Announcement

The 15th International Conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computations (LSSC'25) is organized by the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and MIV Consult Ltd. in cooperation with the Center of Excellence in Informatics and Information and Communication Technologies, and Sozopol municipality.

Time

The conference is scheduled for June 16-20, 2025, with arrival: June 15 and departure: noon June 20.

Place

The conference will be held at the Bulgarian Red Cross Educational Center in Sozopol (map of Sozopol), a picturesque town on the Black Sea coast, 36 km to the south from Burgas (the nearest international airport).

Topics

Specific topics of interest (but not limited to) are the following:

• Hierarchical, adaptive, domain decomposition and local refinement methods;
• Robust preconditioning algorithms;
• Monte Carlo methods and algorithms;
• Numerical linear algebra;
• Control systems;
• Parallel algorithms and performance analysis.
• Large-scale computations of environmental, biomedical and engineering problems;

Scientific Committee

Scientific Program

The Scientific Program of LSSC'25 will include:

• Plenary Invited Talks (45 minutes)
• Keynote Talks in Special Sessions (35 minutes)
• Talks in Special Sessions (25 minutes)
• Poster Session of Contributed Presentations

Plenary Invited Speakers

Pavel Bochev, Sandia National Laboratories, USA

Ulrich Langer, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

Kent-Andre Mardal, University of Oslo, Norway

Markus Melenk, TU Wien, Austria

Marcus Sarkis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA

Panayot Vassilevski, Portland State University, USA

Gabriel Wittum, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Special Sessions

Mathematical and Numerical Modeling of Multiphysics Problems by Ivan Yotov (University of Pittsburgh, USA)

Variational Analysis and Optimal Control by Mikhail Krastanov (IMI-BAS, BG), Vladimir Veliov (TU Wien, AT)

Space-Time Methods for PDE-Based Simulation and Optimization by Ulrich Langer (Johannes Kepler University Linz, AT), Thomas Wick (Leibniz University Hannover, DE)

Numerical Methods for Nonlocal Problems by Markus Faustmann (TU Wien, AT), Markus Melenk (TU Wien, AT)

Fractional Operators and Multi-Physics by Timo Koch, Miroslav Kuchta, Kent-Andre Mardal (University of Oslo, Simula Research Lab, NO), Ludmil Zikatanov (NSF, USA)

Recent Advances in Computational and Applied Poromechanics by Markus Bause (Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, DE), Johannes Kraus (University of Duisburg-Essen, DE), Maria Lymbery (University of Duisburg-Essen, DE)

Mathematics and Algorithms for Predictive Digital Twins (DT), by Pavel Bochev (Sandia National Laboratories, USA), Irina Tezaur (Sandia National Laboratories, USA), Paul Kuberry (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)

Adaptive and Robust Domain Decomposition Methods by Marcus Sarkis (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA)

Applications of Metaheuristics to Large-Scale Problems by Stefka Fidanova (IICT-BAS, BG), Gabriel Luque (University of Malaga, ES)

Large-Scale Models: from Life Sciences to Climate Research by Ivan Dimov (IICT-BAS, BG), Nevena Ilieva (IICT-BAS, BG)

HPC and HPDA: Algorithms and Applications by Aneta Karaivanova (IICT-BAS, BG), Todor Gurov (IICT-BAS, BG), Emanouil Atanassov (IICT-BAS, BG)

Numerical Solvers and Preconditioners for Differential Equations by Fabio Durastante (University of Pisa, IT), Mariarosa Mazza (University of Rome "Tor Vergata", IT)

Porous Media Flow and Transport by Gabriel Wittum (KAUST, SA)

Explicit and hydden structures: spectral analysis and fast solution methods in numerical linear algebra by Pietro Benedusi (Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, CH), Stefano Serra-Capizzano (University of Insubria, Como, IT)

Proceedings

Abstracts and papers

The abstracts and papers are to be sent to: scicom25@parallel.bas.bg. Please indicate the special session (if this is the case) and send a copy to a session organizer. The abstracts (up to 1 page stating clearly the originality of the results) are to be written in standard LaTeX using the provided template. It is assumed that one participant will present not more than one talk.

The length of the papers is limited up to 8 pages. It is highly recommended to prepare the source files for the papers in LaTeX2e using the Springer templates provided on the authors’ page.

Conference fee

The conference fee covers: the booklet of abstracts, conference materials, the publication of conference proceedings, the coffee breaks, the conference reception, the official dinner and excursion.

The fee for accompanying person is 140 EURO.

Bank account

Please indicate: for LSSC'25 and your name.

The registration fee should be received at the Conference bank account free of bank transfer charges.

The late Conference fee is also payable at the registration desk cash in Euro or the equivalent in BGN, 1 EUR = 1.9558 BGN.