Eric Lorenz
postdoctorial researcher
  email:
e.lorenz()uva.nl
  phone: +31 20 525 7562
  mailing address: Instituut voor Informatica
Postbus 94323
1090 GH Amsterdam
  visitors address: Science Park 904
1098 XH Amsterdam
  room: C.3.158
 
Research
Simulation Techniques
  - Lattice-Boltzmann (LBM) suspension modeling
  - agent based simulations
  - multi-scale modeling
  - distributed multi-scale computing
Applications
  - rheology of suspensions (focus on shear-thickening)
  - modeling of blood flow incl RBC's and platelets
  - modeling of in-stent restenosis and thrombosis

see these two selected posters for an overview:

and check these websites for previous and current project collaborations:
 
Publications
[] Foundations of Distributed Multiscale Computing: Formalization, Specification, Analysis and Execution, J. Borgdorff, J.-L. Falcone, E. Lorenz, C. Bona-Casas, B. Chopard, A. G. Hoekstra; submitted to JPDC, 2011.
[] Towards Distributed Multiscale Simulation of Biological Processes, J. Bernsdorf, G. Berti, B. Chopard, J. Hegewald, M. Krafczyk, E. Lorenz, A. Hoekstra and D. Wang; Proceedings of 7th IEEE Int. Conf. on e-Science, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2011.
[] A principled approach to distributed multiscale computing, from formalization to execution, J. Borgdorff, J.-L. Falcone, E. Lorenz, B. Chopard and A. Hoekstra; Proceedings of 7th IEEE Int. Conf. on e-Science, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2011.
[www] Heterogeneous Multiscale Simulations of Suspension Flow, E. Lorenz, A.G. Hoekstra; Multiscale Model. Simul. 9, pp. 1301-1326, 2011.
[www] Multi-scale simulations of the dynamics of in-stent restenosis: impact of stent deployment and design, H. Tahir et al.; published online, Interface Focus, Royal Society, 2011.
[doi] A Complex Automata approach for in-stent restenosis: Two-dimensional multiscale modelling and simulations, A. Caiazzo et al.; JoCS 2, 9, 2011.
[pdf] Multi-scale Simulations with Complex Automata: Instent Restenosis and Suspension Flow; E. Lorenz; doctoral thesis, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2010. (12MB)
[] Complex Automata: Multi-scale Modeling with Coupled Cellular Automata. Hoekstra, A.G., Caiazzo, A., Lorenz, E., Falcone, J.-L. & Chopard, B., In A.G. Hoekstra, J. Kroc & P.M.A. Sloot (Eds.), Simulating Complex Systems by Cellular Automata (Understanding Complex Systems), Springer, 2010.
[] Complex Automata models for tissue growth in a stented artery; A. Caiazzo, J.-L. Falcone, D.J.W. Evans, E. Lorenz, J. Hegewald, A.G. Hoekstra, B. Chopard, R. Hose and P.V. Lawford; in Proceedings of European Consortium For Mathematics In Industry, ECMI08, in Mathematics in Industry; Springer, 2010. ISSN 1612-3956.
[] Towards a Complex Automata for Multiscale Model of In-stent Restenosis; A. Caiazzo, D. Evans, J.-L. Falcone, J. Hegewald, E. Lorenz, B. Stahl, D. Wang, J. Bernsdorf, B. Chopard, J. Gunn, R. Hose, M. Krafczyk, P. Lawford, A. Hoekstra; ICCS 2009, LNCS 5544, 705; Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
[www] Lees-Edwards Boundary Conditions for Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Suspension Flow; E. Lorenz, A. Caiazzo, A.G. Hoekstra; Phys. Rev. E 79, 036706, 2009.
[www] Corrected Momentum Exchange for Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Suspension Flow; E. Lorenz, A. Caiazzo, A.G. Hoekstra; Phys. Rev. E 79, 036705, 2009.
[pdf] Towards a Complex Automata Framework for Multi-scale Modeling: Formalism and the Scale Separation Map; A. Hoekstra, E. Lorenz, J.-L. Falcone, B. Chopard; Int. J. Mult. Eng. 5, 491, 2007.
[pdf] Numerical tests of local scale invariance in ageing q-state Potts models; E. Lorenz and W. Janke; Europhys. Lett. 77, 10003, 2007.
[pdf] Phase Ordering and Aging Phenomena in Potts Models; E. Lorenz; diploma thesis, Universitaet Leipzig, 2005. (4750KB)
[pdf] Parallelization of the Fast Multipole Method; E. Lorenz; Technical Report IB-2003-10, Research Centre Juelich, 2003. (153KB)
Posters
[pdf] Modeling Multiscale Complex Systems: A Methodological Approach; A.G. Hoekstra, E. Lorenz, A. Caiazzo, J.-L. Falcone, B. Chopard; FET09, Prague, 2009.
[] Complex Automata Model for in-stent restenosis: coupling blood flow and cellular tissue growth; A.Caiazzo, E.Lorenz, D.W.Evans, B.Stahl, R.Hose, P.Lawford, A.G.Hoekstra; Summer workshop Mathematics for Biology and Medicine, Nottingham, 07th - 10th July, 2008.
[pdf] Complex Automata Simulation Technique for Multi-scale Multi-science Systems; A.G. Hoekstra, A. Caiazzo, E. Lorenz; SIREN, 2007.
[pdf] Numerical Tests of Local Scale Invariance in Ageing q-State Potts Models, Poster, DPG Fruehjahrs-Tagung 2006, Dresden. (1070KB)
[pdf] Phase-Ordering and Aging Phenomena in Potts Models, Poster, DPG Fruehjahrs-Tagung 2005, Berlin. (4001KB)
[ps] Short-time Dynamics of the 2d Ising Model, Poster, DPG Fruehjahrs-Tagung 2004, Regensburg. (1623KB)
Service to the Scientific Community
reviewer for journals: Physical Review E, Journal of Computational Science, Future Generation Computer Systems, Computer Physics Communications, and conferences: ICCS, ICMMES
organizer of: DMC (Workshop on Distributed Multiscale Computing), ICMMES
 
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