CAIMS*SCMAI E-News Volume 05 Number 5 December 22, 2005 Editor: Rod Edwards (edwards@math.uvic.ca) CONTENTS Society News: 1. ICIAM 2007 Speaker list now available. Other News: 2. CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize announcement 3. Andre Aisenstadt Prize announcment Position Announcements: ** Links to these and other position announcements can be found at http://www.caims.ca/Positions 4.** University of Alberta - Tenure-track Position in Fluid Dynamics 5.** University of Alberta - NSERC University Faculty Award 6.** Carleton University - Tenure-track Position in Applied Analysis Conferences: * 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. 7. DIMACS Workshop on Clustering Problems in Biological Networks 8. Positive Systems: Theory and applications, POSTA06 9. Tenth International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems 10. GRC on Theoretical Biology and Biomathematics, 2006 11. EMS Summer School 2006: Mathematical Models of the Heart 12. SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, 2006 13. DIMACS Workshop on The Epidemiology and Evolution of Influenza 14. Fifteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting CNS*2006 15. SMB/SIAM Life Sciences annual meeting 2006 16. ISNB 2006: 3rd International Symposium on Networks in Bioinformatics 17. CND (McGill) Systems Biology Summer School 2006 18. Workshop: Mathematical Models in Biology and Medicine, ASU, 2006 19. Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management (AAIM'06) 20. ICPR2006: 18th International Conference on Pattern Recognition 21. LMCS06: Workshop on LOGIC, MODELS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE 22. ISSAC 2006: International Symposium in Symbolic and Algebraic Computation 23. 2006 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC'06) 24. NPSC 2006: Third International Conference on Neural, Parallel, Scientific Computations 25. PanAm VI: Workshop in Applied and Computational Mathematics / Computational Science and Engineering 26. CAIMS*SCMAI E-News Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 1 ====== From: Michel Delfour Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 08:00:11 -0500 ICIAM 2007 6th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics Zurich, Switzerland, 16-20 July, 2007 Invited speakers + speaker of the Public Lecture: Grigoire Allaire (Paris, F) Frank Allgoewer (Stuttgart, D) Luis A. Caffarelli (Austin, USA) Emmanuel J. Candhs (Pasadena, USA) Claudio Canuto (Torino, I) Margaret Cheney (Troy, USA) Albert Cohen (Paris, F) Weinan E (Princeton, USA) Herbert Edelsbrunner (Durham, USA) Nicole El Karoui (Paris, F) Michel Fortin (Quibec, CA) Roland Glowinski (Houston, USA) Hitoshi Ishii (Tokyo, J) Barbara Lee Keyfitz (Toronto, CA) Robert V. Kohn (New York, USA) Tatsien Li (Shanghai, CN) Josi-Mario Martinez (Campinas, BR) Arkadi Nemirowskii (Haifa, Israel) Felix Otto (Bonn, D) William R. Pulleyblank (Yorktown Heights, USA Christof Sch|tte (Berlin, D) Andrew Stuart (Coventry, UK) Michael J. Todd (Ithaca, USA) Eva Tardos (Ithaca, USA) Ichiro Tsuda (Sapporo, J) Gunther Uhlmann (Washington, USA) Jinchao Xu (University Park, USA) Speaker of the Public Lecture: Ivar Ekeland (Vancouver, CA) For more information, see http://www.iciam07.ch/invitation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 2 ====== From: PIMS Admin Account Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:55:36 -0800 (PST) NICOLE TOMCZAK-JAEGERMAN: RECIPIENT OF THE 2006 CRM-FIELDS-PIMS PRIZE The directors of the Centre de recherches mathematiques (CRM) of l'Universite de Montreal - Francois Lalonde, the Fields Institute - Barbara Keyfitz, and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences - Ivar Ekeland, are pleased to announce the awarding of the CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize for 2006 to Professor Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann of the University of Alberta in recognition of her exceptional achievements in functional analysis and geometric analysis. The prize was established in 1994 as the CRM-Fields prize to recognize exceptional research in the mathematical sciences. In 2005, PIMS became an equal partner and the name was changed to the CRM-Fields-PIMS prize. A committee appointed by the three institutes chooses the recipient. Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann, this year's recipient, is one of the world's leading mathematicians working in functional analysis. She has made outstanding contributions to infinite dimensional Banach space theory, asymptotic geometric analysis, and the interaction between these two streams of modern functional analysis. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Geometric Analysis at the University of Alberta. In 1998 she gave an invited lecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, received a Killam Research Fellowship, and the Krieger-Nelson Prize Lectureship of the Canadian Mathematical Society. Previous recipients of the prize are H.S.M. (Donald) Coxeter, George A. Elliott, James Arthur, Robert V. Moody, Stephen A. Cook, Israel Michael Sigal, William T. Tutte, John B. Friedlander, John McKay, Edwin Perkins, Donald A. Dawson, and David Boyd. For more information please see http://www.pims.math.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 3 ====== From: Suzette Paradis Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:31:05 -0500 The 2006 Andri-Aisenstadt Prize is Awarded Jointly to Iosif Polterovich of the University of Montreal, and Tai-Peng Tsai of the University of British Columbia The Director of Centre de recherches mathimatiques of the University of Montreal is pleased to announce the nomination of two 2006 Andri-Aisenstadt Prize recipients, namely, Iosif Polterovich (University of Montreal) and Tai-Peng Tsai (University of British Columbia). Iosif Polterovich (University of Montreal) After obtaining his Master's degree from Moscow State University in 1995, Dr. Polterovich obtained his doctorate from the Weizmann Institute in 2000. Following postdoctoral experiences at the CRM, MSRI and the Max Planck Institute, Dr. Polterovich began a tenure track position at the University of Montreal, in 2002. Dr. Polterovich works in geometric spectral theory, his broad variety of results being notable for both their importance and novelty. Perhaps most exciting was