Conference Service Mandl

abstract: The Mathematics Department at the University of Texas – Pan American will host an NSF/CBMS regional research conference on Nonlinear Water Waves with Applications to Wave-Current Interactions and Tsunamis during the week of May 17-21, 2010. The principal speaker will be Professor Adrian Constantin, Chair of Partial Differential Equations at the University of Vienna, Austria. Additional invited lectures will also be featured by other leading experts, including Professors J. Bona, A. Degasperis, J. Escher, A. S. Fokas, R. Johnson, W. Strauss, J. F. Toland, E. Varvaruca, and possibly others. Participation is open to scientists working at research level on theoretical and practical aspects of the conference’s topic. Some limited support is available for travel and local expenses. Underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

abstract: This conference will be held on the occasion of the 60th birthday of Professor Yuji Kodama. The conference will focus on integrable systems and nonlinear waves.

abstract: Conservation Laws (or balance laws) are systems of partial differential equations which arise naturally as models for a variety of physical phenomena (e.g., fluid dynamics, magneto-hydrodynamics, combustion, oil recovery, and nonlinear elasticity). The primary focus of this summer program will be on recent developments in our understanding of such equations. Beginning with a rapid tutorial phase, the aim of the program will be to expose participants to current areas of active research and to help prepare them to pursue open problems in the field. The program will touch on both theoretical and computational aspects of conservation laws, and application areas (old and new) in which conservation laws play a central role will be highlighted.

abstract: The Research Training Group in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Washington will host a summer school for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students on Inverse Problems & Partial Differential Equations. Students will attend lectures in the morning and problem sessions in small groups with mentors in the afternoon.

abstract: Professors Arthur Jaffe and J. Zinn-Justin have agreed to join us during the opening session on Sunday afternoon July 11. Professor Jaffe will discuss the important role of path integrals in the successes of constructive quantum field theory and Professor J. Zinn-Justin will discuss the importance of path integrals in condensed matter and particle physics. During the conference banquet, Professor Cecile DeWitt-Morette will discuss the history of path integrals and the impact on quantum field theory.

abstract: The main objective of this workshop is to have timely reviews and discussions of recent results and current issues in (1) the mathematical foundations of integral-equation methods and associated fast algorithms, (2) implementations and performance assessments of such methods on a variety of computer architectures, and (3) existing and new application areas. A plethora of computational techniques already exists, and includes tree-codes, pre-corrected fast Fourier transforms, Ewald procedures, and the many classes of fast multipole methods. This workshop will help clarify the relative advantages of existing schemes, and elucidate the trajectories and applications of many methods now under development.

abstract: Inverse Problems are problems where causes for a desired or an observed effect are to be determined. They lie at the heart of scientific inquiry and technological development. Applications include a number of medical as well as other imaging techniques, location of oil and mineral deposits in the earth's substructure, creation of astrophysical images from telescope data, finding cracks and interfaces within materials, shape optimization, model identification in growth processes and, more recently, modelling in the life sciences. During the last 10 yeas or so there has been significant developments both in the mathematical theory and applications of inverse problems. The purpose of the program would be to bring together people working on different aspects of the field, to appraise the current status of development and to encourage interaction between mathematicians and scientists and engineers working directly with the applications.

abstract: This conference is in honor of Willard Miller, Jr., who will be retiring from the University of Minnesota. Topics will include symmetry methods for differential equations, higher symmetries, separation and multi-separation of variables, special functions and orthogonal polynomials, Hamiltonian systems, both classical and quantum, super-integrability and its connections with separability and quasi-exact solvability, and applications to physical systems arising in classical and quantum mechanics and relativity.

abstract: This workshop will survey novel discretization techniques in numerical partial differential equations that address the computational challenges posed by higher dimensions, higher orders, complex spaces, complex geometries, nonlinearities and multiscales. The focus is on new and fundamental methodologies that impact diverse areas of numerical partial differential equations.

abstract: The amount of time required to solve the large scale problems arising from numerical partial differential equations is a major concern in using mathematical models based on partial differential equations. Various fast solution techniques, such as adaptive methods, domain decomposition methods and multilevel methods, have been developed to address this issue. This workshop will survey new developments and challenges in these and other fast solution techniques.

abstract: This program aims at the study of various topics within the area of Free Boundaries Problems, from the viewpoints of theory and applications. Many problems in physics, industry, finance, biology, and other areas can be described by partial differential equations that exhibit apriori unknown sets, such as interfaces, moving boundaries, shocks, etc. The study of such sets, also known as free boundaries, often occupies a central position in such problems. The aim of this program is to gather experts in the field with knowledge of various applied and theoretical aspects of free boundary problems.

abstract: This conference is sponsored by the SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems.

abstract: General topics of the conference: Dynamical Systems, Computational Mathematics, Simulation, Stochastic/Deterministic: Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations, Integral Equations, Integro-Differential Equations, Difference Equations, and related topics.