IPNet Digest Volume 15, Number 03 June 3, 2008 Today's Editor: Patricia K. Lamm, Michigan State University Zhewei Dai, Alma College Today's Topics: Biomed. Eng. School -- Optimiz. & Inverse Probs in Electromagnetism SIAM Conference on Imaging Science School: Advanced Integral Equation Methods in Comp. Mechanics RICAM PostDoc Positions, incl. Inverse Problems and Imaging Professorship in Quantitative Biology, Vienna Now Online: Special Issues/Sections of Inverse Problems New Website: International Journal of Tomography & Statistics Table of Contents: Inverse Problems Table of Contents: J. of Inverse and Ill-posed Problems Submissions for IPNet Digest: Mail to ipnet-digest@math.msu.edu Information about IPNet: http://www.math.msu.edu/ipnet ----------------------------- From: "Brauer Hartmut Dr. TU Ilmenau" Subject: OIPE 2008 - Summerschool on Biomedical Engineering Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 Dear Colleague, We are happy to announce that the 3rd International Summerschool on Biomedical Engineering, organized by the Technical University Ilmenau and the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig, will be held September 4-17 2008 at Weimar and Ilmenau. This year's topic will be the reconstruction of the sources of physiological signals with special emphasis to electromagnetic signal of the brain and the heart. It aims at a thorough understanding of the underlying mechanisms of source reconstruction techniques and thus will develop a critical view on current applications and possible future developments. Source reconstruction is the key to understanding how the brain works on a millisecond scale and is used in areas like cognitive research, as well as in various clinical applications. The didactic concept of the Summer Schools includes preparation of literature before the school actually starts, lectures, seminar work in small groups, panel discussions, practical exercises, and demonstrations. The number of participants is restricted to 40 in order to provide an optimal mentoring. Moreover, the International Summer School is expected to facilitate the exchange of ideas on latest developments in the field. As a special feature of this year's summer school a high level international conference (OIPE 2008) is included into the program. The scientific supporting programme comprises visits at the competence centre for virtual reality, which operates the only combination of a CAVE with a wave field synthesis system, and at the Biomagnetic Centre of the university clinic in Jena. Here we will also visit the world known Zeiss Planetarium. The social program further includes visits at the UNESCO World Heritage sites castle Wartburg in Eisenach and "Ensemble Classical Weimar" in Weimar. Sportive events are the hike at the Thuringian Forest and the "Kickelhahnlauf". For further information, please visit our website http://wcms1.rz.tu-ilmenau.de/fakia/?id=6825 Looking forward to welcoming you at our Summer School, Jens Haueisen Thomas Knoesche [Please consult the conference website for OIPE: http://www.OIPE2008.org/ -Ed.] ----------------------------- From: Kirsten Wilden Subject: SIAM Conference on Imaging Science (IS08) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 Conference Name: SIAM Conference on Imaging Science (IS08), being held jointly with the 2008 SIAM Annual Meeting Location: Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, California Dates: July 7-9, 2008 Invited Speakers: Joint Plenary Speaker Jean-Michel Morel, ENS Cachan, France Invited Topical Speakers John Etgen, BP America Jeffrey Fessler, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Mila Nikolova, Centre de Mathématiques et de Leurs Applications, France Lenny Rudin, Cognitech Inc. Lars Ulander, Swedish Defense Research Agency, Sweden Andrew Zisserman, University of Oxford, United Kingdom +++++++++++++++++++++++ Registration is Now Available! Pre-Registration Deadline: June 9, 2008 Hotel Reservation Deadline: June 9, 2008 Registration and the preliminary program for this conference are available at: http://www.siam.org/meetings/is08/ +++++++++++++++++++++++ For additional information, contact the SIAM Conference Department at meetings@siam.org. ----------------------------- From: Marc Bonnet Subject: CISM-IUTAM summer school "Advanced Integral Equation Methods in Computational Mechanics" Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 Dear Colleague, This is a short announcement for: CISM-IUTAM summer school "ADVANCED INTEGRAL EQUATION METHODS IN COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS" (CISM, Udine, Italy, July 7-11, 2008). Coordinator: Marc Bonnet, Ecole Polytechnique, France (bonnet@lms.polytechnique.fr) For details, visit www.cism.it and go to Activities --> Courses and other events --> Programme 2008 Please note that the geographical proximity of Udine to Venice, where WCCM 2008 will be held during the previous week, will greatly facilitate attendance by WCCM participants. Please feel free to circulate this to colleagues and students. Best wishes, Marc Bonnet 6th