| 8:30 am -- 9:00 am | Registration and breakfast |
| Session I | Guided discovery : Asymptotics, Coherent Structures and Pattern Formation |
| 9:00 am -- 12:00 am | Overview followed by simulations/problem session where you will work through the multiple-scale analysis of coupled nonlinear oscillators leading to the Nonlinear Schrodinger equation.
Reading material to help you prepare for the guided discovery session: Singular Perturbation and Multiple-scale methods. We strongly encourage you to read this, and work through the suggested exercises before the conference begins. The links in the notes are active, and will take you to the relevant information online. |
| 12:00 pm -- 1:30 pm | Lunch, Presentations on the graduate programs in Math and in Applied Math. |
| Session II | Nonlinear Optics: 3-Wave interactions, Nonlinear Wave propagation, X-waves |
| 1:30 pm -- 2:45 pm | Overview of Nonlinear Schrodinger equation in Nonliner Optics, Experimental measurements and simulation of femtosecond X-waves. |
| 2:45 pm -- 3:00 pm | Coffee break. |
| 3:00 pm -- 5:00 pm | A brief history of Nonlinear Optics by Professor Nicolaas Bloembergen (Nobel Laureate), Round table discussion, overview of other research areas, Lab visit to ACMS femtosecond laser facility and yellow Guidestar semiconductor laser laboratory. |
| 6:00 pm -- 7:30 pm | Group dinner at Sinbad's restaurant. |
| 8:30 am -- 9:00 am | Breakfast |
| Session III | Guided discovery : Asymptotics of random geometric structures |
| 9:00 am -- 12:00 am | Overview followed by simulations/problem session where you will study Aztec tilings. Reading material to help you prepare for this session: Random Tilings. We encourage you to read these notes and work through the suggested problems before the conference begins. |
| 12:00 pm -- 1:30 pm | Transport to Biosphere, pick up lunch en route. |
| Session IV | Perspectives on current research |
| 2:00 pm -- 3:20 pm | Short talks highlighting current research directions in Nonlinear Analysis at the University of Arizona
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| 3:30 pm -- 4:30 pm | Biosphere 2 : Sense of place tour. |
| 5:00 pm -- 7:00 pm | Poster presentation by Conference participants and UA graduate students. |
| 7:00 pm -- 9:00 pm | Barbecue. |
| 9:00 pm | Vans return to Four Points Sheraton hotel. |
| 8:30 am -- 9:00 am | Breakfast |
| Session V | Multiscale and Nanoscale problems |
| 9:00 am -- 12:00 am | Overview of the field followed by discussion of problems. |
| Afternoon | Take Arizona Stagecoach back to the airport and fly home. |