Shu-Cheng Chang 2008-04-01 
15:00  - 15:50 308 , Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Takashi Sakai 2008-04-01 
16:10 - 17:00 308 , Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Ping Lin 2008-04-01
10:20:00 - 12:10:00 Computational Methods for microstructure of Liquid crystals and Liquid crystal flows405 , Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Vortex dynamics in meteorology
Prof. Hung-Chi Kuo ( Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University )2008 - 03 - 28 (Fri.)
15:30 - 17:00
308, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Multi-scale Modeling, Analysis and Simulation for Solid Materials
Prof. Ping Lin ( University of Dundee, UK )2008 - 03 - 28 (Fri.)
10:00 - 12:00
308, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)Materials may be modeled by a large number of particles (or atoms) where any particle interacting with any other through a pair potential energy. The equillibrium configuration of the material is the minimizer of the total energy of the system. The computational cost is high since the number of atoms is huge. Recently much attention has been paid to the so-called quasicontinuum (QC) approximation which is a mixed atomistic/continuum model.

Circular consecutive choosability of graphs (VI)
Prof. Xuding Zhu ( Zhejiang Normal University, China )2008 - 03 - 27 (Thu.)
13:30 - 15:30
405, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Circular consecutive choosability of graphs (V)
Prof. Xuding Zhu ( Zhejiang Normal University, China )2008 - 03 - 27 (Thu.)
10:00 - 12:00
405, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Comparison Theorems in Riemannian Geometry2008 - 03 - 27 (Thu.)
19:00 - 20:30
405, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Physics and mathematics of dispersive shocks: An introduction
Prof. Anatoly Kamchatnov ( Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Science )2008 - 03 - 26 (Wed.)
15:30 - 17:20
405, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)In this lecture, we shall introduce the Korteweg-de Vries equation for description of combined action of nonlinear and dispersiveeffects. Periodic solution of this equation will be derived.Basic notions of Whitham modulation theory will be introduced.They will be illustrated by their application to a simple example of modulated linear waves.

Vafa-Witten theory for non-simply laced gauge groups
Prof. Siye Wu ( National Tsing Hua University )2008 - 03 - 25 (Tue.)
14:00 - 15:00
308, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Vafa-Witten theory for non-simply laced gauge groups
Prof. Siye Wu ( National Tsing Hua University )2008 - 03 - 25 (Tue.)
14:00 - 15:00
308, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Small volume imaging
Prof. Hyeonbae Kang ( Inha University, South Korea )2008 - 03 - 21 (Fri.)
10:00 - 11:00
308, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)Lecture 1. Method of Small Volume Expansions and its Applications to Medical Imaging I will explain the mathematical theory of the small volume expansions in the context of the conductivity equation, which is the simplest possible model. I then discuss how this mathematical theory can be applied to an electrical impedance tomography problem to detect small inclusions buried inside a body. Lecture 2. Mathematical Analysis for MRElastography and Applications MRElastography is a recent modality to image the internal part of body using the internal measurements of the displacement vectors. One of the advantages of the imaging method using MRE over other methods is that it can detect the stiffness parameter of the tissue, by which we can distinguish malign cancer from benign cancer. In this lecture I will explain a new method of reconstruction using MRE data. Lecture 3. New reconstruction methods for Magneto-acoustic Imaging. A new and promising technique in the medical imaging is to excite a local part of body using acoustic or ultrasonic focusing and to measure changes due to the excitation. I will explain new reconstruction methods for the Magneto-acoustic imaging and the vibration potential tomography.

Prof. Jung-Chao Ban ( National Dong Hwa University (Meilun Campus) )2008 - 03 - 21 (Fri.)
13:30 - 15:00
308, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Prof. Jung-Chao Ban  ( National Dong Hwa University (Meilun Campus) )

Pseudo-Partial Likelihood for Proportional Hazards Models with Biased-Sampling Data
Prof. Wei-Yann Tsai ( Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University, USA )2008 - 03 - 21 (Fri.)
14:30 - 17:00
502, Freshman Classroom BuildingWe obtain a "pseudo-partial likelihood" for proportional hazards models with biased-sampling data by viewing biased-sampling data as left-truncated data. The log pseudo-partial likelihood of the biased-sampling data is the expectation of the log partial likelihood of the left-truncated data conditioned on the observed data. In addition, asymptotic properties of the estimator which maximizes the pseudo-partial likelihood are derived. Applications to length-biased data, biased samples with right censoring, stratified samples, and proportional hazards models with missing covariates are also discussed.

