USC Summer School

Advanced Programming and

Computational Fluid Dynamics

First Edition: June 10-21, 2024, Los Angeles, California

Application Deadline: April 12, 2024

This program is free of charge to participants

The University of Southern California (USC), with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), is excited to announce a specialized two-week summer program in advanced programming and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The program is tailored specifically for graduate and undergraduate students who have a foundational knowledge of programming and CFD.

Tentative Schedule

Date Topic
Monday06/10Python: Review of basics and intermediate concepts
Tuesday06/11CFD: Foundations (PDEs, Finite Volume Method, Grid Generation)
Wednesday06/12CFD: Solving Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations on a Structured grid
Thursday06/13CFD: Grid generation and solving PDEs using unstructured grid
Friday06/14Parallel Programming via MPI
 
Monday06/17Parallel Programming via CUDA
Tuesday06/18CUDA cont'd | Performance Portable & Hardware Agnostic Programming
Wednesday06/19Kokkos for Performance Portable Programming
Thursday06/20Physics-Aware Deep Learning
Friday06/21Optimization

Application Requirement:

  1. Application form (Link)
  2. Brief resume
  3. Brief (1+ paragraph) Statement of Purpose
  4. A reference letter from your research advisor (Optional)

    Please note that in case of requesting financial support, providing the reference letter is mandatory.
    This letter should detail how participation in the program can substantially benefit your research and academic career. Our goal with the financial support is to facilitate greater access to this enriching learning and networking opportunity for more students, particularly those from historically underserved communities.