Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 04, Number 23 December 15, 2004 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: Mathematical Neuroscience Meeting in Edinburgh Course on Mathematical Neuroscience in Barcelona Conference on Control of Dynamical Systems in Guanajuato Conference on Modeling in Natural Resources in Morocco SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications in New Orleans Programs at IPAM, UCLA Faculty Positions at United Arab Emirates University Chair, Readership and Lectureship Positions at Brunel University Postdoctoral Position at Courant Institute, NYU Chapman Fellowships at Imperial College, London 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: Mathematical Neuroscience Meeting in Edinburgh From: Stephen Coombes Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 21:15:40 +0000 Mathematical Neuroscience Meeting Edinburgh, Scotland, Mar 21st to Mar 23rd 2005 Organisers Dr Stephen Coombes, Nottingham (UK) [stephen.coombes@nottingham.ac.uk] Dr Gabriel Lord, Heriot-Watt, (UK) [gabriel@ma.hw.ac.uk] The goal of this meeting is to provide an overview of the current state of research in Mathematical Neuroscience both to those already working in the field and to those who are considering moving into it. The workshop will focus on neural networks and their properties. Several major themes will be addressed: (1) Oscillations, (2) Waves, (3) Patterns, (4) Development, and (5) Information Processing. The meeting will be organised under the auspices of the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences. We aim to bring to together a number of researchers from the disciplines of applied maths and computational neuroscience to foster an environment for the exchange of ideas and the pursuit of collaborative research. Registration closes on Wednesday 12th Jan 2005 and may close earlier if numbers exceed the capacity of around 60. The meeting is supported by the EPSRC, London Mathematical Society, the ICIAM 99 Fund and the Leverhulme Trust Theoretical Neuroscience Network. Some financial support is available, in particular for PhD and Post-Doc students. Further details of this meeting and how to register may be found at http://www.icms.org.uk/meetings/2005/neuro/index.html Scientific Programme Pete Ashwin (Exeter, UK): Computation on networks of cluster states Carson Chow (Bethesda, USA): The dynamics of localized pulses in spiking neuronal networks Jack Cowan (Chicago, USA): Stochastic Neurodynamics Steve Cox (Houston, USA): Channel localization from dual potential recordings Gustavo Deco (Barcelona, Spain): Cross-temporal and cross-modal integration in the prefrontal cortex: The role of fluctuations in neurodynamics Michael Hausser (UCL, UK): (Title to be confirmed) Carlo Laing (Massey, NZ): Spiral waves in neural field equations Markus Owen (Nottingham, UK): Bumps, breathers, and waves in a model neural network with spike frequency adaptation Ras Petersen (Manchester, UK): Neural coding of tactile stimuli: white noise analysis of neurons in primary somatosensory cortex David Pinto (Pittsburgh, USA): Epsilon in neuroscience: the dangers of going to extremes John Rinzel (New York, USA): (To be confirmed) Jonathan Rubin (Pittsburgh, USA): The dynamic range of bursting in a network of conditional pacemaker cells John Terry (Loughborough, UK): Bifurcations to seizure states in a model of neural activity Bill Troy (Pittsburgh, USA): Waves in a Wilson-Cowan type neural problem David Willshaw (Edinburgh, UK): (Title to be confirmed) Alice Yew (Surrey, UK): Modelling signal transduction and adaptation in olfactory receptor neurons Dr S Coombes EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow School of Mathematical Sciences Nottingham, UK Tel: 0115 846 7836 Fax: 0115 951 3837 http://www.maths.nott.ac.uk/~sc/ ------ Subject: Course on Mathematical Neuroscience in Barcelona From: Toni Guillamon Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 19:32:51 +0100 Dear colleagues. From March 7 to March 11, 2005, an intensive course on *"Modeling Large-Scale Dynamics of the Visual Cortex"*, will be given by Prof. Michael Shelley (Courant Institute, New York), in Barcelona, within the Ph. D. Program of Applied Mathematics of the Technical University of Catalonia. This program has a so-called "Quality Mention", so the Ph.D. students can apply to get grants from the Spanish Ministery of Education and Science . For registering to the courses please contact Mrs. Carme Capdevila at the PhD office at the Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics of the UPC at Carmec@fme.upc.edu or at the phone number: + 34 93 401 58 61. Sincerely. Amadeu Delshams Toni Guillamon Department of Applied Mathematics I Technical University of Catalonia, UPC, Barcelona ------ Subject: Conference on Control of Dynamical Systems in Guanajuato From: "Ryder" Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 20:33:17 -0600 International Conference on CONTROL AND SYNCHRONIZATION OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 4-7 October 2005 Leon, Guanajuato, MEXICO organized by Centro de Investigaciones en Optica (CIO) in cooperation with Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) http://www.cio.mx/CSDS-2005/CAOS_1.html First Announcement DEADLINE for ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: 