UK Nonlinear News, May 1998.

Conferences Listed in Previous issues

Emerging Applications of Dynamical Systems: Sept 1997-June 1998.
Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, Minnesota, USA.
- Winter: January-March 1998, Dynamics in Physiology and Chemistry.
- Spring: April-June 1998, Symmetry and Pattern Formation.

May 1998

Emerging Applications of Dynamical Systems, 11-15 May 1998.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Program: IMA Workshop: Pattern Formation in Continuous and Coupled Systems.

Organisers: M. Golubtisky, D. Luss, S. Strogatz.

Information: Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, 206 Church Street. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
Workshop in Mathematical Population Dynamics, 11-15 May 1998,
Gothenburg Stochastic Centre, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Theme: Emphasis is on general properties of population growth, but special populations will also be discussed.
Program Committee: P. Jagers (Gothenburg), M. Gyllenberg (Turku), H. Metz (Leiden), M. Kimmel (Houston), Z. Taib (Gothenburg).
Local Organising Committee: M. Alexandersson, P. Jagers, I.-L. Sandman, Z. Taib.
Sixth International Spring School "Nonlinear Analysis, Function Spaces and Applications" 31 May -6 June 1998 .
Prague, Czech Republic.

Program: The school will concentrate on survey lectures in topics as mentioned in the title. The invited speakers will deliver a series of four lectures each. In addition to the main lectures there will be a limited possibility of short communications and a poster session.

Invited Speakers: V. I. Burenkov (Cardiff, UK), F. Cobos (Madrid, Spain), V. G. Maz'ya (Linkoping, Sweden), L. Pick (Prague, Czech Republic), C. Sbordone (Naples, Italy), H. Triebel (Jena, Germany), I. E. Verbitsky (Columbia, MO, USA), W.P. Ziemer (Bloomington, IN, USA).

Information: For registration and for further information please contact A. Kufner (Chairman of the Organising Committee) or L. Pick (Secretary), Mathematical Institute, Academy of Sciences, Zitna 25, 115 67 Praha 1, Czech Republic; email: pick@mbox.cesnet.cz.

June 1998

MODELLING'98, 1st IMACS Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Computational Methods in Mechanics and Geodynamics, June-July 1998,
Prague, Czech Republic.

Conference Charis: O. Axelsson, R. Beauwens, J. Nedoma.
Information: J. Nedoma, Institute of Computer Science, Academy of Sciences, 182 07 Prague 8, Pod vodarenskou vezi 1, Czech Republic; telephone: +422-6605-3280; fax: +422-8585-789; e-mail: nedoma@uivt.cas.cz.
Second International Conference on Mathematics & Design 981-4 June 1998.
San Sebastian, Spain

The main objective of these Conferences is to bring together mathematicians, engineers, architects, designers and scientists interested on the interaction between Mathematics and Design, where the world design is understood in its more broad sense, including all types of design.

Further information and a regularly updated program is available under: http://www.sc.ehu.es/md98

We will be pleased if you kindly forward this message to colleagues of yours who might be interested in this announcement.

Hoping to be able to have your valuable collaboration and assistance to the Conference,
The Organising Committee
E-mail: mapbacaj@sa.ehu.es
Emerging Applications of Dynamical Systems, 1-5 June 1998.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Program: IMA Workshop: Animal Locomotion and Robotics.

Organisers: J. Collins, D. Koditschek.

Information: Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, 206 Church Street. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
Fourth International Conference on Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Wave Propagation, 1-5 June 1988.
Colorado School of Mines, Colorado, USA.

Background: The conference will encompass the general area of classical wave theory including acoustic, electromagnetic, and elastic wave propagation and scattering. The mathematical and numerical modelling procedures in these areas contribute to a considerable number of applied physical problems, over a large range of length scales. Among these are problems in sonar, radar, medical imaging, detection, materials, and wave interactions with surfaces and obstacles.
The conference will cover many of the current mathematical and numerical techniques that are applied across disciplines. The conference will bring together mathematicians, physicists, and engineers of varying backgrounds and occupations.
Conference Themes: The themes will include, but are not limited to:
- Inverse Problems
- Acoustic microscopy
- Numerical algorithms
- Medical imaging
- Surface Scattering
- Localisation of waves
- Conductive and superconductive transmission techniques
- Parabolic equation techniques
- Electromagnetic inverse scattering theory
- Integral equations
- Fluid flow
- Nonlinear waves
- Remote sensing
- Crack problems
Summer School on Nonlinear Phenomena, 1-6 June 1998.
Peyresq, France.
The theme this year is Conservative Systems. There are 4 courses whose provisional titles are:
- Quantum Chaos
- Non-Linear Interactions of Waves and Weak Turbulence
- Hamiltonian Bifurcations
- The Water-Wave Problem as a Spatial Dynamical System
each consisting of 4 lectures of 90 minutes each.
DAY on DIFFRACTION '98, 2-4 June 1998.
St. Petersburg, Russia

