Participant Support for the 20th International Meshing Roundtable; Paris, France; October 23-26, 2011

国际网格圆桌会议是一个独特的会议，旨在将专家聚集在一起讨论网格生成和相关主题，这在计算力学和相关领域发挥着重要作用。这对网格生成领域的研究人员来说是一个难得的交流机会，对于从事网格生成研究和相关应用的学生和博士后研究员来说也是一个极好的教育机会。会议可能讨论的主题包括：网格化的CAD和计算几何问题，表面和体积网格的生成，分析和/或演示，软件设计，以及有限元/体积分析应用的影响，几何建模，计算机图形学，科学可视化，以及其他新的应用。该活动将于2011年10月23日至26日在法国巴黎举行。这也是过去20年来，这一会议首次在美国以外举行。会议包括四个短期课程、会议论文演示、研究笔记演示、海报会议和针对学生和博士后的专业发展会议。该活动的更广泛影响包括对现代技术至关重要的研究领域的知识传播。研讨会将包括研究生、博士后和年轻研究人员。此次活动将汇聚来自学术界、国家实验室和工业界的国际研究人员和开发人员，在一个刺激、开放的环境中分享关于网格生成和相关主题的技术信息。

The International Meshing Roundtable is a unique conference that aims to bring experts together to discuss mesh generation and related topics, which plays an important role in computational mechanics and related areas. This is a rare opportunity for researchers in the field of mesh generation to exchange ideas and also an excellent educational opportunity for students and postdoctoral fellows who are working on the meshing research and related applications. Potential topics for discussion in the conference include: CAD and computational geometry issues for meshing, surface and volume mesh generation, analysis and/or demonstration, software design, and implications of application on finite element/volume analysis, geometric modeling, computer graphics, scientific visualization, and other novel applications. The event will be held on October 23-26, 2011, in Paris, France. This is also the first time that this conference will be held outside the US in the past two decades. The conference includes four short courses, presentation of conference papers, presentation of research notes, a poster session, and a professional development session targeting students and postdocs.The broader impact of the event consists of knowledge dissemination of a field of research essential to modern technologies. The symposium will include graduate students, post-docs and young researchers. The event will bring together international researchers and developers from academia, national labs, and industry in a stimulating, open environment to share technical information on mesh generation and related topics.