Variational and Topological Methods: Theory, Applications, Numerical Simulations, and Open Problems

PI和组织者将于2012年6月6日至9日在亚利桑那州Flagstaff的北亚利桑那大学（NAU）举行“变分和拓扑方法：理论、应用、数值模拟和开放问题”会议。该会议涵盖非线性椭圆和抛物型偏微分方程（PDE）的变分和拓扑方法的主题，其中有两个特别强调的会议，在奇异问题和核物理数值模拟中。会议的范围将相当广泛，包括理论、应用和科学计算，重点是两个特别会议领域。主要讲者Monica Clapp（墨西哥国立大学Matemáticas研究所）、Pavel Drábek（捷克大学v Plzni）、Jacques Giacomoni（法国保罗大学）、Jean-Michel Rakotoson（法国普瓦捷大学）和Peter Takáè （Universität德国罗斯托克）都承诺将发表一系列主题演讲。这种形式对参加2002年和2007年两次由美国国家科学基金会支持的会议的各级研究人员都是有益的。会议网站是http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jmn3/var12/var12.html。该奖项为符合条件的参与者提供部分支持，优先考虑代表性不足的数学家，特别是女性，研究生，博士后和初级教师。会议组织者的目标之一是鼓励年轻的研究人员，为他们提供听取专家意见并与他们互动的机会。这是一个主题，在日程安排中将有时间允许这个讨论，包括潜在的新的数学研究领域的开放问题，这些研究领域的特点是分析，科学应用和我们主题的关键相关方程的数值解的混合。

The PI and the organizers are holding the "Variational and Topological Methods: Theory, Applications, Numerical Simulations, and Open Problems" conference during June 6-9, 2012, at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff, AZ. This conference covers topics in variational and topological methods for nonlinear elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations (PDE), with two special emphasis sessions, in singular problems and in numerical simulations for nuclear physics. The scope of the conference will be fairly wide, to include theory, applications, and scientific computations, with emphasis on the two special session areas. The principal speakers, Monica Clapp (Instituto de Matemáticas, UNAM, Mexico), Pavel Drábek (Univerzita v Plzni, Czech Republic), Jacques Giacomoni (Université de Pau, France), Jean-Michel Rakotoson (Université de Poitiers, France) and Peter Takáè (Universität Rostock, Germany) have all committed to giving a series of keynote lectures. This format was beneficial to researchers at all levels attending the previous two conferences organized with the support of NSF in 2002 and 2007 in NAU. The conference website is http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jmn3/var12/var12.html. This award provides partial support to eligible participants, with priority given to underrepresented mathematicians, especially women, graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty. One of the goals of the conference organizers is to encourage young researchers by providing them an opportunity to listen to and interact with experts. It is a theme that there will be time in the schedule to allow this discussion, to include open problems for potential new research areas of mathematics that feature a blend of the analysis, scientific application, and numerical solution of the key relevant equations of our subject.