Name: HPC Training Series - Course 20 "Gradient-based and gradient-free optimization, with applications to CFD and beyond"
Start: 2026-03-04T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-03-04T15:00:00+02:00
Location: No location set

HPC Training Series - Course 20 "Gradient-based and gradient-free optimization, with applications to CFD and beyond"

Wednesday, 4 March 2026 - 10:00

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4 Mar 2026

10:00	Introduction: EuroCC & the training events - Nikolaos Bakas (GRNET) ()
10:15	An introduction to adjoint methods and the shape and topology optimization workflow of OpenFOAM for CFD-based optimization - Evangelos Papoutsis-Kiachagias (NTUA) ()
11:00	--- Break ---
11:15	Setting up and running an optimization case in OpenFOAM. Industrial applications - Evangelos Papoutsis-Kiachagias (NTUA) ()

12:15	--- Break ---
12:30	Evolutionary Algorithms & Low-Cost Evolutionary Optimization, with CFD-based Applications - Varvara Asouti (NTUA) ()