuum

Second day – 30 November 2023
Timezone CET (Central European Time)

Main Room Room 2
9:00-9:05Start Day 2
 Session Neutronics
Chair: I. Palermo
(Principal Room)
Session: Gyrokinetics II
Chair: A. Mishchenko
(Room 2)
9:05-9:50Andrew Davis: High Performance Multiphysics driven design for fusion systems
9:50-10:20Helen Brooks: GPU Acceleration of OpenMC Neutronics for Fusion Applications
10:20-10:40Arkady Serikov: Monte Carlo radiation transport parallel computations on Marconi-Fusion HPC for the IFMIF-DONES radiation shielding tasksY. Narbut: Simulation of fully global electromagnetic turbulence in the stellarator W7-X
10:40-11:00Daniele Torsello: Monte Carlo simulations of CAD-imported complex geometries for radiation damage in compact fusion reactorsW. Lin: Gyrokinetic simulations on the triggering and self-sustaining of internal transport barrier in HL-2A tokamak plasmas
11:00-11:20Break
Session: Plasma MHD
Chair: S. Futatani
(Principal room)
Session: Materials in nuclear fusion II Chair: J. Gutierrez
(Room 2)
11:20-11:50Federico Cipolletta: Code optimizations in the BSC Advanced Computing Hub: Implementation of matrix compression for the coupling of JOREK to the 3D realistic conducting wall structures
11:50-12:10Alexis Farmakalides: An all-Mach semi-implicit finite volume method for magnetically-dominated MHDF. J. Dominguez-Gutierrez: Threshold Displacement Energy Study in Tungsten: Combining Machine Learning and Classical MD Simulations
12:10-12:30Xudong Ke Lin: A novel algorithm for the accurate and fast solution of the two-fluid MHD equationsDavide Gambino: Molecular dynamics investigation of radiation damage in high temperature superconducting tapes for compact fusion reactors
12:30-14:00Lunck Break
Session: Liquid metals MHD Chair: I. Palermo
(Principal Room)
Session: Code optimization
Chair: M. Mantsinen
(Room 2)
14:00-14:30Fernado Roca: Accuracy and scalability of incompressible inductionless MHD codes applied to fusion technologies
14:30-14:50Pranav Puthan: ALMA toolkit for simulation of magnetohydrodynamic duct flowsJoan Vinyals: Performance optimization of EUROFusion HPC code ERO2.0
14:50-15:10Daniel Suarez: Characterization of buoyancy-driven eddies of liquid metal MHD flows in breeding blanketsLorenzo Savino: A GPU based 3D raytracing algorithm for DUED code
15:10-15:30Break
Session: Machine learning and optimization
Chair: E. Sánchez

15:30-16:15Cristina Rea: A review of explainable Machine Learning accelerating Fusion science
16:15-16:45Egemen Kolemen: Flexible and Fast Stellarator Optimization with DESC Suite
16:45-⁠17:00Closing: E. Sánchez