Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 17, Number 20 November 1, 2017 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: Spring School on Complex Networks Colloquium on the Dynamics of Micro and Nano Systems Workshop on long-range interactions and synchronization Conference on Experimental Chaos and Complexity Conference on Boundary and Interior Layers PH.D. Positions New Jersey Institute of Technology Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series S 11:1 Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series S 11:2 Contents, The Journal of Geometric Mechanics 9:4 Contents, Journal of Dynamics and Games 4:4 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: Spring School on Complex Networks From: "info@sicc-it.org" Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:10:48 +0000 Spring School COMPLEX NETWORKS: THEORY, METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS (4th edition) Lake Como School of Advanced Studies Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy, 14-18 May 2018 http://www.sicc-it.org/lists/lt.php?id=Mk4AU0lXVkQDUQgHAQ DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: February 18, 2018 Many real systems can be modeled as networks, where the elements of the system are nodes and interactions between elements are edges. An even larger set of systems can be modeled using dynamical processes on networks, which are in turn affected by the dynamics. Networks thus represent the backbone of many complex systems, and their theoretical and computational analysis makes it possible to gain insights into numerous applications. Networks permeate almost every conceivable discipline---including sociology, transportation, economics and finance, biology, and myriad others---and the study of "network science" has thus become a crucial component of modern scientific education. The school "Complex Networks: Theory, Methods, and Applications" offers a succinct education in network science. It is open to all aspiring scholars in any area of science or engineering who wish to study networks of any kind (whether theoretical or applied), and it is especially addressed to doctoral students and young postdoctoral scholars. The aim of the school is to deepen into both theoretical developments and applications in targeted fields. LECTURERS ALBERT-LASZLO BARABASI, Northeastern University and Harvard University STEFANO BATTISTON, University of Zurich ULRIK BRANDES, ETH Zurich VITTORIA COLIZZA, Inserm & Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, and ISI Foundation, Turin PUCK ROMBACH, University of Vermont ALESSANDRO VESPIGNANI, Northeastern University ORGANIZING COMMITTEE STEFANO BATTISTON, University of Zurich --- GINESTRA BIANCONI, Queen Mary University of London --- VITTORIA COLIZZA, Inserm & Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, and ISI Foundation, Turin --- JAMES GLEESON, University of Limerick --- PETTER HOLME, Tokio Institute of Technology --- YAMIR MORENO, University of Zaragoza --- CARLO PICCARDI, Politecnico di Milano --- MASON A. PORTER, UCLA PROGRAM Monday, 14 May, morning Network Science: From Structure to Control (Barabasi) Monday, 14 May, afternoon Mesoscale Analysis of Networks (Rombach) Tuesday, 15 May, morning Taming Complexity: Controlling Networks (Barabasi) Tuesday, 15 May, afternoon no lectures Wednesday, 16 May, morning Centrality in Networks (Brandes) Wednesday, 16 May, afternoon short talks by students Thursday, 17 May, morning Contagion in Networks/1 - Financial Systems (Battiston) Thursday, 17 May, afternoon no lectures Friday, 18 May, morning Contagion in Networks/2 - Epidemic Spreading (Colizza) Friday, 18 May, afternoon Contagion in Networks/3 - Epidemic Spreading (Vespignani) For more information and application: http://www.sicc-it.org/lists/lt.php?id=Mk4AU0lXVkQDUQgHAQ Sponsored by SICC - Italian Society for Chaos and Complexity ------ Subject: Colloquium on the Dynamics of Micro and Nano Systems From: pmleal Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 21:32:04 +0100 EUROMECH Colloquium 603, Dynamics of micro and nano electromechanical systems: multi-field modelling and analysis, http://603.euromech.org/, Porto, Portugal, 05-07 September 2018. The subject of the colloquium is the dynamics of micro and nano electromechanical systems. The main topics of interest