CAIMS*SCMAI E-News Volume 06 Number 5 September 25, 2006 Editor: Rod Edwards (edwards@math.uvic.ca) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS Society News: 1. Call for position announcements 2. Free CAIMS memberships available to new faculty members 3. CAMQ - Tables of Contents of recently published issues Other News: 4. MITACS - Call for proposals 5. ICIAM prize winners Position Announcements: ** Links to these and other position announcements can be found at http://www.caims.ca/Positions 6.** University of Western Ontario - Tenure track position in Mathematical Finance Schools, Courses: 7. Computational Neuroscience Summer School (Ottawa) 8. 2007 Workshop for Young Researchers in Mathematical Biology (Ohio State) 9. RICAM Special Semester on Biology (Linz, Austria) Conferences and Workshops: * Links to the web pages for these and other conferences can be found by clicking on "Upcoming Meetings and Workshops" at the CAIMS*SCMAI home page: www.caims.ca. 10. Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis Seminar (PNWNAS) (SFU, Vancouver) 11. DIMACS Workshop on Models of Co-Evolution of Hosts and Pathogens (Rutgers) 12. DIMACS Workshop on Immuno-epidemiology (Rutgers) 13. 1st International Conference on Language and Automata Theory and Applications (LATA 2007) (Tarragona, Spain) 14. International Symposium, Mathematical Ecology (Hamamatsu, Japan) 15. Eleventh International Conference on Cognitive & Neural Systems (Boston) 16. Fourth International Conference On Mathematical Biology (Fujian, China) 17. Workshop on Applications of Analysis to Mathematical Biology (Duke) 18. Operations Research Peripatetic Postgraduate Programme (ORP3) (Guimarães, Portugal) 19. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) (Singapore) 20. CAIMS*SCMAI E-News Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 1 ====== From: "Rod Edwards" Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:57:00 -0700 CAIMS - Call for Position Announcements CAIMS publications reach a large sector of the Canadian Applied Mathematics community. If your department is hiring in Applied Math this year, consider advertising on the CAIMS web site and in the CAIMS annual newsletter and electronic newsletter. Costs for posting an ad are as follows: CAIMS web site: $100 (see http://www.caims.ca/Positions/) CAIMS Annual Newsletter: $300 (includes free web posting) CAIMS E-News: $ 50 (1 free with institutional membership) Please send enquiries to the CAIMS secretary: Rod Edwards - edwards@math.uvic.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 2 ====== From: "Rod Edwards" Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:07:00 -0700 Free CAIMS memberships available to new faculty members If your department has hired new researchers in Applied Mathematics this year, remember that they qualify for a free one-year membership in CAIMS. Joining CAIMS will give them the opportunity to hear about news and developments in the Canadian Applied Math community. To apply, go to http://www.caims.ca/Society/subscribe.html, print the Individual Application Form and send it to the address given there, with "New Faculty Member" written in the payment area of the form. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 3 ====== From: "Rod Edwards" Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:18:00 -0700 Canadian Applied Math Quarterly (CAMQ) Tables of Contents of recently published issues Volume 13, Summer 2005, Number 2 ________________________________ CONTENTS A Direct Method for Computing the Effective Hamiltonian in the Majda-Souganidis Model of Turbulent Combustion By Mirela Cara and Agnès Tourin A Continuous-time GARCH Model for Stochastic Volatility with Delay By Yuriy Kazmerchuk, Anatoliy Swishchuk and Jianhong Wu Hermite-Birkhoff-Obrechkoff 3-Stage 6-Step ODE Solver of Order 14 By Truong Nguyen-Ba and Rémi Vaillancourt A Moving Boundary Value Problem in Soft Tissue Mechanics By Marek Stastna A Quasistatic Contact Problem with Slip-dependent Coefficient of Friction for Nonlinear Elastic Materials By Arezki Touzaline and Alain Mignot Volume 13, Fall 2005, Number 3 ______________________________ CONTENTS Mathematical Model of the Mechanics and Dynamics of the Tails in Dinosaurs By C. Sean Bohun Seismic Image Analysis Using Local Spectra By M. Lamoureux Force-Control for the Automated Footwear Testing System By Greg Lewis Adaptive Statistical Evaluation Tools for Equity Ranking Models By Tony Ware Seismic Prediction of Reservoir Parameters By Yaling Yin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 4 ====== From: stockie@cs.sfu.ca Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:10:00 -0700 The MITACS Network of Centres of Excellence hereby solicits proposals for scientific networking events (workshops, conferences, summer schools, short courses etc) that involve applications of the mathematical sciences to areas having a significant industrial, economic or social impact on Canada. MITACS is particularly interested in entertaining proposals that have at least one of the following features: - they directly relate to a MITACS theme area (see http://www.mitacs.ca); - there is a strong training component for senior undergraduate or graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, or young researchers (examples