Robust adaptivity for nonlinear partial differential equations
Monday, March 23 – Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Main topics
A posteriori error estimates and adaptivity for
- numerical discretizations of partial differential equations
- a posteriori error estimates
- iterative linearization
- linear algebraic solvers
- mesh and polynomial degree adaptivity
- stopping criteria, interplay of error components
- convergence and optimality with respect to computational cost
- h– and p-robustness
- material properties robustness
Speakers
- Markus Bachmayr (RWTH Aachen)
- Roland Becker (Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour)
- Silvia Bertoluzza (Institute for applied mathematics and information technologies “Enrico Magenes”, Pavia)
- Théophile Chaumont-Frelet (Inria Lille)
- Willy Dörfler (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
- Patrick Farell (University of Oxford)
- Jay Gopalakrishnan (Portland State University)
- Johnny Guzmán (Brown University)
- André Harnist (Université de Technologie de Compiègne)
- Ralf Hiptmair (ETH Zürich)
- Tzanio Kolev (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
- Christian Kreuzer (TU Dortmund)
- Martin Licht (TU Dresden)
- Ani Miraçi (Sorbonne Université)
- Charles Parker (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)
- Clemens Pechstein (Dassault Systèmes Simulia)
- Dirk Praetorius (Technische Universität Wien)
- Joachim Schöberl (Technische Universität Wien)
- Iain Smears (University College London)
- Nicole Spillane (Ecole Polytechnique)
- Johannes Storn (University of Leipzig)
- Rob Stevenson (University of Amsterdam)
- Andreas Veeser (Università degli Studi di Milano)
- Tomáš Vejchodský (Institute of Mathematics, Czech Academy of Sciences)
- Thomas Wihler (Universität Bern)
Program
Monday, March 23 |
| 09:00 — 09:30 Welcome coffee |
| 09:30 — 10:15 |
| 10:15 — 11:00 |
| 11:00 — 11:30 Coffee break |
| 11:30 — 12:15 |
| 12:15 — 13:00 |
| 13:00 — 14:30 Lunch |
| 14:30 — 15:15 |
| 15:15 — 16:00 |
| 16:00 — 16:30 Tea break |
| 16:30 — 17:15 |
| 17:15 — 18:00 |
| 18:00 — 18:45 |
Tuesday, March 24 |
| 08:45 — 09:30 |
| 09:30 — 10:15 |
| 10:15 — 11:00 |
| 11:00 — 11:30 Coffee break |
| 11:30 — 12:15 |
| 12:15 — 13:00 |
| 13:00 — 14:30 Lunch |
| 14:30 — 15:15 |
| 15:15 — 16:00 |
| 16:00 — 16:30 Tea break |
| 16:30 — 17:15 |
| 17:15 — 18:00 |
| 18:00 — 18:15 |
| 18:15 — 18:30 |
| 18:30 — 18:45 |
Wednesday, March 25 |
| 08:45 — 09:30 |
| 09:30 — 10:15 |
| 10:15 — 11:00 |
| 11:00 — 11:30 Coffee break |
| 11:30 — 12:15 |
| 12:15 — 13:00 |
| 13:00 — 14:30 Lunch |
| 14:30 — 15:15 |
| 15:15 — 16:00 |
| 16:00 — 16:30 Farewell tea |
Poster
Organisers: Gregor Gantner (University of Bonn), Lukas Renelt (Inria Paris), Martin Vohralík (Inria Paris), and Benjamin Zurich (Inria Paris),
Registration
Open for participation to the talks and discussions, no workshop fee. However, registration via e-mail to apost2026@inria.fr is compulsory; please state your name and institution. Registration also provides access to the coffee breaks.
Participation in person
For details on how to reach Inria Paris, see here; it is situated in the 13th arrondissement, near rue de Tolbiac.
The workshop will take place in the Jacques-Louis Lions auditorium, ground floor. ***Please remember to bring your personal ID.***
Participation online
The workshop will also be streamed online. The registered participants will receive instructions by e-mail.
Last updated: January 5, 2026