[cmath] The 5th G.J. Butler Memorial Conference on Differential Equations and Population Biology, July 25-30, 2011, University of Alberta

[myli at ualberta.ca]

The 5th Geoffrey J. Butler Memorial Conference on Differential  
Equations and Population Biology

July 25 – 30, 2011
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

The 5th G.J. Butler International Conference on Mathematical Biology  
and Differential Equations will be held on the University of Alberta  
campus, Edmonton, from July 25-30, 2011, shortly after the 2011 ICIAM  
meeting in Vancouver. This conference in the memory of our late  
colleague, Geoffrey James Butler, follows four highly successful  
previous such conferences.

The Butler Speaker for 2011 will be Professor Jianhong Wu of York  
University, who will give three Butler Memorial Lectures throughout  
the conference. Previous Butler Speakers were Professors Paul Waltman,  
Jean Mahwin, Jack Hale, and Gail Wolkowicz. One-hour