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、水流相互作用和海啸中的应用--2010年5月17-21日奥地利维也纳大学偏微分方程系主任禤浩焯·康斯坦丁教授同意担任会议的首席讲师，并就拟议的主题发表10场讲座。这些讲座的目的是通过广泛的非线性问题，对非线性水波学科的新的和现代的发展进行完整和全面的阐述。会议努力的总体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方面，还是在各种应用方面，研究活动都出现了爆炸性的增长。非线性水波理论的研究重点包括三个方面：(I)涡度对表面水波的影响；(Ii)水波中的质点运动；(Iii)波浪破碎。这些方面将应用于破坏性海啸的深入研究。会议将激发德克萨斯大学泛美分校(UTPA)和其他机构的研究生和数学、科学和工程学院的研究、教学和学习兴趣。这次会议最终将有助于研究和开发更有效的技术和战略，从而实现更好的海啸预报、预警和保护系统，最大限度地减少灾难性破坏、人员伤亡和经济资源损失。这次会议将吸引初级研究人员、包括女性在内的研究生和博士后，以及来自代表性不足群体的个人，最引人注目的是来自南得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.