Oberwolfach Reports: Recent submissions

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    • 1307c - Mini-Workshop: Stochastic Analysis for Poisson Point Processes: Malliavin Calculus, Wiener-Ito Chaos Expansions and Stochastic Geometry 

      [OWR-2013-9] Workshop Report 2013,9 (2013) - (10 Feb - 16 Feb 2013)
      Malliavin calculus plays an important role in the stochastic analysis for Poisson point processes. This technique is tightly connected with chaotic expansions, that were introduced in the first half of the last century by ...

    • 1307b - Mini-Workshop: The p-Laplacian Operator and Applications 

      [OWR-2013-8] Workshop Report 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 ...

    • 1307a - Mini-Workshop: Numerical Upscaling for Media with Deterministic and Stochastic Heterogeneity 

      [OWR-2013-7] Workshop Report 2013,7 (2013) - (10 Feb - 16 Feb 2013)
      This minisymposium was third in series of similar events, after two very successful meetings in 2005 and 2009. The aim was to provide a forum for an extensive discussion on the theoretical aspects and on the areas of ...

    • 1306b - Moduli Spaces in Algebraic Geometry 

      [OWR-2013-6] Workshop Report 2013,6 (2013) - (03 Feb - 09 Feb 2013)
      The workshop on Moduli Spaces in Algebraic Geometry aimed to bring together researchers working in moduli theory, in order to discuss moduli spaces from different points of view, and to give an overview of methods used in ...

    • 1306a - Integral Geometry and its Applications 

      [OWR-2013-5] Workshop Report 2013,5 (2013) - (03 Feb - 09 Feb 2013)
      In recent years there has been a series of striking developments in modern integral geometry which has, in particular, lead to the discovery of new relations to several branches of pure and applied mathematics. A number ...

    • 1305 - Numerical Methods for PDE Constrained Optimization with Uncertain Data 

      [OWR-2013-4] Workshop Report 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 ...

    • 1304 - Computational Electromagnetism and Acoustics 

      [OWR-2013-3] Workshop Report 2013,3 (2013) - (20 Jan - 26 Jan 2013)
      Computational electromagnetics and acoustics revolve around a few key challenges, among which are the non-local nature of the underlying phenomena and resonance effects. The bulk of the contributions to the workshop addressed ...

    • 1303 - Graph Theory 

      [OWR-2013-2] Workshop Report 2013,2 (2013) - (13 Jan - 19 Jan 2013)
      This was a workshop on graph theory, with a comprehensive approach. Highlights included the emerging theories of sparse graph limits and of infinite matroids, new techniques for colouring graphs on surfaces, and extensions ...

    • 1302 - Model Theory: Groups, Geometry, and Combinatorics 

      [OWR-2013-1] Workshop Report 2013,1 (2013) - (07 Jan - 12 Jan 2013)
      Overall this was a high quality meeting, with carefully chosen talks fitting in with the announced themes of the workshop.

    • 1251 - Dynamics of Patterns 

      [OWR-2012-60] Workshop Report 2012,60 (2012) - (16 Dec - 22 Dec 2012)
      Patterns and nonlinear waves arise in many applications. Mathematical descriptions and analyses draw from a variety of fields such as partial differential equations of various types, differential and difference equations ...

    • 1250 - Convex Geometry and its Applications 

      [OWR-2012-59] Workshop Report 2012,59 (2012) - (09 Dec - 15 Dec 2012)
      The geometry of convex domains in Euclidean space plays a central role in several branches of mathematics: functional and harmonic analysis, the theory of PDE, linear programming and, increasingly, in the study of other ...

    • 1249 - Mathematical and Algorithmic Aspects of Atmosphere-Ocean Data Assimilation 

      [OWR-2012-58] Workshop Report 2012,58 (2012) - (02 Dec - 08 Dec 2012)
      The nomenclature “data assimilation” arises from applications in the geosciences where complex mathematical models are interfaced with observational data in order to improve model forecasts. Mathematically, data assimilation ...

    • 1248b - Mini-Workshop: Frontiers in Quantile Regression 

      [OWR-2012-56] Workshop Report 2012,56 (2012) - (25 Nov - 01 Dec 2012)
      Quantiles play an essential role in modern statistics, as emphasized by the fundamental work of Parzen (1978) and Tukey (1977). Quantile regression was introduced by Koenker and Bassett (1978) as a complement to least ...

    • 1248a - Mini-Workshop: Efficient and Robust Approximation of the Helmholtz Equation 

      [OWR-2012-55] Workshop Report 2012,55 (2012) - (25 Nov - 01 Dec 2012)
      The accurate and efficient treatment of wave propogation phenomena is still a challenging problem. A prototypical equation is the Helmholtz equation at high wavenumbers. For this equation, Babuška & Sauter showed in 2000 ...

    • 1248c - Mini-Workshop: Geometries, Shapes and Topologies in PDE-based Applications 

      [OWR-2012-57] Workshop Report 2012,57 (2012) - (25 Nov - 01 Dec 2012)
      The aim of the workshop was to study geometrical objects and their sensitivities in applications based on partial differential equations or differential variational inequalities. Focus topics comprised analytical investigations, ...

    • 1246 - Complexity Theory 

      [OWR-2012-54] Workshop Report 2012,54 (2012) - (11 Nov - 17 Nov 2012)
      Computational Complexity Theory is the mathematical study of the intrinsic power and limitations of computational resources like time, space, or randomness. The current workshop focused on recent developments in various ...

    • 1245a - Non-Archimedean Analytic Geometry 

      [OWR-2012-53] Workshop Report 2012,53 (2012) - (04 Nov - 10 Nov 2012)
      The workshop focused on recent developments in non-Archimedean analytic geometry with various applications to arithmetic and algebraic geometry. These applications include questions in Arakelov theory, p-adic differential ...

    • 1244 - C*-Algebras, Dynamics, and Classification 

      [OWR-2012-52] Workshop Report 2012,52 (2012) - (28 Oct - 03 Nov 2012)
      Classification is a central theme in mathematics, and a particularly rich one in the theory of operator algebras. Indeed, one of the first major results in the theory is Murray and von Neumann’s type classification of ...

    • 1243 - Computational Inverse Problems 

      [OWR-2012-51] Workshop Report 2012,51 (2012) - (21 Oct - 27 Oct 2012)
      Inverse problem typically deal with the identification of unknown quantities from indirect measurements and appear in many areas in technology, medicine, biology, finance, and econometrics. The computational solution of ...

    • 1241 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Ergodic Theory and Combinatorial Number Theory 

      [OWR-2012-50] Workshop Report 2012,50 (2012) - (07 Oct - 13 Oct 2012)
      The aim of this Arbeitsgemeinschaft was to introduce young researchers with various backgrounds to the multifaceted and mutually perpetuating connections between ergodic theory, topological dynamics, combinatorics, and ...