Introduction

Scientific computation is among the fastest-growing multidisciplinary research area and it serves as a bridge between the traditional domains of theoretical and experimental sciences. Computation research covers many areas in science and engineering. The multidisciplinary nature of computational science and its wide-ranging scope means that its training and research can best be integrated into different disciplines to equip students with a solid foundation of the knowledge in focused areas. Students can enroll in a particular discipline for research with a special focus in Scientific Computation.


Management Committee

Yang Xiang

(MATH, Chair)

Jiguang Wang

(LIFS/BME)

Kun Xu

(MATH)

Ding Pan

(PHYS/CHEM)

Ke Yi

(CSE)

Jidong Zhao

(CIVIL)

Weichuan Yu

(ECE)

Zhigang Li

(MAE)

Seminars Subcommittee

Zhigang Li

(MAE)

Lin Fu

(MAE/MATH)

Jiguang Wang

(LIFS/BME)

Computing Equipment Subcommittee

Ding Pan

(PHYS/CHEM)

Zhigang Li

(MAE)

Can Yang

(MATH)

Curriculum

In addition to the existing program requirements, students who opt for the Scientific Computation concentration are required to:
 

  1. MPhil:
    Complete a minimum of 7 credits from the following course lists.
    PhD:
    Complete a minimum of 10 credits from the following course lists.

    The credits earned under the concentration will be counted toward the total credit requirements of the programs.

    All students must take MATH 6915 and MATH 6916. Credits earned from MATH 6915 can be repeated for up to 2 credits.

    All students must take at least one course of other departments (excluding MATH 6915 and MATH 6916) or one CSIC course.

 

Elective Courses

 

* LIFS 4320 can be counted as an elective course subject to approval of the Scientific Computation Concentration.

 

  1. Conduct research in the area of scientific computation.


Seminar

Jan
22
2024

Dr. Dan  LING
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Local discontinuous Galerkin methods for diffusive-viscous wave equations
Room 4472 (lift 25/26)
11:00am

Aug
15
2023

Prof. Shidong  JIANG
Seminar on Scientific Computation
A Dual-space Multilevel Kernel-splitting Framework for Discrete and Continuous Convolution (part 2)
Room 4503 (lift 25-26)
3:00pm-4:00pm

Jul
25
2023

Prof. Shidong  JIANG
Seminar on Scientific Computation
A dual-space multilevel kernel-split framework for discrete and continuous convolution (part 1)
Room 4475 (lift 25-26)
4:00pm

May
31
2023

Prof. Jianxian  QIU
Seminar on Scientific Computation
A fourth-order conservative semi-Lagrangian finite volume WENO scheme without operator splitting for kinetic and fluid simulations
Room 5510 (lift 25/26)
4:00pm

May
22
2023

Prof. Zhaoli GUO
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Well-balanced Kinetic Methods for Two-phase Flows
Room 4472 (lift 25-26)
10:30am

May
5
2023

Prof. Adrian LOZANO-DURAN
Seminar on Scientific Computation
A closure model for computational fluid dynamics accurate across multiple flow regimes
Online via Zoom: https://hkust.zoom.us/j/97130328824 (passcode: 606219)
10:00am-11:00am

Apr
29
2023

Scientific Computation Concentration
Scientific Computation Concentration Workshop
Lecture Theatre H
9:00am-5:30pm

Apr
17
2023

Prof. Xiaoquan  YANG
Seminar on Scientific Computation
A robust and efficient fluid-solid thermal coupling solver based on second-order Finite Volume method
Room 5510 (lift 25/26)
11:00am

Dec
21
2022

Prof. Shijun  LIAO
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Clean Numerical Simulation and its applications
Room 1409 (lift 25/26)
4:00pm

Nov
10
2022

Prof. Xiaodong  LUO
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Efficient Symmetry Handling In Optimization
Room 3472 (lift 25/26)
4:00pm

Apr
9
2021

Scientific Computation Concentration
MATH6916 Student Seminars on Computation Related Research
Online via ZOOM
2:00pm-3:00pm&4:00pm-5:00pm

Apr
8
2021

Scientific Computation Concentration
MATH6916 Student Seminars on Computation Related Research
Online via ZOOM
12:30pm-1:30pm&2:00pm-3:00pm

Apr
7
2021

Scientific Computation Concentration
MATH6916 Student Seminars on Computation Related Research
Online via ZOOM
2:00pm-6:00pm

