Workshop

Many problems in physics, industry, finance, biology, and other areas can be described by partial differential equations that exhibit apriori unknown sets, such as interfaces, moving boundaries, shocks, etc. The study of such sets, also known as free boundaries, often occupies a central position in such problems. The main objective of the workshop is to bring together experts in various theoretical an applied aspects of free boundary problems. Confirmed speakers: Luis Caffarelli (University of Texas at Austin) Gui Qiang Chen (University of Oxford, UK) Daniela De Silva (Columbia University) Charlie Elliott (University of Warwick) Avner Friedman (Ohio State University) Stephen Gardiner (University College Dublin, Ireland) Nicola Garofalo (Purdue University) Juhi Jang (University of California, Riverside) Ki-ahm Lee (Seoul National University, Korea) Lionel Levine (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Norayr Matevosyan (University of Cambridge, UK) Antoine Mellet (University of Maryland) Regis Monneau (École Nationale des Ponts-et-Chaussées - ENPC, France) Ricardo Nochetto (University of Maryland) Kaj Nystrom (Umea University, Sweden) John Ockendon (University of Oxford) Yuval Peres (Microsoft Research) Ovidiu Savin (Columbia University) Luis Silvestre (University of Chicago) Gieri Simonett (Vanderbilt University) A file with all abstracts has been placed in the welcome in the schedule below. Lecture slides have been made available by Henrik Shahgholian at http://www.math.kth.se/~henriksh/Shahgholian/Activities/Entries/2011/3/22_MSRI-FBP-WORKSHOP.html Bibliography (PDF) Accommodation A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Durant. Please mention MSRI and the workshop name when making reservations via phone, fax or e-mail. If you are making your reservations on line, please go to Hotel Durant website, choose your dates of stay and enter the "1103MSRIFR" promo code in the box. The cut-off date for reservations is February 8, 2011. The rate is $139 per night plus tax. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Rose Garden Inn. Reservations may be made by calling 1-800-992-9005 OR directly on their website. Click on Corporate at the bottom of the screen and when prompted enter code MATH (this code is not case sensitive). By using this code a new calendar will appear and will show MSRI rate on all room types available. The cut-off date for reservations is February 21, 2011. New, completely renovated Hotel Shattuck Plaza has rooms available for you! MSRI’s preferred rate is $131. Guests can either call the hotel’s main line, 510-845-7300, and ask for the MSRI rate or go to http://www.hotelshattuckplaza.com, click on "Corporate Rates" in the reservation screen and type the code msri10.