Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 06, Number 04 March 1, 2006 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: Workshop on the Transmission of Chaotic Signals Course and Workshop on Complex Systems School on Complex Networks: analysis, control and applications Diffiety school in the geometry of Partial Differential Equations Research fellow, Neuro-inspired Robots and Nonlinear Lattice Dynamics Open PhD positions at Simula Research Laboratory Postdoc on Bifurcation and continuation analyses in MHD equations Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 214:2 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: Workshop on the Transmission of Chaotic Signals From: Chris Williams Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:31:59 -0000 Workshop on the Transmission of Chaotic Signals University of Bristol, 1st - 3rd August 2006 Objectives: Chaotic signals have been considered as novel waveforms in applications including communications, radar, sonar and non-destructive testing. Their broadband nature or exploitation of their sensitive dependence on initial conditions are cited as reasons. This workshop will bring together researchers to share knowledge on the application of chaotic signals to transmission systems. The workshop will promote cross-disciplinary fertilisation by providing attendees with the opportunity to share research experiences. Application engineers will gain a better understanding of recent developments in dynamical systems theory, while theoretical researchers will gain better appreciation of the application issues. Thus new directions in research will be discussed and explored. Further Information: Information on paper submission and registration is available from: Contact: Dr Chris Williams (chris.williams@bristol.ac.uk) ------ Subject: Course and Workshop on Complex Systems From: Jacek Banasiak Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:11:57 +0200 Banach Centre / CIME COURSE and WORKSHOP FROM A MICROSCOPIC TO A MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS Directors of the Course: Vincenzo Capasso (Milano, Italy) Vincenzo.Capasso@mat.unimi.it Miroslaw Lachowicz (Warsaw, Poland) lachowic@mimuw.edu.pl Organizing Committee: Jacek Banasiak (Durban, South Africa) Vincenzo Capasso (Milano, Italy) Mark Chaplain (Dundee, Scotland) Miroslaw Lachowicz (Warsaw, Poland) Jacek Miekisz (Warsaw, Poland) The course will be organized by the Banach Center (Poland) in collaboration with CIME (Italy). In connection with the course the workshop "MODELLING CELLULAR SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS TO TUMOUR GROWTH" will be organized within the framework of the activity of the EU MCRTN "Modeling, Mathematical Methods and Computer Simulation of Tumor Growth and Therapy", MRTN-CT-2004-503661. The course will be targeted at PhD students and young researchers and will have an educational character, whereas the workshop will focus on particular applications to modelling tumour growth phenomena, and will bring together major researchers in this field. Location: The Mathematical Research and Conference Center in Bedlewo, Poland, www.impan.gov.pl/Bedlewo Dates: 4th - 9th September 2006. Registration fee: 300\200. This includes accommodation, meals, coffee, snacks during coffee breaks and a party. Some grants are available. Lectures: Prof. J. Banasiak, Univ. of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Positivity in the natural sciences Prof. V. Capasso, Univ. di Milano, Italy, Stochastic processes and stochastic differential equations and their applications Prof. M. Chaplai, Univ. of Dundee, Scotland Modelling Tumour Growth Prof. M. Lachowicz, Warsaw Univ., Poland Links between microscopic and macroscopic descriptions Prof. J. Miekisz, Warsaw Univ., Poland Evolutionary game theory and population dynamics Further details and Application Form: www.cime.unifi.it Deadline (for Application Forms): May, 7th, 2006 ------ Subject: School on Complex Networks: analysis, control and applications From: "EK Weeks, Engineering Mathematics" Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:16:55 -0000 ========================================== COMPLEX NETWORKS: ANALYSIS, CONTROL AND APPLICATIONS University of Bristol, UK 3-7 July 2006 ========================================== As part of the UK EPSRC Initiative in Complexity, a graduate school on complex networks and their applications to engineering, biology and physics will be held at the University of Bristol from 3rd till 7th July 2006. The main themes of the course are the structure and function of complex networks, the control of networks, emerging properties of networks, synchronization and synchronizability of complex networks, and applications in communication networks & biological networks. Invited lecturers include Mark Newman (University of Michigan, USA), Martin Hasler (EPFL, Lausanne), Laszlo Barabasi (Notre Dame University, USA), Tim Gardner (Boston University, USA), David Arrowsmith (QMUL, UK), Hidde de Jong (INRIA - Grenoble, France), Guanrong Chen (City University Hong Kong, China), Diego di Bernardo (TIGEM, Italy), Mauricio Barahona (Imperial College London, UK) and Stefano Boccaletti (INOA, Italy). All interested PhD students, young and experienced scientists coming from areas ranging from biology and life sciences to engineering and physics are encouraged to attend. Partial support