| Title of Problem
Presentation |
Author |
Presentation |
Company |
Broad Application
Area |
Specific Area of
Application |
Mathematical Disciplines |
IMA
Volume # |
| Synergy
in parallel algorithms |
Willard
Miranker |
5-Feb-88 |
IBM |
algorithms |
Computer algorithms |
Parallel algorithms |
16 |
| Scaling
and optimization for list-matching |
Keith
Kastella |
17-Apr-90 |
UNISYS |
algorithms |
List matching |
Statistical mechanics |
31 |
| Information,
probability and learning from examples |
Andrew
T. Ogielski |
26-Oct-90 |
Bellcore |
algorithms |
Information theory |
Probability |
38 |
| Analytical
and heuristic modeling of distributed algorithms |
Charles
L. Rennolet |
13-Nov-90 |
FMC |
algorithms |
Distributed algorithms |
Probability |
38 |
| Iterative
solution methods on the Cray YMP/C90 |
Qasim
Sheikh |
12-Mar-93 |
Cray
Research |
algorithms |
Solving large linear
systems |
Numerical analysis |
57 |
| Randomized
algorithms in industrial problems |
Prabhakar
Raghavan |
14-Oct-94 |
IBM |
algorithms |
Logical arrays, printed
circuit boards |
Randomized algorithms |
83 |
| A mini-max
pursuit evasion algorithm |
Michael
Elgersma |
5-Jan-96 |
Honeywell |
algorithms |
Missle-control algorithms |
Differential games |
88 |
| A close
encounter problem of random walk in polymer physics |
Young--Hwa
Kim |
13-Nov-87 |
3M |
chemical processes |
Polymer physics |
Probability |
16 |
| Numerical
simulations for industrial chemical research |
Erich
Wimmer |
24-May-91 |
Cray
Research |
chemical processes |
Chemical modeling |
Quantum mechanics |
38 |
| Sparse
matrix methods for chemical process simulation |
Stephen
E. Zitney |
27-Sep-91 |
Cray
Research |
chemical processes |
Chemical process simulation |
Numerical analysis |
49 |
| Simulated
annealing in protein folding |
Keith
Kastella |
31-Jan-92 |
Paramax |
chemical processes |
Protein folding |
Simulated annealing |
49 |
| Dissolution
kinetics with feedback |
David
Ross |
7-May-93 |
Eastman
Kodak |
chemical
processes |
Chemical dissolution |
PDE |
57 |
| Chemical
filtration modeling |
David
G. Freier |
14-Apr-95 |
3M |
chemical
processes |
Chemical filtration |
PDE |
83 |
| Packing
problems in data communications |
Michael
Honig |
16-Oct-87 |
Bellcore |
circuits
and communications |
Data communications |
information theory, analysis |
16 |
| Mathematical
models for manufacturable Josephson junction circuitry |
Roger
Hastings |
20-Nov-87 |
UNISYS |
circuits
and communications |
Circuits, superconductors |
ODE |
16 |
| Combinatorial
problems arising in network optimization |
Fan R.K.
Chung |
26-Feb-88 |
Bellcore |
circuits
and communications |
Communication networks |
Combinatorics |
16 |
| Some
problems associated with secure information flows in computer
systems |
Tom Haigh
|
13-May-88 |
Honeywell |
circuits
and communications |
Computer security |
Graph theory |
16 |
| Fundamental
limits to digital syncronization |
Bhashrpilla
Gopinath |
3-Jun-88 |
Bellcore |
circuits
and communications |
Digital communications |
analysis |
16 |
| Solitons
in non-homogeneous medium |
David
Garret |
2-Oct-88 |
UNISYS |
circuits
and communications |
Fiber optics |
Maxwell equations |
24 |
| Signal
design problems in multi-channel data communication |
Michael
Honig |
3-Oct-88 |
Bellcore |
circuits
and communications |
Signal processing |
Optimization |
24 |
| Applications
of large deviations to communications |
Alan
Weiss |
4-Nov-88 |
AT&T |
circuits
and communications |
Communications |
Probability |
24 |
| Fluid
models and other asymptotic limits with data and teletraffic
applications |
Debasis
Mitra |
16-Jun-89 |
AT&T |
circuits
and communications |
Communications queuing networks |
Probability |
24 |
| Mathematical
modeling of dielectric waveguides |
David
K. Misemer |
3-Nov-89 |
3M |
circuits
and communications |
Optical dielectric waveguides |