are: * modelling of small-scale structures, from non-classical continuum theories to atomistic-based models, including advances in couple stress theories, strain gradient elasticity, surface effects, non-local theories, molecular dynamics; * multi-field modelling at small length scales, including modelling of piezoelectric, electrostatic and electromagnetic sensing/actuation, van der Waals forces, Casimir forces and fluid-structure interactions; * analysis of linear and non-linear dynamics of micro and nano electromechanical systems, including the investigation of damping, modes of vibration, contact and non-smooth dynamics, pull-in and dynamic instabilities, chaotic dynamics, parametric excitation, sub-harmonic, super-harmonic and internal resonances. ------ Subject: Workshop on long-range interactions and synchronization From: Shamik Gupta Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 07:04:09 +0530 Dear Colleague, We are pleased to inform you about the workshop "Long-range interactions and Synchronization: Physical phenomena, Theory & Experiments" that we are organizing at the ICTP-SAIFR in Sao Paulo, Brazil, during 28-31 of May, 2018. This workshop aims to bring together statistical physicists and dynamical physicists to discuss common aspects of long-range and synchronizing systems, addressing both fundamental techniques (large deviations theory, kinetic theory, dimensional reduction, equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical physical aspects, etc) and applications (networks, light-matter interactions, etc). The preliminary list of speakers includes Mustansir Barma (India) Julien Barre (France) Alessandro Campa (Italy) Shamik Gupta (India) Michael Kastner (South Africa) Arkady Pikovsky (Germany) Tarcisio M. Rocha Filho (Brazil) Stefano Ruffo (Italy) Romain Bachelard (Brazil) Misha Chertkov (USA) Hiroaki Daido (Japan) Robin Kaiser (France) Erik A. Martens (Denmark) Giovanna Morigi (Germany) Antonio Politi (UK) Francisco Rodrigues (Brazil) More details may be found on the workshop webpage: http://www.ictp-saifr.org/?page_id=15905 Thank you very much for sharing this announcement with colleagues who may be interested in it! With best regards, Organizers: Shamik Gupta (Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, India) Romain P. M. Bachelard (Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil) Tracisio Marciano da Rocha Filho (Tarcisio Marciano da Rocha Filho, Brazil) ------ Subject: Conference on Experimental Chaos and Complexity From: ECC15 Madrid 2018 Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 22:31:11 +0000 Dear colleague, We are glad to announce the 15th edition of the Experimental Chaos and Complexity Conference (ECC15) to be held in Madrid, Spain, June 4-7 2018, organized by the Rey Juan Carlos University. To keep updated just follow us on twitter @ecc15madrid2018 or at http://eventos.urjc.es/go/ECC15 or contact us at As in the past editions, this biennial conference is dedicated to experimental work in nonlinear dynamics. It is a highly interdisciplinary conference to highlight experiments and experimental challenges, although the conference attracts many theorists and mathematicians providing a theoretical framework to observations or new methods for analyzing data. If you would like to share with the community your recent experimental findings (or you are a theoretician looking for an experiment) about nonlinear dynamics on: Brain & neutrons, Optics & lasers, Electronic networks, Social and transportation systems, Data science, machine learning and cyber security, Granular media and active matter, Climate and earth, Fluids & plasma, Ecological systems and evolution, Experimental game theory, Systems biology, Cardiac dynamics and tumor growth, Chemical systems, or any other topic related with the general scope of the conference, we encourage your participation! The plenary conference will feature invited and contributed talks and poster presentations. Our invited speakers are well-known researchers who stand to develop a major experimental activity in nonlinear science: Kenneth Showalter, West Virginia University, USA Nadav Zafrir, Team 8 CEO, Israel Maria Sanchez-Vives, IDIBAPS, Spain Elisha Moses, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Ingo Fisher, IFISC, Spain Pierre Suret, University of