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IMA Workshop
Minorities and Applied Mathematics-Connections to Industry
October 4-6, 1996

Mathematics of High Performance Computing
The Mathematics of Computing


Organizers: Raymond Johnson, Fletcher Jones, James Turner

Sponsored by: Honeywell

PostScript and PDF versions of this report are available.

Mathematical problems arising in industrial applications typically embody complicated, interdisciplinary issues of formulation, analysis and solution. Minorities in mathematical careers are often attracted to areas in which their results can have a societal impact. There are manuy opportunites provided by real-world problems for high-quality research, contributions to practical results, and rewarding scientific careers. The purpose of the weekend workshop is to show examples of people and problems from industrial settings and to develop a set of concrete action items that individuals and agencies can carry out and help minority scientists at all levels and in varied environments become involved with industrial problems.

The first goal will be achieved through technical talks by selected participants chosen based on their success with real-world problems. The collection of action items will build on suggestions received at earlier workshops.

Workshop Schedule

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Text-only version of schedule

SCHEDULE for FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4
6:00 pm Reception Radisson Hotel Metrodome
7:00 pm Dinner Nolte Room, 2nd floor of Radisson Hotel Metrodome
8:30 pm Avner Friedman,
IMA Director		 Welcome
8:40 pm James Turner,
Florida A & M University		 What we intend to accomplish
SCHEDULE for SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5
7:30 am Registration and Coffee Reception Room, EE/CS 3-176
Five Technical Talks
8:00 am Dereje Agonafer,
IBM		 An integrated solid-model-based CFD modeling methodology for computer packaging applications
8:25 am Linda Hayes,
University of Texas-Austin		 Applications of Freezing in Biomedical Engineering
8:50 am Fletcher Jones,
IBM Watson Labs		 Three-Dimensional Modeling of Optical Lithographic Patterns Used To Manufacture Computer Chips
9:15 am Monica Martinez,
University of Texas-Austin		 Shallow Water Equations: Modeling of Bays, Estuaries and Oceans
9:40 am Alfred Phillips Jr.,
Cornell University		 Field-Effect Transistor Theory
10:00 am Coffee Break Reception Room EE/CS 3-176
Two Technical Talks
10:30 am Angel E. Garcia,
Los Alamos National Lab.		 Multi-basin Dynamics of Proteins in Aqueous Solution
10:55 am Raymond Mejia,
National Institutes of Health		 Mathematics in Biology-An Application in Kidney Physiology
11:15-12:00 R. Johnson, F. Jones, J. Turner

Maryland/IBM/Florida A&M

 Overview session on "concrete action"
Two "personal experience" Talks
1:30 pm Iris Mack,
Associated Technologies		 Financial Engineering & Risk Management
2:00 pm Alton Wallace Smith,
Institute for Defense Analyses		 Life as a "Beltway Bandit"
Five Technical Talks
2:30 pm Fern Y. Hunt,
National Inst. of Standards and Tech.		 Mathematical Modelling of Barkhausen Jump Size Distributions
2:55 pm Juan C. Meza,
Sandia National Laboratories		 Optimal Design and Control of Chemical Vapor Depostion Reactors
3:20 pm Richard Tapia,
Rice University		 Interior-point models: New algorithmic methodology for large-scale constrained optimization
3:45 pm Paul Wright,
Bell Laboratories		 To be announced
4:10 pm Bernard A. Mair,
University of Florida		 Two Mathematicians, an Engineer, and a Pet
4:30 pm Coffee Break Reception Room EE/CS 3-176
5:00-6:00 R. Johnson, F. Jones, J. Turner

Maryland/IBM/Florida A&M

 Second session on "concrete action"
6:30 pm Dinner Campus Club, 4th Floor Coffman Union
8:30 pm Earl Barnes
Georgia Inst. of Technology		 Some Reflections on My Days at IBM
SCHEDULE for SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6
8:00 am Coffee Reception Room, EE/CS 3-176
8:30-11:30 am Breakout Groups Rooms to be announced
11:30-12:00 R. Johnson, F. Jones, J. Turner

Maryland/IBM/Florida A&M

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