Recent Mathematical and Computational Developments of Maxwell's Equations:  Challenges and Frontiers
July 24-28, 2006
Weihai, P.R. China
http://lsec.cc.ac.cn/~weihai/index.html

Theme of the Conference: The workshop seeks to bring together researchers in various fields that involve Maxwell's equations and related topics.

The  recent substantial growth of applications of optical science and electromagnetics  has driven the need for mathematical models, analytic techniques, and numerical  algorithms. A main focus of the workshop is to offer a comfortable and spirited  gathering to promote exchange of ideas, to present significant findings, and  to discuss future directions.

Conference Chair: Zhong-Ci Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Confirmed Plenary Speakers :

Habib Ammari Ecole Polytechnique, France
Gary    Cohen INRIA,  France
Mathias Fink Universite Paris VII,  France
Tom  Hagstrom    University of New Mexico,  USA
Yayan Lu City University of Hong  Kong,  China    
Peter Monk University of Delaware,  USA
Frank Natterer University  of Muenster,  Germany
Jean-Claude Nedelec Ecole Polytechnique,  France  
Gunther Uhlmann University    of Washington,  USA
Michael Vogelius Rutgers  University,  USA
Hongkai Zhao University of California, Irvine, USA

Organisers:

Gang Bao (Co-Chair) Michigan State University,USA
Zhiming Chen    (Co-Chair) Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 
Bo Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Jialin Zhu Cong Qing University, China

Location: The conference will be held at Shandong University Academic Center  in Weihai.

Sponsors:

National Natural Science Foundation of China
State Key Lab on Scientific and Engineering Computing, CAS
Institute of Applied Mathematics, CAS
National Basic Research Program "High Performance Scientific Computation Research"

Contact Information : Please e-mail your enquiries to Ms. Wenqiong Zhang (zwq@lsec.cc.ac.cn).