IPNet Digest Volume 12, Number 05 May 2, 2005 Today's Editor: Patricia K. Lamm Michigan State University Today's Topics: Travel grants: 5th Int'l Conf. Inverse Problems in Engineering Update: PDE-Based Image Processing & Related Inverse Problems 4th International Conference on Aviation and Cosmonautics Summer Graduate School on Inverse Problems, U. Washington New Edition & Online Version of Book on Inverse Problems New book: Wave Scattering by Small Bodies of Arbitrary Shapes Faculty Position at the University of Muenster Submissions for IPNet Digest: Mail to ipnet-digest@math.msu.edu Information about IPNet: http://www.mth.msu.edu/ipnet ----------------------------- From: "Keith A. Woodbury" Subject: 5icipe travel grants for US participants Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 May 2, 2005 I am pleased to announce that the National Science Foundation has agreed to support travel for US participants to the 5th International Conference on Inverse Problems in Engineering, to be held July 11-15, 2005 in Cambridge, UK. The funds will be administered through a grant to The University of Alabama. Prospective recipients must apply by submitting a mini-proposal as described in the RFP below. I apologize for the tight timeline but the funds were only recently made available from NSF. Please submit your requests as soon as possible but before the *extended deadline* of May 9, 2005. Recipients will be notified as soon as possible but before June 1, 2005. Keith A. Woodbury woodbury@me.ua.edu Request for Proposals: Travel Grants for 5icipe Synopsis The American Group for Inverse Problems in Engineering (AGIPE) anticipates approximately $25,000 from the National Science Foundation to support travel for US engineers and mathematicians to the 5th International Conference on Inverse Problems in Engineering (5ICIPE). NSF funding originates from both Mathematical Sciences (DMS) and the Engineering Directorate (CTS), so support for both mathematicians and engineers is available. The grant from NSF has a secondary goal of stimulating participation of emerging specialists in the field of inverse problems, so requests from graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and junior faculty members are encouraged. Proposals from members of historically underrepresented groups in math, sciences and engineering are especially desired. Background AGIPE regularly sponsors the Inverse Problems in Engineering Symposium (IPES) targeting a national (US) audience. Approximately every third year, an International Conference on Inverse Problems in Engineering (ICIPE) is held, and in these years the IPES is not held. This year, the Fifth International Conference on Inverse Problems in Engineering (5ICIPE) will be held at Clare College, Cambridge, UK, July 11-15, 2005. This multidisciplinary conference will bring together researchers from around the world in different fields (math, science, and engineering) with a common interest in inverse methods. The primary costs associated with 5ICIPE are the conference fee (which includes room and board) and round-trip airfare. It is vital that the United States be significantly represented at this important international conference in order to gain knowledge of the current state of the science and bring this knowledge back to the US. As well, it is important that the thoughts under development in the US be afforded open discussion on the international stage so that our ideas can be disseminated. To facilitate maximal US participation, NSF funds have been secured to help defray expenses of American participants. Funds from NSF originate in equal parts from divisions in Mathematics and Engineering and, if possible, mathematicians and engineers will be supported in like proportions. The grant from NSF has a supplemental goal of enabling participation of emerging specialists (e.g., graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, junior faculty members) so a portion of the funds will be committed to this purpose. Where possible, participation of historically underrepresented groups in math, sciences and engineering will be stimulated. Request for Proposals Short proposals for travel support to 5icipe are invited from US mathematicians and engineers. Proposals may request full or partial travel support, but requests for partial support are encouraged in order to support more participants. Proposals should include a short justification, a biographical sketch, and a summary of funds requested. Please indicate your participation in the conference (attendee or contributor) and, for partial travel support requests, indicate other sources of funding (e.g., research contract, company/university, personal funds, etc.). Proposals will be evaluated against the criteria outlined above by a committee of AGIPE members. Please send your proposal (electronic .pdf or .doc preferred) as soon as possible but before May 6, 2005 May 9, 2005 to 5ICIPE Travel c/o