International Conference of Recent Development on L<sup>∞</sup>-Variational Problems and Associated Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

International Conference:
Recent Development on L^∞-Variational Problems and
Associated Nonlinear Partial Differential Equation

University of Kentucky, Lexington
Thursday, May 12 -- Saturday, May 14, 2011

Organizers

Name	Email	Department	Affiliation
John Lewis	john@ms.uky.edu	Mathematics	University of Kentucky
Changyou Wang	cywang@ms.uky.edu	Mathematics	University of Kentucky
Yifeng Yu	yyu1@math.uci.edu	Mathematics	University of California, Irvine
Robert Jensen	rjensen@luc.edu	Mathematics	Loyola University of Chicago

Scientific Program

Various L^∞-variational problems and the associated degenerate nonlinear
partial differential equations or Aronsson's equation have attracted great research interests.
This is partly because of their broad connections and potential applications to other fields
such as image recovery engineering, optimal control theory, weak KAM theory,
random differential equations, and even geometric group theory.
In the past fifteen years, we have witnessed many fundamentally important developments in this field.
The organizers strongly believe that it is a good time to hold this meeting in order to bring together
major contributors of the fields, including both nationally and internationally renowed experts,
very active junior researchers, recent Ph.D's and advanced graduate students to interact,
share novel new ideas, and possibly initiate new collaborations.
The main goals of the meeting are:

to highlight the most recent developments related to L^∞-variational problems and Aronsson's equations.
to formualte and develop new open problems and offer new directions of research.

to provide an opportunity to exchange ideas towards the solutions to open problems, and foster future collaborations among participants.

Lists of Main Speakers

Name	Affiliation
Tilak Bhattacharya	Western University of Kentucky
Michael Crandall	University of California, Santa Babara
Donatella Danielli	Purdue University
Luigi Depascale	Universita di Pisa, Italy
Petri Jutinnen	University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Robert Jensen	Loyola University of Chicago
Peter Linqvist	Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norwengian
Juan Manfredi	University of Pittsburgh
Scott Sheffield	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Charles Smart	CIMS, New York University
Peiyong Wang	Wayne State University
Yifeng Yu	University of California, Irvine
Kaj Nystrom	University of Umea, Sweden

Lists of Invited Participants

Name	Affiliation
Rafal Goebel*	Loyola University of Chicago
Ben Jaye*	University of Missouri, Columbia
Phuc Nguyen*	Louisiana State University
Yelin Ou*	Texas A &M University-Commerce
Thomas Bieske*	University of South Florida
Monica Torres*	Purdue University
Xiaolong Han	Wayne State University
Jiuyi Zhu*	Wayne State University
Jasun Gong*	University of Pittsburg
Marian Bocea*	North Dakota State University
Farhod Abdullayev	North Dakota State University
Lei Zhang*	University of Florida
Yu-yu Liu	University of California, Irvine
Jase Mazon*	University of Valencia, Spain
Xiangjun Xu*	Binghamton University, SUNY
Teemu Lukkari*	University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Niko Marola	University of Helsinki, Finland
Mikko Parviainen*	University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Mathias Masson	Helsinki Aalto University of Technology, Finland
David Adams*	University of Kentucky

There will be 15 contributed talks, each of which is 25 minutes+ 5 minutes for questions,
to be given by those participants whose name is followed by *. The contributed talks will be scheduled in two parallel sessions.

Conference Schedule and Title/Abstracts of Talks

The conference will begin at 8:30, Thursday, May 12, and end at 12:30, Saturday, May 14.

Here is the conference schedule pdf file.

Here is the title and abstract for all talks pdf file.

Financial Support

The conference fund will cover the travel and local expenses for the main invited speakers.
The conference fund will also partially support other junior participants including recent Ph.D.'s,
advanced graduate students and other under-represented groups of mathematicians.

Hotel Reservations

A block of rooms has been reserved at University Inn, which is just off the campus and within walking distance.
When reserving rooms, make sure to provide the group code MAYPDE in order to enjoy the special rate.
Please also note the deadline:
University Inn
1229 S. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40503
(866) 881-9676
$89.00-$95.00 (per night) + tax

Deadline: April,11 2011

Informations on Travel to Lexington

The University of Kentucky is located in Lexington, Kentucky.
The nearest airport is the Bluegrass Airport (LEX) in Lexington.
We strongly recommend flying to this airport.
The Louisville Airport (SDF) and Cincinnati Airport (CVG) are
77 miles and 79 miles away, respectively.
However, there is no good way to get here without a car.

International Conference: Recent Development on L∞-Variational Problems and Associated Nonlinear Partial Differential Equation

University of Kentucky, Lexington Thursday, May 12 -- Saturday, May 14, 2011