KINETIC EQUATIONS: DIRECT AND INVERSE PROBLEMS
MANTOVA-
May 15-18, 2008OFFICIAL PROGRAM
Thursday
1514:15 Opening Session
14:30 E.A. Carlen "On the mathematical role of probability in kinetic theory"
15:10 P. Degond "Models of individual and collective behaviour in animal societies: from the individual to the macroscopic level"
15:50 Coffee Break
16:20 M. Pulvirenti "Some unusual remarks on kinetic equations"
17:00 A. Jungle "Higer-order diffusive moment models from the semiconductor Boltzmann equation"
Friday 16
9:30
N. Bellomo "From teh Mathematical Kinetic Theory for Active Particles to Modelling Complex Systems in Life Sciences"10:10 S. Jin "Semiclassical transport models for thin quantum barrier"
10:50 Coffee Break
11:20 E. Regazzini "The role of central limit theorem in discovering rates of convergence to equilibrium in some kinetic models (I)"
12:00 E. Dolera "The role of central limit theorem in discovering rates of convergence to equilibrium in some kinetic models (II)"
12:40 Lunch
Free afternoon, visit to Stanza degli Sposi
20:00 Social dinner
Saturday 17
9:30 M. Di Francesco "Self-similar decay and generalizations via Optimal Transport and moment normalization. State of the art and open problems"
10:10 L. Desvillettes "Fast Reaction Limit for the Inhomogeneous Aizenman-Bak Model"
10:50 Coffee Break
11:20 A. Belleni "Identification of UV photon sources, stocastically distributed in an interstellar cloud"
12:00 M. Burger "Optimal Design of Semiconductor Devices"
12:40 Lunch break
14:30 M.C. Carvalho "Strong Convergence towards homogeneous cooling states for dissipative Maxwell models"
15:10 C. Schmeiser "The high field limit of a Boltzmann equation for fermions"
15:50 Coffee Break
16:20 C. Fellner "Large time behaviour for drift-diffusion-recombination type semiconductor models"
17:00 F. Bassetti "Probabilistic study of the speed of approach to equilibrium for an inelastic Kac model"
Sunday 18
9:30 F. Chalub "Multi-scale models for generic evolution"
10:10 F. Golse "Homogenization problems for the Lorentz gas"
10:50 D. Matthes "Equilibration and propagation of smoothness in a kinetic model that is conservative in the mean"
11:30 Closure section