Classes

Support for this student program comes from the Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) Mathematical, Information, and Computational Sciences (MICS) program in Applied Mathematical Research (AMR) and from the Institute of Advanced Studies, one of five LANL Insitutes. Follow the links for detailed schedules.

Optimization — by Katharine Chartrand — last modified 2007-08-06 03:20

This lecture series will provide the student with a strong foundation in theoretical and applied optimization. The lectures will build upon fundamentals and lead into a variety of special topics and applications. The student will come away with a broad understanding optimization methods, terminology, limitations, and applications. Lecturers include Wotao Yin (Rice University), Mark Abramson (Air Force Institute of Technology), Dominique Orban (Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal), and David Dreisigmeyer (Los Alamos National Laboratory).

Intro to Image Processing — by Katharine Chartrand — last modified 2007-06-26 05:14

An overview of topics relevant to image processing. Matt Sottile, CCS-2, LANL. June 27 and 28, CNLS Conference Room, 9:30am-10:30am.

Placental Imaging — by Katharine Chartrand — last modified 2007-06-28 05:16

Dr. Carrie Salafia, NYU Medical Center. Measuring the Placenta, the Fetal Lifeline: Why, and How. A challenge from the medical field for image processing and Geometric Measure Theory. The setup problem for the Geometric Measure Theory course. Coyote Conference Room, Rm 163 Building 410. July 2-July 6.

Geometric Measure Theory — by Katharine Chartrand — last modified 2007-08-13 05:38

Geometric measure theory (GMT) and significant chunks of areas like harmonic analysis and PDE, permit the development of deep insights into the nature of sets, measures, and functions. These insights are critical to the development of methods capable of dealing with the enormous data challenges that now confront us. Examples of relevant work include Jones' Beta, the recent work of Allard, Esedoglu, and Vixie on TV functionals, established results on the Mumford-Shah functional, and various new works focused at analysis of shapes and their evolution and dynamics. This class will be a rather intensive introduction to geometric measure theory and its applications with 2 hour lecture sessions combining lecture, problems, and questions and answers. Lecturers are Kevin R. Vixie, Simon P. Morgan and Peter F. Schultz. 7/9-8/15.

Software Tools — by Katharine Chartrand — last modified 2007-07-18 04:52

This workshop is informal series of talks and discussions focused on the effective use of modern software tools. The primary goal is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the time we spend sitting at the computer. Thursday, 1pm-2pm, CNLS conference room.