Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 10, Number 18 October 1, 2010 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: School of Applied Mathematics and Innovation School on Mathematical Systems Theory 104th Statistical Mechanics Conference Conference on Applied Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Research Workshop, Nonlinear Waves and Solitons in Lattices Full Professorship in Applied Math, Univ Bath, UK Faculty positions at SMU Assistant Professor position in Applied/Comp Math at UT Arlington Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A 29:1 Contents, Inverse Problems 26:10 Contents, Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control New Journal, The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience 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: School of Applied Mathematics and Innovation From: "Primitivo B. Acosta-Humanez" Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:45:51 +0200 SAMI 2010 "School of Applied Mathematics and Innovation" Non-Smooth Systems and Applications Noviembre 8 - 12, 2010 Universidad Sergio Arboleda Sede Rodrigo Noguera Laborde Santa Marta - Colombia Dear professors and postgraduate students, We kindly invite you to attend or to suggest your students to join the SAMI event. Non-smooth systems have attracted much attention in several scientific communities since many applications in engineering and science can be modeled within this framework. Lectures in SAMI 2010 will focus on the general 'non-smooth' framework and specially on bifurcations. A nice set of application case studies will also be shown. The school is intended for those who want to be introduced to the analysis and numerical simulation of these systems. http://ima.usergioarboleda.edu.co/SAMI/SAMI2010.htm Some financial support is available until October, 01 Courses "Bifurcations of non-smooth systems" Gerard Olivar, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, "Non-smooth systems and control strategies: several examples in engineering" Enric Fossas, Technical University of Catalonia, "Bifurcations in piecewise linear systems: case studies" Enrique Ponce, University of Seville, Organizers Primitivo Acosta-Humanez Director IMA - Instituto de Matematicas y sus Aplicaciones, Universidad Sergio Arboleda. Gerard Olivar, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Carlos Arturo Pe\~na Rincon PhD. Student Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Manizales Professor of Universidad Sergio Arboleda ------ Subject: School on Mathematical Systems Theory From: Achim Ilchmann Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:29:08 +0200 The 3rd ELGERSBURG SCHOOL on MATHEMATICAL SYSTEMS THEORY will take place in Elgersburg (Germany) from March 28 - April 1, 2011. The lecturers and their topics are Randy Freeman (Northwestern University, USA): Nonlinear Control Laurent Praly (Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris, France): Observers for Nonlinear Systems The school is addressed to postgraduate students or postdocs in control, either in mathematics or engineering, and also to very good undergraduates. We would be grateful if you could pass on this information to any potential candidates. The location has a capacity for 40 students. The cost for the hotel including full board is EUR 510 for a single and EUR 400 for a double room. Due to the limited number of places there will be an application procedure for participation at the school. Applicants are asked to provide their CV and a letter of reference from their supervisor. The deadline for applications is December 15, 2010. The organizers will then rank the applications according to excellence and suitability. A list of all participants will be available on the web site by January 15, 2011. Additionally, there are funds for travel support, accommodation and subsistence for 15 participants. For further information please see http://www.tu-ilmenau.de/math/forschung/tagungen/elgersburg-schools/elgersburgschool2011/ ------ Subject: 104th Statistical Mechanics Conference From: Joel Lebowitz Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:26:36 -0400 104th STATISTICAL MECHANICS CONFERENCE RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, BUSCH CAMPUS, HILL CENTER, ROOM 114 SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19-21, 2010 Dear Colleague: You are cordially invited to participate in the 104th Statistical Mechanics Conference at Rutgers University, December 19-21, 2010. Here is a tentative partial list of speakers: J. Banavar, K. Binder, G. Cicotti, S-W. Cheong, S. Coopersmith, M.W. Deem, C. Doering, B. Eaton, A. Erzan, E. Frey, S. Glotzer, T. Hwa, J. Jose, A. Klein, M.L. Klein, V. Korepin, G. Kotliar, W. Krauth, D. Landau, J. Langer, T. Lubensky, C. Marchetti, J. Marro, S. Nagel, L. Pastur, L. Pratt, M. Shelley, T. Shinbrot, A. Sokal, B. Svistunov, E. Tadmore, D. Thirumalai, H. van Beijeren, G. Vidal, M. Vogelius, D. Wilson, N. Wingreen. 