UK Nonlinear News, February 1999.

Full Conference Listing

• February 1999.
• March 1999.
• April 1999.
• May 1999.
• June 1999.
• July 1999.
• August 1999.
• April 2000.
• June 2000.

• February 1999

• MIR@W Days - Mathematical Interdisciplinary Research at Warwick, Spring Term 1998/9

  Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL - UK

  Details:

  Monday, 1 February: Global attractors and their applications Organiser: James Robinson

  Monday, 22 February: Dynamics and Spatiotemporal Symmetry Organiser: Jeroen Lamb & Mark Roberts

  Monday, 1 March: Networks in Epidemiolog Organiser: Chris Bauch

  Monday, 8 March: Mixing and Chaos. The application of nonlinear dynamics to the mixing and stirring of fluids Organisers: Greg King & A.N. Yannacopoulos

  Monday 15th March: Making an omelette without breaking eggs: the T cell repertoire Organiser: Hugo van den Berg

  Information: Elaine Greaves Coelho elaine@maths.warwick.ac.uk

• Singularity Theory and Differential Equations, 1-4 February 1999.

  Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

• ANZIAM 199: The 35th Annual Australia-New Zealand Applied Mathematics Conference, February 7-11 1999.

  Mollymook Golf Club, Mollymook, New South Wales, Australia.

• Membrane Transport and Renal Physiology, 8-12 February 1999.

  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  Organisers: H. Layton and A. Weinstein.

  Information: Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, 206 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455; telephone: 612-624-6066, staff@ima.umn.edu.

• 15th Conference on Applied Mathematics, 12-13 February 1999.

  Edmond, OK, USA.

• Hormones 13th February 1999.

  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  Organiser: J. Sneyd.

  Information: Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, 206 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455; telephone: 612-624-6066, staff@ima.umn.edu.

• Endocrinology: Mechanism of Hormone Secretion and Control, 15-19 February 1999.

  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  Organisers: A. Goldbeter, M. Mackey, A. Sherman and J. Sneyd.

  Information: Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, 206 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455; telephone: 612-624-6066, staff@ima.umn.edu.

• Wavelets: The Key to Intermittent Information?, 24-25 February 1999.

  The Royal Society, London

  Details: Wavelets are transforming current thinking by allowing for intermittent information and non-homogeneous behaviour. We will examine their increasing use and potential in many areas, including physical systems, turbulence, statistics, mechanical engineering, neural networks, physiology, vision engineering, signal processing, economics and astronomy.

• March 1999

• Meetings on Classical and Quantum Integrability, March-May, 1999

  Details:

  March 5-6: Joint Syposium at Leeds - Integrable Systems

  April 9-10: Joint Symposium at Hull - Geometry and Integrable Systems

  May: Joint Syposium at Leeds - Classical and Quantum Integrability

• Chaos in Brain, 10-12 March, 1999

  Bonn, Germany

  Contact: Klaus Lehnertz, Clinic of Epileptology, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str. 25 53105, Bonn, Germany; Voice: (0049) 228 287 5864, Fax: (0049) 228 287 6294, klaus@jersey.meb.uni-bonn.de

• Symposium on Turbulence Structure, 15-19 March, 1999.

  Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences

• The Seventh Annual Symposium of the Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, 18-19 March 1999.

  New York University.

  Details: Topics of interest to the society include both theoretical and empirical studies involving the derivation or application of nonlinear techniques to model, characterise, or forecast dynamic economic phenomena.

• From Single Cells to Continua: Micro-scale to Macro-scale Modelling, 22-25 March 1999

  ICMS, Edinburgh

  Organiser: Jonathan Sherratt

  Scientific Committee: Mark Chaplain, Philip Maini and Hans Othmer

  Details: Biological cells are discrete objects, yet most mathematical models for cell populations neglect this discreteness and use continuum averages. Although such models have been highly successful at predicting a wide range of biological and medical phenomena, it is increasingly clear that in a number of biomedical contexts discrete cellularity plays a crucial role.
  This four-day interdisciplinary workshop will bring together mathematicians and biologists to examine the various discrete modelling approaches now in use in cell biology, and their connection with more established continuum frameworks. The workshop will highlight the wide range of biological phenomena that depend on cellularity and will identify the key challenges for theoreticians in this exciting new area of mathematical biology.
  Each of the four days will be organised around a specific area of application, namely: Bacterial Motion and Biofilms, Aggregation in Cellular Slime Moulds, Developmental Dynamics, and Applications of Micro-Scale Modelling.

  Registration: Places on the wokkshop are limited and anyone interested in attending should contact Jonathan Sherratt at jas@ma.hw.ac.uk

• Fifth SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, 24-27 March 1999.

  Adam's Mark San Antonio-Riverwalk Hotel, San Antonio, Texas.

  Sponsor: SIAM Activity Group on Geosciences.

  Organiser: C. N. Dawson (University of Texas, Austin).

