International Conference on Geometric and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

30 Aug.–3 Sept. 2010; Mission Beach Resort, Mission Beach, Queensland

This conference will be run similarly to a successful meeting at the same location in 1998 and since then there has been a lot of interest in a sequel. The conference will host many of the leading international researchers in differential geometry and partial differential equations as well as provide the opportunity for young researchers and PhD students to get together to discuss new work in the field.

The conference will be run along similar lines to Oberwolfach and Banff workshops, with a mixture of expository talks and focused discussion sessions covering highly topical research areas such as geometric flows and their applications, optimal transportation, complex and conformal geometry, regularity issues in nonlinear PDE, reaction diffusion equations, singular variational problems.

International invited participants

• Lucio Boccardo (La Sapienza, Rome, Italy)
• Luis Caffarelli (Texas, USA)
• Huai-dong Cao (Lehigh, USA)
• Alice Chang (Princeton, USA)
• Craig Evans* (Berkeley, USA)
• Nicola Fusco (Naples, Italy)
• Irene Gamba (Texas, USA)
• Nassif Ghoussoub (British Columbia, Canada)
• Matthew Gursky (Notre Dame, USA)
• Richard Hamilton (Columbia, USA)
• Gerhard Huisken (Max-Planck-Institut, Potsdam, Germany)
• Tom Ilmanen* (ETH-Zurich, Switzerland)
• Hitoshi Ishii (Waseda, Japan)
• Nicolai Krylov (Minnesota, USA)
• Yanyan Li (Rutgers, USA)
• Fanghua Lin* (New York, USA)
• Robert McCann (Toronto, Canada)
• Richard Melrose (MIT, USA)
• Giuseppe Mingione (Parma, Italy)
• Lei Ni (California, San Diego, USA)
• Duong Phong (Columbia, USA)
• Richard Schoen (Stanford, USA)
• Leon Simon* (Stanford, USA)
• Michael Struwe (ETH-Zurich, Switzerland)
• Gang Tian (Princeton, USA)
• Juncheng Wei (Chinese University, Hong Kong)
• Zhou Ping Xin (Chinese University, Hong Kong)
• Paul Yang (Princeton, USA)

^*To be confirmed.

Scientific Committee

• Neil Trudinger, (Chair) (The Australian National University)
• Ben Andrews (The Australian National University)
• Alan Carey (The Australian National University)
• Nicola Fusco (Naples, Italy)
• Richard Schoen (Stanford, USA)
• Gang Tian (Princeton, USA)

Organising committee

• Neil Trudinger—Chair (The Australian National University)
• Alan Carey (The Australian National University)
• Florica Cirstea (The University of Sydney)
• Min-Chun Hong (University of Queensland)
• Alison Irvine—Secretary (The Australian National University)
• Xujia Wang (The Australian National University)

The conference is organised by the Australian National University and sponsored by the Australian National University and the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute.

Further details and registration information is available on the conference website.

Limited funds are also available to defray accommodation costs for some participants. Those interested in such support should contact the conference organisers directly through alison.irvine@anu.edu.au.

Functional brain mapping of epilepsy

Speaker: Dr David Abbott (Brain Research Institute, Melbourne)

Time & Date: 11.00; Friday 3 September 2010

Venue: Room 310 (Access Grid Room), Physical Sciences 2, La Trobe University, Bundoora Campus.

Abstract: Advances in human neuroimaging technology, including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with simultaneous electroencephalography (EEG), have made possible the non-invasive acquisition of whole-brain functional images at millimeter spatial resolution and millisecond temporal resolution. We are using this technology to unravel mysteries in epilepsy. A challenge is to process the large amount of data in an objective and meaningful way to determine where seizures arise in individual patients. More fundamentally we wish to determine the spatiotemporal pattern of brain activity that leads to a seizure in various types of epilepsy, as this knowledge may lead to new therapeutic targets. I will discuss the application of model-based and model-free data analysis methods to this problem.

Seminar Convenor: Dr Andriy Olenko (a.olenko@latrobe.edu.au)
AGR IT support: Dr Darren Condon (d.condon@latrobe.edu.au)

If you (and your colleagues) wish to participate, please

1. book your own AGR (or university/APAC etc. AGR that you otherwise are able to use), and ask your AGR technical people to contact Darren in advance of the seminar date; and
2. inform Andriy of your intention to participate.

CARMA — AMSI Haar measure short course via AGR

Speaker: Prof. Joe Diestel, Kent State University

Titles: Haar Measure — A short course via Access Grid

Times: 1:00–2:00pm AEST, possibly extending to 3:00pm.

