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2022 ANS Annual Meeting
June 12–16, 2022
Anaheim, CA|Anaheim Hilton
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Deadline extended to apply for ANS's 2023 ANS Congressional Fellowship
The deadline for applications to the ANS's Glenn T. Seaborg Congressional Science and Engineering Fellowship has been extended. All ANS members are invited to apply to help the Society fulfill its strategic goal of informing nuclear public policy.
All applications and supporting documents are now due by 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on Monday, May 23.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by MCD
Monday, June 14, 2021|2:15–4:00PM (3:15–5:00PM EDT)
Session Chair:
Nicholas A. Gentile
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Brian C. Kiedrowski
Staff Producer:
Janice Lindegard (ANS)
The Current Issues in Computational Methods Roundtable will present five researchers who will give talks on several aspects of upcoming developments and challenges in code development and entertain audience questions. Points of emphasis will be the opportunities and demands of new machine architectures for Monte Carlo and Deterministic transport, applications of AI to high energy density science, and computational challenges for the nuclear sector. Speakers and titles: Erin Davis (LANL) "PARTISN: Enabling a 20th century Fortran transport code to meet 21st century" Kelli Humbird (LLNL) “Cognitive simulations for inertial confinement fusion” Alicia Klinvex (NNL) “Accelerating Transport Codes on Newer Architectures” Rachel Slaybaugh (UCB) “Optimal Operations of Advanced Reactors: how do we get there?” John Tramm (ANL) "More than a port: challenges in GPU-based MC and MOC particle transport"
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