Wednesday, October 26, 2011: 1:30 PM-6:30 PM
Room J1 (San Jose Convention Center)
Chairs:
Christian Ratsch, PhD, Associate Adjunct Professor and Associate Director of Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles
,
Suzanne Lenhart, PhD, Associate Director for Education, Outreach, and Diversity, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)
,
Ricardo Cortez, PhD, Professor, Tulane University
and
Ivelisse Rubio, PhD, Professor, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras
Description: After an intro to optimal control for ordinary differential equations—including background on the theory and basic techniques—students will solve a simple problem in groups and formulate a more complicated problem for a model of their own interest. The course also includes demonstrations using user-friendly MATLAB codes.
Sponsored by: NSF Mathematics Institutes