The year 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Eugene Wigner's famous essay on the "unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences." The intervening five decades have witnessed an explosion in the variety and scope of the applications of mathematics, to the extent that one can now speak of an ongoing "mathematization" of many branches of science and indeed of society as a whole. Number theory, traditionally viewed as far removed from the sphere of applications, now plays a central role in questions pertaining to the design of efficient networks as well as in areas like robotics, computer vision, statistics, coding theory, computer security, and cryptography. By extending the reach of calculation and the potential of the experimental method, ever-more powerful and sophisticated software packages like Maple, Magma and SAGE are transforming the way in which number theorists approach their subject.

The 2010 Winter semester (January 1 - April 30) will be devoted to recent developments in number theory with a specific focus on significant practical applications, as well as on the many ways in which the field stands to be affected by the emergence of new software and technologies.

http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/NT2010/

We are looking for applications from groups of scientists who intend to collaborate on a project within this area or from individuals. Individual applicants should be open to joint projects with other participants. The program has a capacity of about 30 positions so that we can have several smaller groups at the same time. Interaction between these groups is expected to be very fruitful. The stay in Bonn is fully financed by the Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics so that the participants can apply for leave from their home institution. 

Application deadline: May 1, 2009

http://www.hausdorff-research-institute.uni-bonn.de/algebra-and-number-theory

This Conference aims to develop a holistic view of sustainability, in which environmental, cultural and economic issues are inseparably interlinked. It will work in a multidisciplinary way, across diverse fields and taking varied perspectives in order to address the fundamentals of sustainability.

The Conference will includes numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the Conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed International Journal of Environmental,
Cultural, Economic and social Sustainability. If you are unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication, as well as access to the Journal.

http://www.SustainabilityConference.com

This Conference will address a range of critically important themes in the various fields that address the complex and subtle relationships between technology, knowledge and society. Plenary speakers include some of the leading thinkers in these areas, as well as numerous paper, colloquium and workshop presentations.

http://techandsoc.com/conference-2010/

The Forum examines the role and future of the University in a changing world. It is ambitious in its intellectual and practical, agenda-setting scope, and broad in its themes.

Participants are welcome to submit a presentation proposal either for a 30-minute paper, 60-minute workshop, a jointly presented 90-minute colloquium session or a virtual session. Parallel sessions are loosely grouped into streams reflecting different perspectives or disciplines. Each stream also has its own talking circle, a forum for focused discussion of issues.

Presenters may choose to submit written papers to the The Journal of the World Universities Forum, a fully refereed academic Journal. Virtual participants also have the option to submit papers for consideration by the Journal. See the Forum website for more information.

http://UniversitiesForum.com

This Conference will address a range of critically important themes relating the design today. It is a place to explore the meaning and purpose of ‘design’, as well as speaking in grounded ways about the task of design and the use of designed artifacts and processes. The Conference is a cross-disciplinary forum which brings together researchers, teachers and practitioners to discuss the nature and future of design. The resulting conversations weave between the theoretical and the empirical, research and application, market pragmatics and social idealism.

Plenary speakers include some of the leading thinkers in these areas, as well as numerous paper, colloquium and workshop presentations.

http://www.Design-Conference.com/

The mathematical and numerical analysis of incompressible flows is of paramount importance for understanding basic nonlinear phenomena in science and engineering. The subject contains some of the most challenging nonlinear partial differential equations of mathematical physics, posing problems for both analysis and computation. This workshop will address modern developments in the core analytical issues of existence and uniqueness of smooth solutions, as well as of weak solutions and statistical solutions. Additional topics will include geophysical flows, analysis of complex fluid models, free surface problems, vanishing viscosity limits, and numerical methods for scientific computation of complex flows. 

http://www.ima.umn.edu/2009-2010/W2.22-26.10/

As part of its Education and Outreach Program for 2009-2010, the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) will offer a two-day undergraduate workshop on topics of current interest in statistics and applied mathematics. 

