Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 05, Number 19 October 15, 2005 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: Conference in the Honour of Carles Simo's 60th Anniversary Workshop on Geometric Dynamics with Singularities 2nd International Nonlinear Science Conference Postdoc at IST, Lisbon Tenure-track positions at George Mason University Full Professor Position at Leeds Call for papers, Int. J. of Applied Mathematics & Statistics Contents, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2:4 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: Conference in the Honour of Carles Simo's 60th Anniversary From: Carles Simo Fest Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:35:59 +0200 Dear colleague, Next year Carles Simo will celebrate his 60 anniversary. For this reason the former students of him are organising the International Conference in the Honour of Carles Simo's 60th Anniversary The meeting will take in S Agaro (a small sea-side village close to Barcelona), from May 29 to June 3 2006. If you are interested in this conference, please take a look at the web page http://www.maia.ub.es/csf/ from which the registration and hotel reservation can be done. Sincerely Yours, The Organising Committee ------ Subject: Workshop on Geometric Dynamics with Singularities From: Peter Ashwin Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 18:25:33 +0100 Workshop on Geometric Dynamics with Singularities Tuesday 13th to Friday 16th December 2005 at the University of Exeter, Devon, UK. The theme of the workshop is to examine recent developments in geometric dynamics with singularities, and related topics. Aspects considered include: Interval exchanges and piecewise isometries Geometric methods for nonhyperbolic systems Topological and measure dynamics Substitution systems defined by geometric dynamics Algebraic dynamics Applications in physical and other systems Invited speakers include: R Adler * (IBM, USA), M Boshernitzan (Rice Univ. USA) J Buzzi* (E. Polytech. Paris, France), X Bressaud (Luminy, France) H Bruin (Surrey, UK), S Bullett (Queen Mary, UK) Y Cheung (San Francisco State, USA), O Feely (Univ. Coll. Dublin, Ireland) S Ferenczi (CNRS, Luminy, France), G Forni* (Northwestern, USA) P Hubert (Marseille), S Gunturk (NYU, USA) J Lowenstein (NYU, USA), H. Masur (U of I Chicago, USA) T Nowicki (IBM, USA), J Roberts (Univ. of New S. Wales, Australia) S Tabachnikov (Penn State, USA), S van Strien (Warwick, UK) S Troubetzkoy (Luminy, France), C Sparrow (Warwick, UK) S Vaienti (Luminy, France), F Vivaldi (Queen Mary, UK) C-W Wu (IBM, USA), G Zaslavsky (Courant Institute, USA) A Zorich (U of Rennes, France) (* to be confirmed) The scientific committee consists of Peter Ashwin (Exeter), Arek Goetz (San Francisco), Sebastian van Strien (Warwick) and Franco Vivaldi (QMUL, London). The meeting is partially funded by the EPSRC. Accommodation and meals on campus are available at GBP85 per day and there is a nominal registration fee of GBP100. We have limited funds to partially support younger researchers. If you are interested in attending, please can you register your interest using the website: http://dynamics.sfsu.edu/exeter to prepare a form that you can then email to H.Crispin@ex.ac.uk. Yours sincerely, Peter Ashwin ------ Subject: 2nd International Nonlinear Science Conference From: Societa' Italiana Caos e Complessita' Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 12:21:43 +0200 Are you ready to discuss nonlinear science? The 2nd International Nonlinear Science Conference will be held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, March 10-12, 2006. Our conference theme is: Research & Application in Behavioral, Social & Life Sciences. The call for papers is now open until Nov. 12, 2005. You can submit individual papers, short workshops, symposium or panel discussion abstracts. Please visit our website for submission guidelines and friendly web submission forms: www.societyforchaostheory.org/insc/2006 The INSC-06 is part of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences' (SCTPLS) commitment to advance the study of nonlinear dynamics and its applications in conjunction with the Societa Italiana Caos e Complessita (SICC). If you have been studying and nonlinear science and would like to share your ideas with people who have some notable accomplishments to their credit already, Crete-2006 is your destination! Since 1991 the SCTPLS have facilitated the development of the theories of applied nonlinear science, the methods, the empirical data, the computer techniques, and some of the best speculations as well. The Society has been credited with the founding of an entire interdisciplinary literature, and our member's efforts are striking each and every year. Join Us!!-----When you join the Society for Chaos Theory Psychology & Life Sciences, members receive a subscription to our research journal --Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, and to our SCTPLS Newsletter. Find out more: www.societyforchaostheory.org/ndpls Publication Opportunity! Successful participants will be invited to submit a full paper to be considered for publication in the society journal mentioned above. If you are already a member, please pass this message on to professional colleagues and students. Thank you for your attention, support and indulgence! Ivelisse Lazzarini, Ph.D. Conference Chair ------ Subject: Postdoc at IST, Lisbon From: Adelia Sequeira Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 02:47:46 +0100 Postdoctoral Position in Computational Blood Rheology at IST -- Lisbon, Portugal The Department of Mathematics and the Center for Mathematics and its Applications - CEMAT of Instituto Superior Tecnico (Lisbon, Portugal) offers a postdoctoral position to work on the development of numerical techniques and computer software for the simulation of blood flow in small vessels and capillaries. This work involves in particular the numerical simulation of mathematical models in blood rheology. Applicants should have a Doctoral Degree in Applied Mathematics, Physics or Engineering and a sound knowledge in mathematical and numerical modelling in fluid mechanics. Excellent programming skills in C or C++ are required. