{"id":11,"date":"2026-07-24T20:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/calculus-variations-workshop-2027\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-09-28T21:11:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:11:30","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/calculus-variations-workshop-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_pb_fullwidth_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_pb_section_parallax et_pb_section_parallax_hover\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-wrapper\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-background et-pb-parallax-background--css et-pb-parallax-background-module--divi-section-0 et_parallax_bg_hover_exist\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/calculus-variations-workshop-2027\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/08\/hero_calculus-variations-workshop-2027.jpg)\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-wrapper\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-background et-pb-parallax-background--css et-pb-parallax-background__hover et-pb-parallax-background__hover-module--divi-section-0\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/calculus-variations-workshop-2027\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/08\/hero_calculus-variations-workshop-2027.jpg)\"><\/span><\/span>\n<section class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_0 et_pb_fullwidth_header et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_module et_block_module lwp-header-link\"><div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_container center\"><div class=\"header-content-container center\"><div class=\"header-content\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">New Horizons in the Calculus of Variations and Its Applications<\/h1><span class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_subhead\">Carnegie Mellon University<\/span><div class=\"et_pb_header_content_wrapper\"><p>May 24\u201328, 2027<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_header_button_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_more_button et_pb_button_one\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/9RSp8MzekQ3Ukswu7\">Register \/ Apply for Financial Support<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_scroll\"><a class=\"scroll-down-container\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"scroll-down et-pb-icon\">7<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Invited Speakers<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"speakers-grid\">\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Amit Acharya<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Carnegie Mellon University, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Luigi Ambrosio<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">John Ball<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Heriot-Watt University, Scotland<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Kaushik Bhattacharya<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Caltech, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Andrea Braides<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Rome 2, Italy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Maria-Carme Calderer<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Minnesota, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Rustum Choksi<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">McGill University, Canada<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Riccardo Cristoferi<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Radboud University, The Netherlands<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Bernard Dacorogna<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">EPFL, Switzerland<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Gianni Dal Maso<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">SISSA, Italy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Camillo De Lellis<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Institute for Advanced Study, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Selim Esedoglu<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Michigan, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Rita Ferreira<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">KAUST, Saudi Arabia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Gilles Francfort<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Flatiron Institute, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Nicola Fusco<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Naples, Italy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Likhit Ganedi<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Utah, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Wilfrid Gangbo<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">UCLA, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Jos\u00e9 Iglesias<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Twente, The Netherlands<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Richard D. James<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Minnesota, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Chris Larsen<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">WPI, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Francesco Maggi<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Texas at Austin, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Paolo Marcellini<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Florence, Italy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Michael Novack<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Texas at Austin, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Felix Otto<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">MPI, Leipzig, Germany<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Paolo Piovano<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Politecnico di Milano, Italy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Bogdan Raita<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Georgetown University, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Peter Sternberg<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Indiana University, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Kerrek Stinson<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Utah, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Konstantina Trivisa<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Maryland, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Raghav Venkatraman<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">University of Utah, USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Elvira Zappale<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Sapienza University of Rome, Italy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-card\">\n<div class=\"speaker-name\">Barbara Zwicknagl<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-affiliation\">Humboldt University, Germany<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows are encouraged to apply for financial support. <strong>For full consideration, financial aid requests must be submitted by March 1, 2027<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Graduate students, postdocs, and scientists with a recent Ph.D. degree are encouraged to contribute a poster presentation for this workshop.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_3 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Organizing Committee<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Giovanni Leoni<\/strong>, Carnegie Mellon University<br \/><strong>Maria Giovanna Mora<\/strong>, University of Pavia, Italy<br \/><strong>Massimiliano Morini<\/strong>, University of Parma, Italy<br \/><strong>Robin Neumayer<\/strong>, Carnegie Mellon University<br \/><strong>Dejan Slep\u010dev<\/strong>, Carnegie Mellon University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/math\/cna\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Nonlinear Analysis<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Carnegie Mellon University<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/math\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Mathematical Sciences<\/a><br \/>\nPittsburgh, PA 15213<br \/>\n&#9742; (412) 268-2545<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_4 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/calculus-variations-workshop-2027\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/07\/NSF_logo.png\" alt=\"NSF Logo\" title=\"NSF_logo\" width=\"596\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/calculus-variations-workshop-2027\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/07\/NSF_logo.png 596w, https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/calculus-variations-workshop-2027\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/07\/NSF_logo-480x482.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 596px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-32\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The workshop is supported by NSF (DMS grant 2342349 RTG: Frontiers in Applied Analysis),<br \/>\nCenter for Nonlinear Analysis, Department of Mathematical Sciences, and Mellon College of Science.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/calculus-variations-workshop-2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/calculus-variations-workshop-2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/calculus-variations-workshop-2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/calculus-variations-workshop-2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/calculus-variations-workshop-2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":66,"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/calculus-variations-workshop-2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174,"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/calculus-variations-workshop-2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/calculus-variations-workshop-2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}