By Ernie Barreto

Dynamics Days 2012 was held in Baltimore, January 4-7, and was hosted by the Chaos Group at the University of Maryland. The conference included a celebration of Ed Ott's 70th birthday and his seminal contributions to the field of nonlinear dynamics.

Harry Swinney speaks about the dynamics of oceanic internal gravity waves.

Ed Ott asks a question during a talk.

Eberhard Bodenschatz delivers a presentation on the statistics of eukaryotic chemotaxis.

Celso Grebogi talks about evolutionary game theory and the emergence of spatiotemporal order in ecological systems.

Theo Geisel chats with Jose Rios Leite (foreground) while Ed Ott talks with Tomas Bohr (background) during a coffee break.

The poster session.

The banquet was held in the Maryland Science Center.

Ed Ott reacts to comments during the banquet.

 

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