Quantum and Kinetic Transport: Tutorials - IPAM

Quantum and Kinetic Transport: Tutorials

Part of the Long Program Quantum and Kinetic Transport: Analysis, Computations, and New Applications
March 10 - 13, 2009

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Check-In/Light Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
09:00-10:00
Christian Ringhofer (Arizona State University)
Tutorials: Day 1
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:30
Shi Jin (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Semiclassical computational methods for quantum mechanics
11:30-12:00
Core Orientation with IPAM Staff

Afternoon Session

12:00-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-15:00
Thierry Goudon (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique Automatique (INRIA))
Tools for the mathematical analysis of kinetic equations and related models 1: Introduction to kinetic models and basic properties
15:00-15:30
Break
15:30-16:30
Lorenzo Pareschi (Heriot-Watt University)
Monte Carlo methods for kinetic equations 1: Kinetic equations and their computational challenges

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:00
Christian Ringhofer (Arizona State University)
Tutorials: Day 2
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-12:00
Shi Jin (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Asymptotic-preserving methods for kinetic problems in the fluid regime

Afternoon Session

12:00-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-15:00
Thierry Goudon (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique Automatique (INRIA))
Tools for the mathematical analysis of kinetic equations and related models 2: A colisionless model: the Vlasov-Poisson system
15:00-15:30
Break
15:30-16:30
Lorenzo Pareschi (Heriot-Watt University)
Monte Carlo methods for kinetic equations 2: Classical Monte Carlo methods

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:00
Christian Ringhofer (Arizona State University)
Tutorials: Day 3
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-12:00
Shi Jin (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Kinetic-Hydrodynamics Coupling

Afternoon Session

12:00-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-15:00
Thierry Goudon (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique Automatique (INRIA))
Tools for the mathematical analysis of kinetic equations and related models 3: Diffusion approximation: the Rosseland approximation
15:00-15:30
Break
15:30-16:30
Lorenzo Pareschi (Heriot-Watt University)
Monte Carlo methods for kinetic equations 3: Methods for the fluid-limit

Friday, March 13, 2009

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:00
Christian Ringhofer (Arizona State University)
Tutorials: Day 4
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:30
Thierry Goudon (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique Automatique (INRIA))
Tools for the mathematical analysis of kinetic equations and related models 4: Hydrodynamic limits and hyperbolic equations
11:30-12:00
Break

Afternoon Session

12:00-13:00
Lorenzo Pareschi (Heriot-Watt University)
Monte Carlo methods for kinetic equations 4: Variance reduction techniques
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