Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 08, Number 02 February 1, 2008 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: 99th Statistical Mechanics Conference Announcement Workshop on Nonlinear Processes in Oceanic and Atmospheric Flows Symposium on Mathematical Systems Biology Symposium on Chaos and Complex Systems The Society for Mathematical Biology Conference 2008 Vacant senior position at University of Bath Faculty Positions in Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Fellowship and positions open at INRIA Contents, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization 4:1 Contents, Inverse Problems and Imaging 2:1 Contents, Advances in Mathematics of Communications 2:1 Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 237:2 Contents, Nonlinearity 21:1 Contents, Nonlinearity 21:2 Nonlinearity's high-profile articles of 2007 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: 99th Statistical Mechanics Conference Announcement From: Joel Lebowitz Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:38:50 -0500 FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT 99TH STATISTICAL MECHANICS CONFERENCE RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, BUSCH CAMPUS, HILL CENTER, ROOM 114 SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, MAY 11-13, 2008 Dear Colleague: You are cordially invited to participate in the 99^th Statistical Mechanics Conference at Rutgers University, May 11-13, 2008. At this meeting we will celebrate the birthdays and achievements of our distinguished colleagues, Edouard Brezin and Giorgio Parisi. Here is a tentative partial list of speakers: Eva Andrei, Elisabeth Bouchaud, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Curtis Callan, Eric Carlen, David Chandler, Leticia Cugliandolo, Cirano De Dominicis, Bernard Derrida, Enrique Diaz, Michael Fisher, Silvio Franz, Juan Garrahan, Alessandro Giuliani, Alexander Grosberg, Francesco Guerra, Bertrand Halperin, Shinobu Hikami, Giovanni Jona-Lasinio, Mehran Kardar, James Langer, Stanislas Leibler, Reinhard Lipowsky, Roberto Livi, Herman Makse, Enzo Marinari, Remi Monasson, David Mukamel, David Nelson, Michael Schick, Eric Siggia, Nicolas Sourlas, Philip Stamp, Miguel Virasoro, Geoffrey West, Edward Witten, Jean Zinn-Justin, and Jean-Bernard Zuber. A more complete program will be sent out soon. You can get updated additional information about ALL ASPECTS of the meeting at our site: http://www.math.rutgers.edu/events/smm/index.html. Please respond at: http://www.math.rutgers.edu/events/smm/res-formI.html. We would like to know of any colleagues or students who should be added to our mailing list, or positions wanted or available, etc. Looking forward to seeing you here in December, with best wishes, Sincerely yours, Joel L. Lebowitz ------ Subject: Workshop on Nonlinear Processes in Oceanic and Atmospheric Flows From: Emilio Hernandez-Garcia Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:25:29 +0100 FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT Workshop on Nonlinear Processes in Oceanic and Atmospheric Flows, Castro Urdiales, Cantabria, Spain, 2-4 July 2008 http://ifisc.uib.es/public/nloa2008/ Dear colleagues, It is a pleasure for us to announce the Workshop on Nonlinear Processes in Oceanic and Atmospheric Flows, to be held in Castro Urdiales, Cantabria, Spain, from 2 to 4 July 2008. The purpose of the workshop is to provide an opportunity to the researchers at both sides of the Atlantic to meet and discuss on several topics about the characterization of transport and mixing in the ocean, making use of recent advances and techniques arising from the study of non-linear dynamical systems. These include, among others, Lyapunov exponents, hyperbolic Lagrangian trajectories, and singularity analysis (microcanonical multifractal formalism). The meeting will address both practical (algorithms and software development) and theoretical issues. The focus will be put on the study of oceanic processes, although some discussion about atmospheric dynamics will be introduced. Invited Speakers: * E. Abraham (Dragonfly) * M. Dellnitz (U. Padernborn) * H. Dijkstra (U. Utrecht) * U. Feudel (U. Oldenburg) * V. Garcon (CNRS) * P. Haynes (U. Cambridge) * J. LaCasce (U. Oslo) * S. Lovejoy (McGill U.) * R. Malek Madani (ONR) * L. Seuront (CNRS & Flinders U.) * A. Vulpiani (U. La Sapienza) * D. W. Waugh (Johns Hopkins U.) * S. Wiggins (U. Bristol) * W. Young (Scripps