Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar

Fall 2009

The focus of this seminar is various methods in scientific computing, the analysis of their convergence properties and computational efficiency, and their adaptation to specific applications. Questions or comments about the seminar should be sent to David Bindel or Alex Vladimirsky. Please go here if you wish to subscribe to the seminar announcement mailing list.

The seminar meets Mondays, 1:25-2:15 pm, in 5126 Upson Hall.

Date	Speaker	Title
Sep 14	David Bindel, CS, Cornell	Numerical analysis for nonlinear eigenvalue problems
Sep 21	Doug James, CS, Cornell	POSTPONED Enabling reduced-order dynamics for graphics, haptics and sound
Sep 28	Benjamin Seibold, Math, Temple	Exact particle methods and gradient-augmented level set approaches
Oct 5	John Guckenheimer, Math, Cornell	Boundary Value Problems and Solvers for ODEs
Oct 12	FALL BREAK
Oct 19	Charlie Van Loan, CS, Cornell	The Kronecker Product SVD (slides)
Oct 26	Marc Bonnet, Ecole Polytechnique	Adjoint solution-based small-inclusion asymptotics of cost functions, with application to defect identification
Nov 2	Adrian Lewis, ORIE, Cornell	POSTPONED A proximal method for composite minimization
Nov 9	Jessica Zhang, ME, Carnegie Mellon	High Fidelity Geometric Modeling and Finite Element Mesh Generation from Volumetric Imaging Data with Applications in Computational Mechanics
Nov 16	Stefan Wild, Argonne National Lab	Estimating Computational Noise in Numerical Simulations
Nov 23	Doug James, CS, Cornell	Enabling reduced-order dynamics for graphics, haptics and sound
Nov 30	Attila Bergou, Physics, Cornell	Fruit Flies Modulate Passive Wing Pitching to Generate In-Flight Turns

See also the preliminary schedule for Spring 2010.