Research: Computational ModellingΒΆ
Computational modelling contains
Modelling (description of something real through a model)
Implementation of these models through a computer program
Use and improvement of mathematical methods, which are central part of the model and implementation
Execution of the simulation program to produce results for particular model assumptions and parameters
Extracting insights from the process; for example through analysis of the computed data or changes/improvement of the model
Other names for such work are computational science and engineering or scientific computing: different communities put slightly different meanings on particular terms.
My research is split into (i) the research and development of better computational methodology to support computational science and (ii) the application of these methods to advance our understanding of science and engineering through computation.
Topics of particular interest include:
Software Engineering for Computational Science
Reproducible computation
Particle simulations using Monte-Carlo and Molecular Dynamics methods
Finite difference, finite element and boundary element methods
Multi-scale and Multi-physics simulations
Computer simulations of nanodevices and physical processes including magnetism, superconductivy, elasticity
Visualisation
Education in Computational Science
Here is an overview of selected past and current projects:
Selected Activities
Carbon-Nano-Tubes Mechanical, acoustic and thermal properties of nanostructures (2005-2008)
Data management Management, analysis and archival of computational data (2002-2006)
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Next Generation Computational Modelling Centre for Doctoral Training in Next Generation Computational Modelling (2014-2021)
Galaxy clusters Heating of Galaxy Clusters by Turbulent Energy Dissipation (2005-2008)
Jupyter Notebook Jupyter Notebook (2015-2018)
Micromagnetism Micromagnetism (2002-now)
Multi-scale modelling of biochemical systems Description of the project (2009-2012)
Multiphysics simulation library A library for multi-physics simulations (2005-2009)
OpenDreamKit OpenDreamKit (2015-2019)
Sitemap An overview of all pages in this section.
Skyrmionics Skyrmionics (2016-2022)
Vortex Dynamics Simulations of the vortex state in High-Tc superconductors (2002-now)