Applied Mathematics Perspectives 2011

该项目为来自美国的应用和计算数学家提供差旅支持，以参加在不列颠哥伦比亚大学(UBC)举行的一系列七个协调研讨会，每个研讨会在2011年7月13日至16日期间为期2-4天。这一系列的研讨会共同组成了2011年应用数学展望会议。这是第七届国际工业和应用数学大会(ICIAM 2011)的卫星会议，该会议也将于下周在温哥华举行。这七个讲习班涵盖了与使用微分方程式进行数学建模和科学计算有关的各种主题，由每个领域的专家组织。他们是从一组较大的讲习班中挑选出来的，由太平洋岛屿管理局/MITACS小组提供，以获得这些组织的部分支持。所有讲习班都涉及目前引起极大研究兴趣并与国际宇航科学院的主题以及国家科学基金会优先领域直接相关的主题。例如，医学和地震成像，提高计算科学研究重现性的工具的开发，以及难以建模的物质的流体动力学研究，如山体滑坡或工业流体或颗粒。一项特别的努力是让来自全美数学和计算机科学系的学生、博士后研究员、女性和代表不足的少数族裔参与进来。资金主要用于参加这些讲习班的年轻研究人员和没有其他资金来源的其他参与者。这也方便了他们参加ICIAM会议，这是下一周的一个重要国际会议，吸引了来自世界各地的大约3000人参加。研讨会都在不列颠哥伦比亚省的校园内举行，得益于统一的组织和参与者之间的互动机会。这创造了一个比任何单独的研讨会都大的综合研讨会，有几个演讲轨道和一个共同的海报会议。另一方面，它比ICIAM会议更有针对性、私密性和非正式，并提供了更多的交流机会，特别是对年轻的研究人员。

The project provides travel support for applied and computational mathematicians from the US to attend a set of seven coordinated workshops taking place at the University of British Columbia (UBC), each for 2-4 days within the period July 13-16, 2011. Collectively this set of workshops form the conference Applied Mathematics Perspectives 2011. This is a satellite conference to the 7th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2011), which also takes place in Vancouver the following week. The seven workshops cover various topics related to mathematical modeling using differential equations and scientific computing, and are organized by experts in each field. They have been selected from a larger set of workshops by a PIMS/MITACS panel to receive partial support from those organizations. All of the workshops address subjects that are currently of great research interest and are directly related to themes of ICIAM, as well as to NSF priority areas. Examples include medical and seismic imaging, the development of tools to increase the reproducibility of research in computational science, and the study of fluid dynamics of substances that are difficult to model, such as landslides or industrial fluids or grains. A special effort is made to involve students, postdoctoral fellows, women, and under-represented minorities from mathematics and computer science departments throughout the US. Funding primarily is used for young researchers and other participants who do not have other sources of funding to attend these workshops. This also facilitates their participation in the ICIAM conference, a major international conference the following week that attracts roughly 3000 participants from around the world. The workshops all take place on the campus of UBC, and benefit from unified organization and the opportunity for interaction between participants. This creates an aggregate workshop that is larger than any of the individual workshops, with several tracks of talks and a common poster session. On the other hand, it is more focused, intimate, and informal than the ICIAM conference and provides additional networking opportunities, particularly for young researchers.