Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 04, Number 02 February 1, 2004 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: School on Topics in Nonlinear Dynamics in Italy Conference in Leicester on Algorithms for Macromolecular Modelling Conference at Stony Brook Honoring James Glimm Conference at Oxford on Computational Fluid Dynamics Yen Fellowship at University of Chicago PhD Student Position at CWI, Amsterdam Special issue of DCDS-B, Mathematical Models in Cancer Contents, Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis 3:1 Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 188:3-4 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: School on Topics in Nonlinear Dynamics in Italy From: Societa Italiana Caos e Complessita Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:50:04 +0100 (CET) 3rd International School TOPICS IN NONLINEAR DYNAMICS "Discrete Dynamical Systems and Applications" Urbino (Italy), July 7-9, 2004 Organized by SICC - Italian Society for Chaos and Complexity In cooperation with Faculty of Economics, University of Urbino The 3rd International School TOPICS IN NONLINEAR DYNAMICS: "Discrete Dynamical Systems and Applications", organized by the Italian Society for Chaos and Complexity (SICC) in cooperation with the Group of dynamicists of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Urbino, is primarily oriented to young researchers and PhD students interested in the theory and applications of nonlinear discrete dynamical systems represented by iterated maps. Aim of the school is to cover both introductory and advanced topics. The basic theory and the methods of local and global analysis of discrete dynamical systems are introduced through examples and are applied to the modelling of dynamical systems arising in Physics, Economics and Biology. The topics of the school are + Local and global properties of one-dimensional and two-dimensional maps as discrete dynamical systems + Homoclinic bifurcations and related phenomena + Simple and complex attractors, chaotic dynamics + Coexistence of attracting sets and structure of the basins of attraction + Noninvertible maps and their global properties analyzed by the method of critical sets: fractalization of basins' boundaries, delimitation of absorbing and chaotic sets + Maps with denominator, focal points, prefocal sets and related bifurcations + Piecewise smooth maps, border collision bifurcations and related phenomena + Chaos synchronization, riddled basins and related bifurcations LECTURERS Anna AGLIARI, Catholic University in Milan, Italy Gian-Italo BISCHI, University of Urbino, Italy Roberto DIECI, University of Bologna, Italy Laura GARDINI, University of Urbino, Italy Stefano LENCI, University of Ancona, Italy Christian MIRA, France Erik MOSEKILDE, Technical University of Denmark Aleksandr SHARKOVSKY, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Andrei SIVAK, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Irina SUSHKO, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine For information and applications, visit the website http://www.elet.polimi.it/conferences/urbino2004 ------ Subject: Conference in Leicester on Algorithms for Macromolecular Modelling From: Ben Leimkuhler Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 20:10:30 +0000 Preliminary Announcement of Meeting Algorithms for Macromolecular Modelling IV www.am-3.org August 18-21, 2004 Leicester, UK Preliminary Announcement Meeting Themes: * algorithms for force evaluation, integration, and sampling; * methods for structure prediction and conformation dynamics; * Determination of reaction paths and free energy profiles; * modeling of force fields and implicit solvents * multiscale techniques for quantum-classical and classical-elastic models. Synopsis: Following on the earlier meetings in this series (Kansas 1994, Berlin 1997, New York 2000), AM^3 returns to Europe in 2004. The speaker list is being finalized and will include leading researchers drawn from the biochemistry, biophysics, chemistry, computer science, mathematics and molecular biology communities. This meeting is a cooperative activity of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. There is the possibility of limited travel support for junior researchers from the U.S. For full consideration contact R. Skeel (skeel@uiuc.edu) or T. Schlick (schlick@nyu.edu) by February 18th. Members of underrepresented groups and persons with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply. International Organizing Committee: Chris Chipot (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Nancy) Peter Deuflhard (Konrad Zuse Center, Berlin) Ron Elber (Cornell University) Ben Leimkuhler (Univerity of Leicester) [Chair] Alan Mark (University of Groningen) Sebastian Reich (Imperial College) Tamar Schlick (New York University) Robert Skeel (University of Illinois) [SIAM Representative]. Further Info: Further information regarding this meeting (including preliminary speaker list) is available on the conference website www.am-3.org. For specific enquiries, contact us at organizers@am-3.org ------ Subject: Conference at Stony Brook Honoring James Glimm From: Xiaolin Li Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:30:40 -0500 (EST) First