The conference will be located in Paris, Institut Henri Poincare and it will be hosted by LPMTM, University Paris 13.

The symposyum is the fourth in a series of US-France symposia of the International Center for Applied Computational Mechanics (ICACM). ICACM is a partnership between several French and American Universities with the scope of promoting joint research at the forefront of computational mechanics.

The scope of the ICACM 2010 conference is to highlight recent advances in all aspects related to scale transition in crystal plasticity, with focus on the challenges associated with the understanding and modeling of this class of complex interactions. Beyond the US-France cooperation fostering objective, the organizers have the intention to mix scientists of different backgrounds (mathematics, computational mechanics, visualization techniques, materials) and different areas of expertise (experiments, models, analysis, theory).

The following topics will be included:
-Innovative characterization technics (multiscale characterization, SEM-TEM coupling, TEM-Microdiffraction coupling, in-situ mechanical tests, recrystalization process, shear band localization, image correlation, displacement field measurements, tomography...)
-Computational crystal plasticity (dislocation dynamics and ab-initio calculations, microstructure evolution of polycrystals, comparison between FE, Fast Fourier Transform and self-consistent approaches, intra-granular slip, heterogeneities, geo-materials, discrete approaches,...)
-Computational design of material (virtual micro-structures and related properties, phase arrangements, ductility and hardening, ...)