Issue Two: September 1995

Also available: Issue 2 in plaintext

Articles and Research Group Profiles

• Introducing Higher Order Statistics (HOS) for the Detection of Nonlinearities

  by S McLaughlin, A Stogioglou and J Fackrell, University of Edinburgh

• Applied Nonlinear Maths at Bristol University

  by Stuart Doole

• Also in Bristol: HP's BRIMS

  Basic Research Institute in the Mathematical Sciences

• WWW Links to UK Groups can be found at

  http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ CNDA/resources/uk.html

News, Review and Jobs

• The News Page
  • Applied Nonlinear Mathematics Initiative: Dates
  • Live Solitons in Edinburgh
  • Email list: Nonlinear Response and Respiratory Diagnosis

• Review: Yu. A. Kuznetsov's ``Elements of Applied Bifurcation Theory''

  Alan Champneys asks, Is this the new classic ?

• Recent Theses:
  • Hysteresis and Mode Competition in Faraday Waves - St Andrews
  • Controllability of Nonlinear Chemical Processes - UCL ChemEng
  • Phase Locked Loops; Ship Capsize - UCL CNDA

• Appointments:
  • Chairs for Chris Budd (Bath), Robert MacKay (Cambridge),
    Paul Glendinning (QMW), David Broomhead (UMIST)
  • New research associates at Lancaster

• Studentships, Fellowships and Lectureships in Non-Linear Mathematics
  • Studentships: Oil-Well Drillstrings (Bristol), Flame Fronts (UMIST), Stochastic Resonance (UMIST)
  • RA-ships: Air Combat (Bristol) Scar Formation (Warwick) Astrophysical Dynamos (Leeds) Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Leeds)
  • Two Faculty Appointments at UNC Chapel Hill
  • Applied Maths Initiative at the University of Michigan

Journal News

• Nonlinear Science Today goes Online

  Now published in full, at http://www.springer-ny.com/nst/

• Journal of Vibration and Control

  A new journal, to be edited by Ali H.Nayfeh

• Dynamics and Stability of Systems

  Abstracts from Volume 10 Number 2

  • Stability of Drillstring Rotation
  • Model Coupling and Inhibition in Parallel
  • Dynamic Instability of Composite-Material Drive Shafts
  • Stability and Bifurcation of Molecular Systems
  • Evolution Equations for Ripples from Mode Interaction
  • Piecewise Linear Differential Equations

Meetings, Conferences and Events

• "Atoms & Limits of Quantum Theory" : 20 Sept 1995

  Revised timetable for postponed Quantum Chaos meeting at UCL

• Royal Statistical Society TIMSAC Meetings : 1995/96

  RSS Time Series, Chaos and Applications study group (London)

• "Chaos and Self Organisation in Nature" : 16 Nov 1995

  A one day symposium at the Royal Society of Edinburgh

• Nonlinearity '96 : Sunday 24 March 1996

  Details to follow in the next issue (Venue tbc, London)

• Recent Developments in Time Series and Chaos : 4-6 July 1996

  A workshop in conjuction with SISC-96 (Sydney, Australia)

• 4th Experimental Chaos Conference : Oct.1997

  Preliminary announcement (Florida, USA)

Newton Institute Meetings

• "From Finite to Infinite Dimensions" Update : Autumn 1995

  Programme of workshops at the Newton Institue in Cambridge

• "New Connections between Mathematics and Computer Science" 20-24 Nov 1995

  Cross-programme workshop at the Newton Institue in Cambridge

• Time-Sensitive Material Received Since Publication of Issue 2

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