Theory and Qualitative Behavior of Stochastic Dynamics - February 8-10, 2010
Workshop Information
General Information
Stochastic modeling is becoming ubiquitous in science and engineering. This conference endeavors to bring together speakers addressing a number of advances in describing the qualitative dynamics of stochastic systems such as stochastic bifurcation, structure of invariant measures, metastability, averaging, and sub and super diffusive behavior. Although the presentations will emphasize theoretical aspects of the subject, there will be a bias toward results which shed light on relevant models of physical, biological or technological interest.
Organizers: Michael Cranston (University of California-Irvine), Yuri Bakhtin (Georgia Tech), Luc Rey-Bellet (University of Massachusetts), Jonathan Mattingly (Duke University)
Speakers: Yuri Bakhtin (Georgia Tech), Peter Baxendale (USC), Dima Dolgapyat (University of Maryland), Paul Dupuis (Brown University), Barbara Gentz (University of Bielefeld), Stanislav Molchanov (UNC-Charlotte), Alexei Novikov (Penn State University), David Nualart (University of Kansas), Grigorios Pavliotis (Imperial College London), Luc Ray-Bellet (University of Massachusetts), Michael Scheutzow (Berlin University), Richard Sowers (University of Illinois)
Schedule
Monday, February 8, 2010
SAMSI
| 8:15-8:45 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45-9:00 | Welcome |
| 9:00-9:45 | Luc Rey-Bellet, University of Massachusetts Billiards, Large Deviations, and Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics |
| 9:45-10:30 | Michael Scheutzow, Technische Universitaet Berlin Attractors and Expansion for Random Dynamical Systems on a Euclidean Space |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:30 | Peter Baxendale, University of Southern California Sustained Oscillations and Density Dependent Markov Chains |
| 11:30-12:00 | Discussion of Morning Talks |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-1:45 | Stanislov Molchanov, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Stochastic Dynamics of Some Critical Ecosystems |
| 1:45-2:30 | Alexei Novikov, Penn State University A Stochastic Particle System for the Burgers' Equation |
| 2:30-3:30 | Break / Informal Discussions |
| 3:30-4:00 | Avanti Athreya, SAMSI / Duke University Metastability in a Nearly-Hamiltonian System |
| 4:00-4:30 | Discussion of Afternoon Talks |
| 4:30-5:30 | Short presentations /5 minute madness / open problem disussion |
| 5:30-7:30 | Poster Session and Reception SAMSI will provide poster presentation boards and tape. The board dimensions are 4 ft. wide by 3 ft. high. They are tri-fold with each side being 1 ft. wide and the center 2 ft. wide. Please make sure your poster fits the board. The boards can accommodate up to 16 pages of paper measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches. |
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
SAMSI
| 8:30-9:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:45 | David Nualart, University of Kansas Feynman-Kac Formula for the Heat Equation Driven by Fractional Noise |
| 9:45-10:30 | Dmitry Dolgopyat, University of Maryland Quenched Limit Theorem for 1D Random Walk in Random Environment |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:30 | Grigorios Pavliotis, Imperial College, London Asymptotic Analysis for the Generalized Langevin Equation |
| 11:30-12:00 | Discussion of Morning Talks |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-1:45 | Richard Sowers, University of Illinois A Stochastic Moving Boundary Value Problem |
| 1:45-2:30 | Amarjit Budhiraja, UNC-Chapel Hill Some Large Deviation Problems for Infinite Dimensional Stochastic Dynamical Systems |
| 2:30-3:30 | Break /Informal Discussions |
| 3:30-4:00 | Scott McKinley, SAMSI / Duke University Anomalous Diffusion of Distinguished Particles in Bead-spring Networks |
| 4:00-4:30 | Nawaf Bou-Rabee, New York University Nonasymptotic Behavior of MALA |
| 4:30-5:00 | Discussion of Afternoon Talks |
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
SAMSI
| 8:30-9:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:45 | Barbara Gentz, University of Bielefeld Metastability for the Ginzburg-Landau Equation with Space--time White Noise |
| 9:45-10:30 | Yuri Bakhtin, Georgia Tech Diffusion Models of Sequential Decision Making |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:30 | TBD |
| 11:30-12:30 | Discussion of Morning Talks |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Adjourn |