Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 15, Number 20 November 1, 2015 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: 11th AIMS Conference in Orlando, Florida XXXV Dynamics Days US Conference Multidisciplinary workshop MURPHYS-HSFS-2016 Conference Statphys26 in Lyon Workshop on Structural Dynamical Systems, Italy Lecturer Positions, Mathematics, Chalmers Univ Faculty Position, Colorado School of Mines Tenure-Track Position, Applied Math or Statistics, Texas State Univ Contents, The Journal of Geometric Mechanics 7:4 Contents, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization 12:2 Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 311-312 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: 11th AIMS Conference in Orlando, Florida From: Susan Cummins Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 03:34:52 -0500 The American Institute of Mathematical Sciences cordially invites you to the 11th bi-annual Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications to be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Orlando, Florida on July 1-5, 2016. The conference will have over 100 well organized Special Sessions, and it is the largest conference on Differential Equations and Analysis in existence with over 2200 participants in 2014. This conference will feature a special birthday celebration for Peter Lax and a special issue of DCDS dedicated to him and edited by Alexandre Chorin and Jeffrey Rauch. Click here for more information on the conference: http://aimsciences.org/conferences/2016/index.html We hope to see you there! Best regards, Susan Cummins Publication Editor American Institute of Mathematical Sciences Tel: 417-351-3204 Email: journal@aimsciences.org http://aimsciences.org/ https://twitter.com/AIM_Sciences ------ Subject: XXXV Dynamics Days US Conference From: Dynamics Days US Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 23:17:14 -0400 (EDT) Dear Colleagues, We cordially invite you to participate in the 35th edition of Dynamics Days US. This year the conference will be hosted by three universities in the Research Triangle of North Carolina: Duke University, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It will take place in downtown Durham, North Carolina, on January 7-10, 2016. Dynamics Days US is an international conference with a broad interdisciplinary focus on nonlinear dynamics in mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering. The following invited speakers have confirmed their participation Aparna Baskaran, Brandeis University Rafi Blumenfeld, Imperial College, London Nicholas Buchler, Duke University Dmitri Chklovskii, Simons Foundation Jim Crutchfield, UC, Davis Lucas Goehring, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization Rudy Horne, Morehouse University Eleni Katifori, University of Pennsylvania Daphne Klotsa, UNC, Chapel Hill Herbie Levine, Rice University Xiaoming Mao, University of Michigan Adilson Motter, Northwestern University Katie Newhall, UNC, Chapel Hill Lou Pecora, Naval Research Laboratory Mark Shattuck, City College of New York Shane Ross, Virginia Tech Mary Silber, Northwestern University Sui Huang, Institute for Systems Biology (Seattle) Registration is now open. Contributed talks and posters are invited in modeling, mathematical foundations, applications and experiments from all areas related to dynamical systems, including (but not limited to) active matter and non-equilibrium statistical physics, complex networks, computational methods, fluid dynamics, granular materials, neural dynamics, nonlinear waves, pattern formation, quantum chaos, stochastic processes, systems biology. Important dates: Deadline for abstract submission: November 20, 2015 Notification of acceptance: December 9, 2015 Deadline for early bird registration: December 16, 2015 Deadline for hotel reservation: December 16, 2015 Dynamics Days US Conference: January 7-10, 2016 General registration is $300 by Dec. 16th, and a reduced rate of $175 is offered for students and post-docs. We anticipate limited travel funds for graduate students and post-docs. For additional information regarding registration, abstract submission and lodging, please visit the conference website, http://ddaysus2016.phy.duke.edu/ We hope to see you in Durham in January! The Organizing Committee, - Bob Behringer, Daniel Gauthier, Otti D'Huys, Nicholas Haynes, Joshua Socolar, Lawrie Virgin, Tom Witelski, Duke University - Karen Daniels, NC State University - Chris Jones, Peter Mucha, UNC Chapel Hill ddaysus2016@phy.duke.edu ------ Subject: Multidisciplinary workshop MURPHYS-HSFS-2016 From: Andrei Korobeinikov Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:17:31 +0100 The organizers are happy to inform that registration for the joint MURPHYS-HSFS 2016 is open. Centre de Recerca Matematica, Barcelona, and the Collaborative Research Center 910, Berlin are pleased to announce the joint international multidisciplinary workshop MURPHYS-HSFS-2016. The workshop, devoted to mathematical theory and applications of the multiple scale systems and systems with hysteresis, will take place at the Centre de Recerca Matematica, in a beautiful suburb of Barcelona, June 13 to 17, 2016. MURPHYS 2016 (Multi-Rate Processes and Hysteresis) is the 8th workshop that continues a series of biennial conferences focused on multiple scale phenomena, singular perturbations, phase transitions and hysteresis phenomena occurring in mathematical, physical, economical, engineering and information systems. The previous workshops were held in Cork, Ireland (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008); Pechs, Hungary (2010); Suceava, Romania (2012) and Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Berlin (2014). HSFS (Hysteresis and Slow-Fast Systems) is the follow-up of a workshop organized in the framework of the Collaborative Research Center 910, Berlin. HSFS focuses on reaction-diffusion equations with hysteresis, systems with different temporal and spatial scales, and applications to self-organizing nonlinear systems. The previous workshops were organized in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany (2011) and Berlin, Germany (2014). Important dates Early bird registration fee: April 16th, 2016 Registration deadline: June 1st, 2016 Deadline for submission of extended abstracts and contributed papers: August 1st, 2016 Main topics of MURPHYS-HSFS-2016 include (but are not limited to): - hysteresis phenomena - multiple scale systems - self-organizing nonlinear systems - rate-independent systems and energetic solutions - spatially discrete systems - singular perturbations - noise and fluctuations in systems with memory - phase transitions - stochastic and coherence resonances - applications to physical, chemical, biological, microbiological, economical, and engineering sciences such as: elasto-plasticity and mechanical structures, damage processes, magnetic materials, photonics and optoelectronics, energy storage systems, hydrology, biology, semiconductor lasers, shock phenomena in economic modelling, and other. New areas of application are particularly welcome. The participation of young scientists and in particular post-docs as well as PhD and post-graduate students is strongly encouraged. The reduced registration fees are applied to students. Publications: Extended abstracts (up to 4 pages) will be published in Birkhauser "Trends in mathematics" series. Full papers will be published in AMS Contemporary Mathematics series. Registration is open: http://www.crm.cat/en/Activities/Curs_2015-2016/Pages/MURPHYS.aspx http://www.crm.cat/en/Activities/Pages/CistellaCompraRegistrarUsuari.aspx Registration fees: Early bird fee: 180 euros Students fee: 80 euros Regular fee (after the deadline April 16th, 2016): 220 euros Registration fee covers conference materials, cost of publications, coffee breaks and a conference dinner. Accommodation On the campus: The organizers suggest to book a room in Hotel Campus (65 euros per day with breakfast) or a studio-type apartment in Vila Universitaria (400 euros per week for a twin room, no breakfasts provided). There also are a number of hotels in Barcelona, just 30 min from the campus of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona by a FGC train. Further information: http://www.crm.cat/en/Host/SciEvents/Pages/ParticipantsInformation.aspx Travel direction: http://www.crm.cat/en/About/General/Pages/LocationDirections.aspx For enquiries please contact Ms. Nuria Hernandez at nhernandez@crm.cat or Andrei Korobeinikov at akorobeinikov@crm.cat Andrei Korobeinikov Centre de Recerca Matematica Campus de Bellaterra, Edifici C 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona) tel: +34 93 586 85 16 mobile: 65 306 79 66 http://www.crm.cat ------ Subject: Conference Statphys26 in Lyon From: statphys26@sciencesconf.org Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:47:12 +0100 Dear Colleagues, We would like to announce the international conference, STATPHYS 26, in LYON, France from 18th to 22 July 2016. ** Please forward widely ** STATPHYS 26 is the latest in the series of IUPAP international STATPHYS conferences, following the recent venues of Seoul (2013), Cairns (2010) and Genoa (2007). The conference will cover all aspects of statistical mechanics including: General Mathematical Aspects, Out of Equilibrium Results, Quantum Fluids and Condensed Matter, Disordered and Glassy Systems, Biological Physics, Soft Matter, Nonlinear Physics, Interdisciplinary and Complex Systems. The conference will include plenary lectures, invited and contributed talks and poster sessions as well as the 2016 Boltzmann medal ceremony. REGISTRATION is now open until 22 June 2016, with a price increase from the 1st of April 2016 onwards. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION is now open until 31st March 2016. Further details concerning the conference, the venue, registration, abstract submission and the extensive programme of satellite meetings can be found on our web page, http://statphys26.sciencesconf.org/ [1] We look forward to welcoming you in Lyon. Yours sincerely, Thierry Dauxois Chair of the conference, on behalf of the organizing committee PS: To subscribe to the newsletter please visit https://listes.ens-lyon.fr/sympa/subscribe/statphys26 [2] Links: [1] http://statphys26.sciencesconf.org/ [2] https://listes.ens-lyon.fr/sympa/subscribe/statphys26 ------ Subject: Workshop on Structural Dynamical Systems, Italy From: Nicoletta Date: October 12, 2015 9th Workshop SDS2016 - STRUCTURAL DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS: Computational Aspects Hotel-Villaggio Porto Giardino, Capitolo, Monopoli, Italy June 14-17, 2016 The main aim of this workshop is to put together researchers of different areas, in particular Mathematics and Engineering, to give them the opportunity of discussing, recent developments in computational and theoretical methods for Dynamical Systems and their applications. The main topics will be: - Continuous and Discrete Dynamical Systems; - Mathematical Models with Applications; - Piecewise-smooth Dynamical Systems and Discontinuous ODEs; - Numerical Methods for ODEs and PDEs; - Fractional Differential Equations; - Models and Simulation in Engeneering Problems. A preliminary list of invited speakers includes: - Luca Dieci (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) - Nicola Guglielmi (University of L'Aquila, Italy) - Alexander Ostermann (Innsbruck University, Austria) - Erik Van Vleck (University of Kansas, USA) - Nicolas Gillis (Universit?? de Mons, Belgium) - Jean-Philippe Lessard (Universit?? Laval, Qu??bec, Canada) - Catalin Trenchea (University of Pittsburgh, USA) For more information visit: https://sites.google.com/site/workshopsds2016/ ------ Subject: Lecturer Positions, Mathematics, Chalmers Univ From: Stig Larsson Date: October 23, 2015 The Division of Mathematics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Chalmers University of Technology invites applications for up to two Senior Lecturer positions. Applications from all areas of mathematics will be considered. Precedence is given to those who are pursuing a vigorous research program including significant contributions beyond the doctoral dissertation and/or have an exceptional and well-documented record of successful teaching. Our teaching languages are English and Swedish. Fluency in English is expected. You are expected to learn the Swedish language if appointed. Chalmers offers language courses in Swedish. Closing date November 30, 2015. For more information and application procedure see http://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/vacancies/?rmpage=job&rmjob=3417 ------ Subject: Faculty Position, Colorado School of Mines From: Veronica Graves Date: October 16, 2015 Colorado School of Mines College of Engineering and Computational Sciences Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics Open Rank Faculty Position The Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at the Colorado School of Mines (Mines) invites applications for an open rank faculty position in applied mathematics. Multiple appointments or appointment at a more senior level may be considered for exceptional candidates. We seek candidates excited to share in our mission to address the challenges of a sustainable global society by educating the next generation of leading engineers and scientists and by expanding the frontiers of knowledge through research. Preference will be given to those with expertise commensurate with departmental needs in applied mathematics research and teaching. Faculty research areas in the department are: applied mathematics, applied analysis, computational mathematics, numerical analysis, and statistics. For the complete job announcement, full statement of qualifications and directions on how to apply, visit: http://inside.mines.edu/HR-Academic-Faculty Mines is an EEO/AA employer and is committed to enhancing the diversity of its campus community. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. ------ Subject: Tenure-Track Position, Applied Math or Statistics, Texas State Univ From: Ray Treinen rt30@txstate.edu Date: October 15, 2015 Department of Mathematics Texas State University San Marcos, Texas The Department of Mathematics is seeking to hire a tenure track Assistant Professor in Mathematics with preference for specialization in Statistics, Applied Mathematics or a closely related field starting Fall 2016. To ensure full consideration, all materials should arrive by November 15th, 2015. However, applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Further information, including details of other positions available, can be found at http://www.math.txstate.edu/hiring. Position #2016-53 ------ Subject: Contents, The Journal of Geometric Mechanics 7:4 From: Liwei Ning Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:48:38 -0500 The Journal of Geometric Mechanics (JGM) Volume: 7, Number: 4 December 2015 http://www.aimsciences.org/journals/contentsListnew.jsp?pubID=814 1. Symmetry reduction, integrability and reconstruction in k-symplectic field theory Pages : 395 - 429 L. Bua, T. Mestdag and M. Salgado 2. Geometric arbitrage theory and market dynamics Pages : 431 - 471 Simone Farinelli 3. A unifying mechanical equation with applications to non-holonomic constraints and dissipative phenomena Pages : 473 - 482 E. Minguzzi 4. Canonoid and Poissonoid transformations, symmetries and biHamiltonian structures Pages : 483 - 515 Giovanni Rastelli and Manuele Santoprete 5. Invariant metrics on Lie groups Pages : 517 - 526 Gerard Thompson ------ Subject: Contents, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization 12:2 From: Liwei Ning Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 16:09:18 -0500 Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization (JIMO) Volume: 12, Number: 2 April 2016 http://aimsciences.org/journals/contentsListnew.jsp?pubID=783 1. An MILP approach to multi-location, multi-period equipment selection for surface mining with case studies Pages : 403 - 430 Christina Burt, Louis Caccetta, Leon Fouche and Palitha Welgama 2. A mixed integer programming model for solving real-time truck-to-door assignment and scheduling problem at cross docking warehouse Pages : 431 - 447 Wan Nor Ashikin Wan Ahmad Fatthi, Adibah Shuib and Rosma Mohd Dom 3. Location and capacity design of congested intermediate facilities in networks Pages : 449 - 470 Dandan Hu and Zhi-Wei Liu 4. pth Moment absolute exponential stability of stochastic control system with Markovian switching Pages : 471 - 486 Yi Zhang, Yuyun Zhao, Tao Xu and Xin Liu 5. Fiscal centralization vs. decentralization on economic growth and welfare: An optimal-control approach Pages : 487 - 504 Xiangyu Ge, Tifang Ye, Yanli Zhou and Guoguang Yan 6. A weak condition for global stability of delayed neural networks Pages : 505 - 514 Ricai Luo, Honglei Xu, Wu-Sheng Wang, Jie Sun and Wei Xu 7. A combinatorial optimization approach to the selection of statistical units Pages : 515 - 527 Renato Bruni, Gianpiero Bianchi and Alessandra Reale 8. On a Markov chain approximation method for option pricing with regime switching Pages : 529 - 541 Kun Fan, Yang Shen, Tak Kuen Siu and Rongming Wang 9. Regularized multidimensional scaling with radial basis functions Pages : 543 - 563 Sohana Jahan and Hou-Duo Qi 10. Bi-level multiple mode resource-constrained project scheduling problems under hybrid uncertainty Pages : 565 - 593 Zhe Zhang and Jiuping Xu 11. A global optimal zero-forcing Beamformer design with signed power-of-two coefficients Pages : 595 - 607 Bin Li, Hai Huyen Dam and Antonio Cantoni 12. An (s,S) inventory model with level-dependent G/M/1-Type structure Pages : 609 - 624 Sung-Seok Ko, Jangha Kang and E-Yeon Kwon 13. Optimal investment strategy on advertisement in duopoly Pages : 625 - 636 Fengjun Wang, Qingling Zhang, Bin Li and Wanquan Liu 14. Tail asymptotics of fluid queues in a distributed server system fed by a heavy-tailed ON-OFF flow Pages : 637 - 652 Byeongchan Lee, Jonghun Yoon, Yang Woo Shin and Ganguk Hwang 15. Analysis of an M/M/1 queue with vacations and impatience timers which depend on the server's states Pages : 653 - 666 Dequan Yue, Wuyi Yue and Guoxi Zhao 16. Effect of energy-saving server scheduling on power consumption for large-scale data centers Pages : 667 - 685 Masataka Kato, Hiroyuki Masuyama, Shoji Kasahara and Yutaka Takahashi 17. Analysis and optimization of a gated polling based spectrum allocation mechanism in cognitive radio networks Pages : 687 - 702 Shunfu Jin, Wuyi Yue and Zsolt Saffer 18. A tabu search algorithm to minimize total weighted tardiness for the job shop scheduling problem Pages : 703 - 717 Y. K. Lin and C. S. Chong 19. Resilience analysis for project scheduling with renewable resource constraint and uncertain activity durations Pages : 719 - 737 Jian Xiong, Yingwu Chen and Zhongbao Zhou 20. A polynomial-time interior-point method for circular cone programming based on kernel functions Pages : 739 - 756 Yanqin Bai, Pengfei Ma and Jing Zhang 21. The coordination of single-machine scheduling with availability constraints and delivery Pages : 757 - 770 Ganggang Li, Xiwen Lu and Peihai Liu 22. Approximate algorithms for unrelated machine scheduling to minimize makespan Pages : 771 - 779 Xianzhao Zhang, Dachuan Xu, Donglei Du and Cuixia Miao 23. VISUAL MISER: An efficient user-friendly visual program for solving optimal control problems Pages : 781 - 810 Feng Yang, Kok Lay Teo, Ryan Loxton, Volker Rehbock, Bin Li, Changjun Yu and Leslie Jennings ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 311-312 From: ScienceDirect Message Center Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 04:21:51 -0400 * Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena Volumes 311-312, Pages 1-58, 1 September 2015 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01672789/311-312 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) Cellular non-deterministic automata and partial differential equations Original Research Article, Pages 1-16 D. Kohler, J. Muller, U. Wever 2) Numerical and experimental observation of Arnol'd resonance webs in an electrical circuit Original Research Article, Pages 17-24 Naohiko Inaba, Kyohei Kamiyama, Takuji Kousaka, Tetsuro Endo 3) Three-dimensional forced-damped dynamical systems with rich dynamics: Bifurcations, chaos and unbounded solutions Original Research Article, Pages 25-36 Tomoyuki Miyaji, Hisashi Okamoto, Alex D.D. Craik 4) A computational study of residual KPP front speeds in time-periodic cellular flows in the small diffusion limit Original Research Article, Pages 37-44 Penghe Zu, Long Chen, Jack Xin 5) Numerical analysis of the subcritical feature of electro-thermo-convection in a plane layer of dielectric liquid Original Research Article, Pages 45-57 Jian Wu, Philippe Traore, Alberto T. Perez, Mengqi Zhang