THE WPI INVITATION PROGRAM,
with funding from the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research ( BM.W_F^a "Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung")

The WPI invitation program started in 2004, with funding from the ministry of research and science. Its aim is to strengthen both the international and the internal cooperations of Austrian research groups in the fields of mathematics, computer science, material science, physics and biology. The invitation program is structured into thematic programs lasting between three months and one year. Their subject is always related to the research projects of Austrian groups (not necessarily groups of members of the WPI). Every thematic program is organized by a group of organizers including at least one local organizer working in Vienna, and one or more (Olga Taussky) Pauli fellows.

WPI thematic programs typically involve research visits of scientists from abroad (for periods from a few days up to two months), working groups, workshops, summer/winter schools and conferences.

Thematic Programs 2009

• (Quantum) Semiconductor modelling and simulations (SEMICON-09) (Organizers: C. Heitzinger , OTPF P. Lustoza de Souza (Brazil), CNRS PF G. Bastard (ENS Paris), PF C. Ringhofer (ASU), K. Unterrainer (TU Wien) )
• Cell movement and cell transport (CELL-09) (Organizers: D. Ölz (Vienna Univ.), V. Milisic (Grenoble, WP-CNRS), C. Schmeiser (Vienna Univ., RICAM Linz))
• Complexity features in fluid flows (COMPLEXFLUID-09) (Organizers: PF D. Bresch (Univ. Savoie), PF C. Bardos (Paris), OTPF A. Colin (CEA))
• Databases and Ontologies in Advanced Information Systems (DATA-09) (Organizers: Eiter, OTPF M. Henzinger (Univ. EPFL, Lausanne))
• Gyrokinetics for ITER (ITER-09) (Organizers: Schekochihin, PF B. Dorland (U. Maryland), PF Greg Hammett (Princeton))
• Phase-Space methods in signal processing and quantum mechanics (PHASE-09) (Organizers: Athanassoulis, OTPF S. Bertoluzza (CNR Pavia), CNRS PF T. Paul (ENS Paris))
• Quantum many-body systems and NLS approximations: experiments and simulations (QUANTUM-09) (Organizers: Schumm, OTPF I. Bouchoule (Univ. Paris Sud), PF P. Schmelcher (Univ. Heidelberg), PF J.-C. Saut (Univ. Paris Sud) )
• The interplay between Financial and Insurance Mathematics, Statistics and Econometrics (FINANCE-09) (Organizers: Hubalek , PF L. Rüschendorf (Univ. Freiburg), PF I. Ekeland (UBC Vancouver), OTPF C. Klüppelberg (TU München) )

Thematic Programs 2008

• Applied Analysis and Fast Computation in Phase-Space (Organizers: Athanassoulis/ OTPF S. Bertoluzza (CNR Pavia) + PF T. Paul (ENS Paris))
• Control of (Nonlinear) Schrödinger Equations (Organizers: Weishäupl / PF C. Bardos (Paris))
• Correlation and quantum physics (Organizers: Schumm / PF P. Schmelcher (Univ. Heidelberg) + PF O. Alon (Univ. Heidelberg))
• Foundations of Knowledge and Information Handling / Continuation from 2007 (Organizers: Thomas Eiter (TU Wien), Johann Eder (U.Wien ), Georg Gottlob (WPI c/o Oxford), Reinhard Pichler ( TU Wien))
• Gyrokinetic Plasma Turbulence (Organizers: Schekochihin / OTPF C. Bourdelle (CEA Caradache) + PF A. Tsinober (ICL London & Tel Aviv) + CNRS PF Y. Brenier)
• Modelling of trophic interactions under climate fluctuations (Organizers: Hille / PF M. Visser (Institute for terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands) )
• Motility: from the molecular to the population scale (Organizers: Schmeiser / CNRS PF M. Rascle)
• Nanostructures in biology and physics (Organizers: Heitzinger / OTPF P. Lustoza de Souza (Brazil) + CNRS PF G. Bastard (ENS Paris) + PF C. Ringhofer (ASU))
• PDE methods in mathematical finance (Organizers: Laurence / OTPF M. Arisawa (INRIA Rocqencourt) + PF P. Laurence (U. Roma) )

