The importance of mathematical methods in the geosciences has remarkably increased for several decades. New ways of measuring data, e.g. by satellite missions, and immensely increased accuracies of measurements have required more elaborate ways of analysing geoscientific data. Moreover, well-known and new catastrophe scenarios, e.g. due to earthquakes and the climate change, have demonstrated the need of provable statements with high precision. Numerous fields of mathematics are involved in the processes of modelling, analysing and predicting in the geosciences. Such areas are inverse problems, partial and ordinary differential equations, numerical methods, potential theory, constructive approximation and number theory.
Prof. Dr. Willi Freeden has essentially influenced the research in geomathematics for decades. At the occasion of his 60th birthday in 2008, I am organising a workshop on geomathematics, which will take place at the University of Kaiserslautern from 2 to 4 July 2008. Its purpose is to bring together scientists of different fields whose research is related to geoscientific problems. This includes mathematicians and geoscientists. The workshop will consist of invited talks given by internationally famous scientists.
