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Workshop IV: Optimal Transport in the Human Body: Lungs and Blood
May 19 - 23, 2008
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Organizing Committee
Suncica Canic
(University of Houston)
Denis Grebenkov
(École Polytechnique, Laboratoire de Physique de la Matiere Condensee)
Bertrand Maury
(Université d'Orsay)
Anne Marie Robertson
(University of Pittsburgh)
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Scientific Overview
The human body is a fascinating transport system, in which organs must
exchange nutrients, water, oxygen, and waste to maintain life. To allow
rapid access of a large amount of oxygen to the whole body, the respiratory
and cardiovascular systems exhibit extremely complex geometrical structures.
In the course of evolution, these organs have been optimized for efficient
transfer under various and sometimes unknown constraints. For instance, the
respiratory systems in mammals and birds are very different, although they
are both highly efficient.
At the same time, the efficiency may be substantially reduced by
deteriorations, aging, or diseases. A better understanding of the optimal
transport in these systems is a key for curing diseases, drug delivery, and
design of artificial implants.
This workshop will bring together internationally renowned experts as well
as postdocs and students with research interests in the respiratory and
cardiovascular systems, as well as in optimal transport.
Participants will include mathematicians, physicists, physiologists, medical
doctors, engineers, and computational fluid-dynamicists. The workshop will
allow all participants to gain a perspective of cross-disciplinary aspects
of the same fundamental topic from the experts in the field and provide an
opportunity to establish new research collaborations.
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Invited Speakers
Roberto Camassa
(University of North Carolina)
Suncica Canic
(University of Houston)
Ludovic de Rochefort
(Cornell University)
Mauro Ferrari
(University of Texas Health Science Center and Texas Heart Institute)
Marcel Filoche
(École Polytechnique)
Vincent Fleury
(Université de Rennes I)
Aaron Fogelson
(University of Utah)
Jean-Frédéric Gerbeau
(Institut National de Recherche en Informatique Automatique (INRIA))
Celine Grandmont
(Institut National de Recherche en Informatique Automatique (INRIA))
Denis Grebenkov
(École Polytechnique)
Giovanna Guidoboni
(University of Houston)
Genevieve Guillot
(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS))
Dr. Craig Hartley
(Baylor College of Medicine)
Marina Kameneva
(University of Pittsburgh)
Bertrand Maury
(Université d'Orsay)
Maria McGee
(Wake Forest University)
Anne Marie Robertson
(University of Pittsburgh)
Dr. Doreen Rosenstrauch
(University of Texas Health Science Center and Texas Heart Institute)
Bernard Sapoval
(École Polytechnique)
Charles Taylor
(Stanford University)
Alessandro Veneziani
(Emory University)
Ewald Weibel
(Universität Bern)
Michael Yampolsky
(University of Toronto)
Mair Zamir
(University of Western Ontario)
Paolo Zunino
(Politecnico di Milano)
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Contact Us:
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM)
Attn: OTWS4
460 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles CA 90095-7121
Phone: 310 825-4755
Fax: 310 825-4756
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http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/otws4/
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