Optimal Transport: Tutorials - IPAM

Optimal Transport: Tutorials

Part of the Long Program Optimal Transport
March 10 - 14, 2008

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Monday, March 10, 2008

Morning Session

08:50-09:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:00-11:00
Qinglan Xia (University of California, Davis (UC Davis))
Introduction to Monge-Kontorovich problem and optimal transport paths
11:00-11:30
Break
11:30-12:30
IPAM Orientation

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-15:00
Adam Oberman (Simon Fraser University)
Introduction to the Monge-Ampere equation and mass transportation
15:00-15:30
Break
15:30-17:00
Maria D'Orsogna (Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics)
Discrete models for swarming

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:30
Martial Agueh (University of Victoria)
Introduction to JKO schemes for PDEs (Part 1)
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-12:00
William Zame (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))
Matching theory and Optimal Transport, part 1

Afternoon Session

12:00-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-15:30
Martial Agueh (University of Victoria)
Introduction to JKO schemes for PDEs (Part 2)
15:30-16:00
Break
16:00-17:00
Andrea Bertozzi (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))
Continuum models for swarming
17:00-19:00
Reception (Location: IPAM Lobby)

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:30
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Gradient flows, rates of convergence and contraction of transport distances (Part 2)
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-12:00
William Zame (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))
Matching theory and Optimal Transport, part 2

Afternoon Session

12:00-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-15:30
Bjorn Birnir (University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB))
The Mathematical Theory of SOC Systems with Applications to the Evolution of the Earth's Surface
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