Mechanical Engineering The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 5icipe@me.ua.edu Notification of awards will be made as soon as possible but before June 1, 2005. ----------------------------- From: Ola Marius Lysaker Subject: PDE-Based Image Processing and Related Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 UPDATE: An international conference on "PDE-Based Image Processing and Related Inverse Problems", will take place August 8-12, 2005 in Oslo, Norway. http://www.cma.uio.no/conferences/2005/imageprocessing_workshop.html The purpose of this conference is to have international experts to come to Oslo and exchange new ideas and results in this field. The conference will focus on, but will not be limited to the following topics for image analysis and processing: * Noise analysis and removal * Image inpainting * Image segmentation * 3D image analysis including shading, motion, shape and edge detection * Analysis and processing of MR images and brain mapping * Diffusion-tensor image analysis * Simulation and image techniques for ECG and other medical techniques * Image processing and data mining for Internet communication and information technology. Inverse problems for partial differential equations have large areas of applications. One widely studied application is for oil reservoir simulations. Although image analysis and PDE inverse problems seem to be unrelated at a first glance, there are many techniques used in one of these two areas that are useful for the other. For example, many of the regularization techniques and segmentation ideas used for image processing have found interesting applications in inverse problems within oil reservoir modeling. We shall use this conference to highlight some of the recent efforts in merging different techniques for these two research areas. Invited speakers: * Raymond Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong * Tony F. Chan, University of California at Los Angeles * Antonin Chambolle, Ecole Polytechnique * Stanley Osher, University of California at Los Angeles * Guillermo Sapiro, University of Minnesota * Otmar Schezer, University of Innsbruck * Joachim Weickert, Saarland University * Qianshun Chang, Chinese Academy of Sciences * Ke Chen, University of Liverpool * Sung Ha Kang, University of Kentucky * Stacey Levine, Duquesne University * Wolfgang Ring, University of Graz * Robert Ryan, * Richard Tsai, Princeton University * Hao-Min Zhou, Georgia Institute of Technology Registration: No fee will be charged for participating in the conference. However, registration is needed to plan the scale for the conference. The total number of participants will be limited. Please use our electronic registration page, http://www.cma.uio.no/conferences/2005/imageprocessing_registration.html ----------------------------- From: "Karp K.A." Subject: Aviation & Cosmonautics 2005 - First Announcement Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 4th International Conference Aviation and Cosmonautics-2005 October 10 -11, 2005 Moscow First announcement and call for papers SCOPE Moscow Aviation Institute in cooperation with Federal Space Agency and Russian Academy of Cosmonautics by K.E.Tchiolkovsky organized 3rd International Conference "Aviation and Cosmonautics-2004" in November, 2004. More then 100 enterprises, companies and universities from different countries participated in this conference. Conference "Aviation and Cosmonautics" will give some new possibility in collaboration between Russian and foreign aerospace enterprises, companies, universities in technology transfer in a area of ground and onboard control systems, navigation, life support systems, etc. TOPICS OF THE CONFERENCE Aerodynamics - Yu.A.Ryjov, O.V.Yakovlevsky Aerospace education - I.A.Prohorov, V.I.Stepanenko Analysis and synthesis of complex systems - V.M.Matrosov, A.A.Lebedev, I.V.Garanin Applied and mathematical methods - P.S.Krasilnikov, U.G.Pirumov, A.L.Skubachevsky Aviation security and flight security - V.D.Kofman, A.A.Krasotkin, I.K.Mulkidjanov, R.A.Teimurazov Ballistics, dynamics and control - V.A.Yaroshevsky, A.V.Efremov, V.V.Salmin, V.T.Grumondz Computer and informatics technologies on transport - O.M.Brehov, V.G.Osipov, A.V.Sharonov, V.I.Lopatin Control system and navigation - B.S.Aleshin, G.N.Lebedev, A.V.Repnikov, M.N.Krasilshikov, L.N.Lysenko, N.M.Ivanov Cosmonautics and society - V.M.Matrosov, V.P.Senkevich Design, technology and production - V.N.Gushin, M.Yu.Kuprikov, V.S.Syromytnikov Ecology - V.A.Afanas’ev, M.I.Dainov, A.B.Alatyrcev, Yu.V.Chudetcky Economy, commercialization and marceting - E.S.Minaev, O.F.Demchenko, S.S.Korunov, N.B.Bodin Electrical rocket engines - G.A.Popov, I.P.Nazarenko Electro-energy, electro-mechanic, bio-technical systems - L.K.Kovalev, V.A.Postnikov Helicopters design - Yu.M.Ignatkin, M.N.Tishenko, S.V.Miheev Heating engines - V.V.Chervakov, Yu.A.Ravikovich, A.B.Agul’nik, A.A.Kozlov History of development