7 PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES AND VISITS TO FOREIGN INSTITUTIONS

Erkki Heikkola participated and gave talks in

• 4th International Conference on Advanced Numerical Analysis, Moscow, Russia, in August 15-18 (A Finite Element Method on Nonmatching Meshes for the Helmholtz Equation)
• ENUMATH 95: The First European Conference on Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications, Paris, France, in September 18-22 (A Finite Element Method on Nonmatching Grids for the Helmholtz Equation)

Erkki Heikkola participated

• ICIAM'95, The Third International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Hamburg, Germany, in July 3-7

Kai Hiltunen participated and gave talks in

• The Interdisciplinary Congress FBP'95: Free Boundary Problems, Theory and Applications, Zakopane, Poland, in June 11-18 (Coupled Flow between Saturated Deformable Porous Medium and Open Domain)
• ICIAM'95, The Third International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Hamburg, Germany, in July 3-7 (Coupled Flow between Saturated Deformable Porous Medium and Open Domain in Paper Forming)

Jonne Itkonen participated

• Day on IBM OS/2 WARP Operating System and OS/2 WARP Server, IBM Finland, Helsinki, Finland, on October 16

Kari Kärkkäinen participated

• WWW-FBP Workshop, Warsaw, Poland, in December 15-16

Tommi Kärkkäinen participated and gave a talk in

• Symposium on Inverse Problems: Geophysical Applications, California, USA, in December 16-19 (Distributed Parameter Identification Using Mixed Methods)

Risto Lahdelma participated and gave talks in

• The First Nordic Workshop on Genetic Algorithms and Their Applications, Vaasa, Finland, in January 9-12 (Tracking Statistics in Communications Traffic Control Using a Genetic Algorithm)
• 14th IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, Austria, in February 20-22 (Comparison of Algorithms for Solving Large Network Flow Problems)
• APMOD95, London, United Kingdom, in April 3-5 (An Object-Oriented Mathematical Modelling Language in C++ - Proposal for a New Standard)
• Noon-to-Noon Seminar on Decision Analysis, Turku, Finland, in December 12-13 (Stochastic Multi-Attribute Acceptability Analysis in Developing Helsinki Harbour)

Mika Laitinen participated

• Spring School on Analysis, Mathematical Models of Microstructure, Paseky, Czech Republic, in June 4-10
• Eighth ECMI Modelling Week, Glasgow, Scotland, in September 3-10

Leena Lallukka participated and gave a talk in

• Hypermedia in Sheffield '95, Sheffield, United Kingdom, in July 3-5 (Metallurgical Knowledge System and Quality Management: Hypermedia in Education in Steel Industry)

Marko M. Mäkelä participated and gave talks in

• 6th Stockholm Optimization Days, Stockholm, Sweden, in June 26-27 (NIMBUS - Versatile Optimization Tool for Nonlinear Programming)
• 17th IFIP Conference on System Modelling and Optimization, Prague, Czech Republic, in July 10-14 (Interactive Multiobjective Optimization System NIMBUS Applied to Nonsmooth Structural Design Problems)

Raino A.E. Mäkinen participated and gave talks in

• The Seventh SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing, San Francisco, USA, in February 15-17 (Parallel Solution of Optimal Shape Design Problem Governed by Helmholtz/Potential Flow Equations)
• 4th International Conference on Advanced Numerical Analysis, Moscow, Russia, in August 14-17 (Shape Optimization in Fluid Dynamics and Electromagnetism)

Raino A.E. Mäkinen participated

• ICIAM'95, The Third International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Hamburg, Germany, in July 3-7

Timo Männikkö participated and gave a talk in

• 17th IFIP Conference on System Modelling and Optimization, Prague, Czech Republic, in July 10-14 (An Algorithm for Optimal Control Problems Governed by Variational Inequalities)

Kaisa Miettinen participated and gave invited talks in

• Minisymposium on Mathematical Modelling in Economics, Jyväskylä, Finland, on October 13 (Mathematical Multiobjective Optimization)
• INFORMS New Orleans Fall 1995 - Managing Interdisciplinary Interfaces, New Orleans, USA, October 29 - November 1 (Interactive Multiobjective Optimization via the Internet Providing Distributed Interface and Centralized Computing)

Kaisa Miettinen participated

• Third International WWW Conference, Darmstadt'95 - Technology, Tools and Applications, Darmstadt, Germany, April 10-14

Markku Miettinen participated and gave a talk in

• Computational Mechanics II: Computational Techniques, Ferrara, Italy, in July 11-13 (On Contact Problems with Nonmonotone Contact Conditions and Their Numerical Solution)

Markku Miettinen participated

• DMV-seminar Composite Materials and Homogenization, Oberwolfach, Germany, in March 12-18
• Eurhomogenization, Colloque Eurhomogenization, Nice, France, in June 6-10

Alexandru Murgu participated and gave talks in

• International Workshop on Applications of Neural Networks to Telecommunications (IWANNT-95), Stockholm, Sweden, in May 22-24 (Adaptive Flow Control in Multistage Communication Networks Based on a Sliding Window Learning Algorithm)
• The 4th Summer School on Telecommunications, Lappeenranta, Finland, in August 7-10 (Neural Network Control in ATM Networks)
• Minisymposium on Neurocomputing and Applications, Jyväskylä, Finland, on August 10 (Neural Control for ARMAX Models of Bursty Flows in ATM Networks)
• International Institute for Advanced Studies in System Research and Cybernetics (InterSymp-95), Baden-Baden, Germany, in August 16-20 (Maximum Likelihood Estimation from Multiple Observations for Neural Control of Traffic Flows in Multistage ATM Networks)

