AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Saturday, April 11, 2009 00:27:58

Program | Deadlines | Registration/Housing/Etc. | Special Event or Lecture | Inquiries: meet@ams.org

Associate secretaries:
Matthew Miller, AMS miller@math.sc.edu

Saturday April 4, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations and Applications, I
Room 110, Withers Hall
Organizers:
Alina Chertock, North Carolina State University
Zhilin Li, North Carolina State University zhilin@math.ncsu.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  A simple proof of Cucker-Smale flocking dynamics and the mean field limit.
  Jian-Guo Liu*, University of Maryland
  (1048-65-214)
- 9:00 a.m.
  On computing solutions of thin film equations.
  Thomas P. Witelski*, Duke University
  (1048-35-136)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Efficient methods of images for hybrid explicit/implicit solvent simulations.
  Shaozhong Deng*, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  (1048-65-273)
- 10:00 a.m.
  A fresh look at dispersion-preserving, compact schemes using the Z-transform.
  Sorin M. Mitran*, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  (1048-65-231)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Kernel-free Boundary Integral Method for Elliptic Boundary Value Problems.
  Wenjun Ying*, Michigan Technological University
  (1048-65-297)

Saturday April 4, 2009, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations and Applications, II
Room 110, Withers Hall
Organizers:
Alina Chertock, North Carolina State University
Zhilin Li, North Carolina State University zhilin@math.ncsu.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Adaptive Cell-average Spectral Element Methods for transient Wigner Equations in quantum transport.
  Wei Cai*, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  (1048-65-382)
- 3:00 p.m.
  High order finite difference schemes for wave equation in heterogeneous media.
  Kazufumi Ito*, North Carolina State University
  (1048-65-375)
- 3:30 p.m.
  An adaptive fast multipole algorithm for electrostatic interactions in biomolecular systems.
  Jingfang Huang*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  Benzhuo Lu, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
  Xiaolin Cheng, Center for Molecular Biophysics, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  J. Andrew McCammon, University of California at San Diego and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  (1048-65-144)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Maximizing Distinguishibility Using Optimal Source In Optical Tomography.
  Taufiquar R Khan*, Clemson University
  Peter Maass, University of Bremen, Germany
  Bonnie McAdoo, Clemson University
  (1048-35-315)
- 4:30 p.m.
  A Velocity Decomposition Approach for Moving Interfaces in Viscous Fluids.
  Anita T Layton*, Duke University
  (1048-65-154)

Sunday April 5, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations and Applications, III
Room 110, Withers Hall
Organizers:
Alina Chertock, North Carolina State University
Zhilin Li, North Carolina State University zhilin@math.ncsu.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Non-Oscillatory Central Schemes for Traffic Flow Models with Arrhenius Look-Ahead Dynamics.
  Alexander Kurganov*, Tulane University
  (1048-65-318)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Cahn-Hilliard model for moving contact lines.
  Pengtao Yue*, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  (1048-76-15)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Fast Explicit Operator Splitting Method for Convection-Dominated Problems.
  Alina Chertock*, North Carolina State University
  Charles Doering, Univeristy of Michigan
  Eugene Kashdan, Tel Aviv University
  Alexander Kurganov, Tulane University
  Guergana Petrova, Texas A&M University
  (1048-65-317)
- 10:00 a.m.
  A PDE Approximation Approach to the Valuation of American Put Option.
  Dejun Xie*, University of Delaware
  (1048-91-06)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Numerical simulation of laser drilling.
  Jeb Collins*, North Carolina State University
  Pierre Gremaud, North Carolina State University
  (1048-65-116)

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