Browsing Workshops 2008 by Title

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    • 0836c - Mini-Workshop: Mathematics of Biological Membranes 

      [OWR-2008-41] Workshop Report 2008,41 (2008) - (31 Aug - 06 Sep 2008)
      The focus of this workshop was the modeling, analysis and numerical simulation of biological membranes. The fundamental models which characterize equilibria are based on bending energies such as the Helfrich energy and ...

    • 0807b - Mini-Workshop: Mathematics of Solvency 

      [OWR-2008-7] Workshop Report 2008,7 (2008) - (10 Feb - 16 Feb 2008)
      The discussion on solvency regulation for financial institutions, in particular the demand for appropriate risk measures, led to an axiomatic approach (coherent risk measures, Artzner et a. (2004)) which is now generally ...

    • 0847a - Mini-Workshop: Numerics for Kinetic Equations 

      [OWR-2008-52] Workshop Report 2008,52 (2008) - (16 Nov - 22 Nov 2008)
      Kinetic equations are crucial to an adequate description of many processes of scientific and industrial importance. In recent years there have been intensified research activities in the field of numerical algorithms for ...

    • 0847b - Mini-Workshop: Symmetric Varieties and Involutions of Algebraic Groups 

      [OWR-2008-53] Workshop Report 2008,53 (2008) - (16 Nov - 22 Nov 2008)
      This conference brought together experts from the areas of algebraic groups, Kac–Moody groups, Tits buildings, and symmetric varieties. The main theme presented and discussed during the workshop was the geometry of involutions ...

    • 0809a - Mini-Workshop: The Mathematics of Electro-Active Smart Materials 

      [OWR-2008-10] Workshop Report 2008,10 (2008) - (24 Feb - 01 Mar 2008)
      Science and technology have produced amazing developments in the design of electronics and machinery using smart materials. Some everyday items are already incorporating smart materials as electro-rheological and ...

    • 0836a - Mini-Workshop: The Mathematics of Growth and Remodelling of Soft Biological Tissues 

      [OWR-2008-39] Workshop Report 2008,39 (2008) - (31 Aug - 06 Sep 2008)
      Biology is becoming one of the most attractive fields of application of mathematics. The discoveries that have characterized the biological sciences in the last decades have become the most fertile matter for application ...

    • 0809c - Mini-Workshop: Time Series with Sudden Structural Changes 

      [OWR-2008-12] Workshop Report 2008,12 (2008) - (24 Feb - 01 Mar 2008)
      The workshop was concerned with models and tools for nonstationary time series, in particular for those which are piecewise stationary, but where the stochastic structure of the data generating process sometimes changes ...

    • 0843a - New Perspectives in Stochastic Geometry 

      [OWR-2008-47] Workshop Report 2008,47 (2008) - (19 Oct - 25 Oct 2008)
      The workshop was devoted to the discussion and exploration of recent developments in stochastic geometry. Two main themes were new results and methodology in classical stochastic geometry and allocation and matching ...

    • 0825 - Nonlinear Evolution Equations 

      [OWR-2008-27] Workshop Report 2008,27 (2008) - (15 Jun - 21 Jun 2008)
      In this workshop three types of nonlinear evolution problems - geometric evolution equations (essentially all of parabolic type), nonlinear hyperbolic equations and dispersive equations - were the subject of 21 talks.

    • 0833 - Nonstandard Finite Element Methods 

      [OWR-2008-36] Workshop Report 2008,36 (2008) - (10 Aug - 16 Aug 2008)
      After just over half a century of use, finite element methods are ubiquitous in engineering (where they were first developed) and science. The mathematical analysis of standard conforming finite elements is very well ...

    • 0810 - Optimal Control of Coupled Systems of PDE 

      [OWR-2008-13] Workshop Report 2008,13 (2008) - (02 Mar - 08 Mar 2008)
      Current research in the control of PDEs is focused on highly nonlinear coupled systems of partial differential equations that arise from diverse applications in engineering and science. Dealing with associated control ...

    • 0826 - Profinite and Asymptotic Group Theory 

      [OWR-2008-28] Workshop Report 2008,28 (2008) - (22 Jun - 28 Jun 2008)
      This meeting was focused on asymptotic aspects of group theory. The resulting problems lead, in particular, to the study of infinite groups, with an emphasis on the asymptotic behaviour of their finite quotients. Properties ...

    • 0829 - Real Analysis, Harmonic Analysis and Applications 

      [OWR-2008-32] Workshop Report 2008,32 (2008) - (13 Jul - 19 Jul 2008)
      In the last few years there have been important developments in the point of view and methods of harmonic analysis, and at the same time significant concurrent progress in the application of these to various other fields. ...

    • 0808 - Representation Theory of Finite Dimensional Algebras 

      [OWR-2008-9] Workshop Report 2008,9 (2008) - (17 Feb - 23 Feb 2008)
      Methods and results from the representation theory of finite dimensional algebras have led to many interactions with other areas of mathematics. Such areas include the theory of Lie algebras and quantum groups, commutative ...

    • 0821 - Schnelle Löser für partielle Differentialgleichungen 

      [OWR-2008-23] Workshop Report 2008,23 (2008) - (18 May - 24 May 2008)
      The workshop Schnelle Löser für partielle Differentialgleichungen (Fast Solvers for Partial Differential Equations), organized by Randolph E. Bank (La Jolla), Wolfgang Hackbusch (Leipzig), and Gabriel Wittum (Heidelberg), ...

    • 0803 - Set Theory 

      [OWR-2008-2] Workshop Report 2008,2 (2008) - (13 Jan - 19 Jan 2008)
      This lively workshop presented some of the most exciting recent developments in set theory, including major new results about ordered sets, Banach spaces, determinacy, Ramsey theory, pcf theory, inner models, forcing, ...

    • 0823 - Stochastic Analysis 

      [OWR-2008-25] Workshop Report 2008,25 (2008) - (01 Jun - 07 Jun 2008)
      The talks reviewed several directions in which progress in the general field of stochastic analysis occurred. Several themes were covered in depth: Among these themes a prominent role was played by the SLE (Schramm-Loewner ...

    • 0805 - Stochastic Analysis in Finance and Insurance 

      [OWR-2008-4] Workshop Report 2008,4 (2008) - (27 Jan - 02 Feb 2008)
      This workshop brought together, from all over the world, leading experts and a large number of younger researchers in stochastic analysis and mathematical finance. During a very intense week, participants exchanged many ...

    • 0812 - The Mathematics and Statistics of Quantitative Risk Management 

      [OWR-2008-15] Workshop Report 2008,15 (2008) - (16 Mar - 22 Mar 2008)
      Over the last 20 years risk management has become one of the more challenging tasks in the financial and insurance industries. With the current uncertainty in the financial institutions and markets, risk management is a ...

    • 0838 - Topologie 

      [OWR-2008-43] Workshop Report 2008,43 (2008) - (14 Sep - 20 Sep 2008)
      This conference is one of the few occasions where researchers from many different areas in algebraic and geometric topology are able to meet and exchange ideas. Accordingly, the program covered a wide range of new developments ...