Sep
11
2020

Dr. Lin  FU
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Towards the high-fidelity computation and modeling of compressible turbulent flows
https://hkust.zoom.us/j/93559765024 (Passcode: 518056)
10:00am-11:00am

Aug
7
2019

Prof. Jianxian QIU
Seminar on Scientific Computation
A hybrid Hermite WENO scheme for hyperbolic conservation laws
Room 3494, Academic Building, HKUST (lift 25-26)
10:00am-11:00am

Jun
5
2019

Prof. Jiequan  LI
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Accelerated Piston Problem and High Order Moving Boundary Tracking Method for Compressible Fluid Flows (Lecture 3)
Room 4504, Academic Building (lift 25-26), HKUST
10:00am-11:00am

Jun
4
2019

Prof. Jiequan  LI
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Consistency and Convergence of Finite Volume Approximations to Non-linear Hyperbolic Balance Laws (Lecture 2)
Room 4504, Academic Building (lift 25-26), HKUST
11:00am-12:00pm

Jun
4
2019

Prof. Jiequan  LI
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Do you really believe numerical simulations in CFD? (Lecture 1)
Room 4504, Academic Building (lift 25-26), HKUST
10:00am-11:00am

Jan
18
2019

Prof. Feng  XIAO
Seminar on Scientific Computation
A new paradigm to design high-fidelity Godunov schemes for both smooth and discontinuous solutions in complex flow simulations
Room 4504, Academic Building (lift 25 - 26), HKUST
4:00pm-5:00pm

Dec
4
2018

Prof. Yanping CHEN
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Two-grid methods for semi-linear elliptic interface problems by immersed finite element methods
Room 4582 (lift 27 & 28)
3:00pm-4:00pm

Apr
11
2018

Prof. Frank NOE
Scientific Computation Concentration
Modeling and simulation of complex dynamical systems
Room 5510, Academic Building (lift 25 & 26)
4:00-5:00pm

Apr
10
2018

Prof. Yunzhi WANG
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Phase-Field Modeling of Pattern Formation and Microstructural Evolution during Solid State Processes
Room 4472, Academic Building (lift 25 & 26)
3:00pm-4:00pm

Dec
11
2017

Prof. Zhilin LI
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Fast solvers for interface, irregular domain, and discontinuous coefficients problems using an augmented strategy
Room 1511, Academic Building (lift 27 & 28)
3:30pm-5:30pm

Nov
3
2017

Mr. Bo LI
Scientific Computation Concentration
Exploring the Function Space of Deep-Learning Machines
Room 3494 (lift 25 & 26)
3:00pm-4:00pm

Oct
27
2017

Prof. Scott  SLOAN
Scientific Computation Concentration
Geotechnical Stability Analysis
LT H (lift 25 & 26)
6:00pm-8:00pm

Oct
6
2017

Prof. Ding PAN
Scientific Computation Concentration
Computational Materials Science and Sustainability
Room 2406, Academic Building, HKUST (lift# 17/18)
3:00pm-4:00pm

Aug
28
2017

Prof. Chengwen ZHONG
Seminar on Scientific Computation
An Implicit Discrete Unified Gas-Kinetic Scheme for All Flow Regimes
Room 4472 (lift 25 & 26)
11:00am-12:00noon

Aug
4
2017

Prof. Jiequan  LI
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Fundamentals of Lax-Wendroff type approach to hyperbolic problems with discontinuities
Room 2131A (lift 19)
3:00pm-4:00pm

Aug
4
2017

Prof. Jiequan LI
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Thermodynamical effects and high resolution methods for compressible fluid flows
Room 2131A (lift 19)
2:00pm-3:00pm

Aug
2
2017

Dr. Liang PAN
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Two-stage fourth-order gas-kinetic scheme for
Room 2131A (lift 19)
4:00pm-5:00pm

Aug
2
2017

Prof. Jiequan  LI
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Consistency of finite volume approximation to hyperbolic balance laws
Room 2131B (lift 19)
3:00pm-4:00pm

Jul
28
2017

Han LIU
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Combinatorial Inference
Room 4472 (lift 25 & 26)
10:30am-11:30am

Apr
6
2017

Prof. Shuyu SUN
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Thermodynamically consistent algorithms for multi-component two-phase flows
3472 (lift 25 & 26)
3:00pm-4:00pm

Feb
15
2017

Prof. San-Yh LIN
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Pressure Correction Method for Fluid-Particle Interaction and Two-Phase Flow Problems
Room 4475 (lift 25 & 26)
4:00pm-5:00pm

