Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 05, Number 01 January 15, 2005 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: Session on Mathematical Models for Complex Biophysical Systems Workshop in Heidelberg on Multidimensional Flows Workshop in Linz on Level Set Methods Conference in Portugal on Modelling of Physiological Flows Conference at Brown on Waves SIAM Conference on Geosciences Summer School in Italy on Geometry of PDEs PhD Scholarship at the Bergen Center for Computational Science Postdoctoral Position at Simula Research Laboratory, Oslo Postdoctoral Positions at Simon Fraser University/UBC Faculty Position at Michigan State University Faculty Positions at Isik University, Turkey Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 199:3-4 Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 200 1-2 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: Session on Mathematical Models for Complex Biophysical Systems From: rmelnik Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:57:12 -0500 Call for Contributions to "Mathematical Models for Complex Biophysical Systems": A special session on "Mathematical Models for Complex Biophysical Systems: Analysis, Modelling, and Control" is organized within the International Conference on Differential & Difference Equations and Applications that will take place on the campus of Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, August 1-5, 2005 (http://my.fit.edu/~agarwal/) The Conference proceedings will be published in the form of two volumes each of approximately 500 pages. All papers will be refereed. Accepted talks in this special session assume 45 minute presentations. Potential contributors are asked to contact Professor Roderick Melnik at rmelnik@wlu.ca with the titles of their talks. ------ Subject: Workshop in Heidelberg on Multidimensional Flows From: Malte Braack Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:53:01 +0100 First Announcement and Call for Papers COMREF 2005 Computational Methods for Multidimensional Flows University of Heidelberg January, 27-29, 2005 organized by M. Braack and R. Rannacher The aim of this workshop is to bring together scientists with interest in modeling and computational aspects of flow simulations. The main focus will be on efficient and reliable numerical methods in two and three space dimensions. Highly appreciated contributions are, for instance, related to the following topics: * Reactive flows * Fluid-Structure interaction * Particle transport * Bio flows This 3-days workshop provides a platform for discussion and comparison of models and algorithms. http://comref2005.uni-hd.de ------ Subject: Workshop in Linz on Level Set Methods From: Heinz W. Engl Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:29:41 +0100 (CET) Workshop on Level Set Methods for Direct and Inverse Problems (Linz, Austria, September 14-16, 2005) An international workshop on "Level Set Methods for Direct and Inverse Problems" will be held in Linz, Austria from September 14 to 16, 2005. This workshop is organized by the Special Research Area SFB F 013 "Numerical and Symbolic Scientific Computing" at the Johannes Kepler University, and the Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics. The topics of the workshop are computational and theoretical aspects of level set methods and related techniques for geometric problems, and their applications to direct (geometric motion and moving boundary problems) and inverse problems (shape reconstruction and shape optimization). INVITED SPEAKERS: Gregoire Allaire (Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France) Antonin Chambolle (Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France) Gerhard Dziuk (University Freiburg, Germany) Luis Caffarelli (University of Texas, Austin, USA) Michael Hintermueller (University Graz, Austria) Stanley Osher (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) Martin Rumpf (University Bonn, Germany) Fadil Santosa (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA) Otmar Scherzer (University Innsbruck, Austria) Yen-Hsi Richard Tsai (University of Texas, Austin, USA) Hongkai Zhao (University of California, Irvine, USA) Jean-Paul Zolesio (INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France) A limited number of contributed talks related to the workshop topics (about 20 minutes) will be accepted for presentation. If you intend to contribute a talk, please send title and abstract until June 30, 2005, to workshop@sfb013.uni-linz.ac.at A registration tool and further information on the workshop and location will be available soon at the web site: http://www.sfb013.uni-linz.ac.at/conferences/sfb2005/ For questions please contact: Martin Burger or Benjamin Hackl Industrial Mathematics Institute Johannes Kepler University Altenbergerstr. 