Venue: Room V10, Mathematics Building, Callaghan Campus, The University of Newcastle
Also available on the Access Grid network (venue: UNewcastle).

• Lecture 1, August 26 — 2 sessions:
  • an introduction to topological groups, peculiarities and important features
  • von Neumann’s proof of Existence and Uniqueness of a Haar measure in compact groups.
• Lecture 2, September 2 — Applications:
  • measures in homogeneous spaces
  • translation invariant summing operators on C(G), G compact
• Lecture 3, September 16 — Further applications:
  • representation theory and orthogonality relations
  • Milman’s theorem (re: Dvoretzky’s Spherical Sections theorem)
• Lecture 4, September 23 — Other proofs of existence: Banach, Maak, martingales.
• Lecture 5, October 7 — What’s so in
  • General locally compact groups, locally compact metrizable groups, Polish, non‑locally‑compact groups

This is an event organized by AMSI, SigmaOpt (ANZIAM Special Interest Group in Mathematical Optimization) and Carma.

If you (and your colleagues) wish to participate, please:

1. book your own AGR (or university/APAC etc. AGR that you otherwise are able to use), and ask your AGR technical people to contact David Allingham David.Allingham@newcastle.edu.au (the AGR technical person at Newcastle University) in advance of the seminar.
2. The technical details to join the event:
   1. From the venue client Window.
   2. Go to Navigation -> Add Venue
   3. Enter Name: UNewcastle
   4. And URL: https://130.102.78.178:8000/Venues/7f0001011fe87d96470d7b468adf8fdc
      If there are any issues, ring 02 4921 6531.
3. Administrative enquiries: Juliane.Turner@newcastle.edu.au
4. Academic enquiries: brailey.sims@newcastle.edu.au

International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications

20–24 September 2010; SMC Conference and Function Centre, 66 Goulburn St, Sydney.

The twelfth edition of the International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA 10) will consist of invited and contributed papers, as well as workshops and short courses.

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Topics

Active and smart antennas EM applications to biomedicine EM applications to nanotechnology EM measurements EM modeling of devices and circuits EM packaging EM properties of materials EM theory EMC/EMI/EMP Finite methods Frequency selective surfaces Integral equation methods Intentional EMI Inverse scattering and remote sensing Metamaterials

Microwave antennas MIMO antenna systems Miniaturized antennas for mobile terminals Optoelectronics and photonics Phased and adaptive arrays Plasma and plasma-wave interaction Printed and conformal antennas Radar cross section and asymptotic techniques Radar imaging Radomes Random and nonlinear EM Statistics in EM Technologies for mm and sub-mm waves Wireless communications

Deadlines

• The deadline for electronic abstract-submissions is 26 February 2010.
• Presenting Author registration is due by 4 June 2010.

Organisers

• Roberto D. Graglia (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
• Paul D. Smith (Macquarie University)
• Trevor S. Bird (CSIRO ICT Centre)
• Andrew J. Parfitt (University of South Australia)
• Rodolfo S. Zich (Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Italy)
• Piergiorgio L.E. Uslenghi (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
• Guido Lombardi (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
• Giusy Spinasanta (COREP, Italy)
• Karu Esselle (Macquarie University)
• Stuart Hawkins (Macquarie University)
• Ross R. Moore (Macquarie University)
• Elena D. Vinogradova (Macquarie University)

Secretariat

• Christine Hale (Macquarie University, Australia)
• Contact email: iceaa10@iceaa.polito.it

The Conference is supported by Politecnico di Torino, Macquarie University, Istituto Superiore Mario Boella and Torino Wireless Foundation, with principal co-sponsorship of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society and technical co-sponsorship of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI).

CARMA — AMSI Haar measure short course via AGR

Speaker: Prof. Joe Diestel, Kent State University

Titles: Haar Measure — A short course via Access Grid

Times: 1:00–2:00pm AEST, possibly extending to 3:00pm.

Venue: Room V10, Mathematics Building, Callaghan Campus, The University of Newcastle
Also available on the Access Grid network (venue: UNewcastle).