include summer schools and short courses); and - there is a strong potential to engage participants from non-academic (private or public sector) research or other partner organizations. Joint funding applications with other organizations are welcome, although the proposal must indicate clearly all confirmed or potential sponsors as well as levels of financial support. DEADLINES. MITACS accepts networking proposals three times annually, on February 1, June 1, and October 1 of each year. Proposers are *strongly* encouraged to discuss their ideas with the MITACS Associate Scientific Director (asd@mitacs.ca) as early as possible, preferably at least three weeks prior to submitting a proposal. MITACS may also consider proposals submitted outside these deadlines, as funding permits. PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS. Proposals should be submitted by e-mail to events@mitacs.ca in plain text, MSWord, or PDF format. You should receive a confirmation that your proposal was received within one week of submission. EVALUATION PROCEDURE. All proposals are initially reviewed by the MITACS Head Office to ensure that they satisfy submission format guidelines (below) and lie within the MITACS mandate. You may be contacted at this point for further information or clarification. Proposals which meet the guidelines are forwarded to the MITACS Research Management Committee (RMC) for scientific review. The RMC will normally take about one month's time from the deadline date to review proposals, after which their decision will be communicated. PROPOSAL FORMAT. All of sections 1-11 below are required, and incomplete proposals will be returned. 1. Title of event. 2. Proposed dates and location. 3. Type of activity (conference, workshop, summer school, etc). 4. Organizing Committee (names, affiliations, complete contact information). Identify the primary contact. 5. Executive summary of scientific and other objectives in lay terms (max. 100 words) which may appear in public announcements. 6. Other details of the scientific objectives, including: * intended audience, * history or background of the proposed topic, * recent progress, and * possible future directions. 7. Explain the relevance to MITACS. 8. Participants (tentative list of invited speakers and participants, including affiliations). 9. Budget (itemize each main meeting expense, and clearly identify the funding required from MITACS). 10. Other sources of financial support, including the amount requested or committed. 11. Organizational services being requested of MITACS (see below). ORGANIZATIONAL SERVICES. MITACS has some capacity to assist proposers with the organization of their event. These services include, but are not limited to: - assistance with budgeting; - negotiating with conference venues to secure meeting rooms and/or accommodations; - registration (including credit card services); - design, advertising and promotion; - business development for the purposes of attracting non-academic speakers or other participants; and - fund-raising and sponsorship. If any such services are being requested of MITACS, then this should be clearly indicated in the proposal under item 11. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 5 ====== From: "Prof. Rolf Jeltsch" Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:52:43 +0200 ICIAM Prizes 2007 The prizes will be handed over at the opening ceremony of the congress iciam07 on Monday 16 July 2007 in Zurich, see www.iciam07.ch The 5 ICIAM prizes are handed out every 4 years at the ICIAM congresses. The first 4 have been handed out the first time in 1999 and the Su Buchin prize is handed out the first time at ICIAM 2007 in Zurich. It is hoped that these young prizes will become prestigous in the long run. The announcements can be found at http://www.iciam.org/prizes2007.html You find more information on these prizes at http://www.iciam.org/council/council_tf.html _________________________ From the ICIAM website: At the 2007 Congress in Zürich five ICIAM prizes will be awarded: * the Pioneer Prize: awarded to --- joint winners: Ingrid Daubechies (Princeton University, USA) and Heinz Engl (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria and Austrian Academy of Sciences) ... established for pioneering work introducing applied mathematical methods and scientific computing techniques to an industrial problem area or a new scientific field of applications. The prize commemorates the spirit and impact of the American pioneers. It was created on the initiative of SIAM, and was first awarded in 1999. The Pioneer Prize is presently funded by SIAM. * the Collatz Prize: awarded to Felix Otto (Universität Bonn, Germany) ... established to provide international recognition to individual scientists under 42 years of age for outstanding work on industrial and applied mathematics. It was created on the initiative of GAMM, and first awarded in 1999. The Collatz Prize is presently funded by GAMM. * the Lagrange Prize: awarded to Joseph Keller (Stanford University, USA) ... established to provide international recognition to individual mathematicians who have made an exceptional contribution to applied mathematics throughout their careers. It was created on the initiative of SMAI, and first awarded in 1999. The Lagrange