AWM at SIAM OP23/ACDA23

Seattle, WA May 31 – June 3, 2023

AWM Workshop: Women in Inverse Problems

AWM’s Research Network for Women in Inverse Problems (WIP) will host a minisymposium with research by and from this research network. Please attend and learn how to get involved with this group.

This mini-symposium is part of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Workshop and features a selection of junior and senior speakers from AWM’s Research Network for Women in Inverse Problems (WIP).

Inverse problems are at the heart of scientific research and technological development. In general, any endeavor to extract knowledge from data, can be viewed as an inverse problem. From the mathematical point of view inverse problems lie at the interface between optimization, partial differential equations, probability, and statistics. They find applications in diverse areas such as medical imaging, characterization of the Earth’s interior, remote sensing, glaciology, non-destructive testing of materials, etc. Significant progress has been achieved in Inverse Problems recently by combining fundamental developments in mathematical sciences with novel computational techniques. This mini-symposium will focus on women’s contributions to modern mathematical and computational aspects of inverse problems.

One of the goals of this mini-symposium is to facilitate professional networking and create mentoring opportunities for women researchers. Graduate students and researchers, at different levels, focused on inverse problems and their applications are welcome to participate. Graduate students and researchers in other fields of mathematics who are interested in inverse problems, may also be interested in this mini-symposium.


AWM Workshop Poster Session

Wednesday, May 31, 2023, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM, Grand Ballroom Foyer, 2nd Floor

This poster session features presentations from current and recently graduated graduate students in all areas of applied mathematics. This poster session is part of the workshop for Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM).

Chair: Chrysoula Tsogka
University of California, Merced, U.S.
Noemi Petra
University of California, Merced, U.S.

AWM Workshop: Using Bayesian Spectral Reprojection to Resolve the Gibbs Phenomenon abstract

Tongtong Li, Dartmouth College, U.S.

AWM Workshop: Data Assimilation for Quantum Nv Diamond Spectroscopy abstract

Shraddha Verma, George Mason University, U.S.

AWM Workshop: Multicellular Model for Morphogenesis of Pavement Cells in Plant Leaves abstract

Alysha Toomey, University of California, Riverside, U.S.; Weitao Chen,

AWM Workshop: Variable Time Step Method of Dahlquist, Liniger and Nevanlinna (DLN) for a Corrected Smagorinsky Model abstract

Farjana Siddiqua, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.

AWM Workshop: Combined Modeling and Experimental Study of Shape Formation of the DrosophilaWing Imaginal Disc abstract

Jennifer Rangel Ambriz, Nilay Kumar, Kevin Tsai, Mayesha Sahir Mim, Weitao Chen, and Jeremiah Zartman, ; Mark Alber, University of Notre Dame, U.S.

AWM Workshop: Optimization of Control Free Time Sweeping Processes and Applications abstract

Giovanni Colombo, University of Padova, Italy; Boris Mordukhovich, Wayne State University, U.S.; Nguyen-Truc-Dao Nguyen, University of Michigan, U.S.; Trang Nguyen, Wayne State University, U.S.

AWM Workshop: The Computational Performance of Iterated Linear Optimization abstract

Teressa Chambers and Caroline Klivans, Brown University

AWM Workshop: Multistage Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programming Using DSP abstract

Rachael M. Alfant, Rice University, U.S.; Kibaek Kim, Argonne National Laboratory, U.S.

AWM Workshop: Data Analytics for Membrane Material Innovations abstract

Xinhong Liu and Alexander Dowling, University of Notre Dame, U.S.; William Phillip,

AWM Workshop: Characterizing the Pareto Optimal Trade-off Between Model-Based Information Content and Measurements Cost abstract

Jialu Wang, University of Notre Dame, U.S.

AWM Workshop: Tropicalization of Graph Profiles for Some Classes of Trees abstract

Maria Dascalu, ; Annie Raymond, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.S.

AWM Workshop: Dynamics of a Multi-Layer Fluid System abstract

Awa Traore, The University of Alabama, U.S.


AWM Workshop: Women in Inverse Problems – Part I of III

Thursday, June 1, 2023, 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM, Boren Room, 4th Floor

Organizers: Chrysoula Tsogka
University of California, Merced, U.S.
Noemi Petra
University of California, Merced, U.S.

9:15-9:40 N/a abstract

Daniela Calvetti, Case Western Reserve University, U.S.

9:45-10:10 Bayesian Filtering Schemes to Estimate Time-Varying Parameters in Dynamical Systems abstract

Andrea Arnold, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, U.S.

10:15-10:40 Regularization by Inexact Krylov Methods with Applications to Semi-Blind Deblurring abstract

Malena Sabate Landman, Emory University, U.S.


AWM Workshop: Women in Inverse Problems – Part II of III

Thursday, June 1, 2023, 11:15 AM – 12:45 PM, Boren Room, 4th Floor

Organizers: Chrysoula Tsogka
University of California, Merced, U.S.
Noemi Petra
University of California, Merced, U.S

11:15-11:40 The Lippmann Schwinger Lanczos algorithm for inverse scattering problems abstract

Shari Moskow, Drexel University, U.S.

11:45-12:10 Normalizing Flows for Uncertainty Quantification in Seismic Imaging abstract

Alison Malcolm, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada; Rajiv Kumar and Changxiao Sun,

12:15-12:40 Phase and absorption contrast imaging using intensity measurements abstract

Chrysoula Tsogka, University of California, Merced, U.S.; Miguel Moscoso, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; Alexei Novikov, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.; George C. Papanicolaou, Stanford University, U.S.


AWM Workshop: Mentoring and Networking Luncheon

Thursday, June 1, 2023, 11:15 AM – 12:45 PM, Madrona Room, 2nd Floor

If you wish to attend, email ed.admin@awm-math.org.


AWM Workshop: Women in Inverse Problems – Part III of III

Thursday, June 1, 2023, 3:15 pM – 4:45 PM, Boren Room, 4th Floor

Organizers: Chrysoula Tsogka
University of California, Merced, U.S.
Noemi Petra
University of California, Merced, U.S

3:15-3:40 Optimal parameter design for multi-energy computed tomography technique abstract

Fatma Terzioglu, North Carolina State University, U.S.

3:45-4:10 Modern Challenges in Large-Scale and High Dimensional Data Analysis abstract

Mirjeta Pasha, Arizona State University, U.S.


The AWM 2023 SIAM Organizing Committee

A special thanks to the AWM committee members who have helped organize this year’s program:

Lorena Bociu (Chair), North Carolina State University

Katherine Benson, University of Wisconsin – Stout

Heather Zinn Brooks, Harvey Mudd College

Daniela Ferrero, Texas State University

Noemi Petra, University of California, Merced

Malgorzata Peszynska, Oregon State University

Chrysoula Tsogka, University of California, Merced

Alexandria Volkening, Purdue University


Thanks to Our Sponsors

In addition to the many committed volunteers that make AWM events great, the AWM Workshop and Minisymposium are organized by the AWM Research Network WIP and  supported by the NSF-DMS Grant #2113506.  Poster poster presenters are sponsored to attend a workshop at one of the Mathematical Sciences Institutes, a generous award made possible by the Mathematical Sciences Institutes Diversity Committee.