The First Oklahoma PDE Workshop
Oklahoma State University

November 21-22 (Saturday-Sunday), 2009

Introduction

The First Oklahoma PDE Workshop is the first of a series of workshops that will be held annually and rotationally at Oklahoma State University (OSU) and University of Oklahoma (OU). This workshop, hosted by OSU, is focused on PDEs modeling fluids and features some of the world's leading experts on this subject.

• Workshop dates and location
  

  Dates:	November 21-22 (Saturday-Sunday), 2009
  Location:	Department of Mathematics
  	401 Mathematical Sciences Building
  	Oklahoma State University
  	Stillwater, OK 74078

  
  
• Invited speakers
  
  Dongho Chae:   University of Chicago and Sungkyunkwan University of South Korea
  Thomas Hou:     California Institute of Technology
  Edriss Titi:         University of California, Irvine and Weizmann Institute, Rehovot
  Alexis Vasseur:  University of Texas at Austin
  Zhouping Xin:    Chinese University of Hong Kong
  
  
  
• Contributed talks and funding
  
  Besides featured lectures given by the invited speakers, around fifteen short communications (20-minute presentations) will also be arranged. If you are interested in giving a short presentation, please send an email towith the message body including your affiliation, research interests and contact information. Please also indicate in your message if you need financial assistance for your travel expenses. This workshop is partially supported by the National Science Foundation and we expect to provide partial support for a limited number of participants. Advanced Ph.D. students, recent Ph.D.'s, women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply for funding. The deadline for application is October 31, 2009. Applications received by this date will receive full consideration.
  
  
  
• Schedule
  
  The workshop schedule and the abstracts have recently been updated.
  
  
  
• Travel-related information
  
  Oklahoma State University is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and is about 75 miles from either the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City or the Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We suggest that you fly to the Will Rogers World Airport. We will provide group transportation from the Will Rogers World Airport to the Oklahoma State University campus. Please email us your flight information after you book your airplane ticket. The email address is If you are driving, you can follow the driving directions at the OSU website: Driving DirectionsWe have reserved a block of hotel rooms in Atherton Hotel on OSU campus as well as several VIP two-bedroom apartments owned by OSU. If you need us to make a hotel reservation for you, please email us the dates of your arrival and departure.
  You may also find the following links for visitors helpful:
  OSU Department of Mathematics
  OU Department of Mathematics
  Oklahoma State University
  OSU campus map
  City of Stillwater
   
• Local organizers and contact information
  

  OSU Department of Mathematics		OU Department of Mathematics
  Jiahong Wu		Meijun Zhu	mzhu@ou.edu
  Dale Alspach		John Albert
  Ning Ju		Rudiger Landes
  JaEun Ku		Walter Wei
  Yanqiu Wang

 

•   Acknowledgments
  
            National Science Foundation
            OSU Department of Mathematics