Prize is presently funded by SMAI, SEMA and SIMAI. * the Maxwell Prize: awarded to Peter Deuflhard (ZIB Berlin, Germany) ... established to provide international recognition to a mathematician who has demonstrated originality in applied mathematics. It was created on the initiative of the IMA (with the support of the J.C. Maxwell Society), and first awarded in 1999. The Maxwell Prize is presently funded by IMA. * the Su Buchin Prize: awarded to Gilbert Strang (MIT, USA) ... established to provide international recognition of an outstanding contribution by an individual in the application of Mathematics to emerging economies and human development, in particular at the economic and cultural level in developing countries. It was created on the initiative of the CSIAM, and will be awarded for the first time in 2007. The Su Buchin Prize is presently funded by CSIAM. The value of the Prizes in 2007 will be $1,000 multiplied by the number of supporting societies. For more details, see http://www.iciam.org/prizes2007.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 6 ====== From: Pat Malone Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:14:45 -0400 The University of Western Ontario, Department of Applied Mathematics TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITION IN MATHEMATICAL FINANCE Applications are invited for a probationary (tenure?track) faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the research field of Financial Mathematics in the Department of Applied Mathematics at The University of Western Ontario (www.apmaths.uwo.ca). A researcher in any area of financial mathematics with demonstrated or potential excellence in research and teaching is sought to complement the existing strengths of the research group in financial mathematics, both within the Department and within our sister Department of Statistical & Actuarial Sciences. Industrial experience or contacts are an asset. The starting date will be July 1, 2007 or thereafter. The position will entail active participation in the activities and service of the Department of Applied Mathematics, including the supervision of graduate students and teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels. To ensure full consideration, applications including a c.v., names of three referees and a research proposal should be received prior to December 15, 2006. Address applications to: Dr. Robert Corless, Chair Department of Applied Mathematics Middlesex College The University Of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada email: pmalone@uwo.ca This position is subject to budgetary approval. Applicants should have fluent written and oral communication skills in English. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Western Ontario is committed to employment equity and welcomes applications from all qualified women and men including visible minorities, aboriginal people, and persons with disabilities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 7 ====== From: "Victor G. LeBlanc" Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:58:45 -0400 COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE SUMMER SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA JUNE 17-29, 2007 FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT We are pleased to announce the first Canadian Summer School in Computational Neuroscience, which will be held from Sunday June 17, 2007 until Friday June 29, 2007 inclusively. It is organized by the new Center for Neural Dynamics and Computation at the University of Ottawa. The course is directed at graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from the physical sciences (e.g. physics, applied mathematics, engineering, computer science) and the life sciences (e.g. neuroscience, biology, physiology, human kinetics) who wish to develop their skills in neural data analysis and in mathematical modeling of neural activity. The topics will range from cellular to systems neuroscience, with a focus on sensory and motor systems. The course will consist of 3 hours of lectures in the mornings, followed by 3-hour MATLAB-based computer laboratories in the afternoons. Participants will pair up for these laboratories, and an effort will be made to pair someone from the life sciences with someone from the physical sciences. All classes and laboratories will be held on the main downtown campus of the University of Ottawa (Biosciences Complex). The School will be held in English, although many of the lecturers also speak French. The course can be taken for credit, since it is a University of Ottawa three-credit graduate course (NSC8104). The mark will be based on work done in the computer laboratories and a short project. The first day of the school (Sunday June 17th) will be a mathematics refresher open to all participants, which will include some introduction to differential equations. Enrollment in the course will be limited to 40 participants. The summer school ends just before Canada Day (July 1st), and a week before the beginning of the Computational Neuroscience Meeting which will be held next year in Toronto from July 8-12, 2007. MATH PRE-REQUISITES: Calculus I and II, first-year university level Linear Algebra and Probability and Statistics. LIFE SCIENCES PRE-REQUISITES: first-year university