1 March 2005 The CSDS-2005 will feature the latest research in theory of control and synchronization of complex systems and its applications in different areas of science and engineering, including optics, electronics, mechanics, chemistry, medicine, economy, telecommunication, etc. The conference brings together researchers, both theoreticians and experimentalists, from different fields of science to provide an excellent opportunity for sharing ideas and problems among specialists in controlling dynamical systems and synchronization. Conference Themes The themes include, but are not limited to: 1. Nonlinear phenomena in dynamical systems Open and closed systems Stochastic and deterministic systems Electronic circuits Mechanical and acoustic systems Optical systems, lasers Chemical reactions Biological and medical systems Neuroscience and cognitive systems 2. Control of dynamical systems Open and closed-loop control Control of bifurcations and chaos Control of attractors Applications 3. Synchronization of coupled systems Synchronization of two or more coupled oscillators Synchronization by external force Synchronization of chaotic systems Phase locking and frequency entrainment Detecting synchronization in experiments Synchronization in distributed systems Synchronization in networks with complex topology Noise-induced and noise-enhanced synchronization Application to communication International Scientific Committee: Prof. T.F. Arecchi - University of Firenze, Italy Prof. C. Grebogi - Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil Prof. J. Kurths - University of Potsdam, Germany Prof. R. Roy - University of Maryland, USA Dr. V. Afraimovich - Universidad de San Luis Potosi, Mexico Dr. F. Mendoza-Santoyo - Centro de Investigaciones en Optica (CIO), Mexico Dr. A.N. Pisarchik - CIO, Mexico (Chair) Local Organizing Committee: Dr. V. Aboites - CIO Dr. R. Espinosa-Luna - CIO Dr. J.H. Garcia-Lopez - Universidad de Guadalajara Dr. R. Jaimes-Reategui - Universidad de Guadalajara Dr. A.V. Kir'yanov - CIO Dr. E. Kourmychev - CIO Dr. V.J. Pinto-Robledo - CIO Dr. R. Rodriguez-Vera - CIO Dr. V. G.V. Vazquez-Garcia - CIO Organizing Committee Centro de Investigaciones en Optica Loma del Bosque 115 Col. Lomas del Campestre 37150 Leon, Gto., Mexico Phone +52 477 7731017 or 7731018 or 7731019 Ext.263 Fax +52 477 7175000 CSDS2005@cio.mx ------ Subject: Conference on Modeling in Natural Resources in Morocco From: Brahim Amaziane Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 12:14:27 +0100 MAMERN'05 First Announcement and Call for Papers International Conference on Approximation Methods and Numerical Modeling in Environment and Natural Resources May 9-11, Oujda, Morocco http://lma.univ-pau.fr/meet/mamern/en/ Contact: mamern@univ-pau.fr Main Topics: - Approximation Methods - Numerical Modeling of Flow in Porous Media - Mathematical Analysis of Models in Porous Media - Applications of Approximation and Modeling to Environment Sciences and Natural Resources ------ Subject: SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications in New Orleans From: Kirsten Wilden Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 08:18:17 -0500 DEADLINES APPROACHING Conference Name: Sixth SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, being held jointly with the 2005 SIAM Annual Meeting Location: Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana Dates: July 11-14, 2005 Invited Plenary Speakers Marie Csete, Emory University Mrdjan Jankovic, Ford Research and Advanced Engineering (Joint Plenary Speaker with the 2005 SIAM Annual Meeting) Naomi Leonard, Princeton University William Levine, University of Maryland, College Park William McEneaney, University of California, San Diego Igor Mezic, University of California, Santa Barbara Thaleia Zariphopoulou, University of Texas, Austin Invited Topical Speaker Matthias Heinkenschloss, Rice University (Joint Topical Speaker with the 2005 SIAM Annual Meeting) The Call for Presentations for this conference is available at: http://www.siam.org/meetings/ct05/ Deadlines Minisymposium proposals: December 10, 2004 Abstracts for all contributed and minisymposium presentations: January 7, 2005 For additional information, contact SIAM Conference Department at meetings@siam.org. ------ Subject: Programs at IPAM, UCLA From: Janice Amar Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:02:04 -0800 The Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM)at UCLA is a national research institute supported by The National Science Foundation. IPAM supports programs of interest to graduate students, researchers and scholars from mathematics, engineering and computer science, physical and life science disciplines. We would like to advertize several of our upcoming programs to your readers. They are as follows: 1. Multiscale Processes in Fusion Plasmas January 10 - 14, 2005 http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/fus2005 2. Probabilistic Models of Cognition: The Mathematics of Mind, January 24 - 28, 2005 http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/cog2005 3. Mathematics of the Ear and Sound Signal Processing, January 31 - February 2, 2005 http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/progrmas/es2005 4. Mathematical Issues and Challenges in Data Assimilation for Geophysical Systems: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, February 22 - 25, 2005 http/www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/da2005 ------ Subject: Faculty Positions at United Arab Emirates University From: Basem Attili Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 21:22:33 +0400 The Department of Mathematics at United Arab Emirates University invites applications for a number of openings in the following areas: 1. Faculty member, all ranks are invited to apply and in any area of mathematics (job# 4020109). 