TIMSAC (The Royal Statistical Society Time series, Chaos and Applications) is a study group of the Royal Statistical Society which has been set up to promote interest in time series analysis, chaos and its applications.
TIMSAC runs a series of meetings. There are usually two speakers at each meeting who concentrate on a particular theme or application. All meetings are held at the Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London, EC1 and commence at 4.00pm and finish at 6.00pm, with a tea break in the middle. Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend the meetings.
Further details are available at http://tigger.ukc.ac.uk/rss/timsac.html.
UK Nonlinear News welcomes Sakse Oerstavik to its editorial board. Sakse is a PhD student at the Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics and its Applications (UCL) working under the supervision of Jaroslav Stark on developing time-series methods for spatio-temporal systems.
Mathematics Awareness Week (MAW) 1997 was celebrated April 20-26th. "Mathematics and the Internet" was selected by the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (AMS) as the 1997 MAW theme. This theme included such subjects as computer security and encryption, data mining, network analysis, information theory, and the availability of mathematical information on the World Wide Web and other Technologies.
Mathematics Awareness Week materials, including the MAW poster and visuals, have been posted on the MAW Web site, http://forum.swarthmore.edu/maw/.
The last closing date for the EPSRC Applied Nonlinear Mathematics (Chair: John Hogan) has passed. The panel should meet around the end of June. They think it's all over...
Source: John Hogan ( S.J.Hogan@bristol.ac.uk).
Organisers: Prof Chris J Budd (Bath) & Dr Peter E Hydon (Surrey) Email: cjb@maths.bath.ac.uk & p.hydon@mcs.surrey.ac.uk.
It has long been recognised that many important partial differential equations (PDEs) arising in mathematical physics and applied mathematics are invariant to a Lie group of transformations. By exploiting this invariance, exact solutions can be determined in many cases. Remarkably, such solutions are often also global attractors for more general solutions of the equations satisfying various initial data. Symmetry also plays an important role in studies of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) that describe the evolution of systems on manifolds.
When differential equations are discretised, the symmetry properties are often lost and the resulting discrete solutions fail to capture important qualitative features of the underlying differential equation. Recently there has been much progress in developing numerical methods for both PDEs and ODEs which inherit the symmetry properties of the underlying system. Such methods afford the promise of capturing important qualitative information about the underlying differential equation over long time periods.
The purpose of the workshop is to bring together numerical analysts, analysts and applied mathematicians who are using symmetry-based methods to design numerical schemes and to find exact or similarity solutions of ODEs and PDEs. The workshop will have three sessions: (a) symmetry methods for PDEs, (b) symmetry methods for discretisations of ODEs and (c) symmetry methods for discretisations of PDEs. In addition to the invited lectures, there will be ample opportunity for discussion.
The meeting coincides with the visit to the UK of Prof. V. Dorodnitsyn
from the Keldysh Institute, Moscow, supported by the FSU scheme of the
London Mathematical Society
Speakers will include:
| Prof C. Budd (Bath), | Prof P Clarkson (Kent), |
| Dr V Dorodnitsyn (Moscow), | Dr V Galaktionov (Bath), |
| Dr P. Hydon (Surrey), | Dr A Iserles (DATMP, Cambridge), |
| Prof J King (Nottingham), | Dr E Mansfield (Kent), |
| Ms A. Zanna (DATMP, Cambridge) | |
This workshop is sponsored by: London Mathematical Society, EPSRC and the School of Electronics, Information Technology and Mathematics. There will be a 15 pounds registration fee and a fee of 47 pounds for accommodation and meals.
