Third SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems ================================================================ Third SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort Snowbird, Utah May 21 - 24, 1995 ================================================================ Dynamical systems have had an impact in many areas including physics, chemistry, engineering, and biology. This conference will emphasize the interaction among disciplines that is a key feature of the advances in dynamical systems and its applications. It will bring together a diverse group of mathematicians, engineers, and scientists from industry, government, and academe. Conference Themes The themes of the conference include, but are not limited to: Theory of: - Computational Algorithms and Effectiveness - Data Analysis, Prediction and Control - Extended Systems: Pattern Formation and Spatio-Temporal Chaos - Hyperbolicity and Nonuniform Hyperbolicity - Hamiltonian Dynamics - Infinite Dimensional Dynamics Applications in: - Biology - Chemical Systems - Celestial Mechanics - Communications - Economics - Engineering - Fluid Dynamics - Nonlinear Optics ================================================================ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE John David Crawford (Co-chair) Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh James D. Meiss (Co-chair) Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder ================================================================ INVITED PRESENTATIONS The Role of Non-normal Dynamics in Turbulence Brian F. Farrell Department of Applied Physics Harvard University An Introduction to Chemical Reaction Network Theory Martin Feinberg Department of Chemical Engineering University of Rochester Invariant Manifolds and Singularly Perturbed Equations Nancy J. Kopell Department of Mathematics Boston University Dynamics of Networks Robert MacKay Department of Mathematics University of Warwick United Kingdom Pattern Evolution in Large Aspect Ratio Nonlinear Optical Systems Jerome V. Moloney Department of Mathematics University of Arizona Chaotic Attractors in Smooth Dynamical Systems Sheldon Newhouse Department of Mathematics University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Department of Mathematics Michigan State University Onset of Spatio-temporal Chaos in Unbounded Lattice Models Yakov B. Pesin Department of Mathematics Pennsylvania State University Control and Synchronization of Chaotic Emission of Radiation Rajarshi Roy Department of Physics Georgia Institute of Technology Turbulent Vortex Rings in Excitable Media Arthur T. Winfree Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Arizona Recent Results on the Dynamics of the Solar System Jack Wisdom Earth, Atmosphere, and Planetary Sciences Department Massachusetts Institute of Technology ================================================================ MINISYMPOSIA A minisymposium is a two-hour session consisting of four presentations on a topic selected to augment the presentations of the plenary speakers or develop a conference theme. A partial list of minisymposia and organizers follows: Space-time Chaos, Coherent Structures and Intermittency in Extended Dynamical Systems Leonid Bunimovich, Georgia Institute of Technology Dynamics of Complex Singularities Russel Caflisch, University of California, Los Angeles and Nicholas Ercolani, University of Arizona Long Time Stability in Hamiltonian Systems H. Scott Dumas, University of Cincinnati Applications of the Conley Index Robert W. Easton, University of Colorado, Boulder Dynamics and Symmetry Martin Golubitsky, University of Houston Control of Chaos Celso Grebogi, University of Maryland, College Park Dynamical Systems Software John Guckenheimer, Cornell University The Dynamics of Ecology Alan Hastings, University of California, Davis Complex Spatio-temporal Behavior in Excitable Media Alain Karma, Northeastern University Diffusion in Multi-dimensional Hamiltonian Systems Jacques Laskar, Bureau de Longitudes, Paris, France Mechanical Systems with Symmetry Jerrold E. Marsden, University of California, Berkeley Celestial Mechanics Kenneth R. Meyer, University of Cincinnati Communicating with Chaos Louis Pecora, Naval Research Laboratory Numerical Trajectories Timothy Sauer, George Mason University Coupled Oscillators Steven Strogatz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reaction Diffusion Patterns Harry Swinney, University of Texas, Austin Time Series Analysis: Methods and Applications James Theiler, Los Alamos National Laboratory Non-normal Dynamics: Instability Without Unstable Modes Lloyd N. Trefethen, Cornell University Rigorous Results on Spatially Extended Systems Clarence Eugene Wayne, Pennsylvania State University Ergodic Theory of Chaotic Systems Lai-Sang Young, University of California, Los Angeles The N-body Problem: Recent Progress Zhihong Xia, Georgia Institute of Technology =================================================================== SIAM SHORT COURSE Chaos: Theory and Numerics May 20, 1995 Instructors: Robert L. Devaney, Department of Mathematics, Boston University James A. Yorke, Institute of Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park ================================================================ HOW TO CONTRIBUTE You are invited to contribute a presentation in either of the following formats: Contributed Presentations in Lecture or Poster Format A lecture consists of a 15-minute oral presentation with an additional five minutes for discussion. A poster presentation consists of the use of visual aids, such as 8-1/2" x 11" sheets, mounted on a 4' x 6' poster board. A poster session is two hours long. Each contributor must submit a title and a brief abstract not exceeding seventy five words on a SIAM abstract form. For your convenience, a Postscript version of the abstract form is available in the file "Dynamical Systems Abstract Form (Postscript)." This file can be downloaded, printed, and mailed to SIAM. You can also contact the SIAM Conference Department (meetings@siam.org) to obtain an abstract form. Poster boards will be available at the conference. The organizing committee reserves the right to limit the number of contributed presentations a single speaker may present. Deadline for submission of contributed abstracts: November 7, 1994. Minisymposia A minisymposium consists of four 25-minute presentations with an additional five minutes for discussion. Prospective minisymposium organizers are asked to submit a proposal consisting of a title, a description (not exceeding one-hundred words), and a list of speakers and titles of their presentations. Each minisymposium speaker must submit a 75-word abstract. To obtain a minisymposium proposal form, instructions and abstract forms, please contact the SIAM Conference Department (meetings@siam.org). Deadline for submission of minisymposium proposals: October 7, 1994. ================================================================ EXHIBITS Publishers, software and hardware suppliers, service organizations, and others having products to offer, are invited to participate in the exhibition. For further information and fees, see the file "How to Exhibit" included in this directory, or contact the SIAM Marketing Representative (marketing@siam.org). ================================================================ REGISTRATION The conference program and registration information will be available in early March, 1995. ================================================================ SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688, USA Phone: 215-382-9800, 800-447-7426 (USA only) Fax: 215-386-7999 E-mail: meetings@siam.org ===================================================================== .