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Austrian Academy of Sciences JOHANN RADON INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS ANNUAL REPORT 2007 Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Annual Report 2007 PERIOD: 1.1.2007- 31.12.2007 DIRECTOR: Prof. Heinz W. Engl ADDRESS: Altenbergerstr. 69 A-4040 Linz 1/193 JOHANN RADON INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS ANNUAL REPORT 2007 C o n t e n t 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 4 2. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTITUTE IN GENERAL.............................................................. 4 2.1 THE MISSION ................................................................................................................................................ 4 2.2 THE RESEARCH GROUPS: DEVELOPMENT, PLANS......................................................................................... 5 2.3 SCIENTIFIC PERSONNEL................................................................................................................................ 7 2.4 THE ADVISORY BOARDS............................................................................................................................. 10 2.5 AWARDS, PUBLICITY .................................................................................................................................. 11 2.6 RICAM AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES IN LINZ...................................................................................... 12 2.7 THE FUTURE LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE OF THE INSTITUTE.......................................................................... 13 2.8 THE EVALUATION OF THE INSTITUTE.......................................................................................................... 14 2.9 IT-INFRASTRUCTURE .................................................................................................................................. 15 3. SPECIAL SEMESTERS, CONFERENCES, COLLOQUIA ................................................................ 17 3.1 SPECIAL SEMESTERS, GENERAL INFORMATION AND PREVIOUS EVENTS..................................................... 17 3.2 SPECIAL SEMESTER ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY ANALYZED BY MATHEMATICAL METHODS, OCTOBER 1, 2007 – JANUARY 27, 2008.......................................................................................................................... 18 3.3 SPECIAL SEMESTER ON STOCHASTICS WITH EMPHASIS ON FINANCE .......................................................... 27 3.4 SPECIAL SEMESTERS – PUBLICATIONS AND OUTCOME ............................................................................... 29 3.5 SEMINARS, COLLOQUIA, VISITORS ............................................................................................................. 29 Radon Colloquia.......................................................................................................................................... 30 Radon Seminars........................................................................................................................................... 32 Group Seminars........................................................................................................................................... 33 3.6 CONFERENCES CO-ORGANIZED BY RICAM IN 2007 ................................................................................... 44 3.7 RADON ICIAM GRANTS ............................................................................................................................. 45 4. THE SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND PLANS OF THE INSTITUTE..................................... 47 4.1 GROUP “COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR DIRECT FIELD PROBLEMS”....................................................... 47 Introduction by Group Leader Prof. Ulrich Langer.................................................................................... 47 Dr. Chorki Chniti......................................................................................................................................... 50 Dr. Dylan Copeland .................................................................................................................................... 51 Dr. Marco Discacciati................................................................................................................................. 52 Erwin Karer advised by Dr. Johannes Kraus.............................................................................................. 54 Dr. Johannes Kraus..................................................................................................................................... 54 David Pusch advised by Prof. Ulrich Langer.............................................................................................. 56 Dr. Satyendra Tomar................................................................................................................................... 57 4.2 FWF START PROJECT Y192 “HIGH ORDER FINITE ELEMENTS : FAST SOLVERS AND ADAPTIVITY” LED BY PROF. JOACHIM SCHÖBERL......................................................................................................................... 60 Introduction by the START-Project Leader Prof. Joachim Schöberl .......................................................... 60 Martin Huber advised by Prof. Joachim Schöberl ...................................................................................... 62 Astrid Sinwel advised by Prof. Joachim Schöberl ....................................................................................... 63 Dr. Sabine Zaglmayr ................................................................................................................................... 65 4.3 GROUP “INVERSE PROBLEMS” .................................................................................................................... 68 Introduction by Group Leader Prof. Heinz W. Engl.................................................................................... 68 Dr. Jenny Niebsch ....................................................................................................................................... 70 Prof. Dr. Sergei Pereverzyev....................................................................................................................... 71 Dr. Hui Cao................................................................................................................................................. 73 Dr. Shuai Lu ................................................................................................................................................ 74 Dr. Sergiy Pereverzyev jun.......................................................................................................................... 75 Dr. Ronny Ramlau....................................................................................................................................... 76 Stephan Anzengruber advised by Dr. Ronny Ramlau.................................................................................. 79 Dr. Esther Klann ......................................................................................................................................... 80 Dr. Elena Resmerita .................................................................................................................................... 82 Prof. Arnd Rösch ......................................................................................................................................... 83 Svetlana Cherednichenko advised by Prof. Arnd Rösch............................................................................. 86 Klaus Krumbiegel advised by Prof. Arnd Rösch ......................................................................................... 87 Nataliya Metla advised by Prof. Arnd Rösch and Dr. Roland Griesse........................................................ 89 Kattrin Arning advised by Prof. Heinz W. Engl .......................................................................................... 90 Dr. Lin He.................................................................................................................................................... 91 2/193 JOHANN RADON INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS ANNUAL REPORT 2007 Dr. Marcin Janicki ...................................................................................................................................... 94 Dr. James Lu ............................................................................................................................................... 95 Dr. Stefan Mueller....................................................................................................................................... 97 Dr. Hanna Katriina Pikkarainen ................................................................................................................. 98 Dr. Eva Sincich.......................................................................................................................................... 101 Dr. Mourad Sini......................................................................................................................................... 103 Marie-Therese Wolfram advised by Prof. Heinz W. Engl.......................................................................... 105 Clemens A. Zarzer advised by Prof. Dr. Heinz W. Engl...........................................................................
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