Maxwell equations |
31 |
| Signal
design with an amplitude constraint |
Michael
L. Honig |
8-Mar-91 |
Bellcore |
circuits
and communications |
Signal processing |
Analysis |
38 |
| An adaptive
feedforward approach to robot control |
Robert
M. Goor |
7-Jun-91 |
General
Motors |
circuits
and communications |
Robotics |
Control theory, PDE |
38 |
| Stochastic
analysis of a slotted communication channel |
Shlomo
Halfin |
6-Dec-91 |
Bellcore |
circuits
and communications |
Digital communications |
Probability |
49 |
| Pulse
optimization for multi-user data communications |
Michael
L. Honig |
11-Mar-94 |
Bellcore |
circuits
and communications |
Digital communications |
Transform analysis |
67 |
| Analysis
of cellular mobile radio |
Paul
E. Wright |
27-Jan-95 |
AT&T |
circuits
and communications |
Cellular mobile radio |
queuing theory |
83 |
| Synchronization
for chaotic dynamical systems |
Charles
Tresser |
5-Jun-95 |
IBM |
circuits
and communications |
Secret message transmission |
Dynamical systems |
83 |
| Mathematical
problems in high-precision interferometric GPS |
Craig
Poling |
5-Apr-96 |
Lockheed
Martin |
circuits
and communications |
Global positioning |
Algebra |
88 |
| The changing
nature of network traffic analysis and modeling |
Walter
Willinger |
10-Jan-97 |
AT&T |
circuits
and communications |
Communication networks |
Probability |
100 |
| Graph
spectra, connectivity, and spin glass models of associative
memory |
John
Schotland |
20-Jan-89 |
Bellcore |
data storage
and retrieval |
Neural networks |
Statistical mechanics |
24 |
| Modeling
problems in magneto--optic recording |
Roger
J. Anderson |
12-May-89 |
3M |
data storage
and retrieval |
Magneto--optic recording |
PDE |
24 |
| Orientation
of colloidal magnetically switchable particles |
Richard
D. Olmsted |
12-Oct-90 |
3M |
data storage
and retrieval |
Magnetic media |
Statistical mechanics |
38 |
| Head-disk
interface in magnetic storage device |
Claude
Greengard |
5-Apr-91 |
IBM |
data storage
and retrieval |
Magnetic storage devices |
Fluid mechanics |
38 |
| Interprocessor
memory contention |
Robert
Numrich |
21-Feb-92 |
Cray
Research |
data storage
and retrieval |
Shared computer memory |
Dimensional analysis,
probability |
49 |
| Micromagnetics |
James
L. Blue |
21-May-92 |
NIST |
data storage
and retrieval |
Magnetic recording |
Nonlinear PDE |
49 |
| Magnetization
reversal in particulate recording media |
T. R.
Hoffend, Jr. |
25-Sep-92 |
3M |
data storage
and retrieval |
Magnetic recording |
Classical mechanics |
57 |
| Simulation
of magnetic recording and playback processes |
Robert
L. Brott |
15-Jan-93 |
3M |
data storage
and retrieval |
Magnetic recording |
Maxwell equations |
57 |
| Systematic
data fusion using the theory of random conditional sets |
Ron Mahler
|
9-Apr-93 |
Paramax |
data storage
and retrieval |
Data fusion |
Fuzzy logic |
57 |
| Micromagnetic
simulation |
Michael
E. Henderson |
16-Apr-93 |
IBM |
data storage
and retrieval |
Magnetic recording |
Maxwell equations |
57 |
| Head-media
interaction in magnetic recording |
Hamid
R. Mortazavi |
13-Dec-93 |
3M |
data storage
and retrieval |
Magnetic recording |
Fluid mechanics |
67 |
| Finite
set statistics with applications to data fusion |
Ronald
Mahler |
9-May-94 |
UNISYS
|
data storage
and retrieval |
Data fusion |
Probability |
67 |
| Exchange
energy representations in computational micromagnetics |
Michael
J. Donahue |
31-Jan-97 |
NIST |
data storage
and retrieval |
Magnetic recording |
Quantum mechanics |
100 |
| An inverse
problem arising in the evolution of combustion aerosols |
Samuel
P. Marin |
9-Feb-89 |
General
Motors |
environment
and energy |
combustion aerosols |
PDE, integral equations |
24 |
| A diffusion
problem from rock porosity measurements |
Jeffrey
S. Saltzman |
10-Nov-89 |
Los Alamos
National Laboratories |
environment