Aims: The scope of the Seminar is to bring together scientists working in the area of mathematical theory of waves' diffraction and propagation and researchers interested in application of various nature wave phenomena.

Traditional Topics of the Seminar: Mathematical problems of diffraction; Propagation in non-uniform media Boundary-contact problems; Coatings simulation in electromagnetics; Waveguides and resonators; Scattering and diffraction; Nonlinear waves; Propagation in random media. Contributions concerning wave phenomena of any kind and related topics are welcome!
The working language of the conference will be English.

Important Deadlines:

Submission of synopsis February 15, 1998

Submission of camera-ready abstracts April 1, 1998

Notification of acceptance and Visa support April 15, 1998

Advance program April 30, 1998
International Conference on Dynamic Systems and Differential Equations9-11 June 1988.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, The People's Republic of China.

Organisers: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Scope: The development of the theory and application of dynamical systems and differential equations has undergown a period of rapid growth during recent years. The main purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners from around the world to discuss recent development and exchange ideas in these fields.
Topics: General topics of interest will include, but not be limited to: theory of dynamical systems, ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, functional equations, applications to the science and engineering.
Abstracts: To present a talk at the conference, submit a one-page, double-spaced abstract in English containing your address (e-mail and office), phone, and fax numbers. Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 31, 1998.
Invited Speakers: S. Hu (Southwest Missouri State University), R.C. McOwen (Northeastern University), H.-O. Walther (University of Giessen), Z. Xia (Northwestern University), W. Xhang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University).
Coordination: All participants from the People's Republic of China should contact: X. Ma, Department of Applied Mathematics, Shanghai Jiao University, Shanghai, the People's Republic of China; telephone: 86-21-62813558; fax: 86-21-62829425; e-mail: sryang@sjtu.edu.cn. Participants from other countries should contact: J.Z.Du, Department of Mathematics, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA 30144; telephone: 770-423-6669; fax: 770-423-6629; e-mail jdu@ksumail.kennesaw.edu. More detailed information will be announced latter.
Program Committe: W. Zhang (chair), Q. Lin (co-chair), B. Brezis, G. Buttazzo, J.Z. Du, A. Fang, S. Hu, A. Katok, X.Ma, R. Nussbaum, M. Otani, M. Shub, R. Temam, H.O. Walther, Z. Xia, S. Zhang.
2nd ERCOFTAC Summer School on Turbulence and Transition Modelling, 10-16 June 1998.
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

Objective: The objective of the summer school is to spread knowledge of modelling tools for transitional and turbulent flows to prospective users in industry and also to be of use to graduate students and researchers needing to apply transition and turbulence models in their scientific work.
Dynamical Systems and Small Divisors, 13-20 June 1998.
Cetraro, Italy

Conference Aim: The purpose of this conference is to review some of the recent developments in the field of small divisors and their relation to dynamical systems, mathematical analysis, and mathematical physics.
Second International Conference on Differential Equations and Applications, 15-20 June 1998,
St. Petersburg State Technical University, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Organisers: E. Ershov, A. Moissev, G. Osipenko (chair).
Topics: Qualitative theory of differential equations; constructive methods and computer-orientated algorithms; applications.
Scientific Program: The aims fo the conference are: discussion of the latest advances in development of the theory of differential equations, the role of theory for explaining nonlinear effects arising in real systems, and demonstration of up-to-date efficiency methods for solution of applied technical problems. The program will consist of lectures to be given by the plenary speakers and parallel sessions for short communications by the participants on their recent research. The detailed schedule of ll plenary talks and parallel session presentations will be printed in the conference origram.
Registration: The mathematical community is warmly invited to attend. More information and registration form are available by e-mail: diff98@sipenko.stu.neva.ru.
Submissions: Those who will present lectures or 20-minute talks in the parallel sessions are requested to submit their paper abstracts. These should be 1-2 pages in length and are to be sent to the organising committee in two forms: as a Latex file and in a traditional form - to be typed or printed in a high quality way. Files are to be sent on a diskette or by e-mail: math@math.hop.stu.neva.ru, diff98@sipenko.stu.neva.ru, ershov@eug.usr.abu.spb.ru. Included in the abstract should be information about the author(s) of the paper and the completed registration form, which are to be sent before December 31 1997, to the Program Chair: A.A. Moissev, Department of Mathematics, St. petersburg State Technical University, Politechnicheskaya st. 29, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia.
Fifth International Conference Mathematical Population Dynamics, 20-24 June 1998.
Zakopane, Poland.

