While I was away for #SPHERIC, they delivered a couple of new workstations to the office, so today I spent some time setting one up, installing the OS, checking it matched the specs and testing the hardware. One thing I hadn't realized when we ordered this one is that in addition to the NVIDIA GPUs it would also give access to the integrated AMD‌ GPU. This is, I think, my first system where I have hardware from both vendors (although of very different class).

And it's not even that I don't want to talk about it, I do! Not only there were some very interesting results presented that I would like to mention and possibly talk about (it'll only be a selection, sorry, I hope if other #SPHERIC contributors see my posts they don't get offended for not being mentioned), but there are also some important news that involve me directly and which I'm thrilled about (even though they mean even less free time …)

hätte nicht gedacht das ich mal so weit gehen würde: eine seinerzeit sündhaft teuere Kamera mit Backofenreiniger behandeln. Die Girocam, das meines Wissens erste vollautomatische 360 Grad Kamerasystem zur Erstellung virtueller Durchgänge hat ein Kunststoffgehäuse das sich an seiner Oberfläche zu einem klebrigen Schmier zersetzt. Backofenreiniger ist die Substanz mit der sich dieser Schmier Lösen und Abwischen lässt. Es bleibt spannend ob sie nachher noch funktioniert. #girocam #spheric #kolor

Lauge & AES DANA - Aerochord (Apsis Edit) [ULTIMAE]

#Psybient #Downbeat #Atmospheric #Spheric #BrokenBeat #ElectronicMusic #Electronic #NowListeningTo #nowPlaying #Lauge #AESDANA #Aerochord #ApsisEdit #Terrene #ULTIMAE

https://youtu.be/iW4gUNVN4gc

For a more hands-on learning experience, the upcoming 16th #SPHERIC International Workshop <https://www.spheric2022.it> offers a #TrainingDay fully dedicated to learning the basics of #SmoothedParticleHydrodynamics, from the theory to practical examples with a #FreeSoftware #OpenSource implementation.

There's a lot to learn, and a lot to research, on #SmoothedParticleHydrodynamics. The #SPHERIC Global Seminars <https://www.spheric-sph.org/global-seminars> cover many interesting aspects of the method and its applications, and are an excellent way to whet your appetite and pique your interest.

The community of researchers and industrial users of #SmoothedParticleHydrodynamics is represented by #SPHERIC, an #ERCOFTAC #SIG with the objective of fostering the development of the method and its adoption <https://spheric-sph.org>.
#SPHERIC defined 5 #GrandChallenges for #SPH:
GC1: #convergence, #consistency and #stability
GC2: #BoundaryConditions
GC3: #adaptivity
GC4: Coupling to other models
GC5: Applicability to #industry