Dear all,
today, we have Daniel Shapero (UW) visiting us. He is the developer
of icepack, which does glacial modelling, built on top of firedrake.
This afternoon he's giving a talk. If you are on campus, do come
along, it should be good fun.
Lawrence
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Subject: [AMCG-Seminars] Seminar this Friday
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 15:18:09 +0000
From: Wallwork, Joe <j.wallwork16(a)imperial.ac.uk>
To: amcg-seminars <amcg-seminars(a)imperial.ac.uk>
CC: Daniel R. Shapero <shapero(a)uw.edu>
Hi all,
_Reminder:_ Seminar *4-5pm, Friday 9th March* in the *Grantham Boardroom*.
*Speaker:* Daniel Shapero, University of Washington.
*Title:* Modeling the flow of glaciers with icepack
*Abstract:* Predicting the extent of the Greenland and Antarctic ice
sheets in the coming century is one of the most pressing questions
facing the glaciological community. In this talk, I will give an
overview of glacier physics, describe how modeling fits into
glaciological research as a whole, and give a demo of the glacier flow
modeling library icepack. In addition to the scientific goals of
enabling prediction and state estimation for glaciers, one of the main
aims for icepack is to lower the barrier to entry to using models for
practitioners. I'll conclude by discussing the usability
considerations that went into the design of icepack, and how the
finite element package firedrake has been instrumental in the design.
*Code repo:* https://github.com/icepack/icepack
*Documentation:* https://icepack.github.io
Best wishes,
Joe and Anton
AMCG seminar organisers