From wiskgenoot@wiskgenoot.nl Fri May 19 13:39:31 2006 Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 13:18:47 +0200 (CEST) From: Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap To: m.a.peletier@tue.nl Subject: Mededelingen van het KWG, 2006, nr. 9 [ The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "iso-8859-15" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] ********************************************************************** MEDEDELINGEN VAN HET KONINKLIJK WISKUNDIG GENOOTSCHAP, 2006 nr. 9 (elektronische aflevering) De eerstvolgende aflevering verschijnt omstreeks 2 juni 2006. Kopij kan worden gestuurd naar medwg@cwi.nl; agenda-items kunnen ook worden aangeboden via de website www.wiskgenoot.nl ********************************************************************** 1. Agenda 2. Colleges, voordrachtenseries, cursussen e.d. 3. Promoties ********************************************************************** 1. Agenda Van de in onderstaande opsommingen met * aangeduide activiteiten treft men bijzonderheden aan in de rubriek 2. Colleges, voordrachtenseries, cursussen e.d. 19-5 TNO, Delft: EIDMA/DIAMANT Cryptography Working Group http://www.win.tue.nl/math/eidma/cwg.html 20-5 Utrecht: HKRWO-symposium XII Thema: Boeken die hun sporen hebben nagelaten Locatie: Hogeschool Domstad, Utrecht http://www.fi.uu.nl/hkrwo/ 21-5 Amsterdam: Paradisolezing Lex Schrijver: `Wat kunnen we berekenen?' 11-13 u., Paradiso, Weteringschans 6 http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_68HDBL 22-5 *RUG: Farewell Symposium in honour of Jan van Maanen. 23-5 KNAW: The second Dynamics of Patterns Day (DoP-Dag) http://www.knaw.nl/contact/contact.html 23-5 TUE: Extra CASA Colloquium Prof. Sergio Conti (Univ. Duisburg-Essen) Singularly perturbed variational problems and self-similar patterns in materials 14-14.45 hrs, HG 6.29 24-5 VUA: General Mathematics Colloquium Federico Camia (VUA) Random colorings, phase transitions and conformal invariance 16-17 u., room S2.01, drinks afterwards http://www.math.vu.nl/en/research/colloquium.php 28/31-5 Reading, UK: Int. Conference on Computational Science (ICCS 2006) http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2006/ 29/31-5 UvA: Workshop on Abelian Varieties A 3-day workshop on Abelian varieties Speakers include: A. Beauville, C-L. Chai a.o. Location: De Oudemanhuispoort, a university building in the centre of Amsterdam Information: http://www.science.uva.nl/~bmoonen/springsch/Workshop.html 30-5 UU: Utrecht Day on Orbifolds D. Gepner (Sheffield), A. Henriques (Munster), H. Posthuma (Nijmegen), B. Uribe (Bogota/Bonn) 10 u., zaal 611, Math. Inst. http://www.math.uu.nl/people/vdberg/orbifolds 31-5 VUA: General Mathematics Colloquium Hendrik Lenstra An abc conjecture over finite fields 16-17 u., room S2.01, drinks afterwards http://www.math.vu.nl/en/research/colloquium.php 1-6 UU: Algemeen Colloquium A. Henriques (Munster) The tensor product of crystals 15.30-16.30 u., zaal K11, Math. Inst. voorafgegaan door een half uurtje koffie en thee in De Eigenruimte http://www.math.uu.nl/announcements/stafcol/ 1-6 UL: Stafcolloquium Wiskunde Prof. Jun Tomiyama (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.) The interplay between topological dynamics and the theory of C*-algebras 16-17 u., zaal 174, Snellius http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~evertse/colloquium.shtml 8-6 UU: Algemeen Colloquium G. Everest (UEA Norwich) Prime terms of elliptic divisibility sequences - descent vs the S-unit equation 15.30-16.30 u., zaal K11, Math. Inst. voorafgegaan door een half uurtje koffie en thee in De Eigenruimte http://www.math.uu.nl/announcements/stafcol/ 8-6 VUA: General Mathematics Colloquium Krzysztof Ciesielski (Jagiellonian Univ. Cracow) On the Poincare-Bendixson Theorem 16-17 u., room S2.03 Drinks afterwards http://www.math.vu.nl/en/research/colloquium.php 9-6 Utrecht: EIDMA/DIAMANT Cryptography Working Group Vergadercentrum La Vie http://www.win.tue.nl/math/eidma/cwg.html 12/15-6 Belgie: The ECRYPT European Network of Excellence Summer school http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/crypto/sumschool.htm 14/17-6 Foggia, Italy: Conference on Game Theory and Applications SING 2: Spain-Italy-The Netherlands