Inst. Oceanography) Preregistration is open until March 5, 2008. All the information about the workshop can be found from the web page http://ifisc.uib.es/public/nloa2008/ Sincerely, the Organizing Committee: Cristobal Lopez (IFISC, CSIC-UIB), Ana M. Mancho (ICMAT, CSIC-UAM-UCM-UC3M) Antonio Turiel (ICM, CSIC) (Co-chairs), Emilio Garcia-Ladona (ICM, CSIC), Emilio Hernandez-Garcia (IFISC, CSIC-UIB), and Jose A. Jimenez-Madrid (ICMAT, CSIC-UAM-UCM-UC3M) Supported by ONR, CSIC, MEC, CIEM, SIMUMAT and I-MATH. ------ Subject: Symposium on Mathematical Systems Biology From: Qing Nie Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:05:15 -0800 (PST) 1st UCIrvine Symposium on Mathematical Systems Biology, February 28-29, 2008 The 1st UCIrvine Symposium on Mathematical Systems Biology - "Spatial Dynamics of Growth and Signaling", will be held at UC Irvine on February 28-29, 2008. The speakers for the symposium are Alexander Anderson (Dundee) Mark Chaplain (Dundee) Olivier Cinquin (Wisconsin) Vittorio Cristini (U. of Texas, Houston) Timothy Elston(UNC) Avner Friedman (MBI, Ohio State) Boris Kholodenko (Thomas Jefferson) Wallace Marshall (UCSF) Steven McDougall(Heriot-Watt) Hans Othmer (Minnesota) Ertugrul Ozbudak (Stowers Institute) Vito Quaranta (Vanderbilt) Christopher Rao (UIUC) Kristin Swanson (Washington) David Umulis (Minnesota) Jin Wang (Stony Brook) More information for the symposium can be found at: http://cmcb.math.uci.edu/Symposium/ ------ Subject: Symposium on Chaos and Complex Systems From: Nazanalar Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:39:28 +0200 Dear Colleagues This year we organise the Second International Interdisciplinary Chaos Symposium "Chaos and Complex Systems" will be held at Istanbul Kultur University during May 9 - 11, 2008. Istanbul-Turkey, URL address: http://fen-edebiyat.iku.edu.tr/ccs2008/ The 2008 symposium will be interdisciplinary and will cover such topics as chaos, complex systems, fractals and nonlinear phenomena in basic sciences, engineering, social and life sciences. Please circulate the announcement, call for papers to your colleagues. Sincerely yours Dr. Nazan Caglar Organiser CCS2008 Istanbul Kultur University ------ Subject: The Society for Mathematical Biology Conference 2008 From: Siv Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:02:18 -0500 (EST) The Society for Mathematical Biology Conference 2008 Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 30 - August 2, 2008 SMB 2008 promises to be an exciting and stimulating meeting. This is a reminder that the deadline for "minisymposia submissions" is fast approaching. Confirmed Plenary Speakers: Marty Golubitsky (University of Houston) Melissa Knothe Tate (Case Western) Natalia Komarova (University of California, Irvine) Herb Levine (University ofCalifornia, San Diego) Mark Lewis (University of Alberta) L. Mahadevan (University of Harvard) Tim Secomb (UniversityArizona) Yicang Zhou (Xi'an Jiatong University)) The call for minisymposia proposals, submitted talks and posters can be found at: http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/CMM/08-09/SMB/index.html ***Deadlines*** Minisymposia Proposals - January 31, 2008 Contributed talks - May 15, 2008 Poster proposals - July 15, 2008 These will all be reviewed by the Scientific Advisory Committee and a decision made asap. Online registration will be available shortly ------ Subject: Vacant senior position at University of Bath From: I G Graham Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:47:00 +0000 (GMT) University of Bath Department of Mathematical Sciences Vacant Position: Professor/Reader in Applied Mathematics reference 07H458A Applications are invited for a newly-established senior post in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Bath. The appointment will be made at either the Professor or the Reader level and applicants should have an established international track record of research excellence. Current applied mathematics research strengths include: analysis and applications of differential equations, continuum mechanics and waves, control theory, mathematical biology, numerical analysis and industrial applied mathematics. There is a strong culture of interdisciplinary and industrial collaboration and a substantial research programme in complex systems, supported by the Bath Institute for Complex Systems. We seek strong applications in all areas of applied mathematics which both resonate with, and complement, our