Numerical Methods for PDEs: In Occasion of Raytcho Lazarov's 70th Birthday

January 25–26, 2013
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
Rudder Tower 701

Description

The purpose of this workshop is to gather friends, colleagues, and collaborators of Raytcho Lazarov in occasion of his 70th birthday. Held January 25–26, 2013, at Texas A&M in College Station, Texas, the workshop will start Friday morning and end Saturday after lunch. Texas A&M's Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Institute for Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, and Institute for Scientific Computation provide support to make this workshop possible.

Attendance at the workshop is free-of-charge, but there is a fee for attending the Friday celebration dinner. All workshop participants should register online. The deadline to register for the dinner is January 18, 2013. However, there is a limited number of dinner reservations available, so we strongly encourage early registration.

We will provide and update information for this workshop online at http://isc.tamu.edu/events/Lazarov70/.

Please join us as we celebrate our honored colleague.

Organizing Committee

Wolfgang Bangerth, Texas A&M University
Andrea Bonito, Texas A&M University
Ron DeVore, Texas A&M University
Yalchin Efendiev, Texas A&M University
Jean-Luc Guermond, Texas A&M University
Joseph Pasciak, Texas A&M University
Guergana Petrova, Texas A&M University
Bojan Popov, Texas A&M University

Registration

All participants should register online using our online store.

Attending the workshop is free-of-charge, but there is a fee for attending the Friday celebration dinner. The registration and dinner fees are:

Without dinner - Free
Fish dinner - $49.50
Beef dinner - $52.00
Vegetarian/vegan dinner - $49.50

The deadline to register for the dinner is January 18, 2013. However, there is a limited number of dinner reservations available, so we strongly encourage early registration.

To register multiple participants, add a quantity of 1 to your cart and follow the registration instructions for the first person. When you reach the payment screen, click "continue shopping" and register the next person by adding an additional quantity of 1 to your cart. Enter the required information for each participant. Keep following this process to register all participants and then proceed to the payment section to process one payment for all registrants.

Hotel and Accommodations

Hotel accommodations are available for the group discounted rate of $93.00 plus 15% tax with:

Hyatt Place College Station
1100 University Drive East, College Station, TX 77840
Phone: +1.979.846.9800
Group Code: TISC

As part of the group rate, the Hyatt Place College Station also provides a complimentary daily breakfast and shuttle service.

When booking reservations by telephone, call 1.888.591.1234 and mention the group code TISC to receive the group rate. When booking reservations online, visit the Hyatt Place booking page. The discounted group rate should automatically load. In order to receive the negotiated discount rate, you must register with Hyatt Place College Station by Friday, December 21, 2012. After this date, the group code will no longer be valid.

More information about the College Station, Texas, area is available online at http://www.visitaggieland.com/.

Speakers

Zhangxing Chen, University of Calgary: Numerical Simulation of Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoirs
Leszek Demkowicz, University of Texas at Austin: A Tutorial on Discontinuous Petrov Galerkin (DPG) Method with Optimal Test Functions
Veselin Dobrev, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: High-Order Curvilinear ALE Hydrodynamics
Victor Ginting, University of Wyoming: On the Application of the Continuous Galerkin Finite Element Method for Solving Multiphase Flow Problems
Hristo Kojouharov, University of Texas at Arlington: Dynamically Consistent Numerical Schemes for Microbial Population Models
Tzanio Kolev, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: High-Order Curvilinear Finite Elements for Lagrangian Hydrodynamics
Yuri Kuznetsov, University of Houston: Discretizations with Piece-Wise Constant Fluxes for Diffusion Equations
Svetozar Margenov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences: Robust Multilevel Methods for Strongly Heterogeneous Problems
Peter Minev, University of Alberta: A Direction Splitting Algorithm for Flow Problems in Complex/Moving Geometries
Ilya Mishev, Exxon Mobil Corporation: Mixed Multiscale Finite Volume Methods for Reservoir Simulation
Joseph Pasciak, Texas A&M University: An Analysis of Finite Element Approximation to the Eigenvalues of Problems Involving Fractional Order Differential Operators
Pencho Petrushev, University of South Carolina: Gaussian Bounds for the Heat Kernel on the Interval, Ball, and Simplex
Stanimire Tomov, University of Tennessee: Numerical Linear Algebra for Emerging Architectures: Challenges and Approaches
Panayot Vassilevski, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Improving Conservation Properties of First-Order System Least Squares Finite-Element Methods
Junping Wang, National Science Foundation: Weak Galerkin Finite Element Methods for PDEs
Mary Wheeler, University of Texas at Austin: Coupling Flow and Mechanics in Porous Media
Ivan Yotov, University of Pittsburgh: Multiscale Domain Decomposition Methods for Porous Media Flow Coupled with Geomechanics
Ludmil Zikatanov, Pennsylvania State University: Numerical Approximation of Asymptotically Disappearing Solutions of Maxwell's Equations