69 A 4040 Linz, Austria e-mail: workshop@sfb013.uni-linz.ac.at ------ Subject: Conference in Portugal on Modelling of Physiological Flows From: Adelia Sequeira Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 01:18:51 +0000 ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS 2nd International Symposium on MODELLING of PHYSIOLOGICAL FLOWS - MPF 2005 March 31 - April 2, 2005 Hotel do Mar, Sesimbra, PORTUGAL URL: http://www.math.ist.utl.pt/~mpf2005/ MPF 2005 is the 2nd Symposium of the HaeMOdel EU projet. The 1st International Symposium on Modelling of Physiological Flows took place in September 1-3, 2003 at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland). MPF 2005 is co-sponsored by CEMAT/IST and Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT). The aim of the 2nd International Symposium on Modelling of Physiological Flows is twofold: to gather researchers in various branches of Applied Mathematics and Computational Fluid Dynamics with special focus on bio-flows; to present recent advances and promote scientific discussions on this challenging multidisciplinary field. *Invited Talks* will be given by the following experts: D. Chapelle (INRIA, Rocquencourt, France). A. Corno (Alder Hey Royal Children Hospital, Liverpool, England, UK). P. Deuflhard (Inst. f?r Mathematik II, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany). R. D. Kamm (Biological Engineering Division, MIT, USA). B. Maury (Lab. J.L.Lions, Univ.Paris VI, Paris, France). *Keynote Lectures* by HaeMOdel members and collaborators include: D. Doorly (Imperial College, London, UK). L. Formaggia (MOX, Politecnico di Milano, Italy). J.-F. Gerbeau (INRIA, Rocquencourt, France). K. Perktold (TUG, Graz, Austria). C. Prud'homme (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland). A. M. Robertson (Univ. of Pittsburgh, School Eng., Pittsburgh, USA). A. Sequeira (IST, Lisbon, Portugal). For more information please check out the Symposium web page at http://www.math.ist.utl.pt/~mpf2005/ or contact one of the *Local Organizers* Teresa Abreu (secretary): Dep. of Math. and CEMAT/IST, Lisbon, Portugal, Joao Janela: Dep. of Mathematics-ISEG and CEMAT/IST, Lisbon, Portugal, Adelia Sequeira (chairman): Dep. of Math. and CEMAT/IST, Lisbon, Portugal, through the email: mpf2005@math.ist.utl.pt ------ Subject: Conference at Brown on Waves From: Jan Hesthaven Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:22:16 -0500 2nd Announcement and Call for Papers 7th International Conference on Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Waves (WAVES'05) www.dam.brown.edu/waves2005 waves05@dam.brown.edu June 20-24, 2005 Brown University, RI, USA The 7th International Conference on Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Waves (WAVES'05) will take place at Brown University, Providence, RI during June 20-24, 2005. Conference themes include but are not limited to forward and inverse scattering, fast computational techniques, numerical analysis, absorbing layers and approximate boundary conditions, analytic and semi-analytic techniques for wave problems, domain decomposition, guided waves, random media etc Invited plenary presentations will be given by C. Bailly (Ecole Central, Lyon, France) C. Bardos (U. Paris 7, France) O. Bruno (CalTech, USA) F. Cakoni (U. Delaware, USA) A. Figotin (UC Irvine, USA) G. Iooss (Institut Nonlineaire, Nice, France) I. Perugia (U. Pavia, Italy) G. Uhlmann (U. Washington, USA) ------ Subject: SIAM Conference on Geosciences From: Kirsten Wilden Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 11:21:27 -0500 SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences - Registration Now Available! Location: Palais des Papes, The International Conference Center, Avignon, France Dates: June 7-10, 2005 Invited Plenary Speakers: Clint Dawson, The University of Texas, Austin Geir Evensen, Norsk Hydro, Oil & Energy Research Centre, Bergen, Norway J.M. Huyghe, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Jerome Jaffre, INRIA-Rocquencourt, France Bruno Sportisse, CEREA (Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees/EDF R&D) Anne Marie Treguier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France Gabriel Wittum, University of Heidelberg, Germany Registration is Now Available! Hotel Reservation Deadline: March 1, 2005 Pre-Registration Deadline: May 6, 2005 Registration for this conference is available at: http://www.siam.org/meetings/gs05/ For additional information, contact the SIAM Conference Department at meetings@siam.org. ------ Subject: Summer School in Italy on Geometry of PDEs From: Diffiety School Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:49:39 +0300 VIII Diffiety school in the geometry of Partial Differential Equations Santo Stefano del Sole (Avellino), Italy, July 16 - August 1, 2005 1st Announcement Dear Colleague, we are organizing this summer from July 16 to August 1, 2005, the eighth Diffiety School in the geometry of Partial Differential Equations. Below you will find preliminary information about courses, programs and other activities. We would be very grateful to you for informing your graduate and undergraduate students, research fellows and any other colleague who could be interested in. On URLs http://diffiety.ac.ru/students/its2005/poster.pdf http://diffiety.org/students/its2005/poster.pdf and http://diffiety.ac.ru/students/its2005/poster.djvu http://diffiety.org/students/its2005/poster.djvu you can find the school poster in PDF and