| Written by Maoan Han and Dongmei Xiao |
| Handling editor: Yingfei Yi. |
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The International Workshop on
Bifurcation Theory and Applications
May 23-26, 2004
Department of Mathematics,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
| Workshop Organizers: |
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Shui-Nee Chow(Chair) (Georgia Institute of Technology,
USA), |
| Maoan Han (Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
China), |
| Chengzhi Li (Peking University, China), |
| Dongmei Xiao(Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
China), |
| Yingfei Yi( Georgia Institute of Technology,
USA), |
| Xiang Zhang(Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
China), |
| Deming Zhu (East China Normal University, China),
and |
| Huaiping Zhu(York University, Canada). |
The main purpose of the workshop was to provide an opportunity for
world-wide experts in bifurcation theory and dynamical systems to
present their recent achievements, exchange their experience, progress
and ideas, explore new methods and new applications, discuss future
trends of research, and develop possible research collaborations.
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| Group photo taken at The International
Workshop on Bifurcation Theory and Applications in May
2004. |
There were 78 registered participants from 8 countries, 42 of whom
were invited speakers lecturing on a wide range of topics in
bifurcation theory, Hilbert's 16th problem, dynamical
systems, and their applications. A total of 42 talks were presented by
invited experts in these fields and 8 talks were presented by
contributed experts; see also the conference website. Some of the topics were discussed from an analytical
and a numerical point of view. Several new approaches were presented
and new areas of applications appeared, mainly to biological and
physical systems.
The conference was supported by the ODE group of SJTU, the
Department of Mathematics of SJTU, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the National
Natural Sciences Foundation of China, and the Ministry of Education of
China.