Summer School on Inverse Problems in Radiative Transfer (2008)

The Focused Research Group

The Focused Research Group (FRG) on "Inverse Problems in Radiative Transfer" (NSF Grant) will have its annual meeting June 9-13, 2008 at University of California, Merced. The participants of the FRG are

• Guillaume Bal (Columbia University)
• Arnold Kim (University of California, Merced)
• Steve McDowall (Western Washington University)
• John Schotland (University of Pennsylvania)
• Plamen Stefanov (Purdue University)
• Gunther Uhlmann (University of Washington).

The Summer School

As part of the meeting the FRG will run a graduate summer school on the topic of the FRG. Several applications will be considered, in particular optical tomography (OT) and optical molecular imaging (OMI). These imaging techniques are based on using photons to probe tissues and deduce their optical properties (OT) and on using molecular markers (OMI). These markers seek out changes inside cells that are precursors for disease development, and emit radiation that is detectable outside the body. The members of the FRG and other distinguished researchers will also give talks during this time.

Last year's summer school was held at University of Washington in Seattle, WA.

Invited Speakers

The current list of confirmed speakers appears below.

• Simon Arridge (University College London)
• Scott Carney (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• Sermsak Jaruwatanadilok (University of Washington)
• Ville Kolehmainen (University of Kuopio)
• Ian Langmore (University of Washington)
• Norman McCormick (University of Washington)
• Vadim Markel (University of Pennsylvania)
• Kui Ren (University of Chicago)

Support for Graduate Students and Postdocs

There is funding from the FRG grant to support the participation of a limited number of graduate students and postdocs. If you are interested please send by email a letter of application, and include your CV, to Arnold D. Kim (adkim@ucmerced.edu). Please also ask a senior scientist familiar with your work to send a letter of reference to Arnold D. Kim. The deadline for applications for support is April 30, 2008.

Schedule

The tentative schedule of talks appears here.

About UC Merced

UC Merced is the first new American research university in the 21st century. It is the tenth and newest UC campus. It opened in the fall of 2005 with 900 undergraduate and 100 graduate students. It has grown to an enrollment of approximately 1900 students. The plans for continued growth include enrollments of up to 25,000 students.

To learn more about UC Merced, please read this overview.