Dedicated to the 80th birthday of Professor Roger Grimshaw, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Sciences, this five-day workshop aims to bring together world-leading experts on nonlinear waves in physical oceanography and beyond.
The workshop will discuss contemporary research and trends in the nonlinear wave theory. It aims to promote interdisciplinary collaborations between Australian and New Zealand scientists with international researchers. Further, the workshop will place focus on advancing theoretical, numerical and experimental techniques across different branches of wave science, development of laboratory experiments, and cooperation for field experiments. Several popular public lectures will be given by famous researchers for a wide audience.
TV interview with Roger Grimshaw, 9 June 2016:
https://vimeo.com/user10756933/review/169956575/3a10112408
TV interview with Workshop participants, 26 November 2018:
Click the presentation title to download.
Multidimensional solitons in dispersive complex media: structure and stability. Applications
By: Vasily Yu. Belashov, Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Russia
Model Equations for Surface Wave Propagation
By: Jerry Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Non-Linearities in Tsunami and Tidal (Breaking) Bores Linked to Multiphase Flow
By: Hubert Chanson, Xinqian (Sophia) Leng & Youkai Li, The University of Queensland, School of Civil Engineering, Australia
Simple exact solutions of 1-D linear and nonlinear shallow water equations over sloping bottom.
By: Sergey Yu Dobrokhotov, Ishlinsky Institute for Problems in Mechanics and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in cooperation with A. Aksenov, K. Druzhkov and B. Tirozzi.
Soliton interaction with external forcing within the Korteweg-de Vries equation
By: Andrei Ermakov & Yury Stepanyants, School of Agricultural, Computational and Environmental Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
On the impossibility of solitary Rossby waves in meridionally unbounded domains
By: Georg Gottwald & Dmitry Pelinovsky, University of Sydney, Australia
Solitary wave trains and undular bores
By: Roger Grimshaw, Department of Mathematics, University College London
Optimal Shear Instabilities of Large-Amplitude Internal Solitary Waves
By: Karl Helfrich (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA), Pierre-Yves Passaggia & Brian White (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Finite-amplitude compact wavepackets in rotating flows
By: Edward Johnson, University College London
Martingale and mild solutions to stochastic Korteweg - de Vries - type equations
By: Anna Karczewska, Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Econometrics, University of Zielona Góra, Poland
The forced coupled KdV equations as a model for internal waves in the atmosphere
By: Igor Korostil & Simon Clarke, Mathematical Sciences, Monash University
Multidimensional solitons in optics and ultracold gases: Predictions and creation
By: Boris A. Malomed, Department of Physical Electronics, School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Center for Light-Matter Interaction Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Linear and nonlinear surface wave patterns for flow past a submerged source or doublet
By: Scott McCue, Ravindra Pethiyagoda & Timothy Moroney, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology
Nonlinear waves in rotating fluids
By: Lev A. Ostrovsky, University of Colorado, USA & Yury A. Stepanyants, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Long traveling waves in a fluid of variable depth
By: Efim Pelinovsky, Department of Nonlinear Geophysical Processes, Institute of Applied Physics, State Technical University, Russia, in cooperation with I. Didenkulova, T. Talipova, R. Grimshaw & others
Time-frequency analysis of nonlinear ship waves
By: Ravindra Pethiyagoda, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Interactions of vector solitons in the model of a particle chain
By: Nawin Raj & Yury Stepanyants, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Exact soliton, periodic and superposition solutions to the fifth-order Korteweg-de Vries equation and derivation of the new equation for an uneven bottom
By: Piotr Rozmej, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, University of Zielona Góra, Poland
Breathers into the stratified fluid: generation, dynamics and stability
By: Tatiana Talipova & Oxana Kurkina, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Russia; Nizhny Novgorod Technical University; Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK;
Nonlinear equatorial atmospheric waves coupled to moist convection
By: Vladimir Zeitlin, Laboratory of Dynamical Meteorology, Ecole Normale Supérieure & Sorbonne University, France
Interaction of multi-lumps within the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation
By: Lu Zhi-Ming & Hu Wencheng, Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics & Mechanics, Shanghai University, China
I would like to congratulate you for a most successful and fruitful workshop. Although I could attend only on Monday, I was most impressed by the quality of the event and exchanges during the workshop. I know that you did a lot of work to make this event possible. Well done.