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/ Please respond at: http://www.math.rutgers.edu/events/smm/smm-regform.html. We would like to know of any colleagues or students who should be added to our mailing list, positions wanted or available, etc. Looking forward to seeing you here. With best wishes, Joel ------ Subject: Conference on Applied Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Research From: Yunhua Xue Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:32:28 -0400 The School of Mathematical Sciences of Nankai University, Chern Institute of Mathematics and Beijing Computational Science Research Centre, in China, will jointly host the 2011 International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Research in Chern Institute of Mathematics, Nankai University, Tianjin, during June 13-15, 2011 and continue on in Beijing Computational Science Research Center on June 16, 2011. The objective of the conference is to bring together leading researchers in applied mathematics, computational sciences, physical and biological sciences as well as engineering to showcase the state of art interdisciplinary research and discuss new directions in the increasingly important research paradigm. The themes of the conference include * Analytic methods in applied analysis, PDEs, and dynamical systems * Numerical methods and high performance computing in science and engineering * Modeling and computation of condense matter materials and complex fluids * Modeling and computation in biomedical sciences * Stochastic methods for science and engineering. More details about the conference can be found at the conference website: http://www.isam.nankai.edu.cn/ ------ Subject: Workshop, Nonlinear Waves and Solitons in Lattices From: Jonathan Wattis Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:06:48 +0100 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons in Lattices April 4-5, 2011, at ICMS, 15 South College Street, Edinburgh, UK. Further information will be available on www.maths.nottingham.ac.uk/personal/jadw/jce/ and later on www.icms.org.uk/ At this workshop the speakers will present recent work and outline current problems in the field of nonlinear waves and solitons on lattices. As well as mathematical analysis, the speakers cover a wide range of disciplines including both pure and applied approaches to science and engineering. It will thus provide an excellent introduction to the subject area for younger researchers. In addition, time will be made available for discussions and to allow the formation of new collaborations. The meeting will mark the retirement of Chris Eilbeck. Provisional list of Speakers: Juan Achilla (Madrid, Spain) Leonor Cruzeiro (Faro, Portugal) Jesus Cuevas (Sevilla, Spain) Dirk Hennig (Portsmouth, UK) Guillame James (Toulouse, France) Magnus Johansson (Link\"{o}ping, Sweden) Nikos Karachalios (Samos, Greece) Faustino Palmero (Sevilla, Spain) Mike Russell Limited Financial Assistance for PhD students, and participants from African and former Soviet Union countries is available. Please apply to one of the organisers. We are grateful for funding from: London Mathematical Society (LMS), Edinburgh Mathematical Society (EMS), International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS). Organisers: Jonathan Wattis, University of Nottingham, Jonathan.Wattis@nottingham.ac.uk Gabriel Lord, Heriot-Watt University, gabriel@ma.hw.ac.uk ------ Subject: Full Professorship in Applied Math, Univ Bath, UK From: Ivan Graham Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:32:07 +0100 Professorship in Applied Mathematics University of Bath We are pleased to announce an open full Professorship in Applied Mathematics at the University of Bath. Bath is situated in the west of England, about 2 hours by train from London. The formal announcement and links for further information and application forms are given below. Ivan Graham University of Bath Dept of Mathematical Sciences Professor of Applied Mathematics The successful applicant for the Professorship in Applied Mathematics will have a proven and sustained track record of independent research of international standing, and will enhance the research profile of Applied Mathematics at Bath. Applications are welcome in any area of Applied Mathematics which both resonates with and complements existing areas of expertise. Salary and start date are negotiable. Closing date for applications: 28th October 2010. Interview date: 16th December 2010. Reference: CP253 Further information and applications: http://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.aspx?ref=CP253 Informal enquiries may be addressed to the Head of Department, Prof. Julian Faraway (maths-hod@bath.ac.uk, +44 (0)1225 386992) or Prof. Chris Budd (C.J.Budd@bath.ac.uk , +44 (0)1225 386241), or Prof. Ivan Graham (i.g.graham@bath.ac.uk, +44(0)1225 386343). ------ Subject: Faculty positions at SMU From: "Daniel R. Reynolds" Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:07:03 -0500 Applications are invited for two positions to begin in the fall semester of 2011. One position is for a tenure-track assistant professor and the other position is at any level with preference given to tenured associate or full professor candidates. The