Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 12, Number 08 May 1, 2012 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: Conference on prediction, modeling and analysis of complex systems International School, Topics in nonlinear dynamics Position on Networks, Dynamics and Collective Behaviour Postdoc Positions on Multiscale Physics and Appl Mathematics Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 241:12 Contents, Nonlinearity 25:5 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: Conference on prediction, modeling and analysis of complex systems From: Feckan Michal Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:25:03 +0200 Dear Colleagues, you are cordially invited to take part on the Nostradamus conference which take places in Ostrava, Czech Republic on September 5 - September 7, 2012. Nostradamus conference is strictly scientific conference focused on prediction, modeling and analysis of the behaviour of the dynamical systems by means of classical as well as modern methods. More details on the webpage http://www.nostradamus-conference.org/Home.html Best regards, Michal Feckan member of International Scientific Commitee ------ Subject: International School, Topics in nonlinear dynamics From: sicc Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:04:44 -0600 7th SICC International School "Topics in nonlinear dynamics" COMPLEX NETWORKS IN ACTION University of Catania, Italy, 26-28 September, 2012 AIM OF THE COURSE Complex networks constitute a paradigm pervading many natural or man-made complex systems. Complex networks attract a wide and interdisciplinary audience coming from various fields: from theoretical scientists, to physicists, to engineers, to biologists. Recently, the topic paved the way to new perspectives in different advanced research fields such as brain dynamics (where complex networks have been demonstrated to provide new tools for functional activity characterization), climatology (where they provide a powerful framework to statistically investigate the topology of local and non-local statistical interrelationships), synchronization (where synchronization emerges as a complex interplay between network structure and properties and node dynamics), electronics (where the recent efforts directed towards large-area applications require to deal with complex patterns of interconnectivity), sensor networks (where the structural and evolutionary properties of models of complex networks are explored to design alternative network control methods and effective and robust techniques) and other examples. The idea underlying the School is to focus on such fields where the application of paradigms, concepts and methods from complex network theory revealed to be of great interest both from a theoretical point of view and from an application point of view. The School will thus focus on fields in which complex networks can be seen "in action". LOCATION University of Catania, Italy DATES 26-28 September, 2012 ORGANIZERS University of Catania and SICC (Italian Society for Chaos and Complexity, http://www.sicc-it.org) TOPICS This Ph.D. School is intended for postgraduate/PhD students from all over Europe and will deal with complex networks and their applications to the following areas: brain dynamics; climatology; epidemics; game theory; synchronization; sensor networks; control; slime mould computers. SPEAKERS - Juergen Kurths (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany) - Mario Chavez (Cognitive Neuroscience and Functional Brain Mapping, UPR 640-LENA, France) - Andrew Adamatzky (Dept of Computer Science UWE, Bristol, United Kingdom) - Yamir Moreno (Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems BIFI, Spain) - Jesus Gomez-Gardenes (University of Zaragoza, Spain) - Stefano Boccaletti (Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain, To be confirmed) - Mario Di Bernardo (Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy) - Carlo Piccardi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) - Alessandro Rizzo (Politecnico di Bari, Italy) - Luigi Fortuna (Universita degli Studi di Catania, Italy) - Andrea Rapisarda (Universita degli Studi di Catania, Italy) HOW TO APPLY For information and applications, visit the school's website: http://www.dees.unict.it/mfrasca/PhDSchool2012.html SICC - Societa' Italiana Caos e Complessita' e-mail info@sicc-it.org Web http://www.sicc-it.org ------ Subject: Position on Networks, Dynamics and Collective Behaviour From: Alastair Spence Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:04:19 +0100 The University of Bath is currently offering six Prize Fellowships across the Faculty of Science, aimed at early career researchers. Fellows will be expected to pursue an independent programme of research. Initial appointments will be to a Research Fellow post with the expectation of transfer to a Lectureship at the end of year two. Applications are encouraged in three specific areas within the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Of these, we would particularly like to bring to your attention the 'Networks, Dynamics and Collective Behaviour' position. Further details of the posts are given at http://www.bath.ac.uk/science/prize-fellows/math-sci/ and it is strongly suggested that potential applicants make informal contact via email with one of us, at the addresses listed below, before submitting an application. Formal applications will need to be made via the online application system, see http://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.aspx?ref=JK1001 Alastair Spence (A.Spence@bath.ac.uk) Richard James (R.James@bath.ac.uk) Jonathan Dawes (J.H.P.Dawes@bath.ac.uk) ------ Subject: Postdoc Positions on Multiscale Physics and Appl Mathematics From: Greg