existing research interests. The new appointment will be expected to maintain a world class research programme and to attract substantial external research funding. Candidates at Professor level should possess in addition research leadership and administrative skills. An appointment to a Readership may be made to a candidate with outstanding research leadership potential. Candidates should also have a commitment to excellence in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. The salary for a Professorship appointment would be by negotiation. A Readership appointment would be made at a point on the scale 41,545 to 48,161 UK pounds per annum. Applications should be made through the Department of Human Resources at the University of Bath. Further details of the position and the application procedure are available at http://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/job_desc.cgi?07H458A Alternatively for an application form and further particulars, please email: jobs@bath.ac.uk or call 01225 386924 quoting ref number 07H458A Closing Date: 28th February 2008 Informal enquiries may be made to the Head of Department, Professor N.F. Britton (nfb@maths.bath.ac.uk), or to Professor C.J. Budd (cjb@maths.bath.ac.uk) or Professor I.G. Graham (igg@maths.bath.ac.uk). ------ Subject: Faculty Positions in Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos From: Dr BL Lan Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:04:41 +0800 The School of Engineering at the Malaysian campus of Monash University invites applications for full-time appointments at the level of lecturer or higher beginning in July 2008. Candidates should have a PhD in Physics or Mathematics specializing in theoretical/computational Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos with demonstrated accomplishments in research and teaching and promise for future achievements. Teaching will be in applied mathematics for undergraduate engineering students and supervision of graduate students is expected. Applicants should submit a full CV, and a cover letter which describes research and teaching accomplishments and research goals in PDF format to Associate Prof. BL Lan, lan.boon.leong@eng.monash.edu.my. Review of applications will continue until the positions are filled. ------ Subject: Fellowship and positions open at INRIA From: Jacques Henry Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:05:27 +0100 Many doctoral and postdoctoral fellowship and permanent positions in computer sciences, automatic control and applied mathematics are open at INRIA (France) http://www.inria.fr/index.en.html For my group Anubis I am interested in candidates with background in numerical analysis for PDE, optimal control and modelling in structured population dynamics. ------ Subject: Contents, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization 4:1 From: Liwei Ning Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:23:39 -0600 Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization (JIMO), Volume: 4, Number: 1, February 2008 http://aimsciences.org/journals/jimo/contents.jsp Rein Luus pages{1--15} Optimal control of oscillatory systems by iterative dynamic programming Y. Peng, X. Xiang and W. Wei pages{17--32} Second order nonlinear impulsive time-variant systems with unbounded perturbation and optimal controls Song Wang, Qianxi Shao and Xian Zhou pages{33--52} Knot-optimizing spline networks (KOSNETS) for nonparametric regression T. W. Leung, Chi Kin Chan and M. D. Troutt pages{53--66} A mixed simulated annealing-genetic algorithm approach to the multi-buyer multi-item joint replenishment problem: advantages of meta-heuristics Shui-Hung Hou and Qing-Xu Yan pages{67--79} Nonlinear locally distributed feedback stabilization K. F. C. Yiu, S. Y. Wang and K. L. Mak pages{81--94} Optimal portfolios under a value-at-risk constraint with applications to inventory control in supply chains Louis Caccetta, Ian Loosen and Volker Rehbock pages{95--105} Computational aspects of the optimal transit path problem Qiying Hu, Chen Xu and Wuyi Yue pages{107--123} A unified model for state feedback of discrete event systems I: framework and maximal permissive state feedback S. C. Fang, D. Y. Gao, R. L. Sheu and S. Y. Wu pages{125--142} Canonical dual approach to solving 0-1 quadratic programming problems Liqun Qi, Zheng Yan and Hongxia Yin pages{143--153} Semismooth reformulation and Newton's method for the security region problem of power