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['Anders Logg' <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds good!

-- 
Anders


On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 09:06:36PM +0200, Achim Schroll wrote:
> I can contribute with a note on "automatic calibration of depositional
> models using DOLFIN".
> 
> Best regards, Achim
> 
> Achim Schroll [ simula . research laboratory ] 
> computational geoscience - turning rocks into knowledge.
> 
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: sc-owner@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:sc-owner@xxxxxxxxx] För Anders Logg
> Skickat: den 11 juni 2008 14:52
> Till: Discussion of FEniCS development; sc@xxxxxxxxx
> Kopia: Martin Peters
> Ämne: FEniCS book
> 
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I have talked to Springer about publishing a FEniCS book and they are very
> interested. The plan is to have a draft ready in time for the FEniCS'09
> meeting next summer.
> 
> The book will summarize the current state of FEniCS, function as a reference
> for users, and showcase interesting applications built with FEniCS.
> 
> I therefore invite anyone interested to review the suggested outline below
> and give me feedback (either online or offline). Let me know how and to
> which extent you would like to contribute to the book. I have suggested some
> chapters below, but it's entirely up to the authors to form their
> contribution!
> 
> The suggested deadline for contributions (title + authors) is October 1
> 2008, with a final deadline for the finished chapters on May 1 2009, after
> which we will have a review process.
> 
> The book will consist of four parts:
> 
>   Part 0:
>     Introduction  (20-50 pages)
>     Tutorial      (20-30 pages)
> 
>   Part I: Methodology (10 x 15 pages)
> 
>     This part will contain summaries/reviews of published results,
>     but could also contain new results.
> 
>   Part II: Implementation (10 x 30 pages)
> 
>     This part will give a detailed presentation of our packages and
>     their design by the package authors, more in the style of
>     tutorials than journal papers. Other contributions may include
>     discussions of particular aspects not related to a specific
>     package like code generation and interface design.
> 
>    Part III: Application (10 x 15 pages)
> 
>     This part will demonstrate interesting applications where FEniCS
>     has been used as the computing platform. It would be very
>     interesting to receive contributions from people outside the
>     circle of package authors.
> 
> Below follows a list of suggested contributions. This is just from the top
> of my head so consider the titles/authors a rough initial value for further
> iteration.
> 
>   Introduction: Logg (+ others?)
>   Tutorial: Langtangen
> 
>   Methodology:
> 
>     Finite element code generation: Alnaes, Logg, Mardal
>     Finite element assembly: Logg + others
>     Optimal evaluation of finite element variational forms: Kirby, Scott
>     Efficient finite element mesh representation: Karpeev, Knepley, Logg?
>     Computing finite element basis functions: Kirby, Mardal
>     A gallery of finite elements: Kirby? Terrel? Rognes? Mardal? Logg?
>     Stabilized Galerkin: Hoffman, Johnson
> 
>   Implementation
> 
>     DOLFIN: Logg, Wells, Oelgaard
>     FErari: Kirby
>     FFC: Logg, Oelgaard, Rognes, Wells
>     FIAT: Kirby
>     Instant: Mardal
>     SyFi: Mardal, Alnaes
>     UFC: Alnaes, Logg, Mardal, Skavhaug, Langtangen
>     UFL: Alnaes, Logg, Mardal
>     Unicorn: Hoffman, Jansson
>     Viper: Skavhaug
> 
>     Generic linear algebra interfaces: Alnaes, Logg, Mardal, Skavhaug, Wells
>     A note on build systems: Knepley, Odegard
>     Gotran: Skavhaug
>     Exterior calculus: Logg, Mardal
>     Sieve?
> 
>   Application
> 
>     Contributions from CBC
>     Contributions from KTH
>     Contributions from Umeå
>     Contributions from Argonne?
> 
>     Something on inverse problems: Myklebust, Mardal, Nielsen
>     Something on flow problems: Valen-Sendstad, Logg, Mardal
>     Something on electro-mechanics: Alnaes, Sundnes
>     Something on FSI: Selim
> 
>     Other contributors: Narayanan, Schroll, Lines, Ostien, Lindbo,
>     Hake, Brown, Nazarov, Lopes, Wilbers, Voigt, Kaasbjerg, etc
> 
>   Appendix
> 
>     Summary of notation (Logg)
>     UFC reference cells
>     UFC numbering of mesh entities
>     Something about Scons?
>     Something about SWIG?
> 
> PS: Further discussion of this topic will take place on the fenics-dev
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