Computational and Applied Mathematics Seminar

Purdue University
Department of Mathematics

Fridays, 3:30-4:20 PM at REC 226 (unless specified otherwise)

Spring 2005


Date

Speaker



Title

1/21/05 Dmitry Pelinovsky
McMaster University
Convergence of iteration methods for numerical approximation of stationary solutions of nonlinear wave equations
01/28/05 Dalin Tang
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Mathematical Modeling of Human Atherosclerotic Plaques for Clinical Predictions
2/4/05 (cancelled !) Li-Lian Wang
Purdue University
Approximations by Jacobi and Generalized Jacobi Polynomials: Analysis, Algorithms and Applications
2/11/05 Robert Skeel
Purdue University
Modified Equations and Shadow Hamiltonians
2/17/05 (Joint with Math Colloquium (4:30pm at MATH 175) !) Achi Brandt
The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Multiscale Computation: From Multigrid solvers to systematic upscaling
2/18/05 Scott King
Purdue University
The Quest to Understanding Why Earth Has Plate Tectonics and Venus and Mars Do Not
02/25/05 Yang Kuang
Arizona State University
Delay Differential Equations in Biology and Medicine
03/04/05 Anne Gelb
Arizona State University
High order reconstruction methods for piecewise smooth functions
3/11/05 Eric Barth
Kalamazoo College
Dynamical simulation methods for canonical sampling: toward improved convergence in biomolecular dynamics
04/6/05 (joint with CRI seminar, 4pm at CS111) Shiyi Chen
John Hopkins University
Multiscale Modeling and Simulations of Micro- and Nano-Fluidics
04/8/05 Gerard Iooss
University of Nice
Water-waves as a spatial reversible dynamical system, influence of an essential spectrum
04/15/05 Bernardo Cockburn
University of Minnesota
Discontinuous Galerkin Methods: An Overview
04/22/05 John Albert
University of Oklahoma
Dynamical and variational properties of KdV multi-solitons

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*Starred entries indicate dates that are tentatively booked but might be rescheduled if necessary.


Past seminars: Fall 2004, Spring 2004, Fall 2003, Spring 2003, Fall 2002
Please send comments and suggestions to the seminar coordinator.