Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 03, Number 18 October 1, 2003 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: The 90th Statistical Mechanics Meeting Conference at Oxford on Computational Fluid Dynamics Call for nominations, SIAM W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize Faculty Positions at University of Colorado, Boulder PhD Position at Politecnico di Milano, Italy Postdoctoral Position at Massey University PhD Position at CWI, Amsterdam Special issue of DCDS-A, for the 80th birthday of M. Vishik Special issue of DCDS-B, "Mathematical Models in Cancer" Contents, Journal of Nonlinear Science, 13:5 Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 184 1:4 Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 185 2 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: The 90th Statistical Mechanics Meeting From: Joel LEBOWITZ Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 10:49:19 -0400 (EDT) FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT 90th STATISTICAL MECHANICS CONFERENCE RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, BUSCH CAMPUS, HILL CENTER, ROOM 114 SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14-16, 2003 Dear Colleague: The 90th statistical mechanics conference will take place at Rutgers University, December 14-16, 2003. At this meeting we will celebrate the 80th birthday of Freeman Dyson as well as the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lars Onsager. In addition to the scientific program of the conference there will be a special concert and banquet on Sunday evening. Here is a tentative list of speakers: A. Aizenman, P. Bleher, J. Bourgain, E. Brezin, P. Cvitanovich, P. Deift, M. de Llano, M. E. Fisher, N. Frankel, J. Froehlich, C. Henley, H. Iwaniec, N. Jisrawi, J. Jona-Lasinio, P. Kevrekidis, N. Komarova, G. Kotliar, A. Lenard, A. Levine, E. Lieb, J. Nagle, L. Pastur, D. Ruelle, B. Schmittmann, B. Shraiman, T. Spencer, E. Titi, C. Tracy, E. Vanden Eijnden, C.N. Yang, and H.T. Yau. A more complete program will be sent out soon. You can get additional information about ALL ASPECTS of the meeting at our site http://www.math.rutgers.edu/events.html. This site will be updated on a regular basis.* Looking forward to seeing you here in December, with best wishes, Sincerely yours, Joel L. Lebowitz ------ Subject: Conference at Oxford on Computational Fluid Dynamics From: Bette Byrne Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 10:06:46 +0100 ICFD CONFERENCE ON NUMERICAL METHODS FOR FLUID DYNAMICS: OXFORD 2004 The 8th ICFD International Conference on Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics organised by the ICFD (Institute for Computational Fluid Dynamics) will be held at St Catherine's College, Oxford, from 29 March - 1 April 2004. The following have agreed to give invited talks: Remi Abgrall (Bordeaux), Jerry Brackbill (Los Alamos), Tom Hou (Caltech), Tony Hutton (QinetiQ Ltd), Andy Keane (Southampton), Roland Keunings (CESAME, Louvain), Mike King (BP), Anthony Patera (MIT), Piotr Smolarkiewicz (NCAR Boulder), John Trangenstein (Duke), Alessandro Veneziani (Milan), Andy Wathen (Oxford). In addition to invited lectures the programme will include contributed talks of twenty minutes and poster sessions. CALL FOR PAPERS Two page abstracts for contributed papers should be submitted by 25 NOVEMBER 2003, stating a preference for oral or poster presentation. NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE WILL BE GIVEN BY 21 JANUARY 2004. All accepted papers (including those for posters) will be required at the meeting for distribution immediately after the Conference on CD. All accepted papers will be refereed for inclusion in the Proceedings which will be published, as at the last Conference, in a Special Issue of the International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. THE BILL MORTON PRIZE A feature of the meeting will be the fourth award of "The Bill Morton Prize" for a paper on CFD by a young research worker. The Prize paper, which should be suitable for a 30 minute talk, will be chosen from eligible contributed papers submitted for the Conference and marked "for the Bill Morton Prize". The shortlist of papers will be presented by the authors at a special session at the Conference. Joint papers must be accompanied by a statement from collaborators confirming that the author made a substantial contribution. Candidates should be under the age of 31 on 1 April 2004. Each candidate should include a statement of his/her age on that date and should indicate that he/she would be available to present his/her paper at the Conference. The Prize will be presented at the Conference dinner. Further details can be found at http://www.icfd.ox.ac.uk/04annb.html Abstracts should be addressed to: Mrs B Byrne Institute for Computational Fluid Dynamics Wolfson