Support for US participation in Experimental Chaos Conference 2016
Abstract
Support for US participation in Experimental Chaos Conference 2016. The purpose of this grant proposal is to support travel by US investigators to participate in the 14th Experimental Chaos and Complexity Conference (ECC 2016). ECC 2016 will be held May 16-19, 2016 at the Banff Convention Centre, Alberta, Canada. ECC 2016 will be the fourteenth in a widely respected series of conferences on experimental nonlinear dynamics and data-driven approaches to complex systems dating back to 1991. The most similar other conference is Dynamics Days; ECC is focused more on experiment-driven theory. The main objectives ECC 2016 are: ? Sharing innovative research achievements and novel experimental techniques in the areas of chaos, nonlinear dynamics and complexity science to foster knowledge transfer across different areas of application. ? Identifying key challenges and future directions of experimental chaos, nonlinear dynamics and complexity science. ? Providing a networking opportunity for international and local researchers working in experimental chaos, nonlinear dynamics and complexity science to initiate new and strengthening existing transdisciplinary collaborations. Several breakthroughs have resulted from collaborations and ideas that grew from the conferences, such as control of cardiac chaos, synchronization of chaotic systems for communication, control of laser dynamics into normally multi-mode regimes, and improved efficiency in combustion systems. (from Bruce Gluckman, International Organizing Committee). Some topics anticipated at ECC 2016 have potentially significant major social impact: Climate change, energy, the power grid, cardiac dynamics. A brief list of references [1-8] describes the early history of this conference series. The relatively small size, single track scheduling with no parallel sessions, and active poster sessions will provide excellent opportunities for networking, including international networking, as seen at previous ECC conferences previous experience, especially the recent ECC 2014 in Aberdeen, UK. Several topics are of direct future naval reference: Climate change (see DoD Report on Security Implications of Climate Change.), Communication and information processing, Energy, Hydrodynamic wave turbulence. In addition, many real systems are complex, non-linear, and potentially chaotic; thus the general goal of the conference, namely sharing innovative research achievements and novel experimental techniques in the areas of chaos, nonlinear dynamics and complexity science to foster knowledge transfer across different areas of application, may have broad future activity. The Project Director is serving as Technical Chair of the conference (jointly with Dr. Joern Davidsen of the University of Calgary).
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Nov 23, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141612559
Entities
People
- Harold Hastings
Organizations
- Bard College
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy