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London Mathematical Society Durham Symposium
Computational Linear Algebra for Partial Differential Equations
Monday 14th July - Thursday 24th July 2008

Programme

All lectures take place in room CG93 (the Scarborough lecture theatre) in the Department of Mathematical Sciences on the Science Site. Coffee and Tea are served in CM103. Meals are taken at Grey College.

Tuesday 15th July
Chair: D.J. Silvester
09:00-10:00V. SimonciniSpectral properties of saddle point linear systems and relations to iterative solvers
10:00-11:00A. SpenceEigenvalue calculation and stability assignment for discretised PDEs
11:00Tea/Coffee and laptop support
11:30-12:30V. MehrmannNonlinear eigenvalue problems in practice: analysis and numerical methods
12:30Lunch
Chair: A. Ramage
14:00-14:30Z. StrakosOn the RCWA method of computing solutions of Maxwell’s equation for a rectangular grating
14:30-15:00P.S. VassilevskiFinite volume/DG schemes based on constrained minimization function recovery
15:00-15:30O. ErnstPDEs, matrix functions and Krylov subspace methods
15:30Tea/Coffee and laptop support
16:00-16:30A. ReuskenAn Eulerian finite element method for elliptic equations on moving surfaces
16:30-17:00M.A. FreitagShift-invert Arnoldi method with preconditioned iterative solves
17:00-17:30W. ZulehnerMultigrid methods for mixed variational problems and their convergence analysis
19:00Dinner
20:00Wine Reception (after dinner) in the JCR, Grey College
Wednesday 16th July
Chair: H.C. Elman
09:00-10:00A. SpenceEigenvalue calculation and stability assignment for discretised PDEs
10:00-11:00V. MehrmannStructure preservation in eigenvalue computation: a challenge and a chance.
11:00Tea/Coffee and laptop support
11:30-12:30V. SimonciniSpectral properties of saddle point linear systems and relations to iterative solvers
12:30Lunch
15:30Tea/Coffee
Chair: M. Heil
16:00-16:30M. BenziModified augmented Lagrangian preconditioning for incompressible flow problems
16:30-17:00D. KayEfficient numerical solution of the ALE Navier-Stokes equations: Modelling blood flow within the heart
17:00-17:30S. DollarIterative methods designed for saddle-point systems
17:30-18:00A. MiedlarAdaptive solution of eigenvalue problems for PDEs
19:00Dinner
Thursday 17th July
Chair: M. Ainsworth
09:00-10:00V. MehrmannModel reduction in the simulation, control and optimization of real world processes.
10:00-11:00V. SimonciniSpectral properties of saddle point linear systems and relations to iterative solvers
11:00Tea/Coffee
11:30-12:30A. SpenceEigenvalue calculation and stability assignment for discretised PDEs
12:30Lunch
15:30Tea/Coffee
Chair: N.I.M. Gould
16:00-16:30C. CartisAdaptive cubic overestimation methods for optimization problems
16:30-17:00G.R. BarrenecheaA two-level enriched finite element method for a mixed problem
17:00-17:30N.K. NicholsOptimal state estimation for very large dynamical systems using reduced order models
17:30-18:00M. KocvaraSolving nonlinear semidefinite programming by PENNON
19:00Dinner
Friday 18th July (Industrial Day)
Chair: D.J. Silvester
09:30-10:15M. HeinkenschlossPDE constrained optimization
10:15-11:00P.K. JimackDevelopment of a high order discontinuous Galerkin method for the simulation of elastohydrodynamic lubrication phenomena
11:00Tea/Coffee
11:30-12:30W.H.A. SchildersLinear algebra in the electronics industry
12:30Lunch
13:15Conference Photograph after lunch outside Grey College main entrance
13:45-14:30G.B. BirosFast algorithms for inverse problems with elliptic and parabolic PDE constraints: applications to cardiac electrophysiology.
14:30-15:15D. GelderIll-posed problems in product and process design
15:15Tea/Coffee
16:30-16:45M. AllanAccelerating simulations with heterogeneous clusters
16:45Summary and Panel Discussion
19:00Wine reception in Grey JCR followed by special dinner
Saturday 19th July
Chair: A. Ramage
09:30-10:15H.C. ElmanEffects of boundary conditions on preconditioning strategies for the Navier-Stokes equations
10:15-11:00K.A. CliffeBifurcation phenomena in the flow through a sudden expansion in a pipe
11:00Tea/Coffee
11:30-12:15S. LeyfferFASTr: A Framework for Nonlinear Optimization
12:15-13:00D.J. SilvesterBlack-box multigrid preconditioning for unsteady incompressible flows
13:00Lunch
19:00Dinner
Sunday 20th July
09:15Day trip to Robin Hood's Bay and Whitby (confirm your participation at registration)
19:00Dinner
Monday 21st July
Chair: H.C. Elman
09:00-10:00R. WintherPreconditioning saddle point problems arising from discretizations of partial differential equations
10:00-11:00E. HaberPDE constrained optimization
11:00Tea/Coffee
11:30-12:30M.D. GunzburgerNumerical methods for stochastic partial differential equations and their control
12:30Lunch
Chair: K.A. Cliffe
15:30Tea/Coffee
16:00-16:30C.E. PowellPreconditioning saddle-point systems arising in a stochastic mixed finite element problem
16:30-17:00A.S. LawlessVariable transformations and preconditioning for large-scale optimization problems in data assimilation.
17:00-17:30R. ScheichlEnergy minimising coarse spaces for multiscale elliptic PDEs
17:30-18:00S. ShawDifficulties in computing the fundamental distortion mode in Coriolis mass flow meters.
18:00-18:30E. UllmannAn overview of solution strategies for stochastic Galerkin discretizations
19:00Dinner
Tuesday 22nd July
Chair: P.S. Vassilevski
09:00-10:00E. HaberPDE constrained optimization
10:00-11:00M.D. GunzburgerNumerical methods for stochastic partial differential equations and their control
11:00Tea/Coffee
11:30-12:30R. WintherPreconditioning saddle point problems arising from discretizations of partial differential equations
12:30Lunch
15:30Tea/Coffee
Chair: P.K. Jimack
16:00-16:30A. KunothSpace-time adaptive wavelet methods for control problems constrained by parabolic PDEs
16:30-17:00M. BollhoeferAlgebraic multilevel methods for large scale symmetric indefinite problems
17:00-17:30M. BerggrenMegapixel topology optimization on a graphics processing unit
17:30-18:00J. SchoeberlDivergence-free hybrid discontinuous Galerkin finite elements for incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, augmented Lagrangians, and robust preconditioners
19:00Drinks in Grey JCR followed by the Conference Dinner
Wednesday 23rd July
Chair: I.S. Duff
09:30-10:30M.D. GunzburgerNumerical methods for stochastic partial differential equations and their control
10:30-11:30R. WintherPreconditioning saddle point problems arising from discretizations of partial differential equations
11:00Tea/Coffee
12:00-13:00E. HaberPDE constrained optimization
13:00Lunch
14:30Summary and Panel Discussion
16:00Tea/Coffee
19:00Dinner
Thursday 24th July
Departure after breakfast