Department of Mathematics offers an active doctoral program in computational and applied mathematics. While preference will be given to candidates in these two areas, applicants in other related areas are encouraged to apply. Applicants must have a PhD, provide evidence of outstanding research, and hav1e a strong commitment to teaching at all levels. Applicants can visit http://www.smu.edu/math for more information about the department. Applicants should send a letter of application with curriculum vitae, a list of publications, and research and teaching statements to: Faculty Search Committee, Department of Mathematics, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750156, Dallas, TX 75275-0156. The Search Committee can be contacted via e-mail at mathsearch@mail.smu.edu; (Tel: (214) 768-2452; Fax: (214) 768-2355). Tenure-track applicants should also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to the department. Tenured applicants should provide contact information for three references. To ensure full consideration for the position, the application must be received by December 17, 2010, but the committee will continue to accept applications until the position is filled. The committee will notify applicants of its employment decisions 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. Hiring is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of a background check. ------ Subject: Assistant Professor position in Applied/Comp Math at UT Arlington From: Benito Chen Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:56:03 -0400 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON Department of Mathematics The Department of Mathematics at The University of Texas at Arlington invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning September 1, 2011 subject to available funding. Tenured appointments at the rank of Associate or Full Professor may be considered for exceptional candidates with a strong record of external funding. The salary will be competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. The minimum qualifications are an earned Ph.D. in mathematics or related areas. At least two years of experience beyond the Ph.D. is preferable. Demonstrated excellence in research and teaching and a strong potential for external funding are essential. While outstanding applicants from all mathematical research areas will be considered, preference will be given to those with significant research and scholarly accomplishments in applied/computational mathematics, especially those who can do interdisciplinary research in areas such as biology and material science. Duties will include teaching and mentoring undergraduate and/or graduate students; doing scholarly research; writing grant proposals; interdepartmental collaboration; and department and university service. UT Arlington is a public Comprehensive Doctoral/High Research Activity institution and part of the University of Texas system with an enrollment of over 32,000 students. The department is fast evolving into a major center for mathematics research and education in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and north Texas. It features nationally recognized faculty with outstanding accomplishments in teaching, research and service. The department offers master\222s and doctoral degree programs in Mathematics and Statistics and currently has more than 100 supported graduate students. As part of the university's College of Science, the department actively encourages interdisciplinary research efforts at the interface between mathematics, statistics, science, engineering and local industries. For more details, visit the Department's web page at http://www.uta.edu/math and the University's webpage www.uta.edu. Applicants should send a letter of application plus a complete curriculum vitae, statement on research interests, statement of teaching philosophy, and an American Mathematical Society (AMS) cover sheet to: Dr. Benito Chen Chair, Faculty Recruiting Committee Department of Mathematics The University of Texas at Arlington P.O. Box 19408 Arlington, TX 76019-0408. Applicants should arrange to have at least three letters of recommendation sent to the above address. Inquiries about the position may be directed to mathsearch@uta.edu. Review of applications will begin on December 13, 2010, and will continue until the positions are filled. Underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. This is a security sensitive position, and a criminal background check will be conducted on finalists. Effective August 1, 2011, the use of tobacco products (including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, smokeless tobacco and other tobacco products) by students, faculty, staff, and visitors are prohibited on all UT Arlington properties. The University of Texas at Arlington does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, veteran status or sexual orientation in employment or in the provision of services. For more information see http://www.uta.edu/hr/eos. ------ Subject: Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A 29:1 