http://www.samsi.info/programs/2009edoutreachprogram.shtml

This workshop will focus on deterministic and stochastic methods for sparse representations and simulations of quantum transport and quantum reaction dynamics. The aim is to bring together a group of experts in Applied Mathematics, Physics and Theoretical Chemistry to examine the current state of development of numerical techniques and foster interdisciplinary research in the development of computational methods at the interface of quantum and classical dynamics. Fundamental challenges in simulations of quantum dynamics will be addressed within the context of molecular dynamics, including wave-packet propagation methods, density functional theory methods (Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics CPMD), and hybridization of computational schemes linking classical and quantum theories such as quantum-classical coupling, surface-hopping and semiclassical methods. 

http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/programs/qcp10/

Speakers:
Rob Benedetto: Non-archimedean dynamics in dimension one
Manfred Einsiedler: Hecke operators and quantum unique ergodicity
Joseph Silverman: Arithmetic dynamics
Kannan Soundararajan: Quantum unique ergodicity and number theory  

http://swc.math.arizona.edu/

Biofilms are important in many human infections, particularly those involving indwelling devices. However, many non-indwelling device bacterial biofilms foster both acute and chronic infections, such as those in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients, the gastrointestinal tract and hepatobiliary system, middle ear, and in the oral cavity. Such infections often persist despite aggressive antimicrobial therapy and intact immunity. While bench experimentation has answered many questions about biofilms, such microbial communities are exceptional candidates for the application of mathematical modeling. These biofilms require nutrient cycling, are subjected to sheer forces, form on a variety of matrices, and are dynamic with organisms joining and exiting the biofilms. The molecular mechanisms underlying persistence are also of significant interest. These linked phenomena are applicable to mathematical models because they allow testing of hypothesis and can direct new experimental efforts: a means to connect the different processes to each other and to weigh their relative contributions. This workshop aims to bring together modelers with bench scientists and clinicians working on biofilm-involved human infections. Both sides will benefit dramatically from obtaining a better understanding of one other's expertise and research directions, with the expectation of new research collaborations.  

http://www.mbi.osu.edu/2009/biodescription.html

The purpose of this conference is to bring together graduate students in combinatorics, learn about new topics, get to know other graduate students in their field, and network with other students across the country. The schedule will consist of 20 minute talks given by students, as well as keynote talks. Ron Gould from Emory University will be one of our keynote speakers. Topics include but are not restricted to:

• Design Theory
• Enumeration
• Graph Theory
• Finite Geometry
• Coding Theory and Cryptography
• Algebraic Combinatorics
• Additive Combinatorics
• Probabilistic Combinatorics
• Discrete Geometry
• Game Theory

http://www.dms.auburn.edu/gscc

Understanding the dynamics of networked systems is becoming an increasingly important and essential component in many areas of science and technology. Examples include social networks, communication and computer networks, gene networks, networks of neurons, etc. Dynamics on such networks include such problems as synchronization of temporal behavior of units composing a network, robustness of function to network damage (either intended or unintended), etc. The dynamics of networks themselves (i.e., change of network topological structure with time) is also an essential issue in many cases. Examples of issues in this area include adaptive evolution of network topology, formation and growth of networks, etc.

It is intended that all of the above, as well as related issues, will be open for discussion at this workshop. The two overarching goals of the workshop will be

• To contribute to the understanding of common, basic principles of network dynamics, and
• To uncover useful general analysis techniques for the study of these systems.  

http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/programs/ntd10/

Enhanced mixing and transport properties are distinguishing characteristics of both turbulent and more structured complex flows. The concepts of eddy diffusion and eddy viscosity, for example, were introduced as attempts to “parameterize” these effects to produce reduced models for theoretical analysis and simulations. At the same time turbulent mixing and transport is the focus of significant attention from a fundamental point of view, based in some cases on the Navier-Stokes equations and in other cases on models or special flows amenable to more thorough analytical investigations. This workshop is concerned with modern mathematical approaches to the study of transport and mixing in turbulence and other complex flows, including transitional flows with significant attention to applications from the applied sciences, predominantly geophysics.  

http://www.ima.umn.edu/2009-2010/W4.12-16.10/

GSCP is jointly hosted by the Mathematics Department at Duke University and the Department of Statistics and Operations Research at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The workshop provides graduate students and postdoctoral fellows opportunities to speak on an area of interest within probability. Participants will have many chances to network and foster discussions in a friendly and open atmosphere.  

http://www.samsi.info/index.shtml

Format:
The plenary invited lectures, special sessions (30-minute talk/discussion), and contributed sessions (20-minute talk/discussion). You are invited to send in proposals to organize special sessions for the meeting.

