MIDIT OFD CATS Modelling, Nonlinear Dynamics Optics and Fluid Dynamics Chaos and Turbulence Studies and Irreversible Thermodynamics Risø National Laboratory Niels Bohr Institute and Technical University of Denmark Building 128 Department of Chemistry Building 321 P.O. Box 49 University of Copenhagen DK-2800 Lyngby DK-4000 Roskilde DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark Denmark Denmark
As part of its 1999 spring program the Danish Graduate School in Nonlinear Science organizes a five day workshop on chaos and other nonlinear dynamic phenomena in living systems. Each day will comprise 3-4 lectures presented by distinguished experts combined with an afternoon session that will allow the participants to establish mutual collaborations and to work with the lecturers.
Topics
The lectures will be given at a level appropriate for Ph.D. students
with interests in dynamical systems theory and its applications in
medicine and biology. We hope to attract participants from the medical
as well as from the natural sciences. Among the main topics are:
· methods in biological signal analysis
· stochastic resonance phenomena
· dynamical diseases, periodic hematological diseases
· control of white blood cell production
· recurrent inhibition in the nervous system
· oscillatory release of hormones
· chaos in nephron pressure regulation
· coupled chaotic systems, coupled map lattice
· phase and lag synchronization
Lecturers
Among the invited lecturers are
Michael Mackey, McGill University, Montreal
David Rand, University of Warwick, England
Michael Rosenblum, Potsdam University, Berlin
Vadim Anishchenko, Saratov State University, Russia
Niels-Henrik Holstein-Rathlou, Panum, Copenhagen
Niels Pørksen, Århus Municipal Hospital, Denmark
Carsten Knudsen, University of Leeds, England
Organizing Committee
Erik Mosekilde
Dept. of Physics, Technical University of Denmark
Jeppe Sturis
Diabetes Pharmacology I, Novo Nordisk A/S
Correspondence to
Ellen Buchhave
Center for Chaos and Turbulence Studies
Dept. of Physics, Technical University of Denmark
2800 Lyngby, Denmark
Fax: +45 45 93 16 60
E-mail: ellen @chaos.fys.dtu.dk
Format
The workshop is designed to bridge the gap between clinical oriented
medical students and more theoretically oriented nonlinear dynamicists
in order to provide a qualifying training in these subjects at the Ph.D.
level. The topics of the workshop are in the forefront both in the more
theoretical oriented research on coupled chaotic systems and in the more
application oriented research on nonlinear dynamic phenomena in
physiological control systems. Particular emphasis will be given to the
development of nonlinear and dynamic models of realistic physiological
systems. Computers will be made available for the participants to work
on outside the lecturing hours. Space will be provided for different
types of working and studying activities, and afternoon sessions will be
organized in which the participants are encouraged to present their own
work.
Registration
Registration is free. Accommodations will be made available for foreign
participants in nearby housing facilities. Danish participants are
expected to cover their own living expenses.
Grants
A number of grants are available to cover the traveling expenses of the
participants and contribute towards the living expenses of foreign
students. Applications including a short CV and a recommendation from
the supervisor should be sent to the above address no later than January
11, 1999. Applicants will be notified immediately after this deadline
if support can be provided.
Deadlines
Applications for grants and housing: January 11, 1999
Final registration: January 25, 1999
Please observe that participation will be limited to 25 students.
Social program
There will be a circadian rhythm in the supply of Danish pastry.