DJVU formats respectively. More information can be found on our web sites http://diffiety.ac.ru and http://diffiety.org You may also wish to reply to the following address: school05@diffiety.org With best regards, The Organizing Committee ------ Subject: PhD Scholarship at the Bergen Center for Computational Science From: Jacko Koster Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:00:57 +0100 The Bergen Center for Computational Science (BCCS, Bergen, Norway) has a four-year PhD scholarship available. The candidate will work on the project 'Non-hydrostatic Ocean General Circulation Models'. The project is financed by the Research Council of Norway and is a collaboration between the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Bergen, and BCCS. The candidate will work in the Computational Mathematics Unit with office either at the Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, or at BCCS. The candidate must hold a master degree, or equivalent, in natural sciences with preferably good knowledge in mathematical modeling and programming. Salary and conditions are according to the norms set by the Research Council of Norway. For more information on the Bergen Center for Computational Science see our web pages at www.bccs.uib.no For more information about the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Bergen, visit www.mi.uib.no For more information about the position, contact professor Jarle Berntsen, email jarleb@mi.uib.no, phone +47 55 58 48 54, or senior scientist Guttorm Alendal, email guttorm.alendal@bccs.uib.no, phone +47 55 58 40 44. Send the application, with CV and confirmed copies of certificates, to Guttorm Alendal, Bergen Center for Computational Science (BCCS), Thormoehlensgate 55, N-5008 Bergen, Norway UNIFOB is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from minorities and women. Deadline for application: February 28, 2005. ------ Subject: Postdoctoral Position at Simula Research Laboratory, Oslo From: Glenn Terje Lines Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:52:29 +0100 Open Position in Computational Biology Simula Research Laboratory, Oslo, Norway Simula Research Laboratory has an ongoing project called Cardiac Computations which is concerned with developing and utilizing efficient simulators for a number of cardiac phenomena, including electrophysiology and mechanics. We have an open position at the postdoc level in this group. The qualifications should include: * Ph.D. degree in scientific computing or similar * Knowledge and understanding of relevant mathematical models, i.e. the bidomain model or cell electrophysiology models. Please send your CV and publication list by email to Glenn Terje Lines (glennli@simula.no) before February 1. Simula Research Laboratory was established in 2001, and conducts basic research in selected areas within information and communication technology. The Cardiac Computations group is part of the Department of Scientific Computing, which is an internationally recognized research unit within its target fields. The laboratory is located in modern office facilities at Lysaker, just outside the city of Oslo, Norway. ------ Subject: Postdoctoral Positions at Simon Fraser University/UBC From: Torsten Moller Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:00:54 -0800 (PST) We have two open positions in the area of medical imaging. One position will focus on reconstruction issues of dynamic SPECT imaging while the second position will deal with the analysis (segmentation and visualization) of the dymanic SPECT images. The research will be conducted within an interdisciplinary research group consisting of researchers of the Medical Imaging Research Group (http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~mirg/) at UBC and the Medical Image Analysis Lab (http://mial.fas.sfu.ca/) as well as the Graphics, Usability and Visualization Lab (http://gruvi.cs.sfu.ca/) both at SFU. The applicant should be able to demonstrate knowledge in the areas of numerical analysis, image processing and visualization. Applicants with a Ph.D. in Applied Math, Computing Science, Medical Physics or Scientific Computing will be considered. Please send your CV and publication list as well as a list of references and your status in Canada by email to Anna Celler (aceller@physics.ubc.ca) before February 15. Applicants should have completed their PhD by no later than March 31st 2005. ------ Subject: Faculty Position at Michigan State University From: Gang Bao Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 13:20:28 -0500 (EST) Tenure Track Position in Mathematics MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Department of Mathematics East Lansing, MI 48824-1027 Description: Pending budgetary approval, the Department will have a tenure track position to begin Fall 2005. It is expected that successful applicants will be appointed at the rank of Assistant Professor, but truly outstanding candidates for appointment at higher ranks will be considered. Excellence is essential in both research and teaching, and it is expected that the successful candidate will have at least two years of experience