Derek Groen

SSI fellow

Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Brunel University London

Interests

I am interested in simulations of blood flow, refugee movements, materials, and star clusters. I also focus on multiscale computing, high-performance computing, and distributed computing.

Research

I am a Lecturer in Simulation and Modelling and I use and investigate large scale simulations in high-performance computing environments. In doing so, I look for generalized ways to make large scale simulations simpler, more relevant, more flexible and more efficient. I have a particular preference for multiscale or multi-model simulations, where effective combination of existing codes is the method of choice for addressing new science questions.

I am responsible for improving and maintaining the FabSim automation toolkit and the MPWide communication library, which we have used to couple different simulation codes and to parallelize simulations across multiple supercomputers. I worked on MUSCLE 2; a toolkit designed to provide structured code coupling based on a formalized multiscale modelling framework.

I am working with a wide range of applications, including methods such as lattice-Boltzmann, stellar and cosmological N-body, agent-based simulations of refugees and molecular dynamics. I finished my PhD in 2010, where I ran large cosmological simulations geographically distributed across up to four supercomputers. I have also worked on a variety of performance optimization projects, and among other things enabled lattice-Boltzmann codes to run efficiently using up to 262,144 cores. More information about me is available on my web page.

Online Presence

Check out contributions by and mentions of Derek Groen on www.software.ac.uk