Polterovich's announcement in 2000 of an "explicit" formula for the heat invariants of a Riemannian manifold; these geometric invariants had been studied for more than fifty years, yet Polterovich presented them in a striking and useful way, which will undoubtedly be central to much forthcoming research by him and others. Tai-Peng Tsai (University of British Columbia) After completing his B.Sc. at the National Taiwan University in 1991, Dr. Tsai obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1998 under the supervision of Vladimir Sverak. Following a three year postdoc at the Courant Institute, and a further year at the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Tsai began as an assistant professor at UBC in 2002. Dr. Tsai is an outstanding researcher in non-linear partial differential equations. In recent work with Kang and Gustafson, Tsai obtained the optimal partial regularity result for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation. Even more remarkably he proved the non-existence of self-similar blow-up solutions (as proposed by Leray in 1934) with finite local energy in three dimensions. Tsai has also embarked on a deep and detailed study of long-time asymptotics in nonlinear Schrvdinger equations with several coauthors. These papers reveal a variety and subtlety of behaviours, and are becoming quite influential. The Andri-Aisenstadt Mathematics Prize is awarded to recognize talented young Canadian mathematicians that are chosen by CRM's advisory committee. Awarded for research achievement in pure and applied mathematics, it consists of a $ 3 000 award and a medal. This years recipients were preceded by fifteen former winners since the creation of the Prize in 1991. The 2005 winner was Ravi Vakil (Stanford). At the time of consideration, candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada, and no more than seven years from their Ph.D. A condition of acceptance of the prize is that recipients deliver a lecture at CRM. These lectures will be presented on April 28, 2006. The Centre de recherches mathimatiques (CRM) of the University of Montreal was founded in 1969. Currently under the direction of professor Frangois Lalonde, the Centre's mandate is to serve as a national centre for fundamental research in mathematics and their applications. The CRM's scientific personnel includes more than one hundred members and post-doctoral fellows. Further, the Centre hosts from year to year a large number of guest researchers. Contact information: Frangois Lalonde, Director Centre de recherches mathimatiques Pavillon Andri-Aisenstadt, Universiti de Montrial 2920 Chemin de la tour, room 5357 Montrial (Quibec) H3T 1J4 Phone : (514) 343-7502 www.crm.umontreal.ca director@crm.umontreal.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 4 ====== From: Andrea Robinson Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:30:53 -0700 University of Alberta Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Tenure Track Position in Fluid Dynamics The Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, at the University of Alberta, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the general area of fluid dynamics. We seek an individual who will complement the Departments existing expertise in turbulence, waves and shock theory, stratified fluids, hydrodynamic stability, physical oceanography, climatology and laboratory experiments. Candidates must hold a PhD degree. Additional postdoctoral experience showing a promising research record is preferred. As well as developing a strong research program, successful candidates will be expected to teach undergraduates and graduates in courses including mathematical fluid dynamics, numerical methods and advanced partial differential equations. Applicants are expected to possess excellent communication skills and leadership potential. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a teaching profile outlining experience and/or interests, and at least three confidential letters of reference to: Anthony To-Ming Lau, Chair Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G1 The closing date for applications is February 15, 2006, or until a suitable candidate is found. Early applications are encouraged. For more information about the Department and the University of Alberta, please see the Departments web page: http://www.math.ualberta.ca. For information about the Fluid Dynamics Group, see http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~gfd Please Note: Applicants being considered will generally be contacted within 3-4 weeks of the deadline date. Those not contacted are thanked for their interest and encouraged to apply for future positions advertised by the University. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. If suitable Canadian citizens or permanent residents cannot be found, other individuals will be considered. The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit. We are committed to the principle of equity in employment. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all qualified women and men, including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Aboriginal persons. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 5 ====== From: Andrea Robinson Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:47:32 -0800 University of Alberta Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences NSERC University Faculty Award The Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, at the University of Alberta, is actively seeking to nominate a candidate for an NSERC University Faculty Award in the Fall 2006 competition. The University Faculty Award was created by NSERC to encourage Canadian universities to appoint outstanding women and aboriginal researchers to tenure-track positions in science and engineering. Further information on the program can be found at the following web page: http://www.nserc.gc.ca/professors_e.asp?nav=profnav&lbi=c7 The nominee will have an excellent record of research and publication. We are particularly interested in candidates who work in a field related to an area of existing or emerging strength in the Department, although other areas will be considered. Some areas of research excellence, recently highlighted by the Faculty of Science, include algebra, functional analysis, fluid dynamics, statistics, mathematical biology, and scientific computing. The candidate will also have a strong commitment to and aptitude for teaching undergraduate students, and will be expected to supervise graduate theses. This tenure-track appointment is scheduled to begin on or near July 1, 2007. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, research and teaching profiles outlining experience and/or interests, and at least three confidential letters of reference to: Anthony To-Ming Lau, Chair Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G1 The closing date for applications is March 1, 2006. Early applications are encouraged. According to NSERC regulations, applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. Please Note: Applicants being considered will generally be contacted within 3-4 weeks of the deadline date. Those not contacted are thanked for their interest and encouraged to apply for future positions advertised by the University. The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit. We are committed to the principle of equity in employment. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all qualified women and men, including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Aboriginal persons. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 6 ====== From: Marilyn Albert Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:22:10 -0500 Carleton University Tenure Track Position in Applied Analysis The School of Mathematics and Statistics at Carleton University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Applied Analysis, starting July 1, 2006. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Mathematics or related areas, and a strong commitment to excellence in research and teaching. The School is particularly interested in candidates who are active in the areas of Numerical Analysis and/or Applied Differential Equations. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a strong, externally-funded research program, supervise students, as well as develop and teach undergraduate and graduate courses. More information about the School can be found at www.math.carleton.ca. This position is subject to final budgetary approval. Consideration of applications will begin on January 2, 2006 and continue until the position is filled. Applications (hard copies only) including a curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, up to four sample publications, and a teaching dossier should be sent to: Dr. Y. Q. Zhao, Director School of Mathematics and Statistics Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa Ontario K1S 5B6 Canada Email: ms-atd@math.carleton.ca All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. The applications of Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents will be given priority. Carleton University is committed to equality of employment for women, Aboriginal peoples, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities. Persons from these groups are encouraged to apply. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 7 ====== From: Linda Casals Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 14:43:45 -0400 (EDT) DIMACS Workshop on Clustering Problems in Biological Networks May 9 - 11, 2006 DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University Organizers: Sergiy Butenko, Texas A&M, butenko@tamu.edu W. Art Chaovalitwongse, Rutgers University, wchaoval@rci.rutgers.edu Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, pardalos@ufl.edu Presented under the auspices of the DIMACS/BioMaPS/MB Center Special Focus on Information Processing in Biology. Workshop on Clustering Problems in Biological Networks Clustering techniques are essential to a wide variety of applications. Network clustering approaches are becoming common in the analysis of massive data sets arising in various branches of science, engineering, government and industry. In particular, network clustering techniques emerge as an important tool in computational biology, where they can be used for analysis of gene and protein networks and other important problems. Registration: Pre-registration deadline: May 2, 2006 Information on participation, registration, accommodations, and travel can be found at: http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/Clustering/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 8 ====== From: Hidde de Jong Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:39:08 +0200 POSITIVE SYSTEMS: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, POSTA06 Second Multidisciplinary International Symposium SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES Positive systems are systems in which the relevant variables assume nonnegative values. These systems are quite common in applications where variables represent positive quantities such as populations, concentrations of chemical species, consumption of goods, probabilities, ... The aim of the symposium is that of joining together researchers working on the modeling of systems in different areas, such as economy, biomedecine, chemistry, and telecommunications, in order to provide a multidisciplinary forum where they have the opportunity to exchange ideas and compare results in a unified framework. IMPORTANT DATES January 10, 2006, submission deadline March 10, 2006, notification of acceptance The symposium POSTA06 will be held in Grenoble (France) from August 30 to September 1, 2006. The proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag. INFORMATION For further information see the web site of POSTA06: http://www.lag.ensieg.inpg.fr/POSTA06/index.php or contact POSTA06@lag.ensieg.inpg.fr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 9 ====== From: Cynthia Bradford Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:02:32 -0400 TENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS Boston University May 17-20, 2006 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 and the Office of Naval Research. Invited and contributed talks and posters. Abstract deadline: January 31, 2006. 