Dynamics & Applications
in honour of Mauricio Peixoto and David Rand

Thematic Sessions

Complexity of Human Excellence and Expertise

Organizers: Leandro Silva Almeida (leandro@iep.uminho.pt),
José Fernando Silva Azevedo Cruz (jcruz@iep.uminho.pt)

• Alberto A. Pinto (U. Minho, Portugal)
  Bayesian-Nash Equilibria in the Theory of Planned Action (abstract.pdf)
• Helena Ferreira (U. Minho, Portugal)
  Hysteresis in Theoretical Comportamental Games (abstract.pdf)
• José Fernando Silva Azevedo Cruz (U. Minho, Portugal)
  Psychological processes: Stability, change and uncertainty

Differential Equations

Organizers: Carlos Rocha (crocha@math.ist.utl.pt),
Henrique Oliveira (holiv@math.ist.utl.pt)

• Carlos Rocha (IST Lisboa, Portugal)
  Morse-Smale Attractors for Semilinear Parabolic Equations on the Circle (abstract.pdf)
• Henrique Oliveira (IST Lisboa, Portugal)
  Bifurcations for non autonomous interval maps (abstract.pdf)
• Rafael Luís (IST Lisboa, Portugal)
  Non-autonomous periodic systems with Allee effect (abstract.pdf)
• Rui Ralha (U. Minho, Portugal)
  Numerical issues in the stability analysis of linear dynamical systems (abstract.pdf)

Dynamic Field Theory and Applications

Organizers: Wolfram Erlhagen (Wolfram.erlhagen@mct.uminho.pt),
Anwar Hussein (anwarh@mct.uminho.pt)

• Alexander Gepperth (Honda Research Institute, Germany)
  Neuro-dynamic systems for real-world computation (abstract.pdf)
• Anwar Hussein (U. Minho, Portugal)
  Traveling pulse solutions in a neural field model with asymmetric connectivity functions (abstract.pdf)
• Estela Bicho (U. Minho, Portugal)
  A dynamic neural field architecture for flexible and fluent human-robot interaction (abstract.pdf)
• Gregor Schöner (Bochum, Germany)
  Synchronous and Asynchronous Integration of Dynamic Neural Fields (abstract.pdf)
• John Wyller (Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway)
  Bumps in a two - population neuronal field model (abstract.pdf)
• Jorge Ibañez (UAM, Spain)
  Towards a dynamic field model of inhibition of return (abstract.pdf)
• Nicolas Rougier (INRIA Lorraine, France)
  Syncronous and Asyncronous Integration of Dynamic Neural Fields (abstract.pdf)
• Phillipe Gaussier (Cergy-Pointoise, France)
  Dynamic fields and interactive systems (abstract.pdf)
• Raymond Cuijpers (NICI Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
  Bayesian decision making using neural fields (abstract.pdf)
• Si Wu (Sussex, UK)
  Tracking Dynamics of Neural Networks with Continuous Attractors (abstract.pdf)
• Stephen Coombes (U. Nottingham, UK)
  Bumps, Breathers, and waves in a neural network with threshold accomodation

More informations: web page of the session.

Dynamical Systems

Organizers: Alberto Adrego Pinto (aapinto@math.uminho.pt),
Joana Torres (jtorres@math.uminho.pt),
Salvatore Cosentino (scosentino@math.uminho.pt)

• Acilina Caneco (ISEl and CIMA, U. Évora, Portugal)
  On the relationship between the synchronizability of a network and some graph invariants (abstract.pdf)
• Alejandro Kocsard (IMPA, Brasil)
  First cohomology group and invariant distributions (abstract.pdf)
• Ana Cristina Moreira (FEP, Portugal)
  Statistical properties of the maximum for non-uniformly hyperbolic dynamics (abstract.pdf)
• João Paulo Pais de Almeida (U. Minho, Portugal)
  Golden Tilings (abstract.pdf)
• Jorge Milhazes Freitas (FCUP, Portugal)
  Statistical stability for equilibrium states (abstract.pdf)
• Luís Silva (U. Évora, Portugal)
  Invariants of templates, knots and links generated by renormalizable Lorenz maps (abstract.pdf)
• Miguel Mendes (FEUP, Portugal)
  Codings of trajectories in certain discontinuous maps
• Mike Todd (FCUP, Portugal)
  Multifractal analysis for multimodal maps
• Nuno Franco (CIMA - U. Évora, Portugal)
  Effective computation of the multivariable Alexander polynomial, genus and trip number of Lorenz links (abstract.pdf)
• Pawel Pilarczyk (U. Minho, Portugal)
  Computational-topological approach to the classification of global dynamics of multi-parameter systems (abstract.pdf)
• Sara Fernandes (CIMA - U. Évora, Portugal)
  Analysis of long time behaviour using symbolic dynamics (abstract.pdf)
• Vitor Araujo (UFRJ, Brasil)
  Multidimensional Rovella-like singular attractors

