MenuNumerical Analysis Seminars , Spring and Summer 1997
January 16, 1997
| Speaker: | Prof.Peter Oswald, GMD, SCAI, D-53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany |
| Title: | Finite Element Multilevel Solvers: Experiences with Wavelet Techniques |
| Abstract: | available in postscript |
| Time: | 2:00-3:00pm |
| Place: | Blocker 503 |
January 17, 1997
| Speaker: | Prof. John Whiteman, Brunell University, England |
| Title: | Towards Robust Adaptive Finite Element Methods for Problems in Visco-Elasticity |
| Abstract: | available |
| Time: | 2:00-3:00pm |
| Place: | Blocker503 |
January 29, 1997
| Speaker: | Dr. David Dobson, Texas A&M University |
| Title: | Modeling and optimal design of periodic optical structures |
| Abstract: | available |
| Time: | 3:00pm |
| Place: | Blocker 503 |
February 5, 1997
| Speaker : | Dr. Prabir Daripa, Texas A&M University |
| Title: | An Application Driven Fast Algorithm for Some Elliptic PDE's |
| Abstract: | not available |
| Time: | 4:00 pm |
| Place: | Blocker 503 |
February 12, 1997
| Speaker: | Dr. Frank Ihlenburg , TICAM, University of Texas at Austin |
| Title: | Convergence analysis of a coupled Finite-Infinite element method for the numerical solution of exterior acoustic problems |
| Abstract: | available |
| Time: | 4:00 pm |
| Place: | Blocker 503 |
February 28 - March 1, 1997
| Special Event: | Texas Finite Element Rodeo |
| Time: | 10:30 am, February 28, 1997 until about noon the next day, March 1, 1997. |
| Place: | Thompson Conference Center, University of Texas at Austin |
March 4, 1997
| Speaker: | Dr. Leszek Demkowicz, TICAM, University of Texas at Austin |
| Title: | Modeling of Electromagnetic Absorption/Scattering Problems Using h-p Adaptive Finite Elements |
| Abstract: | available |
| Time: | 4:00 pm |
| Place: | HRBB 131 |
March 26, 1997
| Speaker: | Prof. P. Vassilevski, Sofia University, Bulgaria. |
| Title: | On domain imbedding preconditioners for mixed systems |
| Abstract: | avaliable |
| Time: | 4:00 pm |
| Place: | Blocker 503 |
March 27, 1997
| Speaker: | Dr. Ronald H.W. Hoppe, Inst. of Mathematics, University of Augsburg. |
| Title: | A posteriori error estimators for domain decomposition on nonmatching grids and curl-conforming FE approximations |
| Abstract: | available |
| Time: | 1:00 pm |
| Place: | Blocker 503 |
April 16, 1997
| Speaker: | Dr. Brent Lindquist, Stony Brook State University of New York, and visiting TICAM. |
| Title: | Investigating three dimensional pore geometry from high resolution images using computational geometry, graph theory and statistics. |
| Abstract: | available |
| Time: | 2:00 pm |
| Place: | Blocker 503 |
April 30, 1997
(Also announced as an Applied Mathematics Colloquium )
| Speaker: | Prof. William Symes, Department of Computational & Applied Mathematics, Rice University |
| Title: | An Analysis of Velocity Estimation |
| Abstract: | avaliable |
| Time: | 2:00 pm |
| Place: | Milner 317 |
May 6, 1997
| Speaker: | Dr. John A. Trangenstein Department of Mathematics, Duke University |
| Title: | Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Multi-Scale Problems |
| Abstract: | avaliable |
| Time: | 2:00 pm |
| Place: | Blocker 503 |
May 13, 1997
| Speaker: | Dr J. Braun, University of Stuttgart, Germany |
| Title: | Experimental modelling of ground water flow processes. |
| Abstract: | not avaliable |
| Time: | 11:00 am |
| Place: | Blocker 521 |
May 14, 1997
| Speaker: | Professor Rolf Rannacher, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| Title: | A general concept for error control and adaptive mesh design in finite element methods |
| Abstract: | avaliable |
| Time: | 11:00 am |
| Place: | Blocker 503 |
May 20, 1997
| Speaker: | Benqi Guo, visiting UT Austin |
| Title: | An Effective Preconditioner for the h-p Finite Element Method. |
| Abstract: | avaliable |
| Time: | 2:00 pm |
| Place: | Blocker 503 |
July 28, 1997
| Speaker: | Dr. Jerome Jaffre, INRIA, Paris |
| Title: | Generalised cell-centered finite volume methods for two-phase flow in porous media |
| Abstract: | not avaliable |
| Time: | 3:00 pm |
| Place: | Blocker 503 |
August 6, 1997
| Speaker: | Dr. Jean Roberts, INRIA, Paris |
| Title: | Primal-Dual formulations for parameter estimation problems. |
| Abstract: | not avaliable |
| Time: | 3:00 pm |
| Place: | Blocker 503 |