Novel Directions in Inverse Scattering

“逆散射新方向”国际会议将于2013年7月29日至8月2日在纽瓦克的特拉华大学举行。本次会议的组委会是特拉华大学的F. Cakoni（主席），莱斯大学的L. Borcea，法国综合理工学院的Houssem Haddar，特拉华大学的Peter Monk。有关会议的更多信息，请访问http://www.cmap.polytechnique.fr/~colton/本次会议将是逆散射理论领域的国际专家和初级研究人员的聚会，重点是解决逆散射问题的新技术。基于当前的研究趋势和广泛的逆散射应用，我们重点研究了该领域的前沿研究课题：确定具有各向异性、衰减或内部长度尺度的复杂可穿透目标（障碍物）物理性质的非迭代技术以及三维环境中曲面或线状物体的重建；隐身;通过具有随机或周期性异质性的复杂背景介质成像；现有单色解的多频域扩展；自适应感应;热声和其他多模态成像技术。会议将由国际专家就上述主题举行全体会议，邀请组织小型专题讨论会的发言者并提供海报。当我们希望从远程测量中推断物体的性质时，通常会出现逆问题。会议的主题涉及在当今反问题研究领域的前沿快速发展的数学。这些类型的数学的适用性扩展到许多现实生活中的应用，包括医学成像，无损检测，地下成像和石油勘探，隐身和增强可视性。会议还将弥合逆散射问题的理论和更多应用方面之间的差距。思想的交流将有利于逆散射理论的理论和应用研究。这次聚会还将庆祝大卫·科尔顿教授的科学成就。

An international conference on Novel Directions in Inverse Scattering" will take place at the University of Delaware, Newark, July 29 - August 2, 2013 The organizing committee for this conference is F. Cakoni, University of Delaware (chair), L. Borcea, Rice University, Houssem Haddar, Ecole Polytechnique, France, Peter Monk, University of Delaware. For more information on the meeting please visit http://www.cmap.polytechnique.fr/~colton/ This Conference will be a gathering of international experts as well as junior researchers in the area of inverse scattering theory with the focus being on novel techniques for solving inverse scattering problems. On the basis of current research trends and the wide spectrum of inverse scattering applications, we focus on the following topics at the forefront of research in this area: non-iterative techniques to determine the physical properties of complex penetrable targets (obstacles) with anisotropy, attenuation, or internal length scales as well as the reconstruction of surface- or line-like objects in a three- dimensional environment; cloaking; imaging through complex background media with e.g. random or periodic heterogeneities; multi-frequency and time-domain extensions of the existing monochromatic solutions; adaptive sensing; thermo-acoustic and other multi-modal imaging techniques. The conference will feature plenary talks given by international experts on the aforementioned topics, invited minisymposium speakers organized and contributed posters. Inverse problems typically occur when we wish to infer properties of objects from remote measurements. The topics of the conference involve rapidly developing mathematics at the frontiers on today's research in the area of inverse problems. Applicability of these type of mathematics extends to many real life applications including medical imaging, non-destructive testing, underground imaging and oil exploration, cloaking an enhance visibility. The conference will also bridge the gap between theoretical and more applied aspects of inverse scattering problems. The exchange of ideas will be beneficial to both theoretical and applied aspects of research in inverse scattering theory. This gathering will also celebrate the scientific accomplishments of Professor David Colton.