Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 1, Number 16 November 1, 2002 Today's editor: Angel Jorba Today's topics: Workshop in SDEs and SPDEs The 88th Statistical Mechanics Conference, Second Announcement Workshop, Dynamics and Bifurcations of Patterns in Dissipative Systems COM & COM: Conference Announcement Workshop, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control Assistant Professor Position at Auburn University Research Assistant at Hong Kong Polytechnic University Marie Curie Fellowship at Unilever Research Submissions to nls-net must be addressed to: Comments and suggestions are also welcome. General information about nls-net can be found at: http://www.maia.ub.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nls-net/ This is a service created and maintained in collaboration with the American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) http://www.aimsciences.org/ ------ Subject: Workshop in SDEs and SPDEs From: Gabriel Lord Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:26:27 +0100 (BST) SDEs and SPDEs : Numerical methods and applications 31 March to 4th April 2003 ICMS, Edinburgh, UK The meeting will focus on recent advances in Stochastic (Partial) Differential Equations, especially numerical methods and applications. Contributed talks are invited, though the number of slots is limited. Some financial support for local expenses may be available. Early application is recommended. Scientific Committee: K. Burrage (Queensland) R. Kuske (Minnesota) C. Doering (Michigan) K. Lindenberg (San Diego) D. Higham (Strathclyde) A. Stuart (Warwick) P. Kloeden (Frankfurt) The following have provisionally agreed to speak: Chris Van den Broeck (Limburg) Pamela Burrage (Queensland) Hans Crauel (Ilmenau) Arnaud Debussche (ENS-Cachan) Weinan E (Princeton) Eric Vanden-Eijnden (NYU) Jean-Pierre Fouque (NCSU) Istvan Gyongy (Edinburgh) Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo (UP Catalunya) Kalvis M. Jansons (UCL) Andre Longtin (Ottawa) Jon Mattingly (Stanford) Alan McKane (Manchester) James Robinson (Warwick) Angel Sanchez (Madrid) Jose Maria Sancho (Barcelona) Christoph Schwab (ETHZ) David Silvester (UMIST) Ronnie Sircar (Princeton) Michael Tretiakov (Leicester) Organising Committee: Gabriel Lord (Heriot-Watt), Grant Lythe (Leeds), Tony Shardlow (Manchester). For further details see http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/icms/meetings/2003/sde/ ------ Subject: The 88th Statistical Mechanics Conference, Second Announcement Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:03:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Joel LEBOWITZ SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT 88th STATISTICAL MECHANICS CONFERENCE RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, HILL CENTER, ROOM 114 SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15-17, 2002=09 Dear Colleague: A list of invited speakers with titles for the next statistical mechanics conference, where we will celebrate the seventieth birthday of Elliott Lieb, is now available on the web: http://www.math.rutgers.edu/events/statmech.html Meanwhile I send you a tentative schedule and a response form. I would greatly appreciate it if you respond promptly, indicating whether you would like to present a talk and what meals you are likely to take. In particular we need to make arrangements for the Saturday night dinner and Sunday banquet as soon as possible. You may also register at the web site - we will confirm by e-mail. The "official" motel for the meeting is as usual the Howard Johnson Express Inn (formerly the Econolodge). Prices are $55.00 + 6% tax for a single room, and $60.00 + 6% tax for two people in a room. Their phone number is 732-828-8000. There are also other (more expensive) hotels available. These, as well as additional information about the meeting, including a list of those registered, can be found at our web site. Please make your reservations directly with the hotels, specifying that you are a participant at the conference at Rutgers. If you cannot do that, please indicate so in the response form and we will be glad to help. Looking very much forward to seeing you here, With all best wishes, Joel Lebowitz ------ Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 18:59:02 -0600 From: Iuliana Oprea Subject: Workshop, Dynamics and Bifurcations of Patterns in Dissipative Systems First Announcement NSF and CSU Workshop on DYNAMICS and BIFURCATIONS of PATTERNS in DISSIPATIVE SYSTEMS 19-22 May 2003, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Invited speakers (tentative list) and titles of the talks: D. Armbruster, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ : "Localized Structures in Parametrically Forced Systems" E. Bodenschatz, Cornell University, NY: "Experiments in Thermal Convection and Spatiotemporal Chaos" C. B. Ermentrout, University of Pittsburg, PA: "Patterns in Neuronal Networks" M. Golubitsky, University of Houston, TX: "Symmetries, Pattern Formation, and Geometric Visual Hallucinations " G. Gunaratne, University of Houston, TX: "Characterizations of Complex Patterns and their Applications" J. Lega, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ: "Phase Diffusion and Weak Turbulence" E. Knobloch, University of