College of Arts and Sciences
Applied Math Seminar – Shibin Dai
346 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesPhase-Field Free Energy and Boundary Force for Molecular Solvation Abstract: We discuss a phase-filed variational model for the solvation of charged molecules with implicit solvent. The solvation free-energy functional of all phase fields consists of the surface energy, solute excluded volume and solute-solvent van der Waals dispersion energy, and electrostatic free energy. The last part
Applied Math Seminar
228 Gordon Palmer Hall Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesApplied Math Seminar – Xu Zhang, Mississippi State University
228 Gordon Palmer Hall Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesTitle: Immersed Finite Element Methods for Interface Problems Basic idea, Development, Analysis, and Applications Abstract: Simulating a multi-scale/multi-physics phenomenon often involves a domain consisting of different materials. This often leads to the so-called interface problems of partial differential equations. Classical finite elements methods can solve interface problems satisfactorily if the mesh is aligned with interfaces; otherwise the
Applied Math Seminar – Mojdeh Rasoulzadeh, University of Alabama
228 Gordon Palmer Hall Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesTitle: Effective models of flow in highly heterogeneous fractured/vuggy porous media Abstract: The presence of vugs and fractures in porous media can significantly affect pressure and flow behavior of a fluid. In this talk, I will present the effective models of flow in a porous medium including multi-scale fractures and several vuggs of various
Analysis Seminar – Michael Dabkowski (Lawrence Technological University)
227 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesTitle: Global Stability of a Class of Nonlinear PDE with a Nonlocal Term Abstract: We will establish global asymptotic stability results for a class of non-linear PDE which arise in approximations of models of particle coarsening. These PDE must satisfy a conservation of mass constraint which induces a nonlocal term into the equation. Our method
Applied Math Seminar – Brendan Ames, University of Alabama
228 Gordon Palmer Hall Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesTitle: Semidefinite relaxation of the clustering problem and first-order methods for their solution Abstract: I will discuss a novel relaxation approach for the graph clustering problem. Although intractable in worst-case, much recent research has established that clusters can be recovered if the underlying network or data is well-behaved. In particular, I will provide conditions on
Applied Math Seminar – Wei Zhu, University of Alabama
228 Gordon Palmer Hall Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesTitle: New augmented Lagrangian method for a curvature dependent segmentation model Abstract: Augmented Lagrangian methods (ALMs) have proved to be successful for the minimization of curvature dependent functionals in image processing. However, those ALM based algorithms often suffer from choosing appropriate penalty parameters in the numerical implementation. In this talk, we will discuss our recent
Analysis Seminar
227 Gordon Palmer Hall 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesApplied Math Seminar – Aijun Song, UA Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
228 Gordon Palmer Hall Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesTitle: Time reversal acoustic communication in the ocean Abstract: The global marine ecosystem is undergoing significant changes due to human activities and natural processes. These changes call for enhanced capabilities to sample and communicate in the oceans. With this background, underwater acoustic communication has attracted much attention across multiple disciplines, as this key subsea technology
Algebra/Topology Seminar – Elena Pavelescu, University of South Alabama
302 Gordon Palmer HallTitle: Complete minors of self-complementary graphs. Abstract: A self-complementary graph on n vertices is a graph which is isomorphic to its graph complement within K_n, the complete graph on n vertices. These graphs have a high degree of structure, and yet they are far from trivial. This talk focuses on minors of self-complementary graphs. Minors