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London Mathematical Society - EPSRC Durham Symposium
Numerical Analysis of Multiscale Problems
Monday 5th July - Thursday 15th July 2010

Programme

All lectures take place in room D110 in the Dawson building on the Science Site. Coffee and Tea are served in CM103. Meals are taken at Grey College where participants have their accommodation.

Monday 5th July
14:00Registration in the JCR Hollingside building (closes at 19:00)
Tuesday 6th July
Chair: T.Y. Hou
09:05Short Opening Remarks (Ivan Graham)
09:15-10:05A.M. StuartMultiscale modelling and inverse problems
10:10-11:00P.J. JennyTransported probability density function (PDF) methods for multi-scale and uncertainty problems - part 1
11:00Coffee/Tea
11:40-12:30M. LuskinHybrid Atomistic-to-Continuum Coupling Methods
12:30Lunch Break
Chair: R. Scheichl
15:30-16:20L. BorceaSource localization in random acoustic waveguides
16:20Tea/Coffee
17:00-17:35J. KingMultiscale modelling of cell populations
17:35-18:10B. LeimkuhlerSimplified modelling of energetic interactions using thermal baths, with application to a fluid vortex system.
18:10-18:45R. TsaiA continuum-pore scale coupling algorithm for flow in porous media
19:00Dinner
20:00Wine Reception in the JCR, Grey College
Wednesday 7th July
Chair: E. Süli
09:15-10:05M. LuskinHybrid Atomistic-to-Continuum Coupling Methods
10:10-11:00P.J. JennyTransported probability density function (PDF) methods for multi-scale and uncertainty problems - part 2
11:00Coffee/Tea
11:40-12:30A.M. StuartMultiscale modelling and inverse problems
12:30Lunch Break
Chair: L. Durlofsky
15:30-16:20Y. EfendievMultiscale simulation techniques for high-contrast subsurface flows
16:20Tea/Coffee
17:00-17:35O. RunborgA Multiscale Method for the Wave Equation in Heterogeneous Medium
17:35-18:10P. LinQuasicontinuum methods for crystalline materials with simple and complex lattice structure
18:10-18:45C. OrtnerAtomistic/continuum coupling schemes for solids.
19:00Dinner
20:00Free Evening
Thursday 8th July
Chair: A. Iserles
09:15-10:05B. EngquistFast algorithms for high frequency wave propagation
10:10-11:00A.M. StuartMultiscale modelling and inverse problems
11:00Coffee/Tea
11:40-12:30M. LuskinHybrid Atomistic-to-Continuum Coupling Methods
12:30Lunch Break
13:45Optional Walking Tour of Historical Sites of Durham (2.5 hours) (confirm your participation at registration)
Chair: K.A. Cliffe
16:00Tea/Coffee
16:30-17:05R. TemponeTowards automatic global error control: computable weak error expansion for the tau-leap method
17:05-17:40C. PowellRecycling Techniques for Solving Stochastic Collocation Systems
17:40-18:15M.B. GilesMultilevel Monte Carlo for elliptic SPDEs
18:15-18:50F.Y. KuoLifting the curse of dimensionality - quasi Monte Carlo methods for high dimensional integration
19:00Dinner
20:00Poster Session with wine and cheese in the JCR, Grey College
Friday 9th July
Chair: R. Scheichl
09:15INDUSTRY DAY (9.15 - 17.30)
09:15-10:05P.J. JennyTransported probability density function (PDF) methods for multi-scale and uncertainty problems - part 3
10:10-10:40P.N. ChildsChallenges in seismic imaging
10:40-11:10A. BaranElectromagnetic and light scattering by atmospheric particulates: How well does theory compare against observation ?
11:10Coffee/Tea
11:45-12:15J. OgilvyModelling electromagnetic performance of large structures
12:15-12:45R. MassonFinite volume schemes for multiphase porous media flows
12:45Lunch Break
13:55Symposium Photograph at Grey College
Chair: S.N. Chandler-Wilde
14:30-15:00S.H. LeeAdaptive Multiscale Finite Volume Method for Multiphase Flow in a Heterogeneous Reservoir
15:00-15:30T. PayneThe assimilation of data into atmospheric models, and the use of linearisations optimised for finite perturbations.
