idw – Informationsdienst Wissenschaft
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
idw - Informationsdienst
Wissenschaft
05/19/2004 - 05/22/2004 | Seeon
Fractal geometry and dynamic systems theory are increasingly employed in various branches of science. The widening use of these concepts and techniques can break down barriers between different and hitherto relatively isolated fields, and can help to create new interdisciplinary subjects. The geosciences are particularly suitable for the application of fractal geometry and dynamic systems, because a vast range of examples of fractal geometry and nonlinear processes occur within the subject.
The conference is open for contributions from all fields of geosciences and material sciences. Special focus will be on three subjects highlighted by keynote lectures:
* Scale-free and scale-dependent properties of earthquake, fracture, and fault populations: modeling and data analysis - Ian Main, University of Edinburgh
* Quantification of pattern anisotropy - Christian Suteanu, St.Mary's University/ Halifax
* Application of fractals to mineral deposit and exploration geology - David Sanderson, London University
Special session and lectures in honour of Benoît B. Mandelbrot: It is the organizers' great pleasure to invite all participants to join a special session in honour of Benoît B. Mandelbrot, his remarkable career and his great impact on a broad field of sciences, especially the geosciences. We are delighted that B.B. Mandelbrot has agreed to join the meeting in person. A special session on Thursday afternoon and evening will include a ceremony and lectures given by B.B. Mandelbrot himself and H.-O. Peitgen. Since the eighties, the public vision of Fractals and Chaos has been largely shaped by beautiful computer graphics - the exhibition Frontiers of Chaos traveled through more than 150 cities around the world - and the books of Heinz-Otto Peitgen and his research group Complex Dynamics (the later Center for Complex Systems) of the University of Bremen/Germany. More recently, research has developed into the field of visualization and image processing, especially in medical diagnosis. The lecture by H.-O. Peitgen will focus on this subject.
Information on participating / attending:
The registration fee will be charged as follows:
Registration before March 29, 2004: 100 Euro (Students 60 Euro)
Late registration: 150 Euro (Students 100 Euro)
The fees cover the abstract volume, coffee breaks during the conference and the icebreaker party
Contact:
Jörn H. Kruhl
Tectonics and Material Fabrics Section
Technische Universität München
80290 München, Germany
Phone: +49-89-28925870
Fax: +49-89-28925852
Date:
05/19/2004 09:00 - 05/22/2004 13:00
Event venue:
Burgili Academy
Kloster Seeon
Klosterweg 1
83370 Seeon
Bayern
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Geosciences, Mathematics, Physics / astronomy
Types of events:
Entry:
03/31/2004
Sender/author:
Dieter Heinrichsen M.A.
Department:
Corporate Communications Center
Event is free:
unknown
Language of the text:
German
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event10893
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