level life science courses for students in the physical sciences. FACULTY Prof. Ramesh Balasubramaniam, School of Human Kinetics, U. Ottawa Prof. Maurice Chacron, Physiology, McGill University Prof. Victor LeBlanc, Mathematics and Statistics, U. Ottawa Prof. John Lewis, Biology, U. Ottawa Prof. Tim Lewis, Mathematics, U. California at Davis Prof. André Longtin, Physics and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, U. Ottawa Prof. Len Maler, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, U. Ottawa TUITION: $1400 CAN with credit, $800 CAN without credit. ACCOMMODATION Accommodation will be available at the New Residence of the University of Ottawa, a few minutes walk away from the Biosciences Complex and cafeterias and restaurants. Accommodation consists of a single room with a double bed, with two such rooms per apartment. Each apartment has a living room, kitchen and bathroom. The cost is approximately $48 CAN per night per person. FINANCIAL SUPPORT Partial financial support will likely be available for those demonstrating the need. IMPORTANT DATES February 1st, 2007: Application (website to follow). March 15th 2007: Notification of acceptance and level of financial support. April 1st, 2007: Notification of acceptance by the participant. Accommodation: as soon as possible after notification of acceptance, participants can reserve their accommodation online at reserve@uottawa.ca or by phoning 1-888-564-4545. CONTACT: compneuro07@uottawa.ca www.neurodynamics.uottawa.ca/summerschool (website will go online soon) SYLLABUS 1) Introduction to Linear and Nonlinear Dynamical Systems -solutions of linear differential equations -qualitative analysis of nonlinear differential equations 2) Single Neuron Models -ionic models -simplified deterministic and stochastic models 3) Neural Spike Train Analysis and Modeling -basic statistics -autocorrelation, spectrum -information theory toolbox 4) Sensory Coding -artificial and naturalistic stimuli -modeling activity along the afferent pathways -modeling feedback -population coding and information theory 5) Synaptic Plasticity -short term depression and facilitation -long term plasticity -implications for information processing 6) Coupled Neurons -gap junction -excitatory and inhibitory synaptic coupling -effect of coupling on neural population behavior 7) Computational and Dynamical Approaches to Motor Control -posture control and equilibrium point approaches -movement adaptation to force fields -timing and rhythmic movements -computational approaches to movement pathologies 8) Waves of Activity in Neural Networks -neural field models -traveling waves -spiral waves ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 8 ====== From: Rebecca Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 13:17:51 -0400 2007 Workshop for Young Researchers in Mathematical Biology The Mathematical Biosciences Institute will host its annual Workshop for Young Researchers in Mathematical Biology, March 12 - 15, 2007. The aims of this workshop are to broaden the scientific perspective of 40 - 50 young researchers in the mathematical sciences and to encourage interactions with other scientists that will be valuable for their future careers. The workshop will feature plenary talks by leading researchers in the mathematical biosciences. Plenary speakers include: Lisa Fauci, Trachette Jackson, Kenneth Lange, Robert Miura, Alan Perelson, Michael Reed, and John Tyson. The workshop will also contain poster presentations by each participant, as well as working group discussions on issues relevant to mathematical biologists. We cordially invite young mathematical biologists to apply for participation in this workshop. Registration information can be found at http://www.mbi.osu.edu/postdocworkshop/wyrmb2007.html The application deadline is October 1, 2006. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Martin at Rebecca@mbi.osu.edu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 9 ====== From: Philipp Kügler Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 21:11:34 +0200 Dear Colleagues, the Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences announces a RICAM special semester on "Quantitative Biology analyzed by Mathematical Methods" to be held at RICAM, Linz, October 1, 2007 - January 27, 2008. The goal of the special semester is to provide a stimulating environment for biologists, physicists and mathematicians to jointly address emerging challenges in quantitative biology. Problems in the fields of Bioimaging, Biomechanics of Cells, Chemotaxis, Membranes and Channels, Pattern Formation and Systems Biology will be studied by exploring mathematical methods from the areas of Inverse Problems, PDEs, Stochastics and Dynamical Systems. Leading experts, talented post-docs and doctoral students will have the opportunity to collaborate at RICAM in an interdisciplinary atmosphere in order to gain new perspectives and to develop novel approaches. While the program features tutorials, workshops, social events and a culminating meeting at the University Center Obergurgl in the Austrian Alps, the participants are encouraged to organize additional research activities according to their ideas and needs. Funding is available both for longer and for shorter stays at RICAM. If you