Contents Conference Themes Invited Presentations Minisymposia How to Contribute Electronic Submission Organizing Committee Dates to Remember Notice of Acceptance or Rejection Registration Request Information Registration Information Registration Form Hotel Information Hotel Reservation Form Transportation Information Organizing Committee Emily Stone, Chair Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University Dieter Armbruster, Co-chair Department of Mathematics, Arizona State University Peter Bates Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University Shui Nee Chow School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology Raymond Goldstein Department of Physics, University of Arizona Jack K. Hale School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology Jerry Marsden Department of Control and Dynamical Systems, California Institute of Technology Konstantin Mischaikow School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology Mary Silber Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University Steven H. Strogatz Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University James A. Yorke Institute of Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park Dates to Remember Minisymposia October 15, 1998 Deadline for submission of minisymposium proposals. November 16, 1998 Deadline for submission of minisymposium speakers 75-word abstracts. Contributed Presentations November 16, 1998 Deadline for submission of 75-word abstracts for either a contributed lecture or poster presentation. Notice of Acceptance or Rejection Authors will be notified as to whether or not their abstracts have been accepted by December 15, 1998. Registration The conference program, registration, hotel, and transportation information will be available on the World Wide Web at www.siam.org/meetings/ds99/ in January 1999.                                           Questions? E-mail [email protected] SIAM Conferences

Conference Themes The themes of the 1999 conference include, but are not limited to Principal Themes: Recent advances in the theory of nonlinear PDEs Orbital dynamics and space mission design Industrial mathematics: computational issues and modeling Molecular dynamics and DNA coding Ergodic theory and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics Data analysis, prediction and control Applications in: Granular media Polymer flows Solid mechanics Oceanography and geophysical flows Biochemistry and biomolecular models Invited Presentations SIAM and the Conference Organizing Committee are proud to announce that the following mathematicians and scientists have accepted their invitations to speak at the conference. These invited speakers and their presentations will play an important role in increasing interaction among applied and computational mathematicians, engineers, physicists, and researchers and scientists in academia, industry, and government who attend the meeting. Diffraction of Atoms by Real, Complex and Imaginary Crystals of Light Michael Berry H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, United Kingdom Life at the Boundary of Chaos Theory and Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics Jay Robert Dorfman Institute of Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park Dynamics of Microstructure/Flow Interactions Greg Forest Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Attractors in Evolutionary Equations Jack K. Hale School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology Application of Dynamical Systems Theory to Space Craft Trajectory Design Including GENESIS Kathleen C. Howell Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, West Lafayette Quantitative Studies of the Fertilization Wave in Eggs Joel Keizer Institute of Theoretical Dynamics, University of California, Davis DNA Evolution and Computation Albert Libchaber Center for Studies in Physics and Biology, Rockefeller University Analysis of Nonsmooth Contact and Fragmentation Michael Ortiz Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology Stabilities and Instabilities in Hamiltonian Dynamics Zhihong Xia Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University The Speed of Mixing in Chaotic Dynamical Systems Lai-Sang Young Department of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles Minisymposia A number of minisymposia on topics related to the conference themes are being invited by the Conference Organizing Committee. Additional minisymposia on topics of interest to the community are being planned. A partial list of minisymposia organizers and their proposed sessions follows: Geometric Approximation Methods in Ocean Modeling Darryl Holm, Mathematical Modeling and Analysis - Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory Numerical Analysis of Contact Problems Involving Friction Couro Kane, Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology Dynamical Data Analysis in Biology Eric Kostelich, Department of Mathematics, Arizona State University and Timothy D. Sauer, Department of Mathematical Sciences, George Mason University Space Missions and Dynamical Systems Martin W. Lo, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Invariant Manifolds, Foliations and Applications Kening Lu, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University Predictability and Unbalanced Dynamics in Geophysical Fluid Flows Alex Mahalov and Basil Nicolaenko, Department of Mathematics, Arizona State University Delay Differential Equations: Theory and Applications John Mallet-Paret, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University Bifurcation with Euclidean Symmetry Ian Melbourne, Department of Mathematics, University of Houston Ergodic Theory of Hyperbolic Dynamical Systems Matthew Nicol, Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester Institute of Technology, United Kingdom Calcium Dynamics: Oscillations, Sparks, and Waves John Evan Pearson, Center for Nonlinear Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory Dynamics and Nonlinear ODEs in Industrial Applications Fadil Santosa, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Patterns in Vibrated Granular Media Harry Swinney, Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin Chaos and Irreversibility Tamas Tel, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Eotvos University, Hungary Flows of Liquid Crystalline Polymers Qi Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Invariant Manifolds in Oscillation Problems Yingfei Yi, School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology Control and Embedding James A. Yorke, Institute of Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park How to Contribute Minisymposium The organizing committee invites proposals for minisymposia in areas related to the conference themes. A minisymposium consists of four related talks of 30 minutes each (25 minutes for presentation plus 5 minutes for questions and answers). Prospective minisymposium organizers are asked to submit a proposal consisting of a title, a description (not exceeding 100 words), and a list of speakers and titles of their presentations. Each minisymposium speaker should submit a 75-word abstract in LaTeX format to [email protected]. To obtain a minisymposium proposal form, please submit the reply form, or e-mail your request to [email protected]. The form is also available on the World Wide Web at www.siam.org/meetings/miniform.htm. Presentations in Lecture or Poster Format Contributions in lecture or poster format are invited in all areas of dynamical systems consistent with the conference themes. Each contributor must submit a 75-word abstract in LaTeX format to [email protected]. Submissions must include a title, author(s) names and affiliations, postal address, e-mail, telephone number, and fax of the submitting author. Accepted papers will be assigned by the organizing committee to either a lecture presentation or a poster. Contributors should indicate which format they prefer. A lecture consists of a 15-minute presentation, with an additional 5 minutes for questions and answers. A poster presentation consists of the use of visual aids, such as 8.5" x 11" sheets for mounting on a 4' x 6' poster board and will be presented in an informal setting that allows presenters to discuss their research with individual attendees. A poster board will be available at the conference for each poster presenter. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to limit the number of presentations an individual speaker may present in contributed sessions or minisymposia. Electronic Submission Every presenter of either a minisymposium or contributed or poster presentation must submit a 75-word abstract to [email protected], which must be sent electronically by using the LaTeX macro available at archive.siam.org/tex/confs/conftex.htm. The 75-word abstracts will appear in the final program.