Conference on Game Theory and XVI IMGTA: Italian Meeting on Game Theory and Applications Invited speakers: Harold W. Kuhn, Steffen Jorgensen, Francoise Forges, Myrna Wooders http://www.dsems.unifg.it/sing2 15-6 UU: Algemeen Colloquium J. Wallinga (RIVM) Titel nog niet bekend 15.30- u., zaal K11, Math. Inst. voorafgegaan door een half uurtje koffie en thee in De Eigenruimte http://www.math.uu.nl/announcements/stafcol/ 15-6 UL: Stafcolloquium Wiskunde Prof. Jean-Pierre Serre (College de France) Bounds for the orders of the finite subgroups of G(k) 16-17 u., zaal 1, Gorlaeus http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~evertse/colloquium.shtml 19-6 Lorentz Center Leiden: DIAMANT and Security First event in the series Mathematics clusters and society Speakers: Pim Tuyls, Eric Verheul and Paul Bakker http://www.lc.leidenuniv.nl/lc/web/2006/221/info.php3?wsid=221 19/22-6 *VUA: Final announcement: Summer School 2006 - Computational Life Sciences. 21-6 TUD: Seminar Delft Centre for Computational Science and Engineering Mary F. Wheeler, Scott MacLachlan 15.30-17 u., zaal C, Faculteit EWI, Mekelweg 4, Delft http://pcse.tudelft.nl/index.php?page=seminars 22-6 UU: Algemeen Colloquium D. Pik (UL) Consonance and chords 15.30-17.15 u., zaal K11, Math. Inst. voorafgegaan door een half uurtje koffie en thee in De Eigenruimte http://www.math.uu.nl/announcements/stafcol/ 28-6 VUA: General Mathematics Colloquium Birgit Jacob (Technische Univ. Berlin) On observability of linear evolution equations 16-17 u., room S2.01, drinks afterwards http://www.math.vu.nl/en/research/colloquium.php 10/14-7 Lorentz Centrum: Asymptotics: particles, processes, and inverse problems On the occasion of the 65th birthday of Piet Groeneboom http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2006/20060710/info.php3?wsid=189 18/21-7 VUA: The thirteenth conference of the International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS 2006) http://www.science.uva.nl/~brandts/ILAS06 22-7 UU: ICCG, BICGSTAB, and Jacobi-Davidson in honor of Henk van der Vorst http://staff.science.uva.nl/~brandts/HENKvdVORST 25/6-2/7 TG-Mures, Romania: 7th Junior Mathematical Congress This series of congresses, organized every second year, is aimed at 13-19 years old pupils, and their teachers, but there is also a student section. http://www.uni-miskolc.hu/matjun7 22/30-8 Madrid, Spain: International Congress of Mathematicians 2006 ICM 2006 is organized under the auspices of the International Mathematical Union. This world congress of mathematicians is held every four years. There are two prestigious prizes that will be awarded, namely, the Fields Medals and the Nevanlinna Prize. In addition, the Gauss Prize will be awarded for the first time. Preregistration is possible now. http://www.icm2006.org 25/26-8 *Eindhoven: Vakantiecursus 2006. 1/2-9 *CWI: Vakantiecursus 2006. 4/8-9 Halle, Germany: 11th Seminar NUMDIFF on Numerical Solution of Differential and Differential-Algebraic Equations Minisymposia: Exponential Integrators, Maxwell Equations and Electromagnetics, Numerical Methods in Mathematical Biology, Mesh-free Methods. For detailed information and registration: http://sim.mathematik.uni-halle.de/numdiff/Numdiff11/ 5/8-9 Egmond aan zee: ECCOMAS CFD 2006 Conference Conference topics: Computational fluid dynamics, Computational Acoustics, Computational Electromagnetics, Computational Mathematics and Numerical Methods, Optimization and Control, Computational Methods in Life Sciences, Industrial Applications For detailed information and registration: http://www.eccomascfd2006.nl 11/15-9 UL, Lorentz Center: Workshop Geometric Patterns in Islamic Art organized by Jan P. Hogendijk (Utrecht and Leiden) Remke Kruk (Leiden) and Mohammad Bagheri (Tehran) Information and registration: http://www.lc.leidenuniv.nl/lc/web/2006/20060911/info.php3?wsid=209 11/13-10 *Woudschoten: 31st Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Numerical Analysis Communities. 