Subject: SMB Digest v11i51
SMB Digest December 28, 2011 Volume 11 Issue 51
ISSN 1086-6566
Editor: Amina Eladdadi eladdada(at)strose(dot)edu
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Issue's Topics:
Workshop: DSABNS 2012, February 8-10, Portugal
Workshop: Epidemics on Networks, September 5-7, Spain
Postdoc: Optimization and Optimal Control Group, RICAM, Austria
Postdoc: Mathematical Biology at University of Cincinnati
Updated NSF Program Solicitation: Climate Prediction using EaSM
SMBnet Reminders
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From: <Maíra Aguiar> maira@ptmat.fc.ul.pt
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 1:48 PM
Subject: Workshop-DSABNS 2012, February 8-10, Portugal
The Third Workshop "Dynamical Systems applied to Biology and Natural
Sciences" will be held at the Centro de Matemática e Aplicações
Fundamentais (CMAF), Lisbon University, in Portugal, from February 8
to 10, 2012.
The workshop had both theoretical and practical applications and the
abstracts included in the program cover research topics in population
dynamics, eco-epidemiology, epidemiology of infectious diseases and
molecular and antigenic evolution.
The confirmed plenary speakers are:
Ben Adams, University of Bath, UK
Konstantin Blyuss, University of Sussex, UK
Daniel Bontje, Central Veterinary I. of Wageningen, Netherlands
Fabio Chalub, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Andreas Huth, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany
Bob Kooi, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jorge Pacheco, Lisbon University and Minho University, Portugal
Sergei Petrovskii, Leicester University, UK
Jean-Christophe Poggiale, Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, France
Hauke Reute, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology, Germany
Francisco Santos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Nico Stollenwerk, Lisbon University, Portugal
Ezio Venturino, Turin University, Italy
The confirmed invited speakers are:
Ricardo Águas, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK
Carlos Braumann, Évora University, Portugal
Jorge Buesco, Lisbon University, Portugal
Gabriela Gomes, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
Greg King, Geophysics Center, Lisbon University, Portugal
Eduardo Massad, São Paulo University, Brazil
Andrea Parisi, Lisbon University, Portugal
Alberto Pinto, Porto University, Portugal
Hyun Mo Yang, Campinas University, Brazil
The program includes lectures by the invited speakers, contributed
talks and poster session by the participants. The workshop does not
charge registration fee.
Everyone is welcome! Participants are kindly requested to register by
25 January 2012. Please visit
http://cmaf.ptmat.fc.ul.pt/~dsabns3/index.html or send an e-mail to
the organizers, biomathgroup@gmail.com, with the following
information:
A. First and Last names.
B. Affiliation: university/research institute, country
C. Type of participation: contributed talk/poster
presentation/attendance only
NOTE: Participants registering for contributed talk and or poster
presentation should also submit a short abstract.
Please make sure to include "Workshop DSABNS2012" in the subject line.
A confirmation e-mail will be sent to you.
Looking forward to see you there,
Workshop Organizers
Maíra Aguiar
João Boto
José Lourenço
Bob Kooi
Nico Stollenwerk
Ezio Venturino
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From: Joan Saldana <jsaldana@ima.udg.edu>
Date: Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 8:21 AM
Subject: Workshop-Epidemics on Networks, September 5-7, Spain
Dear colleague,
We are pleased to announce the workshop "Epidemics on Networks:
Current Trends and Challenges" that will be held in Girona (Catalonia,
Spain) from September 5 to 7, 2012.
The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers in the
field of epidemics with different backgrounds (mathematicians,
physicists, computer scientists, engineers, and biologists) to present
current problems as well as potential avenues of future research
in network epidemiology. Possible topics covered in the workshop are,
among others: defining and characterizing robustness of networks,
Internet epidemics, capturing human behavior in epidemic modeling,
outbreak analysis, and epidemics on metapopulations.
Confirmed Speakers (in alphabetical order):
Julien Arino (University of Manitoba)
Marian Boguñá (Universitat de Barcelona)
Odo Diekmann (University of Utrecht)
Ken Eames (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
Thomas House (University of Warwick))
Christel Kamp (Paul-Ehrlich-Institut)
Istvan Z Kiss (University of Sussex)
Joel C Miller (Harvard University)
Romualdo Pastor-Satorras (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Andrea Pugliese (University of Trento)
Steven Riley (Imperial College London)
Caterina Scoglio (Kansas State University)
Piet Van Mieghem (Delft University of Technology)
Alessandro Vespignani (Northeastern University)
Erik Volz (University of Michigan)
There will be room for poster presentations. If interested, please
submit an abstract of 2-3 pages through our web site.
Registration and abstract submission will start on January 16, 2012.
For further information, please visit the web site of the workshop:
https://sites.google.com/site/epinet2012/home
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From: Seiwald, Michaela (michaela.seiwald@uni-graz.at)
Date: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Subject: Postdoc-Optimization and Optimal Control Group, RICAM,
Austria
PostDoc Position (f/m) in the Optimization and Optimal Control Group
At the Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied
Mathematics (RICAM) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Linz, Austria
The ?Scientific computing ? Optimization and Optimal Control Group? is
searching a PostDoc with a strong background in partial differential
equations, variational problems or scientific computing. The research
focus will be adjusted according to the interest of the successful
candidate, but knowledge in optimal control or optimization is
especially welcome.