Building, Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QD, UK. Phone: 44-(0) 1865-273883 Fax: 44-(0) 1865-273839 Email: bette@comlab.ox.ac.uk ------ Subject: Call for nominations, SIAM W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize From: Joanna Littleton Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:51:26 -0400 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS W. T. and IDALIA REID PRIZE SIAM will present the W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize at the SIAM Annual Meeting scheduled to be held July 12-16, 2004, in Portland, Oregon. The award will be given for research in, or other contributions to, the broadly defined areas of differential equations and control theory. The prize may be given either for a single notable achievement or for a collection of such achievements. Committee Chair John Burns wishes to stress the breadth of the eligible fields. He welcomes nominations in all areas of differential equations (ODEs, PDEs, etc.), both analytical and numerical, as well as in control theory. Eligibility The prize is awarded to any member of the scientific community who meets the general guidelines of the prize description above. Description of Award The award consists of an engraved medal and a $10,000 cash prize. Nominations A letter of nomination, including a description of achievement(s), should be sent to the address below. Nominations must be received in the SIAM office by January 30, 2004. Professor John A. Burns Chair, Reid Prize Selection Committee c/o Joanna Littleton SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 Telephone: 215-382-9800 ext. 303 Fax: 215-386-7999 E-mail: littleton@siam.org Selection Committee Members of the selection committee are John A. Burns (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), Chair; H. Thomas Banks (North Carolina State University); Max Gunzburger (Florida State University); James P. Keener (University of Utah); Alan J. Laub (University of California, Davis). ------ Subject: Faculty Positions at University of Colorado, Boulder From: Catherine Larkins Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:50:20 -0600 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER - DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS - Assistant, Associate or full Professor - We invite applications for a tenured or tenure-track position, to begin in August 2004 or sooner. Applicants at all levels will be considered, but PhD required. Strong preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated research expertise in applied analysis, especially as analysis intersects the other research areas of the department. These areas of research include computational mathematics, dynamical systems, nonlinear waves, analysis of differential equations, physical applied mathematics, statistics and applied probability, and mathematical biology. Further information about the department can be found at: http//amath.colorado.edu. Excellence in teaching is also expected. Applicants should send a letter of application, a current curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, and an AMS cover sheet (see http//www.ams.org/coversheet/ ) to Chair of Analysis Committee, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0526. Three letters of recommendation should also be sent to this address. This is a continuation of an existing search, which will end when the position is filled. The University also be sent to this address. This is a continuation of an existing search, which will end when the position is filled. The University of Colorado at Boulder is committed to diversity and equality in education and employment. UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER - DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS - Instructor - We invite applications for a non-tenure-track instructorship, to begin in August, 2004. This is initially a one-year position, typically renewed for up to two additional years based on satisfactory performance in teaching and research. Preference will be given to candidates with research interests in applied analysis or statistics/probability, but strong candidates in other areas of applied mathematics will also be considered. Areas of research expertise in the department include computational mathematics, dynamical systems, nonlinear waves, analysis of differential equations, physical applied mathematics, statistics and applied probability, and mathematical biology. Further information about the department can be found at: http//amath.colorado.edu. Applicants should send a letter of application, a current curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, an AMS cover sheet (see http//www.ams.org/coversheet/ ) to Chair of Instructor Committee, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0526. Three letters of recommendation should also be sent to this address. One of these letters should address the