KINETIC EQUATIONS: DIRECT AND INVERSE PROBLEMS

MANTOVA- May 15-18, 2008

OFFICIAL PROGRAM


Thursday 15

14:15 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