From: "Liwei Ning" Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:03:47 -0500 Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series A (DCDS-A) Volume: 29, Number: 1 January 2011 http://aimsciences.org/journals/displayPapers1.jsp?pubID=388 We offer a couple of weeks free online access to the full paper of DCDS-A 29-1. Regina Martinez and Carles Simo pages{1--24} Non-integrability of the degenerate cases of the Swinging Atwood's Machine using higher order variational equations doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.1 Karine Adamy pages{25--49} Existence of solutions for a Boussinesq system on the half line and on a finite interval doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.25 Alejandro Allendes and Alexander Quaas pages{51--65} Multiplicity results for extremal operators through bifurcation doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.51 Jacek Banasiak and Marcin Moszynski pages{67--79} Dynamics of birth-and-death processes with proliferation -- stability and chaos doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.67 Misha Bialy and Andrey E. Mironov pages{81--90} Rich quasi-linear system for integrable geodesic flows on 2-torus doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.81 Madalina Roxana Buneci pages{91--107} Morphisms of discrete dynamical systems doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.91 Peter De Maesschalck and Freddy Dumortier pages{109--140} Detectable canard cycles with singular slow dynamics of any order at the turning point doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.109 Francesco Di Plinio, Gregory S. Duane and Roger Temam pages{141--167} Time-dependent attractor for the Oscillon equation doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.141 Alessandro Fonda and Antonio J. Urena pages{169--192} Periodic, subharmonic, and quasi-periodic oscillations under the action of a central force doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.169 Stefano Galatolo, Mathieu Hoyrup and Cristobal Rojas pages{193--212} Dynamics and abstract computability: computing invariant measures doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.193 Jorge Groisman pages{213--239} Expansive homeomorphisms of the plane doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.213 Eduardo Hernandez and Donal O'Regan pages{241--260} $C^{\alpha}$-Holder classical solutions for non-autonomous neutral differential equations doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.241 Sasa Kocic pages{261--283} Reducibility of skew-product systems with multidimensional Brjuno base flows doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.261 Igor Kukavica and Vlad C. Vicol pages{285--303} The domain of analyticity of solutions to the three-dimensional Euler equations in a half space doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.285 Khalid Latrach and Hatem Megdiche pages{305--321} Time asymptotic behaviour for Rotenberg's model with Maxwell boundary conditions doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.305 Betseygail Rand and Lorenzo Sadun pages{323--326} An approximation theorem for maps between tiling spaces doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.323 Jesenko Vukadinovic pages{327--341} Global dissipativity and inertial manifolds for diffusive burgers equations with low-wavenumber instability doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.327 Peixuan Weng and Xiao-Qiang Zhao pages{343--366} Spatial dynamics of a nonlocal and delayed population model in a periodic habitat doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.343 Yaping Wu and Qian Xu pages{367--385} The existence and structure of large spiky steady states for S-K-T competition systems with cross-diffusion doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.367 Kazuyuki Yagasaki pages{387--402} Higher-order Melnikov method and chaos for two-degree-of-freedom Hamiltonian systems with saddle-centers doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.29.387 ------ Subject: Contents, Inverse Problems 26:10 From: Emma Avery Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:35:46 +0100 INVERSE PROBLEMS Volume 26, Issue 10, October 2010 Article numbers: 105001--105018 Individual articles are free for 30 days following their publication on the web. This issue is available at: http://iopscience.iop.org/0266-5611/26/10 PAPERS 105001 Near-field detection at microwave frequencies based on self-adjoint response sensitivity analysis L Liu, A Trehan and N K Nikolova 105002 Existence and uniqueness of a solution to the inverse problem of the complex permittivity reconstruction of a dielectric body in a waveguide Yury Shestopalov and Yury Smirnov 105003 Determination of source terms in a degenerate parabolic equation P Cannarsa, J Tort and M Yamamoto 105004 A discrepancy principle for Poisson data M Bertero, P Boccacci, G Talenti, R Zanella and L Zanni 105005 Stable inversion of the Abel integral equation of the first kind by means of orthogonal polynomials Amara Ammari and Abderrazek Karoui 105006 A note on the enclosure method for an