Dynamical Systems in Gravitation

Organizer: Filipe Mena (fmena@math.uminho.pt)

• Ana Nunes (U. Lisboa, Portugal)
  The set of planar orbits of second species
• Estelita Vaz (DMCT U. Minho, Portugal)
  Relating material and space-time metrics within relativistic elasticity: a dynamical example
• Irene Brito (DMCT U. Minho, Portugal)
  General Relativistic Elasticity - Statics and Dynamics of Spherically Symmetric Metrics
• José Pedro Mimoso (FCUL Lisboa, Portugal)
  The Dynamics of Scalar Fields in Cosmology
• Simone Calogero (U. Granada, Spain)
  Dynamical Systems in Cosmology
• Tiago Charters (CFCT and ISEL Lisboa, Portugal)
  Post-inflationary scalar field phase dynamics
• Dulce Pinto (U. Minho, Portugal)
  Numerical stability of Polydeuces

Dynamics and BHP Universality

Organizers: Rui Gonçalves (rjasg@fe.up.pt), Silvio Gama (smgama@fc.up.pt)

• Luís Vieira (FEUP, Portugal)
  Difference equations and the spectra of a family of strongly regular graphs (abstract.pdf)
• Mário Basto (IPCA, Portugal)
  Dynamics on spectral solutions of forced Burgers equation (abstract.pdf)
• Murilo S. Baptista (U. Porto, Portugal)
  Dynamical estimates of chaotic systems from Poincaré recurrences (abstract.pdf)
• Rui Gonçalves (U. Porto, Portugal)
  Dynamics and Universal fluctuations of the Wolf's sunspot numbers (abstract.pdf)
• Roman Chertovskyh (FCUP, Portugal)
  Generation of magnetic field from a dynamical system point of view (abstract.pdf)

Dynamics and Biology

Organizers: Bruno Oliveira (bmpmo@fcna.up.pt),
Nico Stollenwerk (nico@igc.gulbenkian.pt),
Gabriela Gomes (ggomes@igc.gulbenkian.pt)

• Bruno Oliveira (U. Porto, Portugal)
  Stability analysis of a model of local immune responses with regulatory T cells (abstract.pdf)
• Gabriela Gomes (I. Gulbenkian de Ciências, Portugal)
  Prospects for malaria eradication in sub-Saharan Africa
  Variant surface antigen repertoire of Plasmodium falciparium shaped by two-level
• Jorge Carneiro (Instituto Gulbenkian, Portugal)
  TBA
• José Martins (U. Minho, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal)
  Stable equilibria in moment closure and stochastically quasi-stable equilibria in SIS model (abstract.pdf)
• Nico Stollenwerk (U. Lisboa, Portugal)
  Rich dynamics in multi-strain epidemiological models: evolution towards criticality in accidental pathogens, reinfection threshold, and new dengue chaotic attractors (abstract.pdf)
• Sandra M. Aleixo (ISEL, Portugal)
  Dynamics of Populational Growth Models with Allee Effect (abstract.pdf)

Dynamics and Industrial Organization

Organizer: Flavio Ferreira (flavioferreira@eu.ipp.pt)

• Diogo Pinheiro (UT Lisboa, Portugal)
  Behavioural scenarios for contingent claims valuation inincomplete markets
• Flávio Ferreira (ESEIG, Portugal)
  Signalling to the home policymaker (abstract.pdf)
• Telmo Parreira (U. Porto, Portugal)
  A Hotelling Network (abstract.pdf)
• Vivaldo Mendes (ISCTE Lisbon, Portugal)
  Learning to play Nash in deterministic uncoupled dynamics

Fractional Calculus

Organizer: J. Tenreiro Machado (jtm@isep.ipp.pt)

