MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, CANADA
July 17-20, 2010

Scientific Program:
The scientific program will consist of plenary lectures and invited talks in 8 main themes (see below), plenary lectures by CAIMS*SCMAI prize winners, contributed minisymposia, contributed talks, and a poster session.

Invited Plenary Speakers:
  • Anthony Bloch (University of Michigan)
  • Marianna Braza (L'Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse)
  • William F. Langford (University of Guelph)
  • Robert M. Miura (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
  • Bernard Molin (Ecole Centrale Marseille)
  • Bruno Nachtergaele (University of California at Davis)
  • Robert D. Russell (Simon Fraser University)
  • Elizabeth A. Thompson (University of Washington, Seattle)
  • Michael J. Ward (University of British Columbia)


  • Special Invited Lecture by
  • Atle Minsaas (MARINTEK, Norway)

  • A group of Trondheim research organizations in Norway has taken the initiative to create the most comprehensive and up-to-date marine technology knowledge center in the world: The Third Wave. This special lecture will focus on the status of the development of this center as well as its mathematical modelling aspects.

    Main Theme Sessions and Organizers:
    By invitation of the CAIMS*SCMAI 2010 Scientific Program Committee, there will be sessions in the following areas. Participants interested in delivering a talk in one of the sessions should contact one of the organizers of that session.

    1. Dynamical Systems
    Organizer: Theodore Kolokolnikov (Dalhousie)
    2. Fluid Dynamics (CSFD-2010)
    Organizers: Serpil Kocabiyik (Memorial), Ian Frigaard (UBC)
    Richard Karsten (Acadia), Bartosz Protas (McMaster)
    3. Mathematical Biology and Medicine
    Organizers: Sharene Bungay (Memorial), Sue Ann Campbell (Waterloo)
    4. Mathematical and Theoretical Physics
    Organizer: Marco Merkli (Memorial)
    5. Nonlinear Dynamics and Control
    Organizers: Jahrul Alam (Memorial), Dong Eui Chang (Waterloo)
    6. Ocean Modelling and Technology
    Organizers:Wei Qui (Memorial), Christopher Williams (NRC-IOT),
    F. Mary Williams (NRC-IOT)
    7. Topics in Scientific Computing and Numerical Analysis
    Organizers: Ronald Haynes (Memorial), Colin MacDonald (UCLA)
    8. Statistical and Population Genetics
    Organizer:  JC Loredo-Osti (Memorial)

    Call for Minisymposium Proposals:
    If you wish to organize a Minisymposium, please send the name of the organizer(s) and participants, their affiliation and e-mail contact information and titles of the talks before May 1, 2010 to one of the co-chairwomen of the CAIMS*SCMAI 2010 Scientific Program: Serpil Kocabiyik [[Your browser cannot view this email address]] or Sharene Bungay [[Your browser cannot view this email address]]

    CAIMS*SCMAI 2010 Scientific Program Committee:
    Committee Co-Chairwomen
    Serpil Kocabiyik
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics    
    Memorial University of Newfoundland
    St. John.s, NL A1C 5S7
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    Sharene Bungay
    Department of Computer Science
    Memorial University of Newfoundland
    St. John.s, NL A1B 3X5
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    Committee Members
    Jahrul Alam
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics    
    Memorial University of Newfoundland
    St. John.s, NL A1C 5S7
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    Kelly Hawboldt
    Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science    
    Memorial University of Newfoundland
    St. John.s, NL A1B 3X5
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    Ronald Haynes
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics
    Memorial University of Newfoundland
    St. John.s, NL A1C 5S7
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    Marco Merkli
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics
    Memorial University of Newfoundland
    St. John.s, NL A1C 5S7
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    F. Mary Williams
    NRC Institute for Ocean Technology
    P.O. Box 12093
    St. John's, NL A1B 3T5
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    CAIMS*SCMAI 2010 Contributed Papers and Poster Session Committee Members:
    Canan Bozkaya
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics    
    Memorial University of Newfoundland
    St John's, NL, A1C 5S7
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    Shannon Sullivan
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics
    Memorial University of Newfoundland
    St John's, NL, A1C 5S7
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