UK Nonlinear News Issue 55/title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css">  <meta name="description" content="UK Nonlinear News Issue 53"> </head> <body> <table width=100%><tbody> <tr><td> <table align=center><tbody> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="left" valign="top"> <table> <tbody> <tr align="center"> <td> <hr align="left" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="750"> <div id="header"> <a href="http://maths.leeds.ac.uk/Applied"> Department of Applied Mathematics</a><br> <small><small><small> University of Leeds, Leeds ls2 9jt, UK </small></small></small> </div> <hr align="left" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="750"> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.leeds.ac.uk"> <img src="../logo.gif"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr><td> <h1>UK Nonlinear News Issue 55, Jun 2009</h1> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table border=2 width=90% align=center><tr><td> <div id="lowerMenuBar"><center> <a href=../index.html>Home</a> | <a href=../subscriptions.html>Subscriptions</a> | <a href=../conf.html>Conferences</a> | <a href=../issue54>Issue 54</a> | <a href=../issue53>Issue 53</a> | <a href=../issue52>Issue 52</a> | <a href=../issue51>Issue 51</a> | <a href=../issue50>Issue 50</a> | </center> </div> </td></tr></table> <div id="bodytext"> <h2>Articles and Reviews</h2> <ul> <li> Book review: <a href="geom.html">Geometric Mechanics</a> by Darryl D Holm </ul> <h2>News</h2> <ul> <li> The School of Mathematics, University of Leeds is pleased to announce the <br> BBSRC MATSYB network <a href=http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/applied/I2M> I2M: Immunology, Imaging and Modelling</a> First Summer School: <a href=http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/applied/I2M/SS1.html> Experimental and Theoretical Immunology</a> 31 Aug-4 Sep 2009.<br> Accommodation will be available in Lyddon Hall at the University of Leeds, and will be free to the first 15 students who register, by emailing i2m@maths.leeds.ac.uk </ul> <h2>Appointments</h2> <ul><li> Wonjung Lee (Courant Institute) has been appointed to a two year postdoctoral position, at Warwick and Oxford Universities, to study "Nonlinear Filtering in High Dimensions". The research is funded by the <a href="http://www.nceo.ac.uk">National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO)</a>. </li> <li> Masoumeh Dashti and David White (Warwick University) have been appointed to two year postdoctoral positions, at Warwick University, to study "Bayesian Inverse Problems in Differential Equations". The research is funded by the <a href"http://erc.europa.eu/">European Research Council</a>. </li> </ul>  <h2>Recent Theses</h2> <ul> <li> Alison Rudd (Surrey) <it>The effect of nonlinearity on the variational assimilation of satellite observations using a simple column model</it> <li> Alan Terry (Surrey) <it>Control of Pests and Diseases</it> <li> Mr T.-L. Tsai (University of Cambridge) <it><a href ="http://people.bath.ac.uk/jhpd20/publications/TLTsaiPhDThesis.pdf">Robust Heteroclinic Cycles and Frequency Locking</a></it> </ul> <h2>Jobs</h2> <ul> <li> <a href=http://www.msam.nuigalway.ie/vacancies/chair-add.shtml> Chair of Applied Mathematics</a> National University of Ireland, Galway <li> <a href="http://www.reading.ac.uk/maths/about/maths-jobvacancies.asp">Chair in Applied Mathematics</a> University of Reading, UK <li> <a href="http://www.math.uni-goettingen.de/aktuelles/am-ausschreibung.html">Tenured Full Professorship in Applied Mathematics</a> The Institute for Numerical and Applied Mathematics at the University of Goettingen, Germany <li>Lecturer in Computational Mathematics <a href=http://www.hw.ac.uk/jobs> Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh</a> <li> Post-Doc in <a href=http://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/display.php?recordid=NAT019R> MODELLING OF mRNA TRANSLATION</a> at the University of Aberdeen <li> Postdoctoral Position