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Subject: SMB Digest v13i34
SMB Digest August 20, 2013 Volume 13 Issue 34
ISSN 1086-6566
Editor: Richard Schugart richard(dot)schugart(at)gmail(dot)com
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Issue's Topics:
Deadline Approaching to Request Support at NIMBioS
PhD Position: Math Bio., Epidem., & Networks, RMIT U, Melbourne
Wavetrain: Free Software for Studying Periodic Travelling Waves
Appointment: Dr. Michael Vogelius, Division Director, DMS, NSF
SMBnet Reminders
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From: Catherine Crawley <ccrawley@nimbios.org>
Date: August 19, 2013 10:45:16 AM
Subject: Deadline Approaching to Request Support at NIMBioS
Deadline Nears to Request Support for Activities at the National
Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
September 1, 2013 is the deadline for requests for support for Working
Groups, Investigative Workshops, Postdoctoral Fellows, Sabbaticals, and
Short-term Visitors for activities beginning Fall 2013 at the National
Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS). All areas
of research at the interface of biology and mathematics will be
considered. NIMBioS, located at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville,
is an NSF-sponsored initiative to foster interdisciplinary research at
the interface between mathematical and biological sciences. The
institute's mission is to cultivate cross-disciplinary approaches in
mathematical biology and to develop a cadre of researchers who address
fundamental and applied biological problems in creative ways. Other
NIMBioS sponsors include DHS and USDA, with additional support from the
University of Tennessee-Knoxville. More details are posted at
http://www.nimbios.org
Related Links:
NIMBioS Working Groups http://www.nimbios.org/workinggroups/
NIMBioS Investigative Workshops http://www.nimbios.org/workshops/
Postdoctoral Fellowships http://www.nimbios.org/postdocs/
Sabbaticals http://www.nimbios.org/visitors/sabbatical
Short-term Visits http://www.nimbios.org/visitors/
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From: lewi stone <lewistone2@gmail.com>
Date: August 16, 2013 12:23:22 AM
Subject: PhD Position: Math Bio., Epidem., & Networks, RMIT U, Melbourne
We invite applications for a PhD studentship in the School of
Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne
The applicant will work on subjects that cross the interface of
mathematical biology, epidemiology and network theory. The Department
has a vibrant group of active researchers in these areas. Please
contact Prof. Lewi Stone (RMIT University and Tel Aviv Uni) in the first
instance by emailing: lewistone2@gmail.com
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From: Jonathan Sherratt <J.A.Sherratt@hw.ac.uk>
Date: August 15, 2013 5:37:00 AM
Subject: Wavetrain: Free Software for Studying Periodic Travelling Waves
Wavetrain: Free Software for Studying Periodic Travelling Waves
Periodic travelling waves occur in a variety of biological contexts,
including cyclic population dynamics, landscape-scale spatial
patterning, and signal propagation along nerve fibres. They are
important both in their own right, and also as the one-dimensional
equivalent of spiral waves, target patterns and scroll waves.
Wavetrain is a free, open-source software package for studying periodic
travelling wave solutions of partial differential equations. Its
capabilities include the calculation of wave solutions and their
stability, and the determination of regions of parameter space in
which periodic travelling waves exist, and additionally where they
are stable. Wavetrain's calculations all use the method of numerical
continuation. Wavetrain is intended to be easy to use, even for users
with limited mathematical/computational background. In particular, the
input files for Wavetrain are all simple text files: users are not
required to write any computer programs, and do not need expertise in
any programming language or other software. Wavetrain includes a
plotter to visualise the results of its calculations. The plots are
publication-quality, and can be fine-tuned by the user if required.
Wavetrain can be downloaded from www.ma.hw.ac.uk/wavetrain. The
download includes a detailed user guide, which can also be viewed
separately on the Wavetrain web site. A detailed, illustrated account
of Wavetrain's capabilities is given in [1].
Jonathan Sherratt
[1] J.A. Sherratt: Numerical continuation methods for
studying periodic travelling wave (wavetrain) solutions of partial
differential equations. Appl. Math. Comp. 218: 4684-4694 (2012).
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From: Tie Luo <tluo@NSF.GOV>
Date: August 14, 2013 8:23:32 AM
Reply-To: dmsnews <DMSNEWS@LISTSERV.NSF.GOV>
Subject: Appointment: Dr. Michael Vogelius, Division Director, DMS, NSF
Dear Colleagues,
MPS is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Vogelius will join MPS as
the Division Director for the Division of Mathematical Sciences in
January 2014. Dr. Vogelius is currently a Board of Governors Professor
in the Department of Mathematics at Rutgers University, where he has
been since 1989, and where he served as the Department Chair from
2009-2013. Dr. Vogelius was previously on the faculty of the University
of Maryland and has held visiting appointments at Stanford University,
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, and the University of
Copenhagen. Dr. Vogelius earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the
University of Maryland, College Park in 1980, and his research interests
include mathematical analysis, partial differential equations, and
numerical analysis. He has published over 90 articles and is a Fellow of
the American Mathematical Society, a Foreign Member of the Royal Danish
Academy of Sciences and Letters, and a recipient of a Sloan Research
Fellowship. Dr. Vogelius is also an Associate Editor of the SIAM Journal
on Mathematical Analysis and serves on the Editorial Boards of several
other mathematical journals.
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Vogelius to MPS!
F. Fleming Crim
Assistant Director for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
4201 WILSON BOULEVARD ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22230
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