Research Colloquium
Fall 2011

Clements Hall 126

Wednesday: 3:30--4:30
Tue & Thu: 3:45--4:45
Refreshments are served 15 minutes before the talk.


Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Ren-cang Li
Department of Mathematics
University of Texas Arlington
Host: Y. Zhou

Minimization Principle for Linear Response Eigenvalue Problem with Applications

  [Abstract]



Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Leszek Demkowicz
Assistant Director, Institute for Computational and Engineering Sciences
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
University of Texas Austin
Host: T. Hagstrom

Discrete Stability, DPG Method and Least Squares

  [Abstract]



Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Michael Buice
Center for Learning and Memory
University of Texas Austin
Host: A. Barreiro

Effective Langevin Equations for Heterogeneous Coupled Neural Networks

  [Abstract]



Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Pavel Bochev
Numerical Analysis and Applications
Sandia National Laboratories
Host: T. Hagstrom

Optimization-based computational modeling, or how to let someone else do the hard work

  [Abstract]



Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Ralf Deiterding
Computer Science and Mathematics Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Host: A. Aceves

Dynamically Adaptive Cartesian Methods for Shock-driven Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulation

  [Abstract]



Thursday, November 17, 2011

Natalia M. Litchinitser
Department of Electrical Engineering
The State University of New York at Buffalo
Host: A. Aceves

Photonic Metamaterials: From Linear to Nonlinear Optics

  [Abstract]



Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Zhaosong Lu
Department of Mathematics
Simon Fraser University
Host: Y. Zhou

First-Order Methods for Computing Sparse or Low-Rank Solutions

  [Abstract]



Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Julianne Chung
Department of Mathematics
University of Texas at Arlington
Host: A. Barreiro

Numerical Solutions to Inverse Problems

  [Abstract]


Earlier talks
Contact:
Andrea Barreiro (abarreiro (at) smu (dot) edu)
Benno Rumpf (brumpf (at) smu (dot) edu