Progress toward the first simulations of binary black holes holes with SpECTRE

Numerical-relativity calculations of binary black holes are crucial tools for modeling and interpreting gravitational-wave observations. Future gravitational-wave observatories on Earth and in space will require waveform models that are much more accurate than numerical relativity can currently achieve. SpECTRE is a next-generation numerical-relativity code that aims to achieve much greater accuracy than is possible today, by employing techniques such as adopting a Discontinuous Galerkin method and task-based parallelism. In this talk, I will discuss progress toward SpECTRE's first simulations of merging black holes.