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International Meshing Roundtable
AbbreviationIMR
DisciplineMesh generation, computational geometry
Publication details
PublisherSociety for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (since 2022)
History1992–present
FrequencyAnnual

The International Meshing Roundtable (IMR) is an annual academic conference focused on mesh generation and related computational geometry and numerical simulation topics. Established in 1992, the conference features peer-reviewed papers, research notes, posters, invited talks, and tutorials. Since 2022, it has been organized as the SIAM International Meshing Roundtable Workshop under the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), colocated with either the SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing or the SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering.[1]


History

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The IMR was founded in 1992 by Ted Blacker of Sandia National Laboratories. For its first 29 years it was organized and sponsored by Sandia. Proceedings have been published through several outlets, including Sandia technical reports, Springer, Elsevier’s Procedia Engineering, Zenodo, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, and SIAM.[2][3]

A 2015 report from the University of Texas at Austin described the IMR as "recognized as an international focal point annually attended by researchers and developers from dozens of countries." The same report noted that the meeting began in 1992 as a small event and by 2015 had grown to include invited banquet speakers, such as Chandrajit Bajaj at the 24th IMR.[4]

Since 2022, IMR has been officially structured as a SIAM workshop. SIAM News reported in 2025 that SIAM publishes the proceedings of the workshop as part of its proceedings portfolio.[5]

CAPES has classified the International Meshing Roundtable in its Qualis (Computação) system, which evaluates academic publishing venues in Brazil. Its ratings have varied across evaluation cycles: B5 in 2010,[6] B1 in 2012,[7] B2 in 2016,[8] and was not listed in the 2017–2020 tables.

Format

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The conference program typically includes double-blind reviewed papers, extended abstracts, posters, plenary talks, tutorials, and panel discussions. Selected extended papers are sometimes invited for special issues in journals such as Computer-Aided Design and Engineering with Computers.[9][10]

Recognition and awards

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The IMR presents awards for best papers, student papers, and posters, and names an annual IMR Fellow. In 2018, founder Ted Blacker received a one-time Lifetime Achievement Award upon his retirement from Sandia National Laboratories.

University news outlets have covered IMR awards. For example, in 2019 the University of Houston reported that a PhD student received National Science Foundation travel support to attend the 27th IMR.[11] In 2021, the University of Kansas reported that Suzanne Shontz became the first woman to receive the IMR Fellow Award, which recognizes research accomplishments in mesh generation and service to the community.[12] In 2025, Carnegie Mellon University reported that Jessica Zhang was named IMR Fellow and that her group received the Best Student Paper award at the Fort Worth meeting.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "SIAM conferences". Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  2. ^ Lober, R.R.; Blacker, T.D., eds. (1996). Proceedings of the 3rd International Meshing Roundtable. Engineering with Computers. Vol. 12. Springer. doi:10.1007/BF01198729.
  3. ^ Persson, P.-O., ed. (2014). Proceedings of the 23rd International Meshing Roundtable. Procedia Engineering. Vol. 82. Elsevier. ISBN 9781634395014.
  4. ^ "Bajaj gives talk to International Meshing Roundtable". Oden Institute News. University of Texas at Austin. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Safeguarding Quality in a Changing Landscape". SIAM News. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Qualis – Ciência da Computação (2010)" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CAPES. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  7. ^ "Comunicado nº 004/2012 – Qualis Conferências em Ciência da Computação" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CAPES. 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  8. ^ "Qualis Conferências – Ciência da Computação (2016)" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CAPES. 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  9. ^ Knupp, Patrick; Staten, Matthew, eds. (2013). "Special Issue on the International Meshing Roundtable". Computer-Aided Design. 45 (12). Elsevier.
  10. ^ "Editorial". Engineering with Computers. 21 (3). Springer. 2005. doi:10.1007/s00366-005-0313-9 (inactive 17 September 2025).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of September 2025 (link)
  11. ^ "Enabling Simulations: Hexahedral Mesh Generation". NSM News. University of Houston. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  12. ^ "KU engineering professor becomes first woman to win International Meshing Award". KU Engineering News. University of Kansas. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  13. ^ "News Mentions – March 2025". Mechanical Engineering News. Carnegie Mellon University. March 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
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