and energy |
Nuclear waste disposal |
Fluid mechanics |
31 |
| The advection
equation in air quality modeling |
David
Chock |
23-Feb-90 |
Ford
|
environment
and energy |
Air quality |
Fluid mechanics |
31 |
| Mathematical
modeling of semiconductor lasers |
John
Spence |
6-Apr-90 |
Eastman
Kodak |
environment
and energy |
Semiconductor lasers |
Maxwell equations |
31 |
| Modeling
exhaust-gas oxygen sensors |
Daniel
Baker |
21-May-93 |
General
Motors |
environment
and energy |
Automotive exhausts |
Nonlinear PDE |
57 |
| Mass
flow sensing with heat waves |
David
K. Lambert |
1-Oct-93 |
General
Motors |
environment
and energy |
Catalytic converters |
PDE |
67 |
| A pseudo
non-time-splitting scheme in air quality modeling |
Pu Sun
|
17-Feb-94 |
North
Carolina Supercomputing Center |
environment
and energy |
Air quality |
Nonlinear PDE |
83 |
| Electromigration
modeling for smart power applications |
Leonard
Borucki |
13-May-94 |
Motorola |
environment
and energy |
Fuel injection |
Nonlinear PDE |
67 |
| Engineering
modeling of batteries |
Zhenhua
Mao |
10-Jun-94 |
Motorola |
environment
and energy |
Batteries |
PDE |
67 |
| Aeroacoustic
research in the automotive industry |
Gary
S. Strumolo |
26-May-95 |
Ford |
environment
and energy |
Engine noise reduction |
Fluid mechanics |
83 |
| Modeling
catalytic converter performance |
Edward
J. Bissett |
20-Nov-90 |
General
Motors |
environment
and energy |
Catalytic converters |
Nonlinear PDE |
38 |
| Mathematics
of blood analysis |
David
S. Ross |
13-Mar-92 |
Eastman
Kodak |
life sciences |
Blood testing |
ODE |
49 |
| Dynamic
inversion and control of nonlinear systems |
Blaise
Morton |
1-Apr-88 |
Honeywell |
manufacturing
and control |
Control systems |
ODE |
16 |
| An approach
to optimal classification |
Dale
Fixsen |
1-Dec-89 |
UNISYS |
manufacturing
and control |
Faulty component identification |
Probability |
31 |
| Structured
singular values and invariant theory |
Blaise
Morton |
1-Mar-91 |
Honeywell |
manufacturing
and control |
Flight control systems |
Control theory |
38 |
| Variable
forgetting factors in Kalman filtering |
John
P. Spence |
2-Oct-92 |
Eastman
Kodak |
manufacturing
and control |
Color photocopying |
Probability |
57 |
| Neural
networks as controllers |
Lee A.
Feldkamp |
12-Nov-93 |
Ford |
manufacturing
and control |
Auto engine operation |
Control theory, dynamical
systems |
67 |
| Geometric
path planning in rapid prototyping |
Rida
T. Farouki |
14-Jan-94 |
IBM |
manufacturing
and control |
Rapid prototyping |
Algebraic geometry |
67 |
| Maxwell's
equations and the analysis of electromagnetic devices |
Edward
P. Furlani |
27-May-94 |
Eastman Kodak |
manufacturing
and control |
Electromagnetic devices |
Maxwell equations |
67 |
| Dealing
with geometric variations in manufacturing |
Vijay
Srinivasan |
16-Sep-94 |
IBM |
manufacturing
and control |
Manufacturing |
Optimization theory |
83 |
| Surface
modeling: impacts of design and manufacturing |
James
Cavendish |
7-Apr-95 |
General
Motors |
manufacturing
and control |
Automotive design |
Elasticity theory |
83 |
| The value
of performance improvements at constant price/performance |
Bernie
Rudin |
16-Oct-95 |
IBM |
manufacturing
and control |
Computer price/performance |
Algebra |
88 |
| Causal
modeling in diagnosing complex industrial equipment |
Mahesh
Morjaria |
26-Apr-96 |
General
Electric |
manufacturing
and control |
Equipment monitoring |
Probability theory |
88 |
| Strategic
risk management using stochastic programming |
Alan
King |
27-Sep-96 |
IBM |
manufacturing
and control |
Risk management |
Stochastic programming |
100 |
| Computer-aided
design of developable surfaces |
William
Frey |
18-Oct-96 |
General
Motors |
manufacturing
and control |
Automotive design |
Differential geometry |
100 |
| Modeling
of a building cooling system |
Blaise
Morton |
14-Feb-97 |
