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。首席讲师是明尼苏达大学的倪伟明教授，他将做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模式的一个非常重要的机制。自倪教授对这些现象的基础性和开创性工作以来，该研究领域得到了巨大的发展，培养了许多研究生和年轻的研究人员。倪教授的讲座不仅会给出一个学科领域的整体视图，而且会为未来的研究打开问题和新的方向。讲座将讨论非线性偏微分方程中扩散的各种影响。对于分析师、应用数学家、计算专家以及生物学/生态学和物理学家来说，它们具有基础和实际的意义。这次会议将为杜兰大学以及附近路易斯安那州和南部大学的教师和学生带来最高质量的数学。会议希望吸引和培养年轻的数学家进入这个有很大发展潜力的重要领域。

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.