Presentation by Dr Thomas Blumensath Dr Blumensath came to give a presentation on his work in x-ray computed tomography – the process of reconstructing the interior structure of objects using x-ray’s. We were introduced to the basic model of x-ray absorption that allows for reconstruction to take place. This model …
Optical fibres dominate the telecommunication industry for data transfer and are also used as an active gain medium (doped with rare earth elements) in fibre lasers. Both these application of optical fibres use single mode beams. Dr Peter Horak pointed out that if single mode optical fibres are to be …
Dr Florian Rathgeber introduced the Firedrake project. Similar to the FEniCS project, the end user specifies their (partial differential) equations in a domain specific language (UFL) as a weak form. The framework then translates this into fast compiled executable code, in principle for a number of different computational backends, such …
Mon 24 November 2014 Sham Mustapha and Alex Sheen visited the CDT in Next Generation Computational Modeling from Boeing Defense UK, part of The Boeing Company that employs 170,000 people globally; 1,800 in the UK. Boeing’s business comprises Commercial Airplanes and Defense, Space and Security. Boeing is the largest aerospace …
On Monday, Ondrej Hovorka, a Lecturer in Computational Modelling at the University of Southampton, gave an overview of modern magnetic recording technology and the challenges faced by industry, such as Seagate and Hitachi/Western Digital, and academia in developing it further. Starting with the current generation technology of Perpendicular Magnetic Recording …
Presentation by Professor Jim Scanlan Computational engineering plays a huge role in aerospace design nowadays. For comparison, in the 1970s it was the job of a large number of draughtsmen to draw up the designs on paper which made changes to the design a really laborious task, whereas current designs …
Simulation of turbulent fluid flows is one of the oldest areas of computational modelling research. The seminar by Professor Richard Sandberg and Dr. Ati Sharma provided an introduction to modern turbulence simulation methods and associated challenges. The presentation was centered around the discussion of the direct numerical simulation (DNS) of …
X-ray Binaries have been of interest in Astrophysics for various reasons and a seminar given by Professor Malcolm Coe of the Southampton Physics and Astronomy Department gave a description of a project investigating such systems. The Magellanic Clouds (Large and Small Magellanic Clouds) are two galaxies nearby to our own …
On 27 October Dr Veronica Bowman, Principal Statistician at Dstl, spoke about Hazard Assessment Simulation and Prediction (HASP). The seminar focused on Bayesian inference and uncertainty modelling, with specific reference to methods for predicting the effects of a chemical or biological release (CBR) using computational modelling. Predictions are made and …
The Software Carpentry movement aims to save researchers a day a week for the rest of their careers by training people in computational thinking. Led by Greg Wilson, the volunteers run workshops all over the world, covering computational tools such as modular, testable programming (via python or R), version control …