• Lecture 1, August 26 — 2 sessions:
  • an introduction to topological groups, peculiarities and important features
  • von Neumann’s proof of Existence and Uniqueness of a Haar measure in compact groups.
• Lecture 2, September 2 — Applications:
  • measures in homogeneous spaces
  • translation invariant summing operators on C(G), G compact
• Lecture 3, September 16 — Further applications:
  • representation theory and orthogonality relations
  • Milman’s theorem (re: Dvoretzky’s Spherical Sections theorem)
• Lecture 4, September 23 — Other proofs of existence: Banach, Maak, martingales.
• Lecture 5, October 7 — What’s so in
  • General locally compact groups, locally compact metrizable groups, Polish, non‑locally‑compact groups

This is an event organized by AMSI, SigmaOpt (ANZIAM Special Interest Group in Mathematical Optimization) and Carma.

If you (and your colleagues) wish to participate, please:

1. book your own AGR (or university/APAC etc. AGR that you otherwise are able to use), and ask your AGR technical people to contact David Allingham David.Allingham@newcastle.edu.au (the AGR technical person at Newcastle University) in advance of the seminar.
2. The technical details to join the event:
   1. From the venue client Window.
   2. Go to Navigation -> Add Venue
   3. Enter Name: UNewcastle
   4. And URL: https://130.102.78.178:8000/Venues/7f0001011fe87d96470d7b468adf8fdc
      If there are any issues, ring 02 4921 6531.
3. Administrative enquiries: Juliane.Turner@newcastle.edu.au
4. Academic enquiries: brailey.sims@newcastle.edu.au

Early Career Workshop 2010

25–26 September, 2010; Rydges Oasis Resort, Caloundra.

preceding the 54th Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society.

The Early Career Workshop will consist of short research presentations by leading ECRs, advice presentations on various aspects of mathematical careers in academia and industry by more senior mathematicians, and plenty of time for discussion. We expect participants to arrive and check in after lunch on Saturday. The workshop will commence with an early afternoon tea on Saturday and end with lunch on Sunday. Accommodation and meals at the venue will be provided free of charge to all registered participants, and transport to the opening reception on Sunday at UQ will be provided.

Speakers

• Thomas Lam (University of Michigan)
• Scott McCue (Queensland University of Technology)
• Jean Yee Hwa Yang (University of Sydney)
• Tony Guttmann (University of Melbourne)
• John Henstridge (Data Analysis Australia)
• Cheryl Praeger (University of Western Australia)

Registration

Registration is free for any registered participant in the Society's 2010 Annual Meeting who is either a current PhD student in the mathematical sciences at an Australian university or research organisation, or is in the early stages of a career in the mathematical sciences in Australian academia or industry. "Early stages" means up to approximately 5 years (full-time equivalent) since award of PhD.

so those who wish to attend are advised to indicate their interest as soon as possible, by ticking the Early Career Workshop box when registering for the Annual Meeting.

All early career mathematicians are invited to a special lunch on Tuesday (28 September) during the Annual Meeting, which is attended by the plenary speakers. For catering purposes, we ask you to indicate your interest in attending on the registration form under "Social Events".

Those who are successful will receive a confirmation email with more details.

Organisers

• Bronwyn Hajek (University of South Australia)
• Anthony Henderson (University of Sydney)
• Stephan Tillmann (University of Queensland)

Contact: austms10@maths.uq.edu.au .

54th Annual AustMS Meeting

27–30 September, 2010; The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane.

This is the 54th Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society and will include all areas of mathematics.

Program details

• Welcome reception and registration: evening of Sunday 26 September
• Meeting Schedule: 27–30 September (Monday to Thursday)
• Special Lectures: ANZIAM and Hanna Neumann lectures to be announced
• Public lecture Monday 27th or Tuesday 28th September
• Wednesday afternoon: 54th AustMS AGM
• Conference dinner: evening of Wednesday 29 September
• Last sessions: expected to finish 3 or 4pm Thursday 30 September

Plenary speakers include:

• James Borger (Australian National University)
• Jonathan Borwein (The University of Newcastle)
• Wolfgang Dahmen (RWTH, Aachen)
• Larry Forbes (University of Tasmania) — ANZIAM Lecturer
• Jan de Gier (The University of Melbourne)
• Vladimir Gaitsgory (University of South Australia)
• Ben Green (University of Cambridge)
• Michael Hopkins (Harvard University)
• Thomas Lam (University of Michigan) — Early Career Lecturer
• Elizabeth Mansfield (University of Kent)
• Cheryl Praeger (University of Western Australia) — Hanna Neumann Lecturer

Special Sessions

algebra and number theory; applied differential equations; calculus of variations and partial differential equations; combinatorics; computational mathematics; control theory; dynamical systems; financial mathematics; general session; geometric analysis; geometry and topology;

lie groups and harmonic analysis; mathematics education; mathematics of conservation and resource management; mathematics in biology and medicine; mathematical physics; noncommutative geometry and operator algebras; optimisation and applications; probability and statistics; stochastic processes and modelling.

