Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 12, Number 07 April 15, 2012 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: Course on Paradigmatic Models in Social Sciences 2nd Ph.D. School on Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems Meeting, Complexity paradigms for Smart, Green and Integrated Transport 3 Tenure Track Positions, Applied Math, Taiwan Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A 32:8 Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A 32:9 Contents, Evolution Equations and Control Theory 1:1 Contents, Kinetic and Related Models 5:2 Contents, Communications in Mathematical Sciences 10:3 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: Course on Paradigmatic Models in Social Sciences From: sicc Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 08:33:05 -0600 PARADIGMATIC MODELS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES May 8-10 2012, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano Co-organized by DEI - Politecnico di Milano and SICC - Italian Society for Chaos and Complexity This course is one of the PhD courses supplied by the PhD Program in Information Technology at DEI, Politecnico di Milano. The course is addressed to PhD students of the Politecnico di Milano, but also to other PhD students and researchers working in various areas of science and engineering interested in applying dynamical system theory to social sciences. AIM OF THE COURSE So far, empirical studies based on experiments and data analysis have dominated the scene in social sciences, while theoretical studies rooted in mathematical models were only exceptions. However, the most recent developments of the theory of dynamical systems, together with the availability of related software, have deeply modified this attitude and generated high expectations around mathematical models. The aim of this course is to show how the scientific approach, traditionally followed in physics and engineering, can be used to tackle social problems. The intent is not to cover specific sectors of social sciences but rather to present and discuss the power of the modelling approach through a series of paradigmatic examples. The examples will be presented in a particular chronological sequence that will the main issues of dynamical system theory to be presented in a meaningful order: from bistability to catastrophes, from stationary and cyclic to quasi-periodic and chaotic regimes, from the spreading of successfull strategies to the formation of clusters in networks. STAFF Renato Casagrandi, Department of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano Alessandro Colombo, Department of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano Fabio Dercole, Department of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano Carlo Piccardi, Department of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano Sergio Rinaldi, Department of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano Marten Scheffer, Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management group, Wageningen University Karl Sigmund, Faculty for Mathematics, University of Vienna Lucia Tajoli, Department of Management, Economics, and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano DETAILED PROGRAM Tuesday, May 8 9:00 - 12:30 Dynamical systems and social sciences S. Rinaldi Overview of nonlinear dynamics S. Rinaldi Sexual intercourses in permanent couples 14:00 - 17:30 Catastrophes and warnings M. Scheffer Brain, behavior, and social interactions M. Scheffer Warinng signals Wednesday, May 9 9:00 - 12:30 Emergence of ups and downs R. Casagrandi Production in creative professions S. Rinaldi Political corruption in democratic societies 14:00 - 17:30 Chaos and unpredictability F. Dercole Unpredictability of love affairs A. Colombo Dynamics of two-party democracies Thursday, May 10 9:00 - 12:30 Evolutionary games K. Sigmund Basic principles K. Sigmund Evolution of cooperation in society 14:00 - 17:30 Complex networks C. Piccardi Networks topology L. Tajoli Evolution of the world For information and application, please visit the course webpage: http://www.pmss2012.dei.polimi.it/ ------ Subject: 2nd Ph.D. School on Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems From: sicc Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:05:19 -0600 2nd Ph.D. School on Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems Pescara, Italy, 16 - 28 July, 2012 In the framework of the European research and training activities in Complexity Science we announce the continuation of a series of annual Ph.D. Schools on "Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems". The first event took place in Patras, Greece, in the summer of 2011 (see