Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 12, Number 19 October 15, 2012 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: Conference, Models in Population Dynamics and Ecology 6th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference Postdoc on Non-linear & Statistical Physics Postdoc on Fluctuating Hydrodynamics Vacancies in Groningen Academic Positions in Applied Mathematics and Probability Position at the Department of Mathematics of PUC-Rio Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A 33:1 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: Conference, Models in Population Dynamics and Ecology From: Horst Malchow Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:20:42 +0200 1st Announcement International Conference MODELS IN POPULATION DYNAMICS AND ECOLOGY - MPDE'13 University of Osnabrueck, Germany 26-29 August 2013 Since 2007, the annual MPDE conferences aim at the enlightenment of ecosystem dynamics on all scales via various mathematical, computational and interdisciplinary methods. We have just had the MPDE'12 at Santa Maria in Brazil and would like to invite you to Osnabrueck in Germany next year. Some 2013 TOPICS are - Bioinvasions and epidemic spread - Biological and ecological networks - Biological flows - Dynamic energy budget modelling - Ecological pattern formation - Epidemiology and ecoepidemiology - Evolutionary dynamics - Individual and collective dynamics - Noise in bio- and ecodynamics - Scaling and aggregation HONORARY SPEAKERS (confirmed): Nanako Shigesada (Kyoto, JPN) Masayasu Mimura (Tokyo, JPN) PLENARY SPEAKERS (confirmed): Ulrike Feudel (Oldenburg, GER) Volker Grimm (Potsdam/Leipzig, GER) Alan Hastings (Davis, USA) Emilio Hernandez-Garcia (Palma d. M., ESP) Bas Kooijman (Amsterdam, NED) Michel Langlais (Bordeaux, FRA) Roger Nisbet (Santa Barbara, USA) Sergei V. Petrovskii (Leicester, GBR) Jean-Christophe Poggiale (Marseille, FRA) SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: Edward Codling (Colchester, GBR) Ulrike Feudel (Oldenburg, GER) Alex James (Christchurch, NZL) Michel Langlais (Bordeaux, FRA) Diomar Cristina Mistro (Santa Maria, BRA) Roger Nisbet (Santa Barbara, USA) Sergei V. Petrovskii (Leicester, GBR) Jean-Christophe Poggiale (Marseille, FRA) Angela Stevens (Muenster, GER) Ezio Venturino (Torino, ITA) ORGANIZERS: Horst Malchow (University of Osnabrueck, GER) Sergei V. Petrovskii (University of Leicester, GBR) WEBSITE and E-MAIL: http://www.usf.uos.de/mpde13/ mpde13(at)uni-osnabrueck.de ------ Subject: 6th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference From: "Secretariat@cmsim.org" Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 15:13:38 +0300 Dear Colleague, You are kindly invited to participate to the forthcoming Nonlinear Analysis Conference titled: 6th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference (CHAOS2013), Yeditepe University, Istanbul Turkey, 11-14 June 2013 http://www.cmsim.org/ The forthcoming International Conference (CHAOS2013) on Chaotic Modeling, Simulation and Applications will take place in Yeditepe University, Istanbul Turkey (11-14 June 2013). The general topics and the special sessions proposed for the Conference include but are not limited to: Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics, Stochastic Chaos, Chemical Chaos, Data Analysis and Chaos, Hydrodynamics, Turbulence and Plasmas, Optics and Chaos, Chaotic Oscillations and Circuits, Chaos in Climate Dynamics, Geophysical Flows, Biology and Chaos, Neurophysiology and Chaos, Hamiltonian Systems, Chaos in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Chaos and Solitons, Micro- and Nano- Electro-Mechanical Systems, Neural Networks and Chaos, Ecology and Economy. The publications of the conference include: 1. The Book of Abstracts in Electronic and in Paper form 2. Electronic Proceedings in CD and in the web in a permanent website 3. Publication in the Journal of "Chaotic Modeling and Simulation". Please see and download the Papers of 2011 and 2012 Issues at: http://www.cmsim.eu/journal_issues.html For more information and Abstract/Paper submission and Special Session Proposals please visit the conference website at: http://www.cmsim.org/ or send email to the Conference Secretariat at: secretariat@cmsim.org Kind regards Prof. Christos H. Skiadas Conference Chair (http://www.cmsim.net/) Technical University of Crete Email: Prof. Avadis Simon Hacinliyan Conference Co-Chair Yeditepe University Email: ------ Subject: Postdoc on Non-linear & Statistical Physics From: Juan J Mazo Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 12:46:23 +0200 (CEST) We offer a Postdoctoral Position (1+1 years starting in january 2013) in the Non-linear and Statistical Physics Group at University of Zaragoza (Spain) [http://complex.unizar.es] We are looking for candidates to work in any of the following research lines: * Modelization and Computational biology - Molecular motors - Polymer translocation - Dynamics of biomolecules - All-atom