Personal website of Michael E. Rowan

Publications

R. Jambunathan, H. Jones, L. Corrales, H. Klion, M.E. Rowan, A. Myers, W. Zhang, & J.-L. Vay (2025). "Application of mesh refinement to relativistic magnetic reconnection." In Physics of Plasmas 32 013905.
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A. Chow, M.E. Rowan, L. Sironi, J. Davelaar, G. Bodo, & R. Narayan (2023). "Linear analysis of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in relativistic magnetized symmetric flows." In Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 524 1.
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H. Klion, R. Jambunathan, M.E. Rowan, E. Yang, D. Willcox, J.-L. Vay, R. Lehe, A. Myers, A. Huebl, & W. Zhang (2023). "Particle-in-cell Simulations of Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection with Advanced Maxwell Solver Algorithms." In The Astrophysical Journal 952 1.
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A. Chow, J. Davelaar, M.E. Rowan, & L. Sironi (2023). "The Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability at the Boundary of Relativistic Magnetized Jets." In The Astrophysical Journal Letters 951 L23.
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E.D. Kramer & M. Rowan (2022). "Revisiting the dark matter—Comet shower connection." In Physics of the Dark Universe 35, 100960.
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K. Ibrahim, T. Nguyen, H.A. Nam, W. Bhimji, S. Farrell, L. Oliker, M. Rowan, N. Wright, & S. Williams (2021). "Architectural Requirements for Deep Learning Workloads in HPC Environments." In PMBS21: International Workshop on Performance Modeling, Benchmarking, and Simulation of High-Performance Computer Systems 2021.
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M.E. Rowan, K.N. Gott, J. Deslippe, A. Huebl, M. Thévenet, R. Lehe, & J.-L. Vay (2021). "In-situ assessment of device-side compute work for dynamic load balancing in a GPU-accelerated PIC code." In PASC21: Proceedings of the Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference 2021.
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A. Myers, A. Almgren, L.D. Amorim, J. Bell, L. Fedeli, L. Ge, K. Gott, D.P. Grote, M. Hogan, A. Huebl, R. Jambunathan, R. Lehe, C. Ng, M. Rowan, O. Shapoval, M. Thévenet, J.-L. Vay, H. Vincenti, E. Yang, N. Zaïm, W. Zhang, Y. Zhao, & E. Zoni (2021). "Porting WarpX to GPU-accelerated platforms." In Parallel Computing 108, 102833.
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J.-L. Vay, A. Huebl, A. Almgren, L.D. Amorim, J. Bell, L. Fedeli, L. Ge, K. Gott, D.P. Grote, M. Hogan, R. Jambunathan, R. Lehe, A. Myers, C. Ng, M. Rowan, O. Shapoval, M. Thévenet, H. Vincenti, E. Yang, N. Zaïm, W. Zhang, Y. Zhao, & E. Zoni (2021). "Modeling of a chain of three plasma accelerator stages with the WarpX electromagnetic PIC code on GPUs." In Physics of Plasmas 28 023105.
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L. Sironi, M.E. Rowan, & R. Narayan (2021). "Reconnection-driven Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Shear Flows." In The Astrophysical Journal Letters 907 L44.
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J.-L. Vay, A. Almgren, L.D. Amorim, J. Bell, L. Ge, K. Gott, D.P. Grote, M. Hogan, A. Huebl, R. Jambunathan, R. Lehe, A. Myers, C. Ng, J. Park, M. Rowan, O. Shapoval, M. Thévenet, W. Zhang, Y. Zhao, & E. Zoni (2020). "Toward the modeling of chains of plasma accelerator stages with WarpX." In Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1596 012059.
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M.E. Rowan, L. Sironi, & R. Narayan (2019). "Electron and Proton Heating in Transrelativistic Guide Field Reconnection." In The Astrophysical Journal 873 1.
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A. Chael, M.E. Rowan, R. Narayan, M.D. Johnson, & L. Sironi (2018). "The role of electron heating physics in images and variability of the Galactic Centre black hole Sagittarius A*." In Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 478 4.
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M.E. Rowan, L. Sironi, & R. Narayan (2017). "Electron and Proton Heating in Transrelativistic Magnetic Reconnection." In The Astrophysical Journal 850 29.
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J.E. Stalnaker, H.M.G. Ayer, J.H. Baron, A. Nuñez, & M.E. Rowan (2017). "Measurement of the 4S1/2 → 6S1/2 transition frequency in atomic potassium via direct frequency-comb spectroscopy." In Physical Review A 96, 012504.
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R. Bosch, T. Chartier, & M. Rowan (2016). "Minimalist Approaches to Figurative Maze Design." In The Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects: Research in Recreational Math.
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J.E. Stalnaker, S.L. Chen, M.E. Rowan, K. Nguyen, T. Pradhananga, C.A. Palm, & D.F.J. Kimball (2012). "Velocity-selective direct frequency-comb spectroscopy of atomic vapors." In Physical Review A 86, 033832.
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Dissertation & thesis

M.E. Rowan (2019). Dissipation of Magnetic Energy in Collisionless Accretion Flows. Doctoral Dissertation, Harvard University.
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M.E. Rowan (2013). Doppler-Free Saturated Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Lithium Using a Stabilized Frequency Comb. Undergraduate Thesis, Oberlin College.
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Presentations

M.E. Rowan & N.P. Malaya (2026). "HPC-AI Co-Design for the Exascale APU." Talk given at PP26: SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing 2026 [in-person], Berlin, Germany.
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M.E. Rowan & N.P. Malaya (2025). "Harnessing the Capabilities of an APU: Software and Hardware Co-Design for Emerging Supercomputers." Talk given at CSE25: SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering 2025 [in-person], Fort Worth, TX, USA.
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M.E. Rowan & N.P. Malaya (2024). "Architecting an APU: Hardware and Software Co-Design for Exascale Systems." Talk given at PP24: SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing 2024 [in-person], Baltimore, MD, USA.
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M.E. Rowan (2023). "Software & Hardware Co-Design for Exascale Scientific Computing." Talk given at GPUs for Science Day 2023 [in-person], Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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M.E. Rowan (2022). "Convergence of HPC & AI: Instinct Tools & Software." Talk given at AMD HPC User Forum [virtual].
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M.E. Rowan (2021). "In-Situ Assessment of Device-Side Compute Work for Dynamic Load Balancing in a GPU-Accelerated PIC Code." Talk given at PASC21: Proceedings of the Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference 2021 [virtual], Geneva, Switzerland.
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M.E. Rowan (2020). "Introduction to CUDA: Profiling Tools." Talk given at GPUs for Science 2020 [virtual], Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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M.E. Rowan (2020). "Use of CUDA Profiling Tools Interface (CUPTI) for Profiling Asynchronous GPU Activity." Talk given at Computing Sciences Postdoc Symposium 2020 [in-person], Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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M.E. Rowan (2019). "Magnetic dissipation in collisionless accretion flows." Talk given at Dissertation Defense [in-person], Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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M.E. Rowan, L. Sironi, & R. Narayan (2017). "Electron and Proton Heating in Transrelativistic Magnetic Reconnection." Mini-talk given at Joint Space-science Institute (JSI) Workshop 2017 [in-person], Annapolis, MD, USA.
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M.E. Rowan (2016). "Electron Heating in Quasi-Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection." Talk given at Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics Networks (TCAN) Collaboration Meeting 2016 [in-person], Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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M.E. Rowan (2013). "Precision Atomic Spectroscopy of Lithium." Talk given at Physics Honors Colloquium [in-person], Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, USA.
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M.E. Rowan (2012). "Precision Atomic Spectroscopy of Lithium." Talk given at Oberlin College Research Fellowship Symposium 2012 [in-person], Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, USA.
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M.E. Rowan (2011). "Two-Photon Direct Frequency Comb Spectroscopy of Potassium." Talk given at Oberlin College Research Fellowship Symposium 2011 [in-person], Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, USA.
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Posters

M.E. Rowan, J.R. Deslippe, K.N. Gott, A. Huebl, R. Lehe, A.T. Myers, M. Thévenet, J.-L. Vay, & W. Zhang (2020). "Use of CUDA Profiling Tools Interface (CUPTI) for Profiling Asynchronous GPU Activity." Poster presented at Exascale Computing Project (ECP) Annual Meeting 2020 [in-person], Houston, TX, USA.
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M.E. Rowan, L. Sironi, & R. Narayan (2017). "Electron and Proton Heating in Transrelativistic Magnetic Reconnection." Poster presented at Joint Space-Science Institute (JSI) Workshop 2017 [in-person], Annapolis, MD, USA.
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M.E. Rowan, S. Chen, & J.E. Stalnaker (2012). "Two-Photon Direct Frequency Comb Spectroscopy of Rubidium." Poster presented at Ohio Five Summer Research Symposium 2012 [in-person], Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH, USA.
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M.E. Rowan, J.H. Baron, S. Chen, & J.E. Stalnaker (2011). "Two-Photon Direct Frequency Comb Spectroscopy of Potassium." Poster presented at Ohio Five Summer Research Symposium 2011 [in-person], Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH, USA.
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Software

J.-L. Vay, A. Myers, A. Almgren, L.D. Amorim, J. Bell, L. Fedeli, L. Ge, K. Gott, D.P. Grote, M. Hogan, A. Huebl, R. Jambunathan, R. Lehe, C. Ng, J. Park, M. Rowan, O. Shapoval, M. Thévenet, H. Vincenti, E. Yang, N. Zaïm, W. Zhang, Y. Zhao, & E. Zoni (2023). "WarpX: Time-based electromagnetic and electrostatic Particle-in-Cell code." In Astrophysics Source Code Library, ascl:2307.038.
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M.E. Rowan, A. Huebl, K.N. Gott, J. Deslippe, M. Thévenet, R. Lehe, & J.-L. Vay (2021). Supplementary material for "In-Situ Assessment of Device-Side Compute Work for Dynamic Load Balancing in a GPU-Accelerated PIC Code." In Zenodo, doi:10.5281/zenodo.4708449.
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