CBMS Regional Conference in the Mathematical Sciences-The mathematics of diffusions-May, 2010

NSF/CBMS数学科学区域会议将于2010年5月在杜兰大学举行。主讲人是明尼苏达大学的倪伟明教授，他将发表十场关于扩散数学的讲座。扩散是触发和增强生物和物理系统中模式的一种非常重要的机制。自倪教授在这些现象上的基础性和开创性工作以来，该研究领域取得了巨大的发展，培养了许多研究生和年轻的研究人员。 倪教授的讲座将不仅给出一个主题领域的整体视图，但也开放的问题和未来研究的新方向。讲座将解决各种影响的扩散在非线性偏微分方程。它们对分析师，应用数学家，计算专家以及生物学/生态学和物理学的科学家具有根本和实际的兴趣。会议将带来最高质量的数学教师和学生不仅从杜兰大学，而且在路易斯安那州和南部附近的大学。会议预计将吸引和培养年轻的数学家/在这个重要的领域，有很大的发展潜力。

An NSF/CBMS Regional Conference in the Mathematical Sciences will be held at Tulane University in May, 2010. The principal lecturer, Professor Wei-Ming Ni of the University of Minnesota, will deliver ten lectures on the mathematics of diffusions. Diffusion is a very important mechanism that triggers and enhances patterns in biological and physical systems. The research area has enjoyed a tremendous growth and nurtured many graduate students and young researchers since the fundamental and pioneering work of Professor Ni on these phenomena. Professor Ni's lectures will give not only an overall view of the subject area, but also open problems and new directions for future research. The lectures will address various effects of diffusion in nonlinear partial differential equations. They are of fundamental and practical interest to analysts, applied mathematicians, experts in computation, as well as scientists from biology/ecology and physics. The conference will bring mathematics of highest quality to faculty and students from not only Tulane but also nearby universities in Louisiana and in the South. The conference is expected to attract and nurture young mathematicians to/in this important area which has a lot of potential to grow.