Events

Events (2011)

• The POTSI/MITACS Talks in Analysis, at the University of Calgary, http://math.ucalgary.ca/news-events/events/potsi/mitacs-talk-analysis
  • June 28, 2011: Some practical methods for computing sparse, low-rank solutions. Zhaosong Lu, SFU.
  • June 27, 2011: Pseudospectra of Matrices and Matrix Polynomials. Panayiotis Psarrakos, National Technical University of Athens
  • June 7, 2011: An analysis and comparison of Jacobian and Hurwitz classes on the moduli space of curves. Steffen Marcus, Brown University.
  • May 20, 2011: Outer-preserving linear operators, and geophysical imaging. Peter Gibson, York University.
  • May 13, 2011: Operator algebras and number theory. Marcelo Laca, University of Victoria.
  • March 24,  2011: Bird's-eye view of modern optimization software. Yurij Zinchenko, University of Calgary.
  • January 20, 2011: Outer preserving linear operators. Michael Lamoureux, University of Calgary.
• The CREWES Annual Sponsors Meeting, November 2011, Canmore AB.
• ICIAM Satellite Conference, "Medical and Seismic Imaging", part of the Applied Mathematics Perspectives series in July 2011, at UBC, Vancouver.
• Presentations at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, May 2011, Calgary AB.

Events (2010)

• The POTSI/MITACS Talks in Analysis, at the University of Calgary, http://math.ucalgary.ca/news-events/events/potsi/mitacs-talk-analysis
  
  • Nov 18, 2010: Canonical structures for matrix functions: a survey. Dr. Peter Lancaster (Calgary)
  • Oct 28, 2010: Composition operators modeling nonstationary minimum phase filters. Dr Michael Lamoureux (Calgary)
  • Sep 3, 2010: Doubling algorithms and their applications. Dr Chun-Hua Guo (Regina)
  • Apr 29, 2010: Subfactors and Quantum Symmetries. Dr Remus Nicoara (Tennessee)
  • Apr 22, 2010: Fourier Integral Operators in Seismic Imaging, p3. Dr Jen von Bergmann (Calgary)
  • Apr 8, 2010: Fourier Integral Operators in Seismic Imaging, p2. Dr Jen von Bergmann (Calgary)
  • Mar 25, 2010: Fourier Integral Operators in Seismic Imaging, p1. Dr Jen von Bergmann (Calgary)
  • Mar 4, 2010: Regularity for quasilinear operators with infinite vanishing ellipticity. Dr Cristian Rios (Calgary)
  • Feb 4, 2010: Eigenvalue bounds for the wave equation with radiation bdy conditions. Dr. Illiaa Karabash (Calgary)
  • Jan 4, 2010: Wind driven forest fire fronts. Dr. Petro Babak (Alberta)
• The CREWES Annual Sponsors Meeting, November 2010, Canmore AB.
• Presentations at the BIRS Workshop on Frames, Wavelets and Fractals, October 2010, Banff AB.
• Presentations at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Explorations Geophysicists, October 2010, Denver CO.
• A special session at the June 2010 MITACS AGM in Edmonton AB, on Numerical Methods in Imaging and Inverse Problems.
• Presentations at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, May 2010, Calgary AB.

Events (2009)

• The POTSI/MITACS Talks in Analysis, at the University of Calgary, http://math.ucalgary.ca/news-events/events/potsi/mitacs-talk-analysis
  • Dec 10, 2009: Nonstationary predictive deconvolution. Dr Gary Margrave (Calgary)
  • Nov 26, 2009: Approximation of a discrete joint probability distribution by two independent one. Dr Peter Gibson (Mount Royal)
  • Oct 29, 2009: Higher-order pseudopsectral methods for the acoustic wave equation. Ben Wards (Calgary)
  • Oct 15, 2009: Properties of Gabor multipliers and frames for physical modelling. Dr Michael Lamoureux (Calgary)
  • Apr 16, 2009: A multi-band wavelet trasnform for nonstationary filtering. Dr. Michael Lamoureux (Calgary)
  • Jan 23, 2009: Inverse homogenization - Recovery of the structure of composite materials. Dr Elena Cherkaev (Utah)
• The CREWES Annual Sponsors Meeting, November 2009, Canmore, Alberta
• A special session at the 2009 MITACS AGM in Fredericton, on Numerical Methods in Imaging and Inverse Problems.
• Sabbatical visit to the Norbert Weiner Center at the University of Maryland, September 2009, to discuss time-frequency methods and applications.

