FoCM 2002 Conference Schedule

University of Minnesota


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Monday, August 5

8:00 EE/CS 3-176Registration and Continental Breakfast

Plenary Lectures

Physics 150


9:00Welcome and Orientation
9:30R. DeVore, "What does 'foundations of computational mathematics' mean?"
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 D. Lozier, "Development of a new handbook of properties of special functions"

Workshops


Workshop # 1: Numerical PDEs 2: Geometric integration 3: Information-based complexity 4: Learning theory 5: Optimization 6: Special functions
Room # 3-111 3-180 3-210 3-230 B 75 3-115
1:50 L. Vese B. Schwalm * P. Mathe
J. Ning		 T. Poggio L. Tuncel
E. Tardos
2:40 B. Cockburn G. Rangarajan I. Sloan * J. Suykens L. Faybusovich
H. Wolkowicz		 M. Petkovsek
3:30 Tea Time
4:00 D. Arnold * L. Jay E. Novak
A. Werschulz		 D.-X. Zhou * M. Wright
O. Guler		 M. Schlosser
4:50 P. Matus
F.-J. Sayas		 M. Leok
J. Niesen		 J. Calvin
K. Sikorski		 V. Temlyakov W. Cook* V. Spiridonov
5:40 M. Hochbruck F. Cucker J. Pena
K. Scheinberg		 P. Clarkson *


Tuesday, August 6

8:00 EE/CS 3-176Registration and Continental Breakfast

Plenary Lectures

Physics 150


9:20 Presentation of Best Paper Prize, Journal of Complexity
Presentation of Information-Based Complexity Prize
9:30 S. Heinrich, "Quantum complexity of numerical problems"
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 V. Vapnik, "Problems of induction, empirical inference, and computer learning"

Workshops


Workshop # 1: Numerical PDEs 2: Geometric integration 3: Information-based complexity 4: Learning theory 5: Optimization 6: Special functions
Room # 3-111 3-180 3-210 3-230 B 75 3-115
1:50 E. Tadmor * N. Nigam I. Steinwart
S. Damelin		 N. Cesa-Bianchi Y. Ye
B. Shepherd		 M. Ismail *
2:40 S. Brenner F. Armero * Y. Li
M. Kwas		 R. Schapire F. Cucker
E. de Klerk		 P. Terwilliger
3:30 Tea Time
4:00 Z. Cai
D. Sheen		 A. Oberai F. Hickernell * G. Lugosi R. Freund
K. Fukuda		 W. Miller
4:50 P. Tupper
Y. Nakamura		 L. Plaskota
G. Wasilkowski		 P. Niyogi * R. Hauser
R. Tutuncu		 A. Berkovich
5:40 H. Munthe-Kaas S. Mukherjee &
R. Rifkin		 S. Wright * R. Maier

Further Activities


6:30Lind 401 Editorial Board Meeting


Wednesday, August 7

8:00 EE/CS 3-176Registration and Continental Breakfast

Plenary Lectures

Physics 150


9:15Significant Announcements
9:30 M. Todd, "Detecting infeasibility in interior-point methods for optimization"
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 G. Wahba, "Statistical model building and classification as optimization problems in RKHS - Polychotomous penalized likelihood and multicategory support vector machines"

Workshops


Workshop # 1: Numerical PDEs 2: Geometric integration 3: Information-based complexity 4: Learning theory 5: Optimization 6: Special functions
Room # 3-111 3-180 3-210 3-230 B 75 3-115
1:50 M. Luskin B. Owren R. Cools
S. Tezuka		 P. Bartlett A. Lewis * T. Koornwinder
2:40 M. Gunzburger * E. Celledoni S. Pereverzev
H. Wozniakowski		 S. Mendelson J. Burke
M. Epelman		 N. Temme *
3:30 Tea Time
4:00 R. Nochetto A. Zanna * M. Kon
S. Heinrich		 S. Smale T. Terlaky
C. Beng Chua		 C. Howls
4:50 D. Lewis
H. Berland		 T. Müller-
Gronbach *		 S. Vempala A. Yildirim
S. Oliveira		 A. Olde Daalhuis
5:40 A. Iserles M. Hirsch L. Gurvits T. Garrett

