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Dear colleague,
We are glad to announce the interdisciplinary workshop on "Sparsity and Modern Mathematical Methods for High Dimensional Data", April 6-10, 2010, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium Conference website: http://www.sparsity.be
Topics:
-sparse techniques in inverse problems and compressed sensing (theory, algorithms, applications, ...)
-wavelet-like transforms (shearlets, curvelets, use of non-regular grids, ...)
-statistical multi-resolution modelingand restoration of images (with applications in remote sensing, biomedical imaging, ...)
-analysis of multi-spectral data and the study of art
This workshop will give young scientists in particular the opportunity to present their recent results on new mathematical methods for high-dimensional data and their applications, to a broad audience. In addition, a small number of invited speakers will present their research field in a more general way.
Background:
In recent years exciting new developments in mathematics and computer science have opened up new domains of application for computational mathematics. These developments bring new challenges, for which new approaches and new tools must be developed. These draw not only from traditional linear-algebra-based numerical analysis or approximation
theory, but also from information theory, graph theory, the geometry of Banach spaces, probability theory, and more. Often the features, patterns or structures of interest hidden in the data, are typically concentrated on subspaces or manifolds of much smaller dimensions. Even if one has no extra a priori knowledge about which subspace or submanifold might carry the information of interest, the knowledge that it is of much smaller dimension helps in “digging it out”. Taking advantage of this underlying sparsity lies at the heart of these new developments. It is also the central tenet of compressed sensing and is
presently seeing intense development in inverse problems as well.
The workshop is part of the activities organized on the occasion of the appointment of Prof. Daubechies as International Francqui Professor at the VUB (January-June 2010).
Guest speakers:
Ingrid Daubechies (Princeton University)
Gitta Kutyniok (Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück)
Javier Portilla (Instituto de Optica, CSIC, Madrid)
David Stork (Ricoh Innovations, Menlo Park)
Pierre Vandergheynst (EPFL, Lausanne)
Dimitri Van De Ville (EPFL, Lausanne)
Organizers:
Ingrid Daubechies (Princeton University), Christine De Mol (ULB,
Brussels), Ignace Loris (VUB, Brussels), Benoit Macq (UCL, Louvain)
Aleksandra Pizurica (UGent, Gent), Philippe Cara (VUB, Brussels)
Ann Dooms (VUB, Brussels), Caroline Verhoeven (VUB, Brussels)
Information:
Conference website and registration: http://www.sparsity.be
Email: info@sparsity.be
Registration deadline: 31 December 2009
Abstract deadline: 21 February 2010
Please forward this announcement to colleagues/students who could be interested.
Our apologies if you receive this message more than once.
Sincerely,
Ignace Loris
On behalf of the organizers -- Peter Schelkens Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Department of Electronics and Informatics (ETRO) Pleinlaan 2 - B-1050 Brussels - Belgium Tel +32 2 6291681 - Fax +32 2 6291700 - Peter.Schelkens@vub.ac.be - www.etro.vub.ac.be |
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