Thematic Programs 2007

• Adaptive numerical methods and simulation of PDEs (Organizers: Silvia Bertoluzza, Albert Cohen, N. J. Mauser, H. P. Stimming, Christoph Überhuber.)
• Conceptual Aspects of Turbulence (CATURB-07) (Organizers: Bérengère Dubrulle ( ), A. Tsinober ( ), N. J. Mauser ( ), S. Nazarenko ( ), A. A. Schekochihin ( ), H. Kuhlmann ( ) (TU Wien).)
• Density functional theory and Material Science (DFT-MS-07) (Organizers: J. Hafner, G. Kresse, R. Podloucky, P. Mohn )
• Dispersive nonlinear longwave PDE's and applications in physics (Organizers: Jean-Claude Saut ( ). Co-Organizers : R. Carles ( ), N. J. Mauser ( ), C. Sparber ( ).)
• Foundations of Knowledge and Information Handling (Organizers: Thomas Eiter, Johann Eder ( ), Georg Gottlob ( ), Reinhard Pichler ( ).)
• Optimal transportation structures, gradient flows and entropy methods for Applied PDEs (Organizers: José A. Carrillo , ICREA, UAB Barcelona - Marco Di Francesco, University of L’Aquila (responsible local organizer). Co-organizers: Yann Brenier, CNRS Nice - Peter A. Markowich, WPI c/o U.Wien - Walter Schachermayer WPI c/o TU-Wien - Juan Luis Vazquez, UAM Madrid.)
• Quantum Semiconductor Structures (Organizers: Gottfried Strasser ( ). Co-organizers: Karl Unterrainer ( ), Armin Scrinzi ( ), Norbert J. Mauser ( ).)
• Random Phenomena in Partial Differential Equations (Organizers: Nina Uraltseva (Uni St. Petersburg), Henrik Shahgholian (KTH Stockholm). Co-Organizers : P. Markowich (WPI c/o Uni Wien), J. Teichmann (TU Wien).)

Thematic Programs 2006

• At the Interface of PDE, Self-Adjoint Operators and Stochastics: Models with Exclusion (Organizers: J. Lörinczi (WPI and TU München), N. Mauser (WPI), W. Schachermayer (WPI), C. Schmeiser (WPI), H. Spohn (TU München))
• Data and Knowledge Bases (Organizers: J. Eder (Vienna), T. Eiter (Vienna), G. Gottlob (WPI and Oxford))
• Long Time Semiclassical Evolution (Organizers: T. Paul (CNRS), Rafael de la Llave (Austin), P. Markowich (WPI), N.J. Mauser (WPI), P. Szmolyan (WPI))
• Multiscale Modeling in Cell Biology (Organizers: Yasmin Dolak-Struß (University of Vienna), V. Small (IMBA, Vienna))
• Numerical Methods for the Solutions of PDEs (Organizers: Silvia Bertoluzza (CNR Pavia), S. Jin (Madison and Beijing), H.P. Stimming (WPI))
• Semiconductor Photonic Nano-Structures (Organizers: Patricia Lustoza de Sousa (Rio de Janeiro), K. Unterrainer (WPI), N.J. Mauser (WPI), G. Strasser (Vienna))
• Stationary and Time Dependent Gross-Pitaevskii Equations (Organizers: A. Farina (Institut CNRS Pauli and UPJV, Amiens), J.C. Saut (Orsay), P. Markowich (WPI))
• Wavelets and Turbulence: From Modeling to Computing (Organizers: C. Bardos (WPI and Paris), Marie Farge (Paris), N. Mauser (WPI))

Thematic Programs 2005

• Fundamentals of Queries and Data Exchange (Organizers: G. Gottlob , M. Schrefl, J. Eder)
• Nonlinear Analysis (Organizers: Henrik Shahgholian (Stockholm), Peter Markowich (WPI c/o Univ. Vienna) )
• Scientific Computing (Organizers: Wilfried Gansterer (Vienna Univ.), Martin Burger (Kepler Univ. Linz), Christoph Ueberhuber (TU Vienna), Johannes Grotendorst (FZ Juelich), Christian Schmeiser (WPI, TU Vienna))
• Time-dependent density functional theory (Organizers: P. Weinberger (TU Vienna), J. Burgdörfer (TU Vienna), R. Hammerling (TU Vienna), N.J. Mauser (Vienna Univ.), A. Scrinzi (TU Vienna))

Thematic Programs 2004

• Mathematical Biology (Organizers: Yasmin Dolak (Linz), Hans Othmer (Minneapolis), Benoit Perthame (Paris), Christian Schmeiser (Vienna), Angela Stevens (Leipzig))
• Nanoscience (Organizers: Peter Markowich (Vienna), Karl Unterrainer (Vienna) )
• Nonlinear Waves (Organizers: Norbert Mauser (WPI c/o Univ. Vienna), Alfred Kluwick (WPI c/o TU-Vienna), Alexander Komech (Pauli Fellow, Moscow and Vienna))
• Semi-Structured Data (Organizers: Georg Gottlob (Vienna))