Reconstruction methods for inverse problems
Prof. Gen Nakamura ( Hokkaido University, Japan )2008 - 03 - 21 (Fri.)
11:20 - 12:20
308, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)For the recent 10 years the several reconstruction methods have been proposed for inverse scattering problems and inverse boundary value problems. For instance they are the linear sampling method, factorization method, probe method, singular sources method, no-response test, range test and enclosure method etc. These reconstruction methods are non-iterative methods which means that they are not data fitting methods such as the least square methods or the regularized version of those. They provide how to reconstruct the unknowns directly from the given measured data. The lecture will touch the basic ideas of those methods and discuss about their convergence and relations between them.

Pseudo-Partial Likelihood Estimators for Cox Regression Model With Missing Covariates
Prof. Wei-Yann Tsai ( Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University, USA )2008 - 03 - 21 (Fri.)
14:30 - 17:00
502, Freshman Classroom BuildingBy embedding the missing covariate data into a left-truncated and right-censored survival model, a new class of weighted estimating functions is proposed for Cox regression model with missing covariates. The resulting estimators, called the pseudo- partial likelihood estimators (PPLEs), are shown to be consistent and asymptotically normal. Simulation study demonstrates that PPLEs, compared with the popular inverse probability weighted estimators, have better performance when the observation probability is small, and improve efficiency of estimating the missing covariate effects. A real data example is applied to illustrate the use of PPLEs.

Jung-Chao Ban 2008-03-21
15:30:00 - 16:30:00 Dimension theory for non-conformal repeller308 , Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Jung-Chao Ban 2008-03-21
13:30:00 - 15:00:00 Topological Pressure and Variational Principle308 , Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Hyeonbae Kang2008-03-21
10:00:00 - 11:00:00Small volume imaging308 , Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Gen Nakamura2008-03-21
11:20:00 - 12:20:00Reconstruction methods for inverse problems308 , Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Invisibility
Prof. Gunther Uhlmann ( Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, USA )2008 - 03 - 20 (Thu.)
10:00 - 11:00
308, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)We describe construction of electromagnetic parameters that make objects invisible to electromagnetic waves.

Reconstruction methods for inverse problems
Prof. Gen Nakamura ( Hokkaido University, Japan )2008 - 03 - 20 (Thu.)
11:20 - 12:20
308, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)For the recent 10 years the several reconstruction methods have been proposed for inverse scattering problems and inverse boundary value problems. For instance they are the linear sampling method, factorization method, probe method, singular sources method, no-response test, range test and enclosure method etc. These reconstruction methods are non-iterative methods which means that they are not data fitting methods such as the least square methods or the regularized version of those. They provide how to reconstruct the unknowns directly from the given measured data. The lecture will touch the basic ideas of those methods and discuss about their convergence and relations between them.

Circular consecutive choosability of graphs (IV) Total distance-two labelings of graphs
Prof. Daphne Der-Fen Liu ( California State University, Los Angeles, USA )2008 - 03 - 20 (Thu.)
13:30 - 15:30
405, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Invisibility
Prof. Gunther Uhlmann ( Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, USA )2008 - 03 - 20 (Thu.)
15:20 - 16:20
308, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)We describe construction of electromagnetic parameters that make objects invisible to electromagnetic waves.

Circular consecutive choosability of graphs (III) Circular consecutive choosibility for odd cycles
Prof. Xuding Zhu ( Zhejiang Normal University, China )2008 - 03 - 20 (Thu.)
10:00 - 12:00
405, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Comparison theorems in Riemann Geometry, ch1.2～1.3
Dr. Ryosuke Takahashi ( The Chinese University of Hong Kong )2008 - 03 - 20 (Thu.)
19:00 - 20:30
405, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Small volume imaging
Prof. Hyeonbae Kang ( Inha University, South Korea )2008 - 03 - 20 (Thu.)
14:00 - 15:00
308, Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)Lecture 1. Method of Small Volume Expansions and its Applications to Medical Imaging I will explain the mathematical theory of the small volume expansions in the context of the conductivity equation, which is the simplest possible model. I then discuss how this mathematical theory can be applied to an electrical impedance tomography problem to detect small inclusions buried inside a body. Lecture 2. Mathematical Analysis for MRElastography and Applications MRElastography is a recent modality to image the internal part of body using the internal measurements of the displacement vectors. One of the advantages of the imaging method using MRE over other methods is that it can detect the stiffness parameter of the tissue, by which we can distinguish malign cancer from benign cancer. In this lecture I will explain a new method of reconstruction using MRE data. Lecture 3. New reconstruction methods for Magneto-acoustic Imaging. A new and promising technique in the medical imaging is to excite a local part of body using acoustic or ultrasonic focusing and to measure changes due to the excitation. I will explain new reconstruction methods for the Magneto-acoustic imaging and the vibration potential tomography.

Gunther Uhlmann2008-03-20
10:00:00 - 11:00:00Invisibility308 , Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)

Gen Nakamura2008-03-20
11:20:00 - 12:20:00Reconstruction methods for inverse problems308 , Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)