Turbulent Mixing and Beyond Second International Conference and Advanced School

1. 27 July - 07 August 2009 The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy Turbulent Mixing and Beyond Second International Conference and Advanced School

2. Goals of the International Conference Turbulent Mixing and Beyond • to expose the generic problem of • Non-equilibrium Turbulent Processes • to a wide scientific community • to promote the development of new ideas in tackling • the fundamental aspects of the problem • to assist in application of novel approaches in a • broad range of phenomena, • where the turbulent processes occur, • to have a potential impact on technology.

3. Building the Bridges • The Conference provides the opportunity • to bring together scientists from many different areas • high energy density physics, plasmas • fluid dynamics, turbulence, combustion, material science • geophysics, astrophysics, physics of atmosphere • optics and telecommunications • applied mathematics, probability, statistics • data processing and computations • to focus our attention on the • long-standing formidable task and on a • “connection to reality.”

4. Non-equilibrium Turbulent Processes • play a key role in a wide variety of phenomena • ranging from astrophysical to atomistic scales • under high or low energy density conditions • inertial confinement, heavy-ion and magnetic fusion • light-matter interaction and non-equilibrium heat transfer • material transformation under high strain rates • shocks, explosions, blast waves • supernovae and accretion disks, early Universe formation • stellar non-Boussinesq and magneto-convection • planetary interiors and mantle-lithosphere tectonics • premixed and non-premixed combustion • oceanography, atmospheric flows, Earth science • non-canonical wall-bounded flows, including hypersonic and supersonic • cutting-edge technology • laser micro-machining, nano-electronics • free-space optical telecommunications • industrial applications in aeronautics and aerodynamics

5. Generic problem • Predictive modeling and reliable quantification of non-equilibrium turbulent processes are highly formidable tasks. • Their theoretical description is one of the most challenging problems in hydrodynamics, whose complexity • expands the horizons of the modern theory of partial differential equations • encourages the development of perturbative, integral and stochastic approaches for their solution • call for new connections to the dynamics at atomistic and meso-scales • suggests new methods for predictive numerical modeling, • up to peta-scale level, for error estimate and uncertainty quantification as well as novel data assimilation techniques • On the experimental side, non-equilibrium processes • are extremely hard to systematically study • in a well-controlled laboratory environment. • Their extreme sensitivity and transient character of the dynamics • impose high requirements on the accuracy and spatio-temporal resolution • of the measurements as well as data rate acquisition, • recur as a primary concern the influence of an observer on • the observation results and data interpretation.

6. Turbulent Mixing and Beyond • Conference features • wide scope • focus on hard problems • high quality of presentations • Conference is structured • to encourage participants’ communications • with experts from different fields • to promote the exchange of ideas • and suggestion of open problems • to promote the discussions of rigorous mathematical issues, • theoretical approaches and • state-of-the-art numerical simulations • along with advanced experimental techniques and • technological applications.

7. Objectives of TMB-2009 • Encourage the integration of • theory, experiments, simulations and technologies • for exploration of physical mechanisms of non-equilibrium turbulent • processes, from atomistic to macro-scales, in both high and low energy density regimes • Foster the application of innovative approaches for tackling the • fundamental aspects of the problem, and • understand and extend the range of applicability of traditional • statistically steady considerations. • Stimulate the application of advanced statistical and stochastic techniquesand data analysis methodologies • for unified characterization of the experimental and numerical data sets and for the estimation of their fidelity and information capacity. • Further develop the TMB Community and enable it with the means of • information exchange via a Collaborative Computing Environment, by • providing access to the state-of-the-art advanced computational methodologies for data annotation, visualization, storage, transfer and analysis.

8. Conference and School Structure • Our Program covers a broad variety of Themes and consists of • tutorials (45 – 50 minutes) • invited lectures (35 minutes) • contributed talks (25 minutes) • posters • round tables • Tutorials: for professional and graduate education • theory of non-equilibrium processes in fluids and plasmas • mathematical aspects of multi-scale dynamics • experiments and experimental diagnostics in fluids and plasmas • numerical methods: verification, validation, uncertainty quantification • methodologies on data assimilation, processing and analysis • cyber-infrastructure and cyber-physical systems, high-performance systems • Round Tables: informal discussions (action items) • connection to well-established fields and problems • identification of a model problem, with a wide range of applications • elaboration of quantitative criteria for • estimates of quality and information capacity of experimental and numerical data set • collaborative computing environment

9. Who are we? • Conference participants: • over 160 people, submitted ~200 contributions of ~400 authors, over 60+ invited lectures and tutorials • Our Participants involve: • students and young researchers • seasoned scientists • members of leading scientific institutions • members of National Academies of Science and Engineering, • founders of scientific schools, leader of research institutions • industry and high-tech • Europe, USA, Russia and FSU, Australia, Canada, Japan, India, … • The key word: respect.