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 10 ======= From: Paul Bressloff Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:30:42 -0600 Gordon Research Conference on Theoretical Biology and Biomathematics (June 4-9, 2006, Tilton NH) Paul C. Bressloff (Chair) Stephen Coombes (Vice-chair) The GRC in theoretical biology and biomathematics has a long tradition in covering a wide range of topics at the forefront of biology in an informal and friendly atmosphere. We encourage anyone interested in quantitative approaches to biology to attend the next meeting, which will have sessions in the following areas: Noise in biological systems (Chair: Andre Longtin) Biological polymers and membranes (Chair: Alex Levine) Biological networks (Chair: Reka Albert) Social insects (Chair: Fred Adler) Ecological Stoichiometry (Chair: Roger Nisbet) Calcium dynamics (Chair: James Sneyd) Synaptic plasticity (Chair: Jonathan Rubin) Cancer (Chair: Helen Byrne) Lee Segel (Chair: Rob de Boer) A second announcement in December will give details regarding funding possibilities and registration procedures. More details will also appear on the GRC homepage http://www.grc.uri.edu/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 11 ======= From: Glenn Terje Lines Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:01:01 +0200 EMS Summer School 2006: Mathematical Models of the Heart, Svalbard Simula Research Laboratory is organizing a summer school in Mathematical Models of the Heart. The event will take place at the arctic island Svalbard, 6-13 May 2006. The covered topics are: Cardiac electrophysiology Cardiac muscle mechanics Blood flow Invited talks will be given by the following distinguished scientists: Prof. Piero Colli-Franzone, University of Pavia Prof. Olaf DC6ssel, University of Karlsruhe Prof. Andrew McCulloch, University of California, San Diego Prof. Alexander Panfilov, University of Dundee. For further information visit: http://home.simula.no/ems2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 12 ======= From: Kirsten Wilden Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:49:02 -0500 Conference Name: SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures Location: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Dates: September 9-12, 2006 Invited Plenary Speakers: Fridiric Dias, ENS, France Benjamin J. Eggleton, University of Sydney, Australia Mariana Haragus, Universiti de Franche-Comti, France Lene Hau, Harvard University Philip K. Maini, University of Oxford, United Kingdom James McWilliams, University of California, Los Angeles Bjvrn Sandstede, University of Surrey, United Kingdom The Call for Presentations for this conference is available at: http://www.siam.org/meetings/nw06/index.php Deadlines Minisymposium proposals: February 8, 2006 Abstracts for all contributed and minisymposium presentations: March 8, 2006 For additional information, contact SIAM Conference Department at meetings@siam.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 13 ======= From: Linda Casals Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:39:10 -0500 (EST) DIMACS Workshop on The Epidemiology and Evolution of Influenza January 25 - 27, 2006 DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University Organizers: Catherine Macken, Los Alamos National Labs, cam@t10.lanl.gov Alan Perelson, Los Alamos National Labs, asp@lanl.gov Presented under the auspices of the of the Special Focus on Computational and Mathematical Epidemiology. Workshop Announcement: This workshop will explore the epidemiology and evolution of influenza. The persistence of influenza depends on its ability to evolve so that new strains and subtypes of the virus appear and old ones reappear. This constant evolution means that vaccines need to be updated frequently and that resistance to drug therapies can easily arise. The workshop will bring together public health practitioners, immunologists, epidemiologists, evolutionary biologists, mathematicians, statisticians, and computer scientists to explore the evolution and dynamics of influenza. Among the issues to be explored are the causes and consequences of patterns of immunological cross-reactivity, and the interactions with drug treatment and vaccination strategies. In addition, the applicability of SIR and agent based models to predict the spread of influenza, and the means of dealing with and planning for an influenza pandemic, will be discussed. Registration: Pre-registration deadline: January 18, 2006 Please see website for additional registration information. Information on participation, registration, accommodations, and travel can be found at: http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/Influenza/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 14 ======= From: CNS Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 08:24:23 -0700 CALL FOR PAPERS, CNS*2006 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 6, 2006 midnight Submission open: January 15, 2006 NOTE: Meeting dates have changed since the announcement at CNS*2005 Fifteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting CNS*2006 July 16 - July 20, 2006 Edinburgh, UK http://www.cnsorg.org CNS*2006 will be held in Edinburgh, UK from Sunday, July 16 to Thursday, July 20, 2006. The main meeting will be July 16-18 followed by two days of workshops on July 19 and 20. The meeting will take place in the heart of medieval 'Old Town' close to plenty of arts and entertainment. Edinburgh can be reached from Edinburgh or Glasgow International Airports. Submissions can include experimental, model-based, as well as more abstract theoretical approaches to understanding neurobiological computation. We especially encourage research that mixes experimental and theoretical studies. We also accept papers that describe new technical approaches to theoretical and experimental issues in computational neuroscience or relevant software packages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 15 ======= From: bmasmith@ncsu.edu Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 12:53:41 -0500 (EST) SMB / SIAM Life Sciences annual meeting July 31-Aug 3, 2006 Brownstone Hotel & Conference Center, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Themes: Ecology, Environmental and Evolutionary Biology Genomics Imaging Neuroscience Structural Biology Modeling Diseases Biomathematics in Industry Biology Toxicology Stochastic effects in Biology Cell Motility Participation Deadline Date: December 30, 2005: Minisymposium proposals January 30, 2006: Abstracts for contributed and minisymposium presentations How to Participate: Individuals are requested to limit themselves to giving one talk. (This does