2. Faculty member at the full professor or associate professor rank in Financial Mathematics (job# 4020108). 3. Instructor with master in mathematics (job# 4020106) and/or master in computer science (job# 4020110). Positions available as of Sept., 2005. Applications are on line and are available at http://academics.uaeu.ac.ae and for more information on the University see the site http://www.uaeu.ac.ae For more information you can contact the chairman of the department Prof. M. Anwar at m.anwar@uaeu.ac.ae ------ Subject: Chair, Readership and Lectureship Positions at Brunel University From: John R Whiteman Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 11:30:31 +0000 (GMT) Chair, Readership and Lectureship in Mathematics Department of Mathematical Sciences, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK Applications are invited for a Chair, a Readership and a Lectureship in Mathematics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Brunel University. Applied Mathematics, including Computational Mathematics, at Brunel was graded 5 in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. The successful candidates for all these posts will be expected to contribute strongly to maintaining and enhancing our research record. Chair in Mathematics (Ref: BHA0150) The post of Professor of Mathematics offers the opportunity for providing leadership in the further development of a strong research programme in a supportive department. Applications are welcome from persons who strengthen the existing research groups. Particularly encouraged are applicants with strong records of research and achievement in any area of Computational Mathematics, with real world applications. Current research in computational mathematics within the Department,including that of the "Brunel Institute of Computational Mathematics" (BICOM), is on the theory and application of finite element and finite difference methods for problems involving differential, integral and integro-differential equations. Related major activities in Applied Mathematics include research on wave theory and its applications. The person appointed to the chair will be expected to provide research and academic leadership, to conduct significant research, to publish in leading academic journals, and to gain external research funding to support and expand research activities. Reader in Mathematics (Ref: BHA0151) and Lecturer in Mathematics (Ref: BHA0152) Candidates should have achieved research distinction or have strong research potential in an area of the research groups of the department. Particularly welcome are persons from any branch of Computational Mathematics with experiencein applications. The posts of Reader and Lecturer in Mathematics offer the opportunity to join and contribute to a successful research programme in Computational Mathematics in a supportive department. Applicants will be expected to undertake research and to publish in leading journals, to gain external research funding, and to contribute to the teaching programme of the department in mathematics. Informal enquiries for each position may be made to: Professor J. R. Whiteman, john.whiteman@brunel.ac.uk or Professor N. Heuer, norbert.heuer@brunel.ac.uk Department of Mathematical Sciences, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, U.K. Further details and application forms may be obtained from the Department's website, http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/ma/ CLOSING DATE 16 January, 2005. ------ Subject: Postdoctoral Position at Courant Institute, NYU From: Anna-Karin Tornberg Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:28:51 -0500 (EST) Postdoctoral Position Available at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. We are seeking a post-doctoral researcher to work with M. Shelley and A.-K. Tornberg on problems of the interaction of flexible bodies with flowing fluids with an emphasis on low Reynolds flows. The start date for this position is negotiable; It will be open from Spring 2005 until it is filled. Successful candidates will have a background in scientific computing, specifically in the area of numerical solution of partial differential equations. It will be helpful to also have expertise in fluid dynamics and boundary integral methods. Candidates should send a statement of interest and curriculum vitae to shelley@cims.nyu.edu and tornberg@cims.nyu.edu. N.Y.U. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. ------ Subject: Chapman Fellowships at Imperial College, London From: John Barrett Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 14:34:19 -0000 Imperial College, London is advertising two Chapman Fellowships in Mathematics, a 2 year Temporary Lectureship with a Reduced Teaching Load. (Closing date 15th January 2005) For details see www.ma.ic.ac.uk