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Thematic Year on Numerical and Computational Challenges in Science
and Engineering
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Uri Ascher, University of British Columbia | Michel Fortin, Laval University |
Hermann Brunner, Memorial University | Peter Forsyth, University of Waterloo |
Tony Chan, University of California, Los Angeles | Alan George, University of Waterloo |
Tom Coleman, Cornell University | Ken Jackson, University of Toronto |
Wayne Enright, University of Toronto | Bill Langford, University of Guelph |
Joe Flaherty, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Bob Russell, Simon Fraser University |
Sam Shen, University of Alberta |
The program features a series of workshops which focus on several key application areas where the fruitful interaction between scientists, engineers and numerical analysts is already taking place and where progress is likely to lead to important practical advances in the next decade. Included among these are Climate Modelling, Computational Biology, Computational Finance and Computer Animation.
The program will also explore the exciting new area of interaction between symbolic and numeric computation. Our tentative plan for the Thematic Year is outlined below.
Details are still being developed. Please check back to this page occasionally for more information.
Topics of Concentration August - December 2001Numerical Linear Algebra
Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations
Numerical Aspects of Dynamical Systems
July 29 - 3 August 2001
SciCADE
2001, International Conference on Scientific Computation and Differential
Equations,
Held in Vancouver, Co-sponsored by PIMS,
NSERC,
SIAM
August 2 - 4, 2001
1st
Annual McMaster Optimization Conference: Theory and Applications
(MOPTA 01)
Held at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
August 7 - 10, 2001
Informal Working Group on Dynamics of Numerics
Organizer: Tony Humphries
September 10 - 14, 2001
Informal Working Group on Validated Methods
for ODEs and DAEs
Organizer: Ken Jackson
September 29 - 30, 2001
Workshop on Modeling
and Scientific Computation
University of New Brunswick
Held at Lord Beaverbrook Hotel, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Organizers: Viqar Husain, John Stockie, James Watmough
October 11, 18, 19, 25, 26, 2001 (10:00-12:00)
Short Course on Matrix Valued Function
Theory
Instructor: Olavi Nevanlinna
October 29 - November 2, 2001
Workshop on Numerical Linear Algebra in
Scientific and Engineering Applications
Organizers: Esmond Ng and Gene
Golub
October 29, 30 and November 1, 2001
Coxeter Lecture Series
Speaker: Gene Golub
November 19 - 28, 2001 (2:00-4:30 pm)
Short
Course and Lectures on Numerical Bifurcation and Center Manifold
Analysis in Partial Differential Equations
Instructor: Klaus Böhmer
November 29 - December 2, 2001 *New dates*
Workshop on Computational Biology
Organizers: Jacques Belair, Leah Edelstein Keshet, John
Hsieh,
James Keener, Bill Langford
December 3 - 7, 2001
Workshop on Computational Challenges in Dynamical
Systems
Organizers: Klaus Böhmer, Eusebius Doedel, John Guckenheimer,
Herb Keller, Bill Langford
Topics of Concentration January - August 2002
Numerical Optimization
Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations
Computational Challenges of Mathematical Finance
Symbolic/Numeric Computation
Numerical Analysis Lecture Series
March 11,12 and 14, 2002
Coxeter Lecture Series
Speaker: Randy LeVeque
April 19, 2002
Southern Ontario Numerical Analysis Day
Organizer: Ken Jackson
May, 2002
Optimization Visitors to
the Fields Institute
Organizer: Henry Wolkowicz
Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto
Contact: Tom Coleman
Program-related event
May 23-24, 2002
McMaster
Optimization Workshop, Held at McMaster University
Organizers: Tamás Terlaky, Tom Luo, Jiming Peng
Program-related event
May 23 - 25, 2002
Validated Computing 2002 , Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto
Organizers: Dan Berleant, George Corliss, Ken Jackson, Baker
Kearfott,
Vladik Kreinovich, Weldon Lodwick, Bill Walster
May 27 - 31, 2002
Informal Working Group on Validated Methods
for Optimization
Organizers: George Corliss, Tibor Csendes, Ken Jackson, Baker
Kearfott
July 15 - 19, 2002
Symbolic Computational
Algebra 2002
Fields Institute special meeting on Symbolic and Numeric Computation
in Geometry, Algebra and Analysis
Held at University of Western Ontario
Organizers: Robert Corless
, Edward Green, Serkan Hosten,
Reinhard Laubenbacher, Victoria Powers, Greg
Reid
July 29 - August 2, 2002, 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Short Course on Numerical Solution
of Advection-Diffusion-Reaction Equations
Instructor: Jan Verwer
and Martin Berzins
August 12 - 15, 2002
The 2002 Workshop on the Solution
of Partial Differential Equations
on the Sphere.
