Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 07, Number 20 November 1, 2007 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: Topics in PDE's and Applications 2008 International Congress on Image and Signal Processing (CISP 2008) Spring school in nonlinear partial differential equations International conference on modelling Tenure track position at NC State University Postdoc in Quantitative Systems Biology at UCI Post-doc position at Purdue in computational molecular biophysics Position for University Assistent at Graz University Postoctoral position at the University of Pennsylvania Position at SMU RCUK 5-year Fellowships at the University of Manchester Contents, Nonlinearity 20:11 Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A 20:1 Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 235:1-2 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: Topics in PDE's and Applications 2008 From: jsoler@ugr.es Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:07:43 +0200 (CEST) Dear Colleage, I would like to bring to your attention the two upcoming editions of a CRM & FISYMAT joint activity: "TOPICS IN PDE'S AND APPLICATIONS 2008". This will be two different weeks (one in Granada, the other in Barcelona) of advanced minicourses and conferences in PDE's and applications. They may be of the interest of your research group. I apologize in advanced for possible cross-posting. 1st edition: GRANADA, APRIL 7-11, 2008. http://www.ugr.es/~kinetic/PDE Courses by: Luigi Ambrosio, Luis Caffarelli, Francois Golse, Pierre-Louis Lions, Horng-Tzer Yau. Conferences: Yann Guo, Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin, Frank Merle, ... 2nd edition: CRM (Bellaterra, BARCELONA) MAY 5-9, 2008. http://www.crm.cat/PDE_2008 Courses by: Henri Berestycki, Haim Brezis, Carlos Kenig, Robert V. Kohn, Gang Tian. Best regards, Juan ------ Subject: International Congress on Image and Signal Processing (CISP 2008) From: ken kelly Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:01:44 +0800 2008 International Congress on Image and Signal Processing (CISP 2008) 28 - 30 May 2008, Sanya, Hainan, China Submission Deadline: 10 November 2007 http://www.hainu.edu.cn/CISP2008 Call for Papers, Invited Sessions & Sponsorship The aim of CISP 2008 is to bring together researchers working in many different areas of image and signal processing to foster exchange of new ideas. The CISP 2008 proceedings will be published by the IEEE and will be indexed in both EI and ISTP. Selected good papers will be recommended for publication in SCI/SCI-E indexed international journals. CISP 2008 will be co-located with the 2008 International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI 2008: http://www.hainu.edu.cn/BMEI2008), in order to promote cross-fertilization between the broad areas of biomedical engineering and signal processing. ------ Subject: Spring school in nonlinear partial differential equations From: Spring school PDE2008 Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:29:04 +0200 Spring school in nonlinear partial differential equations May 26-30, 2008 Host : Universite catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium Organisers : J.P. Gossez (ULB), D. Bonheure (UCL), J. Van Schaftingen (UCL) and M. Willem (UCL) Lecturers : H. Berestycki, D.G. de Figueiredo, S. Terracini and M. Willem Programme : 4 mini-courses (6 hours each) and selected contributed talks by the participants Description : The thematic of the Spring school on nonlinear partial differential equations is centred around nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations. The lectures will deal with various modern and active research fields of the theory of partial differential equations that interplay one with the others. Participants will have the opportunity to present a short communication. Registration Fee : 25 Euros (includes lunches and coffee breaks) Grants : The support of the GLOBAL programme of the European Science Foundation allow us to offer grants for covering the lodging expenses of some young researchers Homepage: http://www.uclouvain.be/math-spring-school-pde-2008.html Email address: pde2008@uclouvain.be ------ Subject: International conference on modelling From: Raimondas Ciegis Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:59:52 +0300 (EEST) FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT 13th International Conference Mathematical Modelling and Analysis (MMA2008) Third International Conference Approximation Methods and Orthogonal Expansions (AMOE2008) June 4 - 7, 2008, Tartu (K????riku), Estonia The conference is dedicated to the 70th birthday of professor Gennadi Vainikko Main topics * Modelling and Analysis of Problems of Mathematical Physics and Engineering * Approximation Methods for Differential, Integral and Operator Equations * Orthogonal Expansions, Wavelets and Splines * Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems The scientific program includes invited plenary talks (40 min) and contributed talks (20 min). Abstracts and Proceedings Authors should submit abstracts before March 1, 2008 by e-mail to mma-amoe2008@math.ut.ee. Instructions and a style file for the preparation of the abstracts are available at http://www.iam.ut.ee/mma-amoe2008/ Selected papers of the conference will be published in the Vol.14 of "Mathematical Modelling and Analysis" (The Baltic Journal on Mathematical Applications, Numerical Analysis and Differential Equations) http://www.vgtu.lt/rc/mma/ All papers will be peer-reviewed according standard rules of the journal. Full registration and payment information will be given in the second announcement and on our web-site. http://www.iam.ut.ee/mma-amoe2008/ Deadlines Registration and abstract submission: March 1, 2008. Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2008. Questions regarding MMA2008&AMOE2008 should be addressed to mma-amoe2008@math.ut.ee ------ Subject: Tenure track position at NC State University From: "C. T. Kelley" Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:47:03 -0400 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Department of Mathematics Applications are invited for a tenure track assistant professorship in the area of partial differential equations beginning Fall 2008. Candidates must have a PhD in the mathematical sciences, an outstanding research program, a commitment to effective teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels and demonstrated potential for excellence in both research and teaching. The Department of Mathematics has strong research programs in both pure and applied mathematics. Many members of the department participate in interdisciplinary programs and research groups on campus and in the broader Research Triangle community. More information about the department can be found at http://www.math.ncsu.edu. To submit your application materials, go to www.mathjobs.org/jobs/ncsu. Include a vita, at least three letters of recommendation, and a description of current and planned research. You will then be given instructions to go to http://jobs.ncsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=77889 and complete a Faculty Profile for the position. Write to math-jobs@math.ncsu.edu for questions concerning this position. NC State University is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. In addition, NC State welcomes all persons without regard to sexual orientation. The College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences welcomes the opportunity to work with candidates to identify suitable employment opportunities for spouses or partners. Applications received by December 15th, 2007 will be given priority. ------ Subject: Postdoc in Quantitative Systems Biology at UCI From: Qing Nie Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:18:26 -0700 (PDT) Postdoctoral Scholar in Quantitative Systems Biology at University of California, Irvine The Center for Mathematical and Computational Biology (CMCB) at University of California, Irvine, is looking for two to four postdoctoral fellows. Recently, UCI was awarded a National Center of Excellence in Systems Biology by NIH. The successful candidates will join a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary, research community to work on projects in systems biology. Appointments will be effective on July 1, 2008. Early starting date is possible. Instructions on the electronic application process can be found at: http://www.mathjobs.org . Under "Position Applying For", select "Math/QSB". For further inquiry on the positions, please contact Qing Nie (qnie@math.uci.edu). ------ Subject: Post-doc position at Purdue in computational molecular biophysics From: "Robert D. Skeel" Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:58:29 -0400 (EDT) A post-doctoral associate position in computational molecular biophysics is available at Purdue University starting January 1st, 2008, though a later start date is possible. The position requires a PhD degree in science or engineering and experience and skills in computational science (preferably with some exposure to molecular simulation). The candidate is expected to contribute to a project on finding transition paths of conformational change and binding and calculating free energies of binding. They will work with Robert Skeel, Computer Science (and Mathematics), in collaboration with Carol Post, Medicinal Chemistry (and Biology). More specifically, the work will involve one or two of the following problems: devise a robust and efficient method for converging to a generalized minimum free energy path, investigate automated selection of collective variables, and develop practical methods for calculating binding free energies. Emphasis is on techniques that are practical for larger molecules (and are easy to parallelize). Please send CV and names of 3 references to R. Skeel skeel@cs.purdue.edu http://bionum.cs.purdue.edu/postdoc.html ------ Subject: Position for University Assistent at Graz University From: evelyn rath Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:17:22 -0400 At