http://www.math.upatras.gr/~phdsch11) and the second one is announced as follows: Time: 16 - 28 July, 2012 Location: International Center for Nonlinear Dynamics and Complex Systems, University of Chieti Pescara (http://www.nodycosy.unich.it/). Co-organized by: SICC (Italian Society for Chaos and Complexity, http://www.sicc-it.org) This Ph.D. School is intended for postgraduate students from all over Europe and offers four coherent lecture courses, taught by experts in each field, on: I. Foundations of Complex Networks II. Statistical Physics of Complex Systems III. Complex Systems in Biology IV. Complexity in Economics and Social Sciences Scientific Organizing Committee: Prof. Jeff Johnson (British Open University, President of European Complex Systems Society), Prof. Tassos Bountis (University of Patras), Prof. Manuel Velarde (University Complutense of Madrid), Prof. Carlo Mari (Chairman, University of Chieti-Pescara), Assoc. Prof. Angela De Sanctis (University of Chieti-Pescara). A. How to Apply European postgraduate students aiming to obtain a Master's or Ph.D. degree in any scientific area involving complex systems are invited to apply to the Chairman of the Scientific Organizing Committee at c.mari@unich.it (or at the School's website when it becomes available). Each applicant is asked to submit a CV, including a transcript of grades obtained in his/her undergraduate studies, as well as a personal statement explaining why the School will be useful to his/her current studies. Based on the above information, the Scientific Organizing Committee will select 25-30 applicants each year. To obtain a Certificate of Participation the selected students should attend all lectures and exercise sessions of the School (see Preliminary Program). Students who also undertake to do a project on a special topic belonging to any one of the 4 courses, will have their project graded by one of the instructors and depending on their performance may receive a Certificate of Participation with Distinction. All interested students are invited to submit their application at the latest by May 15, 2012, following the instructions posted on the School's website. They will be informed about the decision of the Scientific Organizing Committee regarding their acceptance by the end of May 2012. The selected students will be asked to download and read preparatory course material provided by the instructors and placed on the School's website by the end of June 2012. In this way, the students will be better prepared to follow the lectures and exercise sessions of the School. B. Attendance Fee, Living Expenses, and Financial Support The attendance fee for each student participating in the Ph.D. School is 300 euro. This includes: a) Participation in all lectures and exercise sessions b) Official folder and all printed material related to the Ph.D. School c) Participation in the festive School Dinner, Saturday July 21, and the School Excursion, Sunday July 22, d) Light lunches (sandwiches and refreshments) and all coffee breaks during the School. Comfortable individual rooms will be provided to the students at comfortable seaside hotels of Pescara. The cost is approximately 30 euro per day for a double room and 45 euro per day for a single room. The School will provide limited financial support to some of the selected students, on the basis of their need, to cover living expenses and part of the attendance fee. C. List of Courses Course Title I. Foundations of Complex Networks 1) Baruch Barzel (Boston) 2) Jeff Johnson (London) II. Physics of Complex Systems 1) Constantino Tsallis (Rio de Janeiro) 2) Tassos Bountis (Patras) 3) Ko van der Weele (Patras) III. Complex Systems in Biology 1) Thanassis Fokas (London) 2) Dr Alessandro De Moura (Aberdeen) 3) Anastasios Bezerianos (Patras) 4) Fabio Babiloni (Roma) IV. Complexity in Economics and Social Sciences 1) Laura Gardini (Urbino) 2) Rosaria Conte (Roma) 3) Carlo Mari (Pescara) 4) Demetris Ghikas (Patras) SICC - Societa' Italiana Caos e Complessita' e-mail info@sicc-it.org Web http://www.sicc-it.org ------ Subject: Meeting, Complexity paradigms for Smart, Green and Integrated Transport From: Massimiliano Zanin Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:38:51 +0200 Complexity paradigms for Smart, Green and Integrated Transport Satellite Meeting at the European Conference on Complex Systems 2012 Brussels, September 6, 2012 Following the CFTS event organized at the ECCS '11 in Vienna, we announce the Call for Papers for a one-day Satellite Meeting in Brussels. The objective of this workshop is to bring together researchers from a broad range of disciplines and to discuss the problems of transportation systems by using Complex Systems theory and