Computational Science, Mathematics, and Engineering (CSME) Seminars

Time/Place: Thursday at 12:00pm-1:00pm, APM 2402
Contact: Prof. Michael Holst (Moe Ebrahimi, Ryan Szypowski)
Spring 2009
June 4
Speaker: Janis E. Landry-Lane, IBM
Title: The Future of Research Computing: IBM's Perspective and Experience
May28
Speaker: John Evans, ICES, UT Austin
Title: Approximation properties of the k-version of the isogeometric finite element method
April 30
Speaker: Daniel Nogradi, Physics Department, UCSD
Title: Massively parallel computation on graphics hardware
April 9
Speaker: Ari Stern, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Geometric aspects of ODEs and PDEs
April 2
Speaker: Joe Cessna, MAE, UCSD
Title: Structured computational interconnects on a sphere for the efficient parallel solution of the 2D shallow-water equations
Winter 2009
Mar 12
Speaker: Madhusudhanan Balasubramanian, UCSD Glacoma Center
Title: Computational techniques for estimating progressive deformation in the optic nerve head region of the retina in glaucoma
Mar 5
Speaker: Slava Kungertsev, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: The Conformal Thin Sandwich Method in General Relativity
Feb 26
Speaker: Chris Deotte, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Parallel Processing, Math, and MPI
Feb 19
Speaker: Chris Schroeder, Physics Department, UCSD
Title: Computational Particle Physics: Is the HIggs Boson a Technicolor Meson?
Feb 12
Speaker: Yuhui Cheng, Chemistry Department, UCSD
Title: Progress on the cellular Ca2+ diffusion studies using the realistic t-tubule geometry
Feb 5
Speaker: Bryan Toth, Physics Department, UCSD
Title: Dynamical Parameter Estimation in Nonlinear Systems
Jan 29
Speaker: Michael Holst, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: An Overview of FETK
Jan 22
Speaker: Moe Ebrahimi, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: The MHD Equations
Jan 15
Speaker: ALL
Title: Organizational/Roundtable
Fall 2008
Dec 4
Speaker: ALL
Title: Roundtable (with some focus on Uzawa)
Nov 6
Speaker: Jonathan Serencsa, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: On Schwarz Theory
Oct 30
Speaker: Yunrong Zhu, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Auxiliary AMG preconditioner for Maxwell equations with jump coefficients
Oct 23
Speaker: Arneh Babakhani, Chemistry Department, UCSD
Title: A virtual screening study of the acetylcholine binding protein using a computational relaxed-complex approach
Oct 8
Speaker: Moe Ebrahimi, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Image Inpainting
Oct 1
Speaker: ALL
Title: Organizational/Roundtable
Spring 2008
June 2
Speaker: Arneh Babakhani, Chemistry Department, UCSD
Title: Computational Modeling in the Chemical Sciences
May 26
Speaker: NONE
(Memorial Day)
May 19
Speaker: Alexander Bilik, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Polynomials Gone Wild
May 12
Speaker: Yongcheng Zhou, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Iterative methods for nonlinear operator equations
May 5
Speaker: Gabriel Nagy, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: A primer on pitchfork bifurcation
April 21
Speaker: Gantumur Tsogtgerel, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Finite elements for the Lichnerowicz equation
April 14
Speaker: Yuhui Cheng, Chemistry Department, UCSD
Title: Diffusional Channeling in the Sulfate Activating Complex: Combined Continuum Modeling and Coarse-grained Brownian Dynamics Studies
April 7
Speaker: Evelyn Lunasin, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Two-dimensional Navier-Stokes-Voight equation for image inpainting
April 2
Speaker: ALL
Title: Organizational/Roundtable
Winter 2008
Mar 12
Speaker: Evelyn Lunasin, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Inertial range spectra in MHD turbulence
Mar 5
Round-table discussion on various projects
Feb 27
Speaker: Gantumur Tsogtgerel, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: A short tour of Sobolev spaces
Feb 20
Speaker: Zeyun Yu, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Modeling calcium dynamics in cardiac myocytes: stochastic vs deterministic approaches
Feb 13
Speaker: Dan McAllaster, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Geometric Mechanics and PDE
Feb 6
Speaker: Jonathan Serencsa, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Numerically Solving the Incompressible Euler Equations on a Moving Domain
Jan 30
Speaker: Gabriel Nagy, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Black hole initial data
Jan 23
Speaker: Yongcheng Zhou, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Continuum modeling of macromolecular electrostatics and conformational change: mathematical analysis and simulations
Jan 9
Speaker: ALL
Title: Organizational/Roundtable
Fall 2007
Nov 28
Speaker: Moe Ebrahimi, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Image Inpaiting
Nov 14
Speaker: Evelyn Lunasin, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Spectral scaling of the Leray-alpha model and Navier-Stokes-alpha model in two-dimensional turbulence
Nov 7
Speaker: Yongcheng Zhou, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Adaptive coupling of finite element and boundary element method for nonlinear interface problems
Oct 31
Speaker: Daniel Reynolds, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Progress in converting compressible MHD simulations to incompressible MHD-alpha simulations
Oct 24
Speaker: Gantumur Tsogtgerel, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Einstein constraints on closed manifolds
Oct 17
Speaker: Ryan Szypowski, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Evolution Equations, Semigroups, and Galerkin Techniques
Oct 10
Speaker: Zeyun Yu, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Multi-scale Geometric Modeling of Ventricular Cardiac Myocytes from Light/Electron Microscopy Imaging Data
Oct 3
Speaker: Gabriel Nagy, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Variational Methods for Finding Initial Data in General Relativity
Sept 26
Speaker: ALL
Title: Organizational/Roundtable
Spring 2007
June 7
