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Prospectuses

Time	Presentation	Project	Moderator
Wednesday, July 24th
*Session: Welcome & Introductions (no Q&A)*
8:45-9:00am	ASCR Welcome Barb Helland		Ceren
9:00-9:03am	ORISE Welcome Keri Cagle		Ceren
9:03-9:15am	Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) Intro (344 KB) Randall Laviolette		Ceren
9:15-9:27am	Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) Intro (938 KB) John Mandrekas		Ceren
9:27-9:39am	High Energy Physics (HEP) Intro (519 KB) Lali Chatterjee		Ceren
9:39-9:51am	Nuclear Physics (NP) Intro (632 KB) Ted Barnes		Ceren
9:51-10:03am	Biological and Environmental Research (BER) Intro (964 KB) Dorothy Koch		Ceren
10:03-10:15am	Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Intro (1.50 MB) Mark Pederson		Ceren
10:15-10:30am	Break
*Session: Quantum/Path-Integral Monte Carlo 1*
10:30-11:00am	Path Integral Studies of Structure and Dynamics in Nuclear Physics (11.74 MB) Joe Carlson, LANL	Nuclear Computational Low Energy Initiative (NUCLEI) Joe Carlson, LANL	Ted
11:00-11:30am	The Algorithmic Challenge for Lattice Field Theory Software in the Multiscale Era (13.53 MB) Rich Brower, BU	Searching for Physics Beyond the Standard Model: Strongly-Coupled Field Theories at the Intensity and Energy Frontiers Paul Mackenzie, FNAL	Ted
11:30-1:00pm	LUNCH (on your own)
*Session: Quantum/Path-Integral Monte Carlo 2*
1:00-1:30pm	Predictive Computing for Condensed Matter (2.38 MB) So Hirata, UIUC	Predictive Computing for Condensed Matter So Hirata, UIUC	Ted
1:30-2:00pm	Understanding the building blocks of matter by solving Quantum Chromodynamics (1.93 MB) David Richards, JLab	Computing Properties of Hadrons, Nuclei and Nuclear Matter from Quantum Chromodynamics Frithjof Karsch, BNL	Ted
2:00-2:15pm	Break
*Session: Quantum/Path-Integral Monte Carlo 3*
2:15-2:45pm	SUPER Technical Accomplishments and Collaborations (1.47 MB) Bob Lucas, USC	Institute for Sustained Performance, Energy, and Resilience (SUPER) Bob Lucas, USC	Steve
2:45-3:15pm	DISCUSSION (no slides) Stefan Wild, ANL (Moderator)		Steve
*Session: Posters*
3:15-8:30pm	Brief announcement by Ceren Ceren Susut (Moderator)
Thursday, July 25th
*Session: Mesh-based Methods 1*
8:30-9:00am	FASTMath Technology Developments and Partnership Activities (2.20 MB) Lori Diachin, LLNL	Frameworks, Algorithms, and Scalable Technologies for Mathematics (FASTMath) Lori Diachin, LLNL	Dorothy
9:00-9:30am	Multiscale methods for scale-aware models of the Earth system: A SciDAC Climate Application (2.70 MB) Bill Collins, LBNL	Multiscale Methods for Accurate, Efficient, and Scale-Aware Models of the Earth System Bill Collins, LBNL	Dorothy
9:30-9:45am	Break
*Session: Mesh-based Methods 2*
9:45-10:15am	Computational studies of vortex dynamics and pinning effects in high-Tc superconductors (2.80 MB) Andreas Glatz, ANL	Optimizing Superconductor Transport Properties through Large-Scale Simulation Andreas Glatz, ANL	Dorothy
10:15-10:45am	PISCEES – Progress towards Advanced Ice Sheet Models (3.94 MB) Phil Jones, LANL	Predicting Ice Sheet and Climate Evolution at Extreme Scales (PISCEES) Phil Jones, LANL	Dorothy
10:45-11:00am	Break
*Session: Mesh-based Methods 3*
11:00-11:30am	Discontinuous methods for large-scale quantum molecular dynamics: challenges and outlook (4.11 MB) John Pask, LLNL	Discontinuous methods for massively parallel QMD: Li-ion interface dynamics from first principles John Pask, LLNL	Mark
