CBMS Regional Conference in the Mathematical Sciences - Nonlinear Water Waves with Applications to Wave-Current Interactions and Tsunamis - Spring 2010

NSF/CBMS数学科学区域会议--非线性水波及其在波浪中的应用？当前的相互作用和海啸--2010年5月17日至21日，奥地利维也纳大学偏微分方程系主任Adrian Constantin教授同意担任会议的首席讲师，并就拟议的主题发表十场演讲。讲座的目的是给一个独立的和全面的阐述了新的和现代的发展与广泛的非线性问题的非线性水波的主题。会议奋进的一般领域具有极大的科学兴趣，在过去几年中，无论是在现代数学理论还是在各种应用中，研究活动都有了爆炸性的扩展。研究重点包括非线性水波理论中遇到的三个一般方面：（i）涡量对水面水波的影响，（ii）水波中的质点运动和（iii）波浪破碎。会议将激发得克萨斯大学泛美分校（UTPA）和其他机构的研究生和数学、科学和工程系的研究、教学和学习兴趣。这次会议最终将证明有助于研究和发展更有效的技术和战略，从而改进海啸预报、警报和保护系统，最大限度地减少灾难性破坏、人命和经济资源损失。 会议将吸引初级研究人员，研究生和博士后学生，包括妇女，以及来自代表性不足群体的个人，最引人注目的是来自南德克萨斯州的西班牙裔研究人员。

NSF/CBMS Regional Conference in the Mathematical Sciences--Nonlinear Water Waves with Applications to Wave?Current Interactions and Tsunamis--May 17-21, 2010Professor Adrian Constantin, Chair of Partial Differential Equations, University of Vienna, Austria, has agreed to serve as the Principal Lecturer of the conference and to deliver ten lectures on the proposed topic. The objective of the lectures is to give a self-contained and comprehensive exposition on the new and modern developments in the subject of nonlinear water waves with a broad spectrum of nonlinear problems. The general area of the conference's endeavor is of great scientific interest and has seen an explosive expansion of research activity in the last few years, both in modern mathematical theory and in diverse applications. The research focus includes three general aspects encountered in the theory of nonlinear water waves: (i) the effects of vorticity on the surface water waves, (ii) the particle motion within water waves and (iii) wave breaking. These aspects will then be applied to an in-depth study of destructive tsunamis.The conference will stimulate interest in research, teaching and learning of graduate students and faculty of mathematics, science and engineering at The University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) and other institutions. This conference will ultimately prove useful for research and development of more effective techniques and strategies that lead to better tsunami forecasting, warning and protective systems that minimize catastrophic damage,loss of human lives and economic resources. The conference will attract junior researchers, graduate and postdoctoral students including women, and individuals from underrepresented groups, most notably Hispanic researchers from South Texas.