and cooperation in aviation and cosmonautics - V.S.Porohny Humanitarian, philosophy and historical problems -S.I.Mavrodi Information technologies of radio-electronic device -S.A.Kleimenov, I.Ya.Immoreev Life support systems - V.V.Malozemov, B.I.Kruchkov Materials sience - S.V.Buharov, A.A.Donskoy, G.P.Fetisov Motion dynamics of rigid and flexible body - A.G.Gorshkov, F.N.Shklyrchuk, A.A.Zotov Multy - environment vehicles and systems - E.S.Shahidjanov, E.V.Tarasov Onboard radio-electronic complexes - A.I.Kanashenkov, B.G.Tatarsky Open education - K.A.Karp, T.B.Volkova, S.A.Piyavsky, V.I.Lopatin, N.V.Nikitin Quality control - B.V.Boicov, A.V.Trofimov Rockets and space vehicles - O.M.Alifanov, V.K.Bezverby, Yu.A.Matveev, V.Yu.Bronfman Robotics - G.A.Sokolovsky, V.A.Polkovnikov Space transportation systems - A.G.Milovanov, V.P.Plohih Students and schoolboys section - Yu.Yu.Komarov, M.Yu.Kuprikov, S.A.Tuzikov, V.S.Hohulin Thermal options, heat shield, thermoregulation - O.M.Alifanov, A.V.Nenarokomov University’s nano- and pico-satellites - V.M.Matrosov, G.V.Malyshev, O.M.Brehov Unmanned flight vehicle - I.K.Turkin WORKING LANGUAGES Russian and English will be the working languages of the conference and exhibition (without synchronic translation). CALL FOR PAPER Papers will be selected on the base of abstracts of 300-500 words and may be submitted only by e-mail attachment. Papers should be prepared using Word editor, font 14, Times New Roman, printed through one space without equations and figures. Abstracts should contain the following information: title of paper, author(s) name(s), and affiliation of author(s). Abstracts should be sent before September 1, 2005 to Organizing Committee as well as registration form and registration fee. The faxes are not considered. NOTIFICATION ABOUT ACCEPTATION Authors will be notified of the decision of the Program Committee simultaneously with the second announcement by October 1, 2005 by e-mail. PRESENTATION The paper presentation will be limited to 15 minutes. Computer and overhead projector will be available. ABSTRACT The final program and the abstracts of the papers will be given to participants upon registration. REGISTRATION Participants are requested to visit registration desk on Monday, October 10, 2005, from 9.00 to 12.00. VISA SUPPORT The following information is required for visa support: Family Name, First name, Sex Affiliation Company/Institute, Address, Country Date of birth, Place of birth Passport number, Date of issue, Date of expiry Copy of passport Phone, Fax, E-mail Please send this information as soon as possible to Organizing Committee. HOTEL RESERVATION Requests for hotel reservations should be described in the second announcement. REGISTRATION FEE The fee for the participation in the Conference is 300 euro before March 15, 2005 (50 euro for students), 350 euro before June 15, 2005 (75 euro for students), and 400 euro before September 1, 2005 (100 euro for students). This fee includes access to all sessions, abstract book and welcome reception. A bank transfer should pay the registration fee. It is possible to refuse 50 % of registration fee till September 1, 2005, no refused after September 1, 2005. CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ADDRESS Prof. Konstantin A. Karp, Head of the Open Education Center, Moscow Aviation Institute (State Technical University) "MAI", 4, Volokolamskoye shosse, GSP-3, A-80, Moscow, 125993, RUSSIA E-MAIL aviacosmos_2005@mai.ru; aviacosmos_2005@mail.ru; aviacosmos_2005@rambler.ru; aviacosmos_2005@pochtamt.ru PHONE +7-095-195-94-83, +7-906-717-83-91 FAX +7-095-158-29-77 WWW.MAI.RU REGISTRATION FORM Family Name: First Name: Affiliation: Company/University: Country: Address: Phone: Fax: E-mail: I'd like to receive the following information: I'd like to attend conference: I'd like to receive the invoice: Name of topic: Name of paper: [Note: Members of the Program Committee, Scientific Committee, and Presidium of Organizing Committee have been omitted from this news item for reasons of space. Please see the Appendix to this Digest (Vol. 12, No. 5) at http://www.mth.msu.edu/ipnet -- Ed] ----------------------------- From: Gunther Uhlmann Subject: Graduate Summer School at the University of Washington Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 Summer Graduate School on Inverse Problems at the University of Washington During August 1-5, 2005, the PIMS Collaborative Research Group on Inverse Problems is organizing a graduate summer school on inverse problems. The summer school is intended for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and scientists interested in learning the subject. Guillaume Bal (Columbia), Gary Margrave (Calgary), Joyce McLaughlin (RPI), Plamen Stefanov (Purdue), William Symes (Rice) and Gunther Uhlmann (UW) will give minicourses covering a broad range of inverse problems. Please go the web page: http://www.pims.math.ca/science/2005/05inverse/ for more information and/or contact Gunther Uhlmann (gunther@math.washington.edu). Gunther Uhlmann ----------------------------- From: Albert Tarantola Cc: Albert Tarantola Subject: Book on Inverse Problems Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 Dear colleague, This is to let you know that the second edition of my book on Inverse Problems has been published by the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), under a slightly different title (Inverse Problem Theory and Methods for Model Parameter Estimation). But the great news is that SIAM has allowed me to distribute the full PDF version of the book, totally free. The document is available from my web page, http://www.ccr.jussieu.fr/tarantola/ Best regards. Albert Albert Tarantola, Professor, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, http://www.ccr.jussieu.fr/tarantola/ ----------------------------- From: "Prof. Alexander G.Ramm" Subject: New book: Wave Scattering by Small Bodies of Arbitrary Shapes Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 WAVE SCATTERING BY SMALL BODIES OF ARBITRARY SHAPES by Alexander G Ramm (Kansas State University, USA) This book presents analytical formulas which allow one to calculate the S-matrix for the acoustic and electromagnetic wave scattering by small bodies or arbitrary shapes with arbitrary accuracy. Equations for the self-consistent field in media consisting of many small bodies are derived. Applications of these results to ultrasound mammography and electrical engineering are considered. The above formulas are not available in the works of other authors. Their derivation is based on a mathematical theory for solving integral equations of electrostatics, magnetostatics, and other static fields. These equations are at a simple characteristic value. Convergent iterative processes are constructed for stable solution of these equations. The theory completes the classical work of Rayleigh on scattering by small bodies by providing analytical formulas for polarizability tensors for bodies of arbitrary shapes. Contents: Basic Problems; Iterative Processes for Solving Fredholm's Integral Equations for Static Problems; Calculating Electric Capacitance; Numerical Examples; Calculating Polarizability Tensors; Iterative Methods: Mathematical Results; Wave Scattering by Small Bodies; Fredholm Alternative and a Characterization of Fredholm Operators; Boundary-Value Problems in Rough Domains; Low Frequency Asymptotics; Finding Small Inhomogeneities from Scattering Data; Modified Rayleigh Conjecture and Applications; Appendix A: Optimal with Respect to Accuracy Algorithms for Calculation of Multidimensional Weakly Singular Integrals and Applications to Calculation of Capacitances of Conductors of Arbitrary Shapes. Readership: Researchers, academics and lecturers in mathematics, physics, electrical engineering, geophysics, oceanography and environment sciences. Key Features Contains potentially useful results in medical engineering, ultrasound mammography, electrical engineering, etc. Applications are given to inverse radiation problem and other inverse scattering problems Modified Rayleigh Conjecture is proved and applied for developing of efficient numerical methods for solving obstacle scattering problems Optimal methods for calculating multiple integrals of weakly singular functions are given 300pp (approx.) Pub. date: Scheduled Summer 2005 981-256-186-2 US$56 BP34 Book Code: MkPkzMcPcEe-BM5765 Main Subject Classification: Mathematical Physics, Electrodynamics, Computational Physics, Numerical & Computational Mathematics, Condensed Matter Physics and Electrical & Electronic Engineering Keywords: Wave Scattering; Small Bodies; Integral Equations; Capacitance; Polarizability Tensors; S-Matrix Monograph B+ 12/11/2004 In-house Editor: Zhang Ji Acquisitions Editor: Dr Phua Sook Cheng/sj Updated contents & readership on 15/02/2005 Updated contents on 16/02/2005 Website: Mathematical Physics, Electrodynamics, Computational Physics and Electrical & Electronic Engineering New Titles for Website: Physics and Engineering ----------------------------- From: Frank_Wuebbeling Subject: Faculty Position at the University of Muenster Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 The University of Muenster, Germany, invites applications for a tenure faculty position (W3) in Applied Mathematics, following the retirement of Frank Natterer in summer of 2006. Applicants should specialize for example in differential equations, inverse problems, or scientific computing. All information is available on the Website of the university at http://www.uni-muenster.de/Rektorat/Stellen/St_1351.htm (this is in German, I confess, but since the applicants should be speaking German anyway, I think this is no restriction :-) ). Frank Wuebbeling (wuebbel@math.uni-muenster.de) Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science University of Muenster Germany. ------- end -------