2006 SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures

Conference Program

Minisymposia presentations are 25 minutes with an additional 5 minutes of discussion. Contributed Presentations are 25 minutes with an additional 5 minutes of discussion.

Saturday, September 9
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Registration Mary Gates Foyer
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Welcoming Remarks Bagley Hall
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM IP1 Towards All-Optical Logic Photonic Integrated Circuits
Benjamin Eggleton, University of Sydney, Australia
Bagley Hall
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee Break Mary Gates Commons
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Concurrent Sessions
CP1 Nonlinear Optics - Part I of III Mary Gates Hall 254
MS1 Stability of Nonlinear Waves in Pontryagin Space - Part I of II Mary Gates Hall 389
MS2 Spatially Localised Structures in 1 and 2 Dimensions - Part I of III Mary Gates Hall 231
CP2 Pattern Formation Mary Gates Hall 248
MS3 Integrable Discrete and Ultra-discrete Systems and Their Applications - Part I of II Mary Gates Hall 251
MS4 Advances in Analytical and Numerical Techniques for Nonlinear Waves - Part I of V Mary Gates Hall 271
MS5 Discrete Integrable Systems: Theory and Applications Mary Gates Hall 234
MS6 Dynamics of Ultrashort Optical Pulses - Part I of II Mary Gates Hall 238
MS7 Collisions of Dissipative and Dispersive Solitons Mary Gates Hall 228
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (attendees on their own)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM IP2 Shocking Bose-Einstein Condensates with Slow Light
Lene Hau, Harvard University
Bagley Hall
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Coffee Break Mary Gates Commons
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Concurrent Sessions
CP3 Nonlinear Optics - Part II of III Mary Gates Hall 238
CP4 Fluid Dynamics - Part I of III Mary Gates Hall 228
MS8 Stability of Nonlinear Waves in Pontryagin Space - Part II of II Mary Gates Hall 389
MS9 Spatially Localised Structures in 1 and 2 Dimensions - Part II of III Mary Gates Hall 231
MS10 Integrable Discrete and Ultra-discrete Systems and Their Applications - Part II of II Mary Gates Hall 251
MS11 Modeling and Analysis of Nonlinear Waves - Part I of IV Mary Gates Hall 271
MS12 Dynamics of Ultrashort Optical Pulses - Part II of II Mary Gates Hall 234
MS13 Internal Waves: Mixing, Turbulence and Breaking Waves Mary Gates Hall 254
Sunday, September 10
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Registration Mary Gates Foyer
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM IP3 Modelling Biological Pattern Formation: Implications of Domain Growth
Philip K. Maini, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Bagley Hall
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee Break Mary Gates Commons
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Concurrent Sessions
MS14 Bifurcations and Stability of Nonlinear Waves Mary Gates Hall 389
MS15 Analysis, Modeling and Simulation of Biological Systems Mary Gates Hall 231
MS16 Semiclassical and Continuum Limits - Part I of II Mary Gates Hall 251
MS17 Modeling and Analysis of Nonlinear Waves - Part II of IV Mary Gates Hall 271
MS18 Dynamics of Nonlinear Water Waves - Part I of II Mary Gates Hall 234
MS19 Wave Propagation in Nonlinear Discrete and Periodic Structures - Part I of II Mary Gates Hall 238
MS20 Dynamics and Onset of Pulse Replication in Reaction Diffusion Systems Mary Gates Hall 228
MS21 Reduced Models for Geophysical Flows Mary Gates Hall 254
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (attendees on their own)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM IP4 Dimension-Breaking Phenomena in Wave Propagation
Mariana Haragus, Universite de Franche-Comte, France
Bagley Hall
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Coffee Break Mary Gates Commons
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Concurrent Sessions
CP5 Coherent Structures in Discrete and Continuous Systems Mary Gates Hall 248
MS22 Various Aspects of the Stability of Traveling Waves Mary Gates Hall 389
MS23 Spatially Localised Structures in 1 and 2 Dimensions - Part III of III Mary Gates Hall 231
MS24 Semiclassical and Continuum Limits - Part II of II Mary Gates Hall 251
MS25 Advances in Analytical and Numerical Techniques for Nonlinear Waves - Part II of V Mary Gates Hall 271
MS26 Dynamics of Nonlinear Water Waves - Part II of II Mary Gates Hall 234
MS27 Wave Propagation in Nonlinear Discrete and Periodic Structures - Part II of II Mary Gates Hall 238
MS28 New Trends in Bose-Einstein Condensation Mary Gates Hall 228
MS29 Algorithms and Software to Compute Conservation Laws of Nonlinear PDEs Mary Gates Hall 254
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM PP0 Reception and Poster Session Mary Gates Commons
Monday, September 11
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Registration Johnson Foyer
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM IP5 On the Modelling of Extreme Water Waves
Frederic Dias, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France
Bagley Hall
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee Break Johnson Courtyard
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Concurrent Sessions
CP6 Fluid Dynamics - Part II of III Mary Gates Hall 284
CP7 Integrable Systems Mary Gates Hall 288
MS30 Modeling and Analysis of Nonlinear Waves - Part III of IV Johnson Hall 022
MS31 Advances in Analytical and Numerical Techniques for Nonlinear Waves - Part III of V Johnson Hall 026
MS32 Generation and Dynamics of Vortex Filaments: Geometrical, Topological, Analytical, and Experimental Approaches Johnson Hall 075
MS33 Current Topics in Short Pulse Lasers and Optical Communications Johnson Hall 102
MS34 Extreme Waves Johnson Hall 111
MS35 Self Focusing: Theory and Applications Johnson Hall 175
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (attendees on their own)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM IP6 An Asymptotic and Stochastic Theory for the Effects of Surface Gravity Waves on Currents and Infragravity Waves
James McWilliams, University of California, Los Angeles
Bagley Hall
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Coffee Break Johnson Courtyard
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Concurrent Sessions
CP8 Bose-Einstein Condensation Mary Gates Hall 284
CP9 Fluid Dynamics - Part III of III Mary Gates Hall 288
MS36 Geometry in Analysis of Traveling Waves Johnson Hall 022
MS37 Advances in Analytical and Numerical Techniques for Nonlinear Waves - Part IV of V Johnson Hall 026
MS38 New Developments in Integrable Systems - Part I of II Johnson Hall 075
MS39 Nonlinear Waves in Discrete Electronic and Optical Media Johnson Hall 102
MS40 Multiscale Pulse Interaction Johnson Hall 111
MS41 Stability of Solutions to Nonlinear PDEs Johnson Hall 175
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM Intermission
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM SIAG/NLW Business Meeting (open to SIAM members) Mary Gates Hall 231
Tuesday, September 12
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Registration Johnson Foyer
8:55 AM - 9:00 AM Closing Remarks Bagley Hall
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM IP7 Coherent Structures in Dissipative Systems
Bjorn Sandstede, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
Bagley Hall
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee Break Johnson Courtyard
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Concurrent Sessions
CP10 Nonlinear Optics - Part III of III Mary Gates Hall 284
CP11 Stability Theory Mary Gates Hall 288
MS42 Modeling and Analysis of Nonlinear Waves - Part IV of IV Johnson Hall 022
MS43 CANCELLED - Advances in Analytical and Numerical Techniques for Nonlinear Waves - Part V of V Johnson Hall 026
MS44 New Developments in Integrable Systems - Part II of II Johnson Hall 102
MS45 Dynamical Aspects in the Theory of Bose-Einstein Condensation Johnson Hall 111
MS46 NLS Related Models of Random and Nonlinear Effects in Wave Motion Johnson Hall 175

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