Multi-Fidelity Methods for Fusion Energy Tutorials - IPAM

Multi-Fidelity Methods for Fusion Energy Tutorials

Part of the Long Program Multi-Fidelity Methods for Fusion Energy
March 10 - 13, 2026

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Morning Session

08:00-08:55
Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
08:55-09:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:00-10:15
Lise-Marie Imbert-Gerard (University of Arizona)
An introduction to magnetic confinement in toroidal devices
10:15-10:45
Break
10:45-12:00
Frank Jenko (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics/TU Munich)
Towards Digital Twins of Fusion Systems

Afternoon Session

12:00-12:30
Core Orientation (MFE2026)
12:30-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-15:15
Frank Jenko (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics/TU Munich)
Plasma Models in Fusion Research
15:15-15:45
Break
15:45-17:00
Tomo-Hiko Watanabe (Nagoya University)
Zonal flows and turbulence in helical systems: a tutorial

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
09:00-10:15
Emily Belli (General Atomics)
Computational plasma physics for turbulence & integrated modeling of transport
10:15-10:45
Break
10:45-12:00
Omar Hurricane (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Virtual Talk - Inertial Confinement

Afternoon Session

12:00-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-15:15
John Jakeman (Sandia National Laboratories)
Forward Uncertainty Quantification
15:15-15:45
Break
15:45-17:00
Tim Wildey (Sandia National Laboratories)
Inverse Uncertainty Quantification with PyApprox

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
09:00-10:15
Jaime Marian (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))
Modeling and Simulation Techniques for Structural Materials Under Fusion Conditions
10:15-10:45
Break
10:45-12:00
Boris Kramer (University of California San Diego)
Robust Design Optimization

Afternoon Session

12:00-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-15:15
Jochen Garcke (Universität Bonn and Fraunhofer SCAI )
Introduction to Machine Learning for Science and Engineering
15:15-15:45
Break
15:45-17:00
Ionut-Gabriel Farcas (Virginia Tech)
Talk II -A tutorial on multi-fidelity methods for fusion energy research
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