not apply to invited plenary speakers). The chair of the organizing committee may make exceptions to this request. You are invited to contribute a presentation for this conference in one of the following formats. Minisymposia: A minisymposium consists of four 25-minute presentations, with an additional five minutes for discussion after each presentation. Prospective minisymposium organizers are asked to submit a proposal consisting of a title, a description (not to exceed 100 words), and a list of speakers and titles of their presentations using the Conference Management System available at: http://meetings.siam.org/start.cfm?CONFCODE=ls06 To ensure balance, we would prefer that a single individual not be the organizer of more than one minisymposium. It is recommended that the minisymposium organizer make the first presentation. Each minisymposium speaker should submit a 75-word abstract. The organizing committee will referee minisymposium proposals. The number of minisymposia may be limited to retain an acceptable level of parallelism in the conference sessions. For further minisymposium organizer and participant information, please visit: http://www.siam.org/meetings/guidelines/mini_guide.php Contributed Presentations in Lecture or Poster Format: Contributed presentations in lecture or poster format are invited in all areas consistent with the conference themes. A lecture format involves a 15-minute oral presentation with an additional 5 minutes for discussion. A poster format involves the use of non-electronic visual aids for mounting on a poster board. A poster session is two hours long. Each contributor must submit a title and a brief abstract not to exceed 75 words. Please submit contributed presentations in lecture or poster format using the Conference Management System available at: http://meetings.siam.org/start.cfm?CONFCODE=ls06 Acceptance Notification: Authors will be notified by e-mail in March. FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONFERENCE CAN BE FOUND AT: http://www.siam.org/meetings/ls06/ and http://www.smb.org/meetings/index.shtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 16 ======= From: Jaap Kaandorp Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:50:54 +0100 First Announcement ISNB 2006 3rd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON NETWORKS IN BIOINFORMATICS May 29 - 31, 2006 in Amsterdam Science Park Amsterdam University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands The understanding of biological networks such as metabolic and signal transduction pathways is crucial for understanding molecular and cellular processes in the organism or system under study. This field is subject of lively research and both experimental and computational approaches are used to elucidate the biological networks. The bioinformatics of biological networks involves a broad range of research and approaches. Research includes the identification of regulatory elements in DNA, genome context analysis, modeling and simulation of pathways, reconstruction of pathways from experimental data, visualization of pathways, and the representation of pathways in database, graphs and markup languages. To accelerate our understanding of the (dynamics) of biological networks it is seems imperative that these efforts are combined and subsequently have to be applied to real biological problems. It is clear that this field of research can only advance when bioinformaticians and experimental biologists (for example working on model organisms such as Drosophila and organisms with a relatively simple and basal body plan such as sponges and scleractinian corals) work closely together. During this three day symposium we will bring together researchers from different disciplines (biology, mathematics and computational sciences) working on different aspects of networks to exchange ideas and approaches. The first day of the symposium is scheduled for introductory lectures. During the first day of the symposium we have scheduled six introductory lectures, which aim at introducing specific subjects to the audience. The lectures are open for all participants and will provide background knowledge for the scientific presentations. For more program and registration details http://isnb.amc.uva.nl/ This symposium is supported by the Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre (NBIC; www.nbic.nl), The Academic Medical Center (AMC; www.amc.nl), The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO; www.nwo.nl), IOP Genomics (www.senternovem.nl/iopgenomics/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 17 ======= From: "Angelica Todireanu, Ms." Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:04:58 -0500 The Centre for Non-linear Dynamics at McGill University is organizing a summer school on Systems Biology, which will take place in Montreal during the last half of May 2006. (May 23 - June 2, 2006) The first week will be a comprehensive introduction to the methods of non-linear science, ranging from difference equations to stochastic systems, and illustrated with 'classic' applications in cardiology and neural signal propagation. The second week will focus on systems approaches to molecular biology and will include modelling of biochemical pathways, network inference, and synthetic biology. For more information, please see: http://www.cnd.mcgill.ca/summer Some financial support is available for attendees, who are encouraged to apply from both the physical and the life sciences. We would appreciate you bringing this to the attention of anyone who you think might be interested. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 18 ======= From: kuang Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 08:44:37 -0700 Workshop on Mathematical Models in Biology and Medicine Where: Arizona State University, Computing Commons, Room 120 When: Friday, February 3 - Saturday, February 4, 2006 Sponsors: Department of Mathematics at ASU, MTBI, and NSF (through UBM) Theme: This workshop will showcase recent research projects completed or being carried out by ASU's undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the general area of mathematical and computational biology and medicine. It will also feature several invited keynote addresses from speakers outside of ASU. There will also be a poster presentation session in the evening of Friday, Feb. 3. Contact: For details about the schedule and participation in this workshop, please contact Yang Kuang [kuang@asu.edu, phone: 480.965.6915] or Dieter Armbruster [armbruster@asu.edu, phone: 480.965.5441/5893] Keynote Speakers: 1. Linda J. S. Allen, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Texas Tech University. 