Honeywell |
manufacturing
and control |
Chilled-water cooling
systems |
Thermodynamics |
100 |
| Conservation
laws in crystal precipitation |
Peter
E. Castro |
6-Nov-87 |
Eastman
Kodak |
materials |
Crystal precipitation |
PDE, conservation laws |
16 |
| Internal
oxidation of binary alloys |
Patric
S. Hagan |
6-Oct-89 |
Los Alamos
National Laboratories |
materials |
Oxidation of alloys |
PDE |
31 |
| Theory
of polymer melt viscoelasticity |
Young-Hwa
Kim |
16-Feb-90 |
3M |
materials |
Polymers |
Statistical mechanics |
31 |
| Conformation
of random polymers |
John
Schotland |
11-Apr-90 |
Bellcore |
materials |
Polymers |
Statistical mechanics |
31 |
| Terminally
attached polymer chains |
Sanjay
S. Patel |
28-Sep-90 |
AT&T |
materials |
Polymers, adhesion promotion
and prevention |
Field theory |
38 |
| Stress-assisted
diffusion in glassy polymers |
Kenneth
N. Morman |
8-Nov-91 |
Ford
|
materials |
Polymers |
Continuum mechanics |
49 |
| Kinetic
swelling of crosslinked polymer |
Giuseppe
Rossi |
22-Nov-91 |
Ford |
materials |
Polymers, swollen rubber |
Continuum mechanics |
49 |
| Ideal
forming theory |
Russell
L. Mallet |
7-Feb-92 |
Alcoa |
materials |
Metal forming |
Continuum mechanics |
49 |
| Predicting
properties of composite materials |
L. Craig
Davis |
14-Feb-92 |
Ford
|
materials |
Composite materials |
Continuum mechanics |
49 |
| A statistical
dynamic theory of glassy polymers |
T. S.
Chow |
8-Jan-93 |
Xerox |
materials |
Polymers |
Statistical dynamics |
57 |
| Local
flaws in permeation reducing barrier layers |
Giuseppe
Rossi |
5-Mar-93 |
Ford
|
materials |
Plastic fuel tanks |
Fluid mechanics |
57 |
| Wetting
and adsorption at chemically heterogeneous surfaces |
Yitzhak
Shnidman |
13-May-93 |
Eastman
Kodak |
materials |
Wetting of surfaces |
Statistical mechanics |
57 |
| Coping
with complex boundaries |
Jack
F. Douglas |
15-Apr-94 |
NIST |
materials |
Boundary phenomena |
Probability |
67 |
| A short
random walk through polymer material behavior |
Dennis
Perchak |
29-Apr-94 |
Eastman Kodak |
materials |
Polymers |
Probability |
67 |
| A mathematical
model of a crystallizer |
David
S. Ross |
7-Oct-94 |
Eastman Kodak |
materials |
Abrasives |
PDE |
83 |
| Micromechanics
effects in creep metal-matrix composites |
L. Craig
Davis |
2-Dec-94 |
Ford |
materials |
Metal creep |
Continuum mechanics |
83 |
| Failure
times in metal lines |
Leonard
Borucki |
17-Mar-95 |
Motorola
|
materials |
Metal failure in chips |
Continuum mechanics |
83 |
| A diffusion
model of droplet absorption |
Larry
Carson |
3-Nov-95 |
3M |
materials |
Drying times |
Fluid mechanics |
88 |
| Problems
and applications in density-functional theory |
Bill
Schneider |
17-Nov-95 |
Ford |
materials |
Rational design of chemicals/materials |
Quantum mechanics |
88 |
| A phenomenological
model for case--II diffusion in polymers |
Giuseppe
Rossi |
20-May-96 |
Ford |
materials |
Plastic fuel tanks |
PDE |
88 |
| Nonlinear
elastic-viscoelastic correspondence |
Kenneth
N. Morman, Jr. |
21-Jun-96 |
Ford |
materials |
Rubber-like polymers |
Continuum mechanics |
88 |
| Stress-induced
warpage in micro-accelerometers |
Gary
Li |
17-Jan-97 |
Motorola |
materials |
Micro-Electro Mechanical
Systems |
Elasticity theory, PDE |
100 |
| Mass
transport and adsorption in particle-loaded beds |
Tom Hoffend
|
21-Feb-97 |
3M |
materials |
water purification, respirators,
etc. |
Fluid mechanics |
100 |
| Simulation
of production metal cutting processes |
Troy
D. Marusich |
25-Apr-97 |
Third
Wave Systems |
materials |
Metal cutting |
Continuum mechanics |
100 |
| Unresolved
mathematical issues in coating flow mechanics |
Stephan
Kistler |
30-Oct-87 |
3M |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Coating flows |
fluid mechanics |
16 |
| Some
fluid mechanics problems in U.K. industry |
John
Ockendon |
15-Jan-88 |
U.K.
