Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 11, Number 13 July 15, 2011 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: Workshop, Advances in Computational Wave Propagation Workshop, Transport Processes at Fluidic Interfaces Workshop, Porous Media Flows Postdoc on Tsunami Simulation and Earthquake-Tsunami Coupling Chair Position, Applied Math, Univ of Waterloo Contents, Nonlinearity 24:8 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: Workshop, Advances in Computational Wave Propagation From: Timo Betcke Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:07:23 -0400 Advances in Computational Wave Propagation 2011 2-3 September 2011, University College London The aim of this workshop is to discuss current research topics in finite and boundary element methods for wave propagation problems. The workshop consists of invited one hour presentations. Invited Speakers: Ben Cox (University College London) Mahadevan Ganesh (Colorado School of Mines) Stefano Giani (University of Nottingham) Stephen Langdon (University of Reading) Markus Melenk (Vienna University of Technology) Ilaria Perugia (University of Pavia) Registration: To register for the workshop please send an E-Mail to t.betcke@ucl.ac.uk. For further information go to https://sites.google.com/site/timobetcke/wave2011 ------ Subject: Workshop, Transport Processes at Fluidic Interfaces From: Frank Knoben Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:54:03 +0200 International Workshop "Transport Processes at Fluidic Interfaces - from Experimental to Mathematical Analysis", organized by the DFG Priority Programme 1506. The workshop will take place December 5-7, 2011, at the RWTH Aachen, Germany. The workshop will cover a broad range of scientific topics related to "Transport Processes at Fluidic Interfaces" with main emphasis on - Mathematical Modeling of Interfacial Phenomena - Mathematical Analysis of Sharp / Diffuse Interface Models - Numerical Methods for Flows with Deformable Interfaces - Design and Results of Experiments about Fluidic Interfaces Invited presentations have been confirmed by - Patrick Anderson, TU Eindhoven - Charlie Elliott, University of Sussex - Chun Liu, Penn State University - Jan Pruss, University Halle - Akio Tomiyame, Kobe University - Hongkai Zhao, University of California Further information regarding the workshop is available atwww.dfg-spp1506.de/workshop-aachen-2011 ------ Subject: Workshop, Porous Media Flows From: Luis Felipe Feres Pereira Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:54:57 +0000 The Second CFSF workshop on Porous Media Flows September 27-29/2011, Hilton Garden Inn, Laramie, WY Topics: - Sequestration of greenhouse gas and associated impurities (GGI) in geologic formations. - Recovery of natural gas from unconventional reservoirs characterized by low permeability. More information: http://www.uwyo.edu/cfsf/workshops/workshop-porous-media-flows.html ------ Subject: Postdoc on Tsunami Simulation and Earthquake-Tsunami Coupling From: JrnBehrens Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:22:00 +0200 Post-Doctoral Position Tsunami Simulation and Earthquake-Tsunami Coupling Upon funding approval the university will have a position open for a post-doc research associate (wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in in einem post-doc- Arbeitsverhaltnis) - salary group 14 TV-L \226 with a starting date of October 1, 2011, or soon after. The position calls for 39 hours per week. The short-term contract will end after 3 years (see also p. 2 of the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Law (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz)). The university intends to increase the number of women amongst its academic personnel and expressly encourages qualified women to apply. In compliance with the Hamburg Equal Opportunity Law, preference will be given to qualified female applicants. Responsibilities: A research associate's duties include academic service for the following project: ASCETE Area(s) of Responsibility: The successful candidate will enhance existing and develop new adaptive numerical me- thods for challenging problems in tsunami wave propagation and inundation. He/she will be concerned with handling model error and estimation of uncertainty in numerical simulations. Presentation of results in international context as well as writing scientific publications and technical documentation is amongst his/her duties. Close collaboration with the partners in the ASCETE consortium is expected. An academic degree in mathematical, physical or geophysical sciences plus doctoral degree is required. For more information, see the ASCETE web site (http://www.ascete.de). The original job posting can be found under http://www.verwaltung.