Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 06, Number 17 September 15, 2006 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: Master in Methods for Management of Complex Systems Positions in financial engineering at Cornell Tenure-Track Faculty Position, Department of Mathematics, UC Davis Contents, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 221:2 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: Master in Methods for Management of Complex Systems From: Societa' Italiana Caos e Complessita' Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:18:56 -0600 International Master of Science in METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS Academic Year 2006-2007 The School aims to produce graduate students with outstanding scientific and professional abilities, trained in the cultural, technical and managerial aspects of complex systems science and its diverse applications. Students are trained in basic and applied fields of modelling, simulation and the control of complex entities and organizations. Also, they will be directly involved in applied and extra-curricular activities through lecturers from, and internships in, high-ranking companies and corporations. The areas of specialization will include: * Economics and Finance * Data Analysis and Statistical Modelling * Nano-technologies and Nano-devices * Information and Communication Technology The School's basic philosophy is to combine interdisciplinary methods with practical specializations in specific fields. One of the School's primary objectives is to launch its students into the professional world. Placement of previous editions is 85% at 3 months from Diploma. The School is supported by major industrial and financial partners of national and international level. A considerable number of scholarships will be offered to deserving students. All lectures will be held in English. Deadline for applications: October 15, 2006. Details are available on the University of Pavia web page: http://www.unipv.it/complexity/ or via the e-mail address: master_mcs@iuss.unipv.it ------ Subject: Positions in financial engineering at Cornell From: "Michael Jeremy Todd" Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 18:02:40 -0400 (EDT) CORNELL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING One or more tenure-track and/or tenured positions. Rank open. PhD required in Mathematics, OR, Statistics, or related field. Expertise in Financial Engineering research and teaching is required. Involvement in the School's Masters Program in Financial Engineering is expected. Salary appropriate to qualifications and engineering norms. ORIE at Cornell is a diverse group of probabilists, math programmers, statisticians, and those working in simulation and manufacturing systems. An ideal candidate will have broad training and interests and two years' postdoctoral experience for a junior position, although a senior position is being seriously considered as well. CV, 1-page statement of research and teaching interests, doctoral transcript for junior applicants, and four letters of recommendation should be sent to Financial Engineering Search, ORIE, Rhodes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-3801. Applications completed by December 31, 2006 given preference. Women and minority candidates especially encouraged to apply. Cornell University is an AA/EOE. Please indicate you are applying for the tenured or tenure track position on your application. More information about the school can be found at http://www.orie.cornell.edu ------ Subject: Tenure-Track Faculty Position, Department of Mathematics, UC Davis From: Elena Karn Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:00:06 -0700 The Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Davis, is soliciting applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position starting July 1, 2007, subject to budgetary and administrative approval. We are interested in applicants in the following areas: High Dimensional Data Analysis, Inverse Problems, and/or Imaging Science. This position is associated with the campus-wide initiative Universe@UCDavis. The candidates are expected to contribute to the multidisciplinary Universe@UCDavis project through their own research and the collaboration with the project team on innovative data mining and machine learning techniques for exploration and discovery with extremely large cosmological datasets. Minimum qualifications for this position include a Ph.D. degree or its equivalent in the Mathematical Sciences, and great promise in research and teaching. Duties include mathematical research, undergraduate and graduate teaching, and departmental and university service. Additional information on the Department may be found at http://math.ucdavis.edu/. Our postal address is Department of Mathematics, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8633. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. To receive full consideration, the application should be received by December 1, 2006. To apply, submit the AMS Cover Sheet and supporting documentation electronically through http://www.mathjobs.org/ The University of California, Davis, is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. ------ Subject: Contents, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization From: Zemin Zeng Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:52:09 -0400 Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization Volume 2, Number 4. Pages 351-479 (November 2006) http://aimsciences.org/journals/jimo/contents.jsp Contents: 1. A novel approach in uncertain programming part I:new arithmetic and order relation for interval numbers Pages : 351 - 371 Bao Qing Hu and Song Wang 2. A novel approach in uncertain programming part II: class of constrained nonlinear programming problems with interval objective functions Pages : 373 - 385 Bao Qing Hu and Song Wang 3. Multiple workshift options in aggregate production planning models Pages : 387 - 398 M.D. Troutt, S.H. Hou and W.K. Pang 4. Good programs in the RSS Model without concavity of a utility function Pages : 399 - 423 Alexander J. Zaslavski 5. A comparison of simple tests for accuracy of approximate solutions to nonlinear systems with uncertain data Pages : 425 - 434 Uwe Sch\"afer and Marco Schnurr 6. Global impulsive optimal control computation Pages : 435 - 450 C.Z. Wu and K.L. Teo 7. Some remarks on a successive projection sequence Pages : 451 - 466 Walter Briec and Bernardin Solonandrasana 8. Optimization for series-parallel continuous power systems with buffers under reliability constraints using ant colony Pages : 467 - 479 A. Zeblah, Y. Massim, S. Hadjeri, A. Benaissa and H. Hamdaoui ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 221:2 From: ScienceDirect Message Center Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:30:11 -0400 * Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena Volume 221, Issue 2, Pages 101-196 (15 September 2006) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5537-2006-997789997-632378 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) The isotropic Heisenberg chain of arbitrary spin by direct solution of the Baxter equation Pages 101-109 A.G. Antipov and I.V. Komarov 2) Metastability and dispersive shock waves in the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam system Pages 110-117 Paolo Lorenzoni and Simone Paleari 3) Synchronization analysis of linearly coupled systems described by differential equations with a coupling delay Pages 118-134 Wenlian Lu, Tianping Chen and Guanron Chen 4) Limit cycles for competitor-competitor-mutualist Lotka-Volterra systems Pages 135-145 Mats Gyllenberg, Ping Yan and Yi Wang 5) Quantum dynamics and delocalization in coherently driven one-dimensional double-well system Pages 146-156 Akira Igarashi and Hiroaki S. Yamada 6) Asymptotic behavior of stochastic discrete complex Ginzburg-Landau equations Pages 157-169 Yan Lv and Jianhua Sun 7) A new topological technique for characterizing homoclinic tangles Pages 170-187 Kevin A. Mitchell and John B. Delos 8) Multifractal analyses of music sequences Pages 188-194 Zhi-Yuan Su and Tzuyin Wu 9) Index of authors and papers to volume 221 Pages 195-196