In the research seminars in applied mathematics, we host talks covering a broad spectrum of mathematical problems and novel applications. Unless otherwise noted, seminars will be held on Fridays from 3:30 - 4:30 in room COB 267. Tea and cookies will be served from 3:10 - 3:30.

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Fall 2009 Seminars (Applied Mathematics and Physics)

Questions regarding the seminar series should be directed to Prof. Harish Bhat (Applied Math) or Prof. Jay Sharping (Physics).

• 28 August 2009: Dr. Jacob Barhak, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan: Chronic disease modeling software and the Michigan model for diabetes [Abstract]
  (Special Time and Location: 2-3 PM, COB 265)
• 11 September 2009: Prof. Orkan Umurhan, Department of Astronomy, City College of San Francisco: A shallow-water theory of annular sections of cold astrophysical disks [Abstract]
• 18 September 2009: Prof. Louis Rossi, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware: A high order vortex method for unsteady incompressible flows [Abstract]
• 25 September 2009: Prof. Nalan Antar, Department of Mathematics, Istanbul Technical University: Band Gap Formation, FUndamental Solitons and Vortices in 2D Nonlinear Lattices [Abstract]
• 02 October 2009: Prof. Miguel A. Carreira-Perpinan, School of Engineering, University of California, Merced: Dimensionality reduction by unsupervised regression [Abstract]
• 09 October 2009: canceled

• 16 October 2009: Dr. Mohan Sarovar, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley: TBA [Abstract]
• 23 October 2009: Prof. Pascale Garaud, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, University of California, Santa Cruz: Fingering convection in geophysical and astrophysical contexts [Abstract]
• 30 October 2009: Bevin Lin, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis: Ultraviolet autofluorescence microscopy provides real-time histopathology for esophageal disease [Abstract]
• 06 November 2009: Dr. Kun-Chun Lee, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behaviors, University of California, Davis: Brownian Dynamics Simulation of Actin-Polymerization-Driven Motility [Abstract]
• 13 November 2009: Prof. Karl Saunders, Department of Physics, California Polytechnic State University: Liquid Crystals and their Phase Transitions [Abstract]
• 20 November 2009: Prof. Sue A. Carter, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz: Photovoltaics from a Bottle [Abstract]
• 4 December 2009: Prof. Johan Walden, Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley: TBA [Abstract]

Fall 2008 Seminars (Applied Mathematics and Physics)

• 05 September 2008: Prof. Dr. Bernd Simeon, Technische Universität München: Materials with Memory: Mathematical Models and Numerical Methods [Abstract]
• 12 September 2008: Prof. Lin Tian, UC Merced: Quantum Engineering of Nanomechanical Systems [Abstract]
• 19 September 2008: Prof. Arnold Kim, UC Merced: Reflectance Optical Tomography in Epithelial Tissues [Abstract]
• 26 September 2008: Prof. Kerwyn Huang, Princeton University: The Beginning of the Ends: A Curvature-Mediated Mechanism for Localization of Lipids to Bacterial Poles [Abstract]
• 03 October 2008: Dr. Shawn Shadden, Stanford University: Characterizing hemodynamic conditions using dynamical systems methods [Abstract]
• 10 October 2008: Prof. Chris Wiggins, Columbia University: Learning Networks from Biology, Learning Biology from Networks [Abstract]
• 24 October 2008: Prof. Aldo D. Migone, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale: Adsorption on Nanoporous Substrates [Abstract]
• 31 October 2008: Dr. Bryn Davis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Interference and Computed Imaging [Abstract]
• 07 November 2008: Prof. Daniel Steck, University of Oregon: Controlling the Center-of-Mass Motion of Ultracold Atoms [Abstract]
• 14 November 2008: Dr. Hannah Callender, University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications: Mathematical Modeling Leads to New Discoveries in Cellular Signaling Pathways [Abstract]
• 21 November 2008: Prof. Kai Liu, University of California - Davis: Probing Magnetic Configurations in Artificially Structured Nanomagnets [Abstract]
• 05 December 2008: Dr. Deena Schmidt, Mathematical Biosciences Institute: A waiting time problem with applications to DNA regulatory sequence evolution, cancer, and the limits of Darwinian evolution [Abstract]

Seminars for Past Semesters

Spring 2008 Seminars

• 28 January 2008: Stephen Minter (PhD Candidate, Applied Mathematics, University of California, Merced): Production and Detection of Gravitational Radiation by Means of a Two-Body Superconducting System [Abstract]
• 14 April 2008: Prof. William L. Kath (Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University): Experimentally-constrained computational models of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons [Abstract]
• 28 April 2008: Dr. Amy Bauer (Los Alamos National Laboratory): A Multi-Scale Cell-Based Model of Tumor-Induced Angiogenesis [Abstract]
• 05 May 2008: Dr. Justin C. Burton (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine): Fluid Pinch-off from Superfluid Helium to Flatland [Abstract]
• 12 May 2008: Prof. Fadil Santosa (University of Minnesota): Level set methods in inverse problems and optimal design [Abstract]