Topics:
Analysis, applied analysis, differential equations and dynamical systems, in the broadest sense. Applications to real-world problems, including chemical, engineering, physical, and life sciences, in the forms of mathematical modeling and computations. 

http://aimsciences.org/AIMS-Conference/2010/

This School on Topics in Turbulence is designed primarily for advanced graduate students, i.e. students who have had an introductory course in turbulence and who would find it beneficial to go deeper into the subject.

It will focus on recent developments in the understanding of turbulence, its prediction and control using modern experimental and analytical techniques and powerful numerical simulation capabilities. Tutorials on turbulence theory, experimental and simulation methods, turbulent transport in single and two-two phase flows and applications of turbulence will be given by senior lecturers. Ample open discussion time will provide opportunities for participants to have a rich exchange of ideas: "two-two phase flows" should be "two-phase flows."   

http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/programs/trb10/

Join us at the Rutgers University campus as we celebrate the life and the extraordinary research accomplishments of Doron Zeilberger on his 60th birthday! In this two-day conference we hope to honor and recognize Doron Zeilberger's longstanding influence in Mathematics. In keeping with the breadth of Zeilberger's work, there will be speakers from a wide variety of fields that have been influenced and continue to be impacted by the power of his methods; to wit,  Enumerative Combinatorics, Algebraic
Combinatorics, and Algorithmic Proof Theory. We anticipate an exciting gathering of former and current students, collaborators, colleagues, and friends.

Co-hosted by the Rutgers Math Department and the DIMACS Center.   

http://math.rutgers.edu/events/Z60/

Natural locomotion in fluids includes the swimming of fish and microorganisms and the flying of birds and insects. Other creatures employ similar movements on solid and fluid surfaces, e.g. snails, snakes and water striders. Nature has exploited the complex fluid dynamics of time-dependent three-dimensional flows over a wide range of Reynolds numbers to evolve a variety of interesting mechanisms of locomotion. This workshop will focus on the mechanics of these behaviors and the current state of theoretical and experimental work in the field. The scope will cover the dynamics from low to high Reynolds numbers, emphasizing the links between the fluid dynamics and the nature of the evolved mechanisms. The inclusion of movement over solid and fluid surfaces introduces new phenomena involving surface stresses and complex fluid layers. 

http://www.ima.umn.edu/2009-2010/W6.1-5.10/

Applied Mathematics is well established as one of the most dynamic and important areas of research. In recent years, huge advances have been achieved through the application of mathematical ideas and techniques to a wide variety of fields such as environmental science, geology, biology, finance and industrial engineering. The International Conference on Applied Mathematics will cover a wide range of topics including all aspects of applied mathematics. Special emphasis will be placed on new applications and applied research.

The objective of this conference is to provide a forum for the exchange of expertise, experience, and insights by mathematical scientists, physicists and young researchers who are active in the area of applied mathematics. The organizing committee will invite world leaders in applied mathematics to deliver plenary lectures, and a number of invited speakers. It is envisaged that this meeting will stimulate further research, and act as a vehicle to promote this important field of mathematics in Hong Kong.

Another key goal of the conference is to encourage leading scientists from abroad to further strengthen their cooperation with local scientists. We believe that this conference will play a key role in the dissemination of research and will strongly contribute to the promotion of the image of Hong Kong as a world centre of excellence in Applied Mathematics.   

http://www6.cityu.edu.hk/rcms/WBP/int_conf.html

Lecturers and Topics:
Selim Esedoglu, University of Michigan: Algorithms for variational models involving interfaces in image processing
Robert McCann, University of Toronto: Regularity of optimal mappings
Stan Osher, UCLA: Nonlocal means, compressive sensing, L1 optimization, PDE based imaging,level set methods
Martin Rumpf, University of Bonn: Variational Models in Shape Space and Links to Continuum Mechanics
Giuseppe Savaré, University of Pavia: Applications of optimal transport to evolutionary PDEs  

http://www.math.cmu.edu/cna/Summer10/

The American Mathematical Society (AMS) invites mathematicians just beginning their research careers to become part of Mathematics Research Communities, a new program to develop and sustain long-lasting cohorts for collaborative research projects in many areas of mathematics. Women and underrepresented minorities are especially encouraged to participate. The AMS will provide a structured program to engage and guide all participants as they start their careers. 

