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SUMMARY:MICDE Seminar: Ali Yilmaz\, Professor\, Electrical and Computer Engineering\, The University of Texas at Austin
DESCRIPTION:Bio: Ali Yilmaz is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a core faculty member at the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Yilmaz received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2005. He spent 2005 to 2006 as a post-doctoral research associate with the Center for Computational Electromagnetics at the University of Illinois; in 2006\, he joined the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include computational electromagnetics (particularly fast frequency- and time-domain integral equation solvers)\, parallel algorithms\, antenna and scattering analysis\, bioelectromagnetics\, geoelectromagnetics\, and electronic packages. He has authored or co-authored over 170 papers in refereed journals and international conferences on these topics. \nUsing (Super)Computers Judiciously for Higher Fidelity Electromagnetic Analysis\nIncreasing the fidelity of the electromagnetic models generally increases the predictive power of the analyses based on the models. It also generally increases the results’ sensitivity to model features/parameters as well as the difficulty of constructing the models\, accurately solving the governing equations\, and interpreting the resulting data. Therefore\, one should base the analysis on the lowest-fidelity model one can get away with or\, equivalently\, the highest-fidelity model one can afford. The sweet spot for the tradeoff\, “the appropriate model”\, has changed over time in part because past successes in simulation-based science and engineering have increased expectations/requirements from electromagnetic analysis and in part because tremendous improvements in computing infrastructure and advances in computational methods have increased the affordability of complex analysis. Finding the appropriate model requires understanding both the benefits and the costs of analysis when a lower- or higher-fidelity model is used; neither side of the ledger\, however\, is known beforehand (unless one is repeating previously established analyses). A possible approach to revealing these unknowns is to construct models by gradually increasing their fidelity\, performing analysis at each fidelity level\, and comparing the analysis results and costs to those from the previous steps. I will show examples of this “analysis-driven modeling” in bioelectromagnetics (using the AustinMan and AustinWoman human body models) and signal integrity (using an electronic package example) by employing parallel algorithms and advanced integral-equation solvers on leading-edge supercomputers. \n The examples will highlight many of the challenges arising from this approach to modeling. An important one is that “the appropriate method” of analysis generally depends on the model\, e.g.\, a method can outperform alternatives for low-fidelity models but underperform them for high-fidelity ones; indeed\, inappropriate (but convenient) methods can not only inflate the cost side of the ledger but also deflate the benefit side\, leading to misjudgment of the appropriate model fidelity. Thus\, not surprisingly\, the development of appropriate electromagnetic models and appropriate computational methods are tightly linked (aka “if all you have is a hammer\, everything looks like a nail”). Unfortunately\, evaluating computational methods to find the appropriate one for a given model is surprisingly difficult\, even for unbiased experts\, as method performances depend not just on the models but also on the computers\, the software realizations of the methods\, and the users/developers of the software. On the one hand\, theoretical comparisons (e.g.\, of asymptotic complexities\, error convergence rates\, parallel scalability limits) are often incapable of factoring in the large impact of software and hardware infrastructure on the realized/observed performance of a computational method—a problem that has worsened as the traditional Dennard scaling of clock frequencies ended in the last decade. On the other hand\, empirical comparisons are beset by the same problems that physical measurements face (including irreproducible and uncertain results)\, require many (potentially low-efficiency) computations\, and suffer from the large number of alternative methods. I will discuss whether benchmark suites can improve the judicious use of computational methods for electromagnetic analysis and what the necessary ingredients for such benchmarks are. \nProf. Yilmaz is being hosted by Prof. Michielssen (EECS). If you would like to meet with him during his visit\, please send an email to micde-events@umich.edu. If you are an MICDE students\, or a EEC graduate student\, and would like to join Prof. Yilmaz for lunch\, please RSVP here by October 8th.  \n 
URL:https://micde.umich.edu/event/fall2019-yilmaz-utaustin/
LOCATION:1008 FXB\, 1320 Beal Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109
CATEGORIES:Featured Events,MICDE Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:MICDE Seminar: Janet Scheel\, Associate Professor\, Physics\, Occidental College
DESCRIPTION:Bio: Dr. Scheel has taught at a variety of higher education institutions\, including California Lutheran University\, Caltech\, and Cornell University. She also conducted research at Cal Lutheran\, Caltech\, Cornell\, and Argonne National Laboratory. She is coauthor of Analytical Mechanics\, an advanced undergraduate physics textbook. She is currently a Mercator Fellow as a part of the Priority Programme SPP 1881 of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Janet Scheel’s research deals with pattern formation and turbulence. The particular system she studies is Rayleigh-Benard convection. \nNumerical Simulations of Turbulence in Heated Fluids\nTurbulent systems are all around us\, from waves crashing on our beaches\, to smoke rising from the fires in our mountains\, to the air that can disrupt our smooth airline flights. But\, turbulent systems are not well understood. Rayleigh-Benard Convection is a more simplified system which captures some of the key features of turbulence\, including thermal plumes\, thin boundary layers and large-scale flow. In Rayleigh-Benard convection\, an enclosed fluid is bounded by horizontal parallel plates kept at a constant temperature difference. Results from numerical simulations of the equations which describe Rayleigh-Benard convection will be discussed and compared to experimental and theoretical results. These include flows in air and liquid metals in confined containers in addition to more horizontally extended systems. \nThis seminar is jointly sponsored with the department of Complex Systems. Prof. Scheel is being hosted by Prof. Doering (Complex Systems\, Mathematics and Physics). If you would like to meet with her during her visit\, please send an email to micde-events@umich.edu. If you are an MICDE students and would like to join Prof. Scheel for lunch\, please RSVP  by October 15th. 
URL:https://micde.umich.edu/event/fall2019-scheel-occidentalcollege/
LOCATION:Weiser Hall\, Room 747\, 500 Church St\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
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