Second AtC Coupling Methods Workshop

Second AtC Coupling Methods Workshop
By invitation only

Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
April 2-3, 2007
Austin, Texas

The Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES) at The University of Texas at Austin will host the second Workshop on Atomistic-to-Continuum (AtC) Coupling Methods, April 2-3, 2007. The first AtC Workshop was organized by the Computer Science Research Institute (CSRI) at Sandia National Laboratories on March 20-21, 2006, in Albuquerque, NM.

The primary goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers involved in multi-scale modeling and computational and applied mathematics to discuss current and potential synergistic efforts in Atomistic-to-Continuum (AtC) coupling methods. AtC coupling has emerged as a critical component in computational materials science and other applications of interest to the DOE Office of Science. Past research in AtC modeling and algorithm development has been primarily driven by applications and has paid off in the formulation of procedures that address specific applications. This previous research has also begun to lead to some degree of generalization. However, much less effort has been directed at the fundamental mechanics and/or mathematical theory of AtC methods. In particular, a rigorous mathematical formulation, with error, stability, convergence analyses and uncertainty quantification, of the coupling of atomistic and continuum models, is lacking. The workshop will help summarizing existing knowledge on AtC coupling methods so as to push the field forward.