2nd Announcement

Symposium on Nonlinear Systems:

(May 25 - 26, 2000)

For further details and latest information, see also: http://www.tn.utwente.nl/wsl/

Background:

The last decades, the number of scientists doing research on topics within the field of ``Nonlinear systems'' has increased significantly, reflecting its increasing importance. In the Netherlands there are many groups working on sometimes closely related subjects within this field. However, due to the nature of the field, these groups are imbedded in completely different traditional disciplines. There have been many fruitful ad hoc workshops/meetings that have enabled very useful interaction between various subgroups, but at the moment there is no strong ``natural'' structure within which these groups can meet and discuss their mutual interests.

Aim:

It is the aim of this and following meetings to provide a structure that enables nonlinear scientists to meet regularly. These meetings should bring together physicists, mathematicians, biologists, chemists, oceanographers, meteorologists and engineers who are studying high dimensional nonlinear systems and nonlinear partial differential equations. The main focus should be on providing a basis at which Dutch scientists of this field can meet and communicate.

Topics:

Mathematics
Physics
Optics
Fluid Dynamics
Biophysics
Soft Condensed Matter
Granular Media
Oceanography
Geophysics
Chemistry
Chemical physics
Mathematical Chemistry
Chemical Technology
Biology (Mathematical Biology)
Medical Sciences
Mechanical Engineering

Symposium program:

The 2-day symposium will consist of three main lectures, a number of invited contributions and of short, 20 minutes, oral presentations. The meeting will allow ample time to foster discussion and exchange in the evening hours.

Main speakers:

Jerry Gollub (Haverford College)
Studies of Chaotic and Turbulent Mixing in Two Dimensions
Philip Holmes (Princeton University)
Models for insect locomotion, or why cockroaches get away
Benjamin Widom (Cornell University)
Hydrophobic Interaction in One, Two, and Three Dimensions

Invited Speakers:

Cor van den Bleek (Delft Univ. of Technology)
Can chaos bring order in multiphase reactors?
Henk Dijkstra (University of Utrecht)
Application of dynamical systems theory to understand climate variability: the El Nino case.
Jens Eggers (Univ. of Essen)
Phase separation of a granular gas
Bas Kooijman (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
The role of the individual organism in the chain from molecule to ecosystem
Daan Lenstra (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Excitability in Semiconductor Lasers
Wim van Saarloos (University of Leiden)
Fluctuation and relaxation properties of pulled fronts propagating into an unstable state
Sjoerd Verduyn Lunel (University of Leiden)
Progress in shear flows with temperature-dependent viscocity

Scientific Committee:

Henk Broer
Arjen Doelman
Jan Dhont
Detlef Lohse
André de Roos
Ko van der Weele
Willem van de Water

Organization:

A. Doelman
Korteweg - de Vries Instituut
University of Amsterdam
Plantage Muidergracht 24
1018 TV Amsterdam
Tel.: 020 - 525 5296
Fax: 020 - 525 5101
Email: doelman@wins.uva.nl

D. Lohse Dept. of Applied Physics
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
Tel: 053 - 489 8076
Fax: 053 - 489 8068
Email: lohse@tn.utwente.nl

TIME AND PLACE:

The venue of this symposium will be Conference Hotel ``Drienerburght'' located at the campus of the University of Twente. For more information, please visit:

http://www.utwente.nl/icsc/

The conference will take place May 25-26, 2000.

REGISTRATION:

To register please mail the Symposium Registration email account (register.sons@tn.utwente.nl). The deadline for registration is 28 February 2000. The registration fee will be NLG 150,-. The fees include overnight accommodation, lunches and dinner. The participants will be accommodated in the Conference Hotel.