[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [IACS-events] Special mini-course on boundary value problems starts Sept. 4

An item of interest to our IACS friends: The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will host a special four-week mini-course on boundary value problems and medical imaging starting next Tuesday, Sept. 4. Sponsored by the Onassis Foundation University Seminars Program, the non-credit course is free and open to all members of the Harvard community. To register: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/boundaryproblems DETAILS Instructor: Professor A. S. Fokas, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, UK Dates, Times, & Location: September 4-27, 2012 (Tuesdays & Thursdays) 8:30-10:00 a.m., Maxwell Dworkin G125 (33 Oxford St., Cambridge) Course Content: This mini-course will discuss a new method for analyzing linear boundary value problems. This method, which has been acclaimed as "the most important development in the exact analysis of linear PDEs since the classical works of the 18th century," is based on the "synthesis" as opposed to the separation of variables. It has led to the analytical solution of several non-separable as well as non-self-adjoint boundary value problems. Furthermore, it has led to new numerical techniques for solving linear elliptic PDEs in the interior as well as in the exterior of polygons. The analytical and numerical implementation of the new method to both evolution and elliptic PDEs will be discussed. A related topic is the emergence of new analytical methods for solving inverse problems arising in medicine, including techniques for PET (Positron Emission Tomography) and SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography). A summary of these developments will also be presented. Target Audience: While primarily directed at junior- and senior-level undergraduates and graduate students in medical disciplines, mathematics, applied mathematics, physics, applied physics and engineering, the course is free and open to all members of the Harvard community. ----------------- Rosalind Reid Executive Director, Institute for Applied Computational Science Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 http://iacs.seas.harvard.edu/people rreid(a)seas.harvard.edu | 617-384-9091 _______________________________________________ Iacs-events mailing list Iacs-events(a)seas.harvard.edu https://lists.seas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iacs-events