2. H. T. Banks, Center for Research in Scientific Computation, North Carolina State U. 3. Luis M. A. Bettencourt, Los Alamos National Laboratory. 4. Zhilan Feng, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University. 5. John Guckenheimer, Mathematics and Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University. 6. Mary Ann Horn, Mathematics Department, Vanderbilt University, and NSF. 7. Irakli Loladze, Department of Mathematics University of Nebraska - Lincoln. 8. Glenn Webb, Mathematics Department, Vanderbilt University ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 19 ======= From: "C.K. Poon" Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:01:47 +0800 (HKT) CALL FOR PAPERS The Second International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management (AAIM'06), 20-22 June 2006 City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China http://www.cs.cityu.edu.hk/~aaim06/ CONFERENCE THEME While the areas of operations research and management science are full of algorithmic challenges, the proliferation of information has called for the design of smart algorithms and data structures for their management. This conference is intended for original algorithmic research on immediate applications and/or fundamental problems pertinent to information management and management science, broadly construed. Typical topics include (but not limited to): Approximation Algorithms Graph Algorithms Biological Data Management Mechanism Design Computational Finance Network Optimization Computational Game Theory Operations Research Data Structures Online Algorithms Discrete Optimization Scheduling Algorithms Geometric Data Management IMPORTANT DATES Submission of Papers: 7 Jan 2006 Notification of Acceptance: 7 Mar 2006 Final version: 31 Mar 2006 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS AAIM'06 will only accept electronic on-line submissions. Detailed instructions can be found in the conference web page. Accepted papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (www.springeronline.com/lncs) series. Simultaneous submissions to other conferences with published proceedings are not allowed. INVITED SPEAKERS Allan Borodin (U Toronto) Ming-Yang Kao (Northwestern U) PROGRAM COMMITTEE Hee-Kap Ahn (KAIST) Takao Asano (Chuo U) Amotz Bar-Noy (City U of New York) Hans Bodlaender (U Utrecht) Peter Brucker (U Osnabrueck) Leizhen Cai (Chinese U of Hong Kong) Jianer Chen (Texas A&M U) Siu-Wing Cheng (Hong Kong UST, co-chair) Marek Chrobak (U California at Riverside) Rudolf Fleischer (Fudan U) Joachim Gudmundsson (National ICT Australia) Gregory Gutin (Royal Holloway, U London & U Haifa) Wen-Lian Hsu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) Giuseppe F. Italiano (U Roma "Tor Vergata") Tao Jiang (U California at Riverside & Tsinghua U) Tak-Wah Lam (U of Hong Kong) Xiang-Yang Li (Illinois Institute of Technology) Peter Bro Miltersen (U of Aarhus) Pat Morin (Carleton U) Seffi Naor (Technion and Microsoft Research) Chung Keung Poon (City U of Hong Kong, co-chair) Kirk Pruhs (U Pittsburgh) Vijaya Ramachandran (U Texas at Austin) Rajeev Raman (Leicester U) Jiri Sgall (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) Paul Spirakis (U Patras & CTI Greece) Wing Kin Sung (National U of Singapore) Hisao Tamaki (Meiji U) Jan van Leeuwen (U Utrecht) Lusheng Wang (City U of Hong Kong) Yingfeng Xu (Xi'an Jiaotong U) Binhai Zhu (Montana State U) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Matthew Chang (City U of Hong Kong) Mordecai Golin (Hong Kong UST) Jinxin Huang (Hong Kong UST) Xiaohua Jia (City U of Hong Kong) H F Ting (U of Hong Kong) Yajun Wang (Hong Kong UST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 20 ======= From: ICPR 2006 Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:55:14 +0800 Due to numerous requests, the ICPR'06 paper submission deadline has been extended to 5 January, 2006. C A L L F O R P A P E R S ICPR 2006 The 18th International Conference on Pattern Recognition 20-24 August 2006 Hong Kong http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~icpr06 The 18th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR'06) is a biennial event of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR). ICPR'06 will be hosted by Hong Kong Baptist University and held in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. ICPR'06 will be a major multi-track international conference and provide a stimulating scientific environment for academics, industry and researchers to exchange their views and have a chance for in-depth face to face discussions. The five selected tracks are: Track I: Computer Vision and Image Analysis Track II : Pattern Recognition and Basic Technologies Track III : Signal, Speech and Image Processing Track IV : Systems, Robotics and Applications (with Associated Theme: Biometrics) Track V : Cognitive Approaches & Soft Computing IMPORTANT DATES Full paper submissions due: January 5, 2006 Notification of acceptances: March 15, 2006 Final camera-ready papers due: May 15, 2006 PAPER SUBMISSION The paper page limit is 4 pages. Anonymous papers should be written in English and submitted in pdf format. Formatting instructions provided by the IEEE Computer Society Press are available from the ICPR'06 conference website. By submitting your paper, you warrant that neither it nor any related paper with essentially the same technical content has been submitted for publication anywhere else. Call for WORKSHOPS and TUTORIALS Full-day workshops and half-day tutorials will be held on August 20, 2006. Please check the ICPR'06 homepage for details of the call for workshops and tutorials. General Chair & General Co-Chairs Yuan Yan Tang, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong (General Chair) Patrick Wang, Northeastern University, USA G. Lorette, Universite de Rennes 1, France Daniel So Yeung, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (Technical) Organizing Committee Co-Chairs Ru-Wei Dai, Institute of Automation, Academia Sinica, China