Lille, France Ruedi Stoop, University of Zurich & ETH Zurich, Switzerland Tomasz Kapitaniak, Technical University of Lodz, Poland Marc Barthelemy, CEA Institut de Physique Theorique, France Stefano Battiston*, University of Zurich, Switzerland Massimiliano Zanin, Technical University of Madrid, Spain John W.M. Bush, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Eric Clement, University Pierre et Marie Curie, France Annalisa Bracco, EAS - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Niklas Boers, Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris, France Susanna Manrubia, Spanish National Centre for Biotechnology, Spain Ulrike Feudel, Universitat Oldenburg, Germany Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain Sui Huan*, Institute for Systems Biology, USA Oliver Steinbock, Florida State University, USA Stefan Luther*, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Gottingen, Germany Robert Gatenby*, Moffitt Cancer Center, Seattle, USA *(to be confirmed) Important dates: November 1 Call for abstract submission (poster/oral) January 15 Deadline for oral abstract submission February 7 Notification of acceptance for oral contribution March 31 Deadline for early registration April 30 Deadline for poster abstract submission Looking forward to seeing you in Madrid! The Local Organizing Committee ------ Subject: Conference on Boundary and Interior Layers From: Gabriel R. Barrenechea Date: October 18, 2017 BAIL: Boundary and Interior Layers University of Strathclyde, Glasgow June 18-22, 2018 This conference continues a long series of meetings devoted to the numerical, and asymptotic, analysis of problems presented sharp layers, with an emphasis on the development and analysis of novel and robust methods. The web page of the meeting is up now https://bail.org.uk/ and registration is just open. We look forward to see you in Glasgow next year. ------ Subject: PH.D. Positions New Jersey Institute of Technology From: Roy Goodman Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 12:25:50 -0400 Dear Students and Colleagues, The Department of Mathematical Sciences at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is inviting candidates to apply to one of our doctoral program tracks: (1) Applied Mathematics or (2) Applied Probability & Statistics. The Department's research focus spans Fluid Dynamics, Materials Science, Wave Propagation, Scientific Computing, Applied Analysis, Mathematical Biology, and Applied Probability & Statistics, including Biostatistics. Teaching and research assistantships are available, and include a tuition waiver and a competitive stipend. Application target date is December 15, 2017 but ongoing review will continue until all available positions are filled. To apply, please visit our homepage: https://goo.gl/6MLhRt For more information, please email us (math@njit.edu, CC to: matveev@njit.edu, rmoore@njit.edu). PhD Program advertisement flyer is available at http://web.njit.edu/~matveev/NJIT_DMS_PhD_flyer.pdf Sincerely, Admissions Committee, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NJIT ------ Subject: Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series S 11:1 From: Susan Cummins Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 22:44:54 -0500 Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series S (DCDS-S) Volume: 11, Number: 1 February 2018 http://aimsciences.org/journals/contentsListnew.jsp?pubID=998 1. Preface Pages : i - ii Catherine Choquet, Natalia Martins, M. Rchid Sidi Ammi, Mouhcine Tilioua and Delfim F. M. Torres 2. Optimality conditions for fractional variational problems with free terminal time Pages : 1 - 19 Ricardo Almeida 3. Optimal number of Schur subdomains: Application to semi-implicit finite volume discretization of semilinear reaction diffusion problem Pages : 21 - 34 Hassan Belhadj, Mohamed Fihri, Samir Khallouq and Nabila Nagid 4. Homogenization of the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation in a contrasted composite medium Pages : 35 - 57 Catherine Choquet, Mohammed Moumni and Mouhcine Tilioua 5. A necessary condition of Pontryagin type for fuzzy fractional optimal control problems Pages : 59 - 76 Omid S. Fard, Javad Soolaki and Delfim F. M. Torres 6. On consensus in the Cucker-Smale type model on isolated time scales Pages : 77 - 89 Ewa Girejko, Luis