Fall 2007 Seminars

• 07 September 2007: John Burke (Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley ): Snakes and Ladders: localized states in the Swift-Hohenberg equation [Abstract]
• 14 September 2007: Prof. Ajay Gopinathan (School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced ): Cell Motility: Actin Polymerization and Membrane Dynamics [Abstract]
• 21 September 2007: Prof. Ryan Elliott (Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota ): Equilibrium Path-following, Bifurcation, and Stability Techniques for Studying Temperature-Induced and Stress-Induced Martensitic Transformations in Crystalline Shape Memory Alloys [Abstract - Bio]
• 28 September 2007: Prof. David Keyes (Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University): Petaflop/s, Seriously [Abstract - Bio]
• 05 October 2007: Dr. David Brown (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ): The Role of Computational Fluid Dynamics in Modern Scientific Discovery [Abstract]
• 12 October 2007: Prof. Bhat Harish (Mathematics, Claremont McKenna College ): Dynamics of Inductor-Capacitor Networks [Abstract]
• 19 October 2007: Dr. Mark Hoefer (National Institute of Standards and Technology): Dispersive Shock Waves in Bose-Einstein Condensates and Nonlinear Photonic Crystals [Abstract]
• 26 October 2007: Dr. Amoolya Singh (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg): Modularity of bacterial stress response evolution [Abstract]
• 02 November 2007: Prof. Eric Hillebrand (Department of Economics, Louisiana State University): Pricing an Option on Movie Revenue: Theory and Application [Abstract]
• 09 November 2007: Dr. Thomas Ward (Department of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles ): Electrohydrostatically driven flows in radial and vertical Hele-Shaw cells [Abstract]
• 30 November 2007: Prof. Alexander Kurganov (Department of Mathematics, Tulane University): Non-Oscillatory Central Schemes -- a Powerful Black-Box-Solver for Hyperbolic PDEs [Abstract]

Spring 2007 Seminars

• 19 January 2007: Prof. Boaz Ilan (School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced ): Solitary waves in irregular lattice media [Abstract]
• 26 January 2007: Prof. Eckart Meiburg (Department of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara): High-resolution simulations of gravity and turbidity currents [Abstract]
• 02 February 2007: Prof. Hongkai Zhao (Department of Mathematics, Department of Computer Science, Institute of Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Irvine): Time reversal based direct imaging method [Abstract]
• 09 February 2007: Prof. Francois Blanchette (School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced): Flowing drops and partial coalescence [Abstract]
• 23 February 2007: Prof. David Muraki (Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University): A Resonant Instability of Steady Mountain Waves [Abstract]
• 16 March 2007: Prof. Michael Weinstein (Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University): Dynamics of NLS / Gross-Pitaevskii Equations [Abstract]
• 23 March 2007: Prof. James Meiss (Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado at Boulder): Transport in Chaotic Dynamical Systems [Abstract]
• 06 April 2007: Prof. Eliot Fried (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis): A conjectured hierarchy of length scales in a generalization of the Navier–Stokes-alpha equation for turbulent fluid flow [Abstract]
• 13 April 2007: Prof. Alexandre Chorin (Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley): Monte Carlo without chains [Abstract]
• 27 April 2007: Stephen Minter (Graduate Student, Applied Mathematics, University of California, Merced): Multiple-equilibria Traps for Charged and Neutral, Polarizable Dielectrics [Abstract]
• 04 May 2007: Prof. Mayya Tokman (School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced): Exponential Propagation Iterative (EPI) Methods and Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Modeling of Plasma Dynamics [Abstract]

Fall 2006

• 15 September 2006: Prof. Arnold Kim (School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced ): Radiative Transport Theory for Optical Molecular Imaging [Abstract]

• 29 September 2006: Prof. Raymond Chiao (School of Natural Sciences and School of Engineering, University of California, Merced): Gravity Wave Experiments at UCM [Abstract]

• 03 October 2006 (SPECIAL TIME: Tuesday 3:00 - 4:00, with Tea and Cookies from 2:30 - 3:00): Prof. Edgar Knobloch (Physics, University of California, Berkeley): Waves in a Box: Old and New States in Binary Fluid Convection [Abstract]

• 05 October 2006 (SPECIAL DAY: Thursday): Prof. Ömer Ilday (Physics, Bilkent University): Femtosecond Fiber Lasers as Ultra-Stable Microwave Oscillators [Abstract]

• 13 October 2006: Morris Flynn (Mechanical Engineering, University of California, San Diego): Intrusive gravity currents in two-layer stratified media [Abstract]

• 20 October 2006: Dr. Eric Serre (Laboratoire de Modélisation et Simulation Numérique en Mécanique): Numerical Modelling of Transitional and Turbulent Rotating-Flows with Walls Based on Pseudo-Spectral Techniques [Abstract]

• 06 November 2006, (SPECIAL DAY AND ROOM (COB 203), REGULAR TIME): Prof. Frederic Yui-Ming Wan (Mathematics, University of California, Irvine): Morphogen Gradients in Biological Systems [Abstract]

• 09 November 2006, (SPECIAL DAY, ROOM (SE 200), TIME (4-5pm)): Dr. P. Thomas Vernier (Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California): Biomolecular Manipulations with Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields -- In Cells and In Silico [Abstract]

• 17 November 2006: Prof. James Keener (Mathematics, The University of Utah): How cells make measurements [Abstract]

• 01 December 2006: Prof. Liliana Borcea (Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University): Electrical Impedance Tomography with Resistor Networks [Abstract]

• 08 December 2006: Prof. Nathan Kutz (Mathematics, University of Washington ): Soliton Lasers [Abstract]

Spring 2006 Seminars

• 13 March 2006: Prof. Patrick Weidman (Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder ): Model Equations for the Eiffel Tower Profile: Historical Perspective and New Results [Abstract]

• 20 March 2006: Prof. Jon Wilkening (Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley ): Shape Optimization of Swimming Sheets [Abstract]

• 03 April 2006: Prof. Albert Fannjiang (Mathematics, University of California, Davis ): Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with a White-Noise Potential [Abstract]

• 10 April 2006: Prof. Knut Solna (Mathematics, University of California, Irvine ): Detection, Localization and Resolution with Noise [Abstract]

• 24 April 2006: Prof. Jared Bronski (Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign): Talk Title TBA