Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences - PIMS

The PNWNAS has been an annual event since 1987, held on a Saturday each fall.

For more information, please visit the official website at:

http://www.amath.washington.edu/~pnwnas/

The Twenty Second Annual Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis Seminar will be hosted by the The University of British Columbia.

If you plan to attend, please register below in advance so that we can order refreshments accordingly.

Registration fees are to be paid upon arrival, in US or Canadian cash. (Please note that only cash will be accepted and that receipts will be issued). The costs are as follows:

$15 (US or Canadian) for registration / refreshments

$25 per person for dinner, for attendees and their guests; $15 for students

The meeting will take place in the Hugh Dempster Pavilion, 6245 Agronomy Road(map).
The closest parking lot is at Agronomy & Main Mall. Parking the entire day costs $5 and the machine accepts major credit cards as well as cash.

Useful Links

The following links may provide you with information to make your stay in Vancouver during this event more enjoyable...

• On Campus dining : http://www.dinehere.ca/ or see the recommendations in this PDF file

• Off Campus dining : http://www.food.ubc.ca/campusdining/locations/index.html

• Attractions at UBC : http://www.attractions.ubc.ca/

• Attractions around Vancouver : http://www.vancouverattractions.com/

A general map of Vancouver is also available.

The meeting will run from 10:30am to 5:30pm and will take place in the Hugh Dempster Pavilion, 6245 Agronomy Road. A printable map of this location can be found here. The closest parking lot (marked "B") is at Agronomy & Main Mall. Parking the entire day costs $5 and the machine accepts major credit cards as well as cash.

The event will be followed by
dinner at the Banana Leaf Malaysian Restaurant (located at 3005 West Broadway, Vancouver).

Schedule

10:30-11:15 Steve Ruut, SFU

A simple embedding method for solving partial differential equations

11:15-12:00 Kirsten Fagnan, UW

From broken bones to kidney stones: a computational investigation of shock wave therapy

12:00-2:00 Lunch

2:00-2:45 Eldad Haber, UBC

Design in inverse problems

2:45-3:30 Manuel Torrilhon, ETH

Numerical simulations of electric arcs

3:30-4:00 Coffee Break

4:00-4:45 Yogi Erlangga, UBC

Algebraic multilevel Krylov methods

4:45-5:30 David Watkins, WSU

The Francis algorithm: past, present and future

6:00-8:00 Dinner

Registration and refreshments will be just outside DMP 301, talks in DMP 301.