Chun-hung Li, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Hong Yan, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong ICPR'06 is co-sponsored by IAPR and Hong Kong Baptist University and is supported by the Chinese Association of Automation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 21 ======= From: "Flavio Corradini" Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 16:19:17 +0100 Workshop on LOGIC, MODELS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE In memory of Sauro Tulipani Camerino (Italy), April 20-22, 2006 Sponsored by: AILA (Italian Association of Logic and Applications) http://www.unicam.it/matinf/lmcs06 Supported by: University of Camerino, Italy AIMS OF THE WORKSHOP Mathematical Logic has been contributing in a relevant way to the birth and the development of Computer Science. Accordingly the AILA Logic, Models and Computer Science workshop LMCS06 just aims at bringing together researchers interested in the interactions between Mathematical Logic and several fields in Computer Science. LMCS06 wishes also to honour the memory of Sauro Tulipani, who so largely and brilliantly, and for so many years contributed to this research area. Hence the workshop will focus in particular on Sauro's main research interests - computability and computational complexity, - uncertainty logic, but it will also deal with other topics such as - logic of concurrency, - game semantics and further themes concerned with the relationship between Mathematical Logic and Computer Science. SUBMISSIONS: Submissions may be of two forms: - Short papers (not included in the proceedings): up to 4 pages, typeset 11 points - Full papers: up to 12 pages, typeset 11 points (excluding bibliography and technical appendices) Simultaneous submission to other conferences or journals is only allowed for short papers. Submissions may already use the ENTCS-style format. PUBLICATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS: The proceedings will be published after the workshop in the ENTCS (Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science). IMPORTANT DATES: Deadline for Paper Submission: February 4, 2006 Notification to Authors: March 15, 2006 Final Version of Accepted Papers due: April 1, 2006 INVITED SPEAKERS (PROVISIONAL LIST) Luca Aceto (Aalborg, Denmark/Reykjavik, Iceland) Riccardo Camerlo (Polytechnic Turin, Italy) Andrea Capotorti/Marco Baioletti (Perugia, Italy) Rocco De Nicola (Florence, Italy) Mariangiola Dezani (Turin, Italy) Wilfrid Hodges (QMUL London, UK) Giuseppe Longo (ENS Paris, France) Angus Macintyre (QMUL London, UK) Johann Makowski (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel) Daniele Mundici (Florence, Italy) Giovanni Sambin (Padua, Italy) PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: Flavio Corradini (University of Camerino, Italy) Carlo Toffalori (University of Camerino, Italy) PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Rajeev Alur, Pennsylvania, USA Flavio Corradini (co), Camerino, Italy Zoltan Esik, Szeged, Hungary/Tarragona, Spain Annalisa Marcja, Florence, Italy Simone Martini, Bologna, Italy Alberto Policriti, Udine, Italy Simona Ronchi Della Rocca, Turin, Italy Carlo Toffalori (co), Camerino, Italy ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Patrizio Cintioli, Camerino, Italy Flavio Corradini, Camerino, Italy Stefano Leonesi, Camerino, Italy Sonia L'Innocente, Camerino, Italy Emanuela Merelli, Camerino, Italy Carlo Toffalori, Camerino, Italy FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT flavio.corradini@unicam.it carlo.toffalori@unicam.it ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 22 ======= From: Ilias Kotsireas Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:47:08 -0500 (EST) ISSAC 2006 Second Call for Papers ISSAC is the yearly premier international symposium in Symbolic and Algebraic Computation. It provides an opportunity to learn of new developments and to present original research results in all areas of symbolic mathematical computation. Planned activities include invited presentations, research papers, poster sessions, tutorial courses, vendor exhibits and software demonstrations. ISSAC 2006 will be held from July 9 to 12 in Genoa, Italy. The ISSAC 2006 web site is http://issac2006.dima.unige.it/ . Important Dates: Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 (Midnight [24:00 EST]) Notification of acceptance/rejection: March 10, 2006 Camera-ready copy to the publisher: April 28, 2006 Please note that the refereeing and publication schedule does not permit any delays in these dates. Paper submission is online at http://www.easychair.org/ISSAC06/submit/ Conference Topics include, but are not limited to: Algorithmic Mathematics Algebraic, symbolic and symbolic-numeric algorithms. Simplification, function manipulation, equations, summation, integration, ODE/PDE, linear algebra, number theory, group theory and geometric computing. Computer Science Theoretical and practical problems in symbolic computation. Systems, problem solving environments, user interfaces, software, libraries, parallel/distributed computing and programming languages for symbolic computation, concrete analysis, benchmarking, theoretical and practical complexity of computer algebra algorithms, automatic differentiation, code generation, mathematical data structures and exchange protocols. Applications Problem treatments using algebraic, symbolic or symbolic-numeric computation in an essential or a novel way. Engineering, economics and finance, physical and biological sciences, computer science, logic, mathematics, statistics and education. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 23 ======= From: hra@cs.uga.edu Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:50:04 -0500 (EST) C A L L F O R P A P E R S The 2006 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC'06) June 26-29, 2006 Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA The 2006 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC'06) will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 26-29, 2006. The CSC'06 Conference will be held simultaneously (ie, same location and dates) with a number of other international conferences and workshops (for the complete list of joint conferences refer to: http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/) The last set of conferences (CSC and affiliated events) had research contributions from 76 countries and had attracted over 1,500 participants. It is anticipated to have over 2,000 participants for the 2006 event. You are invited to submit a draft paper of about 5 to 8 pages and/or a proposal to organize a technical session/workshop (see the submission information). All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. The names of chairs of sessions/workshops will appear as Associate Editors on the cover of the conference proceedings/book. SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: O Ordinary differential equations O Partial differential equations O Numerical methods and simulation O Computational models O Computational electromagnetics O Computational electrodynamics O Computational fluid dynamics O Stochastic differential equations O Optimization and optimal control O Mathematical modeling O Finite element methods O Molecular dynamics O Multi-level methods O Multi-grid methods O Iterative methods O Krylov methods O Level-set methods O Monte Carlo methods and applications O Atmospheric science O Integral equations O Overlapping and nonoverlapping domain decomposition methods O Operational research O Dynamical systems O Generalized eigenproblems O Coupled problems O Nonsymmetric solvers O Nonlinear systems and eigenvalue solvers O Scientific visualization O Numerical linear algebra O Inversion problems in Geophysics O Aproximation theory O Supercomputing and scientific computing O Mathematics and circuit simulation O Mathematical software tools O Seismic Data Processing O Splines and wavelets and applications O Engineering problems and applications O Software architectures for scientific computing O Scientific computing and supercomputing benchmark design O Applications of scientific computing in physics, mechanics, chemistry, biology, environmental and hydrology problems, production scheduling, automotive industry, ... GENERAL CHAIR AND COORDINATOR: H. R. Arabnia, PhD The University of Georgia Department of Computer Science 415 Graduate Studies Research Center Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA Tel: (706) 542-3480 Fax: (706) 542-2966 E-mail: hra@cs.uga.edu For more information, see http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp06/ws/CSC/ IMPORTANT DATES: Dec. 29, 2005: Proposals for organizing/chairing sessions. Feb. 20, 2006: Submission of papers (about 5 to 8 pages) March 20, 2006: Notification of acceptance April 20, 2006: Camera-Ready papers & Prereg. due June 26-29, 2006: The 2006 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC'06) + The 2006 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'06 - 28 joint conferences) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 24 ======= From: 3rd International Conference NPSC Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 07:46:19 -0500 Dear Colleagues, This is to invite you to submit papers and give an invited talk in one of the organized sessions of Third International Conference on Neural, Parallel, Scientific Computations, Atlanta, USA, August 9-12, 2006 General topics of the conference: Computational methods on all aspects of Neural, Parallel, and Scientific Computing such as Computational Methods of Nonlinear Systems, Algorithm Designs, Hardware/Software Engineering, Computer Modeling, Networking Dynamics, Neurodynamics, Pattern Recognition, Performance Measurements, Computer Vision, Imaging, Cognition, Speech Modeling, Computational Mathematics, Biomedical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Systolic Algorithms, Evaluation and Prediction of Computer Complexes, Cluster Computing, VLSI Design, Computer Architectures, Simulation, ODL (Open Distance Learning) Systems, Systems Security, Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Fuzzy Systems, and Simulation. Authors of contributed and invited papers are requested to submit, before March 31, 2006, an article not exceeding 4 pages of their research presentation (each additional page costs US$50.00 per page). Please type each article single spaced on one side of 8.5x11 size paper with one inch margin on all sides. Deadlines: Submission of article (on or before): March 31, 2006 Acceptance of article: April 30, 2006 Camera-Ready paper: May 15, 2006 Pre-Registration: (on or before April 30, 2006) US $225.00, (Students: US $125.00). Registration: (after May 1, 2006) US $250.00, (Students: US $150.00). Banquet: August 10, 2006 Motel Cutoff Date: July 1, 2006 *Registration includes copy of the Proceedings, Banquet and Coffee & Snacks during the meeting. Publication of the Proceedings: during the meeting. http://www.dynamicpublishers.com/NPSC3/NPSC3_main.htm http://www.dynamicpublishers.com/ICNPSC06/openconf.php M. Sambandham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 25 ======= From: "Jose E. Castillo" Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:50:46 -0800 Panam VI meeting in Mexico - Call for Papers Sixth Panamerican Workshop in Applied and Computational Mathematics / Computational Science and Engineering July 23-28, 2006 Universidad del Mar, Huatulco-Oaxaca, Mexico There is a growing interest in applied and computational mathematics in the Americas and a parallel growth in the use of mathematical and computer modeling to help solve both industrial and societal problems. A key goal of this meeting is to bring together practicing applied and computational mathematicians to exchange the latest research information and to promote outreach to create computational and applied mathematics networks in Latin America. Deadlines: Mini Workshops April 15, 2006 Short Presentations and Posters April 15, 2006 Program Schedule April 15, 2006 Final Versions of Papers for Proceedings September 1, 2006 http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/compsciwork/PanamVI/ For information not included in this web site, comments or questions please email us to panam@myth.sdsu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 26 ======= 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). Past issues are available on the web at http://www.caims.ca/Society/pub.html Submissions are welcome and should be sent in plain text format to: caims@caims.ca. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the Board or Membership of CAIMS*SCMAI. 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