Intl. Conf. on Inverse Problems in Engineering: Theory and Practice (June 15-19, 2008): http://www.icipe2008.ciril.fr Marc BONNET -- CNRS (directeur de recherche) et Ecole Polytechnique Tel: 1-69335746 | Laboratoire de Mecanique des Solides Fax: 1-69333026 | Ecole Polytechnique bonnet@lms.polytechnique.fr | 91128 PALAISEAU cedex, FRANCE http://www.lms.polytechnique.fr/users/bonnet/index.html ----------------------------- From: "Prof. Heinz W. Engl" Subject: RICAM PostDoc Positions, including Inverse Problems and Imaging Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 PostDoc Positions f/m at the Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Linz, Austria RICAM (www.ricam.oeaw.ac.at) is a well established mathematical research institute located on the campus of the Kepler University in Linz, Austria and has openings in the following groups: - Mathematical Methods in Molecular and Systems Biology -- (new working group to be established in Vienna) - Computational Methods for Direct Field Problems -- Prof. Langer - Inverse Problems -- Prof. Engl - Optimization and Control -- Prof. Kunisch - Symbolic Computation -- Prof. Schicho - Analysis of Partial Differential Equations -- Prof. Markowich, Prof. Schmeiser - Mathematical Imaging -- Prof. Scherzer Cooperation between groups is strongly encouraged. PostDocs interested to work in one of these research areas are encouraged to send their application with personal and scientific data and a statement about scientific interests and achievements to the director, Prof. Heinz W. Engl at, heinz.engl@oeaw.ac.at and the scientific group leader per e-mail. Further information concerning the working fields can be obtained from the group leaders: http://www.ricam.oeaw.ac.at/research/ For all positions a doctorate in mathematics or a closely related field is required. The working language is English. The positions are initially for up to three years, one renewal for three more years is possible depending on achievements. The Austrian Academy of Sciences is an equal opportunity employer. Submitted by: Prof.Dr.Heinz W. Engl E-Mail: heinz.engl@univie.ac.at Vice Rector for Research and Career Development University of Vienna Phone:+43-(0)1-427710050 Lueger-Ring 1 A-1010 Wien Fax:+43-(0)1-427710099 Oesterreich / Austria and Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM), Austrian Academy of Sciences, A-4040 Linz, Austria Fax: +43-(0)732-24685212 http://www.ricam.oeaw.ac.at EMail: heinz.engl@oeaw.ac.at Mobile Phone: +43-(0)664-5209029 --------------------------------- From: "Prof. Heinz W. Engl" Subject: Professorship in quantitative biology, Vienna Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 A joint search committee of the Medical University Vienna, University of Vienna, and the Veterinary University Vienna, invites applications for the position of a Professor in Quantitative / Systems Biology at the Vienna Biocenter Through financial support from the WWTF (Vienna Science & Technology Fund - further details at www.wwtf.ac.at), this professorship will be established in a cooperation of major Universities in Vienna for an initial period of 5 years, with the possibility to convert into a tenured position after that. The aim is to exploit innovative approaches in mathematical modelling and systems biology to uncover fundamental principles of complex biological systems. The Professor will be expected to interact closely with experimental groups at the partner institutions, and with the Center of Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna, located at the Vienna Biocenter. Potential candidates should have a strong theoretical and mathematical background, as well as a proven track record of successful collaborations with experimental biologists. The Professor will be expected to emphasize research areas of emerging importance and use quantitative biological data to develop dynamic and predictive mathemathical models to unravel principles and fundamental properties of biological systems in research areas including (but not limited to) infection biology, RNA biology, immunology, oncology, signaling and stress response in various model systems. Interested individuals, and in particular female scientists, are strongly encouraged to send by e-mail or courier their CV (maximum three pages), a 3 page statement of future research interests and a list of up to 10 relevant publications during the past 6 years to Karl Kuchler (Chair of the Search Committee - Medical University of Vienna, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Campus Vienna Biocenter, A-1030 Vienna, Austria) at Karl.Kuchler@meduniwien.ac.at, by the deadline of June 30, 2008. The Max F. Perutz Laboratories - www.mfpl.ac.at - at the Vienna Biocenter are a joint venture of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna to develop and foster excellence in biomedical research in Austria. Submitted by: Prof.Dr.Heinz W. Engl E-Mail: heinz.engl@univie.ac.at Vice Rector for Research and Career Development University of Vienna Phone:+43-(0)1-427710050 Lueger-Ring 1 A-1010 Wien