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Departmental Distinguished Lecture

29 Tuesday Oct 2024
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Nonlocal Aggregation-Diffusion Equations: fast diffusion and partial concentration

ABSTRACT We will discuss several recent results for aggregation-diffusion equations related to partial concentration of the density of particles....
Venue: Online via ZOOM Registration Link: https://cityu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpcu-hqDotEt2mc2bmytefKhFIpp8n4dtL#/registration
15 Tuesday Oct 2024
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Bulk-boundary correspondence in topological electrodynamics: From 1D to higher dimensions

ABSTRACT A cornerstone of topological electrodynamics is the bulk-boundary (or bulk-edge) correspondence principle (BBCP): the number of topologically protected interface modes between two periodic...
Venue: Y5-205, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
24 Tuesday Sep 2024
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Journey to the Center of the Earth

ABSTRACT We will consider the inverse problem of determining the sound speed or index or refraction of a medium by measuring the travel times of waves going through the medium....
Venue: Y5-205, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
15 Thursday Aug 2024
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Consistent Investment of Sophisticated Rank-Dependent Utility Agents in Continuous Time

ABSTRACT We study portfolio selection in a complete continuous-time market where the preference is dictated by the rank-dependent utility....
Venue: Y5-204, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
06 Tuesday Aug 2024
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A unified regularization framework for non-line-of-sight imaging

ABSTRACT Non-line-of-sight imaging aims at recovering obscured objects from multiple scattered light....
Venue: Y5-205, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
03 Wednesday Jul 2024
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Analysis and Computation of Wasserstein Geometric Flow in Parameter Space

ABSTRACT We introduce a new parameterization strategy that can be used to design algorithms simulating geometric flows on Wasserstein manifold, the probability density space equipped with optimal t...
Venue: Y5-205, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
03 Wednesday Jul 2024
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A numerical method for semi-discrete optimal transport problems

ABSTRACT First, we review the semi-discrete optimal transport problem and its relation to a Laguerre tessellation.  Then, we propose a new method for solving the semi-discrete optimal transpor...
Venue: Y5-205, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
14 Friday Jun 2024
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Numerical Linear Algebra and Optimization in Machine Learning and Deep Learning

ABSTRACT Machine Learning (ML) is a scientific study of numerical algorithms and statistical models that computer systems use to effectively predict a specific task without using specific human ins...
Venue: Y5-302, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
15 Monday Apr 2024
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Nonlinear Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov Equations as Gradient Flows on the Space of Probability Measures

ABSTRACT We propose a general method to identify nonlinear Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov equations (FPK equations) as gradient flows on the space of Borel probability measures on Rd with a natural ...
Venue: LT-10 Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
27 Wednesday Mar 2024
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Mean Field Control: Convergence and Approximation

ABSTRACT Mean field control theory addresses control problems set over (controlled) Fokker-Planck equations....
Venue: 1601, Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building