Organizers: John Drake, Ken Jackson, Paul Swarztrauber, David
Williamson
November 8 - 9, 2002
Workshop
on the Mathematics of Computer Animation
Organizers: Karan Singh,Wayne Enright
Fall 2001
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Numerical Linear Algebra | Prof. Christina Christara |
Numerical Solution of ODEs | Prof. Wayne Enright and Prof. Ken Jackson |
Numerical Solution of SDEs (postponed) | Prof. Kevin Burrage |
Short Course on Matrix Valued Function Theory, Prof. Olavi Nevanlinna | |
Winter 2002 | |
Numerical Solution of PDEs | Prof. Robert Almgren |
Numerical Solution of Optimization Problems | Prof. Henry Wolkowicz |
Other Activities
The Coxeter Lecture Series
The Distinguished Lecture Series
Call for Long-Term Visitors
A key to the success of this program will be the long-term visitors that it attracts. Their research interests will shape many of the events that take place during the year and their participation in the program will attract many junior colleagues, postdocs and graduate students.
We are still considering applications from junior and senior researchers to visit the Fields Institute for a month or more, possibly spread out over several shorter visits, such as a couple of weeks around two or more workshops or one day each week for a term.
We would particularly welcome visitors for one or both terms of the year. We have some funds to support travel and local expenses for senior researchers, but not to pay their salaries. If you are interested in participating in the program, please e-mail Ken Jackson.
Our current list of likely senior long-term visitors includes: | |||
Götz Alefeld | Rob Corless | Ken Jackson | Bob O'Malley |
Natalia Alexandrov | George Corliss | Baker Kearfott | John Pryce |
Robert Almgren | Tibor Csendes | Herb Keller | Franz Rendl |
Uri Ascher | Peter Deuflhard | Angela Kunoth | Bob Russell |
Heinz Bauschke | Wayne Enright | Harbir Lamba | Philip Sharp |
Martin Berz | Tom Fairgrieve | Bill Langford | Sam Shen |
Klaus Böhmer | Graeme Fairweather | Jean Bernard Lasserre | Yurii Shokin |
Hermann Brunner | Joe Flaherty | Anna Lawniczak | Michael Todd |
Kevin Burrage | Michel Fortin | Ben Leimkuhler | Levent Tunçel |
Steve Campbell | Peter Forsyth | Randy LeVeque | Robert Vanderbei |
Tony Chan | Alan George | Marcel Mongeau | Jan Verwer |
Richard Caron | Ian Gladwell | Paul Muir | Ken Vetzal |
Christina Christara | Gene Golub | Ned Nedialkov | Henry Wolkowicz |
Eleanor Chu | Des Higham | Olavi Nevanlinna | Benren Zhu |
Tom Coleman | Tony Humphries | Esmond Ng | Zahari Zlatev |
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Qualified candidates are invited to apply for postdoctoral fellowships associated with the program. Deadline for applications was February 1, 2001
Graduate Student Funding
Funding is available to graduate students to visit for a term. Interested graduate students must forward a letter of application with a letter of recommendation from their supervisor. All documents should be received February at the following address:
Graduate Student Funding
Numerical and Computational Challenges in Science and Engineering
c/o The Fields Institute 222 College Street, Second Floor
Toronto, Ontario, M5T 3J1, Canada.
Phone: (416) 348-9710
Fax: (416) 348-9759
Email: numerical@fields.utoronto.ca
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