Events (2008)

• The POTSI/MITACS Talks in Analysis, at the University of Calgary, http://math.ucalgary.ca/news-events/events/potsi/mitacs-talk-analysis
• The CREWES Annual Sponsors Meeting, November 2008, Canmore, Alberta
• POTSI Presentations at the Joint CMS/MITACS summer meeting in Montreal, June 2008

Events (pre 2008)

• The POTSI Talks in Analysis, at the University of Calgary, as announced at math.ucalgary.ca
• Path Integrals minisymposium at the 2007 ICIAM meeting, July 2007, Zurich, www.iciam07.ch
• Wavelets and Inverse Problems minisymposium at the First Annual Conference on Applied Inverse Problems, June 2007, Vancouver, www.pims.math.ca/science/2007/07aip
• Geophysical Inversion Thematic Session at the CAIMS Annual meeting, May 2007, Banff, www.math.ualberta.ca/ami/caims2007.html
• ISAAC Workshop on Pseudo-Differential Operators, December 2006, York University.
• PIMS Seismic Imaging Summer School, August 7 - 11, 2006, University of Calgary, www.pims.math.ca/industrial/2006/06siss
• Geophysical Inversion Workshop, August 14 - 18, 2006, University of Calgary, www.pims.math.ca/industrial/2006/06giw
• BIRS 5-day Workshop in Inverse Problems and Applications, August 19 - 24, 2006, Banff International Research Station, http://www.pims.math.ca/birs
• PIMS Distinguished Chair Lecture Series, with Dr. Lou Fishman, September 2005.
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• BIRS 5-day workshop on Time-Frequency Analysis and Non-stationary Filtering, September 2005. Organizers Feichtinger, Groechenig, Lamoureux, and Margrave.
• PIMS-MITACS-VIGRE Summer Grad School on Inverse Problems, August 2005, Seattle, WA. Organzed by Uhlmann, instructors included Margrave and Uhlmann.
• Edwin Schrodinger Institute, Workshop on Modern Methods in Time-Frequency Analysis, April - July 2005, Vienna Austria. Held in conjunction with the BIRS workshop above.
• Computational Seismo-Acoustics course at University of Calgary (AMAT 601.13), with Dr. Lou Fishman. September - December 2004.
• Mathematics of Signal Processing and Wavelets, new course offering at the University of Calgary (AMAT 503) , with Dr. M. Lamoureux, September - December 2004.
• Pseudodifferential Operator Theory, special graduate course at University of Calgary (AMAT 601.12), with Dr. M. Lamoureux, January - April, 2003.
• PIMS Seismic Wave Simulation and Seismic Imaging Summer School, July 2003.
• BIRS Workshop on Scattering and Inverse Scattering, March 2003.
• PIMS Workshop on Geophysical Inversion, July 2003.
• PIMS Workshop on Inverse Problems and Imaging, June 2001.

Events - with regular participation by POTSI researchers.

• MITACS annual general meetings, 2001 - 2007.
• CREWES annual general meeting, a key sponsor with POTSI and its industrial collaborators, 2001 - 2007.
• Annual meetings of the Society for Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), for international networking with geophysical researchers, 2001 - 2007.
• Annual meetings of the Canadian Society for Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG), for international networking with geophysical researchers, 2001 - 2007.