International Workshop on Nonlinear Waves
- On the occasion of
George Papanicolaou's 60th Birthday

July 14, 2003 - July 17, 2003

Venue: LT2, 7th Floor, Mong Man Wai Building, CUHK

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Purpose:

Over the last 30 years, George Papanicolaou had made significant contributions in many fields of applied mathematics including waves in random media, nonlinear waves, financial mathematics and more recently imaging and time reversal. On the occasion of his 60th birthday, we are organizing a international workshop to honor George Papanicolaou's research achievements. The purpose of the workshop is also to bring together, in this happy occasion, some leading experts in various fields of applied mathematics to review recent developments, to explore new directions in the applied mathematics research. This workshop will also promote research interests in applied mathematics in Hong Kong.

Invited Speakers:

• Stuart S. Antman (University of Maryland)
• Guillaume Bal (Columbia University)
• Gang Bao (Michigan State University)
• Claude Bardos (Universit Paris 6)
• Yann Brenier (Universite de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis)
• Michael P. Brenner (Harvard University)
• Russel Caflisch (University of California at Los Angeles)
• Li-Tien Cheng (University of California at San Diego)
• Stephen Childress (New York University)
• Oliver Dorn (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
• Weinan E (Princeton University)
• Albert Fannjiang (University of California at Davis)
• Gadi Fibich (Tel Aviv University)
• Ken Golden (University of Utah)
• Francois Golse (cole Normale Suprieure)
• Maozheng Guo (Peking University)
• Thomas Y. Hou (California Institute of Technology)
• Shi Jin (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• Jian-Guo Liu (University of Maryland)
• Peter Markowich (University of Vienna)
• Graeme Milton (University of Utah)
• Andre Nachbin (Instituto Nacional de Matemtica Pura e Aplicada)
• Stanley Osher (University of California at Los Angeles)
• Lenya Ryzhik (University of Chicago)
• Jalal Shatah (New York University)
• Mike Shelley (New York University)
• Ping Sheng (HKUST)
• Knut Solna (University of California at Irvine)
• Thomas Spencer (Institute for Advanced Study)
• Walter Strauss (Brown University)
• Pierre-Louis Sulem (Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur)
• Michael I. Weinstein (Bell Laboratories)
• Benjamin S. White (Exxon Research and Engineering)
• Jack Xin (University of Texas at Austin)
• Zhaoqing Zhang (HKUST)
• Hongkai Zhao (University of California at Irvine)
• Jingyi Zhu (University of Utah)

Program: (To be announced)

Accommodation:

The Conference Hotel is Royal Park Hotel located at 8 Pak Hok Ting Street, Shatin, Hong Kong. Telephone: (852) 2601 2111 Fax:(852) 2601 3666.

All invited Speakers (non-local) will be arranged and covered with A single occupancy standard room in this hotel for up to 5 nights, presumably from July 13(check-in) to July 18, 2003 (check-out). Please inform the Conference Secretariat by ims@ims.cuhk.edu.hk as soon as your itinerary is fixed. as to secure a room earlier.

For other participants who would like to stay in the same hotel, please fill out the form and fax back (fax no.: 852 - 2695 9291) directly as to get a special conference rate.

Organizing Committee:

• Shiu-Yuen Cheng (HKUST)
• Ping Sheng (HKUST)
• Xiao-Ping Wang (Co-Chair, HKUST)
• Zhouping Xin (Co-Chair, CUHK)
• Shing-Tung Yau (CUHK)

Sponsors:

• Zheng Ge Ru Foundation
• The Institute of Mathematical Sciences
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• The Hong Kong Mathematical Society
• The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Inquiry:

Ms. Lily Chan, Conference Secretary
Unit 601, 6/F, Academic Building No.1,
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.
Tel: (852) 2609-8038
Fax: (852) 2603-7636
Email: ims@ims.cuhk.edu.hk