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Introductory Workshop on Inverse Problems and Applications
Aug 23, 2010 to Aug 27, 2010

Organizer(s)

Margaret Cheney (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Gunther Uhlmann* (University of Washington), Michael Vogelius( Rutgers), and Maciej Zworski (University of California, Berkeley)
To apply for funding, you must register by Fri, Jun 25 2010.
Inverse Problems are problems where causes for a desired or an observed effect are to be determined. They lie at the heart of scientific inquiry and technological development. Applications include a number of medical as well as other imaging techniques, location of oil and mineral deposits in the earth’s substructure, creation of astrophysical images from telescope data, finding cracks and interfaces within materials, shape optimization, model identification in growth processes and, more recently, modelling in the life sciences.

The workshop will consist of 6 minicourses of three or 4 hours each addressing a broad range of the theoretical and practical issues arising in inverse problems including imaging in random media, radar imaging, thermoacoustic and photoacoustic tomography, travel time tomography and electromagnetic imaging.

Program (PDF)

Bibliography (PDF)


Accommodations:

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Rose Garden Inn. Reservations may be made by calling 1-800-992-9005 OR directly on their website. Click on Corporate at the bottom of the screen and when prompted enter code MATH (this code is not case sensitive). By using this code a new calendar will appear and will show MSRI rate on all room types available.
The cut-off date for reservations is August 6, 2010.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Durant. Please mention the workshop name and reference the following code when making reservations via phone, fax or e-mail: MSRIINTROINVERSE. If you are making your reservations on line, please go to Hotel Durant website, choose your dates of stay and enter the "123MSRI" promo code in the box. The cut-off date for reservations is July 22, 2010. The rate is $139 per night plus tax.

New, completely renovated Hotel Shattuck Plaza has rooms available for you!
MSRI’s preferred rate is $131. Guests can either call the hotel’s main line, 510-845-7300, and ask for the MSRI rate or go to http://www.hotelshattuckplaza.com, click on "Corporate Rates" in the reservation screen and type the code msri10.

Funding

To apply for funding, you must register by Fri, Jun 25 2010. Click to Register
Students, recent Ph.D.'s, women, and members of underrepresented minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Funding awards are made typically 6 weeks before the workshop begins. Requests received after the funding deadline are considered only if additional funds become available.
Schedule
Monday, August 23, 2010
9:15AM - 9:30AM Introduction
9:30AM - 10:30AM Gunther Uhlmann 30 Years of Calderón's Problem I [Video available]
10:30AM - 11:00AM Tea
11:00AM - 12:00PM Margaret Cheney Introduction to Radar Imaging I [Video available]
12:00PM - 2:00AM Lunch
2:00PM - 3:00PM Charles Epstein An Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Imaging I [Video available]
3:00PM - 3:30PM Tea
3:30PM - 4:30PM Peter Kuchment Hybrid Methods of Medical Imaging I [Video available]
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
9:30AM - 10:30AM Peter Kuchment Hybrid Methods of Medical Imaging II [Video available]
10:30AM - 11:00AM Tea
11:00AM - 12:00PM Charles Epstein An Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Imaging II [Video available]
12:00PM - 2:00PM Lunch
2:00PM - 3:00PM Margaret Cheney Introduction to Radar Imaging II [Video available]
3:00PM - 3:30PM Tea
3:30PM - 4:30PM Gunther Uhlmann 30 Years of Calderón's Problem II [Video available]
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
9:30AM - 10:30AM Margaret Cheney Introduction to Radar Imaging III [Video available]
10:30AM - 11:00AM Tea
11:00AM - 12:00PM Liliana Borcea Imaging in Random Waveguides I [Video available]
12:00PM - 2:00PM Lunch
2:00PM - 3:00PM Michael Vogelius Electromagnetic Imaging and the Effect of Small Inhomogeneities I [Video available]
3:00PM - 3:30PM Tea
3:30PM - 4:30PM Charles Epstein An Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Imaging III [Video available]
Thursday, August 26, 2010
9:30AM - 10:30AM Michael Vogelius Electromagnetic Imaging and the Effect of Small Inhomogeneities II [Video available]
10:30AM - 11:00AM Tea
11:00AM - 12:00PM Liliana Borcea Imaging in Random Waveguides II [Video available]
12:00PM - 2:00PM Lunch
2:00PM - 3:00PM Peter Kuchment Hybrid Methods of Medical Imaging III [Video available]
3:00PM - 3:30PM Tea
3:30PM - 4:30PM Gunther Uhlmann 30 Years of Calderón's Problem III [Video available]
Friday, August 27, 2010
9:30AM - 10:30AM Liliana Borcea Imaging in Random Waveguides III [Video available]
10:30AM - 11:00AM Tea
11:00AM - 12:00PM Peter Kuchment Hybrid Methods of Medical Imaging IV [Video available]
12:00PM - 2:00PM Lunch
2:00PM - 3:00PM Gunther Uhlmann 30 Years of Calderón's Problem IV [Video available]
3:00PM - 3:30PM Tea
3:30PM - 4:30PM Michael Vogelius Electromagnetic Imaging and the Effect of Small Inhomogeneities III [Video available]


Questions about this workshop should be sent either by email to
or by regular mail to:
Introductory Workshop on Inverse Problems and Applications
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
17 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA
94720-5070.
USA

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