is provided with the registration fees of 150 UK pounds including accomodation in self-catering flats, lunches and the social dinner. Further information on the school and the on-line application form can be found on the school website at http://www.enm.bris.ac.uk/anm/summerschools/complexity/ or by contacting the organizers (E-mail: m.dibernardo@bristol.ac.uk). ------ Subject: Diffiety school in the geometry of Partial Differential Equations From: Diffiety Scholl Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:27:11 +0300 Dear Colleague, we are organizing this summer from July 14 to July 31, 2006, the ninth 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/its2006/9Diffiety-a3.pdf and http://diffiety.ac.ru/students/its2006/9Diffiety-a4.pdf you can find the school poster in A3 and A$ 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: school06@diffiety.org With best regards, The Organizing Committee ------ Subject: Research fellow, Neuro-inspired Robots and Nonlinear Lattice Dynamics From: Maria Jesus Martin Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:25:35 +0100 Universidad Complutense de Madrid Instituto Pluridisciplinar Research fellow: Neuro-inspired Robots and Nonlinear Lattice Dynamics 24,000 Eur. per annum (one year with possible extension) Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research fellow to work on neuro-inspired robots and related problems in nonlinear lattice dynamics. This is part of the SPARK (Spatial-temporal Patterns for Action-oriented perception in Roving robots) project, funded by time European Commission. The aim of the project is to develop and implement new models inspired by the basic principles of living systems and bused on the idea of self-organization. The successful applicant will have a good to strong background in dynamical systems and expertise in numerical computation (ordinary and partial differential equations). The position is available immediately. For further details contact Professor M. G. Velarde (mvelarde@pluri.ucm.es or mjmartin@pluri.ucm.es) and see http://fluidos.pluri.ucm.es ------ Subject: Open PhD positions at Simula Research Laboratory From: Are Magnus Bruaset Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:55:07 +0100 The Department of Scientific Computing at Simula Research Laboratory develops numerical methods and software for the solution of partial differential equations (PDEs). Currently, we have three PhD positions open from April 1, 2006. Computational Geosciences (two open positions) The PhD projects will address two different topics: 1. Coupled heat transfer, fluid flow, and deformation in porous media 2. Simulation models for deposition of sediments Contact: Professor Are Magnus Bruaset (arem@simula.no) Cardiac Computations (one open position) The topic of the PhD project will be modeling and simulation of mechanical activity in the heart. Contact: Research Director Joakim Sundnes (sundnes@simula.no) For details on required background and the application procedure, see http://www.simula.no/departments/scientific/opportunities/phd_feb_2006/view ------ Subject: Postdoc on Bifurcation and continuation analyses in MHD equations From: Rowena Ball Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:33:07 +1100 (EST) Dear Colleagues, A one-year fixed-term postdoctoral position is available with the Fluids and Plasma Research Group at the The Australian National University. Topic: Bifurcation and continuation analyses of Fourier mode truncations of MHD equations. The postdoctoral researcher will work with Dr Ryusuke Numata, Dr Rowena Ball, and Prof. Robert Dewar on deriving Fourier mode truncations of MHD models such as the Hasegawa-Wakatani equations and and analysing the bifurcation structure of the resulting large systems of ODEs. Salary is in the range AU$54,072 - AU$59,963 per year. Requests for further information, or applications including a curriculum vitae, list of publications, and contact details for three referees should be sent directly (by e-mail) to: Prof. Robert Dewar e-mail: Robert.Dewar@anu.edu.au, Department of Theoretical Physics, Research School of Physical Sciences & Engineering, Bldg. 60, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, AUSTRALIA. ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 214:2 From: cdmailer@elsevier.co.uk Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:44:02 GMT For more information about this journal visit: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/physd Multistability and stable asynchronous periodic oscillations in a multiple-delayed neural system S.A. Campbell, I. Ncube, J. Wu pp 101-119 Pattern formation and spatiotemporal behavior of adhesive in peeling Y. Yamazaki, A. Toda pp 120-131 Asymptotic behavior of connecting-nearest-neighbor models for growing networks D. Juher, J. Saldana, J. Soler pp 132-143 A thermodynamic approach to non-isothermal phase-field evolution in continuum physics M. Fabrizio, C. Giorgi, A. Morro pp 144-156 Exact solutions of the 3-wave resonant interaction equation A. Degasperis, S. Lombardo pp 157-168 Detection of symmetric homoclinic orbits to saddle-centres in reversible systems K. Yagasaki, T. Wagenknecht pp 169-181 Deterministic Bak-Sneppen model: Lyapunov spectrum and avalanches as return times R.V. Mendes pp 182-186 Continuous and discontinuous grazing bifurcations in impacting oscillators P. Thota, H. Dankowicz pp 187-197