[MODEST] Upcoming MODEST-7c workshop

[Steve McMillan]

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Dear Colleague,

  The 1-day workshop, "Multi-scale, multi-physics Frameworks in MODEST 
(and Elsewhere)" will take place at Drexel University, Philadelphia, on 
Friday, September 15, 2006.

  As many of you may know, during the past year a number of MODEST 
astronomers have begun to experiment with different methods of tying 
together modules modeling stellar dynamics, stellar evolution, and 
stellar collisions within a high-level programming environment.  The 
"MUSE" project is our first attempt at creating such a framework:

      http://london.science.uva.nl:8000/muse

In the process of developing MUSE, it has become clear to us that the 
integration of programs written in many different languages, describing 
many different physical processes, is a very complex task, and not at 
all unique to our field.  The purpose of this workshop is to invite 
experts in software frameworks in other areas of computational science 
to share their experiences with us, to inform our own fledgling efforts.

  The format of the workshop is a little unusual by MODEST standards, as 
the morning will consist of three invited 30-minute talks, with 30 
minutes of discussion following each.  The invited speakers are David 
Berhholdt (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Erik Schnetter (LSU Center 
for Computation and Technology), and V. Balaji (Princeton University).  
The afternoon session will be more traditionally MODEST in its lack of 
structure, and will be devoted to informal discussion, demonstrations, 
and possibly additional short presentations.  More information can be 
found on the workshop web page:

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

  As always, there is no registration fee for the workshop.  I would, 
however ask that, if you are interested in attending, you let me know by 
e-mail as soon as possible, so that I can reserve the right sized room.

  I look forward to seeing you in September!

Steve McMillan

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