Hubert CHANSON | PhD DEng, Professor, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia | 27 November 2018
It was a very interesting workshop and I benefited from several of the talks and off-line discussions. The venue was perfect and the support staff extremely helpful. And of course, you did much of the hard work yourself, down to the fine details.
Congratulations!
Professor Stuart Anderson | University of Adelaide Australia | 29 November 2018
The conference was a success. Well done.
Professor Scott McCue | Discipline Leader, Applied and Computational Mathematics School of Mathematical Sciences | Science and Engineering Faculty | Queensland University of Technology | 3 December 2018
I wanted to thank you again for the very interesting workshop and for all the effort you made to have it run smoothly. In the event, it did in fact run very well.
I also want to thank you and Irina for the wonderful hospitality. The whole trip was a great pleasure as well as being scientifically fruitful.
With a warm smile from chilly Chicago, missing Toowoomba,
Professor Jerry Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago | 6 December 2018
It is my pleasure to participate in the workshop. The workshop is elegent and very successful, Only regretful thing is absence of Prof. Roger Grimshaw due to his health condition. Thank you for your organisation of this workshop again.
Prof. Zhiming Lu | SIAMM, Shanghai University
Thanks again for organizing and hosting the meeting for Roger. While it was unfortunate, but understandable, that Roger couldn’t be there it was also obvious to me that he truly appreciated what you did. And I enjoyed the meeting and the chance to see a part of Australia that I had not been to before.
Professor Karl R. Helfrich | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Cost
Registration Options*
- All Days (Full Workshop) Attendance - AUD$500.00
- Four Day Attendance - AUD$400.00
- Three Day Attendance - AUD$300.00
- Two Day Attendance - AUD$200.00
- One Day Attendance - AUD$100.00
- Workshop Dinner (Thursday 29 November 2018) - AUD$75.00
*PhD and HDR students, and members of AMSI, AFMS, AustMS/ANZIAM are entitled to 40% off the registration price. Undergraduate students are entitled to join the workshop for free. These entitlements do not include the Workshop Dinner. Please contact faculty.marketing@usq.edu.au with proof of identity and your student/member number (if applicable) before you register to receive your discount code. Registration prices include GST.
Welcome reception
A welcome reception for all speakers and participants will be held at USQ Toowoomba on Sunday 25 November 2018 from 6:00pm. Please join us at the Refectory located in Building R at USQ Toowoomba. See the USQ Toowoomba map for directions.
Bus excursion
Upon completion of the Workshop, a bus excursion will take place on Friday 30 November 2018. This is a complementary activity for international guests and participants. For further information or to express your interest, please contact Yury Stepanyants.
Further information
For further information about the event, please contact Yury Stepanyants or email faculty.marketing@usq.edu.au.
We invite scholars to submit individual abstracts for consideration. Papers presented at the workshop may, subject to refereeing, appear in an edited published collection. Please submit abstracts and papers to Yury Stepanyants.
USQ is proud to host the following key speakers and participants at the Workshop on Nonlinear Waves.
