NGSolve User Meeting 2023, Portland

Synopsis

This user meeting is the successor of the first three user meetings in Vienna and Göttingen and is the first user meeting outside Europe. After the COVID pandemic the 2023 NGSolve User Meeting finally arrives in Portland, Oregon, USA from July 9th - July 11th, 2023. We bring together newcomers and advanced NGSolve users. Scientists from different backgrounds are expected. Newcomers will benefit from tutorials providing a quick start into NGSolve and its Python interface. Researchers at the frontiers of numerical methods will benefit from advanced tutorials.  Experiences will be shared, new features will be discussed, and extensions to the software will be presented.

 

Venue

All hands-on-sessions and presentations take place in Vanport Room 338, within Smith Memorial Student Union (SMSU) at Portland State University. 

Street address of SMSU: 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201, USA.

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Schedule

Saturday, July 8 
19:00  Get-together
   
Sunday, July 9 
9:00 - 17:00  NGSolve tutorials 
17:00 -  Social evening
   
Monday, July 10
9:00 - 17:00  Technical sessions
19:00  Dinner
   
Tuesday, July 11
9:00 - 17:00  Mini-tutorials

 

Registration

To register for the usermeeting send a short email including your name, University/Company, and research interests to

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Please let us know your level of experience, and what topics you like to learn and discuss. Do you like to give a presentation ? Do you like to run a thematic mini-tutorial ? 

There are no registration fees.

Let us know if you do not want to show up on the public list of participants.

Participants

Here is the List of participants.

Lodging

A limited block of rooms are held for this workshop at Hotel Vance located at 1455 SW Broadway, a five minute walk from the workshop venue. The negotiated rate of 169 USD per night can be obtained through this link, on a first-come first-serve basis, for reservations during the period covering July 8 through July 11, 2023:

Book through this link to get the reduced rate

 
An alternate option is Hotel Zags, located nearby at 515 SW Clay Street. You can obtain their discounted rate by putting PSU into the box for “Corporate/Promo” code while booking at their website.
 

The conference venue is located at the southern end of downtown Portland where there are many more lodging options, all accessible by a quick internet search.

Travel

The conference venue is located in downtown Portland, about a 25 minute drive from the Portland International Airport (airport code PDX). From the airport, a light rail transit line, called the MAX Red line, will get you to downtown for USD 2.50.  Taxis from airport to downtown costs between  USD 40-50. Uber and Lyft also provide pick ups from the airport. Real time public transit information on light rail lines, a separate streetcar system, and various bus lines is available at Trimet. This information is also tracked by apps like Google Maps in real time.

Regional participants can also travel by long-distance trains directly into the downtown Portland Amtrak Union Station (located at 800 NW Sixth Ave) or by long-distance bus companies, like BoltBus, FlixBus, and Greyhound.

Contact

For questions on the user meeting contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . You may also write directly to Jay Gopalakrishnan for clarifications on local arrangements