Funds are available to support interested participants -- contact
the organisers for further information. Details and updated
information about this workshop can be found at the
website:
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Research/Maths/Centre.html.
| M E Glicksman | RPI, New York |
| R N Hills | Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh |
| H E Huppert | Cambridge |
| C Jaupart | IPG, Paris |
| D E Loper | Florida State |
This three week programme aims to bring together leading workers from different disciplines: mathematicians; geophysicists; experimentalists; and metallurgists; to encourage a cross-fertilisation of approaches. The event includes a seven-day International Workshop dealing with macroscopic manifestations of solid-liquid mixed phase systems together with a three-day Conference on the Dynamics of Mixed Phase Regions. Throughout, the primary goal will be to identify the dominant physical processes and so determine the correct macroscopic equations and boundary conditions that relate to phase-changes in a variety of both pure & multi-component systems. The programme will be founded on a core of about ten scientists drawn from various disciplines and, during the first week, these researchers will contribute to an instructional programme for young scientists. The workshop, beginning in the second week, will specifically concentrate on the topics of phase coarsening, convection, compaction, magmas, mushes/slurries, computer and phase field models.
Participants include:
| C. Beckermann (Iowa) | D. McKenzie (Cambridge) |
| C.F. Chen (Arizona) | O. Penrose (Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh) |
| P.C. Fife (Utah) | R. Sekerka (Carnegie-Mellon) |
| A.C. Fowler (Oxford) | S.R. Tait (IPG, Paris) |
| D.T.J. Hurle (Bristol) | P.W. Voorhees (Northwestern) |
| A.A. Lacey (Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh) | A.W. Woods (Bristol) |
Up to date details can be found on the web site: http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/icms/1997/school.html.
The proceedings will close with a broadly based, three day Conference embracing other phase-change systems.
The Conference will be devoted to a study of the novel phenomena associated with dynamic, partially solidified systems. It will be concerned with both the theoretical modelling and the physical occurrences of mushes, slushes and slurries. In addition to the talks given by the main lecturers listed below, short communications, limited to 20 minutes with 5 minutes discussion, will be organised.
Invited speakers include:
| S.H. Davis (Northwestern) | H.M. Tensi (Munich) |
| L. Ratke (Cologne) | J. Wettlaufer (Washington) |
| P.H. Roberts (UCLA) | M.G. Worster(Cambridge) |
Up to date details, including information on registration, can be found on the web site: http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/icms/1997/bonaly-conf/conference.html
Source: Kirstie Kerr ( kirstie@maths.ed.ac.uk)
This Workshop is one of three Summer Meetings which are organised as part of the activities of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Nonlinear Mathematics here at Surrey University.
The invited speakers include:
This workshop is sponsored by
London Mathematical Society, EPSRC and the
School of Electronics, Information Technology and Mathematics.
Funds are available to support interested participants -- contact
the organisers for further information. Details and updated
information about this workshop can be found at the
website:
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Research/Maths/Centre.html.
Organiser: Dr Peter Ashwin (Surrey) Email: p.ashwin@mcs.surrey.ac.uk.
Dynamical systems that are encountered in applications often possess symmetries that critically govern the generic behaviour that can occur. This workshop aims to discuss generic dynamics of nonlinear systems with symmetries, especially in the presence of chaotic dynamics. Speakers will include
Talks are scheduled from approx 1:30pm-6:00pm on 16th June; the workshop will start at 12:00 and continue for a (more informal) second day on 17th June.
There is limited funding for this meeting provided by a London Mathematical
Society scheme 3 grant and the School of Electronics, Information
Technology and Mathematics of the University of Surrey. These
will be distributed on a first come, first served basis with
priority given to PhD students and junior members of staff.
Details and updated information about this workshop can be found at the
website
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Research/Maths/Centre.html.