http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/mrc-10.html

A national showcase for research projects of undergraduate women in the mathematical sciences. The Conference will give outstanding undergraduate women the opportunity to discuss their own research and to meet other women who share their interest in the mathematical sciences. Conference activities on Friday will occur on the university's city campus, and on Saturday and Sunday at the Lincoln Downtown Holiday Inn, a short walk from downtown Lincoln. Conference participants will also have a chance to learn about life in graduate school from the perspective of current women graduate students representing math departments from across the country.  

http://www.math.unl.edu/~ncuwm/12thAnnual/

The American Mathematical Society (AMS) invites mathematicians just beginning their research careers to become part of Mathematics Research Communities, a new program to develop and sustain long-lasting cohorts for collaborative research projects in many areas of mathematics. Women and underrepresented minorities are especially encouraged to participate. The AMS will provide a structured program to engage and guide all participants as they start their careers. 

http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/mrc-10.html

Three main lecturers will each give six 75-minute lectures:

Martin Barlow: Heat kernels on percolation clusters
Bruce Driver: Heat kernel weighted L2 spaces
A. Grigoryan: Heat kernels on metric measure spaces

In addition there will be two lecture series by A. Bendikov, Z.Q. Chen, M. Gordina and T. Kumagai. 

http://www.math.cornell.edu/~durrett/CPSS2010

The 2010 Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) Summer School in Probability will be held at the University of Washington and Microsoft Research from June 21 to July 10, 2010. The school will be devoted to training of doctoral students in the area of probability. We invite participation of graduate students, advanced undergraduate students, recent Ph.D.s, and also regular faculty.

The 2010 School will be the fifth event in a series of PIMS Summer Schools in Probability. The first four were held in Vancouver at the University of British Columbia. 

http://pims2010.web.officelive.com/default.aspx

The American Mathematical Society (AMS) invites mathematicians just beginning their research careers to become part of Mathematics Research Communities, a new program to develop and sustain long-lasting cohorts for collaborative research projects in many areas of mathematics. Women and underrepresented minorities are especially encouraged to participate. The AMS will provide a structured program to engage and guide all participants as they start their careers. 

http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/mrc-10.html

The flagship program of PCMI is the three-week residential Summer Session program for:

• secondary school teachers
• mathematics education researchers
• undergraduate college faculty
• undergraduate students
• graduate students
• mathematics researchers

At the annual Summer Session, all six of PCMI's groups meet simultaneously, pursuing individual courses of study. The rich mathematical experience combined with interaction among all participants results in greatly increased understanding and awareness of the issues confronting mathematics and mathematics education today.

http://pcmi.ias.edu/summer-program/

The 2010 Fall Semester will be devoted to developments in geometric, algorithmic, asymptotic group theory and applications. We will bring people from various branches of mathematics and computer science together to work on some open questions in the field from a fresh viewpoint. Our major goal is to strengthen the connectiosn group theory has to other branches of mathematics and highlight new promising perspectives.

A cornerstone of the activities of the special semester will be a collection of workshops covering related themes. These workshops will be intertwined to benefit students, postdocs, and local participants. 

http://www.crm.math.ca/GT2010

The seventh international conference on Lattice Path Combinatorics and Applications will take place at the Santa Chiara College of the University of Siena, Italy, from Sunday, July 4, 2010 to Wednesday, July 7, 2010.

Topics to be covered include (but are not limited to):
Lattice path enumeration
Plane Partitions
Young tableaux
q-calculus
Orthogonal polynomials
Random walks
Nonparametric statistical inference
Discrete distributions and urn models
Queueing theory
Analysis of algorithms
Graph Theory and Applications
Self-dual codes and unimodular lattices
Bijections between paths and other combinatoric structures 

http://www.unisi.it/eventi/lattice_path_2010/

In the past 10 to 15 years, various areas of probability theory related to rigorous statistical mechanics, disordered systems and combinatorics have enjoyed an intensive development. A number of these developments deal with two-dimensional random structures. The questions related to critical systems are two-fold: Understanding large-scale properties of lattice-based models (on a periodic deterministic lattice or in the case where the lattice is itself random) and, on the other hand, being able to construct and manipulate a continuous object that describes directly their scaling limits.

