A brief biography of Carmen Chicone

Carmen Chicone is well known for his research in dynamical systems and applied mathematics. In May 2006, a Dynamical System Workshop was held at the University of Missouri-Columbia in honor of Carmen Chicone's 60th birthday (see also the report in DSWeb Magazine). Yuri Latushkin and Weishi Liu give an overview of his work to date.

Poetry and cockroaches

Phil Holmes is famous for his broad and innovative work in applied mathematics. Not only does he have a passion for the practical use of abstract mathematics, he also has a love for words and has published four books of poetry. He is currently the chair of the SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems. Hinke Osinga talked to him about his work.

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 of Eduard de Jager that was published in July 2004 in the Dutch magazine ITW Nieuws (News in Industrial and Applied Mathematics).

Knight Floris Takens

Floris Takens is famous for his work on bifurcation theory, strange attractors and the nature of turbulence. Bernd Krauskopf interviewed Floris on the occasion of a special ceremony conducted at the University of Groningen where a painted portrait of Floris Takens was unveiled. On this same day Floris was knighted for his important contributions to the scientific life of the Netherlands and beyond.

Dynamical Systems and Software Tools

John Guckenheimer talked to Hinke Osinga at the recent SIAM Conference on Applied Dynamical Systems about the role of software development in dynamical systems, the growing demand for tools to investigate complex dynamical systems, and the roles of mathematics and computer science departments in satisfying the demand for numerical software.

Interview with Herbert B. Keller

Herb Keller is well known in dynamical systems as the person who invented pseudo-arclength continuation. However, his work ranges as wide as scattering theory, fluid dynamics, and numerical analysis, and his publications span almost 60 years! At a workshop in Bristol, March 21-24, 2005, he shared some of his many stories with Hinke Osinga.

Martin Golubitsky, President of SIAM

Martin Golubitsky is well known for his work on dynamical systems with symmetry. He was chair of the SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems (1999-2000) and just started his two-year term as SIAM President. Hinke Osinga talks with him about SIAM and his views of what SIAM can do for applied mathematics, and dynamical systems in particular.

A Brief Biography of George R. Sell

Victor Pliss (St Petersburg State University, Russia) wrote this brief biography of George Sell, which will also appear in a special issue of the Journal of Differential Equations in honor of Sell's 65th birthday.

An interview with Jacob Palis

Jacob Palis is world-famous for his work on the fundamental theory of hyperbolic dynamical systems and more recently for proposing a global scenario for a typical system in parameter space and a typical trajectory in the space of events. He is one of the most influential mathematicians in Latin America having advised more than 40 PhD theses of students from 11 different countries. He has gained additional stature as one of the most thoughtful advocates for the development of mathematics in the developing world. Henk W Broer (University of Groningen) interviewed him at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy.