Description and Aim

Collaborative Computational Projects (CCPs) are established, inclusive national communities that support large-scale scientific software development, maintenance, distribution, training, user support, and knowledge exchange. Hundreds of UK researchers participate in EPSRC-supported CCPs, with strong international and industrial links that help maintain the UK’s leadership in computational science and engineering.

The Engineering CCP Conference aims to become a UK cross-disciplinary computational engineering conference, bringing together researchers, software developers, and industry engineers from CCPs and related computational engineering communities. The conference spans computational engineering and applied computational science, including wave and ocean engineering, nuclear thermal hydraulics, quantum computing, turbulence, fluid engineering, multiphysics modelling, high-performance computing, software development, and emerging AI/ML-enabled approaches. It provides a shared forum for communities, including CCP-WSI, CCP-NTH, CCP-QC, CCP-Turbulence and other related communities to showcase recent advances, share best practice, identify common software and modelling challenges, and explore opportunities for cross-community collaboration.

The conference will highlight not only scientific advances, but also practical experience, community software developments, benchmark studies, reproducible workflows, and successful applications that may benefit the wider computational engineering community. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with expertise across different areas of computational engineering, build new connections, and help shape future directions for the UK computational engineering community.

Programme

We welcome people from a wide range of backgrounds, including academia, industry, software development, and other related computational projects. The programme aims to encourage broad participation across computational engineering and applied computational science through presentations, discussion, networking, and cross-community exchange, providing a supportive environment for participants to present their work, receive constructive feedback, develop professional networks, and engage with researchers and developers from across the Engineering CCP community. PhD students and Early Career Researchers are particularly encouraged to attend and contribute, while the conference remains open to all participants interested in advancing computational engineering in the UK.

The conference will include research presentations, poster sessions, community discussions, and networking opportunities. Depending on the final programme, dedicated activities may include short introductions, discussion sessions, and other formats designed to support knowledge exchange and career development.

Contributions are welcome from across the Engineering CCP landscape, including but not limited to:

• • • computational methods for engineering applications;
    • fluid dynamics, turbulence, multiphase flow, and heat transfer;
    • wave–structure interaction, ocean engineering, and offshore systems;
    • nuclear thermal hydraulics and safety-relevant computational modelling;
    • quantum computing approaches for engineering and scientific computing;
    • multiphysics and multiscale modelling;
    • high-performance computing, exascale readiness, and software optimisation;
    • reduced-order modelling, surrogate modelling, and machine-learning-enhanced simulation;
    • verification, validation, uncertainty quantification, and benchmark studies;
    • open-source software development, community codes, and reproducible workflows;
    • successful applications, lessons learned, and future challenges.

The Engineering CCP Conference will take place over two days and will follow a single-track programme, with all sessions held in the main conference room.

Other Details

The conference will take place in Oxford and will be held in-person only. Registration is free of Charge, and details on how to register will be shared in due course.

Further details about the programme and venue will be provided nearer the time, together with advice on travel, accommodation, and local information.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about the Engineering CCP Conference, please contact:

• • Rachel Tregidgo: rachel.tregidgo@eng.ox.ac.uk
  • Tianyang Zhao: tianyang.zhao@eng.ox.ac.uk

We look forward to receiving your contributions and welcoming the Engineering CCP community to Oxford.

Application Process

As part of the conference programme, we invite participants to submit abstracts presenting recent progress, ongoing work, new methods, software developments, benchmark studies, applications, or community activities relevant to computational engineering.

Abstracts may be considered for oral presentations and/or poster presentations.

Please submit your abstract using the following details:

• • Abstract length: Maximum one A4 page, including up to one figure, figure captions and references if any
  • Submission format: [PDF]
  • Submission route: [online form]
  • Abstract submission deadline: [30 June, 2026]

Applicants will be notified via email if they have been successful no later than Friday 31 July 2026.

Research Posters and Poster Prizes

Posters will be displayed during the Engineering CCP Conference and will provide an opportunity for participants to present their work in an informal and interactive setting.

Participation in the poster session offers:

• • constructive and impartial discussion of your work with peers;
  • visibility within the wider Engineering CCP community;
  • opportunities to build connections and explore future collaboration;
  • a platform for all the participants to showcase ongoing or recently completed work.

Poster presenters will be eligible for poster prizes, including first, second, and third prizes, which will be announced during the conference.

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