Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 11, Number 04 March 1, 2011 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: 105th Statistical Mechanics Conference Conference on Topological Methods in Dynamical Systems Conference, The Mathematics of Porous Media Workshop on Cultural and Opinion Dynamics Postdoc in Dynamical Systems - Lisbon Lectureships at the University of Bath Post-doc, Hamiltonian Methods in Plasma Physics & Gyrokinetics Tenure Track Position at Umea University Two positions at University of Bath Tenure Track Positions in Math, Santiago, Chile Faculty Positions at the University of Sussex Contents, Inverse Problems and Imaging 5:1 Contents, Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control 16:1 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: 105th Statistical Mechanics Conference From: Hope DiCapua Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:50:10 -0500 105TH STATISTICAL MECHANICS CONFERENCE RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, BUSCH CAMPUS, HILL CENTER, ROOM 114 SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, MAY 8 -- 10, 2011 Dear Colleague: You are cordially invited to participate in the 105^th Statistical Mechanics Conference at Rutgers University, May 8 - 10, 2011 Here is a tentative list of speakers: M. Aizenman, C. Austin Angell, Y. Avron, A. Bovier, D. Ceperly, D. Chandler, S. Cocco, P. Coleman, R. de la Llave, K. Dill, Weinan E, M. Evans, P. Falkowski, R. Fernandez, P. Ferrari, P. A. Ferrari, N. Goldenfeld, T. Halpin-Healy, J. Imbrie, J. Indekeu, C. Jarzynski, H. Kojima, J. Krug, E. Luitjen, C. Maes, P. Ortoleva, L. Pastur, S. Redner, John D. Reppy, Luc Rey-Bellet, P. Sarnak, M. Shelley, Y. Sinai, A. Soshnikov, R. Tumulka, J. Wang, W. Wang, J. Weeks. A more complete program will be sent out soon. You may obtain an updated additional information about ALL ASPECTS of the meeting at our site: http://www.math.rutgers.edu/events/smm/. To Register for the conference, please use the link: http://www.math.rutgers.edu/events/smm/smm-regform.html. Please let us 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 Topological Methods in Dynamical Systems From: Joao Medrado Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:30:12 -0300 Dear sir, I would like that you divulgate the conference The First International Conference on Topological Methods in Dynamical Systems will be held at the Institute of Mathematics at the State University of Campinas -- UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil, from May30th through June 3rd, 2011. http://www.aquawebbr.com/tds2011/ Thank you! Joao Medrado UFG - Brasil ------ Subject: Conference, The Mathematics of Porous Media From: TorstenMller Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:34:17 -0500 The aim of this International Conference is to celebrate the 60(+1)th birthday of Professor Dr. Ir. C. J. (Hans) van Duijn. With his work started in the 70s, Hans has essential and pioneering contributions to the Mathematics of Porous Media. He is still an active researcher in this field, in spite of taking the lead of the Eindhoven University of Technology in the past seven years. The conference will take place from June 13-15, 2011, at the beautiful Radisson Blu Resort, Split (Croatia). The programme will consist of keynote lectures, two lectures dealing with aspects of the scientific work of C.J. van Duijn, shorter lectures (by invitations) and poster presentations. The number of participants is limited to 35. At the moment no parallel sections are planned. We address the invitation to participate in this conference to the friends and colleagues of of Hans van Duijn, but further to all younger researchers and PhD students who work in this exiting field or want to learn more about it. Date: June 13-15, 2011 Location: Radisson Blu Resort, Split; Croatia Website: http://www.am.uni-erlangen.de/modeling-simulation-optimization/mpm2011.html ------ Subject: Workshop on Cultural and Opinion Dynamics From: Timoteo Carletti Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:30:46 +0100 Dear colleague We have the pleasure to announce the "Cultural and opinion dynamics: Modeling, Experiments and Challenges for the future." Satellite meeting of the ECCS2011 conference, 12-16 September 2011 Vienna. Aims of the workshop: * To draw collectively the "state of the art" of the currently available main families of hypotheses (models) and the