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The SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering (SIAG/CSE) fosters collaboration and interaction among applied mathematicians, computer scientists, domain scientists and engineers in those areas of research related to the theory, development, and use of computational technologies for the solution of important problems in science and engineering. The activity group promotes computational science and engineering as an academic discipline and promotes simulation as a mode of scientific discovery on the same level as theory and experiment.

Research and Education in Computational Science and Engineering, Ulrich Ruede, Karen Willcox, Lois Curfman McInnes, Hans De Sterck, George Biros, Hans Bungartz, James Corones, Evin Cramer, James Crowley, Omar Ghattas, Max Gunzburger, Michael Hanke, Robert Harrison, Michael Heroux, Jan Hesthaven, Peter Jimack, Chris Johnson, Kirk E. Jordan, David E. Keyes, Rolf Krause, Vipin Kumar, Stefan Mayer, Juan Meza, Knut Martin Morken, J. Tinsley Oden, Linda Petzold, Padma Raghavan, Suzanne M. Shontz, Anne Trefethen, Peter Turner, Vladimir Voevodin, Barbara Wohlmuth, and Carol S. Woodward.

Abstract: This report presents challenges, opportunities, and directions for computational science and engineering (CSE) research and education for the next decade. Over the past two decades the field of CSE has penetrated both basic and applied research in academia, industry, and laboratories to advance discovery, optimize systems, support decision-makers, and educate the scientific and engineering workforce. Informed by centuries of theory and experiment, CSE performs computational experiments to answer questions that neither theory nor experiment alone is equipped to answer. CSE provides scientists and engineers with algorithmic inventions and software systems that transcend disciplines and scales. CSE brings the power of parallelism to bear on troves of data. Mathematics-based advanced computing has become a prevalent means of discovery and innovation in essentially all areas of science, engineering, technology, and society, and the CSE community is at the core of this transformation. However, a combination of disruptive developments---including the architectural complexity of extreme-scale computing, the data revolution and increased attention to data-driven discovery, and the specialization required to follow the applications to new frontiers---is redefining the scope and reach of the CSE endeavor. With these many current and expanding opportunities for the CSE field, there is a growing demand for CSE graduates and a need to expand CSE educational offerings. This need includes CSE programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as continuing education and professional development programs, exploiting the synergy between computational science and data science. Yet, as institutions consider new and evolving educational programs, it is essential to consider the broader research challenges and opportunities that provide the context for CSE education and workforce development.

Read More: https://epubs.siam.org/doi/abs/10.1137/16M1096840

Officers (1/1/2019 - 31/12/2020)

• Chair: Karen Devine email
• Vice Chair: Suzanne Shontz email
• Program Director: Stefan Wild email
• Secretary: Judy Hill email

External Links

• CS&E Homepage
• SIAG/CSE Mailing List
• SIAM CS&E Books

• Meetings in cooperation with SIAM
• [ SIAM CSE21 - Details TBD]

SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering

• List of CSE Programs
• CSE09 Panel discussion on education
• Presentations from SIAM-CSE:
  • CSE09: Graduate Education in CS&E – Needs, Trends, Risks, and Chances, organized by Donald Estep and Hans-Joachim Bungartz
    • CSE Graduate Programs in the US (pdf), Donald Estep, Colorado State University
    • Overview of Graduate CSE Education in Europe (ppt), Lennart Edsberg, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
    • Report on International Study of Simulation-based Engineering \& Science, and Preparing the Next Generation in CSE (ppt), Sharon C. Glotzer, University of Michigan; Celeste Sagui, North Carolina State University
    • CSE/CE Programs in Germany (ppt), Michael Schäfer, TU Darmstadt, Germany
    • Pros and Cons of CSE Programs Versus Disciplinary Programs, the “Different Ways” to Approach Training in CSE (ppt), Chris Johnson, University of Utah
    • SIAM’s Role in Supporting and Developing CSE (pdf), David Keyes, Columbia University and Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • Education Issues in CSE: Student Backgrounds, Instruction Modes, Outcomes (pdf), Marek Behr, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
    • Ingredients of a CSE Education Program (pdf), Max Gunzburger, Florida State University
• Reports and Articles through SIAM:
  • Graduate Education for Computational Science and Engineering, a SIAM report by Linda Petzold, Uri Ascher, H. Thomas Banks, James Crowley, Walter Gander, Leslie Greengard, Michael Heath, Andrew Lumsdaine, Cleve Moler, Tinsley Oden, Robert Schnabel, Kris Stewart, and Anne Trefethen.
  • Undergraduate Computational Science and Engineering Education, a SIAM report by Peter Turner, Mathematics and Computer Science, Clarkson University
  • SIAM CSE 2009 Forward-Looking Panel, a report by Julianne Chung and Carol Woodward
• List of contributed Success Stories.

• CSE19 Business Meeting: [[[Media:2019-Business-Meeting-SIAG-CSE.pdf| (Notes,pdf)]]]
• CSE17 Business Meeting: (slides,pdf)
• CSE15 Business Meeting: (slides,pdf)
• CSE13 Business Meeting: (slides,pdf)
• CSE11 Business Meeting: (Notes) (slides,pdf) (slides,ppt)
• CSE09 Business Meeting: (Notes) (slides, pdf) (slides, ppt)