Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2014

1139 Pages·2016·31.2 MB·English

by  Capasso

Mathematics in Industry 22
The European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry
Giovanni Russo
Vincenzo Capasso
Giuseppe Nicosia
Vittorio Romano Editors
Progress in
Industrial
Mathematics
at ECMI 2014
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Mathematics at ECMI 2014
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Editors
GiovanniRusso VincenzoCapasso
UniversityofCatania UniversityofMilan
DepartmentofMathematics DepartmentofMathematics
andComputerScience Milan,Italy
Catania,Italy
GiuseppeNicosia VittorioRomano
UniversityofCatania UniversityofCatania
DepartmentofMathematics DepartmentofMathematics
andComputerScience andComputerScience
Catania,Italy Catania,Italy
PhotoofAngeloMarcelloAnilebycourtesyofGiovanniRusso
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MathematicsinIndustry
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Dedication
ThisbookisdedicatedtothememoryofProfessorAngeloMarcelloAnile(1948–
2007). Worldwide known mathematician, genial scientist, professor dedicated to
thecreationandspreadingofknowledge,giftedwithexceptionalhumanqualities,
and highest moral. He produced original results in several fields, among which
relativistic astrophysics and cosmology, relativistic thermodynamics, mathemat-
ical modeling of semiconductors, wave propagation, fuzzy logic, optimization,
industrial mathematics. Leader in scientific research, he founded a school of
Mathematical Physics with several students. Contributed to support research also
withnationalandinternationalprojects,andvariousformsofcontracts.Helpedfind
job opportunities for many young people. Active member of ECMI, created and
strengthenedrelationshipbetweenUniversityandIndustryinItalyandabroad.
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Preface
This volume presents a snapshot of current activities in industrial mathematics in
Europeand will be highly relevantfor anyoneinterested in the latest applications
of mathematics to industrial problems. It features papers based on contributions
to the 18th conference of ECMI, the European Consortium for Mathematics in
Industry.Thebiannualconferencehasestablisheditselfasajourfixeforresearchers
interested in the applications of mathematical and computational methods to
relevant problems in many different areas of social and economic importance. It
bringstogetherappliedmathematiciansandexpertsfromindustry,offeringthema
unique opportunityto exchangeideas, problems, and methodologiesand bridging
the gap between mathematics and industry to further the advancement of science
andtechnology.
Theconferencefocusedonvariousaspectsofindustrialandappliedmathematics,
suchasaerospace,informationandcommunication,energy,imaging,medicineand
biotechnology,finance,andeducation.
Theeventcontinuedforfivefulldays.Inadditionto thenineplenaryspeakers,
the conferencehosted 56 mini-symposia,each of which consisted of one or more
2-h sessions. Six parallel sessions were held at the same time, allowing roughly
threehundredandfiftyspeakerstopresenttheresultsoftheirresearch.A2-hposter
session was also held, offeringparticipantsan alternate form of presentation.The
participationofyoungresearcherswasencouragedbyareducedfeewithrespectto
previousyears.
Several topics were discussed at the conference. Specifically, five main topics
were addressed by the nine plenary speakers and discussed in several mini-
symposia:thelifesciences,materialscienceandsemiconductors,theenvironment,
designautomation,andfinance.
Several other interesting mini-symposia on different fields of industrial math-
ematics enriched the program. A complete list can be found on the conference
website.1
1http://www.taosciences.it/ecmi2014/.
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The conference also included an extended mini-symposium organized by EU-
Maths-In (European Network of Mathematics for Industry and Innovation),2 a
recentjointinitiativeofECMI and EMS(theEuropeanMathematicalSociety).In
keepingwithtradition,thisyearseveralprizesandawardswereannouncedduring
theconference.
Alan Tayler Lecture—This lecture was set up by the ECMI Council to honor
AlanTayler,whopassedawayonJanuary28,1995.Alanwasoneofthefounding
membersofECMIandservedasitsthirdpresidentin1989.TheAlanTaylerLecture
has been a key feature of the biannual ECMI conferences since 1996 and was
deliveredthisyearbySylvieMéléard.3
Anile-ECMI Prize for Mathematicsin Industry4—This prizeis cosponsoredby
the Associazione AngeloMarcello Anile andECMI. The prize was established in
memoryofAngeloMarcelloAnile,abrilliantastrophysicistandappliedmathemati-