Schedule

All presentations will take place in Rudder Tower, Room 701. Please note that the following schedule is tentative and subject to change. All times listed are local time.

Day 1: Friday, January 25, 2013

8:45–9 a.m.: Welcome Message
9–9:30 a.m.: Svetozar Margenov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Robust Multilevel Methods for Strongly Heterogeneous Problems
9:30–10 a.m.: Ludmil Zikatanov, Pennsylvania State University; Numerical Approximation of Asymptotically Disappearing Solutions of Maxwell's Equations
10–10:30 a.m.: Zhangxing Chen, University of Calgary; Numerical Simulation of Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoirs
10:30–11 a.m.: Break
11–11:30 a.m.: Hristo Kojouharov, University of Texas at Arlington; Dynamically Consistent Numerical Schemes for Microbial Population Models
11:30–noon: Pencho Petrushev, University of South Carolina; Gaussian Bounds for the Heat Kernel on the Interval, Ball, and Simplex
noon–12:20 p.m.: Victor Ginting, University of Wyoming; On the Application of the Continuous Galerkin Finite Element Method for Solving Multiphase Flow Problems
12:20–2 p.m.: Lunch Break
2–2:30 p.m.: Mary Wheeler, University of Texas at Austin; Coupling Flow and Mechanics in Porous Media
2:30–3 p.m.: Junping Wang, National Science Foundation; Weak Galerkin Finite Element Methods for PDEs
3–3:30 p.m.: Peter Minev, University of Alberta; A Direction Splitting Algorithm for Flow Problems in Complex/Moving Geometries
3:30–4 p.m.: Break
4–4:30 p.m.: Yuri Kuznetsov, University of Houston; Discretizations with Piece-Wise Constant Fluxes for Diffusion Equations
4:30–5 p.m.: Ilya Mishev, Exxon Mobil Corporation; Mixed Multiscale Finite Volume Methods for Reservoir Simulation
5–5:20 p.m.: Tzanio Kolev, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; High-Order Curvilinear Finite Elements for Lagrangian Hydrodynamics
5:20–5:40 p.m.: Veselin Dobrev, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; High-Order Curvilinear ALE Hydrodynamics
6:30–9 p.m.: Dinner; Christopher's World Grille; 5001 Boonville Road, Bryan, TX 77802 - 979.776.2181

Day 2: Saturday, January 26, 2013

9–9:30 a.m.: Panayot Vassilevski, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Improving Conservation Properties of First-Order System Least Squares Finite-Element Methods
9:30–10 a.m.: Leszek Demkowicz, University of Texas at Austin; A Tutorial on Discontinuous Petrov Galerkin (DPG) Method with Optimal Test Functions
10–10:20 a.m.: Stanimire Tomov, University of Tennessee; Numerical Linear Algebra for Emerging Architectures: Challenges and Approaches
10:20–10:50 a.m.: Break
10:50–11:20 a.m.: Ivan Yotov, University of Pittsburgh; Multiscale Domain Decomposition Methods for Porous Media Flow Coupled with Geomechanics
11:20–11:50 a.m.: Joseph Pasciak, Texas A&M University; An Analysis of Finite Element Approximation to the Eigenvalues of Problems Involving Fractional Order Differential Operators
11:50–noon: Closing Remarks

Contact Information

If you have any questions concerning this workshop, contact Andrea Bonito and Yalchin Efendiev.