Keynote Speakers
- Jerry Bona (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
- Roger Grimshaw (University College London, United Kingdom)
- Edward Johnson (University College London, UK)
- Karima Khusnutdinova (Loughborough University, United Kingdom)
- Boris Malomed (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
- Lev Ostrovsky (Colorado University, Boulder, USA)
- Efim Pelinovsky (Institute of Applied Physics, RAS, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
- Anthony Roberts (University of Adelaide, Australia)
- Victor Shrira (Keele University, United Kingdom)
Participants
- Anderson, Stuart (University of Adelaide, Australia)
- Babanin, Alexander (University of Melbourne, Australia)
- Belashov, Vasily (Kazan Federal University, Russia)
- Chabchoub, Amin (University of Sydney, Australia)
- Chanson, Hubert (The University of Queensland, Australia)
- Clarke, Simon (Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)
- Dobrokhotov, Sergey (Ishlinsky Institute for Problems in Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia)
- Ermakov, Andrei (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)
- Gottwald, Georg (University of Sydney, Australia)
- Helfrich, Karl (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA)
- Johnson, Edward (University College London, UK)
- Karczewska, Anna (University of Zielona Gora, Poland)
- Maleewong, Montri (Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand)
- Marchant, Timothy (University of Wollongong, Australia)
- McCue, Scott (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia)
- Pethiyagoda, Ravindra (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia)
- Raj, Nawin (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)
- Rozmej, Piotr (University of Zielona Gora, Poland)
- Skvortsov, Alex (Defence Science and Technology, Melbourne, Australia)
- Smyth, Noel (University of Edinburgh, UK)
- Stepanyants, Yury (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)
- Strunin, Dmitry (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)
- Talipova, Tatyana (Institute of Applied Physics, RAS, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
- Zeitlin, Vladimir (Ecole Normale Superieure, France).
Organising Committee
- Professor Alexander Babanin (Melbourne University)
- Professor Hubert Chanson (University of Queensland, Brisbane)
- Dr Simon Clarke (Monash University, Melbourne)
- Professor Georg Gottwald (Sydney University)
- Professor Nalini Joshi (Sydney University)
- Professor Timothy Marchant (University of Wollongong)
- Professor Anthony Roberts (The University of Adelaide)
- Professor Yury Stepanyants (University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba).
Recommended accommodation for participants travelling to attend this workshop:
USQ McGregor College
Student style accommodation located conveniently close to the University (within walking distance). The cost of accommodation per night includes buffet style continental breakfast and buffet style dinner. Dinner is also included on the check-in date (arrival) and breakfast is also included on the check-out date.
Meal times:
Dinner – 6.00pm until 7.00pm
Breakfast – 7.30am until 9am (weekends there is a hot breakfast from 8.00am – 9.00am, all other days it is continental breakfast). See the below website for more information.
Phone: +61 7 4631 2650
Email: accommodation.officer@usq.edu.au
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Other Accommodation
Toowoomba Central Plaza Apartment Hotel
532-544 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba
Phone: +61 7 4688 3333
Email: reservations@toowoombacentralplaza.com.au
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Quality Hotel Platinum International
326 James Street, Toowoomba
Phone: +61 7 4634 0400
Email: reservations@platinuminternational.com.au
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Comfort Inn Glenfield
876 Ruthven Street (cnr Ruthven & Stenner Streets), Toowoomba
Toll free 1800 463 544
(Australia only)
Phone: +61 7 4635 4466
Email: stay@comfortinnglenfield.com.au
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City Golf Club Motel
775 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba
Phone: +61 7 4636 9999
Email: info@citygolfmotel.com.au
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Vacy Hall Historic Guesthouse
135 Russell Street, ToowoombaPhone: +61 7 4639 2055
Email: bookings@vacyhall.com.au
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If you have any questions regarding accommodation or transportation within Toowoomba, please contact Dr Trevor Langlands.
Reside internationally?
Many countries are eligible for free visa entry. We encourage participants to check whether they require a visa to gain entry to Australia and to apply for their visa independently. The visa you need depends on what your visit is for, and how long you plan to stay. The Workshop organisers do not have the resources to assist with visa application, but would be pleased to provide you with an Invitation Letter to participate in the workshop.
It is recommended that international guests arrive on 24 or 25 November 2018 and depart on 1 or 2 December 2018.
Directions and parking
The Workshop will be held at USQ Toowoomba. Directions and parking at USQ Toowoomba is available.
Public Transport
Buses
Translink connects USQ Toowoomba with all major shopping centres and suburbs within Toowoomba.
Taxis
Event sponsors
We are thankful to the following organisations for their generous contributions which enable us to run this workshop.
