Thematic program in PDEs in the frame of ULB's privileged partnership

May --- June 2012

Université Libre de Bruxelles

Mini courses by

• Professor Peter A. Markowich, University of Cambridge

• Professor Sir John Ball, University of Oxford

• Professor Nassif Ghoussoub, University of British Columbia

• Professeur Didier Smets, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6)

• Professor Kazunaga Tanaka, Waseda University

• Professor Paolo Piccione, Universidade de Sao Paulo

• Professeur Iosif Polterovich, Université de Montréal

• Professor Michael Christ, UC Berkeley

Summary of the activities

• Partial differential equations (PDEs) is a major topic in Pure and Applied Mathematics. PDEs are extensively used in sciences as the main ingredients for the modelization of real phenomena but also in many applied fields as for instance in manufacturing or finance. PDEs is a transdisciplinary domain of research where theory, applications and developments interplay. The aim of this thematic program in PDEs is to gather specialists of the field, one professor from each partner of ULB, who will give an overview of their recent researches in 4-hour mini-courses. The activity is intended both for senior and young researchers with a special focus to Phd students and post-docs.

• The courses will be given in May or June. A workshop with the participants will be held on June 2.

Chair of the thematic program

• Professeur Denis Bonheure, ULB

About ULB's privileged partnership

The academic authorities have appointed a limited number of foreign institutions as “privileged partners ”. This choice has been based on the one hand on the number and quality of scientific and teaching relations with these institutions, and on the other hand on the ULB’s international strategic orientations .

In practical terms, these are agreements between ULB and a partner university, whereby the two institutions set up special links that let them develop joint projects in teaching and research, and increase exchanges of students, lecturers and researchers.

The choice of partners is made based on the influence and links between the institutions, as well as on the University’s international policy.