The Third International Workshop on Numerical Analysis and Lattice QCD
Welcome
This Workshop is the third in a sequence which started in 1995 at the University of Kentucky and continued in 1999 with a workshop in Wuppertal. The aim is to bring together applied mathematicians and theoretical physicists to stimulate the exchange of ideas between leading experts in the fields of lattice QCD and numerical analysis.
The workshop is organised jointly by The University of Edinburgh and the UK National e-Science Centre. It promotes scientific progress in lattice QCD as an e-science activity that encourages close collaboration between the core sciences of physics, mathematics and computer science.
In order to achieve more realistic computations in lattice quantum field theory substantial progress is required in the exploitation of numerical methods. In particular, there has been much progress in the formulation of lattice chiral symmetry satisfying the Ginsparg-Wilson relation. Methods for implementing such chiral fermions efficiently is the principal subject of this meeting.
Topics and Introductory Lectures are listed below. .
Topics
- QCD simulations in the chiral regime.
- Evaluation of matrix functions.
- Rational approximation of matrix functions.
- Krylov subspace methods.
- Iterative solution of linear systems.
- Eigenvalue solvers.
Introductory Lectures
- Herbert Neuberger (Rutgers) An introduction to lattice chiral fermions.
- Mike Peardon (Dublin) Monte Carlo Algorithms for QCD.
- Robert Edwards (JLab) Computational Methods for Ginsparg-Wilson Fermions.
- Andreas Frommer (Wuppertal) QCD for Numerical Analysts.
- Yousef Saad (Minnesota) Numerical Analysis for QCDers.
- Artan Boriçi (Edinburgh) Computational Methods for the Fermion Determinant
and the Link between Overlap and Domain-Wall Fermions.