Microlocal Analysis and Inverse Problems

Abstract：

We will discuss some applications of microlocal analysis to inverse problems, in particular the back scattering problem, Calderon's problem and inverse problems for nonlinear equations.

About speaker：

Gunther Uhlmann

Professor Gunther Uhlmann, Walker Family Endowed Professor in Mathematics at the University of Washington, has been appointed IAS Si Yuan Professor, also joining the University’s Department of Mathematics.

His interest and expertise in this area is a reflection of his deeply-held belief about the universal importance of mathematics, which is now becoming increasingly relevant in many other fields, such as physics, computer science and materials science.

Professor Uhlmann has received numerous international accolades, among them Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, Finnish Distinguished Professor 2013-17, Rothschild Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University and Isaac Newton Institute of Mathematical Sciences 2011, Chair of Excellence 2012-13 of the Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris, the Bôcher Memorial Prize (awarded once every three or five years by the American Mathematical Society), and the 2021 AMS-SIAM George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied Mathematics jointly awarded by the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).