Michigan Center for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (MCIAM)
Michigan State University


A Two-Day Workshop on Inverse Problems:

Theory, Computation, and Applications


Venue: MSU Kellogg Conference Center
Date: April 19-20, 2010


Workshop Description Organizing Committee Invited Speakers Schedule Workshop Venue Accommodation Registration Support

Workshop Description

The Michigan Center for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (MCIAM) at the Michigan State University is pleased to announce a two-day workshop on April 19-20, 2010, on ``Inverse Problems: Theory, computation, and applications.''

One of the main objectives of the MCIAM center is to expose local, national and international industry to skills and tools that modern applied mathematics can bring to bear on multiscale problems. Problems of interests are non-linear and span many temporal and spatial scales, making these problems challenging from both analytical and numerical perspectives. While modeling has been used as a tool to bridge a wide range of scales, it is the combination of modeling with simulation and analysis that has led to a range of successful tools for exploring these problems; yet there are many problems that remain well beyond the existing capabilities.

This third MCIAM workshop will focus on Theory, Computation, and Applications of Inverse Problems. A main goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers in various fields that involve analysis and computation of inverse problems. The workshop aims to offer a comfortable and spirited gathering at a small scale to promote exchange of ideas between colleagues in computation, analysis, and modeling of inverse problems along with applications, and to explore future research directions.


Organizing Committee

Gang Bao, Department of Mathematics, MSU (Workshop Chair)

Andrew Christlieb, Department of Mathematics, MSU

Patricia Lamm, Department of Mathematics, MSU

Jianliang Qian, Department of Mathematics, MSU

Satish Udpa, College of Engineering, MSU


Invited Speakers

Paul Scott Carney, ECE, UIUC

Elena Cherkaev, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah

Albert Fannjiang, Department of Mathematics, UC Davis

Eldad Haber, Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory

Peijun Li, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University

Seraphin Mefire, Universite Henri Poincare, France

Zuhair Nashed, Department of Mathematics, University of Central Florida

Jianliang Qian, Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University

Rakesh, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware

Kui Ren, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin

Paul Sacks, Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University

John Schotland, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania

Faouzi Triki, Universite Grenoble, France

Michael Vogelius, Department of Mathematics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Chunming Wang, Department of Mathematics, University of South California

Yin Zhang, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University

Zhengfu Xu, Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University

KiHyun Yun, Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University

In addition, there is a poster session so that interested postdocs and graduate students can present their works.


Schedule

The expanded program is here.

The updated schedule is here.


Venue

The workshop will be held at the Michigan State University Kellogg Conference Center.


Accommodation

We recommend participants staying in the MSU Kellogg Conference Center. You may make hotel reservation by directly contacting the Kellogg Center and letting them know you are attending the MCIAM workshop; the Kellog Center phone numbers are (517) 432-4000 and (800) 875-5090. A block of rooms are on reserve until April 1, 2010. After that, there is no guarantee that there will be rooms available.


Registration

The registration fee is $100 for a non-student participant and $30 for a student participant. The registration fee must be payable to ``Michigan State University-MCIAM Workshop'' via check or money order. Graduate students and postdocs are strongly encouraged to participate in the workshop. If there are any questions regarding registration, please contact Andrew Christlieb (christlieb@math.msu.edu) or Jianliang Qian (qian@math.msu.edu).

The Registration Form is here for download.


Support

There will be partial support available, on a competitive basis, for participating gra duate students and postdocs. The support will cover up to $250 of the expenses incurred. The participating graduate students and postdocs who are presenting posters will have priority to get the partial support.

To apply for support, prospective students and postdocs must:

Both the letter and project description should be submitted via email to bao@math.msu.edu with the subject line ``MCIAM workshop request for support for FIRST AND LAST NAME''. Applications are due by April 2nd and notification of support will be given on April 9th.