CCIMM26: COLORADO CONFERENCE ON ITERATIVE AND MULTIGRID METHODS
PROGRAM

Days: Sunday, June 21st Monday, June 22nd Tuesday, June 23rd Wednesday, June 24th Thursday, June 25th Friday, June 26th

Sunday, June 21st

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Monday, June 22nd

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08:00-09:40 Session 4: Krylov methods for linear and nonlinear problems
08:00
Newton--Leja GMRES and the Polar Filter (abstract)
PRESENTER: Stephen Thomas
08:25
Restarted IDR($s$)-QMR with Residual-Polynomial Preconditioning for Large Nonsymmetric Linear Systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Qianqian Xue
08:50
A Unified Two-Grid Framework for Anderson Acceleration and Nonlinear GMRES (abstract)
PRESENTER: Satchel Lefebvre
09:15
New Variants of Anderson acceleration and nonlinear GMRES based on reformulated least‑squares problems (abstract)
09:40-10:20Coffee and Tea Break
10:20-12:00 Session 5: Randomized Iterative Solvers
10:20
FlexTrace: Exchangeable Randomized Trace Estimation for Matrix Functions (abstract)
10:45
Markov chains, graph Laplacians, and column subset selection (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mark Fornace
11:10
Randomized Fast Subspace Descent Methods (abstract)
PRESENTER: Zixiao Yang
11:35
Randomized Sketch-and-Project Methods for Quadratic Minimax Problems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ruhui Jin
12:00-14:40Lunch Break
14:40-15:20Coffee and Tea Break
15:20-17:00 Session 6: Mixed precision iterative solvers
15:20
Using Half Precision for Matrix Splitting Iterations (abstract)
PRESENTER: Neil Lindquist
15:45
Mixed-precision LOBPCG on GPUs (abstract)
16:10
Massively Parallel Domain Decomposition Preconditioner on a GPU: Efficient Implementation and Fine-Tuning (abstract)
16:35
Block Jacobi Preconditioning on Analog Hardware (abstract)
PRESENTER: Shikhar Shah
Tuesday, June 23rd

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08:00-09:40 Session 7A: Algebraic Multigrid (Part 1 of 2)
08:00
LS--AMG--DD: An AMG/DD Solver for Least-Squares-Style Systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Oliver Krzysik
08:25
H2-MG: A Multigrid Method for Hierarchical Rank Structured Matrices (abstract)
PRESENTER: Edmond Chow
08:50
Agglomeration-based multigrid solver in a lazy-evaluated array framework (abstract)
PRESENTER: Matt Smith
09:15
Energy minimization multigrid for the eddy current equations (abstract)
PRESENTER: Christian Glusa
08:00-09:40 Session 7B: Iterative methods in science and engineering (Part 1 of 2)
08:00
Optimization problems with Holder continuous gradients (abstract)
PRESENTER: Carl Kelley
08:25
Iterative execution of discrete and inverse discrete Fourier transforms with applications for signal denoising via sparsification (abstract)
08:50
Symplectic nonlinear splitting methods for Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (abstract)
09:15
The Wilson-Dirac Operator and its Spectrum (abstract)
PRESENTER: Patrick Oare
09:40-10:20Coffee and Tea Break
10:20-12:00 Session 8A: Machine Learning and Neural Networks (Part 1 of 2)
10:20
Structure-Guided Gauss-Network Method: LSNN for Linear Advection-Reaction Equation (abstract)
PRESENTER: César Herrera
10:45
Preconditioning Via Spectral Density Driven Graph Neural Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Francesco Brarda
11:10
Spatial and Channel Refinement of Convolutional Neural Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jonas Actor
11:35
What Makes a Good Preconditioner for Data Science? (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mitchell Scott
10:20-12:00 Session 8B: Matrix approximations and decompositions
10:20
Parametric Hierarchical Matrix Approximations to Kernel Matrices (abstract)
PRESENTER: Abraham Khan
10:45
A Discrete-Sine-Transform based Preconditioner for Adaptive Meshes (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kate Wall
11:10
Caracal: A GPU-Resident Sparse LU Solver with Lightweight Fine-Grained Scheduling (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jie Ren
11:35
Matrix Spectrum Quantile Approximation via Moments (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mikhail Lepilov
12:00-14:40Lunch Break
14:40-15:20Coffee and Tea Break
15:20-17:00 Session 9: Multigrid for indefinite systems and multigrid reduction in time
15:20
Scalable multigrid solver for the Helmholtz equation: real-shifted coarse grid correction (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rachel Yovel
15:45
Multigrid for FEEC using Mass-Lumping and Transforming Smoothers: Algorithms and Results (abstract)
16:10
Parallel-in-iteration optimization using multigrid reduction-in-time (abstract)
16:35
A full layer-parallel training with PyMGRIT for forward and backward passes in neural networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ryo Yoda
Wednesday, June 24th

