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Updated · Newswise · Aug 29
Georgia Tech to Host 4-Day 2026 MFEM Workshop as Registration Runs Through Sept. 11
Updated
Updated · Newswise · Aug 29

Georgia Tech to Host 4-Day 2026 MFEM Workshop as Registration Runs Through Sept. 11

2 articles · Updated · Newswise · Aug 29

Summary

  • Sept. 22-25, Georgia Tech will host the 2026 MFEM Community Workshop in Atlanta, bringing scientific-computing users and developers together in person and online to improve open-source simulation software.
  • The four-day event centers on sharing best practices, software roadmaps and collaboration across computational physics, earth systems, engineering and energy, with a free hybrid tutorial on day one led by LLNL's High Performance Computing Innovation Center.
  • Nearly 20 scientists from DOE laboratories are set to attend in person, including participants from Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and the Naval Nuclear Laboratory; the UK Atomic Energy Authority is also sponsoring.
  • MFEM is already used in high-performance applications, including a tsunami early-warning model on El Capitan that ran in a fraction of a second—10 billion times faster than conventional algorithms—and in AWS quantum-hardware design tool Palace.
  • Registration remains open through Sept. 11, and organizers say the workshop is meant to widen access to advanced computing tools by linking Georgia Tech researchers and students with national-lab, industry and government experts.

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