Workshop Programme

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Training Day − January 27, 2026
Location: Room 2.8 at the “Campus Auga” building
09:30−13:00 Practical session for USERS: learn how to set up and run simulations in DualSPHysics
13:00−14:30 Lunch
14:30−18:00 Practical session for DEVELOPERS: learn how to modify and compile the source code
Day 1 − January 28, 2026
Location: Room “Marie Curie” at the Polytechnic building
08:30−09:15 Registration
09:15−09:30 Welcome remarks
09:30−10:20 Guest Keynote Lecture: SPH applied to complex Fluid Structure Interaction problems: key points and examples of challenging cases. Guillaume Oger (Ecole Centrale Nantes/CNRS, France)
10:20−11:00 Coffee break
11:00−12:00 Delegates Session 1 Chair: TBD
12:00−13:00 Delegates Session 2 Chair: TBD
13:00−15:00 Lunch
15:00−16:30 Developers Talks 1 Chair: TBD
Novelties on v6.0 BETA DualSPHysics team
Efficient multi-GPU execution of DualSPHysics: design, challenges, and results José Domínguez
Updates on boundary and initial conditions: How to check for normals Aaron English
Variable resolution in DualSPHysics: developments and applications Francesco Ricci
16:30−17:00 Coffee break
17:00−18:00 Delegates Session 3 Chair: TBD
Day 2 − January 29, 2026
Location: Room “Marie Curie” at the Polytechnic building
09:30−10:20 Developer Keynote Lecture: Recent Advances in DualSPHysics: ALE-SPH formulation, non-conservative pressure, and divergence cleaning. Renato Vacondio (University of Parma, Italy)
10:20−11:00 Coffee break
11:00−12:00 Delegates Session 4 Chair: TBD
12:00−13:00 Delegates Session 5 Chair: TBD
13:00−15:00 Lunch
15:00−16:30 Developers Talks 2 Chair: TBD
Integrating DualSPHysics and Chrono with DSPHChronoLib Iván Martínez Estévez
GeoDualSPHysics: New Geomechanics Model in DualSPHysics Ruofeng Feng
Porting and Optimizing DualSPHysics for Heterogeneous Architectures Using Kokkos and SYCL Chunze Cen
Wiki documentation for DualSPHysics: work in progress Bonaventura Tagliafierro
16:30−17:00 Coffee break
17:00−17:20 Q&A panel with the DualSPHysics Team DualSPHysics Team
17:20−17:30 Student prize and closing remarks
20:30−22:30 Banquet (location here)