Background: The Fifth International Conference on Mathematical Population Dynamics will be an interdisciplinary forum where applied mathematicians, statisticians, engineers, computer scientists, biologists, epidemiologists, biomedical scientists and ecologists can share their experiences. It will concern mathematical modeling of populations at various levels, including biomolecules, genes and cells, and other topics of population biology, epidemiology and ecology. The meeting will focus on mathematical theory, model analysis and modeling of quantitative data in these fields.

Contract: For more information, please contact: Mr. Jaroslaw Smieja, Department of Automatic Control, Silesian Technical University, Akademicka 16, 44-101 Gliwice, POLAND E-mail: jsmieja@peach.ia.polsl.gliwice.pl. Fax: (+48 32) 371165.
Astrophysical and Geophysical Flows as Dynamical Systems, 22 June -28 August 1998.
Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA.
Third Siberian Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (INPRIM-98) dedicated to the memory of S.L. Sobolev (1908-1989), 22-27 June 1998.
Novosibirsk, Akademgorodok, Russia.

Sponsors: The Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, the Institute of Informatics Systems, the Institute for Computational Techniques, and the Computer Centre of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, together with Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk State Technical University, and the Siberian Society for Promotion of Science and Education (SIBOS) convene the International Congress INPRIM-98.

Information: V. Vaskevich. the Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; phone: +7 3832 351560; fax: +7 3832 350652; e-mail: vask@math.nsc.ru.
Second International Conference on Bifurcation Theory and its Numerical Analysis, 29 June - July 3 1998.
Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China.

Purpose: The aim of this conference is to bring together active researchers with different backgrounds to discuss recent and prospective advances in bifurcation theory and its numerical analysis.

Contact: H. Yanren, Research Centre for Applied Mathematics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P.R. China; email: ktli@xjtu.edu.cn.
School on Dynamical Systems: From Crystals to Chaos, 29 June-4 July 1998.
Marseilles, France

Introduction: The field of dynamical systems is in constant evolution in many directions. This school focuses on interactions between discrete and geometric dynamical systems, and between dynamical systems, theoretical physics, and computer science. This summer school is followed by an international conference on the same topic.

Contact: Ricardo Lima ( dyn98@cpt.univ-mrs.fr).

July 1998

Workshop on Non-Linear and Non-Gaussian Time Series with Applications in Finance and the Environment, 4-5 July 1998.
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

This workshop will be held in conjunction with the 14th Australian Statistical Congress (6-10 July 1998).
Conference on Dynamical Systems From Crystals to Chaos. 6-10 July 1998.
Marseilles, France.

Information: This conference will focus on the interactions between discrete and geometric dynamical systems, and between dynamical systems, theoretical physics and computer science.
Emerging Applications of Dynamical Systems, 7-17 July 1998.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Program: IMA Summer Program: Coding and Cryptography.

Organisers: R. Calderbank, A. Odlyzko, V. Pless.