California, Berkely, CA: "Bursts and Intermittency in Fluid Mechanics" I. Melbourne, University of Surrey, UK: "Mathematical Foundations of Ginzburg Landau Theory" M. Proctor, DAMTP Cambridge, UK: "Hydrodynamic Instabilities" H. Riecke, Northwestern University, IL: "to be announced" M. Silber, Northwestern University, IL: "Bifurcation with Symmetry and Superlattices" Themes of the workshop include: - stability, bifurcation and dynamics of patterns, - reduction of the governing equations, - the role of symmetry. Contributed talks are solicited. There is no tax fee for the conference and partial financial support is offered to graduate students and young researchers from US (post-docs and faculty with a PhD less than six years old). A more complete program will be sent out soon. For further details please check the conference web page: http://www.math.colostate.edu/~juliana/DynBifPat.html this site will be updated on a regular basis, or contact the organizers at: Gerhard Dangelmayr gerhard@math.colostate.edu Iuliana Oprea juliana@math.colostate.edu ------ Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 16:01:49 +0200 From: Amadeu Delshams Subject: COM & COM: Conference Announcement COM & COM The 1st Meeting of Complex Systems and Sport is jointly held with the 4th International Conference of Computer Science in Sport. Barcelona 14-17th May, 2003 http://www-ma1.upc.es/comcom/ The 1st Meeting of Complex Systems and Sport will focus on the use of methods from nonlinear mathematics for modeling processes in sport, including exercise physiology, biomechanics and the discussion of open problems. The 4th International Conference of Computer Science in Sport will focus on use of techniques from computer science and their application to sport. The event is organized by the Institut Nacional d'Educacio Fisica de Catalunya (INEFC Barcelona) in cooperation with the Centre de Recerca Matematica (CRM) and the Departament de Matematica Aplicada I, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC). Invited Speakers (* to be confirmed): --1st Meeting of Complex Systems and Sport: Yaneer Bar-Yam (New England Complex Systems Institute*), Veronique Billat (Centre de Medecine du Sport, Paris), Keith Davids (School of Physical Education, U Otago, New Zealand*) Scott Kelso (Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences), Joachim Mester (Inst. Training & Movement Sci., German Sport U, Cologne), Bengt Saltin (Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, U Denmark), Wolfang Schoellhorn (Westfaelische Wihelms U Muenster), Francisco Seirul.lo (INEFC) James Stirling (CRM and UPC), Susan Ward (Center for Exercise and Medicine, U of Glascow), Brian Whipp (Medical Center, Harbor, UCLA) Maria Zakynthinaki (UPC). --4th International Conference of Computer Science in Sport: Arnold Baca (U of Vienna), Domenec Blazquez (INEFC), Mike Hughes (U of Wales), Martin Lames (U of Augsburg), Joachim Mester (German Sport U Cologne), Juergen Perl (Johannes Gutenberg-U Mainz), Antoni Susin (UPC), Joseph Wiemeyer (U of Darmstadt). Please visit the conference web site for periodic updates on the program, on-line pre-registration, submission of abstract, grant application and accommodation facilities. Short talks and posters are invited, and a limited number of financial grants are available. ------ Subject: Workshop, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control From: Jorge Galan Vioque Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:04:07 +0100 International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control Escuela Superior de Ingenieros 3-5 April, 2003, Seville, Spain. International Program Committee: A. Astolfi & A. J. van der Schaft (Co-Chairs). National Organizing Committee: J. Aracil (Chair). Deadline for submission of draft papers: 30 November, 2002 Please visit our website http://www.esi2.us.es/~lhmnlc03/ for further information and periodic updates of the Conference Program, on-line preregistration, submission of paper and accommodation facilities. Description This is the second of a series of IFAC Workshops initiated in 2000. The first one, chaired and organized by Profs. N. Leonard and R. Ortega, was held in Princeton in March 2000. The workshop will present new approaches to nonlinear control that exploit the structure and the properties of mechanical and electromechanical system, namely the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian structure. The workshop program will include contributed papers as well as a number of invited papers by leading international authorities. In-depth discussions by all participants on basic problems and future directions will be encouraged. Topics to be covered include among others: - control of mechanical, electromechanical and electrical systems - control of autonomous vehicles - Hamiltonian and Lagrangian control systems - use of symplectic, Poisson and Dirac structures in control - role of symmetry, reduction and integrability in control - analysis of global phase space structure and qualitative phenomena with application to control - effect of physical and feedback-controlled dissipation - nonholonomic control systems - geometric nonlinear control of Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems - tracking and regulation for Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems - infinite dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems - control of mechanical and electromechanical systems in the presence of delays and transmission lines ------ Subject: Assistant Professor Position at Auburn University From: Georg Hetzer Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 13:33:05 -0500 AUBURN UNIVERSITY Department of Mathematics The Department of Mathematics at Auburn University is seeking to broaden the scope of its expertise by developing and enhancing innovative research and educational programs with a multidisciplinary approach. In pursuit of this objective, the Department expects to fill at least one tenure track position at the assistant professor level with a starting date of August 2003. Applicants must hold a Ph. D. degree in mathematical sciences at the time of initial appointment. Moreover they must be committed to interdisciplinary activity and excellence in teaching and research. The candidate's research interests should complement those of the present faculty. Preference will be given to candidates whose interests lie in actuarial or in computational mathematics. Auburn University has over 50 mathematicians engaged in research in a wide variety of disciplines including algebra, analysis, linear algebra, numerical analysis, probability, topology, geometry, and dynamical systems. In addition to an expanding undergraduate program, there is an active graduate program with approximately 60 graduate students studying in various areas of mathematical science. The Mathematics Department is part of the College of Science and Mathematics which includes strong research departments in Biology, Chemistry, Geology and Physics; additionally the Colleges of Engineering and of Business have research programs in disciplines that require the use of the Mathematical Sciences. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. An application, transcript(s), a curriculum vita, and a description of the candidate's research interests and teaching philosophy, should be sent to the address below. In addition, applicants should arrange for four letters of recommendation (at least one of which should address teaching) to be sent to the same address. Review of applications begins February 1, 2003 and continues until the position is filled. Send information in care of : Dr. Michel Smith Professor and Chair Department of Mathematics Auburn University Auburn AL 36849. Phone: 334-844-4290; Fax: 334-844-6555. email: smith01@auburn.edu. The candidate selected for this position must be able to meet eligibility requirements for work in the United States. Auburn University is an equal opportunity employer. For more information about the department visit our homepage: http://www.math.auburn.edu/ and information concerning faculty and research interests is available at: http://www.math.auburn.edu/research/ For more information about Auburn University visit the University web site: http://www.auburn.edu/ ------ Subject: Research Assistant at Hong Kong Polytechnic University From: Michael Small Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 16:21:33 +0800 Vacancy, Research Assistant "Characeterisation and Prediction of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems from Time Series with Emphasis on Information Processing" Department of Electronic and Information Engineering Hong Kong Polytechnic University A vacancy exists for a research assistant (1 year) in the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Applicants must have a good honours degree in mathematics, physics or engineering and an interest in pursuing research in chaos communication and nonlinear time series analysis. Applicants with additional qualifications and experience are also encouraged to apply. Further information about the department and the relevant research areas may be found on the following pages http://small.eie.polyu.edu.hk/ http://small.eie.polyu.edu.hk/~cktse/NSR/ Salary is competitive and will be commensurate with experience. For further information and to apply please contact: Dr Michael Small Electronic and Information Engineering Hong Kong Polytechnic University Tel.: +852 2766 4744 email: ensmall@polyu.edu.hk providing a brief CV and a description of your research interests/experience. ------ From: Geert van Kempen Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 16:48:55 +0200 Subject: Marie Curie Fellowship at Unilever Research In the Oil-based Product Technology group of Unilever R&D Vlaardingen, a Marie Curie fellowship position is available for the mathematical modelling and optimisation of fat blend compositions. We are seeking somebody with a degree in Applied Mathematics, Statistics or Chemical Engineering. Marie Curie fellowships are available to young scientists with an EU-citizenship. For more information, please contact Dr. Ir. G.M.P. van Kempen, e-mail: geert-van.kempen@unilever.com. Additional Information: www.unilever.com http://www.cordis.lu/improving/fellowships/home.htm http://research.unilever.worldonline.nl http://www.unilever.com/Careers/ourpeople/researchanddevelopment/ G.M.P. van Kempen Oil-based Product Technology Unilever R&D Vlaardingen Olivier van Noortlaan 120 PO Box 114 3130 AC Vlaardingen