Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 18, Number 04 March 1, 2018 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: Conference on Nonlinear Mathematics and Physics Conference on Applied Mathematics Workshop on Optimal Control of Dynamical Systems and Applications Research positions available at BCAM Researcher position at the University of Roma Tor Vergata Contents, Mathematical Control & Related Fields 8:1 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 on Nonlinear Mathematics and Physics From: "Francisco R. Villatoro" Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 13:25:33 +0100 Dear colleague: The 11th International Conference on Nonlinear Mathematics and Physics (NoLineal 2018) will be held in Malaga (Spain), 12-15th June, 2018. This series of conferences were previously held in Avila (1997), Almagro (2000), Cuenca (2002), Toledo (2004), Ciudad Real (2007), Barcelona (2008), Cartagena (2010), Zaragoza (2012), Badajoz (2014), Sevilla (2016). http://nonlinear18.uma.es/ The aim of this conference is to offer senior and young researchers of different areas related to nonlinear sciences, such as Physics, Mathematics, Biology, Economics, Social Sciences, etc, the possibility to share their latest results in this interdisciplinary meeting. This international conference is open to researchers from all around the world. All lectures will be given by leading scientists. Participants are strongly encouraged to present and discuss their own research, especially during oral and poster sessions. Plenary speakers: Juan F. R. Archilla (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain); Yaroslav Kartashov (ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain); Juan Carlos Losada (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain); Boris Malomed (Tel Aviv University, Israel); Juan Ignacio Ramos Sobrados (Universidad de Malaga, Spain); Philip Rosenau (Tel-Aviv University, Israel). Deadline for abstract submission: before 9th March, 2018. Notice of acceptance: before 23rd March, 2018. We would be very grateful if you may share the information among your students and colleagues. Best regards, The organizers http://nonlinear18.uma.es/ ------ Subject: Conference on Applied Mathematics From: Sophie Xie Date: February 23, 2018 http://www6.cityu.edu.hk/rcms/icam2018/index.html The Liu Bie Ju Centre for Mathematical Sciences (LBJ Centre) of City University of Hong Kong (CityU) is organizing the "International Conference on Applied Mathematics 2018" from 4 to 8 June 2018. The Objectives of the conference are to review and discuss some of the latest trends in the fields of Fluid Mechanics, Large Data, Wave and Computation, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids. At the conference, the winner of 2018 William Benter Prize in Applied Mathematics will be announced, and the award recipient will present a lecture about his/her work. The aim of the Prize is to recognize outstanding mathematical contributions that have had a direct and fundamental impact on scientific, business, finance and engineering applications. Plenary Speakers: Oscar P. BRUNO, California Institute of Technology, USA Vincenzo CAPASSO, University of Milano, Italy Ingrid DAUBECHIES, Duke University, USA James GLIMM, Stony Brook University, USA Alain GORIELY, University of Oxford, UK Thomas HUGHES, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Kumbakonam RAJAGOPAL, Texas A&M University, USA Gilbert STRANG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Ming YUAN, Columbia University, USA ------ Subject: Workshop on Optimal Control of Dynamical Systems and Applications From: Zoran Tomljanovic Date: February 19, 2018 The International Workshop on Optimal Control of Dynamical Systems and Applications will be held from 20-22 June 2018 at the Department of Mathematics, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia. This international workshop aims at an exchange of new concepts and ideas from perspective of mathematical theory, approaches and algorithms, as well as applications of optimal control within the industry. Workshop will provide a coherent set of invited and contributed lectures that will clarify the mathematical and applied aspects of the optimal control of dynamical systems. The program will consist of invited presentations and contributed talks. Invited speakers: - Christopher Beattie (Virginia Tech, USA) - Peter Benner (MPI Magdeburg, Germany) - Zlatko Drmac (Uni Zagreb, Croatia) - Serkan Gugercin (Virginia Tech, USA) - Andrej Jokic (Uni Zagreb, Croatia) - Edin Koco (Gideon Brothers Zagreb, Croatia) - Ninoslav Truhar (Uni Osijek, Croatia) Abstract submission deadline for contributions: April 1, 2018. For more information, email workshop18@mathos.hr or visit the workshop website: http://workshop.mathos.unios.hr ------ Subject: Research positions available at BCAM From: BCAM - Basque Center for Applied Mathematics Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:11:14 +0100 IC2017 _WINTER International Call. Postdoc position in Harmonic Analysis and Differential Equations. BCAM, the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics http://www.bcamath.org whose mission is to develop high quality interdisciplinary research in the frontiers of Applied Mathematics, has opened the following positions: 1 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Harmonic Analysis and Differential Equations (669689 HADE ERC project) Deadline: 12/MAR/2018 All applications must be submitted on-line at: http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job ------ Subject: Researcher position at the University of Roma Tor Vergata From: CELMEC Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 12:55:34 +0100 (CET) The Department of Mathematics of the University of Rome "Tor Vergata" invites applications from talented individuals for a 3-years position of "ricercatore a tempo determinato di tipo B [RTD-B]" a sort of tenure track position according to the Italian law n. 240/2010. The position will be addressed to a very highly qualified researcher working in the scientific field of MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS. The application deadline is March 15, 2018. For more information, see the job advertisement at http://web.uniroma2.it/module/name/Content/newlang/italiano/action/showpage/navpath/CON/content_id/51738/section_id/6206 More information about the RTD-B position are available at "Art. 24" of the Italian law n. 240/2010: http://www.camera.it/parlam/leggi/10240l.htm The Department of Mathematics - Univ. of Rome Tor Vergata is Italian Excellence Department 2018-2022. ------ Subject: Contents, Mathematical Control & Related Fields 8:1 From: zhoucuixin Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 22:46:36 +0800 (CST) Mathematical Control & Related Fields (MCRF) 2018, Volume 8, Issue 1 http://aimsciences.org/journal/2156-8472/2018/8/1 1. Preface: A tribute to professor Eduardo Casas on his 60th birthday Luis Alberto Fernandez, Mariano Mateos, Cecilia Pola, Fredi Troltzsch and Enrique Zuazua 2018, 8(1): i-ii 2. Second order optimality conditions for optimal control of quasilinear parabolic equations Lucas Bonifacius and Ira Neitzel 2018, 8(1): 1-34 3. Optimal voltage control of non-stationary eddy current problems Fredi Troltzsch and Alberto Valli 2018, 8(1): 35-56 4. Second-order necessary conditions for optimal control of semilinear elliptic equations with leading term containing controls Hongwei Lou and Jiongmin Yong 2018, 8(1): 57-88 5. Drag minimization for the obstacle in compressible flow using shape derivatives and finite volumes Anna Kazmierczak, Jan Sokolowski and Antoni Zochowski 2018, 8(1): 89-115 6. Optimal control of a two-equation model of radiotherapy Enrique Fernandez-Cara, Juan Limaco and Laurent Prouvee 2018, 8(1): 117-133 7. On the switching behavior of sparse optimal controls for the one-dimensional heat equation Fredi Troltzsch and Daniel Wachsmuth 2018, 8(1): 135-153 8. Frequency-sparse optimal quantum control Gero Friesecke, Felix Henneke and Karl Kunisch 2018, 8(1): 155-176 9. Optimal control of urban air pollution related to traffic flow in road networks Lino J. Alvarez-Vazquez, Nestor Garcia-Chan, Aurea Martinez and Miguel E. Vazquez-Mendez 2018, 8(1): 177-193 10. Error analysis for global minima of semilinear optimal control problems Ahmad Ahmad Ali, Klaus Deckelnick and Michael Hinze 2018, 8(1): 195-215 11. Error estimates for Dirichlet control problems in polygonal domains: Quasi-uniform meshes Thomas Apel, Mariano Mateos, Johannes Pfefferer and Arnd Rosch 2018, 8(1): 217-245 12. Optimal control of a non-smooth semilinear elliptic equation Constantin Christof, Christian Meyer, Stephan Walther and Christian Clason 2018, 8(1): 247-276 13. Water artificial circulation for eutrophication control Aurea Martinez, Francisco J. Fernandez and Lino J. Alvarez-Vazquez 2018, 8(1): 277-313 14. Tikhonov regularization of optimal control problems governed by semi-linear partial differential equations Frank Porner and Daniel Wachsmuth 2018, 8(1): 315-335 15. Operator-valued backward stochastic Lyapunov equations in infinite dimensions, and its application Qi Lu and Xu Zhang 2018, 8(1): 337-381