Trends in Bifurcation Analysis: Methods and Applications

Milan, Italy, June 3-5, 2009.

International workshop jointly organised by:
SICC – Italian Society for Chaos and Complexity, and DEI, Politecnico di
Milano, Italy,

Deadline for abstracts submissions is February 28, 2009

Nonlinear dynamical systems are ubiquitous in science and engineering,
and bifurcation theory provides, by far, the strongest methods for the
investigation of their dynamics. Analytic al and numerical methods for
bifurcation analysis are therefore of crucial and increasing importance,
as both traditional and emergent fields of application can benefit from
the advances in bifurcation analysis. However, although bifurcation
theory is now well established for finite-dimensional and smooth
systems, new challenges are posed by nonsmoothness and infinite
dimensionality, as well as by the design and implementation of suitable
numerical techniques.

The workshop is intended to convene researchers and PhD students, to
exchange ideas and discuss the analysis, control, and applications of
bifurcations in smooth as well as nonsmooth and hybrid systems. The
workshop combines tutorial lectures given by highly reputed experts with
short talks regarding the state of the art of theory and applications.

Participants can apply as simple auditors, or submit a proposal for a
short talk (25 minutes including discussion). The abstracts of all
selected presentations will be made available together with notes and/or
papers related to the topics discussed in the tutorial lectures. The
official language is English.

Directors of the workshop:
Fabio Dercole (Politecnico di Milano, IT) and
Yuri Kuznetsov (University of Utrecht, NL).

Invited speakers (confirmed)

Wolf-Juergen Beyn (Bielefeld University, DE),
Alan Champneys (University of Bristol, UK),
Eusebius Doedel (Concordia University, CAN),
Willy Govaerts (Ghent University, BE),
Yuri Kuznetsov (University of Utrecht, NL).

Scientific committee:
Wolf-Juergen Beyn (Bielefeld University, DE), Alan Champneys (University
of Bristol, UK), Alessandro Colombo (Politecnico di Milano, IT), Fabio
Dercole (Politecnico di Milano, IT), Mario di Bernardo (Universita’
degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, IT) Eusebius Doedel (Concordia
University, CAN), Willy Govaerts (Ghent University, BE), Yuri Kuznetsov
(University of U trecht, NL), Carlo Piccardi (Politecnico di Milano,
IT), Sergio Rinaldi (Politecnico di Milano, IT).

Further information on the program and the online registration form can
be found on the website at http://tba2009.dei.polimi.it/