• J. Tenreiro Machado (IPP, Portugal)
  Fractional Calculus (abstract.pdf)
• Cecília Reis (ISEP, IPP, Portugal)
  Fitness Function Evaluation using Fractional Calculus (abstract.pdf)
• Isabel S. Jesus (ISEP, IPP, Portugal)
  Implementation of Fractional Electromagnetic Potential Through a Genetic Algorithm (abstract.pdf)
• Lino Figueiredo (IPP, Portugal)
  Fractional Analysis of Traffic Dynamics (abstract.pdf)
• Manuel S. Silva (IPP, Portugal)
  Fractional Control of Legged Robots (abstract.pdf)
• Ramiro S. Barbosa (IPP, Portugal)
  Fractional Control of Dynamic Systems (abstract.pdf)

Game Theory and Economics

Organizer: Marta Faias (mcm@fct.unl.pt)

• Fernanda Ferreira (IPP Vila do Conde, Portugal)
  Leadership and demand uncertainty (abstract.pdf)
• Marta Faias (U. Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)
  Tourism Choice with Crowding Types (abstract.pdf)
• Miguel Ferreira (U. Minho, Portugal)
  Patents in new technologies (abstract.pdf)
• Nuno Azevedo (U. Porto, Portugal)
  Using wavelets to decompose the time-frequency effects of monetary policy (abstract.pdf)

Hamiltonian Dynamics and Applications

Organizers: Diogo Pinheiro (dpinheiro@fc.up.pt),
João Lopes Dias (jldias@iseg.utl.pt)

• Diogo Pinheiro (U. Porto, Portugal)
  Asymptotic universality of non-isochronous potentials (abstract.pdf)
• João Lopes Dias (UT Lisboa, Portugal)
  Renormalization of quasiperiodic dynamics (abstract.pdf)
• Diogo Gomes (IST, Portugal)
  Mather measures for stationary ergodic Lagrangians
• Pedro Duarte (CMAF/DM-FCUL, Portugal)
  Hamiltonian systems on polyhedra (abstract.pdf)

Kinetic Theory and Applications

Organizer: Ana Jacinta Soares (ajsoares@math.uminho.pt)

• Ana Jacinta Soares (U. Minho, Portugal)
  Kinetic theory for chemical reactions without a barrier (abstract.pdf)
• Fábio Chalub (U. Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)
  Continuous models for genetic evolution in large populations (abstract.pdf)
• Filipe Oliveira (U. Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)
  An H-Theorem for Chemically Reacting Gases (abstract.pdf)
• Manuel Portilheiro (U. Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)
  A Fourier transform method for relaxation of kinetic equations (abstract.pdf)
• Simone Calogero (U. Granada, Spain)
  The relativistic Fokker-Planck equation (abstract.pdf)

Industrial Organization and Economics

Organizer: Rosa Branca Esteves (rbranca@eeg.uminho.pt)

• Cristina Januário (ISEL, Portugal)
  Topological entropy and the controlled motion of profits in a chaotic economic model (abstract.pdf)
• Fernando Alexandre (U. Minho, Portugal)
  Optimal monetary policy
• Luís Aguiar-Conraria (U. Minho, Portugal)
  Energy Cartel Pricing and Macroeconomic Dynamics
• Orlando Gomes (Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, IPL, Lisbon, Portugal)
  The Dynamics of Learning in Optimal Monetary Policy
• Rosa Branca Esteves (U. Minho, Portugal)
  Price Discrimination with Private and Imperfect Information (abstract.pdf)

Interacting Particle Systems

Organizer: Patrícia Gonçalves (patg@math.uminho.pt)

• Augusto Teixeira (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
  Random walk trajectories and Random Interlacements
• Eric Gautier (ENSAE, France)
  Exit time and persistence of solitons for stochastic Korteweg-de Vries equations
• Iesus C. Diniz (IME USP, Brasil)
  Poissonian Tree Constructed from Independent Poisson Point Processes (abstract.pdf)
• Milton Jara (U. Catholique de Louvain, Belgique)
  Hydrodynamic limit for a zero-range process in the Sierpinski gasket
• Patrícia Gonçalves (U. Minho, Portugal)
  Hydrodynamic Limit for a Particle System with degenerate rates

Stochastics, Dynamics and Applications in Economics

Organizers: Athanasios Yannakopoulos (ayannaco@aegean.gr),
D. Kravvaritis

• A.N. Yannacopoulos (Athens, Greece)
  Convergence to Walrasian prices in random matching Edgeworthian economies
• D. Kravvaritis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
  Similarity solutions for a replicator dynamic equation
• Filipe Mena (U. Minho, Portugal)
  Forecasting interest rate curves by local states reconstruction
• Joaquim Baião (U. Minho, Portugal)
  Location Choices and Partial Price Discrimination (abstract.pdf)