Fax:+43-(0)1-427710099 Oesterreich / Austria and Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM), Austrian Academy of Sciences, A-4040 Linz, Austria Fax: +43-(0)732-24685212 http://www.ricam.oeaw.ac.at EMail: heinz.engl@oeaw.ac.at Mobile Phone: +43-(0)664-5209029 ----------------------------- From: Zoe Crossman Subject: Now Online: Inverse Problems: statistical and computational issues in inverse problems special section Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 Inverse Problems is pleased to announce that its latest special section, on statistical and computational issues in inverse problems, is now freely available online until 22 June 2008 at: http://herald.iop.org/IPSPE2008IPNet/m103/cid//link/1647 The section presents an overview of the current state of research in statistical and computational issues in inverse problems and was guest edited by L Tenorio, E Haber, W W Symes, P B Stark, D Cox and O Ghattas. We are pleased to make the Guest Editors' introductory article and two articles, 'Smoothing noisy data via regularization: statistical perspectives' by Chong Gu and 'Fast denoising of surface meshes with intrinsic texture' by H Huang and U Ascher, featured articles on the journal homepage; to read them for free, visit: http://herald.iop.org/IPSPE2008FeaturedIPNet/m103/cid//link/1648 We hope you enjoy reading these articles as much as we have. Kate Watt Publisher, Inverse Problems ip@iop.org ----------------------------- From: isder_ceser Subject: International Journal of Tomography & Statistics new website Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 Dear Colleagues, Greetings from "International Journal of Tomography & Statistics (IJTS)" International Journal of Tomography & Statistics new website is: www.ceser.res.in/ijts.html and for International Journal of Ecology & Development (IJED) www.ceser.res.in/ijed.html International Journal of Tomography & Statistics The main aim of the International Journal of Tomography & Statistics (IJTS) is to publish refereed, well-written original research articles, and studies that describe the latest research and sdevelopments in computerized Tomography and Statistics. The IJTS is reviewed by "Zentralblatt fur Mathematik (Berlin, Germany)" which is the best in the math reviewing world, "Mathematical Review" (American Mathematical Society) etc. Detailed instructions on how to prepare your manuscript are available at "Instructions for Author". http://www.isder.ceser.res.in/IJTS.html ----------------------------- From: Laura Smith Subject: Table of Contents - Inverse Problems Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 Inverse Problems 2008 Vol.24, No.3 Table of Contents SPECIAL SECTION ON STATISTICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL ISSUES IN INVERSE PROBLEMS Guest Editors' introduction to the special section on statistical and computational issues in inverse problems L Tenorio, E Haber, W W Symes, P B Stark, D Cox and O Ghattas Smoothing noisy data via regularization: statistical perspectives Chong Gu Fast denoising of surface meshes with intrinsic texture H Huang and U Ascher Nonparametric statistical inverse problems L Cavalier Residual periodograms for choosing regularization parameters for ill-posed problems Bert W Rust and Dianne P O'Leary Strong robust generalized cross-validation for choosing the regularization parameter Mark A Lukas Computational techniques for a quantum control problem with $H1$-cost G von Winckel and A Borz\`\i Ill-posed medicine---an introduction to image registration Bernd Fischer and Jan Modersitzki Statistical inference for inverse problems Nicolai Bissantz and Hajo Holzmann A multilevel algorithm for inverse problems with elliptic PDE constraints George Biros and G\"unay Dogan Adaptive finite element methods for the solution of inverse problems in optical tomography Wolfgang Bangerth and Amit Joshi Resistivity imaging with controlled-source electromagnetic data: depth and data weighting R-\'E Plessix and W A Mulder Hypermodels in the Bayesian imaging framework Daniela Calvetti and Erkki Somersalo Generalizing resolution Philip B Stark A Newton-CG method for large-scale three-dimensional elastic full-waveform seismic inversion I Epanomeritakis, V Ak\ccelik, O Ghattas and J Bielak Regularized reconstruction of water surfaces from noisy gradient information via plane-wave superposition Finbarr O'Sullivan, Jian Huang, Kingshuk Roy Choudhury, Guillmette Caulliez and Victor Shrira An active-set equality constrained Newton solver with feasibility restoration for inverse coefficient problems in elliptic variational inequalities M Hinterm\"uller PAPERS Fixed-point iterations in determining the Tikhonov regularization parameter Ferm\'\in S Viloche Baz\'an The quasi-optimality criterion for classical inverse problems Frank Bauer and Stefan Kindermann Numerical solution of an inverse 2D Cauchy problem connected with the Helmholtz equation T Wei, H H Qin and R Shi Uniqueness in determining polyhedral sound-hard obstacles with a single incoming wave Johannes Elschner and Masahiro Yamamoto Imaging