Pekka Neittaanmäki participated and gave talks in

• CAM Symposium: Advances and Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics, Austin, Texas, USA, in April 20-22 (Numerical Methods for Solving Nonlinear Optimal Control Problems)
• ICIAM'95, The Third International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Hamburg, Germany, in July 3-7 (On the Approximation of Some Ill-posed Problems, Fixed Domain Approach in Optimal Shape Design)
• 4th International Conference on Advanced Numerical Analysis, Moscow, Russia, on August 16 (Methods for Optimal Shape Design)
• Minisymposium on Challenging Industrial Problems, ENUMATH 95, Paris, France, in September 18-19 (Modelling and Control in Paper Technology)

Vesa-Matti Paananen participated

• ASM Multimedia 95, San Francisco, USA, in November 3-11

Reijo Pietikäinen participated and gave talks in

• ICIAM'95, The Third International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Hamburg, Germany, in July 3-7 (Modelling of Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer in Copying Paper)
• The First National Nip Day (Ensimmäinen kansallinen nippipäivä), Järvenpää, Finland, on September 27 (Modelling of Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer in Copying Paper)

Tuomo Rossi participated and gave talks in

• 4th International Conference on Advanced Numerical Analysis, Moscow, Russia, in August 15-18 (Fictitious Domain Method with Lagrange Multipliers)
• ENUMATH 95: The First European Conference on Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications, Paris, France, in September 18-22 (Fictitious Domain Preconditioning for Convection-Diffusion Problems)

Pasi Tarvainen participated and gave talks in

• The Interdisciplinary Congress FBP'95: Free Boundary Problems, Theory and Applications, Zakopane, Poland, in June 11-18 (On the Numerical Solution of Obstacle Problems by Block Relaxation Methods)
• Contact Mechanics II: Computational Techniques, Ferrara, Italy, in July 11-13 (Numerical Solution of Obstacle Problems by Overlapping Block Relaxation Methods)
• ENUMATH 95: The First European Conference on Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications, Paris, France, in September 18-22 (Fictitious Domain Preconditioning for Convection-Diffusion Problems)
• ICCP-95: The International Conference on Complementarity Problems, Baltimore, USA, in November 1-4 (Iterative Methods for Complementarity Problems Arising from Obstacle Problems with Convection-Diffusion Operators)

Pasi Tarvainen participated

• Parallel and Distributed Computing for Finite Element Analysis, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, in December 5-7

Timo Tiihonen participated and gave talks in

• Finnish Days of Mathematicians, Vaasa, Finland, in January 9-10 (Heat Radiation and Integro-Differential Equations)
• The Interdisciplinary Congress FBP'95: Free Boundary Problems, Theory and Applications, Zakopane, Poland, in June 11-18 (Heat Radiation and Crystal Growth)

Timo Tiihonen participated

• CRM Summer School Boundaries, Interfaces and Transitions, Banff, Alberta, Canada, in August 6-18
• Generalized Stefan Problems: Analysis and Numerical Methods, Pavia, Italy, August 31 - September 2
• Numerical and Computational Methods for Free Boundary Problems, Freiburg, Germany, September 4-5

Jari Toivanen participated and gave talks in

• The First Nordic Workshop on Genetic Algorithms and Their Applications, Vaasa, Finland, in January 9-12 (The Reconstruction of an Airfoil in 2D Potential Flow Using a Genetic Algorithm on a Parallel Computer)
• Workshop on Approximations and Numerical Methods for the Solution of the Maxwell Equations, Oxford, United Kingdom, in March 23-24 (Numerical Experiments Using Coupled Fictitious Domain and Domain Decomposition Method for 2D Helmholtz Equation)
• Parallel CFD'95 Conference, Pasadena, California, USA, in June 26-28 (Shape Optimization in 2D Aerodynamics Using Genetic Algorithms on Parallel Computers)
• ENUMATH 95: The First European Conference on Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications, Paris, France, in September 18-22 (Coupled Fictitious Domain and Domain Decomposition Method for the Helmholtz Equation)

Erkki Heikkola visited

• Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, in August 14-17
• Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, in August 18-22

Tommi Kärkkäinen visited

• Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, in March 13-20, November 20 - December 7

Raino A.E. Mäkinen visited

• Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, in August 14-17
• Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, on August 17

Timo Männikkö visited

• University of Orléans, Department of Mathematics, Orléans, France, in March 1-31

Kaisa Miettinen visited

• University of Georgia, Athens, USA, on November 2

Markku Miettinen visited

• Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, in May 7-20, November 25-28

Alexandru Murgu visited

• Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, in May 22-24

Pekka Neittaanmäki visited

• CRS4 Centre for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia Cagliari, Italy, on June 7
• University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, on June 13
• The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, on June 15
• Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, in August 3-6

Tuomo Rossi visited

• Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, in August 14-17
• Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, in August 18-22

Timo Taskinen visited

• University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, in January 1 - December 31

Timo Tiihonen visited

• Institute of Mathematics A, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, in September 6-7

Jari Toivanen visited

• Dassault Aviation, Paris, France, in April 24-26
• INRIA, Rocquencourt, France, on April 27