THE SECOND SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

ON NONLINEAR SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS

(Shanghai NSA’05，June 3-7, 2005)

First Announcement and Call for Papers

   Shanghai International Symposium on Nonlinear Science and Applications - 2003 (Shanghai NSA'03) was a great success. Many participants suggested that this symposium should be developed into a series of symposia, and should be held mostly in Shanghai or nearby places every two years. The Second Shanghai International Symposium on Nonlinear Science and Applications (Shanghai NSA’05) will be held in the Shanghai Convention Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai and Wuxi (a beautiful resort near Shanghai) on June 3-7, 2005.

   Shanghai NSA’05 is sponsored by the Shanghai Society for Nonlinear Science, co-sponsored by the Shanghai Center for Nonlinear Science, organized by the Research Center for Nonlinear Science of Fudan University and the Shanghai Society of Biophysics, and supported by National Science Foundation of China and Center for Chaos Control and Synchronization, City University of Hong Kong.

.  Nonlinear science is one of the focusing research fields and most active scientific frontier in the new century, and Shanghai NSA’05 is devoted to this important area of scientific research. The theme of the symposium is intended to be broad enough so as to cover most of the directions in nonlinear science, with the aim of promoting wide interactions among researchers from different academic disciplines who are interested in nonlinear science and related technologies. The symposium will provide both experts and new comers from different research backgrounds with an excellent opportunity to review the latest progress and development in the field of nonlinear science, and to exchange their experience, progress, and ideas. The symposium will consist of both oral and poster presentations in three days, plus a one-day tour of the beautiful resort city Wuxi.

   A few renowned leading scientists in this field will be giving keynote speeches in the symposium.

   Mathematical theory, physical experiment, engineering design, biological study, and their various applications are included in the main program of the symposium. Topics include but are not limited to the following:

1.      Bifurcation and chaos

1.1   Synchronization and control of chaos

1.2   Chaotic neural networks

1.3   Bifurcation analysis and computation

2.      Fractals

3.      Solitons

4.      Finite- and infinite-dimensional nonlinear dynamic systems

5.      Nonlinear time series analysis

6.      Complexity and complex systems

6.1 Complex dynamics in neural networks

6.2 Complex dynamics in traffic and granular flows

6.3 Complex dynamics in physical and biological systems

6.4 Cellular automata

7.      Nonlinear approaches in life science and medicine

7.1   Neurodynamics

7.2   Nonlinear analysis of EEG and MEG

7.3   Nonlinear analysis of HRV

7.4   Chaotic dynamics of nerve cells

8.      Applications

8.1   Economics and finance

8.2   Bio-medical engineering

8.3   Materials and mechanical sciences

8.4   Information science and technology

8.5   Various inverse problems

8.6   Free and moving boundary problems

8.7   Signal and image processing

8.8   Physical experiments and electronic engineering

9.      Other related nonlinear science and technologies

Organizing committee of the symposium:

Honorary Chairs:

Chaohao Gu, Fudan University, China

Stephen Smale, University of California at Berkeley, USA

General Chairs:

  Shiqiang Dai, Shanghai University, China

  Leon O. Chua, University of California at Berkeley, USA

Vice Chairman:

  Guanrong Chen, City University of Hong Kong, China

International Advisory Committee

  Chairs:

  Daqian Li, Fudan University, China

Kazuyuki Aihara, Tokyo University, Japan

Members:

A. M. Albano, Bryn Mawr College, USA

C.-J. Chen, Florida State University, USA

S.-N. Chow, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

S.-Q. Dai, Shanghai University, China

G. S. Dulikravich, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

W. J. Freeman, University of California at Berkeley, USA

G.-Q. Gu, East China Normal University, China

M. Gyllenberg, University of Helsinki, Finland

W. G. Habashi, McGill University, Canada

M.-A. Han, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

A. N. Kraiko, Central Institute of Aviation Motors, Russia

H. Liljenström, KTH, Sweden

F. C. Lin, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA

W.-M. Lippe, Westfalsche Wilhelms-Universitat Munster, Germany

J. T. Lo, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

H. Malchow, University of Osnabruck, Germany

S. Nara, Okayama University, Japan

A. Neumann, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

P. E. Rapp, Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann University, USA

W. Schneider, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

H. Seno, Hiroshima University, Japan

K. Shimohara, ATR Human Information Science Labs., Japan

Y. Takashi, Kyushu University, Japan

Y. Takeuchi, Shizuoka University, Japan

M. Tanaka, Shinshu University, Japan

I. Tsuda, Hokkaido University, Japan

B.-H. Wang, USTC, China

G. Webb, Mathematics Department, Vanderbilt University, USA

J.-H. Wu, York University, Canada

A.-A. Yakubu, Howard University, USA

Y.-F Yi, Georgia Institute of Techm, USA

X.-H. Yu, Central Queensland University, Australia

J. Zierep, Karlsruhe University, Germany

W.-J. Zhang, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

Z.-H. Zhang, Fudan University, China

Z.-W. Zhou, Shanghai University, China

J.-D. Cao, Southeast University，China

Administrative Organizers:

  J. Ruan, Fudan University, China

  F.-J. Gu, Fudan University, China

Y.-D. Shi, Fudan University, China

Z.-J. Cai, Fudan University, China

Registration fees:

The registration fee is US$450 for regular participants before the deadline, which includes a copy of the abstract book, reception, coffee break, one evening entertainment, daily meals, banquet, and one day tour. The registration fee for students is US$200 before the deadline, which includes a copy of the abstract book, reception, coffee break, and daily meals. A photocopy of student ID card should be presented when registers. Students are charged extra US$100 for banquet, entertainment, and the tour.

Important deadlines:

February 28, 2005     Detailed abstract submission; mini-symposium and special session proposals are due

March 31, 2005  Acceptance notification

April 15, 2005  Advanced registration

Notices:

       Proposals of organizing mini-symposiums or special sessions are welcome and encouraged, in which information about the organizers, topics, and estimated numbers of speakers should be indicated.

Except for the plenary talks and invited talks, detailed abstracts of papers should include the following sections: 1) Objective of the research; 2) Novelty of the work; 3) Methods and techniques; 4) Main results; 5) Conclusions. A format of the abstract will be available on the symposium web site by October 1, 2004.

A cover with the title of the paper, the name of the author(s), affiliation(s), mailing and e-mail address should be submitted with the abstract. The category and its code (for example, 7.1 Neurodynamics) should also be noted in the cover of the abstract, which is important for arranging your presentation in the proper session.

About Shanghai:

   Shanghai is the biggest city in China, and a harmonic mixture of the traditional and the modern, the east and the west. Shanghai has completely changed in the last decade. Visiting and touring Shanghai are truly enjoyable for many. For more information, see: http://www.chinanow.com/english/shanghai/shtravel/sights.html

Anyone interested in obtaining further information about Shanghai NSA’05 may contact:

Prof. Jiong Ruan

Secretariat of Shanghai NSA’05

Research Center for Nonlinear Sciences,

Department of Mathematics

Fudan University

Shanghai 200433

P. R. China

Tel: +86-21-65100339 (O) +86-21-56620463 (H)

Fax: +86-21-56620463

E-mail: snsa@fudan.edu.cn

For more details, please visit the symposium web site:

http://www.sss-nonlinear.org/webs/gjhy.htm

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