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Programme*
Abstract Booklet
* Please note, this programme is subject to change.
Inverse problems remain at the heart of scientific discovery and technological innovation, spanning fields as diverse as medical and satellite imaging, biology, astronomy, geophysics, environmental sciences, computer vision, energy, finance, and defence. Fundamentally, these problems involve using a mathematical or physical model “backwards” to infer a quantity of interest from the observed effects it produces.
A main challenge resulting from using models “backwards” is that solutions are often not well posed, i.e., not unique or unstable with respect to small perturbations in the data. This difficulty continues to stimulate research and innovation at the interface of applied mathematics, statistics, engineering, and physics, leading to social and economic benefit through impact on science, medicine, and engineering.
The aim of this conference is to bring together mathematicians, statisticians, and computer scientists working on the theoretical and numerical aspects of inverse problems, alongside engineers and physicists, tackling challenging applications. We will discuss recent developments and open challenges in theory, methodology, and computational algorithms.
Big Data Session
This year, the conference features a dedicated Big Data Session.
This session reflects the growing intersection between classical model-based theory and modern data-driven approaches. With the rise of deep learning, generative models, and neural operators, the boundary between Inverse Problems and Data Science has become increasingly blurred. The session will explore the synergy between these fields, examining how techniques from network science, information theory, and large-scale optimisation can be leveraged to address ill-posedness, and conversely, how inverse problem theory can inform the foundations of data science.
We welcome industrial representatives, doctoral students, early career researchers, and established academics to attend and contribute.
Topics of Interest
- Machine Learning & Data-Driven Methods: Deep learning for inverse problems, learned regularisation, neural operators, unrolled networks.
- Big Data, Statistics & Optimisation: Large-scale inverse problems, Bayesian inference, uncertainty quantification, data assimilation, stochastic algorithms.
- Mathematical Theory: Analysis of inverse problems, stability, uniqueness, and regularisation theory.
- Imaging & Applications: Mathematical and computational imaging, tomography, and wider applications in science, medicine, and engineering.
Call for Contributed Talks and Posters – NOW CLOSED
Conference Fees
Includes entry to the conference as well as refreshments and lunches.
Full 3 day Conference Fee – Member £375.00
Full 3 day Conference Fee – Non-Member £500.00
Full 3 day Conference Fee – Student Member £230.00
Full 3 day Conference Fee – Student Non Member £270.00
Please register for the conference here.
Conference Dinner – A three-course dinner will be held at Antalya Restaurant, 103-105 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4HH on Wednesday 9th September – £51
This is in addition to your conference fee. Please pre-book here to confirm your space.
Conference Venue
Directions to Woburn House can be found here
Keynote Speakers
Audrey Repetti – Heriot Watt University
Serena Morigi – University of Bologna
Samuli Siltanen – University of Helsinki
Professor Roland Potthast – University of Reading
Julian Tachella – French National Centre for Scientific Research
Organising Committee
Martin Benning (Chair)
Marta Betcke
Neill Campbell
Zeljko Kereta
Simon Arridge
Scientific Committee
Nicolas Boulle
Martin Burger
Yiqiu Dong
Romina Gaburro
Hanne Kekkonen
Bill Lionheart
Ronny Ramlau
Matteo Santacesaria
Claudia Schillings
We gratefully acknowledge the generous contribution from the UCL Strategic Research Fund in support of this conference.
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