moving targets from scattered waves Margaret Cheney and Brett Borden Phase reconstruction by a multilevel iteratively regularized Gauss-Newton method Dirk Langemann and Manfred Tasche A semismooth Newton method for Tikhonov functionals with sparsity constraints R Griesse and D A Lorenz Enhancement of microwave tomography through the use of electrically conducting enclosures Colin Gilmore and Joe LoVetri On the Volterra integral equation relating creep and relaxation R S Anderssen, A R Davies and F R de Hoog The problem of polarization tomography: II Vladimir Sharafutdinov Multi-frequency identification of defects in conducting media A Pirani, M Ricci, R Specogna, A Tamburrino and F Trevisan The Boussinesq equation with self-consistent sources Hongxia Wu, Yunbo Zeng and Tianyou Fan Electrical impedance tomography with resistor networks Liliana Borcea, Vladimir Druskin and Fernando Guevara Vasquez A systematic linear space approach to solving partially described inverse eigenvalue problems Sau-Lon James Hu and Haujun Li History matching of petroleum reservoirs using a level set technique Oliver Dorn and Rossmary Villegas The study of an iterative method for the reconstruction of images corrupted by Poisson and Gaussian noise F Benvenuto, A La Camera, C Theys, A Ferrari, H Lant\'eri and M Bertero Source localization in ellipsoids by the best meromorphic approximation in planar sections Juliette Leblond, Cristina Paduret, St\'ephane Rigat and Meriem Zghal A global uniqueness for formally determined inverse electromagnetic obstacle scattering Hongyu Liu An inverse adhesion problem for extracting interfacial pair potentials for the Al(0 0 1)/3C--SiC(0 0 1) interface Hanyue Zhao and Nanxian Chen Restricted isometry properties and nonconvex compressive sensing Rick Chartrand and Valentina Staneva A direct nonlinear inversion of primary wave data reflecting from extended, heterogeneous media Kristopher A Innanen Inverse acoustic scattering by small-obstacle expansion of a misfit function Marc Bonnet Individual articles are free for 30 days following their publication on the web. This issue is available at: http://www.iop.org/EJ/toc/0266-5611/24/3 Submitted by: Laura A. Smith, Production Editor, Inverse Problems ----------------------------- From: Albroscheit, Simon Subject: TOC, J. Inverse and Ill-posed Problems 2008, issues 1, 2 and 3 Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2008 Journal of Inverse and Ill-posed Problems 2008 Vol. 16 No. 1 Table of Contents Inverse electromagnetic scattering by a perfect conductor in a chiral environment C. Athanasiadis and E. Kardasi Recovering a potential from Cauchy data in the two-dimensional case A. L. Bukhgeim Solving constraint ill-posed problems using Ginzburg–Landau regularization functionals F. Frühauf and H. Grossauer An inverse problem of identifying source coefficient in solute transportation Li Gongsheng, Yao De and Yang Fugui Boundary integral equations for acoustical inverse sound-soft scattering O. Ivanyshyn and B. T. Johansson A note on logarithmic convergence rates for nonlinear Tikhonov regularization B. Kaltenbacher Analytic approximation with real constraints, with applications to inverse diffusion problems J. Leblond, J.-P. Marmorat and J. R. Partington This issue is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/JIIP **************** Journal of Inverse and Ill-posed Problems 2008 Vol. 16 No. 2 Table of Contents The multidimensional refinement indicators algorithm for optimal parameterization H. Ben Ameur, F. Clément, P. Weis and G. Chavent Inverse problem for the Schrödinger operator in an unbounded strip L. Cardoulis, M. Cristofol and P. Gaitan Identification of two memory kernels in a fully hyperbolic phase-field system A. Lorenzi and E. Rocca A priori weighting for parameter estimation J. L. Mead On reduction of informational expenses in solving ill-posed problems with not exactly given input data S. G. Solodky and E. V. Lebedeva This issue is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/JIIP **************** Journal of Inverse and Ill-posed Problems 2008 Vol. 16 No. 3 Table of Contents Inverse problem for parabolic high-order equations L. F. Borisova Multiscale Lavrentiev method for systems of Volterra equations of the first kind A. Favini and L. Pandolfi Recovering memory kernels in parabolic transmission problems J. Janno and A. Lorenzi Impact of conditional stability: Convergence rates for general linear regularization methods S. I. Kabanikhin and M. Schieck Differential identities and uniqueness theorem in inverse problem for the Boltzmann-Vlasov equation M. V. Neshchadim Inverse problem with unknown composite external action for hyperbolic equations R. R. Safiullova This issue is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/JIIP Submitted by: Robert Plato Publishing Editor, Mathematics/Physics, Walter de Gruyter Genthiner Str. 13, 10785 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49 30 26005 101 E-mail: robert.plato@degruyter.com Fax: +49 30 26005 352 WWW: http://www.deGruyter.com ------- end -------