Past Programs

Organizer: O. Lanford

Fall Program - Statistical Mechanics and Dynamical Systems

Workshop: Statistical Mechanics, Dynamical Systems and Turbulence, September, 7-17, 1982

Workshop: Midwest Seminar on Dynamical Systems, October 7-9, 1982

Winter Program - Applications of Statistical and Continuum Mechanics to Properties of Materials

 Workshop: Mathematics and Physics of Disordered Media, February 14-19, 1983

 Workshop: Orienting Polymers, March 21-26, 1993

Spring & Summer Program - Foundations of Phenomenological Thermodynamics

 Workshop: The Laws and Structures of Continuum Thermomechanics, June 6-10, 1983

Organizer: Leonid Hurwicz

Workshop: Decentralized Implementation of Performance Functions, September 6-16, 1983
Organizer: Leonid Hurwicz

Workshop: Price Adjustment, Quantity Adjustment, and Business Cycles, October 24-28, 1983
Organizer: H. Sonnenschein

Workshop: NBER Conference on Decentralization, November 11-13, 1983
Organizer: J. Green

Mini-Symposium: Minimal Surfaces, January 21-23, 1984

Workshop: Bayesian Analysis in Economics and Game Theory, February 16-20, 1984
Organizer: P. Milgrom, R. Myerson

Mini-Symposium: Decentralized Data Base Management and Resource Control, March 20 and 27, 1984

Workshop: NBER Conference on General Equilibrium Theory, April 27-29, 1984
Organizers: J. Jordan, C. Simon

Mini-Symposium: Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, May 14-15, 1984
Organizers: S. Chow, G. Sell

Workshop: Financial Intermediation, May 17-19, 1984
Organizers: J. Kareken, N. Wallace

Mini-Symposium: Mathematical Models for International Economics, June 27-29, 1984
Organizers: G. Chichilnisky, J. Chipman

Workshop: Mathematical Models in Political Science, July 10-13, 1984
Organizers: J. Aldrich, C. Simon

Workshop: IMA Participating Institutions Conference on the Classifying Spaces of Groups, July 23-27, 1984
Organizers: M. Feshbach, H. Glover, S. Priddy

Workshop: Mathematical Models for Regulation of Pricing and Investment, August 6-8, 1984
Organizers: G. Heal, R. Radner

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Organizers: Haïm Brezis, Constantine M. Dafermos, Jerry Ericksen, David Kinderlehrer

September-December 1984: Equilibrium and Stability Questions

Workshop: Equilibrium and Stability Questions in Continuum Physics and Partial Differential Equations, September 5-14, 1984
Organizers: M. Beatty, H. Brezis, J. Ericksen, D. Kinderlehrer

 Workshop: Homogenization and Effective Moduli of Materials and Media, October 22-26, 1984
Organizers: J. Ericksen, J.L. Lions, D. Kinderlehrer, R. Kohn

Workshop: AMS Regional Meeting with Special Sessions on Partial Differential Equations, November 2-3, 1984
Organizers: C. Amick, R. Hardt, W. Ni, W. Ziemer

January-March 1985: Polymers and Liquid Crystals

Workshop: Liquid Crystals and Liquid Crystal Polymers, January 21-25, 1985
Organizers: J. Ericksen, D. Kinderlehrer

Workshop: Amorphous Polymers and Non-Newtonian Fluids, March 4-8, 1985
Organizers: J. Ericksen, D. Kinderlehrer, S. Prager, M. Tirrell

March-July 1985: Dynamical and Evolutionary Questions

Workshop: Oscillation Theory, Computation, and Methods of Compensated Compactness, April 1-5, 1985
Organizers: J. Ericksen, C. Dafermos, D. Kinderlehrer, M. Slemrod

Workshop: Metastability and Incompletely Posed Problems, May 6-10, 1985
Organizers: S. Antman, J. Ericksen, D. Kinderlehrer, I. Muller

 Workshop: Dynamical Problems in Continuum Physics, June 3-7, 1985
Organizers: J. Bona, C. Dafermos, J. Ericksen, D. Kinderlehrer

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Workshop: Stochastic Integration, August 21-30, 1985.
Organizer: D. Stroock

September-October 1985: Random Media

Workshop: Random Media, September 18-24, 1985.
Organizer: G. Papanicolaou

November 1985-January 1986: Large Deviation Theory

Workshop: Large Deviation Theory, November 4-15, 1985.
Organizer: S. Orey

 Workshop: Malliavin Calculus and Applications to Partial Differential Equations, January 1986.
Organizer: D. Stroock

February-March 1986: Percolation Theory and Infinite Particle Systems

Workshop: Percolation Theory and Infinite Particle Systems, February 17-21, 1986.
Organizers: H. Kesten (Chair), T. Harris, R. Holley, T. Liggett  

March-April 1986: Infinite Interacting Systems, Scaling Limits and Hydrodynamics

Workshop: Hydrodynamic Behavior and Iteracting Particle Systems and Applications, March 17-21, 1986.
Organizer: G. Papanicolaou

May-June 1986: Stochastic Differential Systems with Applications in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Control Theory, and Operations Research

