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UW RTG IPDE Summer School 2012
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Dates: July 2 - 20, 2012. Apply online here. Recommenders may submit recommendations here. (The deadline has passed and application review has begun. Qualified applicants may still be considered.)
Overview
A three-week summer school giving advanced undergraduates and beginning
graduate students the opportunity to study with the University of Washington's integrated
Inverse Problems/PDE group. Students will
attend lectures in the morning and problem sessions in small groups with
mentors in the afternoon.
Advance your career by learning from experts in these
fields while visiting Seattle during
summer 2012, when the Pacific Northwest is at its
best.
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Minicourses
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The Radon transform and the X-Ray Transform (Robin Graham, Peter Kuchment, and Leonid Kunyansky) This course will present in detail the essential properties of these transforms, including inversion formulas. The X-ray transform models one of the basic inverse problems arising in computerized tomography (CT). It consists of determining the density of tissue by measuring the attenuation of X-rays passing through the body. The inverse problem for the Radon transform consists of determining a function from integrals along planes. Students will also work on Matlab programs implementing the filtered backprojection algorithm commonly used in CT scans, and some of its
generalizations. Problem sessions and computer labs will be scheduled
during the afternoons.
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A mathematical approach to cancer growth (John Lowengrub, Ami Radunskaya, and Tatiana Toro). Understanding tumor growth is both a mathematical and a biological problem. Much work has been done recently from the mathematical point of view in tumor modeling. Nevertheless the mathematical state-of-the-art lags behind the current understanding of tumor growth from the biophysical perspective.
The goal of this mini-course is to present a couple of different models of solid tumor growth. A brief introduction to the immune system will be necessary. The first model concerns the dynamics of tumor growth and will require equation development and finding numerical solutions to ODE initial value problems. Then we will present a sharp-interface continuum model of tumor growth. From the mathematical point of view this corresponds to a free boundary problem. If time allows we will present a multiphase mixture model of solid tumor growth which incorporates more detailed biophysical processes.
Problem sessions and computer labs will be scheduled during the afternoons.
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Program details
- Open to advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students.
- On-campus accommodation and meals will be provided, plus a travel
allowance of up to $600.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
 Note: Applications from international students may be considered, but
international students must provide their own support for travel,
accommodation, and meals. In particular, small travel grants may be available
for Canadian students, who should contact PIMS Deputy Director
George M. Homsy for possible support.
To Apply:
Submit by April 1 via the online application:
- Personal statement about why you would like to attend the IPDE Summer
School at the University of Washington.
- Names of two people whom you will ask to submit letters of
recommendation.
Please direct questions or comments about the IPDE Summer School to ipdemail@math.washington.edu.
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