announcement for Conference on Analysis, Modeling and Computation of PDE and Multiphase Flow Stony Brook University, August 3-5, 2004 In honor of James Glimm's 70th Birthday This conference will be held at the SUNY Stony Brook campus and will bring scientists and mathematicians in the interdisciplinary field of PDE and multiphase flow. The theme of the conference include analysis, modeling and computation of hyperbolic and elliptic PDE and application to the multiphase flow problem. The invited speakers include senior as well as young and active researchers for a communication of their new discoveries. We hold this academic convention in celebration of James Glimm's 70th birthday and for his contribution to the field. Invited speakers include: Peter Lax (NYU) Constantine Dafermos (Brown University, confirmed) Joel Smoller (University of Michigan, confirmed) Mary Wheeler (University of Texas Austin, confirmed) Tai-Ping Liu (Stanford University, confirmed) Alexander Chorin (UC Berkeley) Barbara Keyfitz (University of Houston, confirmed) David Keyes (Columbia University, confirmed) David Brown (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, confirmed) Gretar Tryggvason (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, confirmed) Chiwang Shu (Brown University, confirmed) Gui-Qiang Chen (Northwestern University, confirmed) James Sethian (UC Berkeley) Suncica Canic (University of Houston, confirmed) Dan Marchesin (Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Brazil, confirmed) Carl Gardner (Arizona State University, confirmed) John W. Grove (Los Alamos National Laboratory, confirmed) Kevin Zumbrun (Indiana University, confirmed) Richard Holmes (Los Alamos National Laboratory, confirmed) Robin Young (University of Massachusetts, confirmed) Snezha Abarzhi (Stanford University, confirmed) Yingjie Liu (Georgia Tech, confirmed) Yanni Zeng (University of Alabama Brimingham, confirmed) Marc Laforest (Colorado State University, confirmed) Roman Samulyak (Brookhaven National Laboratory, confirmed) Fred Furtado (University of Wyoming, confirmed) JeeYeon N. Plohr (Los Alamos National Laboratory, confirmed) Cindy Zoldi (Los Alamos National Laboratory, confirmed) Organizing Committee: Co-Chair: Xiaolin Li (SUNY at Stony Brook) Co-Chair: Gretar Tryggvason (WPI) John Grove (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Conference secretaries: Pamela Wolfskill (SUNY at Stony Brook) Yan Yu (SUNY at Stony Brook) Scientific Committee: Gretar Tryggvason (WPI) Xiaolin Li (SUNY at Stony Brook) John W. Grove (Los Alamos National Laboratory) David H. Sharp (Los Alamos National Laboratory) David Keyes (Columbia University) Gui-Qiang Chen (Northwestern University) Papers are invited for 20 minutes contributed talk or poster presentation. Please send title and abstract to the following email address: mp04@ams.sunysb.edu Please refer to the webpage: http://www.ams.sunysb.edu/~mp04 for detailed information of the conference. ------ Subject: Conference at Oxford on Computational Fluid Dynamics From: Bette Byrne Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:32:00 +0000 ICFD CONFERENCE ON NUMERICAL METHODS FOR FLUID DYNAMICS in association with ERCOFTAC 29 MARCH - 1 APRIL 2004 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD HTTP://WWW.ICFD.OX.AC.UK LATE REGISTRATION DEADLINE - 1 FEBRUARY 2004 This is the eighth international conference on CFD organised by the ICFD (Institute for Computational Fluid Dynamics), a joint research organisation at the Universities of Oxford and Reading. This Conference is organised jointly by the ICFD and ERCOFTAC (the European Research Community On Flow, Turbulence And Combustion). The aim of the conference, as in previous years, is to bring together mathematicians, engineers and other scientists in the field of computational fluid dynamics to review recent advances in mathematical and computational techniques for modelling fluid flows. Invited Speakers: Remi Abgrall (Bordeaux) Jerry Brackbill (Los Alamos) Tom Hou (CALTECH) Tony Hutton (QinetiQ Ltd) Roland Keunings (CESAME, Louvain) Mike King (BP) Anthony Patera (MIT) Piotr Smolarkiewicz (NCAR Boulder) John Trangenstein (Duke) Alessandro Veneziani (Milan) Andy Wathen (Oxford) Particular applications include high-speed flows, turbulence modelling and biological flows. Techniques discussed will include particle methods, adjoint methods, residual distribution schemes, multiscale modelling, adaptivity and algebraic techniques. In addition to invited lectures the programme will include forty contributed talks of twenty minutes and a substantial poster session. There will be no parallel sessions. 