Stability Workshop
Topic
The stability of coherent structure and patterns.
Stability plays an essential role in many branches of science and engineering, including several aspects of fluid mechanics, high-speed transmission of information, and feasibility of MHD fusion devices. The objective of the workshop is to give an overview of current state-of-the-art methods for examining stability, as well as to present some widely applicable new techniques. The format will consist of three invited speakers giving a series of lectures at a level aimed at graduate students but useful for researchers from a variety of disciplines, such as mathematics, engineering, biology, etc.
Speakers
Details
Although the topic of stability of solutions of partial differntial equations is important in almost any application area, the most powerful techniques one uses to examine stability are hardly ever taught in courses. This is mainly because many of these techniques ahve come about fairly recently. We are organizing a workshop where these techniques are taught in 3 mini-courses. The workshop is aimed at graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and young researchers interested in stability methods, working in different disciplines on a variety of applications.
Course 1. An introduction to stability analysis
Lecturer: Margaret Beck (Mathematics, Boston University and Heriot-Watt Univeristy)
Course 2. Using AUTO for stability problems
Lecturer: Bjorn Sandstede (Mathematics, Brown University), assisted by David Lloyd (Surrey University)
Course 3. Nonlinear and orbital stability
Lecturer: Walter Strauss (Mathematics, Brown University)
Additional Information
Participation and Support
The workshop is specifically aimed at graduate students and beginning researchers, although other are invited to participate as well. Support is currently available to students and postdoctoral fellows at Canadian institutions, through generous support of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences. Additional funding has been requested from National Science Foundation.
Registration. There is no registration fee, but all have to register to attend, so we may estimate required classroom size, and quantity of refreshments. To register, email your intent to do so to stability@amath.washington.edu
Support for students. We intedn to provide qualitified students upto US$400 for the cost of airfare or driving, and lodging. Participating students are highly encouraged to participate in the SIAM Conference on nonlinear waves and coherent structures, for isntance by presenting a poster or a contributed talk. To apply for support, please send e-mail to stability@amath.washington.edu with a description of your status and research, who your advisor is, and your motiviation for wanting to participate in the workshop. Support is available to qualified candidates on a first-come, first-serve basis, and depends on funding availability.
Support for postdoctoral fellows. We intend to reimburse postdoctoral researchers up to US$300 for participating in the workshop, which shoudl cover the incremental cost of attending the workshop if they are attending the SIAM Conference. To apply for support, please send e-mailt o stability@amath.washington.edu with a description of your status and research, and your motivation for wanting to participate in the workshop. Support is available to qualified candidates on a first-come, first-serve basis, and depends on funding availability.
Lodging, Transportation and Local Information
Loding options are found here. University of Washington dorm rooms will be available as well. Information about this will be posted here when the details are set. Note that the Hotel Deca is the conference hotel for the SIAM conference. More information is available from Lodging, transportation etc.. Participants are encouraged to arrange for room sharing.
All lectures will be in Guggenheim Hall on the University of Washington campus.
For more information please visit
http://depts.washington.edu/bdecon/workshop2012/
