Research Colloquium
Spring 2012

Clements Hall 126

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


Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Nathan Albin
Department of Mathematics
Kansas State University
Host: T. Hagstrom

Fourier Continuation methods for accurate simulation of long-range propagation and transport

  [Abstract]



Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Nick Wasserman
Department of Teaching and Learning
School of Education
Southern Methodist University
Host: B. Rumpf

Mathematics & Teaching: Teachers' Knowledge of Tasks and Proof

  [Abstract]



Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Gurol Suel
Green Center for Systems Biology, Department of Pharmacology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Host: A. Barreiro

Racing towards a cellular decision

  [Abstract]



Thursday, February 16, 2012

Mark Bradley
Department of Physics
Colorado State University
Host: S. Norris

Self-Assembled Nanoscale Patterns Formed by Ion Bombardment of Solid Surfaces

  [Abstract]



Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Alexander O. Korotkevich
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
The University of New Mexico
Host: B. Rumpf

On the spectra of inverse cascade of water waves in the presence of condensate: numerical experiments.

  [Abstract]



Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Lee DeVille
Department of Mathematics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Host: A. Barreiro

Stochastic dynamics on networks

  [Abstract]



Wednesday, March 21, 2012

X. Sheldon Wang
McCoy School of Engineering
College of Science and Mathematics
Midwestern State University
Host: S. Xu

Immersed Methods for An Interactive System of Continua with Mass and Heat Transfer and Some Thoughts on Modeling of Complex Systems

  [Abstract]



Thursday, March 29, 2012

Patrick Shipman
Department of Mathematics
Colorado State University
Host: B. Rumpf

Patterns induced by Nucleation and Growth in Biological and Atmospheric Systems

  [Abstract]



Thursday, April 5, 2012

Elena Dimitrova
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Clemson University
Host: B. Stigler

Modeling gene regulatory networks with canalyzing functions

  [Abstract]



Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Michael Messner

TU Graz
Host: J. Tausch

A Fast Galerkin Boundary Element Method for the Transient Heat Equation

  [Abstract]



Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Per Jakobsen
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Tromsø
Host: A. Aceves

The Casimir Force

  [Abstract]


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