applicability domains, the corresponding set of emergent dynamics (results) and the - possible - role of the different hypotheses about the type of network of interactions. * To reduce the gap with social experiments and to go beyond the disciplines borders, by interacting with social-psychologists to learn about the current state of experiments. To find a common framework to design new experimental techniques based on modern technologies (sensor devices, smartphones apps, internet interfaces). * To discuss the model validation with real data and analyse which kind of stylized fact of reality are reproduced. * To foster the research by exchanging knowledge concerning methods for abstract models, for the set of emergent phenomena. * To discuss the main challenges to address by the field in the years to come, both theoretically and experimentally, with a particular emphasis to web collected experimental data. Call for papers: Original papers should be submitted using until the 15th of April via the easyChair platform. Papers should not be longer than 15 pages. The authors of the selected paper will be informed by the 15th of May. A selection of the best papers should be envisaged for a specific issue of Advances for Complex Systems. For this reason we encourage the use of the ACS latex style. To know more, look at the workshop webpage: http://www.fundp.ac.be/en/sci/naxys/eccs2011 T. Carletti, G. Deffuant, F. Gargiulo, S. Huet ------ Subject: Postdoc in Dynamical Systems - Lisbon From: Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:55:58 -0000 Lisbon Dynamical Systems Group Post-Doctoral Grants 2011 We welcome applications for one research post-doctoral position in Mathematics within the scope of the Portuguese Science Foundation project Randomness in Deterministic Dynamical Systems and Applications (PTDC/MAT/105448/2008). The position is for one year, starting before the end of 2011, with the possibility of extension for a second year upon mutual agreement and budget approval. The salary is 17940 euros/year (tax free), and there are no teaching duties associated with this position. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Mathematics (or equivalent) obtained preferably after January 1, 2008, and must show very strong research promise in the area of Dynamical Systems and applications. Please send (preferably by email) curriculum vitae, reprints, preprints and a research statement (of no more than 1,000 words) to CEMAPRE Rua do Quelhas 6 1200-781 Lisboa Portugal Phone: (+351) 213 925 876 Fax: (+351) 213 922 782 Email: cemapre@iseg.utl.pt Three letters of reference should be sent directly to the same email address. All documents sent by email during the application procedure should have the reference "Randomness in Deterministic Dynamical Systems and Applications (PTDC/MAT/105448/2008)" in the subject line. The review of applications will start on March 14, 2011 and the process will continue until the position has been filled. Additional information about the research group the candidate will be based at is available in the LXDS webpage: http://cemapre.iseg.utl.pt/lxds/ For any questions regarding this position please use the e-mail lxds@cemapre.iseg.utl.pt with name and affiliation. ------ Subject: Lectureships at the University of Bath From: Jonathan Dawes Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:08:01 +0000 (GMT) Lectureship/Senior Lectureship/Readership in Applied Mathematics (2 Posts) Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, UK. Closing Date: Monday 07 March 2011 Working as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer or Reader in Applied Mathematics, you will collaborate with other areas of mathematics, with other departments at the University or with external research organisations. We particularly welcome applications from candidates working in differential equations. You will have either a proven track record of research excellence or very strong evidence of developing research excellence. Informal enquiries about the post may be made to Professor Hartmut Logemann (Tel: +44 (0)1225 386008, Email: H.Logemann@bath.ac.uk) or Professor Julian Faraway, Head of Department (Tel: +44 (0)1225 386992, Email: J.J.Faraway@bath.ac.uk). Further details can be downloaded from http://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.aspx?ref=JK387 ------ Subject: Post-doc, Hamiltonian Methods in Plasma Physics & Gyrokinetics Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:19:25 +0100 From: Michel.Vittot@cpt.univ-mrs.fr Dear colleagues, Our team offers a Post-doc position (2 years) on the topics "Hamiltonian Methods in Plasma Physics & Gyrokinetics". The candidate will work in our institute "Centre de Physique Theorique" in Marseille, France (on the Mediterranean coast) and will also interact with the CEA in Cadarache (near the ITER project). Some experience in Hamiltonian mechanics and plasma physics are required to study the gyrokinetics theory. The candidates should send a Curriculum to Vittot@cpt.univ-mrs.fr With best regards, Michel VITTOT Centre de Physique Theorique C.N.R.S. UMR 6207 - Luminy, case 907 F-13288 MARSEILLE cedex 9 - FRANCE Tel: (+0033|0) 4 91 26 95 24 http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~vittot/Home.htm ------ Subject: Tenure Track Position at Umea University From: keBrnnstrm Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:39:54 -0500 IceLab (Integrated Science Laboratory) seeks to constitute a hub of interdisciplinary, theoretical science at Umea University, Sweden. At present, IceLab is a joint collaboration between the Departments of Ecology and Environmental Science, Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, and Physics. IceLab is now seeking to fill a tenure-track position at the level of associate senior lecturer. While the focus of the position is complex systems, this should be understood broadly as encompassing computational/mathematical modeling and analysis of living systems. Further details about the position and instructions on how to apply can be found at: http://www8.umu.se/umu/aktuellt/arkiv/lediga_tjanster/312-100-11_sv_eng.html#eng The applicant should have a PhD or corresponding, in the first place not older than five years, with focus on theoretical modeling of well-defined research problems within natural sciences. The application deadline is March 10, 2011. ------ Subject: Two positions at University of Bath From: Ivan Graham Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:13:30 +0000 University of Bath Department of Mathematical Sciences Lectureship/Senior Lectureship/Readership in Applied Mathematics (2 posts) Currently we are advertising two permanent positions in Applied Mathematics. Further details are at http://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.aspx?ref=JK387 We welcome good applications in all areas of Applied Mathematics. Closing date for applications is 7th March 2011. ------ Subject: Tenure Track Positions in Math, Santiago, Chile From: Norbert Heuer Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:41:58 -0500 PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE Departamento de Matematicas The Department of Mathematics invites applications for three tenure track positions at the Assistant Professor level beginning either March or August 2012. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Mathematics, proven research potential in pure or applied mathematics, and a strong commitment to teaching and research. The regular teaching load for assistant professors consists of three one-semester courses per year, reduced to two during the first two years. The annual salary will be approx. US$ 45,000. Please send a letter indicating your main research interests, potential collaborators in our Department (http://www.mat.puc.cl), detailed curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation to: Director, Departamento de Matematicas Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Av. Vicuna Mackenna 4860, Santiago, Chile Fax: (56-2) 552-5916, Email: mmusso@mat.puc.cl Informal enquiries may be directed to Prof. Norbert Heuer, nheuer@mat.puc.cl Deadline: June 30, 2011 ------ Subject: Faculty Positions at the University of Sussex From: Erik Burman Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:27:33 -0500 Applications are invited for up to three positions on the level of lecturer, senior lecturer or professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Sussex. Candidates should have research interests related to one or more of the current research activities of the Department, which is organised into the three areas: analysis and PDEs, including financial mathematics; mathematics applied to biology; numerical analysis and scientific computing. Candidates will be expected to make a significant contribution to research in the Department involving