Second International Conference on Semigroups of Operators, Theory and Applications. To be held in Rio de Janero, Brazil, September 10-14, 2001.

由于NSF支持的第一届算子半群国际会议的巨大成功：理论和应用（SOTA 1）“，1998年12月14-18日，在加利福尼亚州的纽波特海滩，SOTA研究的国际团体希望于2001年9月10-14日在巴西的里约热内卢举行SOTA 2。汇集专家以及年轻的研究人员在算子半群的理论和应用。会议将集中讨论理论的最新进展和各种应用的最新成果。在抽象理论和应用之间总是有一道“防火墙”，因此我们的主要目标之一是将两者结合起来，希望它对两个社区都有价值。SOTA 2将专注于算子半群的抽象理论以及包括科学和工程相关领域的应用。会议的主要议题包括：演化方程、非线性半群、控制工程（结构、气动弹性）、波动和信号处理、概率和随机过程、数学物理、电传播、声学和光学。会议计划将包括全体演讲、邀请论文以及贡献论文。会议将在AMS公报和网站http：//www.ctc.puc-rio.br/SOTA2上公布，并通过邮寄征稿通知。会议主席和国际项目委员会主席是A. V. Balakrishnan教授（美国）。国际计划委员会由来自四大洲的数学家和工程师组成。该提案要求为10名美国参与者提供差旅支持。 少数民族、女性和年轻研究人员是10名参与者的首选，也是唯一的选择。

Due to the great success of the NSF supported First International Conference on ``Semigroups of Operators: Theory and Applications (SOTA 1),'' December 14-18, 1998, in Newport Beach, CA, the international community of researchers on SOTA wishes to have SOTA 2 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 10-14, 2001.The central goal of SOTA 2 is, as before, to bring together experts as well as young researchers in the Theory and Applications of Semigroups of Operators. The Conference will concentrate on recent advances in the theory and latest results in various applications. There is always a ``firewall'' between the abstract theory and the applications, hence one of our key goals is to unite both in the hope that it will be of value to both communities.SOTA 2 will concentrate on the abstract theory of Semigroups of Operators as well as Applications which include relevant areas of Science and Engineering. The key topics of the Conference include: Evolution Equations; Nonlinear Semigroups; Control Engineering (Structures, Aeroelasticity), Wavelets and Signal Processing; Probability and Stochastic Processes; Mathematical Physics; Electrical Propagation; Acoustics; and Optics.The Conference Program will consist of plenary lectures, invited papers as well as contributed papers. The Conference will be announced in the AMS Bulletin and on the Web: http://www.ctc.puc-rio.br/SOTA2, as well as by mailing of Call-For Papers. A Conference Proceedings will be published.The Conference Chairman and Chairman of The International Program Committee is Professor A.V. Balakrishnan (USA). The International Program Committee consists of Mathematicians and Engineers from 4 continents.This proposal requests travel support for 10 US participants. Minority, women, and young researchers are the first, and hopefully, the only choices of the 10 participants.