Graduate School in Nonlinear Science

Sponsored by The Danish Research Agency

 
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

COORDINATORS AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE :
Carsten Knudsen (Chairman),   Ole Bang,   Morten Brøns,   Jens Juul Rasmussen.

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TOPICS :
The main emphasis of the conference will on the four general topics:

• Biological and Chemical Oscillations
• Nonlinear Dynamics of the Brain
• Nonlinear Optics
• Structures in Fluids

INVITED SPEAKERS :
The invited speakers within the four topics will include:

• Biological and Chemical Oscillations:
  Patrik Rorsman, "The bursting beta cell. From experiment to model"   (confirmed)
  Morten Colding-Jørgensen, "Coupling between beta cells can increase insulin realease"   (confirmed)
  Sune Danø, "Quantitative modelling of glycolytic oscillations",   (confirmed)
  Niels-Henrik Holstein-Rathlou, "Chaos and synchronization in nephron dynamics"   (confirmed)
  
• Nonlinear Dynamics of the Brain:
  Alwyn Scott   "Overview of brain dynamics"   (confirmed)
  Hermann Haken,   "Synergetics of the brain"   (confirmed)
  Lars Kai Hansen   "Non-linear adaptive systems"   (confirmed)
  John Hertz   "Dynamics of neural circuits"   (confirmed)
  Erik Fransen   "Cell assemblies in the neocortex"   (confirmed)
  
• Nonlinear Optics:
  Vladimir Mezentsev   "Recent progress in dispersion-managed soliton fiber communications"   (confirmed)
  Neil Broderick   "Nonlinear photonic crystals" (confirmed)
  Wieslaw Krolikowski   Spatial optical solitons" (confirmed)
  Jean Michel Nunzi   "Periodic phase matching and two color holography aspects of the All Optical Poling of polymers" (confirmed)
  
• Structures in Fluids:
  Jens Eggers   "Scaling theory of singularities" (confirmed)
  Jane Wang   "Unsteady Aerodynamics of Insect Flight" (confirmed)
  L. Mahadevan   "The elastic behavior of viscous fluids" (confirmed)
  Willem van de Water   "Patterns of surface waves" (confirmed)
  

PH.D. STUDENTS
We encourage all Ph.D. students to participate in the conference. It is one of the ideas of the Graduate School to bring together Ph.D. students, working in Nonlinear Science.

GRANTS :
A number of grants are available for supporting the participation of Ph.D. students.

CONFERENCE DINNER :
The conference dinner will be free for all participants.

REGISTRATION :
All participants must register by completing an electronic form. There is no registration fee for the conference. The deadline for registration is April 2, 2001.

SUMMER SCHOOL :
A Summer School in "Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser (KAM) Theory and Applications" will be held at the Department of Mathematics, DTU, immediately following the conference.

FURTHER INFORMATION :
For further information contact: Carsten Knudsen, Ole Bang, Morten Brøns, or Jens Juul Rasmussen