in <a href=http://www.math.sinica.edu.tw/www/student/employ_e.jsp> Dynamical Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics</a> Taiwan <li> Lectureships in <a href=http://www.ex.ac.uk/jobs> Applied Mathematics - Systems Biology</a> University of Exeter. <li> 1 Lectureship (permanent) 3 Research Fellowships (5 years) 4 PhD Scholarships (3 years) in the Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, <a href= http://vacancies.strath.ac.uk> University of Strathclyde</a> <li> A 1-year fixed-term Fellowship in Applied Mathematics is available as of October 2009 in the Department of Mathematics, <a href=http://www.imperial.ac.uk/employment>Imperial College</a> (please select "Job Search" then enter the job title or vacancy reference number NS2009058GA into "Keywords") <li> The New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) has <a href=http://necsi.edu/education/postdoc.html> openings for postdoctoral appointments</a> in the study of complex systems. <li> <a href=http://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/VacancySearch.aspx?txtSearch=sci673> Research Associate/Fellow</a>, School of Mathematical Sciences/School of Biosciences, Nottingham University, UK <li> <a href=http://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancies.aspx?cat=160#j5425> Postdoctoral Research Fellow</a> (Part-time), School of Mathematical Sciences, Nottingham University, UK <li> <a href="http://www.m2netlab.wlu.ca/research/2009-2010-openings-m2netlab.html">Postdoctoral Position in Mathematical Modeling</a> at the M2NeT Lab, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada. <li> <a href="http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/postDoc_app">One or more post-doctoral Research Associate positions</a> at the The Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling (CSCAMM) at the University of Maryland, USA. <li> <a href=https://hronline.newcastle.edu.au/pls/wssprod/uonerecruit.vac_details?pi_vacancy_ref=1174> Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Modern Applied Mathematics </a>University of Newcastle, Australia. </ul> <h3>DSWeb <a href=http://www.dynamicalsystems.org/ap/op/>Professional Opportunities in Dynamical Systems</a></h3> <h2>Postgraduate opportunities: <a href=http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/Applied/Applied_Postgraduate.html> Leeds</a> <a href=http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/postgrad/prospective.html> Warwick</a> <a href=http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/admissions/admissions-phd.php> Surrey</a> </h2> <ul> <li> A CASE <a href="PhDflyer.pdf"> PhD Studentship</a> in collaboration with the mathematical software company NAG is available in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Strathclyde. <li> An <a href="http://www.cicada.manchester.ac.uk/phdadvert2.pdf">EPSRC PhD Studentship</a> in conjunction with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Computational and Dynamical Analysis is available in the School of Mathematics at the University of Manchester. <li> The <a href="http://www.macsi.ul.ie">Mathematics Application Consortium for Science and Industry (MACSI)</a> at the University of Limerick are inviting applications for a number of PhD positions. <li> <a href="http://www.dtu.dk/mmcmaster/summerschool">Summer School on Math Modelling, Dynamics, Stochastic/Complex Systems</a> at the Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby campus. 9-15 August 2009. <li> <a href=" http://www.atomosyd.net/spip.php?article63">Summer School: From Nonlinear Dynamics to BioMedicine</a> at Rouen, France. 1-4 Sept. </ul> <h2>Meetings, Conferences and Events</h2> <h3> <a href="../conf.html">Conference Listing by date.</a></h3> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/research/events/2008_2009/workshops/ isscngc">Neurobiology and Gene Circuits</a> <dl><dd>University of Warwick, UK. 3-7 July</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://math.arizona.edu/~goriely/leshouches/home.html> Physics and Mechanics of Biological Systems</a> <dl><dd>Les Houches. 