Carnegie Mellon
Department of 
Mathematical Sciences

CNA Seminars


TUESDAY, September 11, 2007

Michal Kowalczyk, Universidad de Chile

Critical points of the regular part of the harmonic Green's function with Robin boundary condition

Time: 1:30 P.M.
Location: PPB 300

Abstract

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

CNA SEMINAR

Michel Chipot , University of Zurich


Exponential rate of convergence for the solution of elliptic problems in strips.

Time: 1:30 P.M.
Location: PPB 300

Abstract

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

CNA SEMINAR

Martin Kruzik , Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Academy of Sciences


{\cal A}-quasiconvexity and lower semicontinuity of integral functionals

Time: 1:30 P.M.
Location: PPB 300

Abstract

TUESDAY, October 2, 2007

CNA SEMINAR

R. Lehoucq , Sandia Labs


Force flux and the Peridynamic stress tensor

Time: 1:30 P.M.
Location: PPB 300

Abstract

TUESDAY, October 9, 2007

CNA SEMINAR

Robert MacPherson, Institute for Advanced Study

TBA

Time: 4:30 P.M.

Location: WeH 7500


Abstract

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME AND ROOM


THURSDAY, October 11, 2007

Amy Novick-Cohen, Technion

The Cahn-Hilliard Equation with Degenerate Mobility

Time:1:30 P.M.
Location: PPB 300


TUESDAY, October 16, 2007

CNA SEMINAR

Marco Barchiesi, Carnegie Mellon University


Homogenization of polyconvex functionals

Time: 1:30 P.M.
Location: PPB 300

Abstract

TUESDAY, October 23, 2007

Margarida Baia, Departamento de Matematica, Instituto Superior Tecnico.

Characterization of two-scale Young-measures and applications

Time: 1:30 P.M.
Location: PPB 300


Abstract

THURSDAY, October 25, 2007

Giuseppe Tomassetti, University of Rome

Coupling the heat equation with the Gilbert equation

Time: 1:30 P.M.
Location: PPB 300

Abstract

TUESDAY, October 30, 2007

Ana Mararida Ribeiro, Carnegie Mellon University.

Vectorial differential inclusions, generalized notions of convexity and applications to non quasiconvex minimizing problems.

Time: 1:30 P.M.
Location: PPB 300


Abstract

THURSDAY, November 1, 2007

CNA SEMINAR

Paolo Cermelli,

Analogies between a model for the evolution of human language and phase transitions on a lattice

Time: 1:30 P.M.
Location: PPB 300

Abstract

TUESDAY, November 6, 2007

Elaine Cozzi , Carnegie Mellon University


Ideal Incompressible Fluids with Continuous Vorticity

Time: 1:30 P.M.
Location: PPB 300

Abstract

TUESDAY, November 13, 2007

Yekaterina Epshteyn, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University.

Time: 1:30 P.M.
Location: PPB 300

Abstract

TUESDAY, November 20, 2007

CNA SEMINAR

Leonid Berlyand Penn State University

Solutions with Vortices of a Semi-Stiff Boundary Value Problem for the Ginzburg-Landau Equation

Time: 1:30 P.M.
Location: PPB 300

Abstract

TUESDAY, November 27, 2007

Francesco Maggi, Universita di Firenze

Stability properties of the Wulff shape via mass transportation

Time: 1:30 P.M.
Location: PPB 300

Abstract

TUESDAY, December 4, 2007

CNA SEMINAR

Massimiliano Morini, SISSA

Second order minimality conditions for functionals with bulk and surface energies

Time: 1:30 P.M.
Location: PPB 300

Abstract

TUESDAY, January 15, 2008

THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Jim Kelliher, Brown University

TBA

Time: 1:30 P.M.
Location: PPB 300


TUESDAY, January 22, 2008

Ana Soane, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

TBA

Time: 1:30 P.M.
Location: PPB 300