Jan
24
2017

Dr. Songze CHEN
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Asynchronous multi-scale iteration of gas kinetic equations for all Knudsen number flow regimes
Room 4475 (lift 25 & 26)
11:00am-12:00noon

Jan
23
2017

Prof. Chengwen ZHONG
Seminar on Scientific Computation
An immersed-boundary method for compressible viscous flow and its application in gas-kinetic BGK scheme
Room 2463 (lift 25 & 26)
11:00am-12:00noon

Sep
5
2016

Prof. Chang SHU
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Some Advances in Development and Applications of Immersed Boundary Method
Room 4475, lift 25&26
4:00pm-5:00pm

Aug
15
2016

Prof. Yang-Yao NIU
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Numerical Simulations of Shock Waves and Cavitations inside the High-speed Drop Impingement
Room 5562, lift 27&28
4:00pm-5:00pm

May
18
2016

Prof. Xinliang LI
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Direct Numerical Simulation of Compressible Turbulent Flows
Room 2612B, lift 31
10:30am-11:30am

May
10
2016

Mr. Lingming KONG
Scientific Computing PhD Student Seminar
Computational Inhibitor Drug Design of GK Domain
Room 6591, lift 31& 32
3:00pm-4:00pm

Apr
29
2016

Prof. Jiequan LI
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Entropy Criterion and High Order Schemes for Compressible Fluid Flows
Room 2611, lift 31
2:00pm-4:00pm

Feb
19
2016

Dr. Lei WU
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Fast spectral method for the Boltzmann and Enskog equations
Room 5510 (lift 25 & 26)
11:00am-12:00am

Feb
15
2016

Prof. Quanhua SUN
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Several numerical challenges for hypersonic near-continuum flow simulations
Room 5566 (lift 27 & 28)
4:00pm-5:00pm

Nov
6
2015

Prof. Zhaojun BAI
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Rayleigh Quotient-type Optimizations and Eigenvalue Problems
Room 2405, lift 17&18
10:00am-12:00noon

Nov
2
2015

Prof. Min  TANG
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Uniform Convergent Tailored Finite Point Method for the Neutron Transport Equation
Room 3494 (lift 25 & 26)
4:30pm-5:30pm

Feb
9
2015

Prof. Jiequan LI
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Design Principles of High Order Solvers for Compressible Fluid Dynamical Problems
Room 3494 (lift 25 & 26)
3:00pm-5:00pm

Jan
12
2015

Prof. Wencheng ZHONG
Seminar on Scientific Computation
An Overshoot Suppression Method of Unified Gas-kinetic Scheme
Room 4480 (lift 25 & 26)
4:30pm-5:30pm

Dec
12
2014

Prof. Xijun YU
Seminar on Scientific Computation
A Runge Kutta Discontinuous Galerkin method for Lagrangian compressible Euler equations in two-dimensions
Room 4480 (lift 25 & 26)
3:00pm-4:00pm

Dec
11
2014

Prof. Chunlei LIANG
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Spectral Difference Method for Computational Fluid Dynamics: From Flapping/Rotary Wing Aerodynamics to Thermal Convection of the Sun
Room 1505 (lift 25 & 26)
3:00pm-4:00pm

Dec
5
2014

Dr. Shumo CUI
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Well-Balanced Central-Upwind Scheme for the Shallow Water System with Stiff Friction Terms
Room 4480 (lift 25 & 26)
2:00pm-3:00pm

Sep
10
2014

Prof. Rongliang CHEN
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Parallel methods for simulations of 3D incompressible complex flows
Room 3494 (lift 25 & 26)
4:00pm-5:00pm

Aug
11
2014

Seminar on Scientific Computation
A One-Day Workshop on Scientific Computing and Applied PDEs
Room 4505 (lift 25 & 26)
9:00am-4:30pm

Apr
30
2014

Prof. P.K. YEUNG
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Petascale Computations and Analyses of Fluid Turbulence
Room 6591 (lift 31 & 32)
5:00pm-6:00pm

Oct
31
2013

Dr. Zhiqiang XIN
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Topology optimization of the caudal fin of the three-dimensional self-propelled swimming fish
Room 4480 (lift 25 & 26)
3:15pm-4:15pm

May
28
2013

Prof. Hongxing RUI
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Some Numerical Methods for Darcy-Forchheimer Flow
Room 3401 (lift 17 & 18)
4:30pm-5:30pm

