Discipline of Mathematical Sciences Colloquium 2025

Date Speaker Presentation

Friday 14th March

2:10 to 3:00 pm

Dr Radu Cimpeanu

Interfacing with the real world: How to break mathematical models (and put them back together again)

In this talk I will explore the interplay between classical - as well as modern - analytical techniques in applied mathematics and high performance computing. When not completely disjointed (or indeed one completely absent), these two approaches are often deployed with a verification-oriented mindset. By contrast, I will strive to convince you of the power of analytically-informed computational approaches (or indeed computationally-informed analytical methods) that draw elements from mathematical modelling, differential equations, asymptotic and complex analysis, and control theory. Interfaces will be the main theme of the talk not only as the intersection space between different methodologies, but also in view of the applications motivating this work, which include interfacial flow problems such as elucidating the dynamics of droplets, bubbles and liquid films in non-trivial (and highly non-linear!) regimes as the setup for hybrid technique development.

School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences

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