By Laura Grigori, Misha E. Kilmer, and Stefan M. Wild
Interested in participating in a SIAM conference? The 2021 SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE21), to be held March 1-5, 2021 in Fort Worth, Texas, is an ideal venue for presenting your work and networking with colleagues.
If you are an applied mathematician, computer scientist, domain scientist, or engineer—and if your research is related to the theory, development, or use of computational technologies for the solution of problems in science and engineering—the biennial CSE conference is for you. CSE21 is expected to be SIAM’s largest meeting to date, which is unsurprising given the interdisciplinary nature of computational science and engineering and the broad impact of research in this area. The organizing committee has designed CSE21 to highlight trailblazing activities and research that you will not want to miss.
The committee has reformatted the conference to encourage broader community participation and deeper attendee interactions. Highlights include the following:
- Six minitutorials that span the week and cover software and computing tools from around the world
- Action-packed poster sessions that feature the return of e-posters, plenary poster blitzes, and cash prizes for poster awards
- Exciting panels intended for all career levels and research and development support worldwide
- Plenary talks on state-of-the-art research across the CSE landscape
- Contributed lectures integrated with fast-paced minisymposia
- An end-of-conference award ceremony with lectures from prize recipients.
The Broader Engagement (BE) program will be present at the conference for the fourth time and seeks to expand the CSE community by supporting individuals from diverse backgrounds while simultaneously catalyzing change to create a more inclusive and diverse society. The program helps participants develop a sense of belonging through an orientation session, occasions for mentorship, and motivational workshops and other activities. To support technical growth (and in addition to CSE21’s technical program), BE includes small learning groups called “Guided Affinity Groups,” entry-level tutorials, and career and professional development sessions. Volunteer opportunities are also available for the CSE community. All conference attendees are welcome to come to BE sessions and participate in the BE program.
Themes of CSE21 include traditional hot topics such as multiscale, multiphysics, and multilevel methods, as well as emerging research areas like quantum algorithms, computation, and information science. Presentations will also address the mathematics of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
While we strongly encourage proposals for minisymposia, posters, and contributed talks in areas that relate to the CSE21 themes, we welcome participation from anyone whose research falls within the broad scope of the field. Submissions in all forms are currently open.
Opportunities for employers and institutions to sponsor CSE21 activities or participate in a daylong career fair are also currently available. Sponsorship forms are accessible on the conference page.
Neither SIAM membership nor membership in the SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering (SIAG/CSE) is required for conference registration. However, SIAM members will receive a discounted registration fee and members of the SIAG/CSE are entitled to an additional discount.
CSE21 promises to facilitate in-depth technical discussions pertaining to a wide variety of major computational efforts on large-scale problems in science and engineering. The meeting will foster the interdisciplinary culture necessary to meet these challenges and promote the training of the next generation of computational scientists. We hope to see you in Fort Worth!
Laura Grigori, Misha E. Kilmer, and Stefan M. Wild are co-chairs of the organizing committee for the 2021 SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering. Laura Grigori is a senior research scientist at Inria and Sorbonne University, France, as well as a SIAM Fellow. Misha E. Kilmer is William Walker Professor of Mathematics at Tufts University. She is also a SIAM Fellow. Stefan M. Wild is a computational mathematician in the Laboratory for Applied Mathematics, Numerical Software, and Statistics at Argonne National Laboratory. He is a Senior Fellow at Northwestern University’s Northwestern Argonne Institute of Science and Engineering.