are interested in participating as a lecturer, workshop organizer, long term or short term visitor, please send a note of interest to ssqbm-office@ricam.oeaw.ac.at or visit http://www.ricam.oeaw.ac.at/ssqbm/ Kind regards, Philipp Kügler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 10 ======= From: Bob Russell Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:15:49 -0700 (PDT) Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the 20th Annual Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis Seminar (PNWNAS) will take place at Simon Fraser University on Saturday September 30th, 2006 from 10am to 5 pm, followed by dinner. Registration is free, however we kindly request that you register for the conference. This will assist us in planning for the event. The speakers, schedule and registration can be found at http://math.sfu.ca/%7Epnwnas/ PNWNAS06 is sponsored by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) and the Centre for Scientific Computing. The PNWNAS meetings have been held every year since 1987 and are aimed at bringing together people from the Pacific Northwest involved in numerical analysis and scientific computing. Regards, Adam Oberman on behalf of the organizers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 11 ======= From: Linda Casals Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:09:42 -0400 Program Title: DIMACS Workshop on Models of Co-Evolution of Hosts and Pathogens Program Dates: October 9 - 11, 2006 DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University Location of Program: DIMACS Center, CoRE Bldg, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ Organizers: Viggo Andreasen, Roskilde; viggo@fatou.ruc.dk Andrea Pugliese, Trento, pugliese@science.unitn.it Local Arrangements: Workshop Coordinator, DIMACS Center, workshop@dimacs.rutgers.edu, 732-445-5928 WWW Information: http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/Pathogens/ Short Description: It has long been recognized that hosts and pathogens exert strong selective forces on each other. Thus significant coevolution between host and pathogens is to be expected, and with the short generation time of many pathogens, evolution may occur over observable time scales. In fact coevolution has been demonstrated in many host-pathogen systems. For example in the classic gene-for-gene systems, each new resistance gene that is introduced into a (cereal) crop is matched within a few seasons by a virulence gene allowing the (fungal) pathogen to overcome the resistance. The epidemiology of several human diseases can be understood only in an evolutionary context. For long periods Influenza A persistence relies on so-called drift mutations that changes viral antigen sufficiently to allow for reinfection of the same hosts while the evolutionary changes in HIV are so fast that they are an integral part of the infection process within the individual host. More recently it has been proposed that the strain structure in malaria and RSV, among others, should be understood in an evolutionary framework. This workshop will focus on evolutionary and coevolutionary processes at the population level while selection processes within the individual host will be discussed in other workshops. The first models of host-pathogen coevolution were applications of very general descriptions of coevolution. However, with the increased interest in disease transmission dynamics the focus has now moved to descriptions that explicitly utilize epidemic models to describe the frequency dependent nature of the interaction. The mathematical methods for describing multiple interacting types of the pathogen or the interaction between disease and host genetics are in the process of being developed, but have not yet reached maturity. The workshop will bring together mathematical researchers and quantitatively oriented biologists and epidemiologists in the field to discuss the development of mathematical methods as well as to explore evolutionary and coevolutionary aspects of a number of host pathogen systems (malaria, influenza, insect-bacculovirus, RSV). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 12 ======= From: Linda Casals Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:24:31 -0400 DIMACS Workshop on Immuno-epidemiology December 11 - 13, 2006 DIMACS Center, CoRE Bldg, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ Immuno-epidemiology: closing the immunity-transmission cycle Individual hosts differ considerably in the way in which they respond to the same pathogen. This is not only caused by genetic polymorphism determining immune reaction (e.g. MHC), but also by the infection history of the individual (e.g. influenza, parasites with acquired immunity, dengue). An individual's history is a result of the past pattern of transmission in the population. Population transmission (infection pressure) by itself is the collective output of infectious material by the individuals that constitute the population, which in turn is decided by each individual's reaction to the pathogen. This closes a circle of mutual interaction and influence. This cycle influences the population effects of control measures aimed at individuals, and the evolution of resistance and virulence. In order to understand these processes we need a