International Conference on Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Oxford, 10-13 September 2012
Presentations
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The main objective of the conference is to bring together scientists with interests in the analysis of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDE) and their applications to present recent developments and explore new connections between nonlinear PDE and other areas in mathematics and related fields in the sciences.
Partial differential equations are ubiquitous in the sciences, where they provide a natural mathematical description of many phenomena. The behaviour of every material object, with length scales ranging from sub-atomic to astronomical and timescales ranging from picoseconds to millennia can be modelled by PDE or by equations having similar features.
Contemporary challenges raised by recent advances in the sciences are confronted with state-of-the-art mathematical ideas and tools in PDE. Some of the topics covered in this conference can be found in the list of themes below.
Registration has now closed. This conference is a part of the joint scientific activities of Oxford Centre for Nonlinear PDE (OxPDE, Oxford) and Centre for Analysis and Nonlinear PDE (CANPDE, Edinburgh).
Plenary Speakers
Luigi Ambrosio - SNS Pisa
Constantine Dafermos - Brown University
Isabelle Gallagher - Paris Diderot
Martin Hairer - University of Warwick
Fang-Hua Lin - Courant Institute NYU
Tatiana Toro - University of Washington
Felix Otto - Max Planck Institute - Leipzig
Frank Pacard - École Polytechnique-CNRS
Richard M Schoen - Stanford University
Gigliola Staffilani - MIT
Andrew J Majda - Courant Institute NYU
Eitan Tadmor - University of Maryland
Themes, Organisers and Speakers for the Eight Minisymposia:
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PDE in Meteorology
Organisers Laure Saint-Raymond & Tim Palmer Speakers Andrew J Majda – New York University Bernard Legras - Ecole Normale Supérieure Ian Roulstone – University of Surrey |
Dispersive PDE
Organisers Herbert Koch & Luis Vega Speakers Pierre Raphael – Toulouse Joachim Krieger – Lausanne Benjamin Dodson - UC Berkeley |
Calculus of Variations
Organisers Bernd Kirchheim & Jan Kristensen Speakers Thomas Schmidt – Erlangen Laszlo Szekelyhidi – University of Leipzig Giuseppe Mingione – Parma University |
PDE in General Relativity
Organisers Mihalis Dafermos & Piotr Chrusciel Speakers Hans Ringstrom – KTH Stockholm Gustav Holzegel – Princeton Jonathan Luk - Princeton |
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PDE in Geometry
Organisers Peter Topping & Richard Schoen Speakers Michael Eichmair – ETH Zurich Aaron Naber – MIT Melanie Rupflin – Max-Planck Golm
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Hyperbolic PDE
Organisers Laura Caravenna & Gui-Qiang Chen Speakers Marshall Slemrod – Wisconsin-Madison Steve Shkoller – UC-Davis Stefano Bianchini - SISSA |
Stochastic PDE
Organisers Sergei Kuksin Speakers Nicolas Burq – Paris-Orsay Andrey L Piatnitski – Narvik Institute Massimiliano Gubinelli – Paris Dauphine |
PDE in Materials
Organisers Barbara Niethammer & Christoph Ortner Speakers Duvan Henao – Universidad Catolica de Chile Xavier Blanc – Paris Nicolas Dirr - Cardiff |
Organising Committee
Gui-Qiang Chen (Oxford), Barbara Niethammer (Bonn), Sergei Kuksin (Heriot-Watt), John Toland (INI Cambridge), Peter Topping (Warwick) and Aram Karakhanyan (Edinburgh)