Computational Problems in Physics - CPiP 2005
Helsinki, May 23 - 27, 2005

Research problems in computational physics

1.

Propagators for quantum systems (Puska)

2.

Multiscale problems (Voigt)

3.

Existence and form of scaling function solutions for generalized smoluchowski equations (Ala-Nissilä),
Markov chains and Monte Carlo simulations without detailed balance (Ala-Nissilä),
Short note on problems with the matrix continued fraction method for solution of coupled Karmers equation describing a noisy classical shuttle (Novotny)

4.

Challenges in electrohydrodynamic stability analysis of two phase flows in confining microsystems (Bruus)

5.

Astrophysical fluid dynamics: surprises at large Reynolds numbers? (Brandenburg)

6.

Gordian DNA and wobble pudding membranes (Metzler)

Lectures in mathematics

1.

Time integration: splitting and exponential methods (Hochbruck and Ostermann)

2.

An introduction to mathematical and computational challenges in hybrid stochastic/deterministic systems (Katsoulakis), (extra material)

3.

Heterogenous multiscale methods (Engquist and Runborg)

4.

Numerical fluid dynamics (Klingenberg)

5.

Stochastic differential equations (Szepessy)

6.

Evolutionary algorithms for solving real-world problems (Bäck)

7.

Lecture on large deviations, (Martin-Löf)

8.

Krylov subspace methods; preconditioning (Holmgren and Huhtanen)

Talks in physics

1.

Challenges in computational nanoscience (Nieminen)