Hurricane Harvey Update:

Houston roads and businesses have mostly recovered from the impacts of hurricane Harvey, except for a few pockets. The organizing committee had planned this meeting to be right after SEG’s annual meeting (www.seg.org) to make it easier for attendees who may want to come to both events. Since SEG is planning to hold their annual meeting as scheduled, we will also be holding the symposium as scheduled. Majority of the speakers are able to attend as planned, and we have a great new venue, so we expect no compromise in quality or convenience!

The new venue for the symposium will be be the Shell Auditorium, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University. We wish to thank Jones School of Business for their generosity providing their venue for this event.

Hoping to see many of you there in two weeks!!

Details:

SIAM TX-LA Section in cooperation with SIAM Imaging Sciences Activity group will be hosting a two-day symposium to bring together experts and practitioners of imaging sciences in various industry, including but not limited to oil and medical industries.

• Focus on the mathematical and numerical aspects of imaging. At the same time, the focus will also be on how to apply the mathematics to solve industry problems of today.
• Look at what the future holds for imaging, find intersection between imaging and all the fantastic improvements in machine learning, reduced order models, compressive sensing, etc.
• Four sections:
  • Tomographic Imaging: Lead by Dr. Eric Miller, Tufts University
  • Reflection Imaging: Lead by Dr. Bill Symes, Rice University
  • Image Processing: Lead by Dr. David Fuentes, M.D. Anderson
  • Future of Imaging: Lead by Dr. Maarten DeHoop, Rice University

Plenary Speakers:

• Patrick La Riviere, University of Chicago (Abstract: Towards Color Computed Tomography: Algorithmic Challenges and Opportunities in Spectral CT)
• Joe Dellinger, BP (Abstract: The story of Wolfspar®, BP’s low-frequency marine seismic source; or, “Sometimes the ‘brute force’ approach to a problem can work”!)
• Gunther Uhlmann, IAS, HKUST & University of Washington (Abstract: Travel Time Tomography)

When/Where:

• October 2nd-3rd, 2017 (week after SEG)
• Shell Auditorium, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University

Organizers:

Alejandro Aceves, Southern Methodist University, Dallas

Marten DeHoop, Rice University

Cengiz Esmersoy, Schlumberger

David Fuentes, M.D. Anderson

Omar Ghattas, University of Texas, Austin

Demetrio Labate, University of Houston

Rob Lipton, Lousiana State University

Alexander Mamonov, University of Houston

Eric Miller, Tuft University

William Ott, University of Houston

Anusha Sekar, Chevron

Bill Symes, Rice University

Madhav Vyas, BP

Please contact Anusha Sekar, Anusha.Sekar@chevron.com for any questions

Agenda:

Please click this link to view the symposium agenda.

Schedule at a Glance:

Registration: 

• Registration fee $100 if you register by September 10^th, 2017
• Registration fee $150 if you register between September 10^th-September 30^th.
• Registration is free for students.

Please click this link to register.

• You have to complete the registration process even if you have pre-registered on the Google form!
• If you are a SIAM member, you can use your SIAM ID to login to the registration site. If you are not a SIAM member, you will still have to create an account (free) to be able to register
• Please email houstonimaging2017@gmail.com if you have any issues with registration.

Logistics:

Taxi, Uber and Supershuttle are options for transferring from IAH airport to and from your hotel. Supershuttle can be booked in advance at: https://www.supershuttle.com

The new venue for the symposium will be be the Shell Auditorium, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University. We wish to thank Jones School of Business for their generosity providing their venue for this event.

Click this link to view a campus-schematic of venues, parking, road access and nearby hotels at Rice University. The closest parking location ($12 option) can be viewed from this link. 

There are a variety of hotels within walking distance of the venue:

• Hilton Houston Medical Centre: 6633 Travis Street, Houston 77030, Ph: +1-713-313-4000, $200/night. Click this link to view the walking route.

• Houston Mariott Medical Centre: 6580 Fannin Street, Houston 77030, Ph: +1-713-796-0080, $220/night. Click this link to view the walking route.

• Wyndham Houston Medical Centre: 6800 South Main St, Houston 77030, Ph: +1-713-528-7744, $230/night. Click this link to view the walking route.

• Best Western Houston Medical Centre (Budget hotel): 6700 South Main St, Houston, TX 77030, Ph: (713) 522-2811 / 1-800 780-7234, $120/night. Click this link to view walking route.

Sponsors:         

• SIAM TX-LA section -- http://www.siam.org/sections/tx-la/
• PGS -- https://www.pgs.com/
• Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business -- https://business.rice.edu
• Sponsorship opportunities are available! Please contact Anusha.Sekar@chevron.com if you would like to sponsor

Special Thanks:         

• Rice CAAM
• MD Anderson
• Kayla Bicol (UH Department of Mathematics)
• Tai McAlister (UH Department of Mathematics)

www.uh.edu/nsm/math/siamhiss