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The Wishart distribution which never was

Replacing the integer parameter in the family of chi square distributions by a continuous parameter leads to the family of the gamma distributions. A similar phenomena occurs with the non central chi ...

Ricostruzione Tridimensionale di Volti Umani da Immagini con lo Stereo Fotometrico

Recenti sviluppi negli algoritmi di riconoscimento e segmentazione di volti umani impressi in immagini forniscono una struttura flessibile per l’applicazione di numerosi metodi di ricostruzione tridim...

An iterated projection approach for b-convexity constraints

I will present a numerical method for variational problems under b-convexity constraints, which generalize convexity constraints and are motivated by the principal-agent problem in economics. Convexit...

Unicellular swimmers: from mathematical modelling to biology and robotics

Abstract: Euglenids are unicellular aquatic organisms capable of moving either by beating a flagellum or by executing dramatic shape changes. These are accomplished thanks to a complex structure under...

The semi-Lagrangian method using oblic interpolation

We develop a semi-Lagrangian scheme adapted to the case where the solution present low oscillations in some fixed direction. The method is analyzed for the 2D constant advection and applied to the num...

The singular Nirenberg problem

I will consider the problem of prescribing the Gaussian curvature (under pointwise conformal change of the metric) on surfaces with conical singularities. This question has been first raised by Troyan...

A high order discretization method based on integral equations for simulating 3D deformable drops

We consider picoliter sized water droplets immersed in a fluid with different viscosity. At these small scales, inertial effects are negligible, and the dynamics are governed by the Stokes equations. ...

Оptimizing the spectral radius of a matrix

The problem of minimizing and of maximizing the spectral radius on a set of matrices is notoriously hard. Nevertheless, for some sets of a special structure that problem admits an efficient solution. ...

A deterministic particle approximation for nonlinear conservation laws

We present recent results on the deterministic particle approximation of non-linear conservation laws. In [1], the unique entropy solution to a scalar conservation law with a given initial datum in Lâ...

Well-balanced schemes for 1+1 kinetic models: Caseology and matrix-balancing

Collisional kinetic equations constitute an example of entropy-dissipating dynamics for which a large-time behavior results of a delicate balancing of convection (free transport) and reactions (collis...