cianandahighlyactivememberofECMI;itisawardedtoayoungresearcherfor
an excellent PhD thesis in industrial mathematics. This year it has been awarded
to Dr. Paolo Pintus, from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa, in recognition of
theexcellentresultsachievedinhisPhDthesis“Designofsiliconbasedintegrated
opticaldevicesusingthefiniteelementmethod.”
Hansjörg Wacker Memorial Prize—This prize is cosponsored by ECMI and
RICAM(theJohannRadonInstituteforComputationalandAppliedMathematics5)
atthe Austrian Academyof Sciences(ÖAW).Thisyearit was awardedto Kishan
Patel,whocompletedhisMScinscientificcomputingandmathematicalmodeling
attheUniversityofOxfordin2012.
ECMI Honorary Membership—It is a tradition that ECMI, during its biannual
conference, offers an honorary lifetime membership to a scientist of the hosting
country, in recognition of his or her important contributions to Mathematics in
Industry.ThisyearthehonorarymembershipwasawardedtoProfessorAlfioQuar-
teroni,6inrecognitionofhisimportantcontributionstoMathematicsinIndustry.
With over four hundred participants, this year was one of the most successful
ECMIconferencestodate.Thenumberofauthorsinvolvedintheorganizationofthe
mini-symposiaandpreparationofabstractsandshortpaperstotaledmorethan800
people from 41 differentcountries. The authors came mainly,but not exclusively,
fromEurope,withthelargestgroupfromGermany(167),followedbyItaly(152),
Spain(79),theUK(69),andFrance(65).
Given the large variety of subjects, it has been difficult to classify the contri-
butions into broader topics. Therefore, we decided to merely draw a distinction
between short papers related to talks at the mini-symposia (chapter “MS 1 Min-
isymposium:AdvancedImagingforIndustrialApplication”),andshortpapersfrom
2http://www.eu-maths-in.eu.
3http://www.cmap.polytechnique.fr/spip.php?rubrique61.
4http://asso-ama.dmi.unict.it/en.
5http://www.ricam.oeaw.ac.at/.
6http://http://cmcs.epfl.ch/people/quarteroni.
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thecontributedsessions(chapter“A CustomizedSystem forVehicleTrackingand
Classification”).
Themini-symposiaareorderedalphabeticallybytitle,asarethecorresponding
papers.
ThelastchaptercontainsthepaperrelatedtotheAnileprizelecture.
The 18th ECMI conference, managed by the organizing committee, with the
collaborationofECMIandTaoSciencesResearchCenter,tookplaceinTaormina,
Sicily, on the beautifulpremises of the Hotel Villa Diodoro, convenientlylocated
near the Villa Comunale of Taormina and the Teatro Greco, offering a gorgeous
viewofTaorminaBay.
Acknowledgments
Many people contributed to the success of the conference,and it is impossible to
list them all in a limited space. First of all, we would like to thank Mrs. Marisa
Lappano Anile, who helped us a lot for all organizational, administrative, and
practicalproblems,withprofessionalityandenthusiasm.Evenmore,withastrong
motivationbehind,whichbearsthenameofourfriendandmentorMarcelloAnile,
shewasoneoftheinspirersoftheevent.WethankallthemembersoftheScientific
Committee,whodeterminedtheselectionoftheplenaryspeakers.Inparticular,we
thank the past presidents of ECMI, such as L. Bonilla, and M. Guenther, and W.
Schilders,forvaluablepracticaladvicesabouttheorganizationoftheconference.A
thankgoestotheBoardofECMI,forvaluableadvicesand,evenmore,fortrusting
ouractionsandleavingusalargeautonomybothatascientificandorganizational
level.Aspecialthankgoestotherestoftheorganizingcommitteeandinparticular
theyoungvolunteers:Alice,Armando,Gianluca,Gianni,Ivano,Leonardo,Mario,
Riccardo,Sergio,andSilvia:theyworkedhardonvirtuallyallorganizationalaspects
of the conference. We warmly thank all the plenary speakers for accepting the
invitation and delivering such interesting talks. Many thanks to the sponsors of
the event, namely, the Associazione Angelo Marcello Anile, the Office of Naval
ResearchGlobal,andEuropeanPatent’sOffice,fortheirgenerouscontributions.We
wouldliketothankallthemini-symposiaorganizers,allthecontributors,andallthe
participants,whodeterminedthesuccessoftheeventandcontributedtothepleasant
generalatmosphereoftheconference.We allthankourwivesforthepatienceand
supportduringtheseveralmonthstheorganizationoftheconferencekeptusbusier
than usual. We thank Prof. Nicole Marheinekefor help in the managementof the
final version of the proceedings.Last, but not least, we would like to express our
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gratitude to Ruth Allewelt, from Springer,for her help, patience, and competence
grantedusduringthepreparationofthepresentbookofproceedings.
Catania,Italy GiovanniRusso
Catania,Italy GiuseppeNicosia
Catania,Italy VittorioRomano
Milan,Italy VincenzoCapasso