PSU Mark
Eberly College of Science Mathematics Department

CCMA Luncheon Seminar (2013 Archive)

Fridays from 12:20pm to 01:30pm in MB114


This seminar, usually given by an external speaker, is aimed at graduate students interested in computational and applied mathematics (CAM). Its purpose is to generate discussion among CAM faculty members, students, visitors, and postdocs. The presentation is 30 minutes long (12:20–12:50 pm) and usually offers a brief introduction to the CAM Colloquium talk in the afternoon. The seminar is followed by a discussions over lunch.

The schedule of speakers is below.


DateSpeaker(s)Title
11 Jan 2013 To Be Announced
18 Jan 2013Qiang Du, Pennsylvania State University, MathematicsHow to search for transition states/saddle points?
25 Jan 2013Harvey Segur, University of Colorado Boulder, Applied MathematicsTsunamis
1 Feb 2013Yuesheng Xu, Syracuse UniversityFixed-Point Based Proximity Algorithms for Convex Optimization Problems in Signal and Image Processing
8 Feb 2013James Adler, Tufts University MathematicsNumerical Approximation of Asymptotically Disappearing Solutions of Maxwell's Equations
15 Feb 2013Ovidiu Savin, Columbia MathematicsAn introduction to Monge-Ampere equations
22 Feb 2013Marta Lewicka, University of PittsburghGamma-Convergence and Minimizing Energies
1 Mar 2013Ludmil Zikatanov, Penn State MathCommuting Projections on Graphs and Two-Level Methods
8 Mar 2013 To Be Announced
15 Mar 2013Dr. Zhenli Xu, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityElectrostatics in inhomogeneous media
22 Mar 2013Chuan Xue, Ohio State UniversityMultiscale problems in biology
29 Mar 2013Zhiqiang Cai, Purdue University, Mathematics DepartmentIntroduction to A Posteriori Error Estimation
5 Apr 2013Alexey Cheskidov, University of Illinois at ChicagoIntroduction to the regularity problem for the 3D Navier-Stokes and related equations
12 Apr 2013Zhiwu Lin, Georgia Tech MathematicsSome puzzles about Couette flow
19 Apr 2013David Gerard-Varet, Jussieu Paris, FranceAbout D'Alembert's paradox in mathematical fluid mechanics
26 Apr 2013Leszek Demkowicz, ICES, University of Texas AustinStruggle with Discrete Stability and Convergence
3 May 2013 To Be Announced
30 Aug 2013 To Be Announced
6 Sep 2013 To Be Announced
13 Sep 2013 To Be Announced
20 Sep 2013 To Be Announced
27 Sep 2013 To Be Announced
4 Oct 2013 To Be Announced
11 Oct 2013 To Be Announced
18 Oct 2013 To Be Announced
25 Oct 2013 To Be Announced
1 Nov 2013 To Be Announced
15 Nov 2013 To Be Announced
22 Nov 2013 To Be Announced
29 Nov 2013 To Be Announced
6 Dec 2013 To Be Announced
13 Dec 2013 To Be Announced
20 Dec 2013 To Be Announced
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