Mini-Symposium: Stochastic Analysis and Applications to Economic Theory, May 30-31, 1986 (Jointly sponsored with the Depts. of Economics and Finance, Univ. of Minnesota).
Organizers: M. Dothan, R. Marimon, C. Sims

Workshop: Stochastic Differential Systems, Stochastic Control Theory and Applications, June 9-20, 1986.
Organizers: W. Fleming, P. Lions, J. Baras, B. Hajek, J.M. Harrison, H. Sussmann

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September- December 1986: Computational Fluid Dynamics

Workshop: Computational Fluid Dynamics and Reacting Gas Flows, Sep 15-26, 1986. Organizers: B. Engquist, R. Glowinski, M. Luskin, A. Majda

Workshop: Numerical Algorithms for Modern Parrallel Computer Architectures, Nov 3-7, 1986. Organizers: M. Schultz

 Mini-Symposium: Numerical Simulation in Oil Recovery, Dec. 1-12, 1986. Organizer: M. Wheeler

January 1987: Inverse Problems

Workshop: Inverse Problems and Applications to Bioengineering and Geophysics,
Organizer: R. Burridge

February -April 1987: Structural Mechanics and Properties of Materials

Workshop: Constitutive Equations and Modeling of Distributed Cracking, Strain Softening, and Localization, Feb 16-18, 1987.
Organizers: T. Belytschko, Z. Bazant

Workshop: Scientific Software, Mar 23-26, 1987.
Organizer: J.R. Rice

Minisymposium: Computer-Aided Design (CAD-CAM), Apr. 20-22, 1987.
Organizer: R. Goldman

May-July 1987: Computational Physics and Chemistry

Workshop: Computational Aspects of VLSI Design with an Emphasis on Semi-Conductor Device Simulation, Apr 30-May 7, 1987.
Organizer: R.E. Bank (Chair), R.K. Smith, W. Coughran, E. Grosse, M. Luskin

Workshop: Atomic and Molecular Structure and Dynamics, Jun 15-July 24, 1987.
Organizer: D. Truhlar

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Coordinators: V. Klee (Chair), D. Kleitman, D. Ray-Chaudhuri, D. Stanton

September - December 1987: Discrete and Computational Geometry, Optimization

Workshop: Polyhedral Combinatorics and Geometric Complexity, Sep 14-18, 1987.
Organizers: M. Grotschel, D. Dobkin

Concentrated Week on Symbolic Computation in Projective Geometry, Oct. 12-16, 1987.
Organizers: B. Sturmfels, N. White

Workshop: Orderly Dispositions in Space (Tilings, Quasicrystals, etc.), Oct 19-23, 1987.
Organizers: B. Grunbaum, M. Senechal

December- April 1988: Applied Graph Theory

Workshop: Applications of Cobinatorics and Graph Theory to Computer Science (including Combinatorial and Geometric Problems in VLSO Design), Dec 14-18, 1987.
Organizers: R. Graham, L. Snyder, R. Tarjan

Workshop: Applications of Combinaorics and Graph Theory to the Biological and Social Sciences, Jan 18-22, 1988.
Organizers: J. Cohen, F. Roberts

Interactions Between Combinatorics and Other Parts of Mathematics

Period of Concentration: q-Series and Partitions, Mar 7-11, 1988.
Organizers: D. Stanton

Minisymposium: Combinatorics of Simplicial Complexes, Mar 14-18, 1988.
Organizers: D. Stanton

Workshop: Invariant Theory and Tableaux, Mar 21-25, 1988.
Organizers: G.-C. Rota, D. Stanton

April - June 1988: Coding Theory and Design Theory

Symposium: Statistical Theory of Experimental Designs, Jun 6-25, 1988.
Organizer: D. Ray-Chaudhuri

Workshop: Coding Theory and Applications, Jun 12-18, 1988.
Organizer: D. Ray-Chaudhuri

 Workshop: Design Theory and Applications, Jun 19-25, 1988.
Organizer: D. Ray-Chaudhuri

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Organizers: J. Glimm, D. Joseph, B. Keyfitz, A. Majda, A. Newell, P. Olver, D. Sattinger, D. Schaeffer

A sampling of research accomplishments in NONLINEAR WAVES

September - December 1988: Nearly Integrable Systems and Applications

Workshop: Solitons in Physics and Mathematics, Sep 12-16, 1988.
Organizers: A. Newell, P. Olver, D. Sattinger

 Conference on Differential Equations On the Occasion of the 60th birthday of Hans Weinberger, Oct 14-15, 1988. Organizers: D. Aronson, W. Miller, G. Sell

 Workshop: Solitons in Nonlinear Optics and Plasma Physics, Nov 7-11, 1988.
Organizers: D. Kaup, Y. Kodama

January - March 1989: Hyperbolicity, Change of Type, and Wave Propagation in Non Newtonian Fluids and Multiphase Flows

 Workshop: Two Phase Waves in Fluidized Beds, Sedimentation, and Granular Flows, Jan 3-10, 1989. Organizers: D. Joseph, D. Schaeffer

Minisymposium: Plasticity, Feb 6-10, 1989.
Organizers: J. Glimm, D. Joseph

Workshop: Nonlinear Evolution Equations that Change Type, Mar 6-10, 1989.
Organizers: B. Keyfitz, M. Shearer

