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PRISM Co-PI Prof Matt Piggott from the Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London’s was involved in preparation of Primer on Programming in Python and Mathematical/Computational Techniques for Scientists and Engineers. The primer is (currently) split into four sections: Modules Coding Mathematics Geosciences If you are interested in resources related to this primer, […]

JCP seminar featuring Prof. Peter Vincent on PyFR: Latest Developments and Future Roadmap: https://cassyni.com/events/34SPqPcia9jHFfdaQsyf7B

The series comprises invited talks on a range of topics related to the theory of high-order Flux Reconstruction schemes, their implementation in the PyFR (www.pyfr.org) flow solver, and their application to industrially relevant flow problems. The overarching objective of the series is to help bridge the gap between academic research activities and real-world industrial requirements. […]

PyFR 1.15.0: Improved performance and scaling of CUDA backend. Improved performance across all backends via revised GiMMiK kernels. Support for detecting load imbalances for multi-rank simulations. Support for heterogeneous CPUs in the OpenMP backend. A quick remidner PyFR v1.14.0 was released in May 2022  and PyFR v1.13.0 in February 2022: https://pyfr.org

The latest version of Nektar++, v5.2.0, was released on the 23rd August 2022. This release includes a range of new features and improvements over the 5.1.0 release. A full list of the changes is available in the CHANGELOG.md file distributed with the source code. As always, if you encounter any problems please feel free to […]

The Nektar++ team recently gave an online seminar as part of the Computer Physics Communications seminar series. This is available to watch here. DOI: 10.52843/cassyni.079b94

Devito is a domain specific language (DSL) and compiler for finite difference schemes. Built on top SymPy, the DSL allows users to express PDE boundary value problems in a few lines of Python code. This workshop will provide attendees with an introduction to the core elements of the Devito DSL with a focus on modelling […]

Devito 4.7.x has been released: https://github.com/devitocodes/devito/releases. The update inlcuded lots of new features, examples/tutorials, optimisations and container overhauls to help users to GSD faster and better than ever.

Firedake team hosted an in-person tutorial at Imperial College London for new users to get to grips with Firedrake. Tutorial contentsThe tutorial was primarily aimed at postgraduate students, especially MSc students who expect to use Firedrake in their summer projects. However, non-students are also welcome. The group was working through the Firedrake tutorial notebooks, which […]

We are delighted to announce that the first G-ADOPT workshop on automating finite element methods for geodynamics via firedrake was held on April 28th – 29th, 2022, at the Australian National University in Canberra. This workshop provided an opportunity for the G-Adopt development team to showcase progress on the forward modelling component of this platform, […]