  Information: SIAM Conference Coordinator, 3600 University City Science Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688; telephone: 215-382-9800; fax: 215-386-7999; meetings@siam.org; SIAM home page: http://www.siam.org/conf.htm

• April 1999

• London Mathematical Society Invited Lecture Series, 6-9th April 1999.

  University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.

  Topic: Reduction methods for differential equations.

  Lecturer: A. Mielke (Hanover).

  Forum: Ordinary and partial differential equations near steady states can often be reduced to equivalent but more accessible problems using implicit-function-theorem-type arguments. Often reduction is to finite-dimensional problems but sometimes, as in the case of Ginzburg-Landau theory, it leads to another partial differential equation. A. Mielke will present a unified treatment of these approaches, which include Lyapunov-Schmidt procedures, invariant manifold theory, centre manifolds and amplitude equations (as in Ginzburg-Landau theory).

  Information: For further details contact J. Toland, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Univeristy of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY ( jft@maths.bath.ac.uk).

• London Mathematical Society Invited Lecture Series, 6-9 April, 1999

  University of Bath

  Speaker: Professor Alexander Mielke (Hanover)

  Title: Reduction Methods for Differential Equations

  Abstract: Ordinary and partial differential equations near steady states can often be reduced to equivalent but more accessible problems using implicit-function-theorem-type arguments. Often reduction is to finite-dimensional problems but sometimes, as in the case of Ginzburg-Landau theory, it leads to another partial differential equation. Professor Mielke will present a unified treatment of these approaches, which include Lyapunov-Schmidt procedures, invariant manifold theory, centre manifolds and amplitude equations (as in Ginzburg-Landau theory).

  Details: These Invited Lectures, which are open to all, will be valuable for Research Students, and the L M S has provided funds to help support postgraduates who attend. It intends in each case that up to half the

  costs can be met, and it expects that the other half should be met by the student's department from RTSG or other funds. The fund will however be administered flexibly as needs dictate.

  Information: Professor John Toland, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY; jft@maths.bath.ac.uk

   

• Instructional Conference: Closure Strategies for Modelling Turbulent and Transitional Flows, 6-17 April, 1999.

  Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences

• 1999 British Applied Mathematics Colloquium, 12-15 April 1999.

  University of Bath.

  Details: BAMC99 will be held at the Department of Mathematical Sciences,
  University of Bath from 12th.-15th. April 1999. The colloquium
  welcomes anyone with an interest in the applications of mathematics.
  This meeting includes plenary speakers in applied probability,
  control theory, fluid mechanics, mathematical biology, numerical
  analysis and solid mechanics. Talks and posters are invited in
  both traditional and emerging areas of mathematics.
  
  Plenary Speakers
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  Prof. H. Kelly FRS (Cambridge)
  Prof. H-O Kreiss (UCLA)
  Prof. T. Pedley FRS (Cambridge)
  Prof. E. Sontag (Rutgers)
  Prof. J. Willis FRS (Cambridge)
  Prof. A. Woods (Bristol)
  
  Prof. Kreiss is visiting the UK as an IMA Distinguished Lecturer.
  
  Prof. D. Crighton FRS will be giving a special presentation in memory of Prof. Sir James Lighthill FRS.
  
  
  Mini-symposia
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  Cavitation
  Control theory
  Industrial mathematics
  Rigorous mathematical hydrodynamics
  Singularities in elasticity
  Structural geology
  Symmetry methods
  
  
  Registration
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  Those wishing to attend should return the registration forms on the web-site http://www.maths.bath.ac.uk/CONFERENCES/BAMC99 which gives full details including accommodation costs. Fees should be posted to BAMC99, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY by 12th. February 1999. The registration fee is 75 pounds (non-students) 35 pounds (graduate students).
  
  Financial Support
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  The organisers are very grateful to the following for their generous financial support: the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, the London Mathematical Society, INTAS, BRIMS, SIAM and the Stewartson Memorial Fund.
  
  For further information contact the Chairman (Prof. C.J. Budd), the Secretary (Mrs. N. Harvey) or the Treasurer (Dr. D.A. Rees)
  e-mail: bamc99@maths.bath.ac.uk, tel: 01225 826198, fax: 01225 826492

• Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Wave Phenomena: Computation and Theory, 12-15 April 1999.

  Athens, Georgia, USA.

  Focus: The conference will focus on mostly computational, but also theoretical, aspects of nonlinear wave phenomena. It will be interdisciplinary in nature, bringing together topics in computational mathematics, applied mathematics, and applications in physics.

  Contact: T. Taha, Department of Computer Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602; e-mail: thiab@pollux.cs.uga.edu.

• Local Interaction and Global Phenomena in Vegetation and Other Systems, 19-23 April 1999

  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

  Organisers: S. Levin and C. Neuhauser.

  Information: Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, 206 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455; telephone: 612-624-6066, staff@ima.umn.edu.

• May 1999

• Joint INI/ERCOFTAC Workshop on Direct and Large-eddy Simulation, 12-14 May, 1999.

  Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences.

• 1999 SIAM Annual Meeting, 12-15 May 1999.

  Atlanta, GA, USA.