applicant's teaching qualifications. This is a continuation of an existing search, which will end when the position is filled. The University of Colorado at Boulder is an equal opportunity/nondiscrimination institution. ------------------------------ Subject: PhD Position at Politecnico di Milano, Italy From: Luca Formaggia Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 19:27:21 +0200 PhD position open at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) Please note: this positions is open only to Citizens of EU countries or associated states (ITALY EXCLUDED). Please, do not send your application if you are not eligible, if in doubt please consult http://www.cordis.lu/improving/networks/young.htm The position is within the frame of the EU funded project HaeMOdel (mox.polimi.it/haemodel) Short description: Position leading to a PhD in Applied Mathematics (3 years). The applicant should hold a degree in Mathematics or Engineering or Physics or related subjects and have a good attitude towards numerical methods and scientific computation. He/she will be involved in the research activity of the HaeMOdel group, aimed at the development of efficent tools for the numerical simulation of the human cardiovascular system and will participate to the training activities of the project. Skill in numerical techniques and programming is welcomed. Applicants should write (possibly by e-mail) before October the 7th 2003 to: Alessandro Veneziani Mox Mathematics Department Via Bonardi,9 20133 MILANO ITALY, email ales@mate.polimi.it Please send a detailed CV and provide also the name of one person that might be contacted for references. In accordance to Italian law, the position is subject to the succesful participation to an examination that will be held at Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy (expected date in November 2003); aimed to assessing the candidate capabilities. The examination may be given in Italian or in English. ------------------------------ Subject: Postdoctoral Position at Massey University From: Igor Boglaev Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:31:41 +1200 A position of Postdoctoral Fellow in scientific computation is available at Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University (Palmerston North, New Zealand), in the group of Igor Boglaev. The project concerns with monotone algorithms for solving nonlinear singularly perturbed problems and involves high performance algorithms. An applicant must have a good background in numerical partial differential equations and parallel scientific computing. An applicant should have a PhD in a related field. The appointment will be for two years. Interested candidates should send a CV to the address below, and should also arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent. Please send all correspondence to: Human Resources Section (attn Lynette Hensman) Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, New Zealand For more information, please visit hhtp://jobs.massey.ac.nz or contact Igor Boglaev at I.Boglaev@massey.ac.nz ------------------------------ Subject: PhD Position at CWI, Amsterdam From: Joke Blom Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 21:32:10 +0200 (CEST) CWI is an internationally renowned research institute in mathematics and computer science, located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The focus is on fundamental research problems, derived from societal needs. JOB OPENING The research group "Nonlinear PDEs: Analysis and Scientific Computing" at CWI has a 4-year position for a PhD Student in Numerical Mathematics/Scientific Computing on the project "Mesoscale simulation paradigms in the Silicon Cell". The research topic is the development of numerical methods and software for an adaptive grid method for reaction-diffusion PDE systems with irregular, dynamically changing, interfaces. The aim of the project is to compare this continuum approach with a particle-based method (Lattice Boltzmann, developed by a second PhD student) for problems with large spatial and temporal scales such as arise, e.g., in the study of biological cells. Profile: Candidates should have an MSc in (numerical) mathematics, scientific computing or computational science, (computational) physics, computational fluid dynamics, or a comparable expertise. Candidates are also expected to have an active interest in life science applications. Application: Please send your application to the Personnel Department CWI, P.O. Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam (NL), with mentioning of "PhD Vacancy MAS1 - PDELB". Your application should provide a concise description of your mathematical education, your CV, examination marks and if possible a copy of your M.Sc thesis. Students who are about to finish their M.Sc thesis are also encouraged to apply. Consideration of applications will start immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Information: More information about the project can be found at http://www.cwi.nl/~gollum/PDELB/ or contact Joke Blom, e-mail: gollum@cwi.nl, tel.: +31-20-5924263, or Prof. dr. J.G. Verwer, janv@cwi.nl, +31-20-5924095. ------ Subject: Special issue of DCDS-A, for the 80th birthday of M. Vishik From: "Hu_Shouchuan" Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 22:51:28 -0500 In print is a special issue of DCDS-A (volume 10, numbers 1 & 2, 2004), in honor of Mark Vishik on his 80th birthday. Over 30 articles are contributed by world renowned experts. Full texts at: http://aimsciences.org/journals/dcdsA/Current-Volume/current_volume.htm ------ Subject: Special issue of DCDS-B, "Mathematical Models in Cancer" From: "Hu_Shouchuan" Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 22:51:28 -0500 In print is a special issue of DCDS-B on "Mathematical Models in Cancer", contributed by experts working in the forefront of this important research. Full texts at: http://aimsciences.org/journals/special/special%20volume_CancerWorkshop.htm ------ Subject: Contents, Journal of Nonlinear Science, 13:5 From: "William Payne" Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:08:04 -0400 Journal of Nonlinear Science, Vol. 13, No. 5 Page Title Author 449 Existence of Travelling Wave Solutions Ai, S. in a Tissue Interaction Model for Skin Pattern Formation 471 Deformable Asymmetric Tops under San Miguel, A. Similarity Transformations 487 Integrable Equations Arising from Chou,K.-S. Motions of Plane Curves. II Qu, C.-Z. ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 184 1:4 From: cdmailer@elsevier.co.uk Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 11:21:30 +0100 (BST) For more information about this journal visit: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/physd Centrifugally driven thermal convection at high Prandtl numbers F.H. Busse, M.A. Zaks, O. Brausch pp 3-20 Nonextensivity in turbulence in rotating two-dimensional and three-dimensional flows C.N. Baroud, H.L. Swinney pp 21-28 Weak turbulent approach to the wind-generated gravity sea waves A. Pushkarev, D. Resio, V. Zakharov pp 29-63 Non-stationary spectra of local wave turbulence C. Connaughton, A.C. Newell, Y. Pomeau pp 64-85 Dimensional analysis and weak turbulence C. Connaughton, S. Nazarenko, A.C. Newell pp 86-97 Structure functions and breakdown criteria for wave turbulence L.J. Biven, C. Connaughton, A.C. Newell pp 98-113 Pattern formation and dynamics in Rayleigh-Benard convection: numerical simulations of experimentally realistic geometries M.R. Paul, K.-H. Chiam, M.C. Cross, P.F. Fischer, H.S. Greenside pp 114-126 Global description of patterns far from onset: a case study N. Ercolani, R. Indik, A.C. Newell, T. Passot pp 127-140 Weakly radiative spiral waves L.M. Pismen pp 141-152 Embedded solitons in Lagrangian and semi-Lagrangian systems D.J. Kaup, B.A. Malomed pp 153-161 Localization and coherence in nonintegrable systems B. Rumpf, A.C. Newell pp 162-191 Whip waves T. McMillen, A. Goriely pp 192-225 Regularization and control of self-focusing in the 2D cubic Schrodinger equation by attractive linear potentials B. LeMesurier, P. Christiansen pp 226-236 Wave collapse in dispersive magnetohydrodynamics: direct simulations and envelope modeling D. Laveder, T. Passot, C. Sulem, P.L. Sulem, D.S. Wang, X.P. Wang pp 237-258 Phase dynamics with drift: boundary effects Y. Pomeau pp 259-265 Towards a sufficient criterion for collapse in 3D Euler equations E.A. Kuznetsov pp 266-275 Discrete spatial solitons in a diffraction-managed nonlinear waveguide array: a unified approach M.J. Ablowitz, Z.H. Musslimani pp 276-303 Structure-preserving model reduction for mechanical systems S. Lall, P. Krysl, J.E. Marsden pp 304-318 Dynamics of a trapped 2D Bose-Einstein condensate with periodically and randomly varying atomic scattering length F.K. Abdullaev, J.C. Bronski, R.M. Galimzyanov pp 319-332 Wave turbulence in Bose-Einstein condensates Y. Lvov, S. Nazarenko, R. West pp 333-351 Numerical integration of Maxwell's full-vector equations in nonlinear focusing media P.M. Bennett, A. Aceves pp 352-375 ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 185 2 From: cdmailer@elsevier.co.uk Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:53:40 +0100 (BST) For more information about this journal visit: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/physd G. Domokos, W.B. Fraser, I. Szeberenyi pp 67-77 The bifurcation analysis of the MHD Rankine-Hugoniot equations for a perfect gas H. Freistuhler, C. Rohde pp 78-96 Nonlinear waves in mass-spring systems with velocity-dependent friction O. Hirayama, K. Ohtsuka, S. Ishiwata, S. Watanabe pp 97-116 Integrable models of transverse and longitudinal acoustic pulses evolution in a paramagnetic crystal with spin S=12 impurities A.A. Zabolotskii pp 117-130