Associated meetings

• Early Career Workshop 25–26 September
• ALTC Workshop 30 September – 1 October

Registration & deadlines

The last date for early-bird registration is 2nd July 2010, and the last date for abstract submission is 20th August 2010.

Organisers

• Conference Director and Convenor: Ole Warnaar
• Vice President (AC) AustMS: Ruibin Zhang
• Secretary: Elizabeth Billington (until 30/06/2010), Tony Roberts
• Treasurers: Darryn Bryant, Barbara Maenhaut.

Contact: austms10@maths.uq.edu.au .

Effective Learning and Teaching of Mathematics

Upgrade your lecturing and tutoring skills by attending the inaugural ALTC funded workshop designed specifically for mathematics educators.

Date: 30 September – 1 October 2010; University of Queensland, St Lucia.
(following the annual AustMS Conference)  website

Who should attend:

• Early career lecturers
• Tutors
• Experienced lecturers/tutors who would like to upgrade their skills

Attendance is free for AustMS members.

For more information contact:

• Diane Donovan at dmd@maths.uq.edu.au
• Birgit Loch at bloch@swin.edu.au

Also see http://www.austms.org.au/ALTC

CARMA Workshop: Functional and Nonlinear Analysis Workshop

2–4 August 2010; University of Newcastle.

Speakers:

• Professor J. Diestel (Kent State University)
• Professor Anthony Lau (University of Alberta)
• Professor George W. Willis (The University of Newcastle)
• Laureate Prof Jonathan Borwein, (The University of Newcastle)
• Dr Jeff Hogan (The University of Newcastle)
• Dr Warren Moors (University of Auckland)

The workshop is supported by AMSI (The Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute) and CARMA (The University of Newcastle’s Priority Research Centre for Computer Assisted Research Mathematics and Applications)

Registration is Free. The workshop will contribute toward the cost of accommodation for participants. Note that there are direct flights to Newcastle from Brisbane which may be of use for anyone wishing to attend on their way south from the Annual General Meeting of the Australian Mathematical society in Brisbane.

Contact

Juliane Turner, (juliane.turner@newcastle.edu.au)
The University of Newcastle
Phone: 02 49215483

Organiser

Brailey Sims, (The University of Newcastle)

CARMA — AMSI Haar measure short course via AGR

Speaker: Prof. Joe Diestel, Kent State University

Titles: Haar Measure — A short course via Access Grid

Times: 1:00–2:00pm AEST, possibly extending to 3:00pm.

Venue: Room V10, Mathematics Building, Callaghan Campus, The University of Newcastle
Also available on the Access Grid network (venue: UNewcastle).

• Lecture 1, August 26 — 2 sessions:
  • an introduction to topological groups, peculiarities and important features
  • von Neumann’s proof of Existence and Uniqueness of a Haar measure in compact groups.
• Lecture 2, September 2 — Applications:
  • measures in homogeneous spaces
  • translation invariant summing operators on C(G), G compact
• Lecture 3, September 16 — Further applications:
  • representation theory and orthogonality relations
  • Milman’s theorem (re: Dvoretzky’s Spherical Sections theorem)
• Lecture 4, September 23 — Other proofs of existence: Banach, Maak, martingales.
• Lecture 5, October 7 — What’s so in
  • General locally compact groups, locally compact metrizable groups, Polish, non‑locally‑compact groups

This is an event organized by AMSI, SigmaOpt (ANZIAM Special Interest Group in Mathematical Optimization) and Carma.

If you (and your colleagues) wish to participate, please:

1. book your own AGR (or university/APAC etc. AGR that you otherwise are able to use), and ask your AGR technical people to contact David Allingham David.Allingham@newcastle.edu.au (the AGR technical person at Newcastle University) in advance of the seminar.
2. The technical details to join the event:
   1. From the venue client Window.
   2. Go to Navigation -> Add Venue
   3. Enter Name: UNewcastle
   4. And URL: https://130.102.78.178:8000/Venues/7f0001011fe87d96470d7b468adf8fdc
      If there are any issues, ring 02 4921 6531.
3. Administrative enquiries: Juliane.Turner@newcastle.edu.au
4. Academic enquiries: brailey.sims@newcastle.edu.au