beyond the Ph.D. While outstanding applicants from all mathematical research areas may be considered, preference will be given to those with significant research accomplishments in interdisciplinary mathematics, especially in scientific computation as applied to nano-science, biological, optical/electromagnetic, or materials science. Application information: An applicant should send a vita as well as a brief statement of research interests, and arrange for at least four letters of recommendation to be sent, one of which must specifically address the applicant's ability to teach. Application via this website is strongly encouraged. Application materials can also be addressed to The Hiring Committee, Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1027. Completed applications (including letters of recommendation) received by November 15, 2004 are assured of consideration, but applications will be considered until the positions are filled. Women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. MSU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Institution. Handicappers have the right to request and receive reasonable accommodation. ------ Subject: Faculty Positions at Isik University, Turkey From: Husnu Erbay Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:21:42 +0200 ISIK UNIVERSITY Department of Mathematics The Department of Mathematics at Isik University invites applications for faculty positions at the Assistant Professor level from all areas of mathematics. The appointment begins September 1, 2005. In addition, multi-year visiting assistant professor positions will be available. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in mathematics and should show outstanding promise and/or accomplishments in both research and teaching. Duties include undergraduate and graduate teaching and independent research. The University is located in Sile, forty miles east of Istanbul, at the coastline of Black Sea. Applicants should send a letter of application, a curriculum vitae and the names of three references to: Saadet Erbay Chair, Department of Mathematics Isik University 34398 Maslak, Istanbul Turkey Electronic submissions may be forwarded to serbay@isikun.edu.tr ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 199:3-4 From: cdmailer@elsevier.co.uk Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:29:27 GMT For more information about this journal visit: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/physd Fitting SDE models to nonlinear Kac-Zwanzig heat bath models R. Kupferman, A.M. Stuart pp 279-316 Qualitative behavior of non-Abelian Toda-like flows M.E. Koelling, A.M. Bloch, M. Gekhtman pp 317-338 Low-dimensional chaotic dynamics versus intrinsic stochastic noise: a paradigm model A. Majda, I. Timofeyev pp 339-368 Chaotic mixing of a competitive-consecutive reaction S.M. Cox pp 369-386 Extracting order parameters from global measurements with application to coupled electrochemical oscillators Y. Zhai, I.Z. Kiss, H. Daido, J.L. Hudson pp 387-399 Voice tracking and spoken word recognition in the presence of other voices M. Litong-Palima, R. Violanda, C. Saloma pp 400-406 Analysis of chaotic saddles in low-dimensional dynamical systems: the derivative nonlinear Schrodinger equation E.L. Rempel, A.C.-L. Chian, E.E.N. Macau, R.R. Rosa pp 407-424 Exponential stability of high-order bidirectional associative memory neural networks with time delays J. Cao, J. Liang, J. Lam pp 425-436 ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 200 1-2 From: cdmailer@elsevier.co.uk Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 14:09:14 GMT For more information about this journal visit: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/physd Environmental dilemma game to establish a sustainable society dealing with an emergent value system J. Tanimoto pp 1-24 On the impact of FPU lattice discreteness upon solitary wave interactions E. McMillan pp 25-46 Renormalization for breakup of invariant tori A. Apte, A. Wurm, P.J. Morrison pp 47-59 Mathematical analysis of the multiband BCS gap equations in superconductivity Y. Yang pp 60-74 Topological voiceprints for speaker identification M.A. Trevisan, M.C. Eguia, G.B. Mindlin pp 75-80 Automatic control of phase synchronization in coupled complex oscillators V.N. Belykh, G.V. Osipov, N. Kucklander, B. Blasius, J. Kurths pp 81-104 Symmetrization of dissipative-dispersive traveling waves for systems of conservation laws F. Bethuel, B. Despres, D. Smets pp 105-123 Can two chaotic systems give rise to order? J. Almeida, D. Peralta-Salas, M. Romera pp 124-132 GLAD: a simple adaptive strategy that yields cooperation in dilemma games S. Huck, H.-T. Normann, J. Oechssler pp 133-138 An LMI approach to asymptotical stability of multi-delayed neural networks X. Liao, C. Li pp 139-155 A comparison of correlation and Lyapunov dimensions K.E. Chlouverakis, J.C. Sprott pp 156-164 Dynamics of density fluctuations in a turbulent flow A.M. Yacomotti, P. Hennequin, C. Honore, J.-L. Raimbault, D. Gresillon pp 165-170 Recurrence plot statistics and the effect of embedding T.K. March, S.C. Chapman, R.O. Dendy pp 171-184