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

由于美国国家科学基金会于1998年12月14日至18日在加利福尼亚州纽波特海滩举办的首届“算子半群：理论与应用(SOTA 1)”国际会议取得了巨大成功，国际研究人员希望于2001年9月10-14日在巴西里约热内卢召开SOTA 2。SOTA 2的中心目标是一如既往地将算子半群理论与应用领域的专家和年轻研究人员聚集在一起。会议将集中讨论这一理论的最新进展和各种应用的最新成果。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)、小波和信号处理；概率和随机过程；数学物理；电传播学；声学和光学。会议计划将包括全体讲座、特邀论文和来稿。会议将在《海洋和海洋管理局公报》和http://www.ctc.puc-rio.br/SOTA2，网站上公布，并通过邮寄征集文件的方式宣布。将出版一份会议记录。会议主席和国际方案委员会主席是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。这项提案要求为10名美国参与者提供旅行支持。少数族裔、女性和年轻的研究人员是10名参与者中的第一个，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.