April-June 1989: Multidimensional Hyperbolic Problems and Computations

Workshop: Multidimensional Hyperbolic Problems and Computations, Apr 17-21, 1989.
Organizers: J. Glimm, P. Woodward

Minisymposium: Computational Issues for Nonlinear Hyperbolic Waves, Apr 17-21, 1989.
Organizers: J. Glimm, P. Woodward

Workshop: Microlocal Analysis and Nonlinear Waves, May 15-19, 1989.
Organizers: R. M. Beals, R. Melrose, J. B. Rauch

Workshop: Symbolic Computaion Methods in Differential Equations, Jun 26-30, 1989.
Organizers: B. F. Caviness, M. Singer

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A sampling of research accomplishments in DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

September - December, 1989: Chemical Reactions and Combustion Dynamics

Workshop 1: Introduction to Dynamical Systems, Sep 5-15, 1989.
Organizers: S.-N. Chow, M. Golubitsky, R. McGehee, G. Sell

Workshop 2: Patterns and Dynamics in Reactive Media, Oct 16-20, 1989.
Organizers: S.-N. Chow, M. Golubitsky, R. McGehee, G. Sell, R. Aris, D. Aronson, P. Fife, H. Swinney

Workshop 3: Dynamical Issues in Combustion Theory, Nov 13-17, 1989.
Organizers: S.-N. Chow, M. Golubitsky, R. McGehee, G. Sell, P. Fife, A. Linan, F. Williams

January - March, 1990: Hamiltonian Dynamics and Mathematical Physics

Minisymposium: Topological and Measurable Dynamics, Feb 1- 4, 1990.
Organizers: S.-N. Chow, M. Golubitsky, R. McGehee, G. Sell, H. Keynes

Workshop 4: Twist Maps and their Applications, Mar 12-16, 1990.
Organizers: S.-N. Chow, M. Golubitsky, R. McGehee, G. Sell, L. P. Kadanoff, K. Meyer, J. Moser, C. Robinson, E. Zehnder

March - April, 1990: Mathematical Physiology and Differential Delay Equations

Period of Concentration: Mathematical Physiology and Differential Delay Equations, Mar 19-Apr 13, 1990.
Organizers: S.-N. Chow, M. Golubitsky, R. McGehee, G. Sell, M. Mackey, J. Hale, N. Kopell, J. Mallet-Paret

April - June, 1990: Fluid Flow and Convection Dynamics

Special Workshop: Using Algebraic Processors in Dynamical Systems, Apr 16-20, 1990.
Organizers: K. Meyer, P. Olver

Workshop 5: Dynamical Theories of Turbulence in Fluid Flows, May 29-Jun 2, 1990.
Organizers: S.-N. Chow, M. Golubitsky, R. McGehee, G. Sell, C. Foias, R. Temam

Workshop 6: Nonlinear Phenomena in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (with Minnesota Supercomputer Insitute), Jun 4-8, 1990.
Organizers: S.-N. Chow, M. Golubitsky, R. McGehee, G. Sell , G. Carnevale, R. Pierrehumbert

Workshop 7: Chaotic Processes in the Geological Sciences, Jun 11-15, 1990.
Organizers: S.-N. Chow, M. Golubitsky, R. McGehee, G. Sell, D. Yuen

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Brief selection of research accomplishments during PHASE TRANSITIONS AND FREE BOUNDARIES

September 1990 - January 1991: Phase Transitions

Tutorial: The Evolution of Phase Boundaries, Sep 10-14, 1990.

Workshop: On the Evolution of Phase Boundaries, Sep 17-21, 1990.
Organizers: M.E. Gurtin, G. McFadden

Workshop: Connecting to Industry, Oct 12-13, 1990.
Organizer: A. Friedman

Workshop: Shock Induced Transitions and Phase Structures in General Media, Oct 15-19, 1990.
Organizers: R. Fosdick, E. Dunn, M. Slemrod

Workshop: Microstructure and Phase Transition, Nov. 12-16, 1990.
Organizers: D. Kinderlehrer, R. JAMES, J.L. Ericksen, M. Luskin

Workshop: Statistical Thermodynamics and Differential Geometry of Microstructured Material, Jan 21-25, 1991.
Organizers: H. T. Davis, J.C.C. Nitsche

February - June 1991: Free Boundary and Diffusion Problems

 Workshop: Free Boundaries in Viscous Flows, Mar 11-15, 1991.
Organizers: R. Brown, S. Davis, S. Kistler

Workshop: Variational Problems, Apr 15-19, 1991.
Organizers: A. Friedman, J. Spruck

Workshop: Degenerate Diffusions, May 13-18, 1991.
Organizers: W.-M. Ni, L.A. Peletier, J.-L. Velazquez

Minisymposium: Nonlinear Diffusion Equations and their Equilibrium States, May 24-25, 1991.
Organizers: W.-M. Ni, L.A. Peletier, J. Serrin

Workshop: Polymer Configurations: Nonlinear and Nonlocal Diffusion Problems, May 30-31, 1991.
Organizers: F.S. Bates, A. Halperin, T.P. Lodge, M. Tirrell

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Organizers: R. A. Brualdi, G. Cybenko, A. George, G. Golub, M.B. Luskin, and P. Van Dooren

Brief selection of research results during Applied Linear Algebra

September - December, 1991: Discrete Matrix Analysis

Tutorial: Applied Linear Algebra, Sep 4-10, 1991.

  SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra, Sep 4-10, 1991

Workshop: Sparse Matrix Computations: Graph Theory Issues and Algorithms, Oct 14-18, 1991.
Organizers: A. George, J. Gilbert, J. Liu

Workshop: Combinatorial and Graph-Theoretic Problems in Linear Algebra, Nov 11-15, 1991.
Organizers: R. Brualdi, S. Friedland, V. Klee

January-March, 1992: Matrix Computations

Workshop: Linear Algebra, Markov Chains, and Queuing Models, Jan 13-17, 1992.
Organizers: J. Mckenna, R. J. Plemmons, G. W. Stewart

 Workshop: Iterative Methods for Sparse and Structured Problems, Feb 24-Mar 1, 1992.
Organizers: G. Golub, A. Greenbaum, M. Luskin

April-June 1992: Signal Procesing, Systems and Control

Workshop: Linear Algebra for Signal Processing, Apr 6-10, 1992.
Organizers: A. Bojanczyk, G. Cybenko

Workshop: Linear Algebra for Control Theory, Jun 1-5, 1992.
Organizer: P. Van Dooren

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Tutorial: Control Theory, Sep 8-11, 1992.
Organizers: P.P. Khargonekar and D.L. Russell

Workshop: Robust Control Theory, Sep 21-25, 1992.
Organizers: B.A. Francis, P.P. Khargonekar

Workshop: Control Systems Design for Advanced Engineering Systems: Complexity, Uncertainty, Information and Organization, Oct 12-16, 1992.
Organizers: D. Enns, M. Morari, C.N. Nett

Workshop: Control and Optimal Design of Distributed Parameter Systems, Nov 9-13, 1992.
Organizers: J.E. Lagnese, D.L. Russell, L. White

Period of Concentration: Flow Control, Nov 16-20, 1992.
Organizers: M. Gunzburger

January-March, 1993: Nonlinear Systems and Optimal Control

Workshop: Robotics, Jan 25-29, 1993.
Organizers: J. Baillieul, S. Sastry, H.J. Sussmann

Minisymposium: Biological Control of Movement, Feb 1-3, 1993.
Organizer: W.S. Levine

Workshop: Nonsmooth Analysis and Geometric Methods in Deterministic Optimal Control, Feb 8-17, 1993. Organizers: V. Jurdjevic, B.S. Mordukhovich, R.T. Rockafellar, H.J. Sussmann

Period of Concentration: Nonlinear Feedback Design, Mar 8-12, 1993.
Organizers: P.V. Kokotovic, L. Praly, E. Sontag, A. Teel

Workshop: Systems and Control Theory for Power Systems, Mar 15-19, 1993.
Organizers: J. Chow, P.V. Kokotovic, R.J. Thomas

April-June, 1993: Stochastic and Adaptive Systems

Tutorial: Adaptive Systems, Apr 5-9, 1993.
Organizers: K.J. Astrom, G.C. Goodwin, P.R. Kumar

Workshop: Adaptive Control, Filtering and Signal Processing, Apr 12-16, 1993.
Organizers: K.J. Astrom, G.C. Goodwin, P.R. Kumar

Minisymposium: Fuzzy Control, Apr 19-20, 1993.
Organizer: P.R. Kumar

Tutorial: Discrete Event Systems, May 3-7, 1993.
Organizers: P.R. Kumar, P. Varaiya

Workshop: Discrete Event Systems, Manufacturing Systems and Communication Networks, May 10-14, 1993.
Organizers: P.R. Kumar, P. Varaiya

Tutorial: Mathematical Finance, June 7-11, 1993.
Organizers: D. Duffie, I. Karatzas

Workshop: Mathematical Finance, June 14-18, 1993.
Organizers: M.H.A. Davis, D. Duffie, S. Shreve

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Tutorial: Probability and Optimization, Sep 9-15, 1993.
Organizer: J. Michael Steele

Workshop: Probability and Algorithms, Sep 20-24, 1993.
Organizers: M. Steele, J. Spencer

Workshop: Finite Markov Chain Renaissance, Oct 18-22, 1993.
Organizers: P. Diaconis, D. Aldous

 Workshop: Random Discrete Structures, Nov 15-19, 1993.
Organizers: D. Aldous, R. Pemantle

January-March, 1994: Genetics and Stochastics Network

Workshop: Mathematical Population Genetics, Jan 24-28, 1994.
Organizers: S. Tavare, P. Donnelly

Workshop: Stochastic Networks, Feb 28-Mar 4, 1994.
Organizers: R.J. Williams, F.P. Kelly

Period of Concentration: Stochastic Problems for Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Mar 21-25, 1994.
Organizers: Tadahisa Funaki, Wojbor A. Woyczynski

April-June, 1994: Stochastic Models

Workshop: Image Models (and their Speech Model Cousins), May 2-6, 1994.
Organizers: L. Shepp, S. Levinson

Workshop: Stochastic Models in Geosystems, May 16-20, 1994.
Organizers: S. Molchanov, W. Woyczynski

Minisymposium: Phase Transitions in Catalytic Surface Reaction Models, May 31-June 3, 1994.
Organizers: C. Neuhauser, M. Bramson

Workshop: CLASSICAL AND MODERN BRANCHING PROCESSES, June 13-17, 1994.
Organizers: K. Athreya, P. Jager

Workshop: Mathematics in Manufacturing Logistics, June 20-24, 1994.