methodologies. Transportation systems are composed of a large number of heterogeneous elements, interacting, perceiving different information from the environment, and pursuing heterogeneous/different aims. Examples range from very well known systems, like road traffic dynamics, up to new fields, such as the Air Transport Network. Complex Systems tools that have been applied to transportation systems include complex networks, percolation theory, self-organized criticality and agent base modeling. Special attention will be devoted to applications, i.e., how these tools and techniques can be used to improve the performance of real systems, as well as contributions centered on societal and environmental aspects and citizens' perception. A non-exhaustive list of topics includes: - Topological properties of transportation systems and the relations between topology and efficiency, resilience, and propagation of disturbances. - Dynamics of and in relation to transportation systems: from movements of persons and goods to diseases and information spreading mechanisms. - Emerging behaviors and critical-phase transitions in transportation systems. - Contributions of Complexity Science to transport sustainability and integration. The list of invited speakers includes: - Marc Barthelemy, CEA Institut de Physique Theorique, France. - Andrew Cook, University of Westminster, UK (to be confirmed). - Aura Reggiani, Universita di Bologna, Italy. - Alessandro Vespignani, Indiana University, USA. Call for Papers Submission of contributed papers can be done by sending an extended abstract (max. 3 pages) to the organizers (see email addresses below). Standard LaTeX, PDF, or Microsoft Words formats are encouraged. Submissions will be evaluated and selected by the Program Committee members, based on the adherence with the theme of the satellite, originality and scientific soundness. Once the selection process is complete, the authors of the accepted abstracts will be notified by e-mail. The deadline for abstract submission for oral contributions is May 27, 2012. If you need more information, please visit the following website: http://www.complexworld.eu/eccs-2012/ or directly contact with the organizers of the Meeting: Massimiliano Zanin (The INNAXIS Research Institute, mzanin@innaxis.org) Fabrizio Lillo (Scuola Normale Superiore, fabrizio.lillo@sns.it) ------ Subject: 3 Tenure Track Positions, Applied Math, Taiwan From: Yintzer Shih Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:29:32 +0800 3 Faculty Positions / Professors of Applied Mathematics The Department of Applied Mathematics (www.amath.nchu.edu.tw) at the National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) invites applications for 3 positions in Applied Mathematics at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. The vacant positions are within 3 areas: (1) Discrete Mathematics, (2) Differential Equation; Analysis; Numerical Analysis; or other related fields in mathematics, and (3) Computational Science. The successful candidate's mathematical results should have received wide international recognition. His or her results should be landmark contributions to applied mathematics. For positions (1)-(2), applicant should show his/her strong background in one of fields: discrete mathematics, analysis, differential equations, mathematical modeling and/or efficient numerical simulation in differential equations. And for position (3), applicant should have strong algorithmic and computational component in his/her computing mathematics research in at least one of below fields: computational mechanics; computational biology; image processing; computational finance information technology & communication. The candidate should have demonstrated proficiency in conducting pioneering projects in applied mathematics. Together with other members of the Department, the new professor will be responsible for teaching undergraduate courses (in Chinese or English) and graduate courses for students in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science. Your application should include 1. application form 2. curriculum vitae and publications 3. certifications of professional experience, 4. at least 2 recommendation letters, 5. research plan, 6. certifications of awards or patents (if applicable). The letter of application should be addressed to the Chair, Prof. Dr. Jyh-Bin Ke at 250 Kuo-Kuan Rd., Department of Applied Mathematics, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan. The closing date for applications is May 6, 2012. The positions will start in Feb. 1, 2013. NCHU is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. In order to increase the number of women in leading academic positions, we