6-31 Jul</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/BFF> Computational Methods for Soft Matter and Biological Systems</a> <dl><dd>Freiburg, Germany. 8-11 Jul </dd></dl> <li> <a href="http://mucm.group.shef.ac.uk/Pages/Project_News.htm">Uncertainty in Simulation Models</a> <dl><dd>National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. 10 July</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://aleph.eii.us.es/LENCOS > Localized Excitations in Nonlinear Complex Systems (LENCOS)</a> <dl><dd>Sevilla, Spain. 13-17 Jul</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://www.secamlocal.ex.ac.uk/people/phd/ok213/workshop_15_7.html> Network Dynamics</a> <dl><dd>Exeter. 15 Jul</dd></dl> <li> <a href="http://shell.cas.usf.edu/~mawx/NMMP-Xinjiang-2009.htm">International Workshop on Nonlinear and Modern Mathematical Physics</a> <dl><dd>Shihezi University, Shihezi, China. 15-21 July.</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://www.maths.nottingham.ac.uk/mmbnott/summer_meeting/> Mathematical Medicine and Biology</a> <dl><dd>Nottingham. 15-17 Jul</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://www.enm.bris.ac.uk/anm/iwcsn09/> Complex Systems and Networks</a> <dl><dd>Bristol. 20-22 Jul</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://www.math.ubc.ca/Research/MathBio/SMB2009/index.shtml> SMB Annual Meeting 2009</a> <dl><dd>Vancouver, Canada. 27-30 Jul</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/SPA2009/> Stochastic processes and their applications</a> <dl><dd>Berlin, Germany. 27-31 Jul</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://taha.cs.uga.edu/workshop09/> Mathematical Biology and Numerical Analysis</a> <dl><dd>Athens GA, USA. 1-2 Aug</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://www.uga.edu/imacs/> Computational and Applied Mathematics & Applications in Science and Engineering</a> <dl><dd>Athens, Georgia, USA. 3-7 Aug</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2009/352/info.php3?wsid=352> Giant Fluctuations and Population dynamics</a> <dl><dd>Leiden, Netherlands. 3-7 Aug</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/conferences/Bifurcations-and-Instabilities/index.htm>Instabilities and Bifurcations in Fluid Mechanics</a> <dl><dd>Nottingham. 10-13 Aug</dd></dl> <li> <a href="http://www.dfg-spp1324.de/test/dfg/event/make.php?event=SPDE09">Stochastic PDEs: Modelling, Analysis and Numerics</a> <dl><dd>Darmstadt, Germany. 24-28 August</dd></dl> <li>Opening workshop, <a href=http://www.samsi.info/programs/2009stochdynprogram.shtml> SAMSI Program on Stochastic Dynamics</a> <dl><dd>North carolina, USA. 30 Aug-2 Sep</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://www.mancef-coms2009.org/> COMS2009</a> <dl><dd>Copenhagen, Denmark. 30 Aug - 4 Sep</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://www.rpi.edu/~anderk5/MSNDC2009> Differential-Geometric Methods in Multibody Dynamics, Non-linear Dynamics and Control</a> <dl><dd>San Diego, USA. 31 Aug-2 Sep</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://www.enm.bris.ac.uk/anm/dde09/> Delay Differential Equations</a> <dl><dd>Bristol. 7-9 Sep</dd></dl> <li> <a href="http://www.stochasticdelay.org.uk/">Stochastic Delay Differential Equations</a> <dl><dd>University of Chester, UK. 7-10 Sep</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://www.fises.es> Física Estadística (FISES)</a> <dl><dd>Huelva, Spain. 10-12 Sep</dd></dl> <li> <a href="http://www.algarcia.org/DSMC40">Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Workshop</a> <dl><dd>Santa Fe, New Mexico, 13-19 Sep</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://www.abdn.ac.uk/dsb> Dynamics in systems biology</a> <dl><dd>Aberdeen. 14-18 Sep</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://cress.soc.surrey.ac.uk/essa2009> European Social Simulation Association</a> <dl><dd>Guilford. 