Institute for Mathematical Sciences Event Archive

Workshop on Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Inverse Scattering Problems

(24 - 28 September 2018)

Venue: IMS Auditorium
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Monday, 24 Sep 2018

10:00am - 10:20amRegistration
10:20am - 11:10am

Direct sampling methods for general inverse problems



Jun Zou
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
11:10am - 12:00pm

Solving the inverse problem for optical imaging using diffusive light



Nanguang Chen
National University of Singapore, Singapore
12:00pm - 02:00pmLunch Break
02:00pm - 02:50pm

Convexification of coefficient inverse problems

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Mikhail Klibanov
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
02:50pm - 03:40pm

Qualitative versus quantitative approaches to microwave-based imaging techniques for medical applications

(PDF)



Jean-Charles Bolomey
Paris-Sud University, France
03:40pm - 04:00pmCoffee Break
04:00pm - 04:50pm

Implementation of a new type of contraction integral equation for highly nonlinear 3-D inverse scattering problems



Yu Zhong
Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR, Singapore

Tuesday, 25 Sep 2018

08:55am - 09:10amRegistration
09:10am - 10:00am

The reverse time migration method for inverse scattering problems

(Video)



Zhiming Chen
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
10:00am - 10:20amGroup Photo & Coffee Break
10:20am - 11:10am

Lens vs algorithm: optical imaging in the age of computers

(Video)



P. Scott Carney
University of Rochester, USA
11:10am - 12:00pm

Direct and inverse scattering problems for elastic waves

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Peijun Li
Purdue University, USA
12:00pm - 02:00pmLunch Reception at IMS
02:00pm - 02:50pm

Inverse source problems in wave propagation

(PDF)



Gang Bao
Zhejiang University, China
02:50pm - 03:40pm

Mathematical studies of anomalous scattering by subwavelength slit structures

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Hai Zhang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
03:40pm - 04:00pmCoffee Break
04:00pm - 04:50pm

Multicomponent elastic imaging: new insights from the old equations

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Elita, Yunyue Li
National University of Singapore, Singapore
04:50pm - 05:40pm

A man-portable MRI imager & the non-linear gradient image reconstruction



Shaoying Huang
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore

Wednesday, 26 Sep 2018

08:55am - 09:10amRegistration
09:10am - 10:00am

Time reversal features and applications of space-time discrete electromagnetic models

(Video)



Wolfgang J. R. Hoefer
University of Victoria, Canada
10:00am - 10:20amCoffee Break
10:20am - 11:10am

Imaging through random media by speckle intensity correlations

(PDF) (Video)



Josselin Garnier
Ecole Polytechnique, France
11:10am - 12:00pm

Numerical inversion of 3D geodesic X-ray transform and its application to traveltime tomography

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Eric Tsz Shun Chung
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
12:00pm - 02:00pmLunch Break
02:00pm - 02:50pm

Computational imaging of micro-structured media at small scale - from one-shot first-order solutions to full-wave iterative ones

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Dominique Lesselier
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
02:50pm - 03:40pm

Fault Detection in Acoustic and Electromagnetic Waveguide Channels with Applications to Pipeline and Transmission Line Networks

(PDF)



Ross Murch
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
03:40pm - 04:00pmCoffee Break
04:00pm - 04:50pm

Strong interaction between plasmonic spheres

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Sanghyeon Yu
ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Thursday, 27 Sep 2018

08:55am - 09:10amRegistration
09:10am - 10:00am

Instability of an inverse problem for the stationary radiative transport near the diffusion limit

(PDF) (Video)



Hongkai Zhao
University of California, Irvine, USA
10:00am - 10:20amCoffee Break
10:20am - 11:10am

Inverse problem for anisotropic elasticity system

(PDF)



Gen Nakamura
Inha University, Korea
11:10am - 12:00pm

Microwave near-field imaging in real time

(PDF) (Video)



Natalia Nikolova
McMaster University, Canada
12:00pm - 02:00pmLunch Break
02:00pm - 02:50pm

Feasibility study of multi-physics imaging for human thorax



Maokun Li
Tsinghua University, China
02:50pm - 03:40pm

Qualitative radar imaging under randomized field illumination

(PDF)



Lixin Ran
Zhejiang University, China
03:40pm - 04:00pmCoffee Break
04:00pm - 04:50pm

Inverse transport with finite number of internal data sets



Kui Ren
The University of Texas at Austin, USA
04:50pm - 05:40pm

Unique continuation and inverse boundary problems for the Schrödinger equation with singular coefficients

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Jenn-Nan Wang
National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Friday, 28 Sep 2018

08:55am - 09:10amRegistration
09:10am - 10:00am

Compressive processing in inverse scattering problems: state-of-the-art, current advances, and future trends



Andrea Massa
ELEDIA Research Center (ELEDIA@UniTN - University of Trento), Italy
10:00am - 10:20amCoffee Break
10:20am - 11:10am

Some inverse problems in the upstream oil and gas industry



Cheng-Gang Xie
Schlumberger, Singapore
11:10am - 12:00pm

Solving full-wave nonlinear inverse scattering problems by deep learning schemes

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Xudong Chen
National University of Singapore, Singapore
12:00pm - 02:00pmLunch Break