• Introduction to Epidemiology and Immunology, 13-14 May 1999 .

  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

  Speakers: C. Castillo-Chavez, D. Kirschner, H. Thieme, J. Velasco-Hernandes.

  Information: Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, 206 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455; telephone: 612-624-6066, staff@ima.umn.edu.

• NONLINEAR PHENOMENA IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS: Fractals, Chaos, Phase Transitions, Self-organisation VIII Annual Seminar, 17-20 May 1999.

  B.I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, F.Scaryna av. 68, 220072 Minsk, Belarus.

  Subjects: Above mentioned and other frontier topics in modern nonlinear study in

  • High energy physics QCD and SM (correlations in soft and hard processes, intermittency, chaos, collective phenomena, non-perturbative effects, radcorrections, jet evolution, Monte-Carlo models).
  • Mathematical foundations and methods (dynamical systems, integrable systems, methods of algebra, number theory, topology, differential geometry and others, analytical and numerical methods).
  • Foundation of electronics (nano-, micro-, opto-, quantum electronics, classical and quantum optics, electrocircuits).
  • Information processing (neural networks, artificial intelligence, biological systems).
  • Social systems (simulation of evolution and self-organization processes).
  • Philosophy of chaos.

• Mathematical Approaches for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, 17-21 May 1999.

  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

  Organisers: S. Blower, C. Castillo-Chavez, K. Cooke, D. Kirschner and P. van den Driessche.

  Information: Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, 206 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455; telephone: 612-624-6066, staff@ima.umn.edu.

• 5th SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, 23-27 May 1999.

  Snowbird, Utah.

• Third International Conference on Dynamic Systems and Applications, 26-29 May 1999.

  Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

• June 1999

• International Seminar "Day on Diffraction'99", 1-4 June, 1999

  St.Petersburg, Russia

  Organisers: Faculty of Physics, St.Petersburg University, St.Petersburg Branch of Steklov Mathematical Institute and Euler International Mathematical Institute

  Organising Committee: Prof. V.M.Babich (co-chairman), Prof. V.S.Buldyrev (co-chairman), Prof. E.V.Jull, Prof. A.P.Kiselev, Dr.V.E.Grikurov (Secretary), Dr. I.V.Andronov (Proceedings), Dr. M.A.Ljalinov and Dr.E.V.Novikova

  Co-sponsors: Russian Foundation for Basis Researches, IEEE ED/MTT/AP St.Petersburg Chapter, URSI Mode A sponsoring

  Special: The seminar "Day on Diffraction'99" is timed to the celebration of the 275th anniversary of St. Petersburg University (founded 28 January, 1724)

  Topics: Asymptotic Methods, Mathematical Aspects of Wave Phenomena, Inverse Problems, Scattering and Diffraction Boundary-Contact Problems, Waveguides and Resonators, Rays and Beams, Waves in Non-Uniform Media, Boundary Layers, Nonlinear Waves, Propagation in Random Media, Numerical Approaches

  Paper submission: To submit a paper please send (usage of e-mail is highly recommended!) one page (A4, 10pt font size) abstract to: Prof V.M.Babich or Prof V.S.Buldyrev Steklov Math. Inst., Fontanka 27 Inst. on Physics, SPb University St.Petersburg 191011 Russia Petrodvoretz 198904 Russia Fax: +7-812-310-5377 Fax: +7-812-428-7240 babich@pdmi.ras.ru buld@mph.phys.spbu.ru

  Deadline: Paper submission - March 15, 1999

  Information: Ivan Andronov:iva@AA2628.spb.edu or Valery Grikurov:grikurov@mph.phys.spbu.ru

• Applications of Heavy Tailed Distributions in Economics, Engineering and Statistics, 3-5 June, 1999

  American University, Washington, DC

  Organisers: John P. Nolan and Ananthram Swami

  Details: Heavy tailed distributions are being used in a large variety of problems in economics, finance, engineering, statistics, and other areas. It is evident that many important problems are poorly described by standard Gaussian models. This conference will draw together experts from a range of disciplines to describe ths methods used to analyze such processes.

  Speakers: Robert Adler, Gonzalo Arce, Richard Davis, Francis Diebold, Raya Feldman, Mircea Grigoriu, Saleem Kassam, Andrew Lo, Benoit Mandelbrot, J.H. McCulloch, Steve McLaughlin, Chrysostomos Nikias, Athina Petropulu, Nalini Ravishanker, Sid Resnick, Gennady Samorodnitsky, Murad Taqqu, Walter Willinger, Edward Wegman, Aleksander Weron and Tong Zhou

• 4th Workshop on Economics with Heterogenous Interacting Agents (WEHIA), 4-5 June, 1999

