Efficient Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations

10-12 août 2016

Prof. Marcus Grote, UNIBAS Prof. Ralf Hiptmair, ETHZ Prof. Stefan Sauter, UNIZH Prof. Christoph Schwab, ETHZ

Only PhD students from the participating institutions will give presentations.

Since 2009, we have organized an annual summer retreat on the numerical analysis of partial differential equations. The main goal of this retreat is to promote the research activities of PhD students working on this topic. There are about 15 presentations of 45 minutes given by PhD students, with ample time for discussions and exchange of research ideas. During the last years, we have observed that all participants profited a lot from this retreat, sometimes even initiating joint research projects and publications across different groups. The retreat takes place during the summer vacation period at the monastic school in Disentis, which gives access to reasonably priced accommodation and catering, as well as a class room equipped with a black board and projector. Until 2014, the retreat was financially supported by the SNSF Pro*Doc NUMPDE. Due to the discontinuation of the Pro*Doc instrument in general, this source of funding is no longer available. Nevertheless, because of the successful previous retreats, the organizers have decided to continue the retreat on an annual basis. The funding for the 2015 retreat will be directly financed by the organizers, but this is quite a financial stretch.

Kloster Disentis

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