10. Committees Organization: Snezhana I. Abarzhi (chairperson, USA) Malcolm J. Andrews (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA) Sergei I. Anisimov (Landau Inst Theoretical Physics, Russia) Hiroshi Azechi (Institute for Laser Engineering, Osaka, Japan) Christopher J. Keane (Lawrence Livermore Natl Laboratory, USA) Serge Gauthier (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, France) Joseph J. Niemela (local organizer, Int Centre Theor Physics, Italy) Robert Rosner (Argonne National Laboratory, USA) Katepalli R. Sreenivasan (Int Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy) Alexander L. Velikovich (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) W.A. Goddard III (California Institute of Technology, USA) J. Jimenez (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain)L.P. Kadanoff (The University of Chicago, USA) D.Q. Lamb (The University of Chicago, USA)D.P. Lathrop (University of Maryland, USA) S. Lebedev (Imperial College, UK)P. Manneville (Ecole Polytechnique, France) D.I. Meiron (California Institute of Technology, USA) P. Moin (Stanford University, USA)A. Nepomnyashchy (Technion, Israel)J.J. Niemela (International Center for Theoretical Physics, Italy)K. Nishihara (Institute for Laser Engineering, Osaka, Japan) S.S. Orlov (Stanford University, USA)S.A. Orszag (Yale University, USA) E. Ott (University of Maryland, USA)N. Peters (RWTS, Aachen, Germany) S.B. Pope (Cornell, USA) A. Pouquet (University Corp Atmospheric Research, USA)B.A. Remington (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) R. Rosner (Argonne National Laboratory and University of Chicago, USA) A.J. Schmitt (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) C.-W. Shu (Brown University, USA)K.R. Sreenivasan (Int Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy)E. Tadmor (University of Maryland, USA) Y.C. F. Thio (U.S. Department of Energy)A.L. Velikovich (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) V. Yakhot (Boston University, USA)P.K. Yeung (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) F.A. Williams (University of California at San Diego, USA) E. Zweibel (University of Wisconsin, USA) Scientific Advisory Committee S.I. Abarzhi (University of Chicago, USA) Y. Aglitskiy (Science Applications International Corporation, USA) H. Azechi (Institute for Laser Engineering, Osaka, Japan)M.J. Andrews (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA) S.I. Anisimov (Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russia) E. Bodenschatz (Max Plank Institute, Germany) F. Cattaneo (University of Chicago, USA) P. Cvitanovich (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) S. Cowley (Imperial College, UK)S. Dalziel (DAMTP, Cambridge, UK) W.S. Don (Brown University, USA)R. Ecke (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)H.J. Fernando (Arizona State University, USA) I. Foster (University of Chicago, USA)S. Gauthier (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, France) G.A. Glatzmaier (University of California at Santa Cruz, USA) J. Glimm (State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA)

11. We gratefully acknowledge support of International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), ItalyNational Science Foundation (NSF), USAPrograms: Plasma Physics; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Computational Mathematics; Applied Mathematics; Fluid Dynamics; Combustion, Fire and Plasma Systems; Cyber-Physical Systems; Computer and Network SystemsAir Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), USAPrograms: Hypersonics and Turbulence; Flow Control and AeroelasticityEuropean Office of Aerospace Research and Development (EOARD) of FOSR, UKPrograms: Aeronautical SciencesDepartment of Energy (DOE), USADOE Office of ScienceUS Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), USAPrograms: National Ignition Facility; Fusion EnergyUS Department of Energy Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), USAUS Department of Energy Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), USACommissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), FranceInstitute for Laser Engineering (ILE), JapanThe University of Chicago, USAASC Alliance Center for Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes, USAIllinoins Institute of Technology, USACollege of Science and LettersPhotron (Europe) Ltd., UK

12. We gratefully acknowledge assistance of ICTP, Trieste, Italy: Administration: Dag Johannessen (Director’s administrator), Suzie Radosic (secretary) Publication Office: Dilys Grilli and Guido Comar (publishing) Housing Office: Tiziana Botazzi and Dora Phtiou Finance Office: Andrej Milchelcich SDU team: Carlo Fonda, Marco Zennaro, Canessa Enrique Visa Office: Adriano Maggi, Eric Jost and Mauro Calligaris ICTP drivers:Pierre Agbediro and Fabricio Coana Chicago, USA: Web: Daniil Ilyin

13. Welcome to the TMB-2009 TMB-2009 is organized to advance the state-of-the-art in understanding of fundamental physical properties of non-equilibrium turbulent processes have a conspicuously positive impact on their predictive modeling capabilities and physical description and, ultimately, on control of these complex processes. Success of the TMB consists from the successful work of all of us. You are encouraged to highlight the strongest parts of your work.