Pavliotis Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:11:19 -0400 Mathematics Project title: Creating macroscale effective interfaces encapsulating microstructural physics Salary Range: GBP31,300 - GBP39,920 (Maximum salary on appointment will be GBP31,300 per annum) Fixed Term for: 36 Months Starting Date: 01 October 2012 Applications are invited for two Research Associate positions in the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London to work in the areas of multiscale physics and applied mathematics. The positions are funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the main aim of the research project is the development of efficient and systematic methodologies for the modeling of microscale phenomena on the macroscale level. The focus of the project will be on three particular application areas: 1) Wave propagation for surface Rayleigh-Bloch waves and the reflection of waves from designer structured surfaces; 2) The statistical mechanics of phase transitions on micropatterned surfaces; 3) Modeling diffusions through structured domains. A PhD in Applied Mathematics, Theoretical Physics or closely aligned disciplines, or an equivalent level of professional qualifications and experiences is essential. You will have experience and strong research potential in a number of the following research areas: multiscale methods, computational mathematics, partial differential equations, statistical physics, stochastic processes as well as an excellent publications record with strengths in either statistical physics, applied analysis or computational mathematics. The successful candidate will be expected to work well as part of a team, and contribute significantly to the supervision of research students, and with the management of external collaborations. There will be opportunities to gain undergraduate teaching experience as appropriate and support will be given for computing resources and conference travel. For details on the application process please go to http://www2.imperial.ac.uk/~pavl/Positions.htm ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 241:12 From: ScienceDirect Message Center Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:30:40 -0400 * Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena Volume 241, Issue 12, Pages 1059-1114, 15 June 2012 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/271587-1-s2.0-S0167278912X00095 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) Maxwell-Schrodinger-Plasma (MASP) model for laser-molecule interactions: Towards an understanding of filamentation with intense ultrashort pulses Original Research Article, Pages 1059-1071 E. Lorin, S. Chelkowski, E. Zaoui, A. Bandrauk 2) Bifurcations in phase oscillator networks with a central element Original Research Article, Pages 1072-1089 Oleksandr Burylko, Yakov Kazanovich, Roman Borisyuk 3) Phase reduction of weakly perturbed limit cycle oscillations in time-delay systems Original Research Article, Pages 1090-1098 V. Novicenko, K. Pyragas 4) Filtering nonlinear spatio-temporal chaos with autoregressive linear stochastic models Original Research Article, Pages 1099-1113 Emily L. Kang, John Harlim ------ Subject: Contents, Nonlinearity 25:5 From: Anna-Ulla Jansson Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:15:00 +0100 NONLINEARITY Volume 25, Issue 5, May 2012 Individual articles are free for 30 days following their publication on the web. This issue is available at: URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/0951-7715/25/5. Pages:1235--1545 PAPERS 1235 Lower bounds for non-trivial travelling wave solutions of equations of KdV type C E Kenig, G Ponce and L Vega 1247 Global attractor and asymptotic dynamics in the Kuramoto model for coupled noisy phase oscillators Giambattista Giacomin, Khashayar Pakdaman and Xavier Pellegrin 1275 Example for exponential growth of complexity in a finite horizon multi-dimensional dispersing billiard P\'eter B\'alint and Imre P\'eter T\'oth 1299 Equivariant wave maps exterior to a ball Piotr Bizo\'n, Tadeusz Chmaj and Maciej Maliborski 1311 Relevance of sampling schemes in light of Ruelle's linear response theory Valerio Lucarini, Tobias Kuna, Jeroen Wouters and Davide Faranda 1329 On the lengths of basic intervals in beta expansions Ai-Hua Fan and Bao-Wei Wang 1345 Remarks on the Liouville type results for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations in ${\rm {\Bbb R^N} }$ Dongho Chae 1351 Low Mach number limit for the multi-dimensional full magnetohydrodynamic equations Song Jiang, Qiangchang Ju and Fucai Li 1367 Exponentially and non-exponentially small splitting of separatrices for the pendulum with a fast meromorphic perturbation Marcel Guardia and Tere M Seara 1413 Stabilization in a two-species chemotaxis system with a logistic source J I Tello and M Winkler 1427 Noise and topology in driven systems - an application to interface dynamics Stewart E Barnes, Jean-Pierre Eckmann, Thierry Giamarchi and Vivien Lecomte 1443 Counterexamples to the open problem by Zhou and Feng on the minimal centre of attraction Lenka Obadalov\'a and Jaroslav Sm\' \i tal 1451 A reaction--diffusion SIS epidemic model in a time-periodic environment Rui Peng and Xiao-Qiang Zhao 1473 Transitions amongst synchronous solutions in the stochastic Kuramoto model Lee DeVille 1495 Dense properties of the space of circle diffeomorphisms with a Liouville rotation number Shigenori Matsumoto 1513 On the weak-strong uniqueness of the dissipative surface quasi-geostrophic equation Bo-Qing Dong and Zhi-Min Chen 1525 Global well-posedness for a slightly supercritical surface quasi-geostrophic equation Michael Dabkowski, Alexander Kiselev and Vlad Vicol 1537 Attractors in the quasi-periodically perturbed quadratic family Kristian Bjerkl\"ov