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Program
Workshop: Advances in Shape and Topology Optimization,
Sept. 25 - 27, 2008, Graz, Austria



Invited Presentations (IP) are 45 minutes with an additional 10 minutes of discussion, Contributed Talks (CT) are 25 minutes with an additional 5 minutes of discussion.



Thursday, September 25
8:55-9:00 Opening/Welcome
9:00-9:55 IP1    Giuseppe Buttazzo, Optimal Dirichlet Regions for Some Elliptic Problems.
9:55-10:50 IP2    Antoine Henrot, What is the Optimal Shape of a Pipe?
10:50-11:20 Coffee Break
11:20-12:15 IP3    Michel Pierre, About Shape Optimization with Convexity Constraint.
12:15-12:45 CT1   Gunther Peichl, A Variational Approach to Shape Derivatives.
12:45-14:15 Lunch Break
14:15-15:10 IP4    John A. Burns, Design, Control and Optimization of Energy Efficient Buildings - A Challenge for Computational Science and Engineering.
15:10-16:05 IP5    Ronald Hoppe, Adaptive Multilevel Barrier Methods for Shape Optimization Problems.
16:05-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:25 IP6    Mathias Stolpe, On the Development of the Branch and Cut Method in the PLATO-N Project.
17:25-17:55 CT2   Raino Mäkinen, On Sparse Forward Mode Automatic Differentiation with Applications to Shape Optimization.
17:55-18:25 CT3   Stephan Schmidt, Non-Parametric Shape Optimization in CFD.


Friday, September 26
8:45-9:40 IP7    Günter Leugering, Topology Optimization for 3-D Elastic Networks.
9:40-10:35 IP8    Andre Novotny, Topological Derivative in Multi-Scale Linear Elasticity Models.
10:35-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:55 IP9    Jean-Paul Zolésio, Shape Variational Formulation for Euler Flow with Free Interface.
11:55-12:25 CT4   Karsten Eppler, On the Well-Posedness of Free Boundary Value Problems.
12:25-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-14:55 IP10  Michael Y. Wang, Recent Advances in Level Set Methods for Topology Optimization of Structures.
14:55-15:50 IP11  Antoni Zochowski, On the Applications of the Steklov-Poincaré Operator.
15:50-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-16:45 CT5   Nikos Kaminakis, Design of Multi-Purpose Compliant Mechanisms Using Topology Optimization and Evolutionary Algorithms.
16:45-17:15 CT6   Stefanie Elgeti, Numerical Shape Optimization of Extrusion Dies - A New Field of Application.
17:15-17:45 CT7   Wolfgang Ring, Level-Set Based Mumford-Shah Models for the Solution of Geometrical Inverse Problems.
17:45-18:15 CT8   Claudia Schillings, Robust Shape Optimization in CFD.


Saturday, September 27
8:45-9:40 IP12  Martin Burger, Convex and Nonconvex Relaxation Approaches.
9:40-10:35 IP13  John Barrett, Parametric Approximation of Geometric Evolution Equations.
10:35-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:55 IP14  Charlie Elliott, Computational Surface PDEs.
11:55-12:25 CT9   Vanessa Styles, Partial Differential Equations on Evolving Diffuse Interfaces.
12:25-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-14:55 IP15  Jaroslav Haslinger, Shape Optimization in Bernoulli Free Boundary Problems.
14:55-15:50 IP16  Serguei A. Nazarov, Control on the Propagation of Waves: Creating Gaps in the Continuous Spectra of Periodic Waveguides.
15:50-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-16:45 CT10 Victor A. Kovtunenko, Shape Optimization Problems for Cracks with Contact and Kink.
16:45-17:15 CT11 Andrzej Nowakowski, Shape Optimization of Control Problems Described by Wave Equations.
17:15-17:20 Closing