Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 03, Number 20 November 1, 2003 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: New AIMS Journal on Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering Winter School on Recent Trends in Nonlinear Science Meeting, Young European Researchers in Mechanics and Symmetry Conference in Turkey on Dynamical Systems and Applications Conference in Sedona on Numerical Combustion Faculty Position at University of Delaware Lectureship Position at University of Sussex Postdoctoral Position at University of Florida Faculty Position at Utah State University Faculty Position at MIT PhD Student Position at Groningen University 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: New AIMS Journal on Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering From: kuang Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:20:36 -0700 Dear colleagues, This e-mail solicits your submissions to the forthcoming AIMS journal of Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering (MBE). http://math.asu.edu/~mbe MBE is a quarterly international journal focusing on new exciting developments in the fast-growing fields of mathematical biosciences and engineering. Areas covered include general mathematical methods and their applications in biology, medical and biomedical sciences and engineering with an emphasis on work related to mathematical modeling, nonlinear, and stochastic dynamics. The editorial board of MBE is strongly committed to promoting cutting-edge, integrative and interdisciplinary research bridging mathematics, life sciences and engineering. Manuscripts must be written in English and submitted by e-mail in pdf or ps formatst (if less than 2MB) directly to the editorial office, CLASjournals@asu.edu , with a copy to kuang@asu.edu . The authors are encouraged to name one or two appropriate associate editors from the editorial board to review their manuscripts. All communications will be conducted by e-mails. Best regards. Yang Kuang Office locations: PSA 429/224 Associate chair, Director of graduate studies (http://math.asu.edu/~grad/) Department of Mathematics and Statistics Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 kuang@asu.edu Fax: 480-965-8119 (offices PSA 429 and PSA 224) 480-965-6915(3793), My homepage: http://math.la.asu.edu/~kuang ------ Subject: Winter School on Recent Trends in Nonlinear Science From: Amadeu Delshams Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:32:00 +0100 First Winter School of the Spanish Network DANCE http://www.dance-net.org/ Recent Trends in Nonlinear Science http://www.dance-net.org/rtns2004/ Palma de Mallorca, February 2-6 2004 Courses (http://www.dance-net.org/rtns2004/courses): * S. Jaffard (Universite' de Paris XII) Wavelet techniques for the local regularity of signals * V. Kaloshin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Mather theory and variational constructions of diffusing orbits in Hamiltonian systems * C. Simo' (Universitat de Barcelona) What one can do to study a dynamical system numerically Registration (http://www.dance-net.org/rtns2004/registration): Registration is already open in http://www.dance-net.org/rtns2004/ with reduced registration fee, which is 250 euros. It includes attendance, materials and lunch. There will be a number of partial and full accommodation grants for young participants. Note: The number of available places in the school is limited. Final admissions will be by the registration order. Tentative Schedule: * November 23, 2003: Registration period remains open but with non-reduced fee (300 euros). The application period for inscription and/or accommodation grants ends. * December 8, 2003: Registration period ends. * December 9, 2003: Publication of the list of accepted students and inscription and/or accommodation grants. Presentation (http://www.dance-net.org/rtns2004/presentation): This is the first winter school in Dynamical Systems of the recently created DANCE (Dina'mica, Atractores y Nolinealidad: Caos y Estabilidad) Spanish network (http://www.dance-net.org/). This series of winter schools aims at training their participants both theoretically and in applications in the field of the nonlinear science; with the aim that theory and applications enforce each other. This will be done in an atmosphere of informal discussion, interchange of ideas and critical discussion of results. Attention will be paid to the numerical and computational issues. These winter schools should help the basic training of young researchers, whilst opening new fields for senior ones. As a byproduct, the courses are planned to receive official recognition in some Spanish Ph D programs. If you are interested in receiving information from the network, you are welcome to subscribe to its mailing list: dance-net@maia.ub.es. In order to do so, you need to fill the subscription form in http://www.maia.ub.