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in computational rheology. A background in medical research or bioengineering is also welcome. This postdoctoral position is available within the EU Research Training Network (RTN) HaeMOdel - Mathematical and Numerical Modelling of the Cardiovascular System, coordinated by Prof. Alfio Quarteroni (Politecnico di Milano, Italy and EPFL, Switzerland) and involving several european research teams (see http://mox.polimi.it/it/progetti/haemodel) There are no teaching duties associated with this position. General eligibility conditions to be followed by the candidates to a RTN postdoctoral position may be found at the Web page: http://www.cordis.lu/improving/networks/tour3.htm The position is available immediately, for a period of 11 months. To ensure full consideration, interested candidates should send a CV (in Postscript or PDF format) and two letters of recommendation (with contacts information: e-mail addresses and telephone numbers) to Prof. Adelia Sequeira Departamento de Matematica Instituto Superior Tecnico Av. Rovisco Pais,1 1049-001 Lisboa - PORTUGAL adelia.sequeira@math.ist.utl.pt ------ Subject: Tenure-track positions at George Mason University From: Harbir Lamba Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 11:13:22 -0400 TENURE-TRACK PROFESSORSHIPS AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY The Department of Mathematical Sciences invites applications for one, and possibly two, tenure-track professorships, beginning Fall 2006. Special consideration will be given to the areas of applied or numerical mathematics. Women and minority candidates are particularly encouraged to apply. Applicants should send a letter of application, CV, at least three letters of recommendation, and a statement supporting your teaching philosophy and qualifications to: Search Committee, Department of Mathematical Sciences, MSN 3F2, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA. Completed applications and letters of recommendation should be received by January 6th 2006 for full consideration. George Mason University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. ------ Subject: Full Professor Position at Leeds From: P K Jimack Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:06:57 +0100 (BST) The University of Leeds is currently seeking to appoint a Director of our new Interdisciplinary Institute in Earth, Energy and the Environment (http://eee.leeds.ac.uk). The appointment will be at the level of Full Professor and applications are invited from any of the areas covered by the institute, including Computational Geosciences or Atmospheric Modelling and Simulation. Further details may be obtained from the above web page and the closing date is October 21st 2005. ------ Subject: Call for papers, Int. J. of Applied Mathematics & Statistics From: "Dr. Srivastava" Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 20:59:56 -0700 (PDT) International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistics (IJAMAS) CALL FOR PAPERS Papers are invited for the International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistics (IJAMAS). The IJAMAS is a peer reviewed journal, published four times a year. The IJAMAS publishes refereed, well-written original research articles, and studies that describe the latest research and developments in the area of applied mathematics and statistics. This is a broad-based journal covering all branches of mathematics and statistics. It also publishes interdisciplinary research. Visit us for Details: http://www.geocities.com/ceser_info/ijams.html Editor-in-Chief: Florentin Smarandache Department of Mathematics and Sciences University of New Mexico 200 College Road Gallup, NM 87301, USA. ------ Subject: Contents, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2:4 From: kuang Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:21:01 -0700 MBE Volume 2, Number 4, October, 2005 Benjamin Steinberg, Yuqing Wang, Huaxiong Huang and Robert M. Miura, Spatial buffering mechanism: Mathematical model and computer simulations. pp. 675-702. Peter A. Braza, Predator-prey dynamics with disease in the prey. pp. 703-717. Blaise Faugeras and Olivier Maury, An advection-diffusion-reaction size-structured fish population dynamics model combined with a statistical parameter estimation procedure: Application to the Indian Ocean skipjack tuna fishery. pp. 719-741. Tzy-Wei Hwang and Yang Kuang, Host extinction dynamics in a simple parasite-host interaction model. pp. 743-751. Julijana Gjorgjieva, Kelly Smith, Gerardo Chowell, Fabio Sanchez, Jessica Snyder and Carlos Castillo-Chavez, The role of vaccination in the control of SARS. pp. 753-769. Christopher M. Kribs-Zaleta, Melanie Lee, Christine Roman, Shari Wiley and Carlos M. Hernandez-Suarez, The effect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on Africa's truck drivers. pp. 771-788. Justin P. Peters, Khalid Boushaba and Marit Nilsen-Hamilton, A mathematical model for fibroblast growth factor competition based on enzyme. pp. 789-810. Tinevimbo Shiri, Winston Garira and Senelani D. Musekwa, A two-strain HIV-1 mathematical model to assess the effects of chemotherapy on disease parameters. pp. 811-832. Robert Stephen Cantrell, Chris Cosner and William F. Fagan, Edge-linked dynamics and the scale-dependence of competitive. pp. 833-868.