C20. Commission on Computational Physics

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Conference on Computational Physics (CCP 2001)

Location: Eurogress Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Date: 5 - 8 September 2001

Chairmen of the Conference:
Prof. Dr. Friedel Hoßfeld, Research Center Jülich, NIC/ZAM, Germany
Prof. Dr. Kurt Binder, University of Mainz, Institute of Physics, Germany
Scientific Secretary:
Dr. Norbert Attig, Research Center Jülich, NIC/ZAM, Germany

Organizer:
John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC), Central Institute for Applied Mathematics (ZAM), Research Center Jülich, Germany

Supporting and Sponsoring Organisations:
IUPAP (general support and travel grants for 10 participants from developing countries),
IUPAP-DNK (German National IUPAP Committee; no financial support),
EPS (European Physical Society; travel grants for 9 younger participants from eastern European countries),
APS (American Physical Society; no financial support),
DFG (German National Science Foundation; general support and travel grants for 15 participants from former East block countries),
BMBF (German Ministry for Education and Research; support for printing of proceedings),
DPG (German Physical Society; no financial support),
Wilhelm und Else Heraeus Stiftung (private German science foundation; travel grants for 37 participants from eastern Europe),
Research Center Jülich (general support and travel grants for invited speakers, participants, etc.),
Cray Inc. (supercomputer vendor; sponsoring of social events)

Number of Participants: 400 from 42 countries, among them

- 120 from Germany
- 90 grant recipients,
- 17 from developing countries (Turkey (2), Namibia (1), Zambia (1), Mexico (1), Argentina (1), Brazil (3), India (4), China (3), Korea (1))

Contributions:

- 16 Plenary Talks,
- 48 Invited Talks,
- 72 Contributed Talks (selected by a refereeing process from 350 contributions),
- roughly 300 Poster Presentations

Topics of the Conference:
Application of computational methods to the following areas:
- Materials Science
- Soft Matter
- Common Themes in Computational Statistical Physics and Lattice Gauge Theory
- Particle Beams and Accelerator Physics
- Astrophysics
- Turbulence and Reactive Flows
- Interdisciplinary Applications (Econophysics, Traffic Flow, etc.)
- Frontiers in Large Scale Computing
- Methodological Developments in Computer Simulation

Special Conference Event:
The Berni J. Alder CECAM Price was awarded during the conference to Professor Kurt Binder by Professor Michel Mareschal, Director CECAM, and Professor em. Berni J. Alder, LLNL, himself.

Proceedings:
The proceedings will be published as a special issue of Computer Physics Communications (CPC) by Elsevier.