21st International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Plasmas 2009

Welcome to the 21th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Plasmas (ICNSP '09). The conference aims to highlight major advances in computational plasma physics and related areas. All areas of numerical simulation of plasmas are welcome, including nuclear fusion, space plasmas, plasma devices simulation, accelerators, beams, astrophysical scenarios and others. This conference has also been an important forum for communication of new ideas in numerical methods, algorithm development, parallel processing and programming techniques.

The conference will be hosted by the Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion (IPFN) in Lisbon, Portugal.

Topics

• Plasma Simulation
  • Space & astrophysical plasmas
  • Fusion Plasmas (magnetic & inertial confinement)
  • High intensity Laser Plasma Interaction
  • Accelerators & Beams
  • Low-temperature, dusty and nano-plasmas
  • Plasma-based devices
• Numerical methods for plasma simulation
  • MHD, EHD & other fluid methods
  • Kinetic methods, "Particle-In-Cell" and Vlasov
  • Hybrid methods, including PIC/DSMC and PIC/Fluid
  • Gyro-kinetic and gyro-fluid methods
  • Adaptative & multi-scale methods
  • Scientific visualization

Deadlines

• July 13, 2009 - Abstract submission
• August 28, 2009 - Early registration (later registration possible until conference date)
• September 1, 2009 - Hotel reservation at reduced rates
• December 1, 2009 - Special Issue on Numerical Simulation of Plasmas abstract submission

Committees

International program committee:

Luís Alves (IPFN/Portugal), Alain Bécoulet (CEA/France), João P. S. Bizarro (IPFN/Portugal), Jean-Pierre Boeuf (LAPLACE/France), Viktor Decyk (UCLA/USA), William Dorland (Univ. Maryland/USA), Ricardo A. Fonseca (IPFN/ISCTE/Portugal), Toshiaki Makabe (Keio University/Japan), Luis O. Silva (IPFN/Portugal), Dirk Uhrlandt (IPST/Germany)

Local organizing committee:

Ricardo A. Fonseca (Chair), Luís Alves, João P. S. Bizarro, Samuel F. Martins, Luis Gargaté,
Jorge Vieira, Michael Marti, Joana Martins, Vishwa Bandhu Pathak, Paulo Abreu, Nitin Shukla, Marija Vranic, Bruno Silva, and Paulo Alves
Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion (IPFN), Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal

Conference Poster

You can download the conference poster here (pdf 1.1 Mb).