Machado, Agnieszka B. Malinowska and Natalia Martins 7. Noether currents for higher-order variational problems of Herglotz type with time delay Pages : 91 - 102 Simao P. S. Santos, Natalia Martins and Delfim F. M. Torres 8. Finite difference and Legendre spectral method for a time-fractional diffusion-convection equation for image restoration Pages : 103 - 117 Moulay Rchid Sidi Ammi and Ismail Jamiai 9. Modeling and optimal control of HIV/AIDS prevention through PrEP Pages : 119 - 141 Cristiana J. Silva and Delfim F. M. Torres 10. Fractional Herglotz variational problems of variable order Pages : 143 - 154 Dina Tavares, Ricardo Almeida and Delfim F. M. Torres ------ Subject: Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series S 11:2 From: Susan Cummins Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 13:57:37 -0500 Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series S (DCDS-S) Volume: 11, Number: 2 April 2018 http://aimsciences.org/journals/contentsListnew.jsp?pubID=999 1. Preface Pages : i - i Pasquale Candito, Giuseppina D'Agui and Roberto Livrea 2. Multiple solutions for nonlinear nonhomogeneous resonant coercive problems Pages : 155 - 178 Diego Averna, Nikolaos S. Papageorgiou and Elisabetta Tornatore 3. One-dimensional nonlinear boundary value problems with variable exponent Pages : 179 - 191 Gabriele Bonanno, Giuseppina D'Agui and Angela Sciammetta 4. Quasilinear elliptic equations with measures and multi-valued lower order terms Pages : 193 - 212 Siegfried Carl and Christoph Tietz 5. A prescribed anisotropic mean curvature equation modeling the corneal shape: A paradigm of nonlinear analysis Pages : 213 - 256 Chiara Corsato, Colette De Coster, Franco Obersnel, Pierpaolo Omari and Alessandro Soranzo 6. Positive subharmonic solutions to superlinear ODEs with indefinite weight Pages : 257 - 277 Guglielmo Feltrin 7. Some recent results on the Dirichlet problem for (p,q)-Laplace equations Pages : 279 - 291 Salvatore A. Marano and Sunra J.N. Mosconi 8. Location of nodal solutions for quasilinear elliptic equations with gradient dependence Pages : 293 - 307 Dumitru Motreanu, Viorica V. Motreanu and Abdelkrim Moussaoui 9. Systems of quasilinear elliptic equations with dependence on the gradient via subsolution-supersolution method Pages : 309 - 321 Dumitru Motreanu, Calogero Vetro and Francesca Vetro 10. Double resonance for Robin problems with indefinite and unbounded potential Pages : 323 - 344 Nikolaos S. Papageorgiou and Patrick Winkert 11. Ambrosetti-Prodi type result to a Neumann problem via a topological approach Pages : 345 - 355 Elisa Sovrano ------ Subject: Contents, The Journal of Geometric Mechanics 9:4 From: Liwei Ning Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:27:48 -0500 The Journal of Geometric Mechanics (JGM) Volume: 9, Number: 4 December 2017 http://aimsciences.org/journals/contentsListnew.jsp?pubID=997 1. On a geometric framework for Lagrangian supermechanics Pages : 411 - 437 Andrew James Bruce, Katarzyna Grabowska and Giovanni Moreno 2. Instability criterion for periodic solutions with spatio-temporal symmetries in Hamiltonian systems Pages : 439 - 457 Pietro-Luciano Buono and Daniel C. Offin 3. On the relationship between the energy shaping and the Lyapunov constraint based methods Pages : 459 - 486 Sergio Grillo, Leandro Salomone and Marcela Zuccalli 4. The physical foundations of geometric mechanics Pages : 487 - 574 Andrew D. Lewis ------ Subject: Contents, Journal of Dynamics and Games 4:4 From: Liwei Ning Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 14:36:11 -0500 Journal of Dynamics and Games (JDG) Volume: 4, Number: 4 October 2017 http://aimsciences.org/journals/contentsListnew.jsp?pubID=990 1. Game theoretical modelling of a dynamically evolving network I: General target sequences Pages : 285 - 318 Mark Broom and Chris Cannings 2. Stability of the replicator dynamics for games in metric spaces Pages : 319 - 333 Saul Mendoza-Palacios and Onesimo Hernandez-Lerma 3. Nonlinear dynamics from discrete time two-player status-seeking games Pages : 335 - 359 Borun Shi and Robert A. Van Gorder 4. A new perspective on the classical Cournot duopoly Pages : 361 - 367 Rabah Amir and Igor V. Evstigneev 5. A probability criterion for zero-sum stochastic games Pages : 369 - 383 Xiangxiang Huang, Xianping Guo and Jianping Peng