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Tutorial: Computational Wave Propagation, Sep 7-9, 1994.
Organizers: R Burridge, B. Engquist, L. Halpern, G. Kriegsmann

Workshop: Computational Wave Propagation, Sep 19-23, 1994.
Organizers: B. Engquist, G. Kriegsmann

Tutorial: Wavelets, Multigrid and Other Fast Algorithms (Multipole, FFT) and their USE in Wave Propagation, Oct 11-13, 1994.
Organizers: I. Daubechies, B. Fornberg, S. Mallat, S. McCormick

Workshop: Wavelets, Multigrid and Other Fast Algorthms (Multipole, FFT) and their Use in Wave Propagation, Oct 17-21, 1994.
Organizers: G. Beylkin, I. Daubechies, G. Papanicolaou)

Tutorial: Waves in Random and Other Complex Media, Nov 9-10, 1994.
Organizers: R. Burridge, G. Papanicolaou, L. Pastur, B. White

Workshop: Waves in Random and Other Complex Media, Nov. 14-18, 1994.
Organizer: R. Burridge, G. Papanicolaou

January-March, 1995: Inverse Problems in Wave Propagation

Tutorial: Tutorial 1, Jan 17-20, 1995.
Organizers: D. Colton, A. Faridani, G. Papanicolaou

Tutorial: Tutorial 2, Jan 30-Feb 3, 1995.
Organizers: J. Achenbach, C. Stork, W. Symes, G. Uhlmann

Workshop: Inverse Problems in Wave Propagation, Mar 6-17, 1995.
Organizers: J. Achenbach, G. Chavent, G. Papanicolaou, P. Sacks, K.T. Smith, W. Symes

April-June, 1995: Singularities, Oscillations, Quasiclassical ad Multiparticle Problems

Tutorial: Singularities and Oscillations, Apr 4-6, 1995.
Organizers: C. Bardos, M. Beals, M. Taylor

 Workshop: Singularities and Oscillations, Apr 10-14, 1995.
Organizers: J. Keller, J. Rauch, M. Taylor

Tutorial: Quasiclassical Methods, May 16-18, 1995.
Organizers: B. Helffer, T. Paul

 Workshop: Quasiclassical Methods, May 22-26, 1995.
Organizers: J. Rauch, B. Simon

Tutorial: Multiparticle Quantum Scattering with Applications to Nuclear, Atomic and Molecular Physics, June 7-8, 1995.
Organizers: D.J. Kouri, G. Michele Graf

Workshop: Multiparticle Quantum Scattering with Applications to Nuclear, Atomic and Molecular Physics, June 12-16, 1995.
Organizers: B. Simon, D. Truhlar, W. Hunziker

September-December, 1995: Phase Transitions, Optimal Microstructures and Disordered Materials

Tutorial: Microstructure, Weak Convergence and Atomic Forces, Sep 5-8, 1995.
Organizers: V. Sverak, R. Kohn, A. Sutton

Workshop: Mechanical Response of Materials from Angstroms to Meters, Sep 11-15, 1995.
Organizers: R. James, S. Muller, A. Sutton

Workshop: Phase Transformations, Composite Materials and Microstructure, Sep 18-22, 1995.
Organizers: R. James, R. Kohn, G. Milton

Period of Concentration: Microstructure and Turbulence, Oct 23-27, 1995.
Organizers: B. Engquist, M. Luskin, R. James

Tutorial: Disordered Media and Percolation in Materials Science, Nov 8-10, 1995.
Organizers: G. Milton, K. Golden

Workshop: Disordered Materials, November 13-17, 1995.
Organizers: G. Milton, K. Golden, G. Grimmett, P. Sen

January-March, 1996: Thin Films, Particulate Flows and Nonlinear Optical Materials

Workshop: Particulate Flows: Processing and Rheology, Jan 8-12, 1996.
Organizers: D. Drew, D. Joseph, S.L. Passman

Workshop: Interface and Thin Films, Feb 5-9, 1996.
Organizers: P. Leo, D. Meiron, T. Tsakalakos

Period of Concentration: Light Propagation in Optical Wave Guiding Material, Feb 15-Mar 15, 1995.

Tutorial: Nonlinear Optical Materials, Feb 28-Mar 1, 1996.
Organizers: J. Sipe, J. Moloney, S. Koch

Workshop: Nonlinear Optical Materials, Mar 4-8, 1996.
Organizers: J. Moloney, J. Sipe

April-June, 1996: Numerical Methods and Topological/Geometric Properties in Polymers

Tutorial: Monte Carlo Methods, May 8-10, 1996.
Organizer: S. Whittington

Workshop: Numerical Methods for Polymeric Systems, May 13-16, 1996.
Organizers: S. Whittington

Tutorial: Topology and Statistical Mechanics of Polymers, June 3-6. 1996.
Organizers: S. Whittington, D. Sumners, R. Griffiths

Workshop: Topology and Geometry in Polymer Science, June 10-16, 1996.
Organizers: S. Whittington, D. Sumners, T. Lodge

