8:45-9:30 Sign-in/name tags, breakfast

9:30-10:00 Introduction, call for speakers, order of talks, queueing up first session

10:00-12:00 First session of talks

1. Difeng Cai (Purdue University) Eigenvalue problems of some integral operators
2. Azhar Alhammali (Oregon State University) Numerical Approximation of Coupled System for Biofilm/Nutrient
3. Bala Krishnamoorthy (Washington State University, Vancouver) Robust Satisfiability using Topological Degree Theory
4. Samuel Reynolds (Portland State University) Computing harmonic functions and their derivatives with harmonic conjugates
5. Jay Gopalakrishan (Portland State University) Discretization Errors in the FEAST Algorithm
6. Kirill Voronin (Portland State University) Space-time CFOSLS: multigrid

12:00-1:15 Lunch break (enjoy Farmer's Market)

1:15-3:00 Second session of talks

1. Panayot Vassilevski (Portland State University/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) AMG Strong Approximation Property
2. Paulina Sepulveda (Portland State University) Space-time CFOSLS systems: AMR
3. Malgo Peszynska (Oregon State University) Strong Stability of Kinetic Adsorption Systems
4. Bin Jiang (Portland State University) A new finite difference time domain method to solve Maxwell's equations
5. Nathaniel Saul (Washington State University, Vancouver) Sewing with topology: Stitching Mappers together
6. Ralph Showalter (Oregon State University) Biot Systems with Displacement Constraints ... preliminary report

3:00-3:30 Coffee break

3:30-5:00 Third session of talks

1. Brittany Erickson (Portland State University) Do waves drive conduit flow instabilities during explosive volcanic eruptions?
2. Joe Umhoeffer (Oregon State University) Finding Permeability Distributions of Randomly Obstructed Pores
3. J.J.P. Veerman (Portland State University) Tridiagonal Matrices and Boundary Conditions
4. Sebastian Dominguez (Simon Fraser University) An eigenvalue problem in linear elasticity
5. Jeff Ovall (Portland State University) Finite elements on funky meshes

5:00-5:15 Conference traditions, closing (conference poems and award winners listed below)

5:45-?? Dinner, drinks at Rogue Hall (a very short walk from our meeting location)

Conference poems:

RAIN, by Noah Doss (Washington State University, Vancouver)

RAIN

But it’s bright out

The clouds aren’t even dark, it’s

More like white out

Above some farmer’s markets.

Eigenvalues and Degree Theory

There’s enough time for just one query

Of our fine presenters here, we

Know questions are not things for fearing.

We don’t byte, no that’s comp sci

Our whole job’s to question why!

And not for hope of application

(Unless some scientist sees some relation)

Well we all knew a clear day wouldn’t last

But rain can’t put a damper on RAIN math

For we’ll take talks on PDEs

Until the coffee break at three

And then when we resume our talks

We’ll know there’s drinks ‘round 5 o’clock

And as the rain picks up again

Our RAINy day comes to an end

The Morning Session at Cascade RAIN, by Sophie Kristensen (Portland State University)

The sun is out as we arrive for a day at RAIN

we begin with a leisurely hour

where the typical PDX hipster food is provided

Coffee

Yogurt

Granola

Tea

While entertained by Dr. Ovall’s many jokes

we all say our hellos and finally take our seats.

The talks of the day dawn by method of luck and a small green cap

19 minutes each all speakers receive

Dr. Ovall waves his umbrella at all in the room

to let us know he is dead serious about that.

First up,

a story of eigenvalues

what follows are some more of our favorite tales

Numerical approximations

Degree theory

Harmonic functions

Integral equations.

The first session ends with us all content

for even on a Saturday morning

we are ecstatic to be in a room full of

Math

the subject that consumes all of our thoughts

and days (in a good way!)

and the love interest in all of our lives.

So make sure to enjoy the rest of the day

and to thank the Cascade RAIN

for yet another excuse

to talk and think about our love

that is Math.

A Fifth of Cascade RAIN, by Jeff Ovall (Portland State University)

We imbibed a fifth of Cascade RAIN.

Sampling delicacies both earthy and sublime

some with a complex flavor.

PDEs? Yes, please.

Linear algebra? Positively, definitely.

Data analysis? (Topo) logically.

Statistical techniques? Probably.

Optimization? Nearly.

How did we celebrate afterward?

We plead the fifth.

Conference (Slapstick) Awards:

Out of respect for the privacy of the winners, if you want to know what award they won, you will have to ask them. There were several ties this year.

• Cai/Voronin
• Cai/Dominguez
• Cai/Jiang
• Gopalakrishan
• Showalter/Erickson
• Saul/Ovall
• Ovall

LOCATION: Smith Hall Room 238, "The Browsing Lounge." #1 on the map below.

CAMPUS MAP: Smith Memorial Student Union (circled in red)