The Centre of Excellence of Inverse Modelling and Imaging

The Finnish Centre of Excellence in Inverse Modelling and Imaging and Finnish Inverse Problems Society (FIPS) are proud to organize a Summer School on inverse problems on June 3-7, 2019.

The event will take place at the Kumpula Campus of University of Helsinki, Finland.

The content is primarily intended for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in mathematics or physics working in the field of inverse problems.

Below is the list of confirmed speakers. There will be a few more coming up.

Minicourses:

Tatiana Bubba (University of Helsinki): X-ray tomography
Janne Hakkarainen (Finnish Meteorological Institute): Kalman filter
Ville Kolehmainen (University of Eastern Finland): Bayesian inversion and MCMC
Marko Laine (Finnish Meteorological Institute): Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods
Mikko Salo (University of Jyväskylä): Applications of microlocal analysis to inverse problems

Short talks:

Hanne Kekkonen (University of Cambridge): TBA
Matti Lassas (University of Helsinki): Geometric inversion
Aku Seppänen (University of Eastern Finland): TBA
Samuli Siltanen (University of Helsinki): X-ray tomography
Antti Solonen (Leanheat Oy, LUT University): Hierarchical Bayesian models for marine vessels
Johanna Tamminen (Finnish Meteorological Institute): Satellite remote sensing
Tanja Tarvainen (University of Eastern Finland): Tomographic imaging with light and sound

To register, please send email to summer.school “at” fips.fi. Registration fee is 60 euros. The registration fee can be paid in cash at the beginning of the course, or to the following bank account:
Account owner: Suomen inversioseura
IBAN number: FI72 1012 3000 2079 18
SWIFT/BIC Code: NDEAFIHH
Y-tunnus 2008830-2
Reference number: 600 4

Deadline for registration: April 30, 2019.

Johanna Tamminen: Satellite remote sensing and the potential of machine learning Machine Learning Coffee Seminar, 5th November 2018.

FMI-SPACE hosted a Workshop on Inverse Problems and Uncertainty Quantification in Satellite Remote Sensing in 10–12 October, 2018. The workshop gathered together international experts on remote sensing and related mathematical and statistical inverse problems.

Advances in atmospheric remote sensing are profoundly linked to finding efficient solutions to inverse problems. In particular, the workshop addressed in several contributions novel approaches for satellite retrievals of carbon dioxide, especially regarding the Nasa Orbiting Carbon Observatory -2 (OCO-2) mission. Prof. Heikki Haario, the lead organiser of the workshop, emphasises the importance of collaboration between researchers from different fields in this inherently multidisciplinary effort.  The presentations covered several aspects of the OCO-2 mission, and novel methods for high dimensional and high-CPU problems encountered in remote sensing in general.

The workshop was organised jointly by the FMI and Lappeenranta University of Technology teams of the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in Inverse Modelling and Imaging. The Centre of Excellence started in January 2018 and continues for eight years. Within the Centre of Excellence, the scientific goal of the FMI team, led by Prof. Johanna Tamminen, is to improve the interpretation of satellite remote sensing of greenhouse gases and air quality by developing and applying novel mathematical and statistical methods of uncertainty quantification to satellite remote sensing. The ultimate goal is to develop improved methods for estimating sources and sinks of greenhouse gases by utilising satellite observations.

The workshop attracted close to 30 participants, including leading international experts from the Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Montana, Case Western Reserve University, University of Warwick, and University of Monash.