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangebote/wissmit/Geoscience_11-08-31.pdf ------ Subject: Chair Position, Applied Math, Univ of Waterloo From: Carolyn Seely-Morrison Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:49:25 -0400 The Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo invites applications for the position of Department Chair. This position comes with an Associate or Full Professorship, depending on qualifications. The successful candidate will be an internationally recognized, distinguished researcher with demonstrated leadership qualities. The University of Waterloo, located at the heart of Canada's "Silicon Valley", is one of Canada's leading comprehensive universities with over 30,000 full and part-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The University of Waterloo has long been recognized as one of Canada's most innovative universities, with a clearly demonstrated and established reputation for excellence. The University Governing Bodies unequivocally directed the university, in the Sixth Decade Plan, to continue its pursuit of global excellence through developing academically and socially relevant programs, in particular by achieving even greater levels of academic distinction. The successful candidate will be expected to provide strong leadership to the department in the quest for greater excellence. The department ranks among the top applied mathematics departments worldwide, with 21 research active full time faculty. It offers a vibrant and stimulating research environment spanning a wide spectrum of research fields, which include control theory, dynamical systems, fluid dynamics, mathematical medicine and biology, mathematical physics, scientific computation, along with a wide range of interdisciplinary research activities. The department benefits from close ties with the Institute for Quantum Computing, the Perimeter Institute, and the Centre for Mathematical Medicine at the Fields Institute. The Graduate Program in the department has expanded in recent years to a current student body of approximately 60 graduate students, enrolled in either the MMath or PhD programs in applied mathematics. Candidates interested in this exciting leadership position should have a PhD in some branch of applied mathematics, a strong research record and program, a strong track record of graduate student supervision, and evidence of effective leadership. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The closing date for applications is October 31, 2011, but suitable candidates will be invited for interviews while the position is advertised, and an appointment may be made prior to the closing date. Interested candidates should, in the first instance, submit a curriculum vitae to: Ian Goulden, Dean Faculty of Mathematics University of Waterloo Waterloo ON N2L 3G1, CANADA dean@math.uwaterloo.ca All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Waterloo encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including women, members of visible minorities, native peoples, and persons with disabilities. http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/AM_Dept/positions/ChairOfAM.shtml ------ Subject: Contents, Nonlinearity 24:8 From: Emma Avery Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:54:29 +0100 NONLINEARITY Volume 24, Issue 8, August 2011 Individual articles are free for 30 days following their publication on the web. This issue is available at: URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/0951-7715/24/8 Pages: R51--66, 2119--2382 INVITED ARTICLE R51 Tibetan singing bowls Denis Terwagne and John W M Bush PAPERS 2119 On the dynamics in the one-dimensional piston problem Igor Gorelyshev 2143 A nonlinear adiabatic theorem for coherent states R\'emi Carles and Clotilde Fermanian Kammerer 2165 Hypocoercivity of linear degenerately dissipative kinetic equations Renjun Duan 2191 Well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for the magnetic Zakharov type system Boling Guo and Jingjun Zhang 2211 Shrinkers, expanders, and the unique continuation beyond generic blowup in the heat flow for harmonic maps between spheres Pawe{\l} Biernat and Piotr Bizo\'n 2229 Higher analogues of the discrete-time Toda equation and the quotient-difference algorithm Paul E Spicer, Frank W Nijhoff and Peter H van der Kamp 2265 Formal matched asymptotics for degenerate Ricci flow neckpinches Sigurd B Angenent, James Isenberg and Dan Knopf 2281 Asymptotic models for the generation of internal waves by a moving ship, and the dead-water phenomenon Vincent Duch\^ene 2325 Dimensional entropy over sets and fibres Piotr Oprocha and Guohua Zhang 2347 Centre manifold reduction approach for the lubrication equation G Kitavtsev, L Recke and B Wagner 2371 Concentration bounds for entropy estimation of one-dimensional Gibbs measures J-R Chazottes and C Maldonado