Program Overview

Following are subject classifications for the sessions. The codes in parentheses designate the session type and number. The session types are contributed presentations (CP), contributed minisymposia (CM), invited minisymposia (IM), and invited plenary presentations (IP).

Elasticity, Materials

Elasticity I, II, III, IV, V, and VI (CP1, CP4, CP7, CP10, CP19, and CP22)
Materials Related Models (CP39)
Numerical Modeling for Wave Propagation in Elastic Media (CM6)
Optimal Design of an Optical Phase Mask (IP7)
The Wave Mechanics of Acoustic Microscopy (IP1)

Electromagnetics

Emerging Methods in Electromagnetic and Acoustic Scattering I and II (CM4 and CM8)
Electromagnetic Scattering from Random Media (IM7)
Electromagnetic Methods I, II, III, IV, and V (CP8, CP11, CP14, CP27, and CP30)
Effective Boundary Conditions and Their Numerical Treatment for the Solution of Electromagnetic Scattering by Thin Coatings (CM5)
Mathematical Analysis of Conductive and Superconductive Transmission Lines (IP4)
The Inverse Electromagnetic Scattering Problem for Anisotropic Media (IP5)
Wave and Maxwell Equations in the Neighborhood of Corners (CM9)

Helmholtz and Wave Equations

Helmholtz and Wave Equations I, II, III, IV, and V (CP13, CP16, CP26, CP29, and CP32)

Integral Equations

Boundary Integral Methods for Selected Wave Propagation Problems (IM8)
Quadratic Functionals and Integral Equations for Harmonic Wave Equations in Exterior Domains (IP9)

Inverse Problems

Crack Problems (IM2)
Direct and Inverse Scattering in Extended Inhomogeneous Environments (CM3)
Inverse Methods I, II, III, IV, V, and VI (CP3, CP6, CP15, CP18, CP20, and CP23)
Inverse Spectral Problems (CM2)
Inverse Problems for a Perturbed Half-Space (IP2)
Numerical Methods in Inverse Obstacle Scattering with Reduced Data (IP6)
Seismic Wave Modeling and Its Engineering Applications (CM14)
The Inverse Electromagnetic Scattering Problem for Anisotropic Media (IP5)

Nonlinear Waves

Nonlinear Geometric Optics (IP8)
Nonlinear Waves in Optics (IM5)
Nonlinear Waves I, II, III, IV, V, and VI (CP25, CP28, CP31, CP34, CP43, and CP45)
Theoretical, Numerical, and Experimental Aspects of Nonlinear, Dispersive Wave Propagation - Parts I, II, and III (CM1, CM10, and CM13)

Numerical Methods for Waves and Theoretical Fluid Flow

General Wave Theory I, II, and III (CP42, CP44, and CP46)
Mathematical Methods (CP33)
Numerical Wave Theory (CP35)
Numerical Methods (CP37)
Numerical Modeling for Wave Propagation in Elastic Media (CM6)
Parabolic Equation Techniques for Wave Propagation (IP3)
Selected Numerical Algorithms for Problems of Wave Propagation (IM3)
Symmetries, Conservation Laws, and Integrability of Wave Equations (CM12)
Wave Equation Methods for the Numerical Simulation of Incompressible Viscous Fluid Flow (IP10)

Random, Disordered Media; Anisotropic

Electromagnetic Scattering from Random Media (IM7)
Localization of Waves in Disordered Media (IM4)
Stress Waves in Anisotropic Solids (IM6)

Scattering and Diffraction

Diffraction (CP38)
Emerging Methods in Electromagnetic and Acoustic Scattering - Parts I and II (CM4 and CM8)
Effective Boundary Conditions and Their Numerical Treatment for the Solution of Electromagnetic Scattering by Thin Coatings (CM5)
Scattering Theory and Green's Functions (CP36)

Surface Scattering

Surface Scattering I and II (CP2 and CP5)
Surface Scattering (IM1)

Water Waves

Water Waves (CP41)

Wave Propagation

Boundary Integral Methods for Selected Wave Propagation Problems (IM8)
Numerical Modeling for Wave Propagation in Elastic Media (CM6)
Parabolic Equation Techniques for Wave Propagation (IP3)
Parallel Computing for Wave Propagation Problems (CM11)
Selected Numerical Algorithms for Problems of Wave Propagation (IM3)
Theoretical, Numerical, and Experimental Aspects of Nonlinear, Dispersive Wave Propagation - Parts I, II, and III (CM1, CM10, and CM13)
Wave Propagation I, II, III, IV, and V (CP9, CP12, CP17, CP21, and CP24)

MMD, 5/11/98