Harvey Mudd College Mathematics Conference on
Scientific Computing
Saturday, November 5, 2005
Department of Mathematics
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, California
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General Information

The Department of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College hosted the 7th annual Harvey Mudd College Mathematics Conference (previously known as the Mt. Baldy Mathematics Conference) on Saturday, November 5, 2005. The topic this year was scientific computing. Keynote speakers discussed new developments in numerical analysis and techniques and how they have led to novel applications.

The conference was sponsored by the Department of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College with support from the National Science Foundation and in cooperation with the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. The organizer was Darryl Yong.


Speakers and Schedule

The conference took place on Saturday, November 5, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Galileo Halls at Harvey Mudd College.

8:30 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Welcome and introductory remarks (Galileo Hall)
9:15 a.m. Randy LeVeque (University of Washington, Seattle)
"Finite-volume methods and software for hyperbolic PDEs and conservation laws" (abstract)		 Video
Slides
10:15 a.m. Poster session and refreshments
11:00 a.m. Adrian Lew (Stanford University)
"Modeling and simulation of highly deformable materials" (abstract)		 Video
12:00 p.m. Lunch at Hoch-Shanahan Dining Hall (Upper West Dining Area)
2:00 p.m. Jane Wang (Cornell University)
"Computational modeling of insect flight" (abstract)		 Video
3:00 p.m. Poster session and refreshments
3:45 p.m. Linda Petzold (University of California, Santa Barbara)
"Bridging the scales in biochemical simulation" (abstract)		 Video

There was also a poster session on the day of the conference. Poster abstracts had to be sent to dyong@hmc.edu by October 7, 2005.


Travel Support for Students and Recent PhDs

Travel support for graduate students and recent doctorate (or equivalent) recipients living outside of southern California was available with the support of the National Science Foundation. Travel support requests had to be sent to dyong@hmc.edu by October 7, 2005, with the following information: name, amount requested, research interests, years since receiving doctorate, reasons for requesting support, other sources of support, and and whether the requester was giving a poster at the conference. Priority for support was be given to advanced graduate students, recent doctorate recipients, women, and underrepresented minorities. In all, travel support was offered to 11 students.


Registration

The deadline for online registration was October 21st. Attendees could also register in person at 8:30 a.m. on the day of the conference at Hixon Court (see directions below). The registration fee for the conference was $20 (waived for students).