  Genoa, Italy

  Program Committee: Michele Marchesi (University of Cagliari, Italy, Chairman), Mauro Gallegati (Università di Teramo, Italy, Co-Chairman), Amedeo Amato (University of Genoa, Italy), Mario Amendola (Universita' "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy), Richard Day (University of Southern California, USA), Domenico Delli Gatti (Università Cattolica, Milan, Italy), Giovanni Dosi (University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy), Sergio Focardi (The Intertek Group, Paris, France), Reiner Franke (University of Bremen, Germany), Laura Gardini (University of Urbino, Italy), Jean Michel Grandmont (CREST, Paris, France), Cars Hommes (University of Amsterdam, Netherland), Alan Kirman (University of Marseille III, France), Thomas Lux (University of Bonn, Germany), Jose Scheinkman (University of Chicago), Gerald Silverberg (MERIT, Netherland) and Timo Teräsvirta (Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden)

  Details: The need to extend the representative agent model has been widely recognized. Mathematically elegant and all encompassing, the model's generality makes difficult its linking to empirical data in a scientifically meaningful context. Efforts are being made to create models that are both mathematically tractable and empirically faithful. The 4th Workshop on Economics with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents offers an opportunity to present the latest research on the representation of the economy as a complex system made up of multiple heterogeneous interacting agents. Research from various domains - statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, learning, the theory of self-organizing systems, econometrics and macroeconomic theory - is called into play. The 4th Workshop on Economics with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents will be hosted by the Interdisciplinary Center for Economic and Financial Engineering (CINEF) of the University of Genoa; previous workshops were hosted by the University of Ancona in 1996, 1997 and 1998.

  Topics: Workshop topics will cover research in areas with a bearing on agent interaction in economics. These include: Agent interaction, Aggregation of heterogeneous agents, Intelligent agents in economics, Interacting particle systems, Percolation theory, Models of learning, Evolutionary game theory, Computational methods in economics, Market modeling, Macroeconomic modeling, Non-linear econometrics, Models of economic aggregation, Models of population development and Growth theory

  Deadlines: Submission of papers - 20 February, 1999

  Information: Prof. Michele Marchesi DIEE - Università di Cagliari piazza d'Armi - 90123 Cagliari, Italy; Phone: +39 070 675 5899, Fax: +39 070 675 5900, Email: michele@diee.unica.it

• Third Scandinavian--Ukrainian Conference on Probability and Statistics, 8-14 June,1999

  Kyiv, Ukraine

  Organisers: Vladimir Korolyuk (Chairman, Ukraine), Gunnar Kulldorff (Sweden), Nikolai Portenko (Ukraine), Nikolai Perestyuk (Ukraine), Oleg Zakusylo (Ukraine), Oleg Klesov (Ukraine) and Mikhail Moklyachuk (Secretary, Ukraine)

  Scientific Committee: Anatolii Skorokhod (Co-Chairman, Ukraine), Peter Jagers (Co-Chairman, Sweden), Mikhail Yadrenko (Ukraine), Berndt Oksendal (Norway), Ole Barndorff-Nielsen (Denmark), Mats Gyllenberg (Finland), Dmitrii Silvestrov (Sweden), Sergio Albeverio (Germany), Ludwig Streit (Portugal), Robert Minlos (Russia), Andrei Dorogovtsev (Ukraine), Yuri Kondratiev (Ukraine) and Nadiya Zinchenko (Ukraine)

  Details: The programme covers Statistics, Probability Theory, Stochastic Processes and their applications in various fields of science. It consists of memorial, invited and contributed lectures. In the frame of the Conference will be a section "Stochastic in Mathematical Physics", organised by Yuri Kondratiev.

  The Second International School on Actuarial and Financial Mathematics supported by the Tacis-Tempus JEP-10353-97 will also be organized in the frame of the conference. The organising committee of the School are: Dmitrii Silvestrov (Co-chairman, Sweden, Mikhail Yadrenko (Co-chairman, Ukraine, Mikhail Yadrenko (Co-chairman, Ukraine), Aleksandr Borisenko (Ukraine), Anders Martin-Löf (Sweden), Evelina Silvestrova (Sweden), Esko Valkeila (Finland) and Nadiya Zinchenko (Ukraine).

  Abstracts of memorial, invited and contributed lectures will be distributed to participants upon arrival at the Conference. The deadline for abstracts is 15 April 1999. Proceedings are planned to be published after the Conference in the journal Theory of Stochastic Processes.

  Information: Third Scandinavian-Ukrainian Conference, Department of Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics, Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty, Kyiv University, Kyiv 252033, Ukraine; Fax: 38044 2662337 E-mail: conf@mechmat.univ.kiev.ua

• From Individual to Aggregation: Modelling Animal Grouping, 7-11 June 1999.

  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

  Organisers: R. Durrett, L. Edelstein-Keshet, S. Levin and M. Lewis.

  Information: Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, 206 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455; telephone: 612-624-6066, staff@ima.umn.edu

• 3rd Annual Summer Schools on Nonlinear Phenomena, 14-19 June, 1999.

  The Nonlinear Institute of Nice (INLN).

  Following the success last year, it will take place again in the tiny mountain village of Peyresq, in the Alps. More details can be found on the web: http://www.inln.cnrs.fr/~peyresq/ Source: James Montaldi (Nice, France).

