Network Dynamics and Synchronization

Monday 17 - Wednesday 19 May 2010, The Alan Turing Building, University of Manchester

Organising Committee: Paul Glendinning, Dave Broomhead, Mark Muldoon, Mike Field

Programme

Please check the programme here for regular updates to the conference programme.

Confirmed Speakers and Talks

• Professor Manuela Aguiar, Porto University
  
The patterns of synchrony of a coupled cell network Click here for the slides from the talk
• Professor David Arrowsmith, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London,
  
Infrastructure networks - data, statics and dynamics
• Professor Peter Ashwin, School of Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Exeter

Clustering dynamics for coupled oscillators - from networks to odes and back again
• Professor Dave Broomhead, School of Mathematics, University of Manchester

Time stealing - making theft rigorous Click here for the slides from the talk
• Professor Mike Field, Department of Mathematics, University of Houston
  Dynamics, inflation and equivalence of networks of coupled dynamical systems
• Professor Celso Grebogi, School of Natural and Computing Sciences, University of Aberdeen
  Evolutionary game theory and synchronization in spatially extended ecosystems
Click here for the slides from the talk
• Professor Arkady Pikovsky, Department of Physics, University of Potsdam (cancelled)
  
Effects of nonlinear coupling in oscillator ensembles
• Professor Natasa Przulj, Department of Computing, Imperial College, London
  
Network topology uncovers function, disease, and phylogeny
• Professor Ian Stewart, Warwick Mathematics Institute, Warwick University (cancelled)
  Degenerate singularities in bifurcations of networks
• Dr Marco Thiel, Department of Physics, University of Aberdeen
  Synchronisation, networks and recurrences
• Professor Peter Grindrod, Department of Mathematics, University of Reading
  Social Networks: Evolving Graphs with Memory Dependent Edges
• Dr Mark Muldoon, School of Mathematics, University of Manchester

Interactions among oscillatory pathways in NF- kappa B signaling network Click here for the slides from the talk
• Professor Paul Glendinning, School of Mathematics, University of Manchester

Pairing-off in dynamic networks Click here for the slides from the talk

Contributed Talks

• Dr Hiroko Kamei, Department of Mathematics, University of Dundee
  Synchrony-breaking bifurcation analysis using lattice of balanced colourings
Click here for the slides from the talk
• Dr Gerold Baier, MIB, University of Manchester
  The role of synchronization and spatial coupling in epileptic EEG
Click here for the slides from the talk
• Ms Nikita Agarwal, Department of Mathematics, University of Houston
  Strongly connected inflation of coupled cell networks
Click here for the slides from the talk
• Mr Ozkan Karabacak, School of Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Exeter

Ratcheting and asymmetric desynchronization in networks of coupled oscillators Click here for the slides from the talk

Registration and Payment Information

Accommodation

Bursaries

There are 5 bursaries available for UK-based PhD students. The funding covers 3 nights accommodation and 3 lunches. Please note: travel costs are not included. Anyone wishing to apply for a bursary should email Helen Harper (Helen.Harper at Manchester.ac.uk) with a CV and letter of support from their Supervisor. The Committee will decide on whom to make the awards and their decision will be final.

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Directions to the Alan Turing Building

The Alan Turing Building is home to the School of Mathematics at the University of Manchester. It is easily accessible by train and also by car. For further information about travelling to the Alan Turing Building, and for a pdf map of the University campus, please click here

List of Participants

• Malgorzata Adamczyk (Manchester)
• Nikita Agarwal(Houston)
• Manuela Aguiar (Porto)
• Jim Arnold (Manchester)
• David Arrowsmith (QMUL)
• Peter Ashwin (Exeter)
• Gerold Baier (Manchester)
• Oscar Benjamin (Bristol)
• John Brooke (Manchester)
• Dave Broomhead (Manchester)
• Martin Brown (Manchester)
• Manuela Bujorianu (Manchester)
• Marius Bujorianu (Manchester)
• Dominic Chadwick (Manchester)
• Younes Chahlaoui (Manchester)
• Sam Farrell (Manchester)
• Mike Field (Houston)
• Tobias Galla (Manchester)
• Paul Glendinning (Manchester)
• Marc Goodfellow (Manchester)
• Celso Grebogi (Aberdeen)
• Peter Grindrod (Reading)
• James Hook (Manchester)
• Nick Higham (Manchester)
• Jeremy Huke (Manchester)
• Hiroko Kamei (Dundee)
• Ozkan Karabacak (Exeter)
• Martin Kelly (Liverpool)
• Chris Knight (Manchester)
• Margarita Korovina (Manchester)
• Piotr Kowalczyk (Manchester)
• Denise Yek Chung Lee (Manchester)
• Andrew Lowe (Manchester)
• James Montaldi (Manchester)
• Mark Muldoon (Manchester)
• Eva Navarro (Manchester)
• Eva Pokojska (Masaryk University)
• Natasa Przulj (Imperial)
• Mamen Romano (Aberdeen)
• Alastair Rucklidge (Leeds)
• Jonathan Shapiro (Manchester)
• Richard Sharp (Manchester)
• Rachel Sigrist (Nottingham)
• Philip Sinclair (Manchester Met)
• Peter Taylor (Manchester)
• Marco Thiel (Aberdeen)
• Colin Tucker
• Thomas Wagenknecht (Leeds)
• Chris Welshman (Manchester)

Please contact the CICADA Project Manager, Mrs Helen Harper (Helen.Harper[at]manchester .ac.uk, tel: 0161 275 5856) for further information.