Date: Tuesday 9 April 2024 – 15:30 (Europe/London)
Speaker: Dr Katy Clough, STFC Ernest Rutherford Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London
Abstract
The best theory of gravity that we have, Einstein’s theory of General Relativity, can only be solved analytically in simple cases. High performance computing has therefore played an important role in predicting signals from extreme gravity regimes such as the mergers of black holes and potential signals from the Big Bang. In this talk I will discuss both the advantages and the limitations of using HPC to solve such systems, and the outlook going forward for exoscale and beyond.
This seminar is now available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/X9lptQU2aBA
Biography
Dr Katy Clough is a lecturer and Ernest Rutherford Fellow in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London. She studies systems with strong dynamical gravity using numerical simulations, including black holes and the early universe. She is part of the fundamental physics working group for the future space based gravitational wave detector, LISA, and deputy chair of the DiRAC panel for allocating high performance computing time in the UK. Katy’s first degree was in Engineering and her degree in Physics was obtained from the Open University whilst working as a chartered accountant. After her PhD at King’s College London she worked in Goettingen in Germany and in Oxford University in postdoctoral positions.