specifically encourage women to apply. ------ Subject: Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A 32:8 From: "Liwei Ning" Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 14:51:12 -0500 Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series A (DCDS-A) Volume: 32, Number: 8 August 2012 http://aimsciences.org/journals/contentsListnew.jsp?pubID=509 1. Preface Pages : i - iii Tasso J. Kaper, Bernd Krauskopf, Hinke M. Osinga and Martin Wechselberger 2. Finding periodic orbits in state-dependent delay differential equations as roots of algebraic equations Pages : 2607 - 2651 Jan Sieber 3. Phase models and oscillators with time delayed coupling Pages : 2653 - 2673 Sue Ann Campbell and Ilya Kobelevskiy 4. Numerical recipes for investigating endemic equilibria of age-structured SIR epidemics Pages : 2675 - 2699 Dmitri Breda, Stefano Maset and Rossana Vermiglio 5. Dynamics of a delay differential equation with multiple state-dependent delays Pages : 2701 - 2727 A. R. Humphries, O. A. DeMasi, F. M. G. Magpantay and F. Upham 6. Type III excitability, slope sensitivity and coincidence detection Pages : 2729 - 2757 Xiangying Meng, Gemma Huguet and John Rinzel 7. Stability and stabilization of the constrained runs schemes for equation-free projection to a slow manifold Pages : 2759 - 2803 Antonios Zagaris, Christophe Vandekerckhove, C. William Gear, Tasso J. Kaper and Ioannis G. Kevrekidis 8. The singular limit of a Hopf bifurcation Pages : 2805 - 2823 John Guckenheimer and Hinke M. Osinga 9. How to find a codimension-one heteroclinic cycle between two periodic orbits Pages : 2825 - 2851 Wenjun Zhang, Bernd Krauskopf and Vivien Kirk 10. Cross-currents between biology and mathematics: The codimension of pseudo-plateau bursting Pages : 2853 - 2877 Hinke M. Osinga, Arthur Sherman and Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova 11. Bifurcations of canard-induced mixed mode oscillations in a pituitary Lactotroph model Pages : 2879 - 2912 Theodore Vo, Richard Bertram and Martin Wechselberger 12. Feed-forward networks, center manifolds, and forcing Pages : 2913 - 2935 Martin Golubitsky and Claire Postlethwaite 13. Why optimal states recruit fewer reactions in metabolic networks Pages : 2937 - 2950 Joo Sang Lee, Takashi Nishikawa and Adilson E. Motter 14. Waves in random neural media Pages : 2951 - 2970 Stephen Coombes, Helmut Schmidt, Carlo R. Laing, Nils Svanstedt and John A. Wyller 15. Stochastic phase dynamics of noise driven synchronization of two conditional coherent oscillators Pages : 2971 - 2995 William F. Thompson, Rachel Kuske and Yue-Xian Li 16. The Hopf bifurcation with bounded noise Pages : 2997 - 3007 Ryan T. Botts, Ale Jan Homburg and Todd R. Young ------ Subject: Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A 32:9 From: "Liwei Ning" Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:08:00 -0500 Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series A (DCDS-A) Volume: 32, Number: 9 September 2012 http://aimsciences.org/journals/contentsListnew.jsp?pubID=510 1. A formal series approach to averaging: Exponentially small error estimates Pages : 3009 - 3027 Philippe Chartier, Ander Murua and Jesus Maria Sanz-Serna 2. The efficient approximation of coherent pairs in non-autonomous dynamical systems Pages : 3029 - 3042 Michael Dellnitz and Christian Horenkamp 3. Monotone traveling waves for delayed Lotka-Volterra competition systems Pages : 3043 - 3058 Jian Fang and Jianhong Wu 4. Relative entropies in thermodynamics of complete fluid systems Pages : 3059 - 3080 Eduard Feireisl 5. Conservation laws in mathematical biology Pages : 3081 - 3097 Avner Friedman 6. Dynamics of a three species competition model Pages : 3099 - 3131 Yuan Lou and Daniel Munther 7. Lessons in uncertainty quantification for turbulent dynamical systems Pages : 3133 - 3221 Andrew J. Majda and Michal Branicki 8. Adaptation of an ecological territorial model to street gang spatial patterns in Los Angeles Pages : 3223 - 3244 Laura M. Smith, Andrea L. Bertozzi, P. Jeffrey Brantingham, George E. Tita and Matthew Valasik 9. Symbolic dynamics for the N -centre problem at negative energies Pages : 3245 - 3301 Nicola Soave and Susanna Terracini 10. Traveling waves of diffusive predator-prey systems: Disease outbreak propagation Pages : 3303 - 3324 Xiang-Sheng Wang, Haiyan Wang and Jianhong Wu ------ Subject: Contents, Evolution Equations and Control Theory 1:1 From: "Liwei Ning" Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:41:45 -0500 Evolution Equations and Control Theory (EECT) Volume: 1, Number: 1 June 2012 http://aimsciences.org/journals/contentsListnew.jsp?pubID=507 1. Preface; Pages : i - i Alain Haraux and Irena Lasiecka 2. Internal stabilization of