2nd Joint UTEP/NMSU Workshop on Mathematics and Computer Science

2nd Joint UTEP/NMSU Workshop on Mathematics and
Computer Science

University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas
Saturday, November 17, 2007

Objective of the joint workshops series. The main objective of these workshops is to initiate and enhance the interaction, exchange of ideas, and possible collaboration between our departments.

History. The 1st Joint Workshop on Mathematics and Computer Science was held in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on April 14, 2007.

Objective of this workshop.

to bring in researchers in Math and Computer Science who are collaborating and/or who are interested in collaboration with CS and/or Mathematics faculty from another school, and
to bring in researchers from outside Math and Computer Science who are interested in such a collaboration.

Location: UTEP Campus, Quinn Hall 212, near UTEP Computer Science Building.

Program


 9:00- 9:20 am Sarala Arunagiri, Seetharami Seelam, Ron A. Oldfield,
               Maria Ruiz Varela, Patricia J. Teller, and Rolf Riesen
               Department of Computer Science, UTEP
               "Impact of Checkpoint Latency on the Optimal Checkpoint
               Interval and Execution Time"

 9:20- 9:25 am questions and discussion

 9:25- 9:45 am Enrico Pontelli and Son Tran
               Department of Computer Science, NMSU
               "Logic Programming with Abstract Constraint Atoms"

 9:45- 9:50 am questions and discussion

 9:50-10:10 am Tunna Baruah
               Department of Physics, UTEP
               "Understanding Molecular Properties from Density
               Functional Theory"

10:10-10:15 am questions and discussion

10:15-10:55 am coffee break; UTEP Student Union has Starbucks coffee
               and teas

10:55-11:15 am Eric Freudenthal
               Department of Computer Science, UTEP
               "Consistent Hashing: An Efficient Approach for
               Distributed Indexing"

11:15-11:20 noon questions and discussion

11:20-11:40 am Joel Lucero-Bryan
               Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
               "A Result Concerning the Rational Numbers"

11:40-11:45 am questions and discussion

11:45-12:05 pm Eric Freudenthal and Luc Longpre
               Department of Computer Science, UTEP
               "Fern: A Mutable Authenticated Dictionary for
               Peer-to-Peer Systems"

12:05-12:10 pm questions and discussion

12:10- 2:20 pm lunch at Casa Jurado restaurant

 2:20- 2:40 pm Vladik Kreinovich
               Department of Computer Science, UTEP
               "Application-Motivated Combinations of Interval, and
               Probability Approaches, with Application to
               Geoinformatics, Bioinformatics, and Engineering"

 2:40- 2:45 pm questions and discussion

 2:45- 3:05 pm Karen Villaverde
               Department of Computer Science, NMSU
               "Estimating Variance under Interval Uncertainty:
               Parallel Algorithms"

 3:05- 3:10 pm questions and discussion

 3:10- 3:30 pm Luc Longpre and Pierre McKenzie
               Department of Computer Science, UTEP
               Solitaire

 3:30- 3:35 pm questions and discussion

 3:35- 3:55 pm Granville Sewell
               Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
               "The PDE2D Collocation Finite Element Method"

 3:55- 4:00 pm questions and discussion

 4:00- 4:20 pm Jakub Cerveny and Pavel Solin
               Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
               "On Multi-Mesh hp-FEM for Coupled Problems"

 4:20- 4:25 pm questions and discussion

 4:25- 4:50 pm Lenka Dubcova and Pavel Solin
               Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
               "Computer Modeling of an Electromagnetic-Thermal Coupled
               Problem"

 4:45- 4:50 pm questions and discussion

 4:50- 5:10 pm Hung T. Nguyen and Hien Tran
               Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
               "On Foundations of Stochastic Dominance in Mathematical
               Finance"

 5:10- 5:15 pm questions and discussion

 5:15- 5:35 pm Andrzej Pownuk
               Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
               "General Interval FEM Program Based on Sensitivity:
               Analysis Method"

 5:35- 5:40 pm questions and discussion

 5:40- 6:00 pm Russell R. Chianelli
               Materials Research and Technology Institute, UTEP
               "Simulation and Synchrotron Techniques Applied to
               Problems in Materials Science: Catalysts and Azul Maya
               Pigments"

 6:00- 6:05 pm questions and discussion

 6:05- 6:35 pm general discussion

Additional Treat: Those who plan to attend El Paso Symphony concert at 7:30 pm on November 17 can still do that after the workshop. The program of the concert includes Mussorgsky "Dawn on the Moskva River", Arutiunian "Trumpet Concerto", and Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5; visiting musician is Anthony DiLorenzo (trumpet).

Organizing Committee (in alphabetic order):
Guram Bezhanishvili (Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU)
John Harding (Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU)
Vladik Kreinovich (Department of Computer Science, UTEP)
Luc Longpre (Department of Computer Science, UTEP)
Enrico Pontelli (Department of Computer Science, NMSU)
Desh Ranjan (Department of Computer Science, NMSU)
Pavel Solin (Department of Mathematics, UTEP)

Local Organizers: Pavel Solin, Vladik Kreinovich, and Luc Longpre