Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Images of Xiamen, China -- Gulangyu Island, Part 1







Notes: I took these photos during the 3rd East Asia SIAM Conference Tour in Gulangyu Island, Xiamen, China on November 4,2 007. Some of the photos are marked with wrong date stamps -- my digital camera date setting was not set properly. Click on photos to view larger images.

Images of Xiamen, China -- Gulangyu Island, Part 2










Note: These photos were taken during the 3rd East Asia SIAM Conference Tour at Gulangyu Iland, Xiamen, China on November 4, 2007. Click on photos to see larger images.

Monday, November 5, 2007

Photos: Banquet and Best Paper Award, 3rd EASIAM, Xiamen, China














The 3rd East Asia SIAM Conference Banquet was held in a seafood restaurant in downtown Xiamen, China. Among the highlights of the banquet was the awarding of the 2007 EASIAM Best Student Paper Award.

NOTE: Click on the photos to view large versions of images.




Trip to Xiamen, China (Day 5)



Today (November 5, 2007) is the last day of the 3rd East Asia SIAM Conference in Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.

I was the chair of the last session.

The invited talks during 4th day of the conference include the following:

  • "Mixed Finite Element Methods For General Quadrilateral Grids" by Dr. Young Kwak (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)

  • "Numerical Approximations To Haddamard Finite-Part Integral Operators" by Dr. Weiwei Sun (City University of Hong Kong)


  • "Accurate Summation Of Floating Point Numbers And Applications" by Dr. Shin' ichi Oishi (Waseda University, Japan)

  • "Some New Developments In Spectral Element Methods For Incompressible Flows" by Dr. Chuanju Xu (Xiamen University, China)

Invited Speakers: 3rd East Asia SIAM Conference, Xiamen, China

Photo Caption: Dr. Yoshimasa Nakamura of Kyoto, Japan -- one of the invited speakers during the 3rd East Asia SIAM Conference held on November 2 - 5, 2007 in Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.


The 3rd East Asia SIAM Conference
November 2-5, 2007
Xiamen University
Xiamen, China


Invited Speakers:


Zhiming Chen
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Xiao-qing Jin
University of Macau

Do Young Kwak
KAIST, Korea

Yoshimasa Nakamura
Kyoto University, Japan

Shinichi Oishi
Waseda University, Japan

Dongwoo Sheen
Seoul National University, Korea

Zuowei Shen
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Wei-wei Sun
City University of Hong Kong

Masahisa Tabata
Kyushu University, Japan

Chuanju Xu
Xiamen University, China

Pingwen Zhang
Peking University, China


Sunday, November 4, 2007

Keynote Speakers: 3rd East Asia SIAM Conference, Xiamen, China
































Photo Captions: (1) Dr. Gene Golub of Stanford University, (2) Dr. Andy Wathen of Oxford University with Dr. Rafael Saldaña (Ateneo de Manila University)


The 3rd East Asia SIAM Conference
November 2-5, 2007Xiamen, China


SIAM Keynote Speakers:



Photos: Trip To Xiamen, China (Day 4)














































Today (November 4, 2007) 3rd East Asia SIAM Conference participants had a tour of Xiamen City's famous sights: (1) Gulanyu island, (2) Botanical Garden (Wanshi Park), and (3) Nanputuo Temple.

Note: Click on the photos to see larger images.