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Departmental Distinguished Lecture

07 Thursday Dec 2023
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On the numerical approximation of parameter dependent PDE eigenvalue problems

ABSTRACT In this talk I will discuss the numerical approximation of PDE eigenvalue problems depending on a finite number of deterministic parameters....
Venue: Y5-303, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
04 Monday Dec 2023
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Lagrangian Uncertainty Quantification and Information Inequalities for Stochastic Flows

ABSTRACT We develop a systematic information-theoretic framework for quantification and mitigation of error in probabilistic Lagrangian (i.e., path-based) predictions which are obtained from dynami...
Venue: B5-308, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
23 Thursday Nov 2023
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02:00 PM 03:00 PM

Geometry and topology of an intracellular organelle

ABSTRACT The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an extensive organelle of eukaryotic cells, which reaches outward from the cell's nucleus all the way to the plasma membrane.  For 70 years, electron...
Venue: B5-310, YEUNG
20 Monday Nov 2023
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02:30 PM 03:30 PM

High-Dimensional Knockoffs Inference for Time Series Data

ABSTRACT The model-X knockoffs framework provides a flexible tool for achieving finite-sample false discovery rate (FDR) control in variable selection in arbitrary dimensions without assuming any d...
Venue: B5-208, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
24 Thursday Aug 2023
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On nonlinear wave equations with a class of short pulse initial data

ABSTRACT In this talk, we systematically investigate the global smooth solutions or geometric blowup of nonlinear wave equations with a class of short pulse initial data (firstly introduced by D.Ch...
Venue: Y5-305, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
14 Monday Aug 2023
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Democratic Policy Decisions with Decentralized Promises Contingent on Vote Outcome

ABSTRACT We study pre-vote interactions in a committee that enacts a welfare-improving reform through voting....
Venue: Y5-305, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
07 Friday Jul 2023
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11:00 AM 12:00 PM

Resonant Materials in Inverse Problems

ABSTRACT In the recent years, we witness an increase of interest in drugs delivery, imaging and therapy modalities using contrast agents....
Venue: Y5-305, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
21 Wednesday Jun 2023
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Simple proofs around Navier-Stokes equations

ABSTRACT The goal of this talk is to present a simple proof of existence and uniqueness of the solution of the Leray problem for high viscosities and homogeneous or nonhomogeneous boundary conditio...
Venue: G5-216, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
17 Wednesday May 2023
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Convexification Numerical Method for a Coefficient Inverse Problem for the Riemannian Radiative Transfer Equation

ABSTRACT The convexification method of the presenter is the single numerical method with the global convergence property for coefficient inverse problems with non-overdetermined data....
Venue: Online via Zoom Registration Link: https://cityu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIudOCoqDojEtTSnmFHPxvZSVuBmAmeOPSn
10 Wednesday May 2023
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Multiscale spatiotemporal reconstruction of single-cell genomics data

ABSTRACT Cells make fate decisions in response to dynamic environments, and multicellular structures emerge from multiscale interplays among cells and genes in space and time....
Venue: Y5-305 (Yeung Kin Man Academic Building)