Workshop I: Aspects of Optimal Transport in Geometry and Calculus of Variations
March 31 - April 4, 2008
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Organizing Committee
Wilfrid Gangbo, Chair
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Luigi Ambrosio
(Scuola Normale Superiore)
Yann Brenier
(Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis)
José Carrillo
(Autonomous University of Barcelona, ICREA)
Craig Evans
(University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), Mathematics)
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Scientific Overview
This workshop will be devoted to the interplay between the theory of optimal
transport, geometrical inequalities and nonlinear partial differential
equations. Specific topics will include optimization and evolution problems
arising in geometry, urban planning, mathematical biology, kinetic theory,
and fluid flows. A major emphasis will be pinpointing new research
directions and applications.
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Invited Speakers
Martial Agueh
(University of Victoria)
Stefano Bianchini
(International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA/ISAS))
Giuseppe Buttazzo
(Università di Pisa)
Luis Caffarelli
(University of Texas at Austin)
Eric Carlen
(Rutgers University New Brunswick/Piscataway)
Jose Carrillo
(Autonomous University of Barcelona)
Maria Carvalho
(University of Lisbon)
Panagiota Daskalopoulos
(Columbia University)
Marco Di Francesco
(Università di L'Aquila)
Shizan Fang
(Université de Bourgogne (Dijon))
Klemens Fellner
(University of Cambridge)
Irene Gamba
(University of Texas at Austin)
Wilfrid Gangbo
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Nassif Ghoussoub
(University of British Columbia)
Boris Khesin
(University of Toronto)
David Kinderlehrer
(Carnegie-Mellon University)
Peter Markowich
(University of Cambridge)
Robert J. McCann
(University of Toronto)
Gerard Misiolek
(University of Notre Dame)
Ovidiu Savin
(Columbia University)
Dejan Slepcev
(Carnegie-Mellon University)
Karl Sturm
(Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn)
Adrian Tudorascu
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Juan Vazquez
(Autonomous University of Madrid)
Michael Westdickenberg
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
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Contact Us:
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM)
Attn: OTWS1
460 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles CA 90095-7121
Phone: 310 825-4755
Fax: 310 825-4756
Email: ipam@ucla.edu
Website:
http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/otws1/
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