simulations * Applied nonlinear dynamics - Friction at the nanoscale - Superconducting quantum technologies - Quantum simulations Interested candidates, please contact and send CV and a short (1 page) statement of interest to fenol09@gmail.com before november 1st Regards Juan J. Mazo Dpto. de Fisica de la Materia Condensada and ICMA Universidad de Zaragoza ------ Subject: Postdoc on Fluctuating Hydrodynamics From: Aleksandar Donev Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 14:10:34 -0400 A postdoctoral position is open in Aleksandar Donev's group in the Department of Mathematics at New York University, part of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. We offer a competitive salary and an initial appointment of one or two years, and a flexible starting date. Extension of the postdoctoral position for up to 3 years is possible. Prof. Donev's research focuses on fluid mechanics in regimes where thermal fluctuations are important. Notable examples include flows at micro and nano scales typical of new microfluidic, nanofluidic and microelectromechanical devices and novel nano-materials, as well as processes where the effect of fluctuations is amplified by strong non-equilibrium effects. A postdoctoral candidate can participate in several aspects of this broad research agenda. One ongoing project (funded by AFOSR) will couple a fluctuating Navier-Stokes solver to immersed particles using a stochastic extension of the immersed boundary method, and use this to study complex fluids such as nanocolloids. Another project (funded by the NSF) will develop algorithms and codes for modeling thermal fluctuations in miscible fluid mixtures, and use the developed tools to study giant fluctuations that appear in strongly non-equilibrium settings. This work will also involve extensions to phase-separating mixtures, modeled via a coupled fluctuating Navier-Stokes / Cahn-Hilliard model (funded by DOE). The Courant Institute is one of the leading centers for pure and applied mathematics in the world; and in the heart of one of the most vibrant cities in the world. New York University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. A successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in Applied or Computational Mathematics or related areas (e.g., Engineering, Physics), a strong publication record in computational physics journals (e.g., Physical Review Letters/E, J. Comp. Phys.), ability to work independently and ambition to pursue cutting-edge research with real impact. Previous experience with hands-on computing (including programming in a compiled language), PDEs, and Langevin equations is valuable. Some experience with multiscale modeling, stochastic analysis, fluid dynamics, and/or immersed boundary methods is preferred but not required. Please submit your application via email, and include a statement of interest and a Curriculum Vitae with complete list of publications and computational skills and contact details for 2 to 3 references. ------ Subject: Vacancies in Groningen From: "H.W.Broer" Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 06:53:37 +0200 Dear All, In Groningen at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, interesting tenure track possibilities have opened for women in the form of Rosalind Frankling Fellowships, see http://www.rug.nl/fwn/vacatures/rff/index Please spread the word among people you may know. Deadline for this application is December 1st, 2012. At the same time there are two vacancies for tenure track jobs (even reaching to the level of full professor) one in Analysis and one in Core Computer Science. The advertisements will soon be visible on the same website. The latter two positions will be gender independent. Nevertheless it will be an interesting possibility for us to combine both vacancies and appoint a RFF (over the whole tenure track range, so even at the tenured level of full professor) in one of these two positions. If you have any questions, please let me know. Please spread the word! With my best regards, Prof.dr H.W. Broer University of Groningen Johann Bernoulli Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science P.O. Box 407 9700 AK Groningen The Netherlands ------ Subject: Academic Positions in Applied Mathematics and Probability From: Simon Shaw Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 13:49:58 +0100 Mathematics at Brunel has the following openings: 1) Chair in applied mathematics: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AFD500/chair-in-applied-mathematics/ 2) Reader/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in probability and its applications: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AFD509/reader-sl-l-in-mathematics/ Both of these "areas" will be interpreted in a wide sense and so they are both of interest to the na.digest community. Please feel free to circulate this news as you see fit. ------ Subject: Position at the Department of Mathematics of PUC-Rio From: Rafael