• Dynamics Days 1999, 20-23 June, 1999.

  Villa Olmo, Como, Italy.

  Details: Full information, such as scientific program, registration details will be available soon on the web, and mailed to individual institutions. In the meantime, any informal queries should be addressed to dd99@fis.unico.it.

• Symposium on Intermittency, 21-24 June, 1999.

  Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences.

• The Mathematics of Finite Elements and Applications 22-25 June, 1999

  Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK

  Details: The Tenth Conference on The Mathematics of Finite Elements and Applications will be held at Brunel University from 22-25 June, 1999. The aim will again be to bring together workers from different disciplines whose common interest is finite element methods, and to promote wider awareness throughout the finite element community of the latest developments in the field.

  Topics: * Theory and practice in finite elements * Finite volume methods * Engineering and scientific applications of FEM * Boundary element methods * Adaptivity * Singularities * Parallel and vector processing * CFD and structural mechanics * Flow in porous media

  Invited Speakers: The 1999 Zienkiewicz Lecture will be given by Roland Glowinski, University of Houston. Ulrich Langer, Linz University, Roland Lewis, University of Wales, Swansea, J Tinsley Oden, University of Texas at Austin, Roger Owen, University of Wales, Swansea, Rolf Rannacher, University of Heidelberg, Christof Schwab, ETH Zuerich, Endre Suli, University of Oxford, Mary Wheeler, University of Texas at Austin, John Whiteman, Brunel University, Peter Wriggers, Technical University of Hannover, and Luiz Wrobel, Brunel University.

  The Programme, Call For Papers and Submission of Titles/Abstracts: In addition to the invited lectures, the programme will contain lectures in parallel sessions, sessions of poster papers, and mini-symposia. Following the preliminary announcement of MAFELAP 1999 a large number of persons have indicated that they wish to present papers or to organise mini-symposia at the conference. The topics proposed to date for these are given below. Anyone who has accepted an invitation to participate in a mini-symposium should send the title of his/her talk to the organiser of the mini-symposium as soon as possible. The abstract of the talk should be submitted to MAFELAP electronically by 31 March 1999 as per the instructions on the MAFELAP web site. Anyone who wishes to present either a lecture in a parallel session or a poster paper is asked to submit an abstract as soon as possible and, in any case not later than 26 February 1999.

  Mini Symposia Topics: * Domain decomposition preconditioners * A posteriori error estimation and reliability of FE computations * Optimal and moving meshes * Anisotropic Mesh Adaptivity for Finite Element Methods * Boundary element methods for wave scattering problems * Computational modelling of forming processes * Adaptive methods for time dependent problems * Numerical treatment of singularities * Fluid structure interactions * Time Harmonic Maxwell problems * Compressible flow * Computational modelling of plasticity * Finite and infinite elements for exterior problems * Adaptivity and applications of domain decomposition methods * Applications of finite element analysis to composite materials and plates * Finite and boundary element methods for fluid-structure interaction problems * Finite elements in problems of biomechanics * Computational modelling of solids with evolving geometries and multiple fracturing * Adaptive methods for viscoelastic flow problems * Mathematical modelling in geomechanics and tunnelling * Problems of magnetism * Heirarchical modelling * Multi-field problems * Superconvergence and recovery for finite element methods * Numerical analysis of contact mechanics

  Information: Further details are available from the MAFELAP 1999 web page: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~icsrbicm/maflap99/home.html and also from:
  The Secretary,
  MAFELAP 1999,
  BICOM, The Brunel Institute of Computational Mathematics,
  Brunel University, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK
  Tel: Int. (+44) 1895 203270, Fax: Int. (+44) 1895 203303, Email: mafelap@brunel.ac.uk

• 5th Experimental Chaos Conference, 27 June - 1 July 1999.

  Orlando, Florida, USA .

  Conference Aims The conference will feature presentations of experimental results in Spatio-Temporal Chaos and Patterns, Quantum Chaos, Optics, Hydrodynamics & Turbulence, Biology, Condensed Matter, Control of Chaos, Time-Series Analysis, Mechanical Systems, Geophysics, Synchronization, Electronic Circuits, General Chaotic systems.

• 4th International Summer School/Conference "Let's Face Chaos through Nonlinear Dynamics", 27 June - 11 July 1999

  University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

  The Organizing Committee is: Director and Chairman: Marko Robnik (CAMTP, Maribor, Slovenia); Honorary Directors: Giulio Casati (Como, Italy), Predrag Cvitanovi\'c (Copenhagen, Denmark and Chicago, USA), Siegfried Grossmann (Marburg, Germany) and Hermann Haken (Stuttgart, Germany);

  Members: Tassos Bountis (Patras, Greece), Hiroshi Hasegawa (Tokyo, Japan), Jean-Louis Pichard (Saclay, France), Toma\v z Prosen (Ljubljana,
  Slovenia), and Aneta Stefanovska (Ljubljana, Slovenia).
  
  The list of confirmed invited lecturers and speakers includes: Y.Alhassid (Yale, USA), Y. Aizawa (Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan), S.Bishop (UC London, UK), T. Bountis (Patras, Greece), G. Casati (Como, Italy), P. Coullet (Nice, France), P. Cvitanovi\'c (Copenhagen, Denmark and Chicago, USA), B. Eckhardt (Marburg, Germany), H. Fujisaka (Kyoto, Japan), G. Gallavotti (La Sapienza, Rome, Italy), T. Geisel (G\"ottingen, Germany), L. Glass (McGill University, Montreal,
  Canada), J. Gravner (University of California, Davis, USA), S. Grossmann (Marburg, Germany), H. Haken (Stuttgart, Germany), H. Hasegawa (Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan), V. Jirsa (Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA), V. Krinsky (Nice, France), Y. Kuramoto (Kyoto, Japan), M. Matsushita (Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan), P.V.E. McClintock (Lancaster, UK), E. Mosekilde (DTU, Lyngby, Denmark), K. Nakamura (Osaka City University, Japan), J.-L. Pichard (Saclay, France), T. Prosen (Ljubljana, Slovenia), A. Rapisarda (Catania, Italy), K. Richter (Dresden, Germany), M. Robnik (Maribor, Slovenia), T. Seligman (Cuernavaca, Mexico), A. Shudo (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan), C.F. Starmer (Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA), A. Stefanovska (Ljubljana, Slovenia), I. Stewart (Warwick, UK), H.-J. St\"ockmann (Marburg, Germany), P. Tass (D\"usseldorf, Germany), A. Voros (Saclay, France).
  
  The scientific programme will cover wide interdisciplinary areas of nonlinear dynamics and synergetics in physics, mathematics, technology, chemistry, physiology and economy, with the strong emphasis on physics. The participants are expected to be mainly Ph.D. students (research students), but also late undergradute students, postdocs, junior scientists/ professors and also experienced senior scientists/ professors.
  
  The normal participation fee is 1,600.-DM and covers all local expenses. Applications are welcome before 15 May 1999, late applications (increased participation fee of 1,800.-DM) before 24 June 1999. The deadline for posters and short reports is also 15 May 1999. Financial support for qualified participants is possible, especially for participants from Easthern European countries: The deadline for applications for financial support is 18 April 1999.
  
  Further information is available from the Organizing Committee: CAMTP, Summer School, University of Maribor, Krekova 2, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia, Tel.: +(386) (62) 213151 and 2296440, Fax: +(386) (62) 213151 and 213541, e-mail: ss99@uni-mb.si, WWW home page with complete information: http://www.uni-mb.si/. In case of doubt please contact the Director Professor Marko Robnik at e-mail: robnik@uni-mb.si.

• Symposium on Future Strategies Towards Understanding and Prediction of Turbulent Systems , 29-30 June, 1999.

  Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences.

• Theory and Mathematics in Biology and Medicine (TMBM99), 29 June-3 July 1999.

  Vtije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

• 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/

• Skew-Products and Synchronization of Coupled Systems, 12-13 July 1999

  University of Surrey

  Details: There will be a workshop to examine the theory of Skew-Product systems and applications to synchronization and other effects in coupled dynamical systems. These arise in a variety of areas, including physical, chemical and electrical systems.

  Invited speakers include Gian-Italo Bischi (Urbino), Paul Glendinning (QMW), George Sell (Minnesota), Rajarshi Roy (Georgia Institute of Technology) (to be confirmed) and Florian Wagener (Warwick).

  The workshop will consist of a mix of talks aimed at postgraduate level as well as more general research lectures. There will be time available for informal discussions and a number of slots for contributed talks over the two days.

  Overnight accommodation on campus can be provided; the workshop is partially supported from the LMS Scheme 3 `Skew products' joint research group and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Nonlinear Mathematics at the University of Surrey.

  Information: If you are interested in further information or would like to participate or contribute a talk, please send details along with a title and brief abstract to the organizers, John Terry or Peter Ashwin

• Workshop on Change-Point Detection and Related Methods (Part of RSS-99 conference), 12-15 July, 1999

  University of Warwick

  Information: Anatoly Zhigljavsky, Professor, School of Mathematics, Cardiff University, Senghennydd Road, Cardiff CF2 4YH UK; Telephone: 44 (0) 1222 875076, Fax: 44 (0) 1222 874199

• International Conference on Applied Partial Differential Equations, 13-16 July, 1999.

  Tongji University, Shanghai, China.

• Applications of Physics in Financial Analysis, 15-17 July, 1999.

  Trinity College, Dublin.

  Conference Aims: How do financial markets behave? Can we model them effectively? Fresh ideas on the behaviour of markets and other phenomena in economics are currently being drawn from the emerging subject of econophysics, based on the echniques and concepts of statistical physics.
  The aim of the conference will be to provide an active forum for cross-disciplinary interaction between economists, financial experts, physicists, and mathematicians. The conference will focus on analyses and models of financial markets by discussing topics such as market fluctuations, option pricing, risk assessment, and other phenomena of current interest in econophysics, finance, and mathematical and statistical finance.

  Confirmed Speakers: Confirmed speakers are renowned econophysicists from around the world (professors Aurell, Dacorogna, Stanley, Zhang) and include Per Bak, who formulated the theory of self-organised criticality.

• Foundations of Computational Mathematics, 18-28 July, 1999.

  Oxford.

  Some Details: The Foundations of Computational Mathematics Conferences will include a 3-afternoon workshop on Computational Dynamics, organised by John Guckenheimer (Cornell) and Robert MacKay (Cambridge), and two plenary talks in this area by J. Sanz-Serna and A. Stuart.

• August 1999

• IMA Summer Program: IMA Workshop on Codes, Systems and Graphical Models, 2-13 August 1999.

  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

  Organisers: D. Forney (Motorola), B. Marcus (IBM), B J. Rosenthal (U. Notre Dame) and A. Vardy (U. Illinois).

  Information: Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, 206 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455; telephone: 612-624-6066, staff@ima.umn.edu.

• SOLITONS, COLLAPSES AND TURBULENCE: Achievements, Developments and Perspectives, 3-10 August 1999.

  Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics CHERNOGOLOVKA, Moscow region, RUSSIA.

  Details: On behalf of Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Organising Committee, we are pleased to announce this workshop in honour of Vladimir Zakharov's 60 birthday.
  The workshop will cover a broad spectrum of problems within three topics of crucial interest in nonlinear science: solitons, collapses and turbulence. The main goal of this workshop is to bring together key scientists with various background and expertise, both physicists and mathematicians, (young researchers are welcome) working in the field of nonlinear science in order to discuss the main directions of development, achievements and perspectives, to fortify existent connections and (or) establish new links between three main branches of nonlinear science: SOLITONS, COLLAPSES and TURBULENCE.
  The topics will range from nonlinear optics, plasma physics, hydrodynamics, solid state physics, differential geometry, string theory, and gravity, to soliton theory, combining the inverse scattering transform and recent approaches to exact integrable and near integrable models, wave collapse physics, turbulence and chaos.
  Theory, experiment and industrial applications will be represented, the underlying objective being to conduct a truly interdisciplinary workshop.

• SCICADE99: Conference on Scientific Computing and Differential Equations, 9-13 August 1999.

  Kingfisher Bay Resort Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia.

  Introduction: SciCADE99 is a continuation of the successful biennial conferences in scientific computing and differential equations, the last one of which was held in Grado, Italy in 1997. Topics covered include all aspects of numerical methods for differential equations, as well as high performance computing, numerical linear algebra, approximation techniques and scientific computing applications. The conference will be held on a TROPICAL ISLAND (Fraser Island) in a World Heritage Listed Area.

• Stochastic and Chaotic Dynamics in the Lakes, 16-20 August 1999.

  Ambleside, England

  Conference Aim: The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for the discussion of developments in nonlinear science, making special efforts to promote connections between the deterministic and stochastic communities. The meeting will bring together experts from the international community to review both fundamental theory and its applications in engineering, biology, medicine, physics, chemistry, geophysics, signal-processing, and other areas of science and technology.

  Motivation: The last few years have brought an enormous increase in the number of scientists working on nonlinear problems and many important new phenomena have been discovered. The time is ripe to bring together experts from the hitherto largely distinct traditions of deterministic dynamical systems and stochastic nonlinear processes. Practical applications of fundamental results in these areas are beginning to appear across the entire spectrum of science. The interdisciplinary nature of this work means that while communication between researchers is vital it is difficult to achieve because of the range of scientific cultures involved. A central aim of the conference therefore, will be to build bridges between the communities by promoting themes of common interest.

• Third International Workshop on Information Processing in Cells and Tissues, 23-26 August, 1999