Navier-Stokes equation with exact controllability on spaces with finite codimension; Pages : 1 - 16 Viorel Barbu and Ionut Munteanu 3. On Kelvin-Voigt model and its generalizations; Pages : 17 - 42 Miroslav Bulicek, Josef Malek and K. R. Rajagopal 4. Invariance for stochastic reaction-diffusion equations; Pages : 43 - 56 Piermarco Cannarsa and Giuseppe Da Prato 5. Semi-weak well-posedness and attractors for 2D Schrodinger-Boussinesq equations; Pages : 57 - 80 Igor Chueshov and Alexey Shcherbina 6. Optimal control of advective direction in reaction-diffusion population models; Pages : 81 - 107 Heather Finotti, Suzanne Lenhart and Tuoc Van Phan 7. Certain questions of feedback stabilization for Navier-Stokes equations; Pages : 109 - 140 Andrei Fursikov and Alexey V. Gorshkov 8. Carleman estimates for some anisotropic elasticity systems and applications; Pages : 141 - 154 Victor Isakov 9. Modeling of a nonlinear plate; Pages : 155 - 169 Shun Li and Peng-Fei Yao 10. On well-posedness of incompressible two-phase flows with phase transitions: The case of equal densities; Pages : 171 - 194 Jan Pruss, Yoshihiro Shibata, Senjo Shimizu and Gieri Simonett 11. Hyperbolic Navier-Stokes equations I: Local well-posedness; Pages : 195 - 215 Reinhard Racke and Jurgen Saal 12. Hyperbolic Navier-Stokes equations II: Global existence of small solutions; Pages : 217 - 234 Reinhard Racke and Jurgen Saal ------ Subject: Contents, Kinetic and Related Models 5:2 From: "Liwei Ning" Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:03:36 -0500 Kinetic and Related Models (KRM) Volume: 5, Number: 2 June 2012 http://aimsciences.org/journals/contentsListnew.jsp?pubID=511 1. The discrete fragmentation equation: Semigroups, compactness and asynchronous exponential growth Pages : 223 - 236 Jacek Banasiak and Wilson Lamb 2. Boltzmann equation and hydrodynamics at the Burnett level Pages : 237 - 260 Alexander Bobylev and Asa Windfall 3. A perturbation approach for the transverse spectral stability of small periodic traveling waves of the ZK equation Pages : 261 - 281 Hua Chen and Ling-Jun Wang 4. Well-balanced schemes using elementary solutions for linear models of the Boltzmann equation in one space dimension Pages : 283 - 323 Laurent Gosse 5. The Lifschitz-Slyozov equation with space-diffusion of monomers Pages : 325 - 355 Thierry Goudon, Frederic Lagoutiere and Leon M. Tine 6. Periodic long-time behaviour for an approximate model of nematic polymers Pages : 357 - 382 Lingbing He, Claude Le Bris and Tony Lelievre 7. Large-time decay of the soft potential relativistic Boltzmann equation in R^3_x Pages : 383 - 415 Robert M. Strain and Keya Zhu 8. Unique moment set from the order of magnitude method Pages : 417 - 440 Henning Struchtrup ------ Subject: Contents, Communications in Mathematical Sciences 10:3 From: Communications in Math Sciences Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:44:54 -0500 Communications in Mathematical Sciences (CMS) Vol 10, No. 3, 2012 Table of Contents Full articles are online at http://www.intlpress.com/CMS/CMS-BrowseJournal.php * Long-time dynamics of a coupled Cahn-Hilliard-Boussinesq system Kun Zhao * On perturbation of the Kirchhoff operator - analysis and numerical simulation M.A. Rincon, M.C.C. Vieira, T.N. Rabello, and L.A. Medeiros * Evolution of particle separation in slowly decorrelating velocity fields Tomasz Komorowski, Alexei Novikov, and Lenya Ryzhik * Long-time asymptotics for nonlinear growth-fragmentation equations Pierre Gabriel * Remark on random attractor for a two dimensional incompressible non-Newtonian fluid with multiplicative noise Chunxiao Guo and Boling Guo * Heat-conducting viscous fluids over porous media Luisa Consiglieri * Shock dynamics in layered periodic media David I. Ketcheson and Randall J. LeVeque * A two time-scale model for tidal bed-load transport Stephane Cordier, Carine Lucas, and Jean de Dieu Zabsonre * Discrete transparent boundary conditions for the Schrodinger equation on circular domains Anton Arnold, Matthias Ehrhardt, Maike Schulte, and Ivan Sofronov * Existence and computation of periodic travelling-wave solutions of a dispersive system Juan Carlos Munoz Grajales * Multiscale tailored finite point method for second order elliptic equations with rough or highly oscillatory coefficients Houde Han and Zhiwen Zhang * Persistence and extinction of a non-autonomous logistic model with random perturbations Meng Liu and Ke Wang * A fast spectral algorithm for the quantum Boltzmann collision operator Jingwei Hu and Lexing Ying * Approximating selected non-dominant timescales by Markov State Models Marco Sarich and Christof Schutte * Wilton ripples in weakly nonlinear model equations Benjamin F. Akers and Wenxuan Gao