Bath/RAL Day 2023

Friday 14th April

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

The 18th annual Bath/RAL numerical analysis day will take place on April 14th, 2023, at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Didcot. The day is run as a collaboration between the numerical analysis groups of the University of Bath and STFC's Scientific Computing Department. All are very welcome to attend.

10:15 Registration and refreshments
10:50 Serge Gratton (Toulouse) OFFO: Globalized non-convex optimization without function evaluation slides
11:30 Lisa Kreusser (Bath) Gamma-convergence of an Ambrosio-Tortorelli approximation scheme for image segmentation slides
12:10 Hussam Al Daas (RAL) Robust Algebraic Multilevel Domain Decomposition Preconditioner for General Sparse Matrices slides
12:50 Lunch
14:20 James Foster (Bath) Markov Chain Cubature for Bayesian Inference slides
15:00 Jari Fowkes (RAL) Developing Improved Optimization Algorithms for Ptychographic Image Reconstruction slides
15:40 Tea and coffee
16:00 Jemma Shipton (Exeter) Parallel Timestepping Algorithms for Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
17:30 Dinner Wildwood, Didcot (see set menu here)

All are welcome, and there is no registration fee for attendance. Please register using this registration form so that security passes can be arranged to allow you onto the RAL site.

We will go out in Didcot for dinner in the early evening. Please indicate on the form whether or not you'd like to join us when registering so we have a rough idea of numbers.

The postcode for the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is OX11 0QX.

The nearest train station is Didcot, and the Thames travel X32/98/94 buses travel between Didcot Parkway Station and the Harwell Campus (~ 30 minute journey, with a bus every ~ 15 minutes). Taxis are also available at Didcot Parkway Station.

Detailed travel instructions are provided on the STFC "How to Find Us" page.

Talks will take place in room CR12/13 of building R68 on the main Rutherford Appleton Laboratory site. On arrival, please report to reception and they will direct you to the room. If driving, reception will direct you to a suitable place to park.

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