14-18 Sep</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://www.icnaam.org>7th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics: ICNAAM 2009</a> <dl><dd>Rethymno, Crete, Greece, 18-22 Sep</dd></dl> <li> <a href= http://matematicas.uclm.es/cedya09>CEDYA-XI</a> <dl><dd>Ciudad Real, Spain. 21-25 Sep</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://eccs09.info/>European Conference on Complex Systems: ECCS'09</a> <dl><dd>Warwick. 21-25 Sep</dd></dl> <li> <a href="http://www.cism.it/courses/">Asymptotic methods in fluid mechanics: survey and recent advances</a> CISM Advanced School <dl><dd>Udine, Italy. September 21-25 2009</dd></dl> <li><a href=http://toronto.ieee.ca/tic-sth2009/cfps/IEEE_TIC-STH09_CFP-ENS.pdf> Engineered & Natural Complex Systems</a> <dl><dd>Toronto, Canada. 27-29 Sep</dd></dl> <li> <a href="http://www.ioc.ee/cnw09/">International Conference on Complexity of Nonlinear Waves</a> <dl><dd> Institute of Cybernetics, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia, 5-7 Oct</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://lawnp09.fis.puc-rio.br>XI Latin American Workshop on Nonlinear Phenomena: LAWNP 2009</a> <dl><dd>Buzios, Brasil. 5-9 Oct</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://www.fenomec.unam.mx/acde8/index.html> VIII Americas Conference on Differential Equations</a> <dl><dd>Mexico city and Vercruz, Mexico. 15-23 Oct</dd></dl> <li> <a href="http://edpa2009.iecn.u-nancy.fr">Partial Differential Equations and Applications International Workshop for the 60th birthday of Michel Pierre</a> <dl><dd>Club Med Vittel, France. 22-24 October 2009</dd></dl> <li> <a href=http://www.solvayinstitutes.be/Activities/ChemoHydro/ChemoHydro.html> Solvay Workshop "Chemo-hydrodynamic patterns and instabilities"</a> <dl><dd>Brussels, Belgium. 28-30 Oct</dd></dl> <li> <a href="http://www.pks.mpg.de/~bsync09/">Synchronization and Multiscale Complex Dynamics in the Brain (BSYNC09)</a> <dl><dd>Dresden, Germany. 2-6 Nov</dd></dl> <li> <a href="http://ifisc.uib-csic.es/darwin09/">150 Years after Darwin: From Molecular Evolution to Language (DARWIN09)</a> <dl><dd>Palma de Mallorca, Spain. 23-27 Nov</dd></dl> <li> <a href="http://aimsciences.org/AIMS-Conference/2010/">8th AIMS conference on Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations</a> <dl><dd>Dresden, Germany, May 2010.</dd></dl> <li> <a href="http://www.sm.luth.se/~norbert/mogran-14.html/">The 14th Conference on Modern Group Analysis</a> <dl><dd>Lulea, Sweden. May 25 - June 2, 2010.</dd></dl> <li><a href="http://experimentalchaosconference.org/">The 11th Experimental Chaos Conference</a> <dl><dd>Lille, France, 8-11 June 2010</dd></dl> <li><a href="http://www.icsd.aegean.gr/diebm2010/">First International Workshop on Differential and Integral Equations with Applications in Biology and Medicine</a> <dl><dd>Aegean University, Karlovassi, Greece. 7-10 Sep 2010</dd></dl> </ul>  <h3>Journal News</h3> <ul> <li> To celebrate Nonlinearity's 20th anniversary, a series of Open Problems articles was published in issues throughout 2008. These short, commissioned articles present personal selections of interesting and/or important problems and challenges, large and small, from leaders in the field. We took great pleasure in inviting these articles and our hope is that they will contribute to setting the agenda for future research. You can read these articles for free <a href=http://herald.iop.org/NONOPcom/m36/avh/link/2390>online</a> until the end of 2009 at <a href=http://herald.iop.org/NONOPcom/m36/avh/link/2390>http://herald.iop.org/NONOPcom/m36/avh/link/2390</a>. <li> Nonlinearity's high-profile articles of 2008 - <a href=http://herald.iop.org/NON/m32/avh/link/2351> free to read</a> <li>The American Institute of Mathematical Sciences has begun publishing a new journal, the <a href="http://aimsciences.org/journals/jgm/index.htm">Journal of Geometric Mechanics</a> </ul> </div> <h4>Issue Fifty six: September 2009</h4> <small>Issue Fifty six is scheduled for September 2009. 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