Developments in numerical methods underpin simulations in 
many ways, for example in any area where high dimensional 
problems are governed by differential equations.  
Computational fluid dynamics has driven many developments 
in this area; however there is a wide range of application 
areas where the problems, and indeed solution techniques 
may be similar.  
The conference will bring together application specialists, 
applied mathematicians, numerical analysts and 
computational scientists who develop and use numerical 
simulations. Applications which focus on data assimilation, 
inverse problems, uncertainties or control, which contain 
as a major component a high-dimensional forward model, will 
also be represented.

The Institute for Computational Fluid Dynamics, founded in 
1983 by Bill Morton and Mike Baines, previously ran a 
successful sequence of international conferences based on 
themes of relevance to fluid dynamics. The IMA conference 
series reprises this original vision, but opens up a wider 
range of themes which are similar to those in fluid 
dynamics, now including all areas of numerical simulation.

Conference themes
For the first IMA Conference on Numerical Methods in 
Simulation, the themes will be:

o	Higher-order discretization methods
o	Methods for uncertainty quantification
o	Multi-physics / multi-material / multi-scale 
simulation
o	High performance computing (including energy 
efficient algorithms and algorithms for emerging 
architectures)
o	Optimization / control / design / inverse problems
o	Numerical analysis / numerical linear algebra and 
preconditioning 

Invited Speakers
Prof Mike Giles (Oxford University Mathematical Institute) 
Prof Michael Hintermueller (Universität zu Berlin) 
Prof Jan Nordbotten (University of Bergen) 
Prof. Dr Ulrich Ruede (University Erlangen-Nuremberg) 
Dr Peter Vincent (Imperial College London) 
Dr Garth Wells (University of Cambridge)
Prof. Dr Barbara Wohlmuth (Technische Universität München)

Submission of Abstracts
Abstracts are requested for contributed talks in any area 
consistent with the conference themes.  Talks will be 
accepted for either oral or poster presentation on the 
basis of a one-page extended abstract in PDF format, which 
should be sent via email to conferences@ima.org.uk by 
Friday 27 March 2015.

All oral presentations will be in plenary sessions.  
Applications are especially encouraged for poster 
presentations, and these will be given higher prominence 
than at other similar conferences.

Proceedings
No formal proceedings will be published, although extended 
abstracts will be distributed to all participants.  
Contributors will retain copyright and are encouraged to 
submit their work to journals, perhaps with an 
acknowledgement that the paper was presented and worked on 
at the 2015 IMA Conference on Numerical Methods for 
Simulation.

Organising committee
Ken Morgan, Swansea University (Chair)
Andy Barlow, AWE
Paul Childs, Schlumberger Gould Research
Dimitris Drikakis, Cranfield University
Patrick Farrell, University of Oxford
Peter Sweby, University of Reading
Rob Scheichl, University of Bath