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dance-net/ Whenever you would like to send some information through this list, you can send an e-mail message to dance-net@maia.ub.es (which can be done only by members of the list). ------ Subject: Meeting, Young European Researchers in Mechanics and Symmetry From: Young European Researchers in Mechanics Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:48:43 +0000 (WET) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT Young European Researchers in Mechanics and Symmetry (YERM) 2004 January 13-17, 2004, Lisbon ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This informal meeting will focus on the geometry, dynamics and numerics of mechanical systems with symmetry. It is being organised under the auspices of the EU Research Training Network "Mechanics and Symmetry in Europe" (MASIE), but is open to all young scientists with interests in relevant areas. Participants are invited to give a talk in one of two formats: 1) Introductory/overview talks of 60-90 minutes 2) Research talks of 30-60 minutes The lengths of the talks are flexible, and there will be plenty of opportunities for discussion. Participants are encouraged to submit extended abstracts, with references and links, to be published on the meeting website. We particularly encourage participants to consider giving an introductory talk, possibly in cooperation with another participant. These talks may include recent research but should focus on an introduction to, or overview of, a broader subject and should be accessible to most conference participants. In order to allow time for these longer talks, we would like to limit the number of speakers to 25, so please register soon. Depending on the number of people who wish to speak, we may have to set shorter time limits on the talks than proposed above. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN: To register, please go to the meeting web site: www.inln.cnrs.fr/~planas/WebYerm and click on the Registration link. You will be instructed to copy a form, fill it in and email it to the address below. Please do this even if you have already contacted us about this meeting. PLEASE REGISTER SOON (even if you don't have a final talk title/abstract), and BY NOVEMBER 20TH if possible. This "deadline" is not absolute, but observing it would help the organizers. There is no registration fee. We will arrange accommodation. Prices start from 34 euros single or 46.50 double; see the web page for details. Unfortunately do not have any funding available to cover participants' costs. If you are a member of the MASIE network, we suggest that you try to get funding from your local node. Best regards, The Organisers: Victor Planas Bielsa, Miguel Rodriguez Olmos, Tanya Schmah ------ Subject: Conference in Turkey on Dynamical Systems and Applications From: Basem Attili Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 19:36:06 +0400 International Conference: 2004 - Dynamical Systems and Applications August 02 - 08, 2004, Antalya - Kapadokya, Turkey SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM: The scientific program will include one-hour plenary lectures, half-hour lectures and poster contributions. There is a plan to publish the Conference Proceedings. SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE: The conference covers all aspects of dynamical systems both theoretical and applied. This includes, but not limited to, Dynamical Systems, Computational Mathematics, Simulation, Neural Networks, Stochastic/Deterministic: Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations, Chaos Theory, Integral Equations, Integro-Differential Equations, Difference Equations, Nonlinear Operator Equations, Variational Inequalities, and Complementarily Problems, Populations Dynamics, Differential-Difference Inequalities, The Theory of Risk and Safety of Dynamic Systems, Wavelets and related topic ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Akca Haydar, Arino Ovide, Basem S. Attili, Boucherif Abdelkader, Berezensky Leonid, Cho Yeol Je, Covachev Valery, Gyori Istvan, Maksimov Vyacheslav, Stavroulakis Ioannis LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Akca Haydar, Ciplak Battal SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: Alaoui, A. , Altmayer Kumud S., Arabnia Hamid R., Azbelev N.V., Basem S. Attili, Cahlon B., Debnath Lokenath, Elaydi S., Faria T., Gopalsamy K., Gyori I., Hbid H. L., Kim Joung Kyu, Kolmanovskii V., Maksimov V., Samhandham M., Syam Mohamed I., Vanmaele Mich ------ Subject: Conference in Sedona on Numerical Combustion From: Kirsten Wilden Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:26:12 -0400 International Conference on Numerical Combustion (NC04) Location: Hilton Sedona Resort & Spa, Sedona, Arizona Dates: May 9-12, 2004 The Call for Presentations for this conference is available at: http://www.siam.org/meetings/nc04/ Deadlines: Minisymposium proposals: November 5, 2003 Minisymposium abstracts: December 3, 2003 Contributed abstracts in lecture or poster format: December 3, 2003 For additional information, contact SIAM Conference Department at meetings@siam.org ------ Subject: Faculty Position at University of Delaware From: Peter Monk Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 22:08:18 -0400 The University of Delaware has an opening for a tenure track assistant professor in applied analysis. Please see our web page http://www.math.udel.edu/searches/appl_03.html for more details. Peter Monk ------ From: C. M. Elliott Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:19:45 +0100 (BST) Subject: Lectureship Position at University of Sussex The Department of Mathematics at the University of Sussex invites applications for the position of Lecturer A/B in Applied Mathematics/Numerical Analysis with salary in the range:22,191 to 25,451 or 26,270 to 33,679 GBP per annum (pay award pending). We are seeking an outstanding candidate to take up a Lectureship commencing 1st January 2004. Applied Mathematics at Sussex has an excellent research record in the mathematics of free boundary problems, in numerical analysis and in nonlinear partial differential equations. It achieved a grade 5 in the last UK Research Assessment Exercise. Candidates for the Lectureship should have a growing research reputation in an area of applied mathematics related to one or more of the current research activities of the Department. The successful candidate will be expected to make a significant contribution to the department's research, teaching and administration. Informal enquiries may be made to Charlie Elliott (tel 01273 678111; email: c.m.elliott@sussex.ac.uk). For further information about the department see http://www.sussex.ac.uk/maths/ The closing date is Friday 24th October 2003. Further particulars and application forms are downloadable from www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/staffing/personnl/vacs/vac327.shtml. Application forms are also available from and should be returned to (along with supporting material such as list of publications and cv) the Human Resources Division, Sussex House, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH, email: recruitment@sussex.ac.uk, telephone(01273) 678706, fax (01273) 877401. ------ Subject: Postdoctoral Position at University of Florida From: Robert Buchler Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:50:20 -0400 POSTDOC POSITION in FLUID DYNAMICS/ASTROPHYSICS Physics Department, University of Florida Project: Develop 2D/3D (fortran) code to treat convection in large amplitude pulsating stars. Experience with 2D or 3D numerical hydrodynamics is required. Duration: 2 years (subject to expected continuation of funding) Starting time: January 2004 (no later than february) Salary: $38,000 (state mandated state health-insurance has to be subtracted from this amount) for more details contact Prof. Robert Buchler buchler@phys.ufl.edu ------ Subject: Faculty Position at Utah State University From: Joe Koebbe Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 10:13:49 -0600 (MDT) Department of Mathematics and Statistics UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY The Department of Mathematics and Statistics invites applications for one tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor with emphasis in applied/interdisciplinary mathematics, to begin August 2004. Target areas of expertise within the emphasis are not narrowly defined, although candidates with significant computational expertise with the ability to teach upper division undergraduate and graduate courses in numerical analysis are especially encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to individuals who have research programs that overlap with research of current faculty working in applied and computational mathematics. Areas of interest considered in the hiring process will include computational mathematics, dynamical systems, and biomathematics, applied in fields as diverse as economics, engineering, hydrology, natural resources and environmental sciences. Candidates must have completed a Ph.D. in mathematics or closely related field prior to August 1, 2004. Candidates must possess good communication skills and potential for producing publishable research and writing grants. Following a successful search in 2003 for a tenure-track faculty member, the Department is continuing to build a relatively new program (http://www.math.usu.edu/~ims/ims.html) in industrial mathematics. The successful candidate must have a strong commitment to support this program through the development of industrial contacts and projects, along with advising students in both industrial mathematics and in applied/interdisciplinary projects leading to graduate degrees. Utah State is a Carnegie Doctoral/Research Extensive institution with over 20,000 students, nestled in a mountain valley 80 miles north of Salt Lake City. Opportunities for a wide range of outdoor activities are plentiful. Housing is at or below national average costs, and Cache Valley provides a supportive environment for families and balanced personal/professional life. USU offers competitive salaries and outstanding medical, retirement and professional benefits (see http://personnel.usu.edu/). Women, minority, veteran, persons with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply, and USU is sensitive to the needs of dual-career couples. USU is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, with a National Science Foundation ADVANCE Gender Equity program (see http://websites.usu.edu/nsf) and is committed to increasing diversity among students, faculty, and all aspects of university life. Applicants should submit a letter of application specifically addressing qualifications, a curriculum vitae, academic transcripts, and have three letters of reference sent to the address