XXII International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

The Congress, ICTAM 2008, was invited by the Australian Academy of Science upon the recommendation of the Australian and New Zealand Theoretical and Applied Mechanics communities. A consortium of universities in South Australia will host the meeting, at the Adelaide Convention Centre.

International Workshop on Complex Systems and Networks 2008

The workshop aims to foster exchange and collaboration among researchers who work in the fields of complex systems, nonlinear dynamics, networks and coupled systems, and related applications. Invited lecturers will present reviews, tutorials as well as forecasts of future research trends in related fields. A poster area will be available for attendees to discuss their works. Abstracts and presentations will be made available to all attendees at the close of the workshop.

Pre-Workshop Course
On Wednesday 1st October a course on complex networks will be run as part of this workshop. The course will include 3 international experts in the field of complex networks and will include excellent coverage of current and future research trends in this area. Places for this course are limited so participants are encouraged to register early to avoid disappointment.

Invited Speakers

• Prof Guanrong Chen (City University of Hong Kong)
• Prof Jürgen Kurths (Universität Potsdam)
• Prof Phil Pollett (University of Queensland)
• Prof Ljiljana Trajkovic (Simon Fraser University)
• Prof Michael Tse (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
• Prof Xiaofan Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
• Dr Chai Wah Wu (IBM Research)

Organisers

• Professor David Hill
• Dr Jin Fan
• Mr Lachlan Blackhall

Deadlines
Deadlines for registration for the complex networks course and the workshop will close on 17th September, 2008.

The 4th International Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing

University of Auckland, New Zealand.

The ICC is held every 10 years. This year it incorporates the annual ACCMCC meeting of the Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia as well as the New Zealand leg of the map conferences held annually in Slovenia/Slovakia/Arizona-Portugal/New Zealand.

Tentative list of invited speakers:

• Alexander Barvinok, University of Michigan
• Peter Cameron, Queen Mary College London
• Jan de Gier, University of Melbourne
• Jesus de Loera, University of California–Davis
• Robin Pemantle, University of Pennsylvania
• Cheryl Praeger, University of Western Australia
• Chris Rodger, Auburn University
• Paul Seymour, Princeton University
• Mike Steel, University of Canterbury
• Carsten Thomassen, Technical University of Denmark
• Nick Wormald, University of Waterloo
• Doron Zeilberger, Rutgers University

Contact Mark Wilson, mcw@cs.auckland.ac.nz with queries or to be placed on a mailing list of potential attendees.

Further details will appear in due course on the conference website: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/research/groups/theory/4ICC/

Program, March 1 – April 18, 2009.

• March 2–13: Instructional workshop
• March 15–20: Number theory and physics conference
• March 23 – Apr 6: Research in teams
• April 7–10: Workshop
• April 11–18: Research in teams

Recent research in mathematical physics has revealed profound connections between many subjects previously thought unrelated on the surface. The most mysterious connection at this time is perhaps to number theory. In recent years, we have witnessed, for instance, the appearances of automorphic forms (modular forms, quasimodular forms, bimodular forms, etc), motives, multi-\zeta functions and L-series, Galois representations, and the geometric Langlands program in string theory and perturbative quantum field theory.

The connections between all of these areas are still not well understood and this has led to a realization that the time is ripe to assess the implications for both number theory and physics of these apparent connections. There is a consensus from researchers working at the crossroads of number theory and physics that a longer program devoted to this topic is overdue. One of the principal aims of this ESI program is to bring together researchers from both sides, to make a serious attempt to overcome some conceptual barriers between experts and to expose the area to younger researchers. A synthesis of ideas from number theory and physics should prove to be extremely powerful. This program is aimed at enhancing the understanding of the interaction of these subjects amongst researchers from both sides.

Early career researchers are encouraged to apply for support.

Organizers

• Alan Carey
• Harald Grosse
• Dirk Kreimer
• Sylvie Paycha
• Steven Rosenberg
• Noriko Yui

The 5th Asian Mathematical Conference

Putra World Trade Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Organisers:

Universiti Sains Malaysia

Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society

Mathematics Departments of Malaysian Public Universities,

in collaboration with Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia

The Pacific Rim Mathematical Association (PRIMA) is an association of mathematical sciences institutes, departments and societies from around the Pacific Rim. It was established in 2005 to to promote and facilitate the development of the mathematical sciences throughout the Pacific Rim region. PRIMA aims to hold an international congress every four years.

The first PRIMA Congress will be held at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, 6–10 July 2009. As well as plenary addresses by leading international speakers there will be a range of special sessions on topics reflecting the breadth and diversity of research in the mathematical sciences across the region.

Contact: Alejandro Adem (adem@pims.math.ca)

Local Arrangements Committee: (prima2009@maths.unsw.edu.au)

Confirmed Plenary Speakers

• Myles Allen (University of Oxford, UK)
• Federico Ardila (SFSU, USA & U. de Los Andes, Colombia)
• Nassif Ghoussoub (University of British Columbia, Canada)
• Kenji Fukaya (Kyoto University, Japan)
• Seok-Jin Kang (Seoul National University, Korea)
• Yujiro Kawamata (Tokyo University, Japan)
• Shige Peng (Shandong University, China)
• Linda Petzold (UC Santa Barbara, USA)
• Cheryl Praeger (University of Western Australia, Australia)
• Gang Tian (Princeton University, USA & Peking University, China)
• Gunther Uhlmann (University of Washington, USA)

Confirmed Special Sessions

• Symplectic Geometry: K. Fukaya (Kyoto) & Y. Eliashberg (Stanford)
• Orbifolds and Stringy Topology: A. Adem (PIMS), Y. Ruan (U. Michigan) & C. Westerland (U. Melbourne)
• Geometric Analysis: G. Tian (Princeton & Peking U.), J. Chen (U. British Columbia), W. Ding (Peking U.)
• Mathematics of Climate Change: M. England (U. New South Wales) & C. Jones (U. North Carolina)
• Partial Differential Equations: N. Ghoussoub (U. British Columbia) & Y. Long (Nankai Institute)
• Inverse Problems: G. Uhlmann (U. Washington) & G. Bal (Columbia U.)
• Dynamical Systems: D. Lind (U.Washington), A. Dooley (U. New South Wales) & G. Froyland (U. New South Wales)
• Scientific Computing: L. Petzold (UC Santa Barbara) & I. Sloan (U. New South Wales)
• Mathematical Physics: R. Benguria (U. Catolica de Chile) & A. Guttmann (U. Melbourne)
• Math Finance: S. Peng (Shandong U.) & I. Ekeland (U. British Columbia)

Local Arrangements Committee

• G. Froyland (Chair, University of New South Wales)
• C. Greenhill (University of New South Wales)
• A. Guttmann (University of Melbourne)
• J. Kress (University of New South Wales)
• D. Lind (University of Washington)
• I. Sloan (University of New South Wales)

Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences

MSSANZ and IMACS bring together a broad spectrum of scientists who apply various mathematical modelling, simulation, statistical, engineering, spatial and computer science methodologies and skills in solving practical problems coming from a wide range of endeavours including environmental and global change modelling, water resources management, health care, biological simulation and engineering.

This Congress is the first time MSSANZ and IMACS have combined their meetings and it is sure to provide a rich forum for the exchange of knowledge about modelling and simulation.

7th International Congress in Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Organisers:

CAIMS/SCMAI

MITACS

SIAM