systems S. J. Li and Z. M. Fang pages{155--165} On the stability of a dual weak vector variational inequality problem Kenji Kimura and Jen-Chih Yao pages{167--181} Semicontinuity of solution mappings of parametric generalized strong vector equilibrium problems Rhoda P. Agdeppa, Nobuo Yamashita and Masao Fukushima pages{183--197} An implicit programming approach for the road pricing problem with nonadditive route costs Ernan Haruvy, Ashutosh Prasad and Suresh Sethi and Rong Zhang pages{199--211} Competition with open source as a public good ------ Subject: Contents, Inverse Problems and Imaging 2:1 From: Liwei Ning Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:49:05 -0600 Inverse Problems and Imaging (IPI) Volume: 2, Number: 1, February 2008 http://aimsciences.org/journals/ipi/ipi_Sup.jsp Sergei Avdonin and Pavel Kurasov pages{1--21} Inverse problems for quantum trees Guillaume Bal, Ian Langmore and Francois Monard pages{23--42} Inverse transport with isotropic sources and angularly averaged measurements Jutta Bikowski and Jennifer L. Mueller pages{43--61} 2D EIT reconstructions using Calderon's method Kenrick Bingham, Yaroslav Kurylev, Matti Lassas and Samuli Siltanen pages{63--81} Iterative time-reversal control for inverse problems Johannes Elschner, George C. Hsiao and Andreas Rathsfeld pages{83--120} An inverse problem for fluid-solid interaction Gen Nakamura and Michiyuki Watanabe pages{121--131} An inverse boundary value problem for a nonlinear wave equation Mila Nikolova pages{133--149} Analytical bounds on the minimizers of (nonconvex) regularized least-squares Victor Isakov pages{151--165} On uniqueness of obstacles and boundary conditions from restricted dynamical and scattering data ------ Subject: Contents, Advances in Mathematics of Communications 2:1 From: Liwei Ning Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:54:14 -0600 Advances in Mathematics of Communications (AMC) Volume: 2, Number: 1, February 2008 http://aimsciences.org/journals/amc/amc_online.jsp Alexei Kaltchenko and Nina Timofeeva pages{1--13} Entropy estimators with almost sure convergence and an O(n^{-1}) variance M. Bras-Amoros and M. E. O'Sullivan pages{15--33} Duality for some families of correction capability optimized evaluation codes D. Grant and M. K. Varanasi pages{35--54} Duality theory for space-time codes over finite fields H. Gluesing-Luerssen and F.-L. Tsang pages{55--81} A matrix ring description for cyclic convolutional codes Sergio Estrada, J. R. Garcia-Rozas, Justo Peralta and E. Sanchez-Garcia pages{83--94} Group convolutional codes M. M. S. Alves, L. Panek and M. Firer pages{95--111} Error-block codes and poset metrics ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 237:2 From: ScienceDirect Message Center Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 08:19:10 -0500 New Volume/Issue is now available on ScienceDirect! * Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena Volume 237, Issue 2, Pages 137-282 (February 2008) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5537-2008-997629997-679454 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) Editorial Board Page IFC 2) Stochastic bifurcation in FitzHugh–Nagumo ensembles subjected to additive and/or multiplicative noises Pages 137-155 Hideo Hasegawa 3) Nilpotent normal form for divergence-free vector fields and volume-preserving maps Pages 156-166 H.R. Dullin and J.D. Meiss 4) Coupled map lattices as spatio-temporal fitness functions: Landscape measures and evolutionary optimization Pages 167-186 Hendrik Richter 5) Lattice-driven cellular automata implementing local semantics Pages 187-197 Daisuke Uragami and Yukio-Pegio Gunji 6) Stochastic dynamics and Parrondo's paradox Pages 198-206 Ehrhard Behrends 7) Periodically-forced finite networks of heterogeneous globally-coupled oscillators: A low-dimensional approach Pages 207-215 Carlo R. Laing and Ioannis G. Kevrekidis 8) Forecasting with imperfect models, dynamically constrained inverse problems, and gradient descent algorithms Pages 216-232 Kevin Judd 9) Simulations of transient shock motion within a biological contoured-shock-tube system Pages 233-242 Y. Liu 10) Invariantization of the Crank–Nicolson method for Burgers' equation Pages 243-254 Pilwon Kim 11) Numerical experiments on the modulation theory for the nonlinear atomic chain Pages 255-282 W. Dreyer and M. Herrmann ------ Subject: Contents, Nonlinearity 21:1 From: Liz Martin Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:18:45 +0000 NONLINEARITY Volume 21, Issue 1, January 2008 Individual articles are free for 30 days following their publication on the web. This issue is available at: URL: http://stacks.iop.org/0951-7715/21/i=1 Pages: C1--12, T1--12, R1--118, 1--190 EDITORIAL Nonlinearity is 20 years old in 2008! J P Keating and A I Neishtadt COVER ILLUSTRATION C1 Complexities of splashing R D Deegan, P Brunet and J Eggers OPEN PROBLEM T1 Turbulence transition in pipe flow: some open questions Bruno Eckhardt INVITED ARTICLE R1 Wigner's dynamical transition state theory in phase space: classical and quantum Holger Waalkens, Roman Schubert and Stephen Wiggins PAPERS 1 Effect of conformations on charge transport in a thin elastic tube Radha Balakrishnan and Rossen Dandoloff 13 Robustness of unstable attractors in arbitrarily sized pulse-coupled networks with delay Henk Broer, Konstantinos Efstathiou and Easwar Subramanian 51 Integrability of magnetic fields created by current distributions J Aguirre, J Gin\'e and D Peralta-Salas 71 Calcium waves in systems with immobile buffers as a limit of waves for systems with nonzero diffusion Bogdan Ka\'zmierczak and Vitaly Volpert 97 Spreading speed and travelling waves for a spatially discrete SIS epidemic model Kate Fang Zhang and Xiao-Qiang Zhao 113 Hausdorff dimension of exponential parameter rays and their endpoints Mihai Bailesteanu, Horia Vlad Balan and Dierk Schleicher 121 Symmetric solutions to a modified nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation Jiaquan Liu and Zhi-Qiang Wang 135 A quasineutral type limit for the Navier--Stokes--Poisson system with large data D Donatelli and P Marcati 149 Geometric representation of interval exchange maps over algebraic number fields G Poggiaspalla, J H Lowenstein and F Vivaldi 179 Power spectra for deterministic chaotic dynamical systems Ian Melbourne and Georg A Gottwald ------ Subject: Contents, Nonlinearity 21:2 From: Liz Martin Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:44:59 +0000 NONLINEARITY Volume 21, Issue 2, February 2008 Individual articles are free for 30 days following their publication on the web. This issue is available at: URL: http://stacks.iop.org/0951-7715/21/i=2 Pages: T13--T26, 191--380 OPEN PROBLEMS T13 Relative volume of Kolmogorov--Arnold--Moser tori and uniform distribution, stickiness and nonstickiness in Hamiltonian systems Leonid A Bunimovich T19 Three quantum obsessions M V Berry PAPERS 191 Large data asymptotic behaviour for the generalized Boussinesq equation Luiz Gustavo Farah 211 The topological structure of the Rabinovich system having an invariant algebraic surface Cheng Chen, Jinlong Cao and Xiang Zhang 221 Propagation and quenching in a reactive Burgers--Boussinesq system Peter Constantin, Jean-Michel Roquejoffre, Lenya Ryzhik and Natalia Vladimirova 273 Unstable manifolds of a limit cycle near grazing R Szalai and H M Osinga 285 The coexistence of subharmonics bifurcated from homoclinic orbits in singular systems Changrong Zhu 305 Asymptotic behaviour of solutions of planar elliptic systems with strong competition Juncheng Wei and Tobias Weth 319 Exponential growth of product of matrices in ${\rm SL}(2,{\mathbb{R}})$ Bassam Fayad and Rapha\"el Krikorian 325 Stability transitions for axisymmetric relative equilibria of Euclidean symmetric Hamiltonian systems George W Patrick, Mark Roberts and Claudia Wulff 353 On the regularity of the extinction probability of a branching process in varying and random environments Smail Alili and Hans Henrik Rugh 361 Topological regularizations of the triple collision singularity in the 3-vortex problem Yasuaki Hiraoka ------ Subject: Nonlinearity's high-profile articles of 2007 From: Zoe Crossman Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 13:25:35 +0000 I am delighted to announce the publication of a special collection of articles that highlight the breadth of high-quality research published in Nonlinearity during 2007. Articles in this collection are freely available from now until 31 December 2008 at http://herald.iop.org/NON2007highprofileNLSNet/m55/cid//link/1315 These 'High-Profile Articles' consist of the top-downloaded papers published in 2007, many of which have already been highly cited. Whether you are reading these articles for the first time or from renewed interest, we hope you will find them enjoyable and stimulating. Best wishes, Kate Watt Publisher Nonlinearity http://www.iop.org/journals/non