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Full Conference Listing
May 1999
- 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.
- Fourth
Mississippi State Conference on Differential Equations
and Computational Simulations, 21-22nd May
1999.
- Mississippi State University.
- This interdisciplinary conference will provide a
joint forum where mathematicians, scientists, and
engineers from academia and industry can exchange
research ideas involving theoretical and applied
developments in differential equations and
computational simulations. In addition to the
seven principal lectures, there will be sessions
of contributed talks. This conference is held
bi-annually. Reviewed manuscripts will be
published as a special issue of the Electronic
Journal of Differential Equations.
June
1999
- International
Conference on Differential Equations and Related Topics ,
1-3 June 1999.
- Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea.
- Purpose: The aim of the
conference is to present recent advances in the
fields of nonlinear ordinary, partial or
functional differential equations, theory of
nonlinear operators and broad applications of
related areas.
- International
Seminar "Day on Diffraction'99", 1-4
June, 1999
- St.Petersburg, Russia
- 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
- 4th
Workshop on Economics with Heterogenous Interacting
Agents (WEHIA), 4-5 June, 1999
- Genoa, Italy
- 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
- Second
Summer School of Mathematical Biology, 6-19th
June 1999
- Termoli, Italy
- Subject: The subject of the
school will be mathematical methods applied to
the study of cell and molecular biology.
- Goal: The goal of the school is
to offer doctoral students and young postdoctoral
researchers a presentation of some mathematical
techniques widely used in modelling problems in
cell physiology and proliferation, together with
a review of a selection of some such problems of
contemporary relevance. The target audience is
mainly composed of advanced graduate students and
post-graduates in the life sciences and in
mathematical disciplines (math, applied math,
physics, engineering).
- Classes: Duration of the school
is two weeks, including 10 days of classes,
Monday through Friday. Each day there will be 8
lecture units of 40 min. by the staff and by
invited speakers, practice sessions and lectures
contributed by participants.
- Participation: The number of
participants is limited to 60. Interested
biological and mathematical researchers, Ph.D.
students and postdoctoral fellows are encouraged
to apply. While the registration fee is fixed,
accommodation costs will be assessed on the basis
of effective stay. The foreseen average cost of
the school to participants, on the basis of the
presently expected funding by institutional
sponsors, is of the order of 800 Euro (double
room, 15 days, full board and lodging,
registration and social programme included). The
organizing committee is actively seeking more
funding in order to further substantially reduce
the cost to participants.
- Main Topics: Cell biology;
Haemopoiesis: Dynamics of haemopoiesis in normal
and disease conditions; Structured cell
populations; Cancer therapy and optimization;
Cytometry and parameter estimation; Stochastic
models in cell genetics.
- Third
Scandinavian--Ukrainian Conference on Probability and
Statistics, 8-14 June,1999
- Kyiv, 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-L÷f (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.
- 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
- International
Conference on Differential Equations and Computational
Simulations, 13-18 June 1999.
- Chengdu, Szechuan, P.R.China
- This conference will focus on nonlinear dynamics
and computational simulation with applications to
models in electronic circuits, advanced
materials, nonlinear waves, fluid flow, nonlinear
optics, networks of neurons, genetics, physiology
and related fields.
- Further Details: Please contact
Professor Daoyi Xu or Professor Weinian Zhang,
Department of Mathematics, Sichuan University,
Chengdu 610064, China email: nic2601@scuu.edu.cn
(with subject "Daoyi Xu &
Weinian Zhang") and
dyxu@pridns.scuu.edu.cn.
- 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).
- 1st Canadian
Conference on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics Information, 16-20th
June 1999.
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British
Columbia.
- The Conference is intended to attract engineers,
applied mathematicians, physicists, chemists,
software experts, and industrial practitioners to
a truly interdisciplinary program. It aims to
provide an international forum for communicating
recent and projected advances in various areas of
Nonlinear Solid Mechanics, to assemble
researchers working on common themes from
complementary perspectives, and to provide an
opportunity for direct information exchange among
delegates from industry, research laboratories,
and academia.
- SIAM Western Regional MATHEMATICS in INDUSTRY workshop, 18-20
June 1999.
- Claremont Graduate School, Claremont,
California, USA.
- For more information contact mii@cgu.edu.
- Dynamics
of Patterns, 19-25 June 1999.
- Anogeia, Crete.
- Conference organisers: N.
Alikakos, J. Ockendon, and G. Papanicolaou.
- Purpose: The main purpose of the
conference is to survey the state of the art in
the mathematics of patterns with emphasis on
recent developments in: Porous media, evolution
of microstructures, defects, deformAtions,
interfaces, topological changes,
modeling-numerical methods.
- 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.
- 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
- A workshop on Bifurcations:
Analysis, Numerical Methods, Software, 24-25
June 1999.
- niversity of Gent, Belgium.
- Scope: It is now widely
acknowledged that the applicability of the
results in dynamical systems theory depends
strongly on the existence of good numerical
algorithms and the availability of good software
to deal with the examples that arise in
application areas. On the other hand, numerically
obtained results are not particularly interesting
when they are not placed in the correct
mathematical framework. We hope that the
discussions in this meeting will contribute to a
good understanding of the relation between
analysis and software.
- 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 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.
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
- Third International Conference on Symmetry in Nonlinear
Mathematical Physics, 12-18 July 1999.
- Kiev, Ukraine.
- Topics: Classical Lie analysis
of equations of mathematical physics, reduction
techniques and exact solutions of nonlinear
partial differential equations, nonclassical,
conditional and approximate symmetry, symmetry in
nonlinear quantum mechanics, quantum fields,
gravity, fluid mechanics, mathematical biology,
mathematical economics, representation theory,
q-algebras and quantum groups, symbolic
computations in symmetry analysis, dynamical
systems, solitons and integrability,
supersymmetry and parasupersymmetry.
- Information: A. Nikitin,
Institute of Mathematics, National Academy of
Sciences of Ukraine, 3 Tereshchenkivska Street,
Kyiv 4, Ukraina; e-mail:
nonlin@apmat.freenet.kiev.ua,
appmath@imath.kiev.ua; fax:
+38-044-225-20-10; tel: +38-044-224-63-22 or
250-08-96.
- 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.
- 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.
- Second International Conference on Boundary Value
Problems, Integral Equations and Related Problems
Information, 8-14th August 199.
- Chengde, Hebei, and Beijing, China.
- Topics: The conference will be
about the following five subjects: 1) Various
boundary value problems for partial differential
equations including free and moving boundary
problems; 2) The theory and methods of integral
equations including singular integral equations;
3) Applications of boundary value problems and
integral equations to mechanics and physics; 4)
Numerical methods of integral equations and
boundary value problems; 5) Some related problems
with analysis and above subjects.
- Information: For more detailed
information, please contact G.C. Wen, Department
of Mathematics, Peking University, Beijing
100871, China; tel: 008610-62755937; fax:
008610-62751801; e-mail:
wengc@pku.edu.cn.
- 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.
- International Conference on Differential and Functional
Differential Equations Information, 16-21st
August 1999.
- Moscow, Russia.
- Topics: The Conference will be
devoted to classical topics of the theory of
differential equations and different kinds of
nonlocal interactions: the Galois theory of
differential equations, multisummability of
formal solutions to differential equations, limit
cycles and bifurcation, spectral theory, partial
differential equations in functional spaces,
linear and nonlinear problems of mathematical
physics, boundary value problems and nonlocal
problems, functional differential equations,
applications.
- Information: Those who wish to
attend the Conference are kindly requested to
send the title of their talk, mailing address,
e-mail and fax number to: A. L. Skubachevskii,
Moscow State Aviation Institute, Russia, 125871,
Moscow, Volokolamskoe shosse, 4; fax: (095) 158
2977;
skub@k803.mainet.msk.su
- Third International Workshop on Information Processing in
Cells and Tissues, 23-26 August, 1999
- Indianapolis, USA
- Local Organisers: Jonathan Mills
and Ray Chin
- 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
- 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
November
1999
- Sixth SIAM Conference on Geometric Design,
2-5 November 1999.
- Sheraton Old Town Hotel, Albuquerque, New
Mexico.
March
2000
- Eighth
International Conference on Numerical Combustion, 5-8
March 2000.
- Amelia Inn & Beach Club, Amelia
Plantation, Amelian Island, Florida.
- Purpose: Advances in
computational algorithms, hardware, and software
continue to have a revolutionary impact on the
combustion sciences and permit the examination of
scientific and engineering problems of increasing
complexity. Detailed combustion simulations and
models are now being considered as part of
integrated system applications. The Eighth
International Conference on Numerical Combustion
will focus on the integration of theory,
modeling, and numerical implementation in the
study of basic combustion physics and
technological applications. The distinct
questions and challenges found in combustion and
phase transition arise from the multiplicity of
length and time scales defined by the chemical,
geometric, and flow ingredients. Physically
descriptive, efficient, and accurate numerical
modeling of complex phenomena and the design and
implementation of complex, integrated simulation
is the challenge to be addressed at this
conference.
- Who Should Attend?: This
conference is designed to bring together
computational scientists, research and design
engineers, mathematical and physical scientists,
and software engineers who are interested in the
interdisciplinary area of numerical combustion.
April
2000
June
2000
- Bifurcations,
Symmetry, and Patterns, 29 June - 4 July 2000.
- Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
- Organisers: I. Labouriau, G.
Gomes, S. Castro, J. Buescu and A. Dias.
- This conference is in honour of Martin Golubitsky
and Ian Stewart.
July
2000
- Control of Oscillations and
Chaos,
5-7 July 2000.
- Saint-Petersburg, RUSSIA.
- History of the Conference:
(COC'97) was held in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1997 and was a great
success (with about 200 participants from 35 countries, see report
at
http://www.ipme.ru/coc97.html).
This second Conference will be focusing on the same subjects of
controlling oscillatory dynamical systems, with emphasis on both theory
and applications.
- Scope of the conference:
A major goal of the Conference is to bring together researchers from
various fields, to advance the state-of-the-art control theory and
technology for the control and analysis of complex oscillatory
dynamical systems and to gain some general and unified perspectives in
this interdisciplinary field of advanced research.
The topics for the Conference include but are not limited to:
- Nonlinear, adaptive and robust control of complex behavior;
- Analysis and design of oscillatory systems;
- Modeling and identification of oscillatory systems;
- Synchronization of oscillatory and chaotic processes;
- Control of oscillations and waves in distributed and time-delayed
systems;
- Applications of control of oscillations, bifurcations and chaos
in science and technology (mechanics, physics, chemistry, biology,
telecommunications, medicine, lasers, power systems,
finance,etc.).
- Summer school on Bifurcations, Symmetry and Patterns,
5-14 July 2000.
- Centro Internacional de Matematica, Coimbra,
Portugal.
- Organisers: I. Labouriau, S.
Castro and A. Dias.
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