the INSTITUTE of MATHEMATICS and SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING the position of a "UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT" in applied mathematics (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter/Mitarbeiterin) is available, initially for a two year period. The successful candidate should have a degree in mathematical sciences and a strong background in applied mathematics, specifically continuous optimization, numerical analysis and partial differential equations. Interested candidates should visit the official job announcement https://online.uni-graz.at/kfu_online/wbMitteilungsblaetter.display?pNr=51034 (page 39) and may contact Prof. Karl Kunisch (karl.kunisch@uni-graz.at) for further information. ------ Subject: Postoctoral position at the University of Pennsylvania From: George Biros Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:04:54 -0400 A postdoctoral position is available on inverse problems related to brain-tumor growth and soft-tissue mechanics. The research focus will be on the development and implementation of novel algorithmic approaches that enable image-driven tumor evolution and its interaction with surrounding tissue. The solvers will be integrated with existing simulation systems that combine biophysical models with multimodality image analysis tools and will be validated using clinical images from animal and human studies. The postdoctoral researcher will have excellent collaborative opportunities with a diverse group of researchers in computational science and engineering, applied mathematics, image analysis, and neurosurgery. The position is open for an initial duration of 12 months, starting January 2008, and it will be renewable. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in partial differential equations and scientific computing. If you're interested, please send a curriculum vitae and the names of two referees to biros@seas.upenn.edu George Biros http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~biros Christos Davatzikos http://www.rad.upenn.edu/sbia ------ Subject: Position at SMU From: Peter Moore Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:46:58 -0500 Applications are invited for one tenure-track assistant professor position, to begin in the fall semester of 2008. Applicants must have a Ph.D., provide evidence of outstanding research, and have a strong commitment to teaching at all levels. While preference will be given to applicants in computational mathematics, applicants in all areas of applied mathematics are encouraged. The Department of Mathematics offers an active doctoral program in computational and applied mathematics. Visit http://www.smu.edu/math for more information about the department. To apply, send a letter of application with a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, research and teaching statements and the names of three references to: The Faculty Search Committee, Department of Mathematics, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750156, Dallas, Texas, 75275-0156. The Search Committee can be contacted by sending e-mail to mathsearch@mail.smu.edu. (Tel: (214)768-2452; Fax: (214)768-2355). To ensure full consideration for the position, the application must be received by December 7, 2007, but the committee will continue to accept applications until the position is filled. The committee will notify applicants of its employment decision after the position is filled. SMU, a private university with an engineering school, is situated in a quiet residential section of Dallas. SMU will not discriminate on the basis of race,color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability or veteran status. SMU is also committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. ------ Subject: RCUK 5-year Fellowships at the University of Manchester From: Nick Higham Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:09:15 +0100 The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Manchester is advertising two RCUK Fellowships in the areas of Complexity, Modelling and Computation for the 21st Century. These are prestigious 5-year positions with limited teaching and administration responsibilities, leading to a permanent academic position. I encourage applications in scientific computing. Further details can be found at http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/jobs/academic/vacancy/index.htm?ref=125880 and informal enquiries can be directed to me. Closing date: 30/11/2007. Nick Higham ------ Subject: Contents, Nonlinearity 20:11 From: Liz Martin Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:34:48 +0100 NONLINEARITY Volume 20, Issue 11, November 2007 Individual articles are free for 30 days following their publication on the web. This issue is available at: URL: http://stacks.iop.org/0951-7715/20/i=11 Pages:2463--2738 PAPERS 2463 Slow observables of singularly perturbed differential equations Zvi Artstein, Ioannis G Kevrekidis, Marshall Slemrod and Edriss S Titi 2483 Bifurcation analysis in a