Education

Fund raising for the Moser Lecture Fund

A message from our Chair concerning the Moser Lecture Fund.

Generalised Symmetry in Network Dynamics

Eddie Nijholt, Bob Rink, and Sören Schwenker talk about synchrony breaking bifurcations in dynamical systems on networks and how to understand them through generalised symmetry.

Geometric Asymptotics for Nonlinear PDE: I

Authors: V. P. Maslov, G. A. Omelyanov

Geometric Mechanics and Symmetry: The Peyresq Lectures

Authors: J. Montaldi and T. Ratiu, eds.

Geometrical Theory of Dynamical Systems and Fluid Flows

Authors: T. Kambe
Reviewer: R. Ghrist, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Global Analysis of Dynamical Systems

Authors: Henk Broer, Bernd Krauskopf, and Gert Vegter
Reviewer: Ferdinand Verhulst, Mathematisch Instituut, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Greetings from the New Book Reviews Editor

Greetings from the New Book Reviews Editor Charles Morgan has taken over the duties as the book reviews editor from Robert Ghrist. Charles finished his Ph.D. in dynamical systems at Michigan State University in 2003 under the direction of Sheldon Newhouse. He is currently at Lock...

Guckenheimer elected for article on "Bifurcation" in Scholarpedia

The Encyclopedia of Dynamical Systems, hosted by Scholarpedia the free peer-reviewed encyclopedia, conducted an election of authors for the article "Bifurcation" with the goal to identify the best living expert to invite to write such an article.

Hamiltonian Dynamics and Celestial Mechanics: A Conference in Honor of Ken Meyer in his 75th Year

From May 30 to June 3, 2011 a special conference on Hamiltonian dynamics and celestial mechanics was held in Castro Urdiales, Spain, in honor of Professor Kenneth R. Meyer. H.S. Dumas reports.

Henri Poincaré: Impatient Genius by F. Verhulst

Herb Keller 1925-2008

Herbert B. Keller, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Emeritus, at the California Institute of Technology, passed away on Saturday, January 26. He was 82 years old.

History and Origins of the Korteweg-de Vries Equation

Recently, Eduard de Jager (University of Amsterdam) posted a very nice overview paper on the archives discussing the origins of the Korteweg-de Vries equations. He provides a taster for the readership of DSWeb Magazine, which is a free translation by Hinke Osinga of a related shorter article...

Homology: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Tools from the purportedly abstract field of algebraic topology are finding their way into applied mathematics, and Robert Ghrist of the University of Pennsylvania is helping lead the invasion. Ghrist and colleagues use ideas from homology to solve perplexing problems arising in sensor networks,...

How Do Snakes Slither? A Recipe for Reptation

Mark Levi develops a "dynamical recipe for reptation" by analyzing the physics of slithering snakes.

ICMC Summer Meeting in Differential Equations

The tenth ICMC Summer Meeting in Differential Equations, held February 20-22 at the Universidade de São Paulo at São Carlos, Brazil, commemorated Dan Henry in recognition of the great scientific influence that his work has had on infinite-dimensional dynamical systems.

ICMC Summer Meeting on Differential Equations: Celebrating the 70th birthday of Hildebrando Munhoz Rodrigues

Luís F. C. Alberto and Marcio Gameiro report on the ICMC meeting in Sao Carlos, which celebrated the 70th birthday of Hildebrando Munhoz Rodrigues.

IMPA'S 50th Anniversary Conference

The Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada (IMPA) organised a conference in Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 2002, celebrating the 50th anniversary of its foundation.

In Memoriam for Floris Takens, 12 November 1940 – 20 June 2010

Translation of the eulogy given by Henk Broer at the funeral of Floris Takens on August 25, 2010.

In Memory of George Sell

Yingei Yi discusses the work of George Sell and some conferences in his memory.

In the memory of Jaroslav Stark, 17 June 1960 – 6 June 2010

Jaroslav Stark commemorated by Paul Glendinning. This will be published in the August 2010 issue of 'Mathematics Today', the IMA's members publication.

Industrial experience at Philips Research Eindhoven

From May 2000 till March 2002 Gerton Lunter worked in the video signal processing group at Philips Natuurkundig Laboriatorium in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He talked to Hinke Osinga for DSWeb Magazine about what it was like to work in such a commercial research environment.

Industry experience at The Aerospace Corporation

Lael Fisher, a recent PhD from Northwestern University, has found a professional home in the Navigation and Geopositioning Systems Department at The Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles, California. Recently, Chad Topaz had the opportunity to ask Lael about her transition, which includes a...