NCTS International Workshop on Scientific Computing
June 26-30, 2006
Condensed Matter Science & Physics Building
National Taiwan University
Taiwan
http://www.math.ntu.edu.tw/~shyue/sc06.html

Conference Theme:

There has been significant progress in scientific computing,particularly in  the diverse fields of multiscale computations and imaging.One of the focusses of multiscale computation concentrates on problems where classical single physics models are either inadequate or not accurate enough,and a coupling of multiple physics models needs to be considered.In particular,there is an emergence of methods that replace heuristics and empirical observations in coarse scale  single physics models by direct numerical simulations of more accurate models defined on finer scales.PDE-based techniques for imaging received a lot of attention due to its success in removing noise and segmenting salient features in images. Many of the approaches are closely related to inverse problems and interface problems.

On the other hand,many of the important results have been driven by the need  to separate features of different length scales. The field of high frequency wave propagation, for instance, is to compute effective wave behavior at length  scales that are much large than the wavelength.It is vital for telecommunication,radar and seismic imaging. Novel and robustmethods have been introduced and advanced in recent years. Phase-spaced methods enable efficient computation of multivalued solutions that are previous too complicated to compute.

From computational techniques view point: the level set method made impact  on a diversity of applications including free interface problems and a number of inverse problems that involve complicated shapes and topology; the discontinuous Galerkin methods provide possibility of high order accuracy and adaptivity  in solving hyperbolic problems and can be applied to a wide range of problems including ones alluded above. Even though these fields appear to be diverse and have different concerns for the respective applications,they share common objectives and difficulties at a higher level, and may benefit from closer interactions among the engaging  scientists.

This workshop brings some of the world's leading experts in these fields together and aims at

1) providing an opportunity for direct communication and exchange of ideas;
2) promoting interaction and collaboration of local and international scholars.

Invited Speakers:

Weizhu Bao U Singapore
Chien Cheng Chang National Taiwan U
Tony Chan U California- Los Angeles
Min-Hung Chen National Cheng Kung U
Zhiming Chen Chinese Academy of Science
I-Liang Chern National Taiwan U
Li-Tien Cheng U California- San Diego
Cheng-Sheng Chien National Chung Hsing    U
Bernardo Cockburn U Minnesota
Chien-Sen Huang National Sun Yat-Sen U
Qiang Du Penn State U
Wai-How Hui Academia Sinica
Bjorn Engquist U Texas-Austin
Tsung-Min Hwang National Taiwan Normal U
Selim Esedoglu U Michigan
Ming  Chih Lai National Chiao Tung U
Thomas Y. Hou Cal Tech
Wen-Wei Lin National Tsing Hua U
Shi Jin U Wisconsin-Madison
Jinn-Liang Liu National Kaohsiung U
Rajiv Kalia U Southern California
Tony Wen-Hann Sheu National Taiwan U
Chiu-Yen Kao U Minnesota
Shih-Feng Shieh National Tsing Hua U
Mitchel Luskin U Minnesota
Jerry Yin-Tzer Shih National Chung Hsing U
Stanley Osher U California- Los Angeles
Keh-Ming Shyue National Taiwan U
Fernando Reitich U Minnesota
Chun-Hao Teng National Cheng Kung U
Olof Runborg KTH, Sweden
Wei Cheng Wang National Tsing Hua U
Fadil Santosa U Minnesota
Wei Chung Wang National Kaohsiung U
Jie Shen Purdue U
Jaw-Yen Yang National Taiwan U
Chi-Wang Shu Brown U
Tao Tang Baptist U, HK
Richard Tsai U Texas-Austin
Eric Vanden Eijnden New York U
Priya Vashishta U Southern California
Pingwen Zhang Peking U, China
Organizing Committee:

I-Liang Chern National Taiwan University
Chiu-Yen Kao U Minnesota
Ming Chih Lai National Chiao Tung University
Wen-Wei Lin National Tsing Hua University
Richard Tsai U Texas-Austin
Wei Chung Wang National Tsing Hua University
Sponsors:

National Center for Theoretical Sciences, National Science Council, Taiwan National Taiwan University
Conference Venue:

The conference will be held at the Condensed Matter Science & Physics Building of National Taiwan University. Information desk and internet access will be available during the conference.
Registration & Talk Submission:
All participants in the conference must register. There is no registration fee however.
To register and submit a talk with title and abstract, please complete the  on-line registration form. Note that for a talk submission, we only accept MS-word  and latex formats. The invited speakers can use the on-line registration form to submit their title and abstract for the workshop.
Contact Information:

Miss Mei-Hui Hsiao
Department of Mathematics
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
Phone: (8862) 3366-3229
Fax: (8862) 2391-4439
Webpage: http://www.math.ntu.edu.tw/~shyue/sc06.html