FoCM2005 - Foundations of Numerical PDEs

Workshop on Foundations of Numerical PDEs

July 7 - July 9, 2005

Foundations of Computational Mathematics (FoCM2005)

Universidad de Cantabria in Santander, Spain

SCHEDULE

Thursday July 7, 2005
AFTERNOON SESSION Chair: Christoph Schwab
13:50 - 14:35	Barbara Wohlmuth (Universität Stuttgart) "Locking-Free Finite Element Methods based on the Hu-Washizu Formulation for Linear and Geometrically Nonlinear Elasticity"
14:40 - 15:25	Charalambos Makridakis (Department of Applied Mathematics at University of Crete) "Mesh Adaptivity and Artificial Diffusion in Hyperbolic Problems"
15:25 - 16:00	*TEA BREAK*
16:00 - 16:45	Ricardo Nochetto (Mathematics and IPST at University of Maryland) "Finite Element Methods for Moving Surfaces and Applications to Stressed Epitaxial Films, Shape Optimization, and Image Processing"
16:50 - 17:35	Jens Melenk (Mathematics at University of Reading) "Boundary Concentrated FEM"
17:40 - 18:25	Tao Tang (*) (Department of Mathematics at Hong Kong Baptist University) "Moving Mesh Methods for Computational Fluid Dynamics"

(*) semi plenary speaker

Friday July 8, 2005
*AFTERNOON SESSION Chair:* Randall LeVeque**
13:50 - 14:35	Franco Brezzi (*) (Dipartimento di Matematica at Università di Pavia) "Mimetic Finite Differences Methods for Diffusion Problems"
14:40 - 15:25	Alexander Kurganov (Mathematics at Tulane University) "Central-Upwind Schemes for Balance Laws. Applications to Multifluid and Multiphase Computations"
15:25 - 16:00	*TEA BREAK*
16:00 - 16:45	Snorre Christiansen (CMA / Dept. Math. at University of Oslo) "On Constraint Preservation in Finite Element Discretizations of Yang-Mills Equations"
16:50 - 17:35	Jorge Balbas (Department of Mathematics at University of Michigan) "MHD Equations, the div(B) Constraint and Central Schemes"
17:40 - 18:25	Rosa Donat (Department of Applied Mathematics at Universitat de València) "Two-sided Generalized Riemann solvers: Advantages and Shortcomings"

(*) semi plenary speaker

Saturday July 9, 2005
AFTERNOON *SESSION Chair:* Eitan Tadmor**
13:50 - 14:35	Giovanni Russo (Dipartimento di Matematica ed Informatica at Universita di Catania ) "High Order Finite Volume Schemes for Balance Laws with Stiff Source"
14:40 - 15:25	Randall LeVeque (*) (Department of Applied Mathematics at University of Washington) "High-Resolution Finite Volume Methods and Approximate Riemann Solvers for Hyperbolic Systems"
15:25 - 16:00	*TEA BREAK*
16:00 - 16:45	Claude Le Bris (CERMICS at Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees) "Computational Chemistry"
16:50 - 17:35	Andreas Prohl (Seminar für Angewandte Mathematik at ETH) "Recent Advances in Computational Ferromagnetism"

(*) semi plenary speaker