below. One letter of recommendation must address the applicant's teaching abilities. Joe Koebbe, Chair Interdisciplinary Math Search Committee Department of Mathematics and Statistics 3900 Old Main Hill Utah State University Logan, UT 84322-3900 Review of applications will begin December 15, 2003 with the position open until filled. Email inquiries should be directed to ims@math.usu.edu ------ Subject: Faculty Position at MIT From: John Tsitsiklis Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 19:09:28 -0400 Faculty Position in Computational Engineering MIT's School of Engineering has created a new junior tenure-track faculty position in the general area of Computational Engineering. The individual will reside in one of three engineering departments (Aeronautics & Astronautics, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, or Mechanical Engineering). Applicants should have a doctoral degree in a field such as engineering, computational mathematics, or computer science, and research interests relevant to one of the above departments. Computational Engineering is being interpreted broadly, including computation (theory and/or practice) associated with modeling, simulation, design, optimization, control, and visualization of engineering systems. It includes modeling and simulation of physical phenomena and product behavior (Engineering Science); and modeling and design of complex systems to achieve maximum operational performance (Systems Optimization). The holder of this position should be able to teach graduate level subjects in his or her field of expertise and undergraduate subjects within his or her home department, and will be expected to engage in multidisciplinary research. This new faculty position, available September, 2004, is designed to make a long-term investment in the important field of Computational Engineering. We actively seek qualified minority and women candidates because of our strong commitment to diversity in engineering education, research, and practice. Applications must include two copies of the following: a cover letter, a statement of interest of at least two pages and a c.v. with the names, addresses, and email addresses of three individuals who will provide letters of recommendation. Send by December 1, 2003 to: Chair, Computational Engineering Search Committee, School of Engineering, Room 1-211, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307; or by electronic mail to cefs@mit.edu (PDF or plain text). Applications will be reviewed starting in late fall, 2003. For further information, visit these sites: http://web.mit.edu/engineering/ http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/www/index.html http://www-me.mit.edu/ http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ MIT is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. ------ Subject: PhD Student Position at Groningen University From: N. M. Maurits Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:40:20 +0200 PhD student in medical mathematics The graduate school for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN) and the department of Neurology of Groningen University of and Groningen University Hospital, the Netherlands, currently have an opening for a PhD student who will conduct research on new methodological developments for analysis of multi-channel EEG/EP measurements. The objective is to eventually improve the clinical applicability of the neurophysiological tests (ERP, P300, SEP, VEP, EEG/EMG, EEG/EMG during fMRI) that can be performed during the diagnostic workup of neurological diseases. We are looking for candidates who have completed a masters in Biomedical Engineering or a comparable masters (e.g. Life Sciences) and have a thorough mathematical background. A masters in applied mathematics with a clear interest in medical applications is also a possibility. The relevant mathematical fields are signal analysis, linear algebra, linear analysis and numeral mathematics. The PhD student will be based at the BCN Neuroimaging Center, an interdisciplinary center for neuroimaging that has facilities for both MRI and EEG. Part of the time will be spent at the department of Clinical Neurophysiology at the Groningen University Hospital. Candidates have written an excellent master's thesis, preferably on a theme related to the current project. Some research experience is considered advantageous. Further relevant qualifications are a structured approach to scientific questions, a broad interest and an open mind, communicative and cooperative skills and the ability to prioritize. Additional information about the vacancy and the vacancy number can be obtained from: Dr N.M. Maurits, +31 50 361 2411, n.m.maurits@neuro.azg.nl Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links: About the graduate school www.rug.nl/bcn About the University of Groningen www.rug.nl About the University Hospital www.azg.nl You can apply for this job before 30-11-2003 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to: The University of Groningen Personnel & Organisation Department P.O. Box 72 9700 AB Groningen The Netherlands E-mail address: vmp@bureau.rug.nl When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber NO commercial propositions please.