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Organizers: Petter E. Bjorstad, Mitchell Luskin, Dianne O'Leary, Robert Schreiber, Ridgway Scott (Chair)

A sampling of research accomplishments in MATHEMATICS OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING

September-December, 1996: The Mathematics of Computing and Communication

Short Course: The Message Passing Interface Standard, Sep 9-11, 1996.
Organizers: D. Walker, E. Lusk

Short course: High-Performance Fortran, Sep 11-13, 1996.
Organizers: C. Koelbel, R. Schreiber

Workshop 1: Algorithms for Parallel Processing, Sep 16-20, 1996.
Organizers: R. Schreiber, M. Heath, A. Ranade

Workshop 2: Evolutionary Algorithms, Oct 21-25, 1996.
Organizers: D. Whitley, M. Vose, K. De Jong, L. Davis, D. Truhlar

Workshop 3: The Mathematics of Information Coding, Extraction and Distribution, Nov 11-15, 1996.
Organizers: G. Cybenko, D. O'Leary, J. Rissansen

Data Mining and Industrial Applications, Nov 18-20, 1996.
Organizers: G. Cybenko, A. Friedman

Workshop 4: 3D Scanning: From Physical Objects to Computer Models, Dec 2-6, 1996.
Organizers: G. Golub, W. Stuetzle

January-March, 1997: Molecular Modeling and HPC

Tutorial: Jan 15-16, 1997.

Workshop 5: Molecular Structure: Dynamics, Geometry and Topology, Jan 20-24, 1997.
Organizers: R. Scott, T. Schlick

SIAM Meeting on Parallel Processing, Minneapolis, March 14-17, 1997.

Workshop 6: Computational Radiology and Imaging: Therapy and Diagnosics, Mar 17-21, 1997.
Organizers: C. Borgers, F. Natterer

April-June, 1997: Parallel Computational Mechanics

Tutorial: Rational Drug Design, Apr 10-11, 1997.
Organizer: D. Ferguson

Workshop 7: Rational Drug Design, Apr 14-18, 1997.

Organizers: J. Blaney, T. Hopfinger, J. Howe, D. Truhlar, R. Damkoehler

Tutorial: PDE Software, Apr 21-25, 1997.
Organizer: P. Bjørstad

Workshop 8: Grid Generation and Adaptive Algorithms, Apr 28-May 2, 1997.
Organizers: M. Luskin, J. Flaherty, M. Bern

Workshop 9: Parallel Solution of PDE, June 9-13, 1997.
Organizers: M. Luskin, P. Bjørstad

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Organizers: Rafael de la Llave, Eusebius Doedel, Martin Golubitsky, John Guckenheimer (Chair), Yannis Kevrekedis, John Rinzel

September-December, 1997: Numerical Analysis of Dynamical Systems

Tutorial: Numerical Methods for Bifurcation Problems, September 4-9, 1997

Workshop 1: Numerical Methods for Bifurcation Problems, September 15-19, 1997

Workshop 2: Large Scale Dynamical Systems, September 29 - October 3, 1997

Tutorial: Multiple Time-Scale Dynamical Systems, October 23-24,

Workshop 3: Multiple Time-Scale Dynamical Systems, October 27-31, 1997

Workshop 4: Dynamics of Algorithms, November 17-21, 1997

January-March, 1998: Dynamics in Physiology and Chemistry

Workshop 5: Computational Neuroscience,January 14-23, 1998

Tutorial: Calcium Dynamics in Cells, February 5-6, 1998

Workshop 6: Calcium Dynamics in Cells, February 9-13, 1998

Workshop 7: Cardiac Dynamics, March 9-14, 1998

April-June, 1998: Symmetry and Pattern Formation

Workshop 8: Nonlinear Identification and Control, April 27 - May 1, 1998

Workshop 9: Pure, Applied and Industrial Mathematics: Strength through Connections, May 1-3, 1998

Workshop 10: Dynamical Systems in Oceanography: Chaotic Advection in Ocean Mesoscale Structures, May 7-9, 1998

Workshop 11: Pattern Formation in Continuous and Coupled Systems, May 11-15, 1998

Workshop 12: Animal Locomotion and Robotics, June 1-5, 1998

Workshop 13: Continuum Mechanics and Non-linear Partial Differential Equations, June 8-12, 1998

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Tutorial: Mathematical and Computational Issues in Pattern Formation, September 3-4, 1998

Workshop 1: Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: The Basic Process, September 8-12, 1998

Workshop 2: Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Model Systems, September 14-18, 1998

Tutorial: Immunology, Cell Signaling, the Physiology of the Immune System and the Dynamics of the Immune Response, October 8-9, 1998

Workshop 3: Immune System Modeling & Cell Signaling, October 12-16, 1998

Period of Concentration: Forging an Appropriate Immune Response as a Problem in Distributed Artificial Intelligence, October 19-23, 1998

Tutorial: Mathematical Models of AIDS, November 6, 1998

Workshop 4: Dynamics and Control of AIDS, November 9-13, 1998

Minisymposium: Cancer, November 15-19, 1998

Winter Quarter (January - March, 1999): Mathematical Problems in Physiology

Workshop 5: Cell Adhesion and Motility, January 4-8, 1999

Workshop 6: Computational Modeling in Biological Fluid Dynamics, January 25-29, 1999