fuller understanding of the immunity-transmission cycle. It is our aim in this 2½-day workshop to bring together experts on several parts of the immunity-transmission cycle where we want to take, in a structured way, a necessary step towards integration. The central theme is to develop sensible and simple within-host immunological models that can be merged in sensible and simple between-host epidemiological models, and to explore the full cycle and its effects on pathogen evolution, spread and control. Issues to be addressed involve cellular versus humoral immunity, short-lived versus long-lived memory, acquired immunity, polymorphism, evolution of resistance and virulence. Information on participation, registration, accommodations and travel can be found at http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/Immuno/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 13 ======= From: carlos.martin@urv.cat Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:11:04 GMT Call for papers 1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE AND AUTOMATA THEORY AND APPLICATIONS (LATA 2007) Tarragona, Spain, March 29 - April 4, 2007 http://www.grlmc.com AIMS: LATA 2007 intends to become a major yearly conference in theoretical computer science and its applications. As linked to the International PhD School in Formal Languages and Applications that is being developed at the host institute since 2001, it will reserve significant room for young computer scientists at the beginning of their career. LATA 2007 will aim at attracting scholars from both classical theory fields and application areas (bioinformatics, systems biology, language technology, artificial intelligence, etc.). SUBMISSIONS: Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original and unpublished research. Papers should not exceed 12 pages and should be formatted according to the usual LNCS article style. One .pdf or postscript file containing the submission is what the organizers expect to receive at carlos.martin@urv.cat (with 'LATA 2007 submission' at the subject box). FUNDING: 40 grants covering partial-board accommodation in the university hostel will be available for nonlocal PhD students. To apply, the candidate must e-mail her/his CV together with a copy of the document proving her/his condition as a PhD student. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission: November 30, 2006 Application for funding (PhD students): December 15, 2006 Notification of funding acceptance or rejection: December 31, 2007 Notification of paper acceptance or rejection: January 31, 2007 Early registration: February 15, 2007 Final version of the paper for the pre-proceedings: February 28, 2007 Starting of the conference: March 29, 2007 Submission to the proceedings volume: May 15, 2007 FURTHER INFORMATION: carlos.martin@urv.cat http://www.grlmc.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 14 ======= From: Ryusuke Kon Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:07:13 +0900 We will hold 2nd international symposium of mathematical ecology as follows. we hope to see a lot of people from the world. best regards, Yasuhiro Takeuchi The 2nd International Symposium on Dynamical Systems Theory and Its Applications to Biology and Environmental Sciences March 14-17, 2007 in Hamamatsu city campus of Shizuoka University, Japan. Symposium Objectives Dynamical system theory in mathematical biology and environmental science has been attracted much attention from many scientific fields as well as mathematics. Mathematicians should establish a mathematical basis on the various problems appeared in dynamical systems of biology and feed back their work to biology and environmental sciences. Biologists and environmental scientists should clarify/build the model systems that are important in the global biological and environmental problems of their own. The purpose of "The International Symposium on Dynamical Systems Theory and Its Applications to Biology and Environmental Sciences" is to discuss many interests on the rich properties of dynamical systems appeared in biology and environmental sciences. The symposium constitutes of the lectures by about 20 eminent mathematical biologists and contributed oral or poster sessions. Asian contributors are especially welcome to the symposium. http://moon.sys.eng.shizuoka.ac.jp/~dst-sympo2nd/ Collections of papers based on the presentations may appear as special issues of international journals. We already have agreements with Journal of Biological Dynamics. Correspondence takeuchi@sys.eng.shizuoka.ac.jp Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University 3-5-1 Johoku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 432-8561, JAPAN. tel: +81-53-478-1200 http://moon.sys.eng.shizuoka.ac.jp/~dst-sympo2nd/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 15 ======= From: Cynthia Bradford Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:55:36 -0400 ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS Boston University May 16-19, 2007 Sponsored by the Center for Adaptive Systems and the Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems at Boston University with financial support from the National Science Foundation. Invited and contributed talks and posters. Abstract deadline: January 31, 