University of Pittsburgh

Research Talks by Graduate Students

2008 - 2009

Date Speaker Title Venue Link
July 8, 2008 Daniel Smith Self-Guided Dynamics: A Critical Review
Gordon Research Conference on Computational Chemistry Link
August 4-7, 2009 Ian Price Immune Response to Influenza A Virus (poster)
SIAM Conference on Life Sciences  
Sept. 11, 2008 Ian Price XPP Workshop University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Seminar Link
Sept. 23, 2008 Alex Lozovskiy Lighthill acoustic analogy and its computational implementation Computational Mathematics Seminar  
Sept. 25, 2008 Ryan O'Grady Basic Probability and the Zeta Function University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Seminar  
Oct., 2008 Jonathan Holland Manifolds with exceptional holonomy University of Pittsburgh, Laboratory of Axiomatics Seminar  
Oct. 7, 2008 Nate Mays Iterative Tikhonov Regularization and Defect Correction University of Pittsburgh, Computational Mathematics Seminar  
Oct. 9, 2008 Greg Francos Steiner Symmetrization and the Isodiametric Inequality University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Seminar  
Oct. 15-17, 2008

Ben Ganis,
et al.

Mortar Multiscale Stochastic Numerical Modeling of Flow in Porous Media (poster) Workshop on Applied Mathematics Research  
Oct. 17, 2008 Nate Mays Defect Correction with Tikhonov Regularization and Application to Inverse problems Conference on the Occasion of Richard Varga's 80th Birthday, Kent State University  
Oct. 17, 2008 Alex Lozovskiy Lighthill acoustic analogy and its computational implementation Conference on the Occasion of Richard Varga's 80th Birthday, Kent State University  
Oct. 17, 2008 Ross Ingram Parameter Sensitivity in an Iterated Tikhonov Regularization Scheme
Conference on the Occasion of Richard Varga's 80th Birthday, Kent State University  
Oct. 17, 2008 Jeff Connors Partitioned Time Stepping Algorithms for a Parabolic Problem on two Subdomains Conference on the Occasion of Richard Varga's 80th Birthday, Kent State University PDF
Oct. 23, 2008 Chris Jones Random Walks: Risks and Ruin University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Seminar  
Oct. 24, 2008 Ben Ganis Implementation of a Mortar Mixed Finite Element Method using a Multiscale Flux Basis Fall 2008 Finite Element Circus, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY  
Oct. 25, 2008 Ziqin Feng Minimal Size of Basic Families AMS Sectional Meeting 2008  
Nov. 2008 Jonathan Holland G2 University of Pittsburgh, Laboratory of Axiomatics Seminar  
Nov. 4, 2008 Ben Ganis Implementation of a Mortar Mixed Finite Element Method using a Multiscale Flux Basiswith Applications to Stochastic Collocation of flow in porous media University of Pittsburgh, Computational Mathematics Seminar  
Nov. 20, 2008 Tracy Stepien Tubuloglomerular Feedback-Mediated Dynamics in Three Coupled Nephrons University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Seminar  
Feb. 5, 2009 Zhuomin Liu A compact embedding for Sobolev spaces is equivalent to a better embedding University of Pittsburgh, Analysis Seminar  
Feb. 12, 2009 Ken Chuang Subharmonic functions on a closed Riemannian manifold
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Seminar  
Feb. 12, 2009 Zhuomin Liu A compact embedding for Sobolev spaces is equivalent to a better embedding Syracuse University, Analysis Seminar  
Feb. 17, 24, 2009 Jonathan Holland Introduction to the geometry of second and third order ordinary differential equations Laboratory of Axiomatics Joint CMU/Pitt seminar  
Feb. 20, 2009 Hoang Tran Exact controllability of the
Schnakenberg model for Pattern
Formation
Clemson/Pitt/UTK/VT Graduate/Post Graduate Conference 2009, Virginia Tech PDF
Feb. 21, 2009 Ross Ingram Uncoupling Accuracy and Stability in Tikhonov Regularization Parameter Selection ICAM Mini-conference at Virginia Tech University  
Feb. 21, 2009 Jeffrey Connors Finite Element Analysis for a Modified Navier-Stokes-Alpha Model ICAM Mini-conference at Virginia Tech University
Link
Feb. 21, 2009 Alex Lozovskiy Finite Element Method scheme for the Lighthill acoustic analogy Clemson/Pitt/UTK/VT Graduate/Post Graduate Conference 2009, Virginia Tech  
March 2, 2009 Ben Ganis Multiscale Flux Basis Implementation for a Mortar Mixed Finite Element Method and its use in Stochastic Collocation of Flow in Porous Media SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering  
March 26, 2009 Chris Jones Applications of the Poisson Process University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Seminar  
April 1, 2009 Daniel Smith Statistical behavior of the self-guided dynamics algorithms Seminar Laboratory of Computational Biology National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health  
April 2, 2009 Jonathan Holland Audible properties of objects University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Seminar  
April 9, 2009 Merve Kovan Homomorphisms between Group Algebras University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Seminar  

2007-2008

Date Speaker Title Venue Link
March 29, 2007 Alex Sviridov Law of iterated logarithms University of Pittsburgh, Analysis Seminar  
March 13, 2008 Ziqin Feng On Spaces with Finite Basic Families Spring Topology and Dynamics Conference 2008  
May 7, 2008 Ian Price Innate Immune Response to Plasmodia Falciparum in the Mosquito Midgut
CIRM Retreat  
May 9, 2008 Xianpeng Hu Global Weak Solutions to
the Multi-Dimensional Equations of
Compressible Magnetohydrodynamic Flows
Department of Mathematics at Sun Yat-sen University Link
June 28, 2009 Ian Price Agent Based Model of Lung Inflammation
ICCAI  
June 30-July 2, 2009 Ian Price Immune Response to Influenza A Virus (poster)
International Shock Conference