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, chosen from eligible contributed papers submitted for the Conference, will be presented by the author at a special session of the Conference. ERCOFTAC ERCOFTAC members are entitled to a 10% discount on registration fees. In association with ERCOFTAC, the ICFD is able to offer a number of scholarships for attendance at the 2004 Conference by PhD students. These will be awarded on a first come, first served basis. If you are interested in further information on the scholarships please email Bette Byrne, the Conference Secretary on bette@comlab.ox.ac.uk Correspondence Enquiries 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: Yen Fellowship at University of Chicago From: Ridgway Scott Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:01:11 -0600 (CST) Yen Fellow in Biophysical Dynamics The Institute for Biophysical Dynamics at The University of Chicago, a new interdisciplinary research initiative at the interface of the Physical and Biological Sciences, invites applications for the Institute's Yen Fellow appointment. This fellowship is for recent Ph.D. graduates and seeks to support outstanding individuals to undertake interdisciplinary research in the Institute. Areas of current interest include biophysics, structural and chemical biology, single molecule studies, signal transduction and genetic networks and theory/simulation in these areas. The fellowship, endowed by Dr. Yung-Tsai Yen and Mrs. Ho-Tzu Yen, comes with a competitive salary, as well as research and travel funds. Yen Fellows are given considerable latitude in defining their research direction and will conduct their research in the laboratory of an Institute faculty member. Applications require a current curriculum vitae, at least two letters of recommendation and a short research proposal. A description of the Institute faculty and their research interests can be found at http://ibd.uchicago.edu/research_groups.html. Applications are due on or before 20 February 2004 and should be sent to: Juliana Feder, Ph. D. Executive Administrator Institute for Biophysical Dynamics 1117 Cummings Life Science Center 920 E. 58th Street University of Chicago Chicago, IL 60637 The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. ------ Subject: PhD Student Position at CWI, Amsterdam From: B. P. Sommeijer Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:06:46 +0100 (MET) The research group "Nonlinear PDEs: Analysis and Scientific Computing" at CWI, the Center for Mathematics and Computer Science in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, offers a 4-year position for a PhD Student in "NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS / SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING' within the research project "UNDERSTANDING THE 'ORGANIC CARBOM PUMP' IN MESO-SCALE OCEAN FLOWS" which is funded by NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) through the Program "Computational Life Sciences". The project consists of 3 PhD positions. The other two are at the Free University Amsterdam (Prof. dr. S.A.L.M. Kooijman, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences), and at the University of Utrecht (Prof. dr. ir. H.A. Dijkstra, IMAU, Physical Oceanography), respectively. Research topic The application field is the dynamics of phytoplankton in oceans. In particular, the ability of phytoplankton to bind atmospheric carbon dioxide and transport it into the deep oceans in the form of organic carbon, a phenomenon which is termed the 'organic carbon pump'. This is of great interest for oceanography and climate research, since it reduces the greenhouse effect on earth. The project combines a biological model (Free University) with a high-resolution ocean flow model (IMAU) and advanced numerical methods for calculating transport of nutrients and biomass (CWI). Profile Successful candidates must have knowledge of the numerical analysis of PDEs. The candidate that we are looking for is keen on working at the interface of numerical analysis, bio-mathematical modelling and computational science, so as to successfully co-operate with the other two PhD students. A necessary condition for fulfilling the vacancy is a M.Sc. in (numerical) mathematics, computational science, computational fluid dynamics, or a comparable expertise. Terms of employment The salary with related employment conditions is according to regulations for OIOs (Onderzoekers in Opleiding). Moreover CWI offers attractive working conditions, including flexibility and help with housing for foreigners. Application You are invited to send an application, no later than February 20 2004, to Dr. Ben Sommeijer CWI/MAS, P.O. Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam, the Netherlands, E-mail: bsom@cwi.nl, Your application should provide a description of your mathematical education, your motivation for applying for this position, your CV, and examination marks. Students who are about to finish their M.Sc thesis are also encouraged to apply. For further information you can download the granted project description from http://www.cwi.nl/projects/carbonpump (see also http://www.bio.vu.nl/thb/). ------ Subject: Special issue of DCDS-B, Mathematical Models in Cancer From: "Hu_Shouchuan" Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 08:46:22 -0600 Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems: Series B Volume 4, Number 1 (February 2004) A special issue based on the Cancer Workshop held at Vanderbilt University in 2002. This special issue is featured in Economist, one of the most influential publications worldwide Guest Editors: Mary Ann Horn and Glenn Webb http://aimsciences.org/journals/dcdsB/current_B.htm Contents: John A. Adam Inside mathematical modeling: building models in the context of wound healing in bone pp. 1--24 Evans K. Afenya and Calixto P. Calder\'on