Seminar program in scientific computing

• Time: 13.15
• Location: ITC, Polacksbacken, room 2345
• Spring 2008
• CIM seminars at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Mathematics

6 February

Numerical methods for genetic analysis of complex traits

• Kateryna Mishchenko
• Department of Mathematics and Physics
• Mälardalen University
• Västerås
• abstract

13 February

Adaptive Grid Methods for Q-Tensor Theory of Liquid Crystals

• Alison Ramage
• Department of Mathematics
• University of Strathclyde
• Glasgow, Scotland
• abstract

27 February

Parallel Algorithms for Streamline Simulation of Fluid Flow in Oil Reservoirs

• Henrik Löf
• Division of Scientific Computing
• Department of Information Technology
• Uppsala University
• abstract

5 March

Gender-aware course-reform in Scientific Computing

• Lina von Sydow
• Division of Scientific Computing
• Department of Information Technology
• Uppsala University
• abstract

12 March

Constraint Programming: A Programming Paradigm on the Rise

• Pierre Flener
• Division of Computing Science
• Department of Information Technology
• Uppsala University
• abstract

26 March, docent lecture

ALE-metoder för strömningsmekanikberäkningar med
rörliga begränsningsytor

• Mattias Liefvendahl
• Swedish Defence Research Agency
• Stockholm

Chairperson: Gunilla Kreiss
Representative of the docent committee: Peter Stoica

2 April, room 2446

Algorithms for Computational Science and Engineering in the Multicore Era

• Sverker Holmgren
• Division of Scientific Computing
• Department of Information Technology
• Uppsala University
• abstract

16 April, room 2347

Simulation Methods for Climate Modelling

• Erland Källén
• Department of Meteorology
• Stockholm University
• abstract

21 May

Exploiting the Finite Element framework to construct two-by-two block preconditioners

• Maya Neytcheva
• Division of Scientific Computing
• Department of Information Technology
• Uppsala University
• abstract

26 May

Multiscale Simulation of Biochemical Systems

• Linda Petzold
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• University of California
• Santa Barbara, California, USA
• abstract

28 May

13.15 : Radial Basis Functions for solving PDEs - Some recent developments

• Bengt Fornberg
• Department of Applied Mathematics
• University of Colorado
• Boulder, Colorado, USA
• abstract

14.15 : Nonlinear dynamics and vortex wrap-up with radial basis functions

• Natasha Flyer
• Computational Science Section
• NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
• Boulder, Colorado, USA
• abstract

2 June

Averaging Operators as Error Indicators in Problems with Strong Numerical Pollution

• Varis Carey
• Department of Mathematics
• Colorado State University
• Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
• abstract

18 June

Bank lending and the term structure

• Johan Waldén
• Haas School of Business
• University of California
• Berkeley, California, USA
• abstract

25 September

TBA

• Jan Hesthaven
• Division of Applied Mathematics
• Brown University
• Providence, Rhode Island, USA