Further Activities


7:30Radisson Hotel Conference Banquet


Thursday, August 8

8:00 EE/CS 3-176Registration and Continental Breakfast

Plenary Lectures

Physics 150


9:30 P. Koiran, "Generic curves, generic polynomials and Liouville functions"
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 T. Krick, "Straight-line programs in polynomial equation solving"

Workshops


Workshop # 7: Approximation theory 8: Algebraic geometry 9: Number theory 10: Multiresolution 11: Linear algebra 12: Quantum computing
Room # 3-111 3-180 B 75 3-230 3-210 3-115
1:50 D. Zhou
R. Jia		 M. Shub * M. Rubinstein A. Cohen E. Anderson
2:40 B. Han
G. Plonka		 C. Peterson G. Martin * S. Müller D. Day
3:30 Tea Time
4:00 K. Grochenig
H. Stefansson		 A. Sommese W. Stein R. Nochetto * J. Gilbert
4:50 O. Holtz L. Matusevich
(5:25) M. Sombra		 A. Fujii S. Dahlke B. Hendrickson * C. Bennett
5:40 J. Stoeckler * (6:00) T. Zell R. Athale K. Urban D. Spielman S. Hallgren *
6:30 W. Dahmen

Further Activities


7:30EE/CS 3-180 Open Meeting of the Society for the Foundations of Computational Mathematics


Friday, August 9

8:00 EE/CS 3-176Registration and Continental Breakfast

Plenary Lectures

Physics 150


9:15Significant Announcements
9:30 H. Edelsbrunner, "Algorithms in combinatorial Morse theory"
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 M. Freedman, "Quantum computation using anyonic systems"

Workshops


Workshop # 7: Approximation theory 8: Algebraic geometry 9: Number theory 10: Multiresolution 11: Linear algebra 12: Quantum computing
Room # 3-111 3-180 B 75 3-230 3-210 3-115
1:50 N. Dyn * F. Winkler A. Strombergsson C. Canuto Z. Wang *
2:40 M. Mazure
K. Jetter		 D. Brownawell * D. Farmer A. Kunoth I. Dumitriu
3:30 Tea Time
4:00 O. Davydov
L. Schumaker		 L. Pardo S. Wedeniwski * T. Barth P. Howland
4:50 S. Dekel
J. Ward		 Y. Yomdin H. Then C. Johnson * C. Martin
5:40 D. Leviatan
K. Kopotun		 J. Verschelde D. Hejhal P. Houston I. Dhillon *

Further Activities


6:30Digital Technology Center Reception
7:30Radisson Hotel Conference Banquet


Saturday, August 10

8:00 EE/CS 3-176Registration and Continental Breakfast

Plenary Lectures

Physics 150


9:30 V. Mehrmann, "Numerical solution of large scale structured polynomial eigenvalue problems"
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 A. Odlyzko, "Zeros of the Riemann zeta function: Conjectures and computations"

Workshops


Workshop # 7: Approximation theory 8: Algebraic geometry 9: Number theory 10: Multiresolution 11: Linear algebra 12: Quantum computing
Room # 3-111 3-180 B 75 3-230 3-210 3-115
1:50 G. Petrova
P. Petrushev		 A. Szanto
D. Novikov		 A. Terras R. Bank T. Davis *
2:40 E. Candes * I. Kotsireas S. Miller J. Schoeberl A. Edelman D. Kenigsberg *
3:30 Tea Time
4:00 I. Sloan
V. Temlyakov		 A. Gabrielov * M. Watkins C. Carstensen P. Koev
4:50 Y. Brudnyi
A. Shadrin		 C. Berenstein H. Stark * B. Wohlmuth A. Pothen
5:40 S. Pereverzev
P. Mathe		 M. Hailat R. DeVore * S. Vavasis


