PIMS/AMI Seminar: Brendan Pass

  • Date: 11/25/2011
  • Time: 15:00
Lecturer(s):
Brendan Pass
Location: 

University of Alberta

Topic: 

An overview of optimal transport and applications

Description: 

Abstract Optimal transport is the problem of transporting one distribution of mass to another as efficiently as possible, where efficiency is measured relative to a prescribed cost function. Originally posed by Gaspard Monge in 1781, this natural problem has evolved into a thriving research area, with deep connections to nonlinear PDEs, geometry and probability, and numerous applications in fields such as economics, fluid mechanics, image processing and meteorology, to name just a few. In this talk, I will give a general overview of basic optimal transport theory and outline some applications.

Other Information: 

Location: CAB 657

 

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