Information: Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, 206 Church Street. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
1998 SIAM ANNUAL MEETING, July 13-17, 1998.
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
MEETING THEMES
- Computational chemistry for pharmaceuticals
- Computational electromagnetics
- Discrete mathematics
- Earth's dynamo
- Genomics
- Mathematical finance
- Mathematical sciences curriculum reform
- Nondestructive evaluation
- Superconductivity
- Weather/climate/environmental modeling and computation
PROBABILISTIC AND THERMODYNAMIC ASPECTS OF NONLINEAR DYNAMICS. Satellite Meeting to STAPHYS 20.July 14-17, 1998
Brussels, Belgium

Organizing Committee:

J. Bricmont, Universit\151 Catholique de Louvain
E.G.D. Cohen, Rockefeller University
P. Gaspard, Universit\151 Libre de Bruxelles
C. Maes, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
M. Mareschal, Universit\151 Libre de Bruxelles
C. Nicolis, Institut Royal M\151 t\151orologique de Belgique
G. Nicolis, Universit\151 Libre de Bruxelles
T. T\151 l, E=F6tv=F6s University
C. Van den Broek , Limburgs Universitair Centrum

List of topics:

Spectral properties of Liouville and Frobenius-Perron operators for classical systems : 1 and 2-d Markov maps, non hyperbolic maps, coupled systems, flows.

Nonlinear dynamics and statistical mechanics : transport coefficients, nonequilibrium states, entropy production, microscopic simulations.

Quantum complex systems : scattering systems, statistical properties of spectra, random matrix models, Bose-Einstein condensates.

Noisy systems : phase transitions in spatially extended noisy systems, stochastic resonance, effect of fluctuations.
the 11th International Conference on Domain DecompositionJuly 20 - 24, 1998
University of Greenwich, UK
You may wish to send your full surface mailing address in order to receive further paper/flyers etc.
Email address: d11@gre.ac.uk
A web page has also been set up, please check http://dd11.gre.ac.uk/
You will find call for papers on that web page very soon.
Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems, 16-18 July 1998.
Technical University of Budapest, Hungary.

Information. The workshop will address theoretical and practical issues in nonlinear electronic devices, circuits and systems, with an emphasis on dynamic behaviour, chaos and complexity. The official language of the workshop will be English.

Objectives: The goal of NDES is to bring together engineers, mathematicians, and physicists from across Europe in a low-cost informal setting to address open nonlinear problems in Electronics. Recent successes of the NDES workshops include advances in the theory of digital filters, sigma-delta modulators and phase-locked loops, the development of computer-aided analysis and synthesis tools for nonlinear systems, design rules for RF oscillators, nonlinear signal processing techniques, novel chaotic communications strategies, and nonlinear building blocks for analog signal processing.
Mathematics and Physics of Higher-Dimensional Solitons, 20-30 July 1998.
Durham, England.

Further Information: Please contact W.J. Zakrzewski ( w.j.zakrzewski@durham.ac.uk)
SMS-NATO ASI: Nonlinear Analysis, Differential Equations, and Control, 27 July -7 August 1998.
Université de Montreal, Montreal, Canada.

Program: The main topics to be discussed in this summer school are: nonlinear analysis, differential equations, control theory, nonsmooth analysis, mathematical finance, viscosity solutions, critical point theory, functional analysis.
Nonlinear Analysis and Convex Analysis, 28-31 July 1998.
Niigata Washington Hotel, Niigata, Japan.
Aims: The purpose of this conference is to gather together world-wide experts on nonlinear analysis and convex analysis with the aim of exchanging scientific information on generic and applied areas of the conference, and to discuss recent advances in theoretical and applied aspects of such topics.

The technical program will consist of invited lectures and contributed papers. Papers related to the following topics are appropriate for submission to the conference.
- Nonlinear Functional Analysis
- Fixed Point Theory and its Applications
- Convex Analysis and Set-Valued Analysis
- Minimax Problems and Game Problems

August 1998

The Third World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB'98), 2-8 August 1998.
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Modeling and Analysis in Medicine and Biology, 6-8 August 1998.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Information: There will be only twelve talks, each suitable for a wide audience, summarising the state of the field, and outlining the outstanding problems. The talks will be appropriate, not only for specialists in the field, but also for those outside the field who wish to learn more about it, as well as for graduate students. There will be poster sessions on the evenings of the 6th and 7th, and participants are encouraged to submit abstracts.
Integral Methods in Science and Engineering '98, 10-13 August 1998.
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan.

Participation: Participation is open to all scientists and engineers whose work makes use of analytic and numerical methods, integral equations, ordinary and partial differential equations, finite element methods, conservation laws, hybrid approaches, vortex methods, etc.
From Individuals to Populations: International Workshop and Young Scientists School, 10-14 August 1998.
Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.