The School will be interdisciplinary in character. It is intended for Ph. D. students and postdoc-level researchers, as well as for other scientists and engineers interested in an introduction to the field. It will offer them the possibility to meet experts from different fields of physics involved with solitons. In order to provide an elementary introduction to solitons and an up-to-date panorama of this scientifically exciting and technologically promising field of research, the methods discussed in this School will range from basic concepts and experiments in soliton science to various applications and recent developments. The School is also intended to stimulate useful scientific exchanges and favour the creation of synergies and contacts between young scientists and experts attending or giving the lessons. The lectures will be held in French or English. The total number of students is limited to 60, the deadline for application is 15 May 1997. A limited number of financial support (covering living expenses) will be available. Applicants requesting support should include a letter of recommendation.
| Boucher, J.P (Grenoble) | Solitons and soliton concept in antiferromagnetic chains |
| Eilbeck, J.C (Edinburgh) | Solitons and breathers in classical lattices |
| Breathers in quantum lattices | |
| Leon, J. (Montpellier) | Inverse Scattering Method and application in nonlinear optics |
| MacKay, R. S (Cambridge) | Self localised excitations in lattices of oscillators |
| Matveev, V. (Dijon) | Lattice Darboux transformations in the theory of solitons |
| Peyrard, M (Lyon) | Solitons and energy localisation in lattices and biological molecules |
| Pouget, J. (Paris) | 2D lattice models and generation of localised structures |
| Remoissenet, M (Dijon) | Solitons: concepts and experiments |
| Spatschek, K (Duessoldorf) | Solitons in plasmas and astrophysics |
| Vasquez, L. (Madrid) | A panoramic view of the dynamics of Klein-Gordon solitons in the presence of impurities |
| Wabnitz, S. (Dijon) | Optical solitons and their applications to telecommunications |
Further information, including an application form, can be obtained at the URL http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/LPUB/SummerSchool97/. The application form must be returned (by e-mail, mail, or fax) by 15 May 1997.
Source: Dynamics Notes, Volume 1997, Number 1, March 1997.
The course is intended for postgraduate students in the initial stages of their work. The emphasis will be geometric and the lectures will explain some of the connections between the modern theory of integrable systems and other branches of mathematics, and also their central role in recent interactions between mathematics and physics.
Accommodation and meals will be provided at Wadham College, Oxford (a short walk from the Mathematical Institute). Funds are available to meet the accommodation and subsistence costs for EPSRC-supported students (who can reclaim their travel costs from the EPSRC). Limited funds are available to support a small number of other postgraduate students.
For further details and application form, write to:
Dr N.M.J. Woodhouse, The Mathematical Institute, 24-29 St
Giles', Oxford OX1 3LB or email:
nwoodh@maths.ox.ac.uk.
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The Seventh International Conference on Numerical Combustion will focus on the integration of theory, modelling, and numerical implementation in the fundamental study and technological application of combustion phenomena.
Advances in computational algorithms and hardware, and in theoretical methods continue to have a revolutionary impact in challenging major difficulties in the study of combustion. Physically applicable, efficient, and accurate numerical solution of complex combustion phenomena, their associated theory and modelling, and their relationship to experiment, are the subjects of the conference.
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The University College of Ripon and York St John (or simply, St John's College) is close to the centre of the historic walled city of York in the north of England. The college provides good conference facilities, with accommodation in student apartments or in nearby hotels. York is easily accessible by train from London (two hours from Kings Cross Station) and, via a direct rail connection, from Manchester International Airport.
| CONFERENCE THEMES |
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The themes of the conference include, but are by no means limited to:
| INVITED PRESENTATIONS |
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Invited presentations include:
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Anne Dowling University of Cambridge | "Thermo Acoustic Oscillations" | |
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Vincent Giovangigli Ecole Polytechnique, Paris | "Multicomponent Transport in Flames" | |
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Rupert Klein Universität Wuppertal, Germany | "Numerical Techniques for Low-Speed and High-Speed Premixed Combustion" | |
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Takashi Niioka Tohoku University, Japan | "Stretch-Extinction and Radiation-Extinction of Counterflow Premixed and Diffusion Flames" |
Two further plenary lectures will be included in later announcements.
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Other presentations will take the form of:
| WHO SHOULD ATTEND? |
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The Seventh International Conference on Numerical Combustion will bring together research and design engineers, and scientists specialising in computational techniques, mathematics and physics, who are interested in the interdisciplinary area of "numerical combustion."