Speaker: Gantumur Tsogtgerel, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: A Priori Estimates for Petrov-Galerkin Approximation on Riemannian Manifolds
May 31
Speaker: Emre Mengi, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Controlability, Observability, Minimality, and Related Topics
May 24
Speaker: Yongcheng Zhou, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Coupled Finite Element and Boundary Element Models
May 17
Speaker: NONE
(Gunzburger Seminar)
May 10
Speaker: NONE
(Guidotti Seminar)
May 3
Speaker: Axel Malqvist, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Weak Solutions to the Nonlinear Joule Heating Problem
April 26
Speaker: ALL
Title: Research Roundtable
April 19
Speaker: Gabriel Nagy, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Order Cones, Ordered Banach Spaces, and Maximum Principles
April 5
Speaker: ALL
Title: Organizational/Roundtable
Winter 2007
March 13
Speaker: Zeyun Yu, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: A Quality Molecular Surface and Volume Mesh Generation Toolchain
March 6
Speaker: Dan Reynolds, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Projection Methods in MHD and Boundary Conditions
Feb 27
Speaker: ALL
Title: Research Roundtable
Feb 20
Speaker: NONE
(SIAM Meeting in Orange County/LA)
Feb 13
Speaker: Ryan Szypowski, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Application of Semi-group Theory to Constrained Dynamics
Feb 6
Speaker: Gantumur Tsogtgerel, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Wavelet Methods for Operator Equations
Jan 30
Speaker: Gabriel Nagy, Jonathan Kommemi, Michael Holst, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Fixed-point arguments for third elliptic system
Jan 23
Speaker: Yongcheng Zhou, Axel Malqvist, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Fixed-point arguments for two elliptic systems
Jan 16
Speaker: ALL
Title: Organizational/Roundtable; Fixed-point argument setup
Fall 2006
Nov 28
Speaker: Moe Ebrahimi, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Inpainting using the Navier-Stokes equations
Nov 21
Speaker: Ryan Szypowski, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Some results in semi-group theory with application to hyperbolic evolution systems
Nov 14
Speaker: Jonathan Kommemi, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: A priori estimates and well-posedness of the Hamiltonian constraint equation in GR
Nov 7
Speaker: Daniel Reynolds, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Some results in Computational MHD
Oct 31
Speaker: Gabriel Nagy, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: The Hamiltonian Constraint in GR
Oct 24
Speaker: Axel Malqvist, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Variational Multiscale Methods for Stochastic Data
Oct 17
Speaker: Ryan Szypowski, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Asynchronous Variational Integrators
Oct 10
Speaker: Zeyun Yu, Yongcheng Zhou, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Segmentation/Reconstruction, Methods for Interface Problems
Sept 26
Speaker: Roundtable
Title: Fall Project Planning
Summer 2006
August 23
Speaker: Bryan Nguyen, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: A de-coupling algorithm for elliptic PDE systems
August 2
Speaker: Jonathan Kommemi and Ronald Page, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Analysis of a nonlinear PDE; Biodiffusion models
July 26
Speaker: Arneh Babakhani and Anushka Mihaylo, Chemistry Department, UCSD
Title: Biomembranes; Multiscale systems biology
July 19
Speaker: Dan Reynolds, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Computational MHD
July 12
Speaker: Yuhui Cheng, Chemistry Department, UCSD
Title: Diffusion in Biological Physical Chemistry
July 5
Speaker: Long Chen, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Convergence of adaptive methods and post-processing techniques
June 28
Speaker: Roundtable
Title: Summer Project Planning
June 21
Speaker: Gabriel Nagy, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Stability of Black Strings and A Fluid Model: Part II
June 14
Speaker: Gabriel Nagy, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Stability of Black Strings and A Fluid Model: Part I
Spring 2006
June 7
Speaker: Long Chen, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Mixed methods for nonlinear PDE
May 31
Speaker: Eric Bylaska, PNNL
Title: Density Functional Theory
May 24
Speaker: Roundtable
Title: Open Discussion on Variational PDE
May 17
Speaker: Gabriel Nagy, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: From Maxwell to Yang-Mills
May 10
Speaker: Gabriel Nagy, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Bifurcation Analysis of a Fluid Model
April 26
Speaker: Olivier Sarbach, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Symmetric Hyperbolic Systems and Lambda Systems
April 19
Speaker: Roundtable
Title: PDE
April 12
Speaker: Daniel Reynolds, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Computational Magnetohydrodynamics
April 5
Speaker: Long Chen, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: d-Simplex Refinement: Datastructures and Algorithms
Winter 2006
March 1
Speaker: David Cerutti, Chemistry Department, UCSD
Title: Convergence in Integral Equations
March 15
Speaker: Olivier Sarbach, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Analysis of a Black String Model Using Bifurcation Theory
March 8
Speaker: Ryan Szypowski, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Well-posedness of a Least-Squares Maxwell's Formulation
February 22
Speaker: Roundtable
Title: PDE
February 15
Speaker: Long Chen, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: A Simple Formula
February 1
Speaker: Long Chen, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Hybridized Mixed Methods for Second Order Elliptic Problems
January 25
Speaker: Daniel Reynolds, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Computational MHD
January 18
Speaker: Olivier Sarbach, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: A minimization problem for the lapse and the IBVP for Einstein's field equations
January 11
Speaker: Long Chen, Mathematics Department, UCSD
Title: Convergence of Adaptive Finite Elements for Mixed Formulations of PDE