Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics Seminar

Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan

Fridays 3:10-4:00pm, B844 East Hall






The Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics (AIM) seminar in the Department of Mathematics of the University of Michigan meets (unless otherwise noted) on Friday afternoons at 3:10pm in B844 East Hall.

Some related seminars in the Mathematics Department:

Other related seminars/activities outside of the department :

Link to past semester archives.

UPCOMING WINTER 2003 AIM SEMINAR SCHEDULE

For more information, contact the organizers, Hans Johnston at hansjohn@umich.edu or Peter Miller at millerpd@umich.edu.



Date Speaker and Affiliation Title (click on title to view abstract, if available)
September 13 Kaj Nystrom
Foreningssparbanken, Stockholm
and
Department of Mathematics, Umea University
Mathematical Tools in Risk Management
Special Seminar
September 19
4:10 PM
1360 EH
Jackie Shen
University of Minnesota
A Tour of Mathematical Image & Vision Analysis (Miva)
September 20 Jackie Shen
University of Minnesota
Inpainting and Visual Interpolation
Special Seminar
September 26
4:10 PM
1360 EH
Anna Gilbert
AT&T Labs
Mathematical Problems (and Some Solutions) in Networking
September 27 Anna Gilbert
AT&T Labs
Near-Optimal Sparse Fourier Representations via Sampling
Special Seminar
October 3
4:10 PM
1360 EH
Jeff Moehlis
Princeton University
Response of Neurons in the Brain Region Locus Coeruleus to Stimuli
October 4 Jeff Moehlis
Princeton University
Low Dimensional Models of Turbulent Plane Couette Flow Using the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition
Special Seminar
October 10
4:10 PM
Room 1360 EH
Jens Eggers
University of Essen
Scaling Theory of Hydrodynamic Singularities
October 11 Jens Eggers
University of Essen
Drop Formation: From Dripping Faucets to Nanojets
October 18 Daniel ben-Avraham
Clarkson University
Coupled Random Walks: Vicious Walkers, and a Lamb Besieged by a Pride of Lions
October 25 Robert Skeel
University of Illinois
Why Does Molecular Dynamics Work?
November 1 Christiane Helzel
Courant Institute
A High-Resolution Rotated Grid Method for the Approximation of Conservation Laws in Complex Geometries
November 8 David Schneider
U of M
Nonholonomic Euler-Poincare Equations and Stability in Chaplygin's Sphere
Math Biology Seminar

November 13
3:10 PM
Room 3096 EH
Duane Nykamp
UCLA
Reconstructing the Coupling of Neurons from Spike Times
November 15 Isom Herron
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Mathematical Issues Arising from the Onset of Fluid Instabilities
November 22 John Boyd
U of M
Spectral Elements with Prolate Spheroidal Basis Set
November 29
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
No Seminar



December 6 Jean-Luc Thiffeault
Columbia University and Imperial College, London
Chaotic Mixing in a Diffeomorphism of the Torus
December 13





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Last updated 23 August 2002.