MeshTrends VIII

8th Symposium on Trends in
Unstructured Mesh Generation

July 25-29, 2011
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Symposium on Trends in Unstructured Mesh Generation brings together a wide variety of disciplines for the exchange of technical information related to unstructured mesh generation. It is a symposium traditionally held in conjunction with the national and international computational mechanics congresses. The following is a list of previous MeshTrends symposia:

MeshTrends I	1997	Joint ASME/ASCE/SES Summer Meeting	Northwestern University
MeshTrends II	1999	5th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics	University of Colorado, Boulder
MeshTrends III	2001	6th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics	Dearborn, Michigan
MeshTrends IV	2003	7th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics	Albuquerque, New Mexico
MeshTrends V	2006	7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics	Los Angeles, California
MeshTrends VI	2007	9th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics	San Francisco, California
MeshTrends VII	2009	10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics	Columbus, Ohio

Scope of Symposium

Automatic unstructured mesh generation continues to be a vital technology in computational field simulations. As computing technology continues to advance and modeling requirements become more precise, automatic mesh generation techniques must rise to fulfill ever-increasing and diverse expectations. This symposium is a forum for exploring and synthesizing many of technologies needed to develop a computational grid suitable for simulation.

All abstracts related to geometry and mesh generation for computational simulation are welcome. In this symposium we are soliciting, in particular, advancements and trends from academics and industry in the following areas:

Hexahedral mesh generation: including theoretical foundations and new algorithms for automatic all-hex methods.
Parallel and scalable algorithms: including methods for generating and managing mesh and geometry for massively parallel systems.
Meshing tools and applications: including commercial meshing tools and their application to current problems in industry.
Multiphysics meshing issues: including tools and methods for managing meshing and geometry for mutiscale, mutliphysics applications.
Infrastructure and tools for meshing: including APIs and tools for managing and interfacing meshing tools.
Adaptive meshing tools and applications: including tools and methods for adaptively modifying mesh and geometry based on run-time results or optimization parameters.
Meshing and geometry for geophysics applications: including geometry and meshing technologies for subsurface modeling and simulation.
Meshing and geometry for biomedical applications: including geometry and meshing technologies for biomedical applications.
Geometry repair and improvement for mesh generation: including tools and methods for characterizing dirty geometry and improvement techniques for mesh generation.

Abstract Submission

Abstracts are required for the conference and will be included in the conference proceedings. A one-page abstract must be submitted electronically through the USNCCM11 website. The deadline for abstracts is January 31, 2011.

Once you enter the abstract submission webpage you will be asked to create a login and password. Note the number of the Trends in Unstructured Mesh Generation Symposium is 2.5. You will need to use that number in your abstract file name to ensure your abstract is submitted to the correct symposium (see below for more information).

The following information regarding abstract submission also appears on the abstract submission webpage.

Abstract Submission Information and Related Policies (Please read carefully)

Each paid registrant at USNCCM-11 will be limited to one presentation.

Participants may be an author of multiple abstracts, but may be the presenting author of only one abstract.

Please submit a one-page abstract using the format shown here. Your submission must be in a pdf format to be submitted.

Your abstract must contain a summary of your presentation as well describing the principal contributions to the field.

Your filename should contain the last name of the presenting author followed by the number of your selected minisymposium. Example: Lastname 2.5.pdf

Follow the formatting instructions provided in the submission process.

Use the "title" case when entering the title of your abstract.

To go directly to the abstract submission website, click here. (Note: If you submitted an abstract to USNCCM-10, you may use the same logon and password.)

If you have any questions concerning the submission process, email Ruth Hengst at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or you may call 512-529-7333.

Once submitted, your abstract will be reviewed by the organizers of your selected mini-symposium. You will receive an email notification that the abstract has been received. We anticipate that notification of your abstract acceptance or rejection will be made 30 days after the close of abstract submission as published on the conference web site.

Paper Submission

As part of this symposium, full papers will be solicited from the accepted presentations for inclusion in a peer-reviewed special journal edition of Engineering With Computers. Publication solicitation will be based on the interest of the participating authors and the technical merit of the presentation. Invitations for paper submissions will be made following the USNCCM.

Important Dates

Abstract submission opened on USNCCM web site	November 1, 2010
Deadline for receipt of one-page abstracts	Januray 31, 2011
Notification of abstract acceptance	February 28, 2011
Deadline for early registration	May 15, 2011
USNCCM XI technical program	July 25-29 2011

Symposium Organizers

Steven J. Owen, Ph.D.
Computational Modeling Sciences Department
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.
Phone: (505) 284-6599
Email: sjowen@sandia.gov

Matthew L. Staten, Ph.D.
Computational Modeling Sciences Department
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.
Phone: (505) 284-6544
Email: mlstate@sandia.gov

Mark S. Shephard, Ph.D.
Director, Scientific Computation Research Center
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy New York, U.S.A.
Phone: (518) 276-6795
Fax: (518) 276-4886
Email: shephard@scorec.rpi.edu

Additional Information

Additional information on the conference can be found at:
http://www.usnccm.org/

sjowen@sandia.gov