Minisymposia and Contributed Presentations for ICIAM 2011

The deadline for submission of minisymposium proposals for ICIAM 2011 is near.

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.

Dynamical Systems Theory and Industrial Research

Slaven Peles is a Senior Research Engineer with United Technologies Research Center in East Hartford, CT. Before joining United Technologies in 2007 he worked as a postdoc at UCSB and was a Joseph Ford Fellow at Georgia Tech. He obtained his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Manitoba in Canada. Over the last several years his research has been focused on dynamical systems theory and its applications. These are his thoughts on how dynamical systems theory could make an impact in industry.

Coherent Structures in Evolutionary Equations

Roughly 40 mathematicians gathered at the Lorentz Center in Leiden from July 12-16, 2010, for a workshop entitled "Coherent Structures in Evolutionary Equations" and organized by Greg Pavliotis and Jens Rademacher.

Traffic Jams: Dynamics and Control

http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/368/1928

This special issue Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society is freely available until November 30th. If required, use the password Traffic2010.

Jerrold E. Marsden, 1942-2010

Jerry Marsden, one of the world's pre-eminent mechanicians and applied mathematicians, died on September 21st, 2010 after a 12-year battle with cancer. Phil Holmes and Richard Murray commemorate Jerry.