Growth kinetics of cancer cells prior to detection and treatment: an alternative view pp. 25--28 Z.Agur, L.Arakelyan, P.Daugulis, Y.Ginosar Hopf point analysis for angiogenesis models pp. 29--38 J.C. Arciero, T.L. Jackson, and D.E. Kirschner A mathematical model of tumor-immune evasion and siRNA treatment pp. 39--58 N. Bellomo and A. Bellouquid From a class of kinetic models to the macroscopic equations for multicellular systems in biology pp. 59--80 H.M. Byrne, S.M. Cox and C.E. Kelly Macrophage--tumour interactions: in vivo dynamics pp. 81--98 Pep Charusanti, X. Hu, L. Chen, D. Neuhauser, and J. J. DiStefano III A mathematical model of BCR-ABL autophosphorylation, signaling through the CRKL pathway, and gleevec dynamics in chronic myeloid leukemia pp. 99--114 Janet Dyson, Rosanna Villella-Bressan, and G.F. Webb The steady state of a maturity structured tumor cord cell population pp. 115--134 Thayla N. Burden, Jon Ernstberger and K. Renee Fister Optimal control applied to immunotherapy pp. 135--146 Avner Friedman A hierarchy of cancer models and their mathematical challenges pp. 147--159 A. Bertuzzi, A. d'Onofrio, A. Fasano and A. Gandolfi Modelling cell populations with spatial structure: steady state and treatment-induced evolution of tumour cords pp. 161--186 T.L. Jackson A mathematical model of prostate tumor growth and androgen-independent relapse pp. 187--201 R. Kowalczyk, A. Gamba and L. Preziosi On the stability of homogeneous solutions to some aggregation models 203--220 Y. Kuang, J.D. Nagy and J.J. Elser Biological stoichiometry of tumor dynamics: mathematical models and analysis pp. 221--240 Amy H. Lin A model of tumor and lymphocyte interactions pp. 241--266 Sophia A. Maggelakis Modeling the role of angiogenesis in epidermal wound healing pp. 267--273 Jason H. Moore and Lance W. Hahn Evaluation of a discrete dynamic systems approach for modeling the hierarchical relationship between genes, biochemistry, and disease susceptibility pp. 275--287 Kristin R. Swanson, Ellsworth C. Alvord, Jr. and J. D. Murray Dynamics of a model for brain tumors reveals a small window for therapeutic intervention pp. 289--295 W.Y. Tan, L.-J. Zhang and C.W. Chen Stochastic modeling of carcinogenesis: state space models and estimation of parameters pp. 297--322 Paolo Ubezio Unraveling the complexity of cell cycle effects of anticancer drugs in cell populations pp. 323--335 Yongzhi Xu A free boundary problem model of ductal carcinoma in situ pp. 337--348 ------ Subject: Contents, Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis 3:1 From: "Hu_Shouchuan" Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 20:22:42 -0600 To access the journal online, visit http://www.aimsciences.org/journals/cpaa/current_CPAA.htm Daniel Coutand and Steve Shkoller Turbulent channel flow in weighted Sobolev spaces using the anisotropic Lagrangian averaged Navier-Stokes (LANS-$\alpha$) equations pp. 1--23 M.V. Bartuccelli, K.B. Blyuss and Y.N. Kyrychko Length scales and positivity of solutions of a class of reaction-diffusion equations pp. 25--40 F. Brito, M.L. Leite and V. Souza-Neto Liouville's formula under the viewpoint of minimal surfaces pp. 41--51 Jo\~ao-Paulo Dias and M\'ario Figueira On the Riemann problem for some discontinuous systems of conservation laws describing phase transitions pp. 53--58 Akisato Kubo Asymptotic behavior of solutions of the mixed problem for semilinear hyperbolic equations pp. 59--74 Angelo B. Mingarelli Nonlinear functionals in oscillation theory of matrix differential systems pp. 75--84 Jos\'e-Francisco Rodrigues and Jo Lita da Silva On a unilateral reaction-diffusion system and a nonlocal evolution obstacle problem pp. 85--95 Paola Trebeschi On the slightly compressible MHD system in the half-plane pp. 97--113 M. Petcu and R. Temam Existence and regularity results for the primitive equations in two space dimensions pp. 115--131 Hans J. Wolters A Newton-type method for computing best segment approximations pp. 133--149 P.R. Zingano Asymptotic behavior of the $L^{1}$ norm of solutions to nonlinear parabolic equations pp. 151--159 ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 188:3-4 From: cdmailer@elsevier.co.uk Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:47:57 GMT For more information about this journal visit: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/physd Classical and quantum targeted energy transfer between nonlinear oscillators P. Maniadis, G. Kopidakis, S. Aubry pp 153-177 Energy method for Boltzmann equation T.-P. Liu, T. Yang, S.-H. Yu pp 178-192 Stationary modulated-amplitude waves in the 1D complex Ginzburg-Landau equation Y. Lan, N. Garnier, P. Cvitanovic pp 193-212 Solitons in Bose-Einstein condensates trapped in a double-well potential V.S. Shchesnovich, B.A. Malomed, R.A. Kraenkel pp 213-240 Effect of polarization mode dispersion in optical soliton transmission in fibers A. Hasegawa pp 241-246 On Whitham theory for perturbed integrable equations A.M. Kamchatnov pp 247-261 Rotation prevents finite-time breakdown H. Liu, E. Tadmor pp 262-276 The soliton-stripe pattern in the Seul-Andelman membrane X. Ren, J. Wei pp 277-291 A mathematical model of motorneuron dynamics in the heartbeat of the leech P.-L. Buono, A. Palacios pp 292-313