• 1644b - Mini-Workshop: Mathematics of Magnetoelastic Materials 

      [OWR-2016-51] (2016) - (30 Oct - 05 Nov 2016)
      The unifying theme of the workshop was the mathematical modeling, analysis, and numerical simulation of materials which involve magnetic and elastic interactions. During the workshop we identified several open problems ...
    • 0707a - Mini-Workshop: Multiscale and Variational Methods in Material Science and Quantum Theory of Solids 

      [OWR-2007-6] (2007) - (11 Feb - 17 Feb 2007)
      This workshop brought together 18 scientists from three different mathematical communities: (i) random Schrödinger operators, (ii) quantum mechanics of interacting atoms, and (iii) mathematical materials science. Several ...
    • 1103c - Mini-Workshop: Nonlinear Least Squares in Shape Identification Problems 

      [OWR-2011-5] (2011) - (16 Jan - 22 Jan 2011)
      This mini-workshop brought together mathematicians engaged in shape optimization and in inverse problems in order to address a specific class of problems on the reconstruction of geometries. Such a problem can be formulated ...
    • 1851a - Mini-Workshop: Numerical Analysis for Non-Smooth PDE-Constrained Optimal Control Problems 

      [OWR-2018-55] (2018) - (16 Dec - 22 Dec 2018)
      This mini-workshop brought together leading experts working on various aspects of numerical analysis for optimal control problems with nonsmoothness. Fifteen extended abstracts summarize the presentations at this mini-workshop.
    • 1546c - Mini-Workshop: Scales in Plasticity 

      [OWR-2015-53] (2015) - (08 Nov - 14 Nov 2015)
      This mini-workshop was devoted to the current state of our understanding of dislocations (essentially slips of lines of atoms in a crystalline solid) and of their impact on the macroscopic behavior of those solids.
    • 0715a - Mini-Workshop: Shape Analysis for Eigenvalues 

      [OWR-2007-18] (2007) - (08 Apr - 14 Apr 2007)
      The main goal of the meeting was to bring together two mathematical communities working on the shape analysis of eigenvalues by quite different methods. On the one hand explicit solutions to optimal shape problems for ...
    • 1307b - Mini-Workshop: The p-Laplacian Operator and Applications 

      [OWR-2013-8] (2013) - (10 Feb - 16 Feb 2013)
      There has been a surge of interest in the $p$-Laplacian in many different contexts from game theory to mechanics and image processing. The workshop brought together experts from many different schools of thinking to exchange ...
    • 1330b - Mini-Workshop: The Willmore Functional and the Willmore Conjecture 

      [OWR-2013-37] (2013) - (21 Jul - 27 Jul 2013)
      The Willmore functional evaluated on a surface immersed into Euclidean space is given by the $L^2$-norm of its mean curvature. The interest for studying this functional comes from various directions. First, it arises in ...
    • 1005 - New Directions in Simulation, Control and Analysis for Interfaces and Free Boundaries 

      [OWR-2010-7] (2010) - (31 Jan - 06 Feb 2010)
      The field of mathematical and numerical analysis of systems of nonlinear partial differential equations involving interfaces and free boundaries is a flourishing area of research. Many such systems arise from mathematical ...
    • 1305 - Numerical Methods for PDE Constrained Optimization with Uncertain Data 

      [OWR-2013-4] (2013) - (27 Jan - 02 Feb 2013)
      Optimization problems governed by partial differential equations (PDEs) arise in many applications in the form of optimal control, optimal design, or parameter identification problems. In most applications, parameters in ...
    • 0905 - Numerical Techniques for Optimization Problems with PDE Constraints 

      [OWR-2009-4] (2009) - (25 Jan - 31 Jan 2009)
      The development, analysis and implementation of efficient and robust numerical techniques for optimization problems associated with partial differential equations (PDEs) is of utmost importance for the optimal control of ...
    • 0609 - Numerical Techniques for Optimization Problems with PDE Constraints 

      [OWR-2006-11] (2006) - (26 Feb - 04 Mar 2006)
      Optimization problems with partial differential equation (PDE) constraints arise in many science and engineering applications. Their robust and efficient solution present many mathematical challenges and requires a tight ...
    • 0516 - Optimal Control of Coupled Systems of PDE 

      [OWR-2005-18] (2005) - (17 Apr - 23 Apr 2005)
      The Workshop Optimal Control of Coupled Systems of PDE was held from April 17th – April 23rd, 2005 in the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach. The scientific program covered various topics such as controllability, ...
    • 0810 - Optimal Control of Coupled Systems of PDE 

      [OWR-2008-13] (2008) - (02 Mar - 08 Mar 2008)
    • 0502 - Optimization and Applications 

      [OWR-2005-2] (2005) - (09 Jan - 15 Jan 2005)
      Proceedings of a workshop devoted to optimization problems, their theory and resolution, and above all applications of them. The topics covered existence and stability of solutions; design, analysis, development and ...
    • 2310b - Optimization Problems for PDEs in Weak Space-Time Form 

      [OWR-2023-13] (2023) - (05 Mar - 10 Mar 2023)
      Optimization problems constrained by time-dependent Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) are challenging from a computational point of view: even in the simplest case, one needs to solve a system of PDEs coupled globally ...
    • 1930 - Partial Differential Equations 

      [OWR-2019-34] (2019) - (21 Jul - 27 Jul 2019)
      The workshop dealt with nonlinear partial differential equations and some applications in geometry, touching several different topics such as geometric flows, minimal surfaces, semi-linear equations and calculus of variations.
    • 1332 - Partial Differential Equations 

      [OWR-2013-40] (2013) - (04 Aug - 10 Aug 2013)
      The workshop dealt with partial differential equations in geometry and technical applications. The main topics were the combination of nonlinear partial differential equations and geometric problems, and fourth order ...
    • 1132 - Partial Differential Equations 

      [OWR-2011-38] (2011) - (07 Aug - 13 Aug 2011)
      The workshop dealt with partial differential equations in geometry and technical applications. The main topics were the combination of nonlinear partial differential equations and geometric problems, regularity of free ...
    • 1532 - Partial Differential Equations 

      [OWR-2015-36] (2015) - (02 Aug - 08 Aug 2015)
      The workshop dealt with nonlinear partial differential equations and some applications in geometry, touching several different topics such as minimal surfaces and harmonic maps, equations in conformal geometry, geometric ...