Astro-geodynamics Seminar

Title：A review of the development of some mathematical theories and numerical methods for inverse scattering problems

Speaker：Zou, Jun (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Location: Middle conference room, 3rd floor

Time：3:30 pm Jan. 3, 2024 (Wed)

Abstract：

In this talk, we first review the mathematical theory of inverse scattering problems and the development of numerical methods. Then, we will discuss some effective direct sampling methods for acoustic and electromagnetic wave inverse scattering problems. At the end of the talk, we will give an introduction to the general framework of direct sampling methods for some typical nonlinear inverse problems. The lectures are also suitable for graduate students and senior undergraduates.

Jun Zou is currently the Choh-Ming Li Chair Professor of Mathematics and Chairman of the Department of Mathematics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, President of the Hong Kong Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and Vice President of the Hong Kong Mathematical Society. Jun Zou's main research interests are numerical methods and analysis of forward and backward problems of partial differential equations. Before taking up his current position in Hong Kong, he had worked two years (93-95) in University of California at Los Angeles as a post-doctoral fellow and a CAM Assistant Professor , worked two and a half years (91-93) in Technical University of Munich as a Visiting Assistant Professor and an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow (Germany), and worked two years (89-91) in Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing) as an Assistant Professor.   Jun Zou was elected as a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) in 2019 and 2022, respectively.  Jun Zou is a member of the editorial boards of 12 international journals of computational mathematics, including SIAM J. Sci. Comput., SIAM J. Numer. Anal., JSC, M2AN, IPI.