Talks, Presentations and Posters

[Last updated 2009]

The implicit Closest Point Method for the numerical solution of partial differential equations on surfaces, presentation at the Leslie Fox Prize in Numerical Analysis (second prize), Warwick, UK (2009)

Computing on surfaces with the Closest Point Method, plenary presentation for the Cecil Graham Doctoral Dissertation Award at CAIMS/SCMAI 2009 Annual Meeting, London, Canada (2009).

The Closest Point Method for the numerical solution of partial differential equations on surfaces, presentation at the 2009 International Conference on Scientific Computation and Differential Equations (SciCADE09), Beijing, China (2009)

Colin B. Macdonald, Jeremy Brandman and Steven J. Ruuth The Closest Point Method for computing spectra and eigenmodes on surfaces, poster presented at the Laplacian Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions workshop at IPAM, UCLA (2009).

The Closest Point Method with implicit time stepping, presentation at the Level Set Collective, UCLA, 2008-09-30.

Implicit and explicit strong stability preserving Runge--Kutta methods, presentation during the Strong Stability Preserving Time Discretizations minisymposium at the SIAM Annual Meeting, San Diego (2008).

Level set equations on surfaces via the Closest Point Method, presentation at the Level Set Collective, UCLA, 2008-04-29.

The Closest Point Method for motion on surfaces, presentation (featured student speaker) at PNWNAS 2007, Seattle, USA, 2007.

Level set equations on surfaces via the Closest Point Method, presentation at ICOSAHOM07, Beijing, China, 2007.

Level set equations on surfaces via the Closest Point Method, presentation during the Computational PDE theme symposium at CAIMS*SCMAI 2007, Banff, Canada, 2007.

In Search of Implicit High-Order Strong Stability Preserving Methods with Relaxed Time-Step Restrictions, presentation at the SIAM Annual Meeting, Boston, USA, 2006-07-14.

Modifying images and sounds using the mathematics of Fourier transforms, interactive presentation for high school students at Scientific I, SFU, 2006-02-24.

High-order embedded Runge-Kutta pairs for the time evolution of hyperbolic conservation laws, presentation at Adaptivity and Beyond: Computational Methods for Solving Differential Equations, Vancouver, Canada, 2005-08-05.

Modifying images and sounds using the mathematics of Fourier transforms, presentation to high-school students during Shad Valley, Simon Fraser University, 2005-07.

Small Rossby Number Corrections to Shallow Water Quasigeostrophy, Alana McKenzie, Colin Macdonald and David J Muraki, poster at the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics, Cambridge, USA, 2005-06.

High-order embedded Runge-Kutta pairs for the time evolution of hyperbolic conservation laws, presentation at the 2005 International Conference on Scientific Computation and Differential Equations (SciCADE05), Nagoya, Japan, 2005-05-22.

Modifying Images and Sounds using the Mathematics of Fourier Transforms, presentation and interactive demos for high school students at Scientific I, SFU, 2005-02-18. (slides, Matlab demo).

The Predicted Sequential Regularization Method: some recent developments for incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, presentation at the First PIMS Applied Mathematics Graduate Student Conference, SFU, 2005-01-29.

Fourier Transforms, Image Compression, and Signal Processing, presentation and interactive demo for high-school students at the 2004 Esso-CMS-PIMS Summer Math Camp, SFU, 2004-06-23.

Constructing High-Order Runge-Kutta Methods with Embedded Strong-Stability-Preserving Pairs presentation at CMS/CAIMS 2004, Halifax, 2004-06-15

High-Order Embedded Runge-Kutta Pairs for the Time Evolution of Hyperbolic Conservation Laws presentation at The Fourth Annual Bluenose Numerical Analysis Day, Halifax, 2003-06-06.

The Predicted Sequential Regularization Method for Multibody System Simulation and Computational Fluid Dynamics, poster presented at the ASI Exchange, Vancouver, March 2002. Winner of “Excellent Poster Award - Second Prize”.

The Predicted Sequential Regularization Method for Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations, presentation at the Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, Laval University, June 2001.

The Predicted Sequential Regularization Method for Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations, presentation at Numerical Analysis Day, Dalhousie University, June 2001.

The Predicted Sequential Regularization Method for Differential-Algebraic Equations, presentation at the APICS Mathematics/Statistics and Computer Science Annual Conference, Dalhousie University, October 2000.

The Predicted Sequential Regularization Method for Differential-Algebraic Equations, presentation at the Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, McMaster University, June 2000.

The Predicted Sequential Regularization Method for Differential-Algebraic Equations, presentation at the Impromptu Numerical Analysis Day, Acadia University, June 2000.