Ruggiero Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:49:35 -0300 The Department of Mathematics of the Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio, is opening a tenure-track position to start from August 2013. Applicants should have PhD in mathematics or related areas, strong commitment to teaching and good research credentials. The teaching load is 8 hours per week, distributed in elementary algebra/calculus courses and mathematics undergraduate / graduate courses of the mathematics curriculum. Administrative charges are light during the first year. PUC-Rio provides good working conditions, the campus is located in a pleasant area near to the Tijuca Forest in Gavea, in the south part of the city. The annual income of an Assistant professor in 2012 is US$ 53000. More experienced candidates will be considered for higher positions. Candidates should send a detailed cv, a research plan and two letters of recommendation before december 28th 2012. For more details see the web page of the Department of Mathematics http://www.mat.puc-rio.br/ ------ Subject: Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A 33:1 From: "Liwei Ning" Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 10:03:16 -0500 Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A (DCDS-A) Volume: 33, Number: 1 January 2013 http://aimsciences.org/journals/contentsListnew.jsp?pubID=537 1. Tribute to our friend and colleague Jean Mawhin Pages : i - ii Alessandro Fonda, Rafael Ortega and Klaus Schmitt 2. On a property of a generalized Kolmogorov population model Pages : 1 - 6 Shair Ahmad and Alan C. Lazer 3. Multibump solutions of nonlinear Schrodinger equations with steep potential well and indefinite potential Pages : 7 - 26 Thomas Bartsch and Zhongwei Tang 4. On general properties of retarded functional differential equations on manifolds Pages : 27 - 46 Pierluigi Benevieri, Alessandro Calamai, Massimo Furi and Maria Patrizia Pera 5. Multiple critical points for a class of periodic lower semicontinuous functionals Pages : 47 - 66 Cristian Bereanu and Petru Jebelean 6. Slow motion for equal depth multiple-well gradient systems: The degenerate case Pages : 67 - 87 Fabrice Bethuel and Didier Smets 7. Subharmonic solutions for nonlinear second order equations in presence of lower and upper solutions Pages : 89 - 110 Alberto Boscaggin and Fabio Zanolin 8. Lyapunov inequalities for partial differential equations at radial higher eigenvalues Pages : 111 - 122 Antonio Canada and Salvador Villegas 9. Existence and qualitative properties of solutions for nonlinear Dirichlet problems Pages : 123 - 140 Alfonso Castro, Jorge Cossio and Carlos Velez 10. On the existence and stability of periodic solutions for pendulum-like equations with friction and $\phi$-Laplacian Pages : 141 - 152 J. Angel Cid and Pedro J. Torres 11. Some bifurcation results for rapidly growing nonlinearities Pages : 153 - 161 E. N. Dancer 12. Continua of local minimizers in a quasilinear model of phase transitions Pages : 163 - 172 Pavel Drabek and Stephen Robinson 13. A class of singular first order differential equations with applications in reaction-diffusion Pages : 173 - 191 Ricardo Enguica, Andrea Gavioli and Luis Sanchez 14. On linear-quadratic dissipative control processes with time-varying coefficients Pages : 193 - 210 Roberta Fabbri, Russell Johnson, Sylvia Novo and Carmen Nunez 15. Boundedness and stability for the damped and forced single well Duffing equation Pages : 211 - 223 Cyrine Fitouri and Alain Haraux 16. On the principal eigenvalues of some elliptic problems with large drift Pages : 225 - 237 Tomas Godoy, Jean-Pierre Gossez and Sofia Paczka 17. Resonant forced oscillations in systems with periodic nonlinearities Pages : 239 - 254 Alexander Krasnosel'skii 18. Existence and enclosure of solutions to noncoercive systems of inequalities with multivalued mappings and non-power growths Pages : 255 - 276 Vy Khoi Le 19. On the periodic solutions of a class of Duffing differential equations Pages : 277 - 282 Jaume Llibre and Luci Any Roberto 20. Generalized linear differential equations in a Banach space: Continuous dependence on a parameter Pages : 283 - 303 Giselle A. Monteiro and Milan Tvrdy 21. Existence, regularity and boundary behaviour of bounded variation solutions of a one-dimensional capillarity equation Pages : 305 - 320 Franco Obersnel and Pierpaolo Omari 22. Infinitely many solutions for some singular elliptic problems Pages : 321 - 333 Andrzej Szulkin and Shoyeb Waliullah 23. Bifurcation results on positive solutions of an indefinite nonlinear elliptic system Pages : 335 - 344 Rushun Tian and Zhi-Qiang Wang 24. Instability of periodic minimals Pages : 345 - 357 Antonio J. Urena 25. Continuation and bifurcation of multi-symmetric solutions in reversible Hamiltonian systems Pages : 359 - 363 Andre Vanderbauwhede 26. On Poisson's state-dependent delay Pages : 365 - 379 Hans-Otto Walther 27. Periodic solutions of first order systems Pages : 381 - 389 J. R. Ward