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Quantum and Kinetic Transport: Analysis, Computations, and New Applications

Workshop III: Flows and Networks in Complex Media

April 27 - May 1, 2009


Organizing Committee | Scientific Overview | Speaker List

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Organizing Committee

M. C. Carvalho (Georgia Institute of Technology, Mathematics)
Karl Kempf (Intel Corporation)
Stephan Mischler (Université de Paris IX (Paris-Dauphine))
Benedetto Piccoli (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR))
Christian Ringhofer (Arizona State University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics)

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Scientific Overview

This workshop will be directed towards particle flows in complex topologies, either given in the form of networks and graphs, or in the form of random or quasi - periodic media. The aim of the workshop will be to bring together an interdisciplinary group of researchers in different areas such as traffic flow simulation, supply chain management and physical flows in random media. These areas share a number of common challenges and require therefore the usage of similar mathematical toolboxes. These challenges include the incorporation of the stochasticity of the flow and the topology into averaged macroscopic models via appropriate homogenization methods, the existence of intermediate regimes, consisting only of a limited number of cars, clients or particles, and the resulting need to develop hybrid modeling tools linking particle and discrete event simulation models to macroscopic fluid equations.

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Invited Speakers

Gregoire Allaire (École Polytechnique)
Dieter Armbruster (Arizona State University)
François Baccelli (École Normale Supérieure)
Guillaume Bal (Columbia University)
M. C. Carvalho (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Jim Dai (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Bruno Despres (Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA))
Ingenuin Gasser (Universität Hamburg)
Ken Golden (University of Utah)
Dirk Helbing (Eidgenössische TH Hönggerberg)
Reinhard Illner (University of Victoria)
George Papanicolaou (Stanford University)
Benedetto Piccoli (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR))
Michel Rascle (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis)
Sid Redner (Boston University)
Leonid Ryzhik (University of Chicago)
Takis Souganidis (University of Texas at Austin)
Herbert Spohn (Technishche Universtitat München)
Joachim von Below (Université du Littoral)

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Application/Registration

An application/registration form is available at:

https://www.ipam.ucla.edu/elements/choose.aspx?pc=ktws3

The application part is for people requesting financial support to attend the workshop. If you don't intend to do this, you may simply register. We urge you to apply as early as possible. Applications received by March 16, 2009 will receive fullest consideration. Letters of reference may be sent to the address or email address below. Successful applicants will be notified as soon as funding decisions are made.

We have funding especially to support the attendance of recent PhD's, graduate students, and researchers in the early stages of their career; however, mathematicians and scientists at all levels who are interested in this area are encouraged to apply for funding. Encouraging the careers of women and minority mathematicians and scientists is an important component of IPAM's mission and we welcome their applications.

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Contact Us:

Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM)
Attn: KTWS3
460 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles CA 90095-7121
Phone: 310 825-4755
Fax: 310 825-4756
Email:
Website: http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/ktws3/

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