15:30Tea/Coffee
16:00-16:30G. VilenskyMathematical modelling of anomalous absorption of ultrasound in human tissue
16:30-17:00P.K. JimackNumerical Models for the Simulation of Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication Problems
17:00-17:30K.A. CliffeDeep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste
19:00Special dinner
Saturday 10th July
Chair: B. Leimkuhler
09:15-10:05P. BastianCentre for Numerical Algorithms and Intelligent Software Special Lecture: The Distributed and Unified Numerics Environment (DUNE)
10:10-11:00L. DurlofskyUncertainty quantification for subsurface flow problems using coarse-scale models
11:00Coffee/Tea
11:40-12:30Ch. SchwabSparse Tensor Discretizations of PDEs with stochastic and multiscale data
12:30Lunch Break
Chair: Y. Efendiev
14:30-15:05A. AbdulleA posteriori error analysis for numerical homogenization methods
15:05-15:40T.Y. HouModel Reduction via a Multi-scale Random Basis Method
15:40Tea/Coffee
16:20-16:55O. ErnstOn the Convergence of Generalized Polynomial Chaos Expansions
16:55-17:30Z. ChenConvergence of the uniaxial perfectly matched layer method for time-harmonic scattering problems in two-layered media
19:00Dinner
Sunday 11th July
09:00Day trip to to Robin Hood's Bay and Whitby (confirm your participation at registration)
12:30Either packed lunch or lunch at Grey (confirm at registration)
18:30Dinner - World Cup Final kick-off at 20:00
Monday 12th July
Chair: I.H. Sloan
09:15-10:05Ch. SchwabSparse Tensor Discretizations of PDEs with stochastic and multiscale data
10:10-11:00T. ArbogastMixed multiscale methods for heterogeneous elliptic problems
11:00Coffee/Tea
11:40-12:30J.M. MelenkHelmholtz problems at large wavenumbers
12:30Lunch Break
Chair: V. Smyshlyaev
15:30-16:20P. MonkThe solution of time harmonic wave equations using complete families of elementary solutions
16:20Tea/Coffee
17:00-17:35S.N. Chandler-WildeNumerical methods for high frequency scattering
17:35-18:10A. IserlesAsymptotic–numerical multiscale expansions
18:10-18:45M. Gander Why it is difficult to solve Helmholtz problems with classical iterative methods
18:45-19:20T. Betcke / E.A. SpenceCoercivity of boundary integral operators in acoustic scattering
19:30Dinner
Tuesday 13th July
Chair: A. Abdulle
09:15-10:05J.M. MelenkHelmholtz problems at large wavenumbers
10:10-11:00T. ArbogastMixed multiscale methods for heterogeneous elliptic problems
11:00Coffee/Tea
11:40-12:30Ch. SchwabSparse Tensor Discretizations of PDEs with stochastic and multiscale data
12:30Lunch Break
Chair: O. Ernst
15:30-16:05M.S. SarkisInfinite-dimensional stochastic Darcy equations, finite-dimensional Petrov-Galerkin approximations and a priori error estimates.
16:05Tea/Coffee
16:45-17:20F. NatafCoarse grid correction for domain decomposition methods for problems with high heterogeneities.
17:20-17:55L. ZikatanovDecompositions of Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Spaces and Preconditioning
17:55-18:30X-H. WuApproaches toward Reliable Reservoir Performance Prediction
19:30Conference Dinner
Wednesday 14th July
Chair: P. Monk
09:15-10:05T. ArbogastMixed multiscale methods for heterogeneous elliptic problems
10:10-11:00J.M. MelenkHelmholtz problems at large wavenumbers
11:00Coffee/Tea
11:40-12:30E. Süli Existence, equilibration and approximation of global weak solutions to kinetic models of dilute polymers
12:30Lunch Break
Chair: M. Jensen
14:30-15:05V.H. HoangSparse Tensor Galerkin Approximations for Parametric and Random Hyperbolic PDEs
15:05-15:40H. WendlandMultiscale Radial Basis Functions
15:40-16:15C. BuddAdaptive methods for multi-scale problems
16:15Tea/Coffee
Thursday 15th July
Departure after breakfast