Mar
12
2013

Prof. Craig C. DOUGLAS
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Using Shape Memory Alloys: an Introduction and Dynamic Data Driven Approach
Room 3301 (lift 17 & 18)
4:00pm-5:00pm

Mar
12
2013

Dr. Ping Tak Peter TANG
Seminar on Scientific Computation
A Framework for Low-Communication 1-D FFT
Room 3301 (lift 17 & 18)
3:00pm-4:00pm

Mar
11
2013

Dr. Yonghao ZHANG
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Lattice Boltzmann modelling of non-equilibrium gas flows
Room 4480, lift 25&26
4:00pm-5:00pm

Dec
12
2012

Seminar on Scientific Computation
Robust Recovery-Based a posteriori Error Estimators for Finite Element Methods
Room 4480, lift 25&26
2:00pm-3:00pm

May
22
2012

Prof. Taku OHWADA
Seminar on Scientific Computation
A SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE CURE FOR CARBUNCLE PHENOMENON IN SECOND ORDER ACCURATE KINETIC SHOCK-CAPTURING SCHEMES
Room 3494, lift 25&26
4:00pm-5:00pm

Mar
8
2012

Prof. Graeme Austin BIRD
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Direct physical models rather than equations – welcome or unwelcome? (The direct simulation Monte Carlo method as a case study)
Room 3402, lift 17&18
4:00pm-5:00pm

Dec
7
2011

Prof. Yana DI
Seminar on Scientific Computation
A fast adaptive method for interface tracking problems
Room 3412, lift 17&18
11:00am-12:00noon

Dec
1
2011

Prof. Ching Y. LOH
Seminar on Scientific Computation
A New Absorbing Boundary Condition for Finite Volume Methods
Room 3402, lift 17&18
4:30pm-5:30pm

Nov
30
2011

Prof. Ching Y. LOH
Seminar on Scientific Computation
A New Absorbing Boundary Condition for Finite Volume Methods
Room 3402, lift 17&18
4:30pm-5:30pm

Nov
29
2011

Prof. Yinnian HE
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Implicit/Explicit Schemes for the Navier-Stokes Equations
Room 5510, lift 25&26
4:30pm-5:30pm

Nov
29
2011

Prof. Ching Y. LOH
Seminar on Scientific Computation
A New Absorbing Boundary Condition for Finite Volume Methods
Room 4483, lift 25&26
4:30pm-5:30pm

Mar
18
2011

Prof. Craig C. DOUGLAS
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Data-driven science and the revolution in computation
Room 3311, lift 17&18
4:00pm-5:00pm

Jan
25
2011

Prof. Shangyou ZHANG
Seminar on Scientific Computation
A divergence-free finite element method for the Darcy--Stokes--Brinkman equations
Room 3494, lift 25&26
4:00pm-5:00pm

Mar
15
2010

Prof. Craig C. DOUGLAS
Seminar on Scientific Computation
An Overview of a Prototype for Detecting Defective Pills During Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Using Petascale Computing
Room 3405, lift 17&18
4:00pm-5:00pm

Jan
12
2010

Prof. Ya Qiu JIN
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Modeling, simulation, inversion and Chang E data validation for microwave observation in China's lunar project
Chen Kuan Cheng Lecture Theatre (lift 25&26)
4:00pm-5:30pm

Dec
12
2008

Prof. Jianxian  QIU
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Adaptive Runge-Kutta Discontinuous Galerkin Methods Using Different Indicators
Room 1504 (lift 25,26)
4:00pm-5:00pm

Dec
12
2008

Prof. Ramesh K.  AGARWAL
Seminar on Scientific Computation
Computation of Hypersonic Shock Waves in Diatomic Gases Using the Generalized Boltzmann Equation
Room 4480 (lift 25,26)
11:00am-12:00noon

Dec
12
2008

Prof. Qin SHENG
Seminar on Scientific Computation
From matrix exponential computations to parallel-split algorithms for PDEs
Room 4480 (lift 25,26)
10:00am-11:00am

Oct
31
2008

Prof. Zonglin JIANG
Seminar on Scientific Computation
On Dispersion-Controlled Conditions for Non-oscillatory Shock-Capturing Schemes
Room 1511, (lift 27 & 28)
4:00pm-5:00pm

May
9
2008

Prof. Huazhang TANG
Seminar on Scientific Computation
An adpative Ghost Fluid Finite Volume Method for Compressible Gas-Water Simulations
Room 3408 (lift 17 & 18)
3:00pm-4:00pm