scalar delay differential equation Junjie Wei 2499 Almost periodic solutions for a class of higher-dimensional beam equations Huawei Niu and Jiansheng Geng 2519 Wave-type dynamics in ferromagnetic thin films and the motion of N\'eel walls Antonio Capella, Christof Melcher and Felix Otto 2539 Log-periodic drift oscillations in self-similar billiards Felipe Barra, Nikolai Chernov and Thomas Gilbert 2551 Metastability in interacting nonlinear stochastic differential equations: I. From weak coupling to synchronization Nils Berglund, Bastien Fernandez and Barbara Gentz 2583 Metastability in interacting nonlinear stochastic differential equations: II. Large-$N$ behaviour Nils Berglund, Bastien Fernandez and Barbara Gentz 2615 Approximation and asymptotics of dimension for some non-uniformly hyperbolic interval maps with holes Tomas Persson 2633 Optimal bounds and blow-up criteria for a semi-linear accretive wave equation M Jazar and Ch Messikh 2661 Distributional chaos via semiconjugacy Piotr Oprocha and Pawe\l Wilczy\'nski 2681 Remarks on the magnetic helicity and energy conservation for ideal magneto-hydrodynamics Ensil Kang and Jihoon Lee 2691 One-dimensional solitary waves in singular deformations of $SO(2)$ invariant two-component scalar field theory models A Alonso Izquierdo and J Mateos Guilarte 2721 Wavefunctions, Green functions and expectation values in terms of spectral determinants Martin Sieber ------ Subject: Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A 20:1 From: Liwei Ning Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:54:35 -0500 Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A (DCDS-A) Volume: 20 Number: 1, January 2008 http://aimsciences.org/journals/dcdsA/online.jsp Alberto Bressan pages: 1-35 Impulsive control of lagrangian systems and locomotion in fluids O. Diekmann, Y. Wang and P. Yan pages: 37-52 Carrying simplices in discrete competitive systems and Age-structured semelparous populations Alexander Mielke pages: 53-79 Weak-convergence methods for Hamiltonian multiscale problems Juraj Huska and Peter Polacik pages: 81-113 Exponential separation and principal Floquet bundles for linear parabolic equations on R^N P. Pucci and M. Rigoli pages: 115-137 Entire solutions of singular elliptic inequalities on complete manifolds Bjorn Sandstede and Arnd Scheel pages: 139-158 Relative Morse indices, Fredholm indices, and group velocities Lan Wen pages: 159-175 The selecting Lemma of Liao ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 235:1-2 From: ScienceDirect Message Center Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:49:31 -0400 * Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena Volume 235, Issues 1-2, Pages 1-206 (November 2007) Physics and Mathematics of Growing Interfaces - In honor of Stan Richardson's discoveries in Laplacian Growth and related free boundary problem Edited by Mark Mineev-Weinstein, Mihai Putinar, Leonard Sander and Anton Zabrodin http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5537-2007-997649998-670706 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) Editorial Board Page ii 2) Preface Pages vii-x Mark Mineev-Weinstein, Mihai Putinar, Leonard Sander and Anton Zabrodin 3) Thermal effects of phase transformations: A review Pages 1-14 A. Umantsev 4) Nonlinear evolution of the step meandering instability of a growing crystal surface Pages 15-20 Thomas Frisch and Alberto Verga 5) Complex flow morphologies in shock-accelerated gaseous flows Pages 21-28 S. Kumar, P. Vorobieff, G. Orlicz, A. Palekar, C. Tomkins, C. Goodenough, M. Marr-Lyon, K.P. Prestridge and R.F. Benjamin 6) Spontaneous buckling of elastic sheets with a prescribed non-Euclidean metric Pages 29-32 Efi Efrati, Yael Klein, Hillel Aharoni and Eran Sharon 7) Formation and evolution of singularities in anisotropic geometric continua Pages 33-47 D.D. Holm and V. Putkaradze 8) Self-similar asymptotics for a class of Hele-Shaw flows driven solely by surface tension Pages 48-55 Baruch Meerson, Pavel V. Sasorov and Arkady Vilenkin 9) Non-Laplacian growth: Exact results Pages 56-61 Igor Loutsenko and Oksana Yermolayeva 10) Self-similarity in Laplacian Growth Pages 62-71 Ar. Abanov, M. Mineev-Weinstein and A. Zabrodin 11) Method of Riemann surfaces in the study of supercavitating flow around two hydrofoils in a channel Pages 72-81 Y.A. Antipov and V.V. Silvestrov 12) Uniformizing the boundaries of multiply connected quadrature domains using Fuchsian groups Pages 82-89 Darren G. Crowdy and Jonathan S. Marshall 13) Selected topics on quadrature domains Pages 90-100 Bjorn Gustafsson and Mihai Putinar 14) Growth processes related to the dispersionless Lax equations Pages 101-108 A. Zabrodin 15) Universal Whitham hierarchy, dispersionless Hirota equations and multicomponent KP hierarchy Pages 109-125 Kanehisa Takasaki and Takashi Takebe 16) Instantons and merons in matrix models Pages 126-167 A. Alexandrov, A. Mironov and A. Morozov 17) Fermionic construction of tau functions and random processes Pages 168-206 J. Harnad and A.Yu. Orlov