2007. See http://cns-web.bu.edu/cns-meeting/conference.html or contact: Cynthia Bradford Boston University CNS Department 677 Beacon Street Boston MA 02215 fax: 617-353-7755 cindy@bu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 16 ======= From: Shengqiang Liu Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:00:01 +0800 The Fourth International Conference on Mathematical Biology Wuyishan, Fujian, P.R. China May 29-June 1, 2007 http://www.csmb.org.cn/ Contact: Shengqiang Liu School of Mathematics, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, P.R.China http://math.xmu.edu.cn/profile.aspx?tchid=102 Tel: +86 (0)592 2580725 Email: sqliu@xmu.edu.cn Organized by: The Chinese Society for Mathematical Biology, The Committee of Mathematical Ecology with the Chinese Society for Ecology Hosted by: Fujian Normal University Description: The conference brings together scientists and students from all over the world to discuss recent advances in mathematical and theoretical biology, to communicate the best of recent advances in mathematical modelling approaches in the life sciences and to identify key targets of future work. Location: The conference will take place at the International Academic Exchanges Center, Wuyishan, Fujian, China. Topics: Mathematical Ecology, Epidemiology, Biometrics, Bioinformatics, Mathematical neuroscience, Related mathematical problems in Biology and Computational Biology. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 17 ======= From: Anita T. Layton Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 16:41:25 -0400 (EDT) Workshop on Applications of Analysis to Mathematical Biology Duke University, Durham, NC, USA May 21 - 23, 2007 http://www.math.duke.edu/conferences/AAMB07/ Call for participation The central theme of the conference is the application of analysis, broadly construed, to the mathematical modeling of biological systems. The conference is held in conjunction with a dinner to celebrate the 65th birthday of Michael C. Reed, to honor his role in recognizing early the importance of mathematical biology as a legitimate and important area of applied mathematics, and to honor his contributions to mathematics, especially in the application of mathematics to medicine and physiology. Please visit the conference website for registration and other information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 18 ======= From: "Ismael Vaz" Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 11:58:36 +0100 ORP3 - Preliminary Call for Papers Operations Research Peripatetic Postgraduate Programme A EURO Conference for young OR researchers September 12-15 2007 Minho University Engineering School Guimarães, Portugal What is ORP3? ORP3 is a new instrument of EURO designed for young OR researchers and practitioners. ORP3 aims at being a forum promoting scientific and social exchanges between the members of the future generation of OR in academic research and industry. ORP3 is a European peripatetic conference each edition of which is hosted by a renowned European centre in OR. ORP3 is a postgraduate programme entirely organised by young OR researchers of the hosting centre. History The conference in Minho University 2007 is the fourth edition of biennial ORP3 conferences. The first edition took place in Paris, France, September 26-29, 2001. The second edition took place in Lambrecht, Germany, September 21-26, 2003. The third edition took place in Valencia, Spain, September 6-10, 2005. Submission Requirements In order to attend ORP3 as a participant you must be one of the following: - A Young PhD Student - A young post doctoral OR researcher (maximum two years after completing your doctoral thesis at the deadline for submission) -A young OR analyst (maximum two years of professional experience at the deadline for submission) The selection of participants is made by the scientific committee on the basis of full paper submissions of publishable quality in an international OR journal. Co-authored papers are acceptable as long as they are presented by a participant satisfying the aforementioned requirements by March 2007. The conference is open to the whole scope of the OR, but the following topics are mostly welcome: - Bundle Methods; - Derivative Free Optimization; - Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization; - Linear Programming; - Multiobjective Optimization; - Nonlinear Optimization; - Simulation. Sumission are made through the web site. Conference Characteristics - The scope of the conference covers all parts of OR - The participants act as discussants and chairpersons - Tutorial sessions with renowned OR researchers - No parallel sessions Registration fee The registration fee amounts EUR 200. It includes an abstract booklet, conference proceedings, social events, coffee-breaks, meals and the accomodation. Dates January 31, 2007 Deadline for submission June 15, 2007 Notification of acceptance July 15, 2007 Deadline for registration Contact For further information see http://www.orp3.com http://www.norg.uminho.pt/orp3/ or write to aivaz@dps.uminho.pt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 19 ======= From: "CEC2007" Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:21:23 +0800 ================================================== IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) September 