inverse obstacle scattering problem with a single point source Masaru Ikehata 105007 A uniqueness result for the inverse electromagnetic scattering problem in a two-layered medium Xiaodong Liu and Bo Zhang 105008 Three-dimensional acoustic scattering by complex obstacles: the accuracy issue M F Ben Hassen, O Ivanyshyn and M Sini 105009 Pyramidal resistor networks for electrical impedance tomography with partial boundary measurements L Borcea, V Druskin, A V Mamonov and F Guevara Vasquez 105010 Connection formulae for asymptotics of solutions of the degenerate third Painlev\'e equation: II A V Kitaev and A Vartanian 105011 Joint myopic deconvolution F Benvenuto and A Ferrari 105012 Stability analysis of the inverse transmembrane potential problem in electrocardiography Martin Burger, Kent-Andr\'e Mardal and Bj{\o}rn Fredrik Nielsen 105013 Inverse eigenvalue problems for perturbed spherical Schr\"odinger operators Aleksey Kostenko, Alexander Sakhnovich and Gerald Teschl 105014 Stable determination of the electromagnetic coefficients by boundary measurements Pedro Caro 105015 Inversion of the circular Radon transform on an annulus Gaik Ambartsoumian, Rim Gouia-Zarrad and Matthew A Lewis 105016 Effective solution of nonlinear subsurface flow inverse problems in sparse bases Lianlin Li and Behnam Jafarpour 105017 Discretization of variational regularization in Banach spaces Christiane~P\"oschl, Elena Resmerita and Otmar Scherzer 105018 Iterative methods for the split feasibility problem in infinite-dimensional Hilbert spaces Hong-Kun Xu ------ Subject: Contents, Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control From: Romas Baronas Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:29:08 +0300 Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control, ISSN 1392-5113, Volume 15, Number 3, 2010 A free on-line edition is available at: http://www.lana.lt/journal/issues.php TABLE OF CONTENTS Effect of radiation with temperature dependent viscosity and thermal conductivity on unsteady a stretching sheet through porous media, pp. 257-270, M.M.M. Abdou. The effect of environmental tax on the survival of biological species in a polluted environment: a mathematical model, pp. 271-286, M. Agarwal, S. Devi. Effects of pressure work on natural convection flow around a sphere with radiation heat loss, pp. 287-298, T. Akhter, M.A. Alim. Stability analysis in a delayed SIR epidemic model with a saturated incidence rate, pp. 299-306 A. Kaddar. Asymptotic solution of the mathematical model of nonlinear oscillations of absolutely elastic inextensible weightless string, pp. 307-323, A. Krylovas, O. Lavcel-Budko, P. Miskinis. Estimation of the finite population covariance using calibration, pp. 325-340, A. Plikusas, D. Pumputis. A semi-analytical solution of micro polar flow in a porous channel with mass injection by using differential transform method, pp. 341-350, M.M. Rashidi, S.A. Mohimanian Pour, N. Laraqi. Numerical solving of coupled systems of parabolic and ordinary differential equations, pp. 351-360, V. Skakauskas, P. Katauskis. Dynamical complexities in a tri-trophic hybrid food chain model with Holling type II and Crowley-Martin functional responses, pp. 361-375, R.K. Upadhyay, S.N. Raw, V. Rai. Dr. Romas Baronas, Journal Secretary, Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control, http://www.lana.lt/journal/ ------ Subject: New Journal, The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience From: Stephen Coombes Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:02:51 +0100 Dear all, We are writing to let you know about a brand new journal, The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience (JMN), soon to be launched by Springer. The journal is now accepting submissions and we would like to encourage you to submit your next research article to the journal. The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience (JMN) is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that publishes research articles on the mathematical modeling and analysis of all areas of neuroscience, i.e., the study of the nervous system and its dysfunctions. The focus is on using mathematics as the primary tool for elucidating the fundamental mechanisms responsible for experimentally observed behaviours in neuroscience at all relevant scales, from the molecular world to that of cognition. The journal will be published under the banner of SpringerOpen, the new range of open access journals, covering all disciplines within the science, technology and medicine (STM) fields and complementing BioMed Central's over 200 open access journals. By sumitting your research to one of our SpringerOpen journals you will benefit from: * Open Access - articles freely available online * Rigorous peer review * Retaining copyright to your article * High visibility To enable the journal to make all of its content open access, The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience (JMN) levies an article processing charge of GBP 833/$1300/EUR 1000 for each manuscript accepted after peer review. 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