Announcement: The workshop is an interdisciplinary meeting of biologists and mathematicians focused on effects of individual behavioural decisions of animals on population dynamics. Such decisions include, for example: optimal prey selection (i.e., prey model), optimal path selection (i.e., path model), ideal free distribution, optimal antipredatory behaviour (including effect of refuges), various trade-offs in behaviour of parasitoids (superparasitism, host-feeding etc.) and other game theoretical models.

Although it is generally believed that such behavioural decisions have a strong impact on population dynamics, qualitative work on effects of these behavioural choices on population dynamics seems to have started quite recently. The workshop should bring together scientists working in behavioural ecology, and/or in population biology both from theoretical and experimental point of view (including mathematicians and theoretical population biologists). Moreover, the workshop is also intended to attract some bright young mathematically orientated participants for whom the meeting would provide a starting point for their PhD thesis in theoretical population biology.
Ninth International Colloquium on Differential Equations18-23 August 1998.
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Topics: Ordinary differential equations: ordinary differential equations, functional differential equations, impulsive differential equations, integro-differential equations, stochastic differential equations, dynamical systems and symplectic geometry, bifurcation theory, invariant manifolds of ordinary differential equations, oscillation theory of ordinary differential equations, differential-difference equations, control theory, numerical analysis for ordinary differential equations, mathematical population dynamics, differential games, integral transforms and special functions, strange attractors and chaos, Partial differential equations: linear partial differential equations, nonlinear partial differential equations, impulsive partial differential equations, scattering theory and inverse problems, nonlinear evolution equations - lefspan and blow-up of solutions, global existence and stability of solutions, periodic solutions, stability and boundedness of solutions, Stokes and Navier-Stokes equations, solitons, Korteweg-de Vries, Burgers, sine-Gordan, sinh-Gordan, Ginzburg-Landau, Monge-Ampere and Kirchoff equations, nonlinear Schrodinger and Klein-Gordon equations, PDE in relativity, numerical analysis for partial differential equations, mathematical population dynamics, applications in mechanics, physics, chemistry, biology, technology, and economics.
Organisers: The colloquium is organised by the International Federation of Nonlinear Analysts, the Japan Mathematical Society, UNESCO, and other prestigious national and international mathematical institutions.
Call for Papers: Abstracts for contributed papers should be received by March 1, 1998.
Information: D. Bainov, P.O. Box, 1594, Sofia, Bulgaria.

September 1998

Year of Mathematics In Biology, September 1998- Spring 1999.
Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Background: The IMA believes the time is right for a Special Year in Mathematical Biology at the IMA in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The program will be built upon a selected series of workshops highlighting some of the mathematical challenges emerging from the consideration of biological issues. The focus will endeavour to show how the mathematics can be applied to the resolution of those issues. The following a list of three quarters each focusing on a different area of mathematical biology that has had profound success.

Theoretical Problems in Developmental Biology and Immunology

QUARTER 1- Fall Program: September 1- November 30, 1998

Organisers: J. Cook, B. Goldstein, C. Wofsy, L. Segel, P. Maini

Workshop 1: Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Basic Processes, J. Murray, P. Maini and H. Othmer

Workshop 2: Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis: Model Systems, J. Murray, P. Maini and H. Othmer

Workshop 3: Immune System Modeling and Cell Signaling , A. Perelson, B. Goldstein, L. Segel, D. Kirschner

Workshop 4: Dynamics and Control of AIDS , A. Perelson and D. Kirschner

Partial Differential Equations in Physiology

QUARTER 2- Winter Program (tentative): January 1- March 31, 1999

Organisers: L. Fauci, M. Reed, J. Sneyd, R. Tranquillo

Workshop 1: Intracellular Transport

Workshop 2: Cell Signaling, Motility and Adhesion

Workshop 3: Tissue and Organ Physiology

Workshop 4: Animal Locomotion

Global Change and Biodiversity

QUARTER 3: Spring Program (tentative): April 1- June 30, 1999

Organisers: S. Levin, C. Castillo-Chavez, S. Blower, R. Durrett, C. Neuhauser, P. van den Driessche, D. Kirschner

Workshop 1: Linkage Between Climate Change and Vegetation

Workshop 2: Models of Schooling and Aggregation

Workshop 3: Interacting Particle Models

Workshop 4: Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases

Further Information: If you are interesting in participating or would like more information, please contact any one of the directors listed or the director of the IMA, Avner Friedman, at friedman@ima.umn.edu.