25-28, 2007 Swissôtel The Stamford, Singapore Website: http://www.cec2007.org ================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS We would like to invite you to attend the 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC). Sponsored by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, and co-sponsored by the Evolutionary Programming Society and the IET, the CEC 2007 will be held in Singapore, September 25-28, 2007. The annual IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation is one of the leading events in the area of evolutionary computation. It covers all topics in evolutionary computation, including, but not limited to: * Ant colony optimization * Artificial immune systems * Artificial life * Autonomous mental & behavior development * Bioinformatics & bioengineering * Coevolution & collective behavior * Cognitive systems & applications * Combinatorial & numerical optimization * Computational finance & economics * Constraint & uncertainty handling * Evolutionary data mining * Evolutionary design * Evolutionary games * Evolutionary intelligent agents * Evolutionary learning systems * Evolutionary robotic & control systems * Evolvable hardware & software * Evolving neural networks & fuzzy systems * Memetic & hybrid algorithms * Molecular & quantum computing * Multiobjective optimization * Particle swarm intelligence * Real-world applications * Representation & operators * Theory of evolutionary computation CEC 2007 will feature a world-class conference that aims to bring together researchers and practitioners in the field of evolutionary computation and computational intelligence from all around the globe. Technical exchanges within the research community will encompass keynote speeches, special sessions, tutorial workshops, panel discussions as well as poster presentations. On top of this, participants will be treated to a series of social functions, receptions and networking sessions, which will serve as a vital channel to establish new connections and foster everlasting friendship among fellow counterparts. Singapore is a vibrant commercial and financial hub, which at the same time also serves its role as a melting pot for the fusion of a diverse mix of many different cultures. Visitors to this tropical island resort will be treated to a great array of interesting attractions, festival celebrations and cultural events, not forgetting the one-stop shopping and eating experience in this entertainment paradise. The conglomeration of all the different elements will definitely give visitors of Singapore an exciting and unforgettable experience. Student Travel Support: The IEEE/CIS Student Travel Grant Program offers a limited number of travel grants to assist IEEE/CIS Student Members presenting papers at IEEE CEC 2007. For more information, please see the conference website at http://www.cec2007.org. Best Paper Awards: The Evolutionary Programming Society will sponsor two Best Student Paper Awards and one Best Overall Paper Award at CEC 2007. These awards will be presented at the banquet. The winners will be chosen by the EPS Board of Directors based on the technical merit of the accepted papers to CEC 2007. Accepted Tutorials: * Artificial Immune Systems: Dipankar Dasgupta * Evolution Strategies: Thomas Baeck * Evolutionary Computation: A Unified Approach: Kenneth A. De Jong * Evolutionary Computation in Bioinformatics: Gary Fogel and Gwenn Volkert * Evolutionary Computation in Finance and Economics: Edward Tsang * Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization (EMO): Fundamentals, State-of-the-art Methodologies and Future Challenges: Kalyanmoy Deb * Evolutionary Robotics: Dario Floreano * From Evolving Single Neural Networks to Evolving Ensembles: Xin Yao * Genetic Programming Practice and Theory: Riccardo Poli * Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution: Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam Suganthan and Andries P Engelbrecht Call for Special Sessions: Special sessions have been both a tradition and an essential aspect of CEC. With the aim of bringing together researchers on a specific topic, such sessions are organized by renowned experts in the field across the globe. The IEEE CEC 2007 Program Committee solicits proposals for special sessions that are encompassed within the technical scope of the conference. Interested researchers are cordially invited to submit a proposal, which should include the session title, a brief description of the scope and motivation, names, contact information, and brief CVs of the organizers. For enquires, please contact the Special Sessions Chair, Dr Yew Soon Ong (asysong@ntu.edu.sg). Important Dates: Paper Submission: March 15, 2007 Decision Notification: May 15, 2007 Camera-Ready Submission: June 15, 2007 For more details, please visit the conference website at: http://www.cec2007.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 20 ======= CAIMS*SCMAI E-News Information CAIMS*SCMAI E-News is distributed electronically several times a year by the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society/Societe Canadienne de Mathematiques Appliquees et Industrielles (http://www.caims.ca). 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