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08:00-09:40 Session 10A: Matrix free approaches
08:00
Cheetah: Optimizing Execution Pipelines for Matrix-Free Finite Element Operators on GPUs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jie Ren
08:25
Accelerating Implicit Contact via Matrix-Free Operators on Non-Conforming Interfaces (abstract)
08:50
A Matrix-Free Algebraic HP-Multigrid Method for Computational Fluid Dynamics Applications (abstract)
PRESENTER: Peter Ohm
09:15
Matrix free PDE-constrained optimization with basis preconditioning for gas flows in networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rowan Turner
08:00-09:40 Session 10B: Iterative methods in science and engineering (Part 2 of 2)
08:00
High-order Iterative and Multilevel Elliptic Solver for Node Sets Not Aligned with Boundaries (abstract)
PRESENTER: Andrew Lawrence
08:25
Computing the ground state and dynamics of rotational dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates (abstract)
PRESENTER: Fei Xue
08:50
Stability Analysis of Inexact Solves in Interpolatory One-Sided Projection Methods for Model Order Reduction of Linear Dynamical Systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kapil Ahuja
09:15
Learning-enhanced preconditioning techniques for linear and nonlinear iterative methods (abstract)
09:40-10:20Coffee and Tea Break
10:20-12:00 Session 11A: Algebraic Multigrid (Part 2 of 2)
10:20
Nodal Coarsening and Sparse Ideal Interpolation for H(curl) Problems in Algebraic Multigrid (abstract)
PRESENTER: Taoli Shen
10:45
On spectral clustering in algebraic multigrid methods (abstract)
11:10
Sparse Matrix–Vector Multiplication for Algebraic Multigrid on the Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine (abstract)
PRESENTER: Maya Taylor
11:35
Structure Preserving AMG Strategies for PDE Systems, with a focus on Stokes Equations (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jacob Schroder
10:20-12:00 Session 11B: Fluids
10:20
Can Local Data Reveal Global Fluid Dynamics? (abstract)
10:45
Do Well-Balancing and Second-Order Accuracy Matter for River and Compound Flood Modeling? (abstract)
PRESENTER: Wisang Sugiarta
11:10
Riemann Solvers and Well-Balancing in Shallow Water Modeling with RDycore (abstract)
11:35
A new performance landscape for implicit finite-element analysis of turbulence (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jed Brown
12:00-14:40Lunch Break
Thursday, June 25th

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08:00-09:40 Session 12A: Machine Learning and Neural Networks (Part 2 of 2)
08:00
Multilevel training methods for large-scale transformer architectures (abstract)
PRESENTER: Graham Harper
08:25
Hierarchical Graph Networks for Scalable Learning on Graphs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nicolas Nytko
08:50
Multi-Level Patch Diffusion Models (abstract)
09:15
Multilevel Training for Kolmogorov Arnold Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Eric Cyr
08:00-09:40 Session 12B: Multi-modeling and multi-scale methods
08:00
An incidence-based edge-averaged method for the convection-diffusion problems on polygonal meshes. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Eoghan O'Keefe
08:25
Adaptive Multigrid Finite State Projection for the Reaction-Diffusion Master Equation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Aditya Dendukuri
08:50
Physics-Based Clustering for the Construction of Multiscale Solvers in Heterogeneous and Multiscale Systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Maria Vasilyeva
09:15
Fast MBIR via Fourier Reformulation and Multilevel Methods (abstract)
PRESENTER: Dinesh Kumar
09:40-10:20Coffee and Tea Break
10:20-12:00 Session 13: Solvers for coupled multi-physics problems
10:20
Transforming Smoothers for Elliptic Interface Problems with Jumping Coefficients (abstract)
PRESENTER: Najwa Alshehri
10:45
Multigrid Reduction Preconditioning for Fully Implicit Magnetohydrodynamics (abstract)
PRESENTER: Victor Magri
11:10
Efficient Multigrid Solvers for Time-Dependent Rayleigh-Bénard Convection (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ahsan Ali
11:35
Quantum optimal preconditioning via oracle-free block-encoding of expanded systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Seulip Lee
12:00-14:40Lunch Break
14:40-15:20Coffee and Tea Break
15:20-17:00 Session 14: Student competition winners
15:20
Accelerating Algebraic Multigrid with Learned Sparse Corrections (abstract)
PRESENTER: Eran Treister
15:45
N EFFICIENT CUMULATIVE EDGE-DETECTION METHOD FOR EDGE-PRESERVING IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION (abstract)
PRESENTER: Toluwani Okunola
16:10
Optimal transfer operators and convergence bounds for nonsymmetric two-grid methods (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ludwig Rooch
Friday, June 26th

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08:00-09:40 Session 15: Optimization
08:00
An adaptive framework for first-order gradient methods (abstract)
PRESENTER: Zhongqin Xue
08:25
A New Hybrid Neural-Quadratic Model-Based Derivative-Free Optimization Method (abstract)
PRESENTER: Pengcheng Xie
08:50
PDE-Inspired Splitting, Preconditioning, and Regularization in Optimization (abstract)
09:15
Advancing Optimization Algorithm Complexity Theory (abstract)
PRESENTER: Arnav Shanbhag
09:40-10:20Coffee and Tea Break
10:20-12:00 Session 16: Multigrid methods for structured and partially structured grids
10:20
Geometric Multigrid solvers for hybrid high-order methods on polytopal meshes. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jordi Manyer
10:45
A High‑Order Adaptive Multigrid–FFT Poisson Solver for Unbounded and Periodic Domains (abstract)
PRESENTER: Gilles Poncelet
11:10
Analysis on aggregation and block smoothers in multigrid methods for block Toeplitz linear systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Matthias Bolten
11:35
New design advances in HYPRE for semi-structured problems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Robert Falgout