IMA Update, Fall 2005

Fall 2005

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Recent IMA Programs

Current Annual Program: Imaging

9/19-23/05 Tutorial: Radar and Optical Imaging
10/17-21/05 Workshop: Imaging from Wave Propagation
11/7-11/05 Workshop: Frontiers in Imaging
12/5-9/05 Workshop: Integration of Sensing and Processing

Math Matters: IMA Public Lecture Series.

10/05/04 Roger Penrose (University of Oxford), Does Mathematics Rule the World?
11/18/04 James D. Murray (University of Oxford and University of Washington), The Marriage Equation: A Practical Theory for Predicting Divorce and a Scientifically-Based Marital Therapy
2/9/05 David Baraff (Pixar Animation Studios)
Math Behind the Curtains: Dynamic Simulation at Pixar
3/30/05 Thomas C. Hales (University of Pittsburgh) Computers and the Future of Mathematical Proof
12/8/05 Philip Holmes (Princeton University) Does Math Matter to Brain Matter?

2004–2005 Annual Program: Mathematics of Materials and Macromolecules: Multiple Scales, Disorder, and Singularities

9/20-24/04 Tutorial: Mathematics of Materials
9/27-10/1/04 Workshop: Modeling of Soft Matter
10/25-29/04 Workshop: Singularities in Materials
11/5-6/04 Symposium: Prospects for Mathematics and Mechanics upon the 80th Birthday of Jerry Ericksen
11/18-20/04 Workshop: Future Challenges in Multiscale Modeling and Simulation
2/7-9/05 Tutorial/Workshop: Composites: Where Mathematics Meets Industry
3/28-30/05 Tutorial/Workshop: New Paradigms in Computation
4/11-15/05 Workshop: Atomic Motion to Macroscopic Models: The Problem of Disparate Temporal and Spatial Scales in Matter
5/2-6/05 and 5/16-20/05 Workshop: Experiments in Physical Biology Parts I and II
5/7-8/05 Special Workshop: Modeling Sequence-Dependent DNA Dynamics: The Third ABC Debriefing
5/24-25/05 Special Workshop: Modeling the Dynamics of Liquid Crystal Elastomers
6/8-11/05 Workshop: Effective Theories for Materials and Macromolecules

Special Workshops.

2/4-6/05 Career Options for Women in Mathematical Sciences
4/22-24/05 Career Workshop on Minorities and Applied Mathematics
7/25-29/05 Hot Topics Workshop: Mixed Integer Programming
8/5-6/05 Hot Topics Workshop: New Directions in Probability Theory

Summer Programs.

2005 Summer Program: Wireless Communications, June 22–July 1, 2005
2005 New Directions Short Course: Quantum Computation , August 15–26, 2005

Programs for Graduate Students.

2005 PI Summer Program for Graduate Students: Stochastic Partial Differential Equations and Environmental and Geophysical Modeling, University of Wyoming, Laramie, June 13–July 1, 2005
Mathematical Modeling in Industry IX—A Workshop for Graduate Students, August 1–10, 2005

Participating Institutions Programs.

The IMA supports a number of conferences at its Participating Institutions. Recent PI conferences include:

Analysis and Computation of Shocks, Blow Up and Regularity
University of Maryland, May 14-18, 2005
S. Antman (Maryland), M. Grillakis (Maryland), E. Tadmor (Maryland), and K. Trivisa (Maryland), organizers
Sixth Mississippi State Conference on Differential Equations and Computational Simulations
Mississippi State University, May 13-14, 2005
T. Aktosun (Mississippi State) and R. Shivaji (Mississippi State), organizers
Midwest Numerical Analysis Conference
University of Iowa, May 20-22, 2005
K. Atkinson (Co-Chair, Iowa), W. Han (Co-Chair, Iowa), L. Jay (Iowa), S. Oliveira (Iowa), and D. Stewart (Iowa), organizers

Householder Symposium XVI
Pennsylvania State University, May 23-27, 2005
J. Barlow (Penn State), H. Zha (Penn State), and D. Szyld (Temple University), organizers

Mathematical Theory of Quantum Computation and Technology
Texas A&M University, June 19-21, 2005
G. Chen (TAMU), Z. Diao (TAMU), L. Kauffman (UIC), S. Lomonaco (UMBC), M. Scully (TAMU), organizers