research publications, research funding and supervising postgraduate students, and to undertake an appropriate teaching and administrative load. Deadline for applications: 21st of March. For details see www.sussex.ac.uk/jobs or contact e.n.burman@sussex.ac.uk. ------ Subject: Contents, Inverse Problems and Imaging 5:1 From: "Liwei Ning" Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:24:09 -0600 Inverse Problems and Imaging (IPI) Volume: 5, Number: 1 February 2011 http://aimsciences.org/journals/displayPapers1.jsp?pubID=419 We offer a couple of weeks free online access to the full paper of IPI 5-1. Adriano De Cezaro, Johann Baumeister and Antonio Leit\343o Modified iterated Tikhonov methods for solving systems of nonlinear ill-posed equations; pages{1--17} doi:10.3934/ipi.2011.5.1 Zhaohui Guo and Stanley Osher Template matching via minimization and its application to hyperspectral data; pages{19--35} doi:10.3934/ipi.2011.5.19 Mikko Kaasalainen Multimodal inverse problems: Maximum compatibility estimate and shape reconstruction; pages{37--57} doi:10.3934/ipi.2011.5.37 Ru-Yu Lai Global uniqueness for an inverse problem for the magnetic Schrodinger operator; pages{59--73} doi:10.3934/ipi.2011.5.59 Jaakko Ketola and Lars Lamberg An algorithm for recovering unknown projection orientations and shifts in 3-D tomography; pages{75--93} doi:10.3934/ipi.2011.5.75 Songting Luo, Leonidas J. Guibas and Hong-Kai Zhao Euclidean skeletons using closest points; pages{95--113} doi:10.3934/ipi.2011.5.95 Jean-Michel Morel and Guoshen Yu Is SIFT scale invariant?; pages{115--136} doi:10.3934/ipi.2011.5.115 Esther Klann, Ronny Ramlau and Wolfgang Ring A Mumford-Shah level-set approach for the inversion and segmentation of SPECT/CT data; pages{137--166} doi:10.3934/ipi.2011.5.137 Lassi Roininen, Markku S. Lehtinen, Sari Lasanen, Mikko Orisp\344\344 and Markku Markkanen Correlation priors; pages{167--184} doi:10.3934/ipi.2011.5.167 Martin Hanke and William Rundell On rational approximation methods for inverse source problems; pages{185--202} doi:10.3934/ipi.2011.5.185 Brian Sleeman and Evgeny Lakshtanov Acoustically invisible gateways; pages{203--217} doi:10.3934/ipi.2011.5.203 M. Zuhair Nashed and Alexandru Tamasan Structural stability in a minimization problem and applications to conductivity imaging; pages{219--236} doi:10.3934/ipi.2011.5.219 Chunlin Wu, Juyong Zhang and Xue-Cheng Tai Augmented Lagrangian method for total variation restoration with non-quadratic fidelity; pages{237--261} doi:10.3934/ipi.2011.5.237 Zhao Yi and Justin W. L. Wan An inviscid model for nonrigid image registration; pages{263--284} doi:10.3934/ipi.2011.5.263 ------ Subject: Contents, Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control 16:1 From: Romas Baronas Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 20:54:13 +0200 Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control, ISSN 1392-5113, Volume 16, Number 1, 2011 A free on-line edition is available at: http://www.lana.lt/journal/issues.php TABLE OF CONTENTS Effects of variable chemical reaction and variable electric conductivity on free convective heat and mass transfer flow along an inclined stretching sheet with variable heat and mass fluxes under the influence of Dufour and Soret effects, pp. 1-16, M.S. Alam, M.U. Ahammad. On hydromagnetic flow due to a rotating disk with radiation effects, pp. 17-29, S.P. Anjali Devi, R. Uma Devi. On the backward bifurcation of a vaccination model with nonlinear incidence, pp. 30-46, B. Buonomo, D. Lacitignola. Taylor-Couette flow of a fractional second grade fluid in an annulus due to a time-dependent couple, pp. 47-58, M. Imran, M. Kamran, M. Athar, A.A. Zafar. Global analysis of a deterministic and stochastic nonlinear SIRS epidemic model, pp. 59-76, A. Lahrouz, L. Omari, D. Kiouach. On a three-tier ecological food chain model with deterministic and random harvesting: A mathematical study, pp. 77-88, B. Mukhopadhyay, R. Bhattacharyya. Analysis of the flow and heat transfer characteristics for MHD free convection in an enclosure with a heated obstacle, pp. 89-99, S. Parvin, R. Nasrin. Soret and Dufour effects on mixed convection in a non-Darcy porous medium saturated with micropolar fluid, pp. 100-115, D. Srinivasacharya, Ch. RamReddy. Notion of a virtual derivative, pp. 116-122, S. Parvin, R. Nasrin. Dr. Romas Baronas, Journal Secretary, Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control