industry |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Turbine blades,fiber
optics,ship slamming |
Fluid mechanics |
16 |
| Phase
change problems with void |
George
Wilson |
19-Feb-88 |
Oak Ridge
National Laboratory |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Thermal energy storage |
PDE |
16 |
| The stability
of rapid stretching plastic jets |
Louis
A. Romero |
15-Apr-88 |
Sandia
National Laboratories |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Plastic jets |
Fluid mechanics, PDE |
16 |
| The mathematical
treatment of cavitation in elastohydrodynamic lubrication |
Edward
Bissett |
29-Apr-88 |
General
Motors |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Lubrication |
Fluid mechanics |
16 |
| The smallest
scale for incompressible Navier-Stokes equations |
Luis
G. Reyna |
20-May-88 |
IBM |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Incompressible flow |
Fluid mechanics |
16 |
| Foam
Rheology |
Andrew
Kraynik |
26-Oct-88 |
SANDIA |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Foams |
PDE |
24 |
| Shaped
charge jets and subsonic free--surface flow theory |
Allen
C. Robinson |
19-May-89 |
Sandia
National Laboratories |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Armor penetration |
Fluid mechanics |
24 |
| Fundamental
problems in the theory of shaped-charged jets |
Carl
A. Nelson |
27-Oct-89 |
Honeywell |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Armor penetration |
Fluid mechanics |
31 |
| Current-voltage
relations for electrolytic solutions |
Daniel
Baker |
20-Apr-90 |
General
Motors |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Electrolytic solutions |
Fluid mechanics |
31 |
| Linear
analysis of megastructures |
Carl
A. Nelson |
16-Apr-91 |
Alliant
Techsystems |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Drift of tall buildings |
Elasticity theory, PDE |
38 |
| Aerodynamic
design with cfd |
Gary
S. Strumolo |
3-May-91 |
Ford |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Vehicle aerodynamics |
Computational fluid dynamics |
38 |
| Averaged
equations for layered and blocky media |
Boris
A. Shoykhet |
3-Apr-92 |
Lord
Corporation |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Underground construction |
Elasticity theory, PDE |
49 |
| Brownian
dynamics simulations of colloidal dispersion |
Dennis
R. Perchak |
24-Apr-92 |
Eastman Kodak |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Colloidal dispersions |
Probability |
49 |
| Modeling
the performance of a piezoelectric gyroscope |
W. Weston
Meyer |
13-Nov-92 |
General
Motors |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Piezoelectric gyroscopes |
Linear elasticity |
57 |
| Particle
simulations for xerographic development |
Meng
H. Lean |
19-Nov-92 |
Xerox
|
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Color photocopying |
Fluid mechanics |
57 |
| Computer
simulations of electrorheological fluids |
Kenneth
C. Hass |
19-Feb-93 |
Ford
|
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Electrorheological fluids,
automotive products |
Fluid mechanics |
57 |
| Fluid
and kinetic modeling for micromechanical structures |
Daniel
N. Koury Jr |
19-May-93 |
Motorola |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Semiconductor devices |
Fluid mechanics |
57 |
| Crack
propagation modeling |
Leonard
J. Gray |
15-Oct-93 |
Oak Ridge
National Laboratory |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Crack propagation, fracture
damage |
Integral equations |
67 |
| Modeling
of electrostatic bell sprayers |
Kevin
R. J. Ellwood |
5-Nov-93 |
Ford |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Electrostatic painting |
Fluid mechanics |
67 |
| Interdisciplinary
computational fluid dynamics |
Wendell
H. Mills |
23-Sep-94 |
Engineering
Computer Corporation |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Oil refinery |
Computational fluid dynamics |
83 |
| Fluid
flow in a porous medium |
John
Hamilton |
24-Feb-95 |
Eastman Kodak |
mechanics
and fluid mechanics |
Blood testing |
Fluid mechanics |
83 |
| The element-free
Galerkin method in large deformations |
Stephen
Beissel |
28-Apr-95 |