Workshop 7: Membrane Transport and Renal Physiology, February 8-12, 1999

Tutorial: Endocrinology: Mechanism of Hormone Secretion and Control, February 14, 1999

Workshop 8: Endocrinology: Mechanism of Hormone Secretion and Control, February 15-19, 1999

Tutorial: Audition, March 5, 1999

Workshop 9: Audition, March 8-12, 1999

Spring Quarter (April - June, 1999): Dynamic Models of Ecosystems and Epidemics

Workshop 10: Local Interaction and Global Phenomena in Vegetation and Other Systems, April 19-23, 1999

Tutorial: Introduction to Epidemiology and Immunology, May 13-14, 1999

Workshop 11: Mathematical Approaches for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, May 17-21, 1999

Workshop 12: From Individual to Aggregation: Modeling Animal Grouping, June 7-11, 1999

1999-2000: Reactive Flow and Transport Phenomena    Web Page

Organizers: John Chadam (University of Pittsburgh), Ashwani K. Kapila-Chair (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), David Levermore (University of Arizona), Christian Ringhofer (Arizona State University)

• Tutorial: Low-speed Combustion, September 23-24, 1999

• Workshop 1: Low-speed Combustion, September 27 - October 1, 1999

• Workshop 2: Fire, October 11-13, 1999

• Minisymposium: Mathematical and Computational Strategies for Simplifying Complex Kinetics , October 14-15, 1999

• "Hot Topics" Workshop: Scaling Phenomena in Communication Networks October 22-24, 1999

• Tutorial: High-speed Combustion, November 5, 1999

• Workshop 3: High-speed Combustion in Gaseous and Condensed-phase Energetic Materials, November 8-12, 1999

• Minisymposium: Mathematical Investigations of Models in Combustion, November 14-17, 1999

• IMA Special Workshop: Biocomplexity: Special Competition 2000, Opportunities in the Mathematical Sciences, January 14, 2000

2000-2001 Mathematics in Multimedia

2001-2002 Mathematics in Geosciences

2002-2003 Optimization

2003-2004: Probability and Statistics in Complex Systems: Genomics, Networks, and Financial Engineering

2004-2005: Mathematics of Materials and Macromolecules: Multiple Scales, Disorder, and Singularities

"Hot Topics" Workshops

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June 22 - July 1, 2005 Wireless Communications

June 7-18, 2004 n-Categories: Foundations and Applications

July 21-August 1, 2003 Probability and Partial Differential Equations in Modern Applied Mathematics

July 22-August 2, 2002 Special Functions in the Digital Age
(Special Functions at FoCM'02, August 5-7, 2002)
Foundations of Computational Mathematics 2002 (FoCM'02), August 5-14, 2002

May 26-June 3, 2002 Mathematical Modeling in Industry - A Workshop for Graduate Student
Workshop Participants Photos    Reports

July 16-27, 2001 Geometric Methods in Inverse Problems and PDE Control

July 19-28, 2000 Industrial Modeling Course for Graduate Students
Organizers: Rachel Kuske and Fernando Reitich

August 2-13, 1999 Codes, Systems and Graphical Models
Organizers: G. David Forney, Jr. Brian Marcus, Joachim Rosenthal, and Alexander Vardy

July 22 - July 31, 1998 Mathematical Modeling in Industry
Organizers: Fadil Santosa and Fernando Reitich

1998 (July 6 - 18, 1998) Coding and Cryptography
Organizers: Ian Blake, Robert Calderbank, Andrew Odlyzko, and Vera Pless

  Week 1: Codes, Design, and Cryptography

  Week 2: Sequences

1997 (July 7-August 21/excluding August 11-15, 1997) Statistics in the Health Sciences
Organizers: S. Zeger (Chair), D. Berry, J. Greenhouse, E. Halloran, B. Margolin, M. Zelen, P. Grambsch, S. Geisser, S. Weisberg

  Week 1: Genetics (July 7-11) Organizers: E. Halloran, S. Geisser

  Week 2: Imaging (July 14-18) Organizers: S. Zeger, J. Greenhouse

  Week 3: Diagnosis and Prediction (July 21-25) Organizers: P. Grambsch, S. Geisser

  Week 4 & 5: Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials (July 28-August 8) Organizers: J. Greenhouse, E. Halloran

  Week 6: Environment and Health (August 18-21) Organizers: M. Zelen, B. Margolin

1996 (July 15-26, 1996) Emerging Application of Number Theory
Organizers: D. Hejhal, J. Friedman, M. Gutzwiller, A. Odlyzko

1995 (July 10-28, 1995) Large Scale Optimization
Organizers: A. Conn (Chair), L. Biegler, T. Coleman, F. Santosa

1994 (July 1-31, 1994) Molecular Biology
Organizers: M. Waterman (Chair), t. Speed, G. Myers, J. Misirov, K. Schulten, D. Sumners

1993 (July 6-23, 1993) Adaptive Numerical Methods
Organizers: J. Flaherty (Chair), I. Babuska, J. Hopcroft, W.D. Henshaw, J. Oliger, T. Tezduyar