In the case of a fixed planar lattice, a number of conjectures originating in the physics literature have now been proved, but many questions remain open. In the case of statistical physics on random planar graphs, sometimes referred to as quantum gravity, many results have been recently understood and a relation between discrete and continuous structures is now emerging. The aim of this school is to provide a complete picture of the current state of the art in these and related topics.

http://claymath.org/programs/summer_school/2010/

The International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences examines the nature of disciplinary practices, and the interdisciplinary practices that arise in the context of 'real world' applications. It also interrogates what constitutes 'science' in a social context, and the connections between the social and other sciences.

As well as an impressive line-up of international main speakers, the conference will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by social science researchers, practitioners and teachers. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this fully refereed academic journal, as well as the option to submit a presentation to the conference YouTube channel.

http://www.SocialSciencesConference.com/

The 22nd International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC'10) will take place at San Francisco State University, August 2-6, 2010. Topics include all aspects of combinatorics and their relations with other parts of mathematics, physics, computer science, and biology. The conference will feature invited lectures, contributed presentations, poster session, and software demonstrations. As usual, there will be no parallel sessions.

http://math.sfsu.edu/fpsac/

Neuroendocrinology is at the intersection of neuroscience and endocrinology. Of the many endocrine glands in the body, the one that is under the most direct neural control is the pituitary gland, which is located adjacent to the brain region called the hypothalamus. The anterior portion of the pituitary consists of several cell types, each of which is electrically excitable (like neurons) and which secretes a hormone when activated. Neurons within the hypothalamus act on pituitary cells to evoke hormone secretion at the proper times and under the proper physical stimuli. The pituitary hormones then act on other endocrine glands (like pineal, adrenal, ovaries, and testes) to influence secretion of hormones. All of the hormones influence neuron activity within the hypothalamus, closing the loop. Mathematical neuroendocrinology is a new field that uses mathematical modeling and analysis to help interpret neuroendocrine data and design new experiments. Models have been developed at the cellular and systems level.

This workshop is the second in a series (the first was held at AIM) and will continue dialogues and collaborations between mathematicians and experimentalists begun at AIM. One goal is to discuss problems in neuroendocrinology that can be addressed using mathematics. These discussions took place during the first meeting, but we now have a better feel for the types of problems of interest. Another goal is to bring young mathematicians and experimentalists who have never worked with mathematical biologists into the mathematical biology community to spur its growth. 

http://www.mbi.osu.edu/2009/mndescription.html

India has a long history of engagement with mathematics. Ancient India had made impressive progress in Algebra.

• The place value system with the use of zero for representing numbers is an Indian invention.
• Mathematicians working in Kerala (in the South West of India) had anticipated many ideas that lie at the base of Calculus, some two centuries before Newton.
• In the more recent past - in the twentieth century Ramanujan and Harish-Chandra blazed new trails in mathematics.

The Indian mathematical community is delighted at the opportunity we have been given to host the International Congress of Mathematicians in this country. We look forward to a very exciting congress which would help us widen our mathematical horizon. We are happy to welcome our colleagues from around the world to the Congress. We hope that you will also be able to savour some of the touristic delights our country offers.

http://www.icm2010.org.in/

The Seventh Italian-Spanish Conference on General Topology and its Applications will take place in Badajoz, Spain, from 7 to 10 September, 2010 at Universidad de Extremadura. The meeting, which alternately takes place in Italy and in Spain, aims to promote the cooperation between Italian and Spanish topologists. The participation of researchers from other countries is warmly encouraged. Traditionally, it is emphasized on the relation between the general or set-theoretic topology, and other areas of mathematics or sciences. Thus, topics like, for example, topological methods in functional analysis or in dynamical systems, hyperspaces, applied topology for computer sciences or economy, algebraic methods in spaces of continuous functions, etc., are usually considered.

http://ites2010.unex.es/