Workshop I: Computational Kinetic Transport and Hybrid Methods
March 30 - April 3, 2009
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Organizing Committee
Pierre Degond
(Université de Toulouse III (Paul Sabatier))
Bjorn Engquist
(University of Texas at Austin)
Frank Graziani
(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Shi Jin
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Mathematics)
Caroline Lasser
(Freie Universität Berlin)
Anna-Karin Tornberg
(Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), NADA)
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Scientific Overview
This workshop will focus on computational modeling of kinetic transport models that arise in various kinetic transport problems, in particular Boltzmann kinetic or transport equations with applications in astrophysics, planetary atmospheres, medical imaging, semiconductor-devices, and plasmas. The numerical methods to be discussed include direct simulation Monte-Carlo methods, particle methods, moment closure techniques, deterministic finite difference, finite element, and spectral methods. Hybridization of computational schemes linking multi-scale and multi-physics will also be addressed.
Examples are microscopic to mesoscopic linking of quantum systems to semiclassical models for semiconductor device simulations, coupled kinetic and fluid models for hypersonic vehicles, and coupling of Monte Carlo and deterministic numerical methods.
We will bring in experts from academia, industry and national labs. The aim of this workshop is to examine the current states of computational transport, and to foster interdisciplinary interactions among researchers from mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering, and related disciplines.
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Invited Speakers
Anton Arnold
(Technische Universität Wien)
Victor Batista
(Yale University)
Naoufel Ben Abdallah
(Université de Toulouse III (Paul Sabatier))
Russel Caflisch
(University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))
Eric Cances
(École Nationale des Ponts-et-Chaussées)
Jose Carrillo
(Autonomous University of Barcelona)
Andrew Christlieb
(Michigan State University)
Frederic Coquel
(Université de Paris VII (Denis Diderot) et Université de Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie))
Pierre Degond
(Université de Toulouse III (Paul Sabatier))
William Dorland
(University of Maryland)
Weinan E
(Princeton University)
Bjorn Engquist
(University of Texas at Austin)
Frank Graziani
(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Shi Jin
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Edward Larsen
(University of Michigan)
Caroline Lasser
(Freie Universität Berlin)
Jian-Guo Liu
(University of Maryland)
Robert Lowrie
(Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Luc Mieussens
(Université de Toulouse III (Paul Sabatier))
Jim Morel
(Texas A&M University - College Station)
Kyle Novak
(Air Force Institute of Technology)
Christian Ratsch
(Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics)
Giovanni Russo
(Università di L'Aquila)
Chi-Wang Shu
(Brown University)
Henning Struchtrup
(University of Victoria)
Eitan Tadmor
(University of Maryland)
Anna-Karin Tornberg
(Royal Institute of Technology (KTH))
Manuel Torrilhon
(Eidgenössische TH Zürich-Zentrum)
Marie-Helene Vignal
(Université de Toulouse III (Paul Sabatier))
Haobin Wang
(New Mexico State University)
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Application/Registration
An application/registration form is available at:
https://www.ipam.ucla.edu/elements/choose.aspx?pc=ktws1
The application part is for people requesting financial support to attend
the workshop. If you don't intend to do this, you may simply register.
We urge you to apply as early as possible. Applications received by February 16, 2009 will receive fullest consideration.
Letters of reference may be sent to the address or email address below. Successful applicants will be notified as soon as funding decisions are made.
We have funding especially to support the attendance of recent PhD's, graduate
students, and researchers in the early stages of their career; however,
mathematicians and scientists at all levels who are interested in this area
are encouraged to apply for funding. Encouraging the careers of women and
minority mathematicians and scientists is an important component of IPAM's
mission and we welcome their applications.
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Contact Us:
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM)
Attn: KTWS1
460 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles CA 90095-7121
Phone: 310 825-4755
Fax: 310 825-4756
Email: 
Website:
http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/ktws1/
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