1992 (July 6-31, 1992) Environmental Studies: Mathematical, Computational, and Statistical Analysis
Organizers: M. Wheeler (Chair), J. Chang, M. Ghil, D. McTigue, J. Seinfeld,P. Switzer

1991 (July 15-August 9, 1991) Semiconductors
Organizers: F. Odeh (Chair), J. Cole, W.M. Coughran, P. Lloyd, J. White

1990 (July 2 - July 27, 1990) New Directions in Time Series Analysis
Organizers: Emmanuel Parzen (Chair), David Brillinger, Murray Rosenblatt, Murad Taqqu, John Geweke and Peter E. Caines

1990 (June 18-June 29, 1990) Radar and Sonar
Organizers: A. Grunbaum (Chair), M. Bernfeld, RE. Blahut, R. Tolimieri

1989 (July 10-August 4, 1989) Robust Statistics and Diagnostics
Organizers: A. Buja, N. Cressie, T.P. Hettmansperger, P.J. Huber, R.M. Douglas, W. Stahel, W. Stuetzle, L. Tierney, P.A. Tukey, E. Wegman, S. Weisbert, A.R. Wilks

1988 (June 27-August 5, 1988) Signal Processing
Organizers: T. Kailath (Chair), L. Auslander, A. Granbaum, W. Helton, P. Kahargonekar, S. Mitter

1987 (August 3-28, 1987) Robotics
Organizers: J.T. Schwartz (Chair), R. Brockett, J. Hopcroft, T. Lozano-Perez

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Career Workshop on Minorities and Applied Mathematics, April 22-24, 2005

Career Options for Women in Mathematical Sciences, February 4-5, 2005

Special Event: The IMA at 20: Mathematics and its Impact, June 6-7, 2003
Photo Gallery

Joint PIMS/IMA Industrial Problems Solving Workshop at University of Calgary, May 25-29, 2003

6th PIMS-IMA Graduate Mathematics Modelling Camp, May 17-22, 2003, BIRS, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Special Symposium: Evolutionary Consequences of Biological Invasions, April 12-13, 2002

Mathematical Opportunities in Large-Scale Network Dynamics, August 6-7, 2001

A Career Workshop in Computational Science and Engineering: Minorities and Applied Mathematics - Connections to Industry and Government Laboratories, May 4-6, 2001

IMA Career Workshop: Connecting Women in Mathematical Sciences to Industry,  September 8-10, 2000

Tenth SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics, June 12-15, 2000

The Riviere-Fabes Symposium, April 28-30, 2000

IMA-Special Workshop: Biocomplexity - Special Competition 2000 - Opportunities in the Mathematics Sciences on Friday, January 14, 2000

Pure, Applied and Industrial Mathematics: Strength Through Connections, a workshop was held in honor of the 65th birthday of Avner and Lynn Friedman, May 1-3, 1998

Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence (KDI) - Opportunities in the Mathematical Sciences, March 7, 1998

Algorthmic Methods for Semi Conductor Circuitry, November 24-25, 1997. Organizer: J. White

Future Directions in Mathematical Sciences, April 18-20, 1997. Organizers: N. Jain, A. Friedman

Minorities in Applied Mathematics Connections to Industry, October 4-6, 1996. Organizers: R. Johnson, F. Jones, J. Turner

Parallel Processing of Discrete Problems, May 12-16, 1997. Organizer: P. Pardalos

Topics Related to Nonlinear PDE, March 25-29, 1996. Organizers: V. Sverak, S. Muller

Structured Adaptive Mesh Refinement Grid Methods, March 12-13, 1997. Orgranizers: S. Baden, N. Chrisochoides

3D Scanning: from Physical Objects to Computer Models, December 2-4, 1996. Organizers: P. Besl, T. Derose, T. Duchamp, M. Levoy, W. Stuetzle, R. Szeliski (Partially supported by: Interval Research, Cyberware and Microsoft

Theory of Random Sets - a workshop initiated by Ron Mahler from Lockheed Martin and supported by ARO, ONR and Lockheed Martin, August 22-24, 1996

Women in Mathematical Sciences Connections to Industry, February 23-25, 1996

Two Workshops on Thin Film Processing and Control, January 1996 and February 1996. Sponsored by NSF and ARPA

How to Start an Industrial Postdoc Program, May 22-23, 1993

Designing a Course in Industrial Mathematics for Undergraduates, May 15-16, 1993

Friedman 60th Birthday Celebration, January 21, 1993

Joint IMA-INRIA Workshop-Transfer of Mathematics to Industry in the US and France, October 7-10, 1991

Connecting to Industry, October 12-13, 1990

Industry Day, 1st Industry was held at the Mathematical Disciplines Center of the University of Chicago on December 5, 1989

Meeting of NSF Calculus Curriculum Project PIs and Invited Leaders, Calculus Renewal-Priming the Pump, Oct 24, 1988

Applications of Computational Mathematics & Large Scale Scientific Computing in Process & Chemical Engineering, December 18-20, 1985

Math Matters - IMA Public Lectures

2005 New Directions Short Course: Quantum Computation, August 15-26, 2005

2004 New Directions Short Course: Computational Topology, July 6-16, 2004

2003 New Directions Short Course: Cellular Physiology, June 16-27, 2003

Seminars