  Indianapolis, USA

  Local Organisers: Jonathan Mills and Ray Chin

  Program Committee: Guenter Albrecht-Buehler (Cell Biology) - Northwestern University, Lev Beloussov (Embryology) - Moscow State University, Russia, David Brown (Mathematical Neurosciences) - Babraham Institute Cambridge, Chris Cannings (Statistics) - University of Sheffield, UK, Robin Callard (Immunobiology) - University of London, UK, Jerry Chandler (Biochemistry) - George Mason University, USA, Emmanuel Chiva (Molecular Biology) - Mathmatiques Appliques, S.A., Paris, Teresa Chay (Biological Sciences) - University of Pittsburgh, USA, Michael Conrad (Computer Science) - Wayne State University, Detroit, USA, Nicola Dioguardi (Medicine) - Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milano, Italy, John Easterby (Biochemistry) - University of Liverpool, UK, Andree Ehresmann (Mathematics) - University of Picardie, Amiens, France, Peter Cordi (Biophysics) Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, G Bard Ermentrout (Mathematics) - University of Pittsburgh, USA, Leon Glass (Biological Sciences) - McGill University, Canada, Devens Gust (Chemistry) - University of Arizona, USA, Stuart Hameroff (Anesthesiology) - University of Arizona, USA, Uwe an der Heiden (Mathematics) - University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany, Paulien Hogeweg (Theoretical Biology) - University of Utrecht, Holland, Mike Holcombe (Computer Science) - University of Sheffield, UK, Arun Holden (Computational Biology) - University of Leeds UK, Felix Hong (Physiology) - Wayne State University, Detroit USA, Tsuguchika Kaminuma (Biosciences) - NIHS, Tokyo, Japan, George Kampis (Philosophy of Science) - Budapest, Hungary, Rolf Kotter (Neurobiology) - University of Dusseldorf, Germany, Gareth Leng (Physiology) - University of Edinburgh, UK, Matthew Levin (Zoology) - University of Cambridge, UK, Philip Maini (Mathematics) - University of Oxford, UK,Pedro Marijuan (Electronics/BioInformatics) - University of Zaragoza, Spain, Koichiro Matsuno (Biophysics) - University of Nagaoka, Japan, Jonathan Mills (Computer Science)- University of Indiana, USA, Hiroshi Okamoto (Neurobiology) - Fuji Xerox, Kanagawa, Japan, Ray Paton (Computer Science) - University of Liverpool, UK, Klaus Prank (Clinical Endocrinology) - Medical School Hannover, Germany, Stefan Schuster (Biochemistry) - Humbolt University, Berlin, Germany, Jim Shapiro (Biochemistry/Molecular Biology) - University of Chicago, USA, Gordon Shepherd (Neurobiology) - Yale University, New Haven, USA, Roland Somogyi (Neurobiology) - Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, USA, Olaf Sporns (Neurosciences) - Neurosciences Institute, San Diego, USA, W. Richard Stark (Mathematics) - University of South Florida, Tampa, USA, Denis Thieffry (Molecular Biology) - University Libre, Brussels, Belgium Chris Tofts (Computer Science) - University of Leeds, UK, Gershom Zajicek (Medicine) - Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

  Details: The purpose of the IPCAT workshop series is to bring together multidisciplinary groups of scientists working in the general area of modelling cells and tissues. A central theme will be the nature of biological information and the ways it is processed in cells and tissues. The workshop is intended to provide a forum to report research, discuss emerging topics and gain new insights into information processing systems, enzyme and gene networks, second messenger systems and signal transduction, automata models, PDP models, cellular automata models, single neuron computation, information processing in developmental systems, information processing in neural and non neural systems and new insights into non linear aspects of physiological behaviour. A key motivation is to provide a common ground for dialogue and reporting research without emphasising one particular research constituency or way of modelling or singular issue in this area. IPCAT '99 will seek to further the meaningful dialogue and exchange of ideas started at IPCAT '95 and IPCAT '97 between biologists, physicists, computer scientists and mathematicians.

  Submissions: Papers should be 1.5 spaced in 12 point Times font. Maximum length of papers should be 12 pages. [Note: shorter contributions are also welcome]. 4 copies of papers should be submitted to: Ray Paton,Department of Computer Science, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK. Video and computer demonstrations are also very welcome.

  Deadlines: Submissions - 20 March 1999, Notification of acceptance - 1 May 1999, Camera ready copies (internal proceedings)- 1 June 1999, Conference dates - August 1999, Camera ready copies (published proceedings) - 1 October, 1999

  Information: Ray Paton, Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK; Email: rcp@csc.liv.ac.uk

• Second International Iranian Seminar on Probability and Stochastic Processes, 31 August-2 September 1999

  Tafresh Unit, Amirkabir University of Technology Tafresh, Iran

  Organisers: H. Fathi, M. Dehghan, S. M. Tashakori, Tousi, Zarei, Alkhamis, Taghipour, Heidari, Ramazani, Chegini and Jafaripanah

  Scientific Committee: H. Aghaeinia, M. Alamatsaz, M. Aminnaieri, J.Behboodian, A.Bozorgnia, E. Khorram, E.Pasha, A.Rejali, S.Rezakhah, G.Shahkar, A.R.Soltani, S.M.Safavi, H.Talebi, M.Tata, G.Vahidi and B. Zangeneh.

  Details: Probability Theory, Stochastic Processes, Timeseries, Spectral Analysis, Methods and Applications in Sciences, Engineering, Economics, etc. Local expenses of participants, not residing in Iran, that present papers will be covered by the Organizing Committee.

  Deadlines: Submission of abstracts - 1 May 1999, Notification of acceptance - 1 June 1999, Final Registration - 20 June 1999

  Information: Dr Rezakhah, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Amirkabir University of Tecnology, 424, Hafez Ave., 15914 Tehran, Iran; rezakhah@cic.aku.ac.ir

• April 2000

• FRACTAL 2000 "Complexity and Fractals in the Sciences"  6th International Multidisciplinary Conference,16 - 19 April 2000,

  Singapore.

  1st CALL FOR PAPERS
  ===== Submission deadline: 23 July 1999 =====
  

• June 2000

• XX Dynamics Days 2000, 25-29 June 2000.

  University of Surrey, Guildford.

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