Past Events at Simon Fraser University
Past Events
- 19-Oct-07
- 15-Oct-07
Nonsmooth, Nonconvex Optimization
There are many algorithms for minimization when the objective function is differentiable or convex, but few options when it is neither. We describe two simple algorithmic approaches for minimization of nonsmooth, nonconvex objectives: BFGS (a new more››
Scientific Event
- 29-Sep-07
6th Pacific Northwest PDE Meeting
The 6th Pacific Northwest PDE meeting will be held at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby on Saturday, September 29, 2007. more››
Scientific Event
- 28-Sep-07
Towards Robust Finite Element Formulations for Acoustics more››
Scientific Event
- 21-Sep-07
- 21-Sep-07
Design of a high quality optical resonator
We consider resonance phenomena for the scalar wave in an inhomogeneous medium. Resonance can be described as a solution to the wave equation that is spatially localized while its time dependence is (mostly) harmonic except for decay due to radiat more››
Scientific Event
- 20-Sep-07
Gradient Flows and Energy Landscapes II
Micromagnetics deals with the spatial pattern formed by the magnetization of a ferromagnet. From the point view of mathematics, micromagnetics is an ideal testbed for a pattern-forming system in materials science: There are abundant experiments on more››
Scientific Event
- 18-Sep-07
Gradient Flows and Energy Landscapes I
Micromagnetics deals with the spatial pattern formed by the magnetization of a ferromagnet. From the point view of mathematics, micromagnetics is an ideal testbed for a pattern-forming system in materials science: There are abundant experiments on more››
Scientific Event
- 11-Sep-07
Pattern formation in micromagnetics
Micromagnetics deals with the spatial pattern formed by the magnetization of a ferromagnet. From the point of view of mathematics, micromagnetics is an ideal testbed for a pattern-forming system in materials science: There are abundant experiments more››
Scientific Event
- 31-Aug-07
Structure Theorems in Graph Theory
Fix a graph H. What is the most general graph that does not contain H? In other words, how do we explicitly construct all the graphs that do not contain H? To begin to make this precise, we have to say what 'contain' means;; we have more››
Scientific Event
- 8-Aug-07
CECM, Maplesoft, MITACS, IRMACS and PIMS are pleased to present "CECM 2007", a summer conference hosted by CECM under the title "Summer Workshop on Computational Mathematics" at Simon Fraser University. The Workshop more››
Scientific Event
- 30-Apr-07
- 1-May-07
Infinite profinite groups encapture asymptotic properties of arrays of finite groups. We will discuss the important examples of (large) profinite groups and their relations to number theory, geometry and theoretical computer science. more››
Scientific Event
- 26-Apr-07
A Nonlinear PDE Model for Lakes and Rivers
Scientific Event
- 24-Apr-07
Mihalis Yannakakis is the Percy K. and Vida L. W. Hudson Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. Prior to joining Columbia, he was Director of the Computing Principles Research Department at Bell Labs (1991-2001) and at Avaya Labs (2 more››
Scientific Event
- 20-Apr-07
Changing the Culture 2007: Assessing What We Do
Scientific Event
- 19-Apr-07
- 20-Apr-07
- 19-Apr-07
A unified approach to modelling trajectories
The talk will concern the employment of stochastic gradient systems in the modeling and statistical analysis of biological and ecological processes of moving particles. The work is stimulated by scientific questions and data sets of the movements more››
Scientific Event
- 3-Apr-07
The oldest competition for an optimal shape (area-maximizing) was won by the circle. We want to give the thousandth proof ! Then we measure the perimeter in different ways, which changes the problem (and has applications in medical i more››
Scientific Event
- 29-Mar-07
Data Stream Processing with Resource Adaptive Computation
The problem of streaming data has gained importance in recent years because of advances in hardware technology. The ubiquitous presence of data streams in a number of practical domains has generated a lot of research in this area. Example applicat more››
Scientific Event
- 5-Mar-07
I will present an overview of some recently developed methods for imaging with array and distributed sensors when the environment between the objects to be imaged and the sensors is complex and only partially known to the imager. This brings in mo more››
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