A doctorate in mathematics or a closely related field is required. The
working language is English. For more information contact
Prof. K. Kunisch at: karl.kunisch@uni-graz.at.
Applications with personal and scientific data and a compact statement
about scientific interests and achievements should be sent, preferably
by email, to: karl.kunisch@uni-graz.at
Postal address:
Prof. Dr. Karl Kunisch
Institute for Mathematics and Scientific Computing, University of Graz
Heinrichstrasse 36, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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From: Lim, Sookkyung (limsg) <limsg@ucmail.uc.edu>
Date: Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:53 AM
Subject: Postdoc in Mathematical Biology at University of Cincinnati
The Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of
Cincinnati invites applications for a Post Doc Fellow position,
ideally beginning as soon as February 1st, 2012. The Fellow will work
on mathematical modeling and computer simulation of circadian rhythm,
analyze the dynamics of biological clock interconnected with other
components, and work closely with scientists from different research
fields. The candidates must have a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in Applied
Mathematics focused on mathematical modeling of dynamical
systems. Experience with Mathematical/computational modeling of
dynamical systems in biology, bifurcation analysis, and parameter
analysis is desirable. The appointment is initially for one year, and
may be renewable up to 3-4 years. There are no teaching duties,
however, part of the duties include active involvement in group
meetings and seminars, and training graduate and undergraduate
students. Any inquiries should be addressed to Prof. Sookkyung Lim
(limsk@math.uc.edu). Applicants should submit current CV, research
statement, and three letters of reference on http://www.mathjobs.org,
and must also submit a CV & cover letter at www.jobsatuc.com ?
{www.jobsatuc.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=80816}. For full
consideration, applications should be received by January 15,
2012. The review of applications will continue until the position is
filled.
The University of Cincinnati is an equal opportunity/affirmative
action employer. Women, people of color, people with disability and
veterans are encouraged to apply.
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From: Henry Warchall <hwarchal@nsf.gov>
Date: Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:16 PM
Subject: Updated NSF program solicitation: Decadal and Regional
Climate Prediction using Earth System Models (EaSM)
Dear Colleagues,
An updated NSF program solicitation is now available:
Decadal and Regional Climate Prediction using Earth System Models
(EaSM)
Please see: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503399
for details.
Full Proposal Deadline Date: April 20, 2012
Program Synopsis:
The consequences of climate variability and change are becoming more
immediate and profound than previously anticipated. Important impacts
have highlighted that climate variability and change can have
significant effects on decadal and shorter time scales, with
significant consequences for plant, animal, human, and physical
systems. Such aspects include the onset of prolonged droughts on
several continents, increased frequency of floods, loss of
agricultural and forest productivity, degraded ocean and permafrost
ecosystems, global sea level rise and the rapid retreat of ice sheets
and glaciers, loss of Arctic sea ice, and changes in ocean currents.
The EaSM funding opportunity enables interagency cooperation on one of
the most pressing problems of the millennium: climate change, how it
is likely to affect our world, and how we can plan for its
consequences. It allows the partner agencies-National Science
Foundation (NSF), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to combine resources to identify
and fund the most meritorious and highest-impact projects that support
their respective missions, while eliminating duplication of effort and
fostering collaboration between agencies and the investigators they
support.
This interdisciplinary scientific challenge calls for the development
and application of next-generation Earth System Models that include
coupled and interactive representations of such things as ocean and
atmospheric currents, human activities, agricultural working lands and
forests, urban environments, biogeochemistry, atmospheric chemistry,
the water cycle and land ice. This solicitation seeks to attract
scientists from the disciplines of geosciences, social sciences,
agricultural and biological sciences, mathematics and statistics,
physics, and chemistry. Successful proposals will develop intellectual
excitement in the participating disciplinary communities and engage
diverse interdisciplinary teams with sufficient breadth to achieve the
scientific objectives. We encourage proposals that have strong broader
impacts, including public access to data and other research products
of general interest, as well as educational, diversity, or societal
impacts.
The long-term goals of this solicitation are to improve on and extend
current Earth System modeling capabilities to:
1. Achieve comprehensive, reliable global and regional predictions of
decadal climate variability and change through advanced understanding
of the coupled interactive physical, chemical, biological, and human
processes that drive the climate system.
2. Quantify the impacts of climate variability and change on natural
and human systems, and identify and quantify feedback loops.
3. Maximize the utility of available observational and model data for
impact, vulnerability/resilience, and risk assessments through
up/downscaling activities and uncertainty characterization.
4. Effectively translate climate predictions and associated
uncertainties into the scientific basis for policy and management
decisions related to human interventions and adaptation to the
projected impacts of climate change.
The following are specific areas of interest to the funding agencies
for EaSM 2:
(i) Research that has the potential to dramatically improve predictive
capabilities;
(ii) Prediction and attribution studies;
(iii) Research that addresses critical issues linking relevant Earth
system processes over a variety of spatial and temporal scales;
(iv) Research that examines the relationships between climate
variability and change to human and natural environments from the
human perspective;
(v) Development and applications of metrics, methods, and tools for
testing and evaluating climate and climate impact predictions and
their uncertainty characterization.
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