SIAM IMR27: Meshing Contest

The IMR Committee is pleased to announce that the Meshing Contest will again be part of the SIAM International Meshing Roundtable Workshop.

Important Dates

Note that deadlines are End of Day, Anywhere on Earth.

  • Note of commitment deadline: 14 January 2027
  • Meshing contest entry submission deadline: 15 February 2027

Contest

Participants can submit entries demonstrating the capabilities of their software in the following disciplines:

  • mesh generation
  • mesh post-processing

Surface (triangular, quad-dominant, quad, etc.) or volume (tetrahedral/hexahedral/hex-dominant/pyramid etc.) meshes or a combination of both are acceptable. The poster should include images showing the details of the mesh and the following information:

  • Participant(s) name(s)
  • Affiliation
  • Discipline: mesh generation or mesh post-processing or both
  • Meshing code/product used
  • Mesh size (number of nodes and elements of each type)
  • Meshing use (state the problem of physics/engineering the mesh is intended to be used for, specify analysis type)

The IMR committee has decided on using the following model for this year’s meshing contest. The model can be meshed in its entirety or only a subregion may be focused on.

Session

Meshing contest posters must be printed in A0 format (841 mm x 1189 mm or 33.1” x 46.8”). Authors should prepare a high-resolution, print-ready file (300 dpi minimum for raster images) for printing the poster. This file is needed to produce a high-quality print but is not electronically submitted to the IMR. The printed poster must be brought by the author(s) for display at the poster session. Logistics for printing and getting the poster to the venue are the responsibility of the author(s). Please do not laminate your poster.

Presenters will give a one-minute presentation advertising their meshing contest entry using a single Powerpoint (.ppt) slide. Afterwards, attendees will be encouraged to visit the entries and discuss the details with the presenter. The attendees will be invited to vote on the best meshing contest entry from an aesthetic point of view. The winning entry will receive the Meshing Maestro Award and may be reproduced on the 2028 IMR T-shirt and related IMR promotional materials. The logistics for printing and getting the poster to the venue are the responsibility of the author. Please do not laminate your poster.

Submission

Posters must be provided in an A0 .pdf format (841 mm x 1189 mm or 33.1” x 46.8”) with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.

In addition to bringing a printed poster, a lower-resolution PDF of the meshing contest poster (1–5 MB in size) must be submitted through OpenConf. A completed Online Posting Permission Form must also be uploaded with this lower-resolution PDF. Granting the IMR permission to post the submitted entry online and, if selected as the winner, to reproduce it on the 2028 IMR T-shirt and related IMR promotional materials is optional and will not affect acceptance. However, entries for which permission is not granted will not be eligible for the Meshing Maestro Award.

Please email a note of commitment including the poster titles, authors, abstracts and affiliations to Kendrick Shepherd by 14 January 2027. The deadline to submit a meshing contest entry is 15 February 2027.

To participate in the poster session, one must register and attend the conference.

Contact

For any question or feedback concerning the meshing contest, please contact the meshing contest chairs: