AMS :: Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting, AMS Special Session

AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Current as of Saturday, November 19, 2016 03:30:05

Associate secretaries:

Brian D Boe, AMS brian@math.uga.edu

Saturday November 12, 2016, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Contemporary Geometric Methods in Mechanics and Control, I
Room 451, Riddick Hall
Organizers:
Vakhtang Putkaradze, University of Alberta
Dmitry Zenkov, North Carolina State University dvzenkov@ncsu.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Low rank integrable systems, moment maps and optimal control.
  Anthony M Bloch*, University of Michigan
  Francois Gay-Balmaz, Ecole Normale Superieure
  Tudor S Ratiu, Shanghai Jiao Tong university and EPFL
  (1124-34-196)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Variation integrator methods for fluid-structure interactions.
  Vakhtang Putkaradze*, University of Alberta
  (1124-49-218)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Structures and universality: Rough solutions in geometric analysis and calculus of variations.
  Alan Newell, Math. department, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
  Toby Shearman, Program in Applied Math, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
  Shankar C Venkataramani*, Math department, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
  (1124-49-397)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Optimal Control of a Nonholonomic Mechanical System.
  Stuart Marcus Rogers*, University of Alberta
  Vakhtang Putkaradze, University of Alberta
  (1124-49-286)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Optimization and Control in Free Boundary Fluid-Structure Interactions.
  Lorena Bociu*, NC State University
  (1124-35-389)

Saturday November 12, 2016, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Contemporary Geometric Methods in Mechanics and Control, II
Room 451, Riddick Hall
Organizers:
Vakhtang Putkaradze, University of Alberta
Dmitry Zenkov, North Carolina State University dvzenkov@ncsu.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Discussion.
- 3:30 p.m.
  Flexible solar updraft towers: stability and control.
  Michael Chi, University of Alberta
  Francois Gay-Balmaz, CNRS and Ecole Normale Superieure
  Vakhtang Putkaradze, University of Alberta
  Nima Fathi, University of New Mexico
  Peter Vorobieff*, University of New Mexico
  (1124-00-399)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Infinite-Dimensional Constrained Mechanics.
  Dmitry V. Zenkov*, North Carolina State University
  Donghua Shi, Beijing Institute of Technology
  Yakov Berchenko-Kogan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Anthony M. Bloch, University of Michigan
  (1124-70-284)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Gaussian curvature and the gyroscopic effect.
  Mark Levi*, Penn State
  Graham Cox, Memorial University
  (1124-70-122)

Sunday November 13, 2016, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Contemporary Geometric Methods in Mechanics and Control, III
Room 451, Riddick Hall
Organizers:
Vakhtang Putkaradze, University of Alberta
Dmitry Zenkov, North Carolina State University dvzenkov@ncsu.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Invariant variational problems and invariant flows.
  Peter J Olver*, University of Minnesota
  (1124-49-140)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Hyperbolic conservation laws with prescribed eigenfields.
  Michael R Benfield, North Carolina State University
  Helge Kristian Jenssen, Pennsylvania State University
  Irina A Kogan*, North Carolina State University
  (1124-53-226)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Interpolation on Symmetric Spaces via the Generalized Polar Decomposition.
  Evan Gawlik, University of California, San Diego
  Melvin Leok*, University of California, San Diego
  (1124-65-349)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Geometry and Dynamics of Gaussian Wigner Functions.
  Tomoki Ohsawa*, The University of Texas at Dallas
  (1124-81-345)
- 10:30 a.m.
  A variational Lagrangian formulation for nonequilibrium thermodynamics.
  François Gay-Balmaz*, CNRS - Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris
  Hiroaki Yoshimura, Waseda University
  (1124-80-355)