2019 USJ MHDW Agenda - Google Drive


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2	24th Workshop on MHD Stability Control: Key MHD Control Issues on the Path Towards a Compact Fusion Pilot Plant
3	Invited Presentations (I): 25 minutes + 10 for discussion & questions
4	Contributed Presentations: 15 minutes + 5 for discussion & questions
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6	Day 1: Monday October 28
7	Start Time	Session Title	Presenter or Chair	Affiliation
8	8:15	Registration
9	8:45	Welcome & Announcements	Nikolas Logan	Program Chair
10	8:45	Welcome & Announcements	Gerald Navratil	Local Organizer
11		MHD Control Actuators	Nikolas Logan
12	9:00	ECE-based Tearing Mode Suppression and Equilibrium Reconstruction	Oak Nelson (I)	Princeton University
13	9:35	RF Current Condensation and Suppression of Magnetic Islands	Allan Reiman	Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
14	9:55	MHD Properties of Tearing Stabilized Regime by Rotating External 3d Field in the Presence of Error Field	Michio Okabayashi	Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
15	10:15	Coffee break
16	10:35	Effects of external RMPs on locked-mode-like instabilities in LHD and comparison with locked mode behavior	Yuki Takemura (I)	National Institute for Fusion Science
17	11:10	Active Control of Kink Modes Using a Non-magnetic, Extreme Ultraviolet Sensor Array	Jeffrey Levesque	Columbia University
18	11:30	Active MHD control with a bias probe array in HBT-EP	John Brooks	Columbia University
19	11:50	Lunch
20		Real-Time Control Systems	Youwen Sun
21	13:20	System identification and real-time control of, the CIII emission front using MANTIS in TCV	Matthijs van Berkel (I)	Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research
22	13:55	Optimized decoupled control of the axisymmetric n=0 plasma instability and of plasma shape in TCV	Federico Pesamosca	Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL
23	14:15	A generic framework for real-time plasma supervision, event handling and actuator management and its application on TCV	Federico Felici (I)	Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL
24	14:50	Model Predictive Control of the X-Divertor in ITER	Josiah Wai	Princeton University
25	15:10	Coffee break
26		MHD Equilibrium Stability	Youwen Sun
27	15:30	MHD stability analysis using automated kinetic equilibria work flow	Zichuan Xing	Princeton University
28	15:50	Equilibria Stability Calculations from the Fixed Point of a Map	Daniel Dudt	Princeton University
29	16:10	Towards new applications of the LIUQE code: Grad-Shafranov equation with the Jacobian Free Newton Krylov method	Francesco Carpanese	Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL
30	16:30	Discussion / Close
31	19:30	Banquet Dinner at Pisticci Restaurant, 125 La Salle St
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33	Day 2: Tuesday October 29
34	Start Time	Session Title	Presenter or Chair	Affiliation
35		Ideal MHD and Locked Modes	Michio Okabayashi
36	9:00	MHD challenges of high beta, high density plasmas for steady-state reactor operation	Francesca Turco	Columbia University
37	9:20	Perturbative response measurements for MHD stability understanding and control	Jeremy Hanson (I)	Columbia University
38	9:55	A dynamical systems interpretation of ideal MHD stability with applications to fast robust calculations and new physical insight	Rory Conlin	Princeton University
39	10:15	Coffee break
40	10:35	Numerical analysis of the locked mode-like instability in helical plasmas	Tomita Hideaki	Nagoya University
41	10:55	Controlled Healing of NTMs by Fueling Pellets in DIII-D and KSTAR and Impact on ECCD Requirements for Complete NTM Stabilization	Laszlo Bardoczi (I)	General Atomics
42	11:30	Discussion
43	12:00	Group photo
44	12:15	Lunch
45		Mode Locking & Error Fields	Jong-Kyu Park
46	13:45	Challenges projecting EF correction tolerances	Nikolas Logan	Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
47	14:05	ITER-proposed error field correction criterion: assessment on present COMPASS and consequences for COMPASS-U design	Tomas Markovic (I)	IPP, Czech Academy of Sciences
48	14:40	Numerical modeling the scaling law for error field penetration	Qiming Hu	Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
49	15:00	Coffee break
50		3D Field Stability Control	Jong-Kyu Park
51	15:20	Simultaneous Control of Multiple n-Number Resistive Wall Modes	Alexander Battey	Columbia University
52	15:40	Bounce-drift resonance on NTV braking in EAST	Youwen Sun	IPP, Chinese Academy of Sciences
53	16:00	Discussion / Close
54	16:30	Laboratory Tours
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56	Day 3: Wednesday October 30
57	Start Time	Session Title	Presenter or Chair	Affiliation
58		Machine Learning Applications MHD Stability Control	Gerald Navratil
59	9:00	Accelerated models and closed-loop testing of model-based control algorithms using TRANSP	Dan Boyer (I)	Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
60	9:35	Machine Learning Plasma Profile Prediction for Model-Predictive Control at DIII-D	Joe Abbate	Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
61	9:55	Progress towards interpretable machine learning-based disruption predictors across tokamaks	Cristina Rea	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
62	10:15	Coffee break
63	10:35	Plasma survival analysis: estimating survival probabilities and expected lifetimes from binary classification and Random Forests	Alex Tinguely (I)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
64	11:10	Disruption Event Characterization and Forecasting Update and Expansion to Real-Time Analysis	Steven Sabbagh	Columbia University
65	11:30	Global Stability of High Beta Spherical Tokamak Plasma and Initial Implementation of Machine Learning Techniques Supporting Disruption Prediction	Jack Berkery (I)	Columbia University
66	12:05	Discussion / Close
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