有限元超收敛及后验误差估计国际会议在湖南师大圆满结束
张志民 Wayne State University & 湖南师范大学

An international conference on Superconvergence and A Posteriori Error Estimates in Finite Element Methods was held at Hunan Normal University (Changsha, China) from May 31 to June 2 of 2004. The objective of the conference was to bring together experts in superconvergence and a posteriori error estimates to discuss recent developments and future directions in the field. Topics of discussion included superconvergence in the finite element method and its application, a posteriori error estimates, post-processing, adaptively, and relevant problems.

This is actually the third international conference/workshop in a row devoted to the superconvergence phenomenon in the finite element method. The first one was at the University of Jyv\"{a}skyl\"{a}, Finland in 1996, and the second was at the Mathematical Science Research Institute (MSRI), University of California at Berkeley in 2000.

During the conference a special social program was organized for participants, including a reception, a get-together party, a concert, a conference banquet, and a tour to the Ma-Wang-Dui Tomb of the Han-Dynasty. After the conference, there was a visit to Zhang-Jia-Jie, a National Forest Park of China well-known for its picturesque scenery.

About forty researchers from seven different countries, including China, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States, attended the conference. Ivo Babu\v{s}ka and Vidar Thom'{e}e served as honorary chairs of the conference. Scientific Committee members include: Mark Ainsworth, Carsten Carstensen, Michal Krizek, Stig Larsson, Yanping Lin, Qun Lin, Wenbin Liu, Lars B. Wahlbin, and Jinchao Xu.

Financial support of the conference was provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Special Funds for Major State Basic Research Projects (973), the Key Research Project 211 of the Ministry of Education of China, and the Key Research Project of Hunan Province.