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9th Leibniz MMS Days
March 2 - 4, 2026
Frankfurt (Oder)

Focus topic
Computational and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (CFD/GFD)

Developing computational methods for fluid dynamics is pivotal to addressing some of the most pressing technological and scientific challenges of our time and concerns phenomena on various spatial and temporal scales: From understanding large-scale phenomena like ocean currents and predicting hurricanes to modeling the global climate system, simulating heat transfer in high-energy batteries, and analyzing biological, medical, and soft-matter fluid flows such as turbulent blood flow in the human heart or microfluidic transport in lab-on-a-chip systems.

This session invites researchers to delve into fluid dynamics from multiple perspectives and on different scales, blending real-world applications with foundational studies that develop space and time discretization schemes, perform numerical analysis, and design robust computational schemes for multiphysics problems with fluid flows. We aim to spotlight cutting-edge techniques, including novel discretization methods, high-performance computing (CPU/GPU), advanced turbulence modeling, efficient numerical solvers for coupled problems, as well as hybrid and multiscale approaches that bridge continuum mechanics, soft-matter physics, and biophysical modeling.

Recognizing the inherent complexity of CFD/GFD problems – often involving large-scale, coupled systems of partial differential equations – this session also seeks contributions that explore the integration of machine learning for predictive modeling, hybrid approaches that combine traditional numerical solvers with AI-driven or physics-informed methods, and innovative software tools for enhanced computational efficiency across a wide range of applications, from geophysical to biological and soft-matter flows.

Our primary goal is to foster interdisciplinary collaboration among members of the MMS network, providing a platform for exchanging insights, tackling open challenges, and sharing lessons learned across institutions. We particularly encourage young researchers to present their work, offering fresh perspectives and engaging in meaningful discussions that connect geophysical, biological, and soft-matter perspectives within the broader field of computational fluid dynamics.

Contributions are welcome from diverse CFD areas, including but not limited to:

  • Advancements in oceanographic and meteorological fluid dynamics, biophysical, medical, and soft-matter fluid flows, and microfluidic systems,
  • Solutions to open problems in CFD,
  • Innovations in numerical methods and software tools,
  • Applications in industrial processes, such as heat transfer and fluid flow.

We invite all researchers that work in the CFD domain to join this interdisciplinary session.