MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME
Dresden, Germany



International workshop and seminar on






BEYOND QUASIPERIODICITY:
COMPLEX STRUCTURES AND DYNAMICS






Workshop: January 11 - January 15, 1999 Seminar: January 18 - February 5, 1999

   Scientific Coordinators:

Universität Potsdam, Germany University of Maryland, USA Universität Potsdam, Germany

Quasiperiodicity yields interesting complex behavior in dynamical systems (strange nonchaotic attractors, synchronization phenomena, systems with fractal spectra), in condensed matter physics (localization phenomena, excitations in disordered lattices), and in the theory of quantum chaos (dynamical localization with respect to quasiperiodic excitation, anomalous diffusion in systems with fractal spectra). The aim of this interdisciplinary workshop/seminar is to discuss the relationship among those different aspects of complex behavior and to emphasize the common features of those systems. In particular, it is also intended to improve the mathematical understanding of various transitions in quasiperiodically forced systems.

The aim of the seminar is to provide an opportunity for students and young researchers to learn about the methods and techniques used for the exploration of complex behavior in different systems and to work directly in interdisciplinary projects.

Preliminary list of invited speakers:

V. Anishchenko (Saratov, Russia)

P. Ashwin (Guildford, UK)

J. Bellisard (Toulouse, France)

H. W. Broer (Groningen, The Netherlands)

M. Ding (Boca Raton, USA)

T. Geisel (Göttingen, Germany)

P. Glendinning (London, UK)

I. Guarneri (Como, Italy)

M. Holschneider (Marseille, France)

K. Kaneko (Tokio, Japan)

G. Keller (Erlangen, Germany)

J. Ketoja (Helsinki, Finland)

J. Kurths (Potsdam, Germany)

S. Kuznetsov (Saratov, Russia)

Y.-C. Lai (Lawrence, USA)

J.-M. Luck (Saclay, France)

G. Mantica (Como, Italy)

M. Nicol (Manchester, UK)

T. Nishikawa (College Park, USA)

H. Osinga (Pasadena, USA)

E. Ott (College Park, USA)

A. Politi (Florence, Italy)

R. Ramaswamy (New Delhi, India)

I. Satija (Fairfax, USA)

D. Shepelyanski (Toulouse, France)

J. Stark (London, UK)

H.-J. Stöckmann (Marburg, Germany)

A. Witt (Postdam, Germany)

M. Zaks (Potsdam, Germany)

W. Zimmermann (Saarbrücken, Germany)

K. Zyczkowski (Cracow, Poland)

Applications for participation should be sent to the address below. Application forms are available upon request or on the conference web page. The workshop registration fee is DM 150. Costs for accommodation and lunch will be covered by the Max-Planck-Institute. In exceptional cases, limited funding is available to partly cover travel expenses.

Deadline for applications is October 31st, 1998.

For further information and application forms please contact:
Visitors Program, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme,
Nöthnitzer Str. 38, D-01187 Dresden

conference e-mail: comstruc@mpipks-dresden.mpg.de
WWW: http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de/~comstruc/index.html