Workshop: Imaging With Uncertainty Quantification (IUQ), September 2022

A 3-day workshop on computational uncertainty quantification for inverse problems,
preceded by a 1-day training course on our software CUQIpy

Training course: Sept. 26 Workshop: Sept. 27-29, 2022 Held at conference center Konventum in Helsingør (Elsinore), north of Copenhagen. Arranged by the research project CUQI.

Imaging applications are everywhere in science and technology, and often there is a need for assessing the uncertainty of the reconstructions due to measurement noise, model errors, etc. Hence, we see an increasing interest in performing uncertainty quantification (UQ) for imaging applications, and for making such methods readily useful in applications.

This workshop aims at bringing together specialists in UQ for imaging, and we invite talks that cover various aspects related to the development of theory, methodology and software. We also invite talks about interesting applications of UQ in imaging. The goal is to stimulate networking and collaboration between researchers and students in these areas.

The workshop format is in-person only. We can accept a maximum number of 15 presentations from the participants (excluding the invited speakers), and there will also be a poster session. Please consider if a talk or a poster is best suited.

Before the workshop, we arrange a 1-day short course devoted to the Python software CUQIpy that we are currently developing for modeling and computations related to UQ for imaging. The short course is primarily aimed at PhD students and postdocs having a rudimentary familiarity with Python.

Invited Speakers

A number of invited speakers will give talks related to the themes of the workshop: Assoc. Prof. Thomas Mejer Hansen, Aarhus University, homepage Professor Bangti Jin, UCL, homepage Assistant Prof. Hanne Kekkonen, TU Delft, homepage Dr. Alexander Litvinenko, RWTH Aachen University, homepage Assoc. Prof. Marcelo Pereyra, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh homepage Professor Aku Seppänen, University of Eastern Finland homepage Professor Tanja Tarvainen, University of Eastern Finland, homepage Research Professor Faouzi Triki, Grenoble-Alpes University, homepage

The Training Course

The training course is an opportunity to learn about our software platform CUQIpy for modeling and computations with UQ for inverse problems. The goal of this software is to provide an easy-to-use platform that allows non-experts in UQ and Bayesian inversion to perform UQ analysis of inverse problems. At the same time, the software allows expert users full control of the models and methods. After a brief introduction to UQ, we demonstrate the main features of the software via examples and hands-on exercises using the built-in use-cases. Then we describe more advanced features, and we demonstrate how to work with one's own inverse problem in the CUQIpy software.

Please bring a laptop.

Practical Details

Use this LINK to register for the conference; the deadline is July 15, 2022. Please note that there are two options for participation:

• IUQ workshop (3 days); the fee is 2,400 DKK.
• IUQ workshop + training course (4 days); the total fee is 3,200 DKK.

Due to practical limitations, we can accept a maximum of 25 participants (excluding the invited speakers) for the workshop. Of these, we can accommodate 15 participants in the training course. In both cases we use a first-come-first-serve principle.

The training course, as well as the workshop, start at 9 am to make full use of the time at the conference center. For that reason, the participants are expected to arrive the afternoon/evening before. You can check in after 3 pm.

• Participants in the IUQ workshop only will arrive Monday, Sept. 26. The conference fee includes 3 nights, from Monday to Thursday.
• Participants in the training course + the IUQ workshop will arrive Sunday, Sept. 25. The conference fee includes 4 nights, from Sunday to Thursday.

• if you want dinner on the evening of arrival,
• if you want to attend the excursion to Kronborg Castle (free of charge), and
• if you are interested in a guided tour of the unique art collection at Konventum (limited to 20 participants).

Getting to Konventum. There is a direct train from Copenhagen Airport to Helsingør Station once an hour - you can use the online travel guide "rejseplanen" to find connections. The conference center Konventum is located 3 km from Helsingør Station, and you can catch a taxi at the station (or call +45 48484848 for Helsingør Taxa). The taxi will cost 150-200 DKK.

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