Southeast Conference on Applied Mathematics to be held November 9-11, 2001 in Raleigh, North Carolina

该奖项将支持东南应用数学会议(SECAM)。会议将集中讨论四个相互重叠的主题：i)多尺度问题的数学方法；ii)工业数学；iii)数学与计算生物学；以及iv)材料科学。多尺度模型有着广泛的应用，给数学和数值分析带来了困难。例如，细微尺度行为对解决方案的影响是什么？应该在多大程度上解决精细尺度问题，以获得准确的信息？工业数学将讨论的问题来自微电子、化学制造和材料加工等领域，并将集中在技术转移的过程中。数学生物学所研究问题的极端复杂性排除了传统的“纸笔”方法，而是要求在数学建模和计算机分析之间采用一种综合的方法。这一趋势因实验学家、理论家和数学家之间的富有成效的伙伴关系的发展而加速，这些人的兴趣相似，但专业领域截然不同。将讨论成功的例子。对颗粒流、薄膜或智能材料等材料科学中新兴应用的研究导致了新类型的不稳定性和界面传播问题的发现。本次会议旨在促进最成功的分析和计算技术从材料科学的特定领域转移到其他问题。会议旨在实现三个主要目标：互动、展示和新活动。互动：会议将为东南地区的应用数学家提供一个论坛和聚集地。它将接触在传统会议中代表不足的几个团体。首先，应用数学家与来自当地公司和政府实验室的科学家在北卡罗来纳州研究三角园区等技术园区建立了许多成功的合作关系。几个行业合作伙伴已被邀请发表演讲。其次，在许多地方大学和历史上的黑人院校中，都有新兴的卓越中心。已邀请来自该机构的演讲者和学生为会议的成功作出贡献。展示：应用数学和工业数学的高水平活动并不总是通过通常的交流渠道准确地表现出来。事实上，就其本质而言，工业数学中相当大一部分工作将发表在专门的工程类期刊上，只接触到应用数学社区的一小部分人。像这样的会议可以在统一和改进可能在许多方面相似但在非常不同的应用中使用的办法方面发挥基本作用。特别注意为年轻的科学家和研究生提供介绍他们的工作和积极参加会议的机会。新活动：预计观众将涵盖各种专业知识、经验和背景，从学术界公认的研究人员到私营部门和国家研究实验室的工程师，再到学生和在应用数学方面研究经验有限的人。预计这次会议不仅将准确地反映应用数学目前和未来的重大发展趋势，而且还将导致新的合作和应用。

0107812GremaudThis award will support the Southeast Conference on Applied Mathematics (SECAM). The conference will focus on four overlapping themes: i) Mathematical Methods for Multiscale Problems, ii) Industrial Mathematics, iii) Mathematical and Computational Biology, and iv) Material Science. Multiscaled models are found in a wide range of applications and pose difficulties for both mathematical and numerical analysis. What is, for instance, the effect of the fine scale behavior on the solutions? How well should the fine scales be resolved to obtain accurate information? etc. The problems to be discussed in Industrial Mathematics come from areas such as microelectronic, chemical manufacturing and material processing, and will focus on the process of technology transfer. The extreme complexity of the problems studied in Mathematical Biology precludes a traditional "pencil and paper" approach and calls rather for an integrated approach between mathematical modeling and computer analyses. This trend has been accelerated by the development of productive partnerships between experimentalists, theoreticians and mathematicians with similar interests but very different areas of expertise. Successful examples will be discussed. The study of emerging applications in the Material Sciences such as granular flows, thin films or smart materials has led to the discovery of new kind of instabilities and interface propagation problems. This session will aim at facilitating the migration of the most successful analysis and computational techniques from specific areas of Material Science to other problems.The conference aims at accomplishing three main goals: Interaction, Showcase, and New Activities. Interaction: The conference will provide a forum and gathering place for applied mathematicians in the Southeast. It will reach out to several groups that are underrepresented in traditional meetings. First, many successful collaborations have been established between applied mathematicians and scientists from local companies and governmental laboratories in technological parks such as Research Triangle Park, NC. Several industrial partners have been invited to give presentations. Second, there are emerging centers of excellence within the many local colleges and historically black institutions. Speakers and students from such institution have been invited to contribute to the success of the conference. Showcase: The high level of activity in Applied and Industrial Mathematics is not always accurately represented through the usual channels of communication. Indeed, by its very nature, a sizable part of the work done in Industrial Mathematics gets to be published in specialized engineering type journals, reaching only a small portion of the Applied Mathematics community. Conferences such as this one can play a fundamental role in unifying and improving approaches that may be similar in many aspects but are used in very distinct applications. Special care has been taken to provide younger scientists and graduate students with the opportunity to present their work and take an active part in the conference. New activities: The audience is expected to span a whole spectrum of expertise, experience and background, from recognized researchers in academia to engineers from the private sector and national research laboratories to students and people with limited research experience in Applied Mathematics. It is expected that not only will the conference give an accurate idea of significant ongoing and future trends in Applied Mathematics, but also will lead to new collaborations and applications.