Sunday, August 11


Cruise on the Mississippi River

Padelford Boat Company, Boom Island, Minneapolis


9:30 Busses leave from the Radisson Hotel
10:00 Busses arrive at Boom Island
10:30 Boarding the boat
11:00 Departure
3:00 Docking and disembarking
3:15 Busses leave Boom Island
3:45 Busses return to the Radisson Hotel


Monday, August 12

8:00 EE/CS 3-176Registration and Continental Breakfast

Plenary Lectures

Physics 150


9:30 A. Cohen, "Anisotropy and sparse image representations"
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 E. Titi, "Postprocessing Galerkin methods and approximating dynamics"

Workshops


Workshop # 13: Complexity 14: Computational dynamics 15: Geometric modelling 16: Image and signal processing 17: Stochastic computation 18: Symbolic analysis
Room # 3-111 3-115 B 75 3-230 3-210 3-180
1:50 E. Allgower
P. Shah		 M. Dellnitz * D. Manocha
A. Rockwood		 R. Kimmel I. Sloan K. Gatermann
2:40 M. Lotz
K. Meer		 M. Rychlik H.-P. Seidel * N. Dyn P. Tupper J. Tuomela
3:30 Tea Time
4:00 F. Cucker
V. Pan		 E. van Vleck
B. Wyvill		 E. Candes * E. Buckwar A. Leykin
J.-A. Weil
4:50 C. Troestler
G. Villard		 S. Siegmund D. Zorin
S. Zube		 N. Thao M. Mascagni * F. Chyzak
5:40 E. Allender * J. Peters S. Dekel H. Schurz M. Singer *
6:30 F. Buchman

Further Activities


7:30Radisson Hotel Conference Banquet


Tuesday, August 13

8:00 EE/CS 3-176Registration and Continental Breakfast

Plenary Lectures

Physics 150


9:15Significant Announcements
9:30 W. Hackbusch, "The technique of hierarchical matrices"
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 T. DeRose, "How computer graphics is changing Hollywood"

Workshops


Workshop # 13: Complexity 14: Computational dynamics 15: Geometric modelling 16: Image and signal processing 17: Stochastic computation 18: Symbolic analysis
Room # 3-111 3-115 B 75 3-230 3-210 3-180
1:50 P. Buergisser * P. Zgliczynski P. Prusinkiewicz
J. Warren		 M. Elad W. Petersen E. Mansfield *
2:40 J. Montana
S. Basu		 J. Mallet-Paret * B. Ravani
 M. Orchard S.-E. Mohammed I. Kogan
3:30 Tea Time
4:00 V. Pan
A. Barvinok		 W. Tucker V. Shapiro * V. Temlyakov R. Winkler J. Pohjanpelto
4:50 I. Emiris
J.-P. Dedieu		 R. Martin
M. Lin		 T. Chan * H. Lamba G. Reid
5:40 Discussion and
open problems		 N. Stewart
 P. Petrushev J. Mattingly * T. Wolf
6:30 E. Bernardes

Further Activities


7:30EE/CS 3-180 Panel Discussion on the Future of the Foundations of Computational Mathematics


Wednesday, August 14

8:00 EE/CS 3-176Registration and Continental Breakfast

Plenary Lectures

Physics 150


9:30 I. Anderson, "Classification problems in geometry and algebra"
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 S. Smale, "What is learning theory? How does it relate to approximation theory, and to probability?"

Workshops


Workshop # 13: Complexity 14: Computational dynamics 15: Geometric modelling 16: Image and signal processing 17: Stochastic computation 18: Symbolic analysis
Room # 3-111 3-115 B 75 3-230 3-210 3-180
1:50 T. Li
M.-H. Kim		 M. Berz T. Sederberg
L. de Floriani		 A. Tannenbaum * T. Müller-
Gronbach *		 E. Hubert
2:40 J. Rojas * D. Schmidt A. Sheffer
S. Gortler		 J. Romberg G. Lord J. Sanders *
3:30 Tea Time
4:00 R. McLennan
G. Malajovich		 M. Jolly * M. Desbrun * D. Higham A. Szanto
N. Bila
4:50 F. Lemaire
S. Anco
5:40 I. Anderson