DEADLINE: The deadline for applications for postdoctoral, long-term and short-term visitors is January 15, 1998.

UKACC International Conference on CONTROL'98, 1 - 4 September 1998,
University of Wales Swansea, UK.
On behalf of UKACC (United Kingdom Automatic Control Council), we warmly invi te members of the international control community to participate in the CONTROL'9 8 Conference to be held in Swansea in September 1998. Evolving from the successf ul series of "Control" Conferences which have been staged for many years in the U K by the IEE, CONTROL\02298 is the second to be organised by UKACC, the UK nation al member organisation of IFAC, whose members include the major UK professional i nstitutions with interests in control. Conference topics will therefore include a wide variety of control systems engineering interests across the major engineer ing disciplines. The Conference will take place at the University of Wales Swans ea.
You can find more information and CALL FOR PAPERS at: http://www.iee.org.uk/Conf/Control/
We look forward to seeing you there.
International Conference on Pattern Formation and Biology, 20-24 September 1998.
University of Dundee, Scotland.

Purpose: To celebrate the life and work of D'Arcy Thompson on the 50th anniversary of his death a conference will be held on spatio-temporal pattern formation in developmental biology. The format of the meeting will consist of invited plenary talks during each morning and early afternoon with the rest of the day devoted to poster sessions and workshop discussion sessions. Participation by graduate students and young post-doctoral researchers is strongly encouraged.
International Conference " Dynamical Systems: Stability, Control, Optimisation (DSSCI;98)", 28 September - 4 bctober 1998,
Minsk, Belarus.
Organisers: Institute of Mathematics of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Byelorussian State University.
Focus: Papers describing original work in all aspects of dynamical systems and their applications are invited. The conference will include plenary, lecture and poster sessions.
Topics: Stability and stabilisation of dynamical systems; variable structure control systems; general dynamical systems; optimal control problems; robust control under conditions of uncertainty; differential games; differential-algebraic systems; nonsmooth optimization.
Dedication: Dedicated to the 80th birthday of academician E.A. Barbashin.

October 1998

FRACTAL 98: Complexity and Fractals in the Sciences. 5th International Multidisciplinary Conference, 25-28 October 1998.
Valletta, Malta.

December 1998

Symmetry and Perturbation Theory, 16-22 December 1998.
Rome, Italy

This follows the workshop with the same title held in Torino in December 1996.

July 1999

ICIAM 99 5th to 9th of July 1999
Edinburgh
The Fourth International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics will be held in Edinburgh from 5th to 9th of July 1999 (one week before the 1999 Dundee Numerical Analysis Conference). It will be jointly organised by the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences and the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, with the involvement of the Mathematics Departments at Edinburgh University and Heriot-Watt University. It will be the largest mathematics meeting to be held in the UK since 1958 with over 2500 applied mathematicians expected to attend. Previous Congresses met in Paris in 1987, Washington, DC in 1991, and Hamburg in 1995. Broad developments and the latest advances in industrial and applied mathematics will be presented. Cross disciplinary themes within mathematics, between mathematics and other disciplines, and between mathematics and particular industries will be covered. The main features of the programme will be: General lectures by leading international experts on current and recent developments of industrial, computational and applied mathematics. Mathematical methods for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of models will be presented and important practical applications will be discussed extensively. Mini-symposia and organised discussion sessions to provide integrated presentations and discussion by international panels on the latest mathematical and computational techniques. Research on industrial, commercial and environmental applications will be discussed as well as other issues including education and the public perception of mathematics. Special all day sessions will be run in conjunction with learned societies and other organisations discussing new research in the mathematical and computational sciences and outlining novel applications. Further information on the Edinburgh Congress can be found on the World Wide Web under the address http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/conferences/iciam99/

Conferences New This Issue

<< Move to UK Nonlinear News Issue Twelve Index Page (May 1998).
Last Updated: 27th April 1998.
uknonl@amsta.leeds.ac.uk.

Submission of synopsis	February 15, 1998
Submission of camera-ready abstracts	April 1, 1998
Notification of acceptance and Visa support	April 15, 1998
Advance program	April 30, 1998