Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Spring 2012
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.
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Students who plan to attend regularly may take the seminar for credit
as CS 7290 or MATH 7290, and should contact the organizers for more
information.
The seminar meets Mondays, 11:15-12:05 pm
(changed from original 1:25-2:15 slot)
in 315 Upson Hall.
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| Feb 6 |
Jane Wang
MAE & Physics, Cornell |
Computing Insect flight, Falling Paper, and Hydrodynamic Interactions |
| Feb 13 |
Ashish Raj, Pascal Spincemaille, Yi Wang
Weill, Cornell |
MRI opportunities for advanced computational algorithms |
| Feb 20 |
Changxi Zheng
CS, Cornell |
Efficient methods for time-dependent Hamilton-Jacobi PDEs |
| Feb 27 |
Alex Vladimirsky
Math, Cornell |
Causal discretizations of seismic imaging problems |
| Mar 5 |
Ilias Bilionis
CAM, Cornell |
Bayesian techniques for uncertainty quantification of computer codes |
| Mar 12 |
Kevin Lin
Math, Arizona |
Faster Dynamic Monte Carlo via Markov Couplings |
| Mar 19 |
Spring Break |
|
| Mar 26 |
No Seminar |
|
| Apr 2 |
Alexander Kurganov
Math, Tulane |
Central Schemes: a Powerful Black-Box-Solver for Nonlinear Hyperbolic PDEs |
| Apr 9 |
Niels F. Otani Biomedical Sciences, Cornell |
A novel imaging method for calculating patterns of action potential propagation in the heart |
| Apr 16 |
Laurent Demanet
Math, MIT |
Super-resolution via sparse recovery: progress and challenges |
| Apr 23 |
Woo Song ChoiLASSP, Cornell |
Turbulence and Singular shocks in Continuum Dislocation Dynamics |
| Apr 30 |
Dave Schneider
USDA Research |
The complexity of simple epidemic models |
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