Sydney, Earthbyte group — 28 March 2025
Rhodri Davies and Sia Ghelichkhan visited the Earthbyte group at the University of
Sydney. They presented recent developments targetting global geodynamical models and
their interaction with plate-reconstruction frameworks, via GPlates and its PyGPlates
Python interface. A particular focus of this workshop was model output, with an emphasis
on the tools available to post-process and interrogate global 3-D spherical models.
Munich, LMU — 06 May 2025
Sia Ghelichkhan visited the Computational Geodynamics group at LMU Munich and provided
an overview of recent progress on the G-ADOPT platform. The visit included discussions
on potential collaborations across multiple fronts, including adjoint methods and links
to mineral physics models, with an emphasis on expanding the platform's applicability to
broader geodynamic research.
Paris, IPGP — 09 May 2025
Thomas Duvernay visited IPGP and gave an overview of Firedrake and G-ADOPT to institute
members. The presentation included an introduction with hands-on examples of
Firedrake-based simulations alongside a discussion and overview of recent G-ADOPT
developments. The objective was to provide an as-complete-as-possible first look of
Firedrake and G-ADOPT to potential new users.
Zurich, ETH — 10 May 2025
Sia Ghelichkhan visited the Seismology and Wave Physics group at ETH Zurich to present
the initial results from the GeoDynamic Preliminary Reference Earth Model (G-PREM),
developed using the REVEAL workflow. The visit provided an opportunity to gather
feedback and discuss future integration of seismic and geodynamic data in joint
modelling efforts.
