# Mathematical Sciences Research Institute

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# Workshop

Introductory Workshop in Inverse Problems and Integral Geometry August 13, 2001 - August 24, 2001
 Registration Deadline: August 24, 2001 over 17 years ago May 13, 2001 almost 18 years ago
Parent Program: Inverse Problems
Organizers Liliana Borcea, David Colton, Michael Eastwood, Simon Gindikin, Alexander Goncharov and Gunther Uhlmann
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Description
The Introductory Workshop on Integral Geometry and Inverse Problems will be held jointly by the Integral Geometry (IG) and the Inverse Problems (IP) program. The main part of the program will be 7 minicourses. Please see the links below for more information. See the links below for information on the content of the minicourses. Additional talks will be given by Giovanni Alessandrini, Carlos A. Berenstein, Robert Bryant, and Rainer Kress. See schedule for titles & abstracts.            Group Photo
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Funding & Logistics

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To apply for funding, you must register by the funding application deadline displayed above.

Students, recent Ph.D.'s, women, and members of underrepresented minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Funding awards are typically made 6 weeks before the workshop begins. Requests received after the funding deadline are considered only if additional funds become available.

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A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Durant. Reservations may be made by calling 1-800-238-7268. When making reservations, guests must request the MSRI preferred rate. If you are making your reservations on line, please go to this link and enter the promo/corporate code MSRI123. Our preferred rate is \$129 per night for a Deluxe Queen/King, based on availability.

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Schedule, Notes/Handouts & Videos
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Aug 13, 2001
Monday
 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM Inverse Scattering and Ill-posed Problems David Colton 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM The Inverse Acoustic Scattering Problem for an Obstacle David Colton 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM The Inverse Acoustic Scattering Problem for an Inhomogeneous Medium David Colton 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM The Inverse Electromagnetic Scattering Problem David Colton 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM The Radon Transform and its Variations - Part V Simon Gindikin 02:15 PM - 03:00 PM The Radon transform and its variations (part 1 - 4) Simon Gindikin (Rutgers University) 02:15 PM - 03:45 PM The Radon transform and its variations (part 1 - 4) 03:45 PM - 03:45 PM Microlocal analysis and inverse problems (part 1 - 4) Gunther Uhlmann (University of Washington)
Aug 14, 2001
Tuesday
 09:30 AM - 02:00 PM X-ray tomography: Integral geometry Frank Natterer 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM Electrical impedance tomography (part 1 - 4) Liliana Borcea (Rice University) 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM The Penrose transform (part 1 - 4) Michael Eastwood (Australian National University)
Aug 15, 2001
Wednesday
 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM X-ray tomography: Inversion algorithms Frank Natterer
Aug 16, 2001
Thursday
 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM X-ray tomography: Non-standard problems Frank Natterer
Aug 17, 2001
Friday
 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM X-ray tomography: Applications Frank Natterer 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Localization of the 2-D Radon transform Carlos Berenstein
Aug 20, 2001
Monday
 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM Inverse scattering (part 1 - 4) David Colton (University of Delaware) 11:00 AM - 02:00 PM Cracks and other inverse problems with unknown boundaries: Geometric critical points Giovanni Alessandrini 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM Integral geometry and linear differential equations (part 1 - 5) Alexander Goncharov (Yale University) 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM The X-ray transform in Finsler geometry Robert Bryant (Duke University)
Aug 21, 2001
Tuesday
 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM Cracks and other inverse problems with unknown boundaries: Some uniqueness results and open problems Giovanni Alessandrini 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Analytic continuation of $$P^{\lambda}$$ Joseph Bernstein (Tel Aviv University)
Aug 23, 2001
Thursday
 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Uniqueness in inverse obstacle scattering Rainer Kress
Aug 24, 2001
Friday
 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM Integral geometry, final lecture Simon Gindikin (Rutgers University)