A mathematical approach to the cardiocirculatory system

Alfio Quarteroni, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne and Politecnico di Milano.
Alfio Quarteroni, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne and Politecnico di Milano.
Research
(13/10/2017)

Next October 18 at 12.15 noon, the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of the UB will hold a colloquium organized by the Institute of Mathematics of the University of Barcelona (IMUB) in which the researcher Alfio Quarteroni, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne and Politecnico di Milano, will talk about the mathematical challenges in the cardiocirculatory system.

 

Alfio Quarteroni, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne and Politecnico di Milano.
Alfio Quarteroni, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne and Politecnico di Milano.
Research
13/10/2017

Next October 18 at 12.15 noon, the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of the UB will hold a colloquium organized by the Institute of Mathematics of the University of Barcelona (IMUB) in which the researcher Alfio Quarteroni, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne and Politecnico di Milano, will talk about the mathematical challenges in the cardiocirculatory system.

 

In his talk, Quarteroni will explain how mathematical models allow the description of blood motion in the human circulatory system, as well as the interplay between electrical, mechanical and fluid-dynamical processes occurring in the heart. Appropriate numerical strategies can be devised to allow for an effective description of the fluid in large and medium size arteries, the analysis of physiological and pathological conditions, and the simulation, control and shape optimization of assisted devices or surgical prostheses. This presentation will address some of these issues and a few representative applications of clinical interest.

Alfio Quarteroni is Director of the Chair of Modelling and Scientific Computing at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (Switzerland). His research interests concern mathematical modelling, numerical analysis, scientific computing, and application to fields such as fluid mechanics, geophysics, medicine and the improvement of sports performance. His research group has carried out the mathematical simulation for the optimization of performances of the Alinghi yacht, the winner of two editions (2003 and 2007) of the America's Cup.

Among his awards and honors are the NASA Group Achievement Award for the pioneering work in Computational Fluid Dynamics (1992) or the Ghislieri prize (2013) and the International Galileo Galilei prize for Sciences (2015). He received two ERC Advanced Grants, and two ERC Proof of Concept grants.