The conference will highlight the mutual interaction between designers, experimentalists, computational experts, and mathematicians in the development of new ideas and methods in the study and industrial application of all aspects of combustion.
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To contact the local organisers please use:
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7th I.C.N.C. c/o Maths Department, UMIST Manchester M60 1QD Britain | |
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| Fax:- | (+44-161) 200 36 69 - (Attention: 7th ICNC) |
| E-mail:- | icnc7@maths.umist.ac.uk |
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The 7th ICNC will be the first major international scientific conference organised by SIAM outside of North America. This has been made possible by the creation of a new section of SIAM based in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
| ORGANISING COMMITTEE |
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| Bill Dold | - | Mathematics Department, UMIST, Manchester |
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| John Brindley | - | Mathematics Department, University of Leeds |
| Andy McIntosh | - | Fuel and Energy Department, University of Leeds |
| Roland Borghi | John Buckmaster | ||
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| Sebastian Candel | Stuart Cant | ||
| Vincent Giovangigli | Robert Kee | ||
| Bernard Larrouturou | Elaine Oran | ||
| Norbert Peters | Bernd Rogg | ||
| Mitchell Smooke | D Scott Stewart | ||
| Tadao Takeno | Jürgen Warnatz | ||
| Charles Westbrook | Forman Williams |
Goto the 7th ICNC Index to web-pages.
Source: Bill Dold (J.W.Dold@umist.ac.uk)
Main Organisers: N.F. Britton and N.R. Franks,
Co-Directors of the Centre.
Organising Committee:
Andrew Bourke, Laurence Hurst, Mike Mogie,
Ana Sendova-Franks, Jane White.
| Day | Title | Organisers |
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| Mon 6 Apr 1998 | The pattern and process of disease | Jane White |
| Tue 7 Apr 1998 | The Legacy of D'Arcy Thompson | Nick Britton |
| Wed 8 Apr 1998 | Evolutionary Genetics | Laurence Hurst |
| Thu 9 Apr 1998 | Insect Societies | NRF, AFGB & ABSF |
| 08:45 - 10:00 | First plenary speaker |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee |
| 10:30 - 11:45 | Second plenary speaker |
| 11:45 - 13:00 | Third plenary speaker |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:15 - 15:30 | Fourth plenary speaker |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Tea and Poster Session |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Discussion Session |
The plenary speakers for each day are requested to choose one (or at most two) poster presenters in their general field and supportively chair them through five minute talks during the Discussion Session. Poster presenters (probably about 20 per day) are therefore required to have copies of their poster pages on overhead sheets. This innovation worked very well at the last International Meeting of the Centre for Mathematical Biology at the University of Bath. This was organised by NFB, NRF and ABSF, among others, and held in April 1996.
Bath is one of Europe's most beautiful small cities and is also only 80 minutes from London by train. The University of Bath is one of the UK's most successful small Universities. (It ranked sixth overall in the recent National Research Assessment Exercise.) It is situated on an attractive campus, neighbouring open countryside, yet is only one mile from Bath city centre. On campus, the University of Bath has some of the best sporting facilities of any British University, many of which are available to conference participants. The 120-seat lecture theatre earmarked for this meeting is one the University's newest (being completed just two years ago) and is extensively equipped with audio-visual aids. A larger lecture theatre should be available if demand is greater.
Accommodation on campus will be available for people attending the conference. Current accommodation costs (B&B) are 19 pounds per night for standard rooms and 25 pounds per night for en suite rooms. Current costs for lunch are 6.80.
Registration Fees will be 30 pounds per day or 100 pounds for four days, with reductions for students.
Further details are available from Dr N.F. Britton, e-mail nfb@maths.bath.ac.uk.
Source:Nick Britton ( nfb@maths.bath.ac.uk).