11:30-12:00pm	Highlights of QUEST Developments and Partnership Activities (3.96 MB) Habib Najm, SNL	Quantification of Uncertainty in Extreme Scale Computations (QUEST) Habib Najm, SNL	Mark
12:00-1:30pm	LUNCH (on your own)
*Session: Mesh-based Methods 4*
1:30-2:00pm	Excited States and Spectroscopic Properties of Condensed Matter: Theoretical Developments and Computational Challenges (3.63 MB) Steve Louie, UC Berkeley	Scalable Computational Tools for Discovery and Design: Excited State Phenomena in Energy Materials Jim Chelikowsky, UT	Jim
2:00-2:30pm	New Algorithms and SciDAC Tools for Scalable Monotone Transport Schemes in the Community Earth System Model (4.72 MB) Mark Taylor, SNL	Applying Computationally Efficient Schemes for BioGeochemical Cycles (ACES4BGC) Forrest Hoffman, ORNL	Jim
2:30-2:45pm	Break
*Session: Mesh-based Methods 5*
2:45-3:15pm	DISCUSSION (no slides) Tim Tautges, ANL (Moderator)		Randall
3:15-3:30pm	Break
*Session: Particle-based Methods 1*
3:30-4:00pm	Challenges in First-Principles Multiscale Simulation of Fusion Plasma (3.56 MB) C.-S. Chang, PPPL	Partnership for Edge Physics Simulation (EPSI) C.-S. Chang, PPPL	John
4:00-4:30pm	The SDAV Institute in action: Enabling Science Exploration (1.79 MB) Arie Shoshani, LBNL	Scalable Data Management, Analysis, and Visualization (SDAV) Arie Shoshani, LBNL	John
4:30-4:45pm	Break
*Session: Particle-based Methods 2*
4:45-5:15pm	QCD and the Testing of Fundamental Symmetries in Nuclei (3.83 MB) Andre Walker-Loud, LBNL	A MultiScale Approach to Nuclear Structure and Reactions: Forming the Computational Bridge between Lattice QCD and Nonrelativistic Many-Body Theory (CalLAT) Wick Haxton, LBNL	Lali
5:15-5:45pm	Next-Generation Cosmology Simulation Codes (10.82 MB) Hal Finkel, ANL	Computation-Driven Discovery for the Dark Universe Salman Habib, ANL	Lali
Friday, July 26th
*Session: Particle-based Methods 3*
8:30-9:00am	Plasma Surface Interactions involving He (9.36 MB) Brian Wirth, ORNL	Plasma Surface Interactions (PSI) Brian Wirth, ORNL	John
9:00-9:30am	Water, soft matter and reactions in solution: major challenges to microscopic modeling and simulation (2.99 MB) Roberto Car, Princeton	Advanced Modeling of Ions in Solutions, on Surfaces, and in Biological Environments Roberto Car, Princeton	John
9:30-9:45am	Break
*Session: Particle-based Methods 4*
9:45-10:15am	Very Large Scale Linear Algebra for Bound and Unbound Electronic States: Challenges and Opportunities (7.54 MB) Dan Haxton, LBNL	Simulating the Generation, Evolution and Fate of Electronic Excitations in Molecular and Nanoscale Materials with First Principles Methods Martin Head-Gordon, LBNL	Mark
10:15-10:45am	PIC for Accelerator Science (2.42 MB) James Amundson, FNAL	Community Project for Accelerator Science and Simulation (COMPASS) Panagiotis Spentzouris, FNAL	Mark
10:45-11:00am	Break
*Session: Particle-based Methods 5*
11:00-11:30am	Charge transfer and charge transport in photoactivated systems: Challenges in modeling chromophore solvation, aggregation, and flexibility (5.56 MB) J. Ilja Siepmann, UMN	Developing Advanced Methods for Excited State Chemistry in the NWChem Software Suite Chris Cramer, UMN	Randall
11:30-12:00pm	DISCUSSION (no slides) Esmond Ng, LBNL (Moderator)		Randall
12:00-12:20pm	ASCR Wrap Up (162 KB) Steven Lee		Randall