Institute of Applied Mathematics
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Institute of Applied Mathematics
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PLACE: Room 301, Leonard S. Klinck Building (formerly the Old Computer Sciences Building - Refreshments served 15 minuted prior to the talk)
ORGANIZER: Bernie D. Shizgal, IAM Director and Professor of Chemistry,
shizgal@iam.ubc.ca, Fax: 822-0550, Tel:
822-8571; messages at 822-4584
Distinguished Colloquim Series 2000/2001 (poster in pdf format)
Fall Term: Wednesdays 3:30-4:30 pm
September 13:
Carlo Cercignani, Dipartimento di Matematica,
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
"Kinetic Models for Granular Materials; An Exact Solution"
(abstract) (publications)
September 27:
David Brydges, Department of
Mathematics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
"Gaussian Integrals and Mean Field Theory"
(abstract)
November 1:
Linda Petzold,
Departments of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering and Computer Science,
University of California at Santa Barbara, CA
"Algorithms and Software for Dynamic Optimization
with Application to Chemical Vapor Deposition Processes"
(abstract)
Winter Term: Tuesdays 1:00-2:00 pm
January 16:
David Baillie,
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
"Comparative Genomics"
(abstract)
February 27:
Gunther Uhlmann , Department of Mathematics, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington
"The Mathematics of Reflection Seismology"
(abstract) ( publications
)
March 27:
Bengt Fornberg,
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
"Radial Basis Functions - A future way to solve PDEs to spectral
accuracy on irregular multidimensional domains"
(abstract)
