2017-2018 Annual Report
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Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics Annual Report May 1, 2017 – April 30, 2018 Brendan Hassett, Director Mathew Borton, IT Director Jeff Brock, Associate Director Ruth Crane, Assistant Director Sigal Gottlieb, Deputy Director Elisenda Grigsby, Deputy Director Jeffrey Hoffstein, Consulting Associate Director Caroline Klivans, Associate Director Jill Pipher, Consulting Associate Director Bjorn Sandstede, Associate Director Homer Walker, Consulting Associate Director Ulrica Wilson, Associate Director for Diversity and Outreach Table of Contents Mission ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Core Programs and Events ......................................................................................................... 6 Participant Summaries by Program Type ................................................................................... 9 ICERM Funded Participants ................................................................................................................. 9 All Participants (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) .................................................................. 10 ICERM Funded Speakers ................................................................................................................... 11 All Speakers (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) ...................................................................... 12 ICERM Funded Postdocs ................................................................................................................... 13 All Postdocs (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) ...................................................................... 14 ICERM Funded Graduate Students .................................................................................................... 15 All Graduate Students (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) ....................................................... 16 Additional Participant Data .............................................................................................................. 17 Semester Program Length of Stay ................................................................................................................17 Primary Field of Interest...............................................................................................................................17 Position .......................................................................................................................................................18 Gender ........................................................................................................................................................18 US vs Foreign Based Participants ..................................................................................................................19 Semester Programs .................................................................................................................. 19 Semester Program Process ............................................................................................................... 19 1. Solicitation of Proposals ...........................................................................................................................20 2. Proposal Selection ....................................................................................................................................21 3. Selection of Long-term Visitors/Research Fellows .....................................................................................21 4. Offers to Research Fellows .......................................................................................................................21 5. Semester Workshops ...............................................................................................................................21 6. Application Process ..................................................................................................................................22 7. Applicant Selection ..................................................................................................................................22 Financial Decisions for Semester Programs ...................................................................................... 22 Opening, “Middle” and Closing Events ............................................................................................. 22 2017-2018 Semester Programs ................................................................................................. 24 Fall 2017 Semester Program: Mathematical and Computational Challenges in Radar and Seismic Reconstruction.................................................................................................................................. 24 Research Cluster 1: Wave Propagation and Imaging in Random Media .........................................................27 Workshop 1: Industrial Problems in Radar and Seismic Reconstruction.........................................................29 Workshop 2: Waves and Imaging in Random Media .....................................................................................32 Research Cluster 2: Mathematical and Computational Aspects of Radar Imaging ..........................................35 Workshop 3: Mathematical and Computational Aspects of Radar Imaging ....................................................37 Research Cluster 3: Wave Propagation and Inversion in Seismic Applications ...............................................40 ICERM: 2017-2018 NSF Annual Report 2 Workshop 4: Advances in model reduction for large-scale forward and inverse scattering problems ............42 Workshop 5: Recent Advances in Seismic Modeling and Inversion: From Analysis to Applications .................43 Spring 2018 Semester Program: Point Configurations in Geometry, Physics and Computer Science 46 Workshop 1: Optimal and Random Point Configurations ..............................................................................49 Workshop 2: Fast Algorithms for Generating Static and Dynamically Changing Point Configurations .............54 Workshop 3: Computation and Optimization of Energy, Packing, and Covering.............................................57 Workshop 4: Computational Challenges in the Theory of Lattices .................................................................61 Topical Workshops ................................................................................................................... 64 1. Solicitation of Topical Workshop Proposals...............................................................................................65 2. Proposal Selection ....................................................................................................................................65 3. Recommendation of Speakers ..................................................................................................................65 4. Invitations to Speakers .............................................................................................................................65 5. Application Process ..................................................................................................................................65 6. Applicant Selection ..................................................................................................................................66 Financial Decisions for Topical Workshops ....................................................................................... 66 Topical Workshops in 2017-2018 .............................................................................................. 66 Topical Workshop 1: Probabilistic Scientific Computing: Statistical Inference Approaches to Numerical Analysis and Algorithm Design ........................................................................................ 66 Topical Workshop 2: Robust Methods in Probability and Finance: ................................................... 70 Topical Workshop 3: Women in Data Science and Mathematics Research Collaboration Workshop (WiSDM): .......................................................................................................................................... 72 Topical Workshop 4: LocaliZed Kernel-Based Meshless Methods for Partial Differential Equations . 80 Topical Workshop 5: Pedestrian Dynamics: Modeling, Validation and Calibration ........................... 83 Collaborate@ICERM (C@I) ....................................................................................................... 86 Collaborate@ICERM Process ............................................................................................................ 87 1. Solicitation of Proposals ...........................................................................................................................87 2. Future Proposal Selection.........................................................................................................................87 Hot Topics Workshops: ............................................................................................................. 88 Program Promotions ................................................................................................................ 89 Communications Plan ......................................................................................................................