13-10 Utrecht: EIDMA/DIAMANT Cryptography Working Group Vergadercentrum La Vie http://www.win.tue.nl/math/eidma/cwg.html 17-11 CWI: Symposium in honour of Piet W. Hemker To mark the retirement of Piet Hemker from CWI this year, a symposium will be organized at CWI, starting at 13 hrs. If you would like to attend the symposium, please let us know by sending an e-mail (Nada.Mitrovic@cwi.nl) 8-12 Utrecht: EIDMA/DIAMANT Cryptography Working Group Vergadercentrum La Vie http://www.win.tue.nl/math/eidma/cwg.html 29-1/2-2-07 UU: Study Group Mathematics with Industry 2007 http://www.math.uu.nl/swi2007/ ************************************************************************* 2. Colleges, voordrachtenseries, cursussen e.d. RUG Farewell Symposium in honour of Jan van Maanen, leaving RUG Datum/lokatie: 22 mei, 2006; RUG Programma 13.30-13.35 u. Opening door Prof.dr. Martin Goedhart 13.35-14.15 u. Dr. June Barrow-Green (Open University, Milton Keynes, UK) Tripos and tribunals: the diary of a Cambridge mathematics student, 1915-1916 14.15-15.00 u. Prof.dr. Henk Broer, Instituut voor Wiskunde en Informatica, RUG), Meetkundige aspecten van de Natuurkunde. Pauze 15.30-16.15 u. Prof. Dr. Jaap Top (Inst. voor Wiskunde en Informatica, RUG), Strips and strings: Mobius models unveiled. 16.15-17.15 u. Dr. Iris van Gulik-Gulikers en Dr. Marjolein Kool, Jan van Maanen als promotiebegeleider. Afsluiting met de borrel in de Spiegelzaal. Info: M.de.Wijs@rug.nl Tel.: (050) 363 8308 VUA Final announcement: Summer School 2006 - Computational Life Sciences Date/location: June 19-22, 2006; VUA The committee for the NWO research programme Computational Life Sciences is pleased to present the final programme for the summer school 2006: ``Space, time and the organization of life'', a hands-on summer school for computational life sciences. Audience: PhD students and postdocs and other researchers. Registration will close June 1st, 2006 http://www.cls.nl/news/summerschool.php CWI Zestigste Vakantiecursus - CWI 60 jaar Onderwerp Actuele wiskunde Datum/lokatie: 1) 25-26 augustus, 2006, Eindhoven 2) 1-2 september, 2006, Amsterdam De Vakantiecursus Wiskunde voor leraren in de exacte vakken in VWO, HAVO en HBO en andere belangstellenden is een initiatief van de Nederlandse Vereniging van Wiskundeleraren. De cursus wordt sinds 1946 jaarlijks gegeven op het Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI) en aan de Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. Ook in 2006 organiseert het CWI een Vakantiecursus en wel voor de zestigste keer. Deze cursus geldt als nascholingsactiviteit. Voor geinteresseerden is een nascholingscertificaat beschikbaar. Degene die daarop prijs stelt, gelieve het betreffende formulier in de brochure in te vullen of dit via het elektronisch registratieformulier aan te geven, zie de website: http://www.cwi.nl/events/2006/VC2006/ Aanvraag brochure: Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI) t.a.v. Wilmy van Ojik en o.v.v. Brochure Vakantiecursus 2006, Postbus 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam. CWI/Werkgemeenschap Numerieke Wiskunde (WNW) 31st Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Numerical Analysis Communities Date/location: 11-13 October, 2006; Woudschoten Conference Centre, Zeist, The Netherlands Themes of the conference are: 1) Model reduction invited speakers: (see Announcement URL for titles of lectures) - Peter Benner, TU Chemnitz - Roland W. Freund, University of California, Davis - Michael Hinze, Universitaet Hamburg 2) High-order discretization methods invited speakers: - Michel Deville, EPFL - Chi-Wang Shu, Brown University, Providence - Stanly Steinberg, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Poster session: One conference session will be devoted to poster presentations. Both conference registration and submission of a poster presentation can be done by using the electronic registration form http://www.cwi.nl/projects/wnw/conf2006/WOUform.html For further information please contact the secretary of the organizing committee: Jan Kok (CWI) Jan.Kok@cwi.nl or see the conference-webpage: http://www.cwi.nl/projects/wnw/conf2006/nl_index.html ************************************************************************ 3. Promoties VUA 1-6 Drs. C. Jong, Machine learning for human cancer research, promotores: prof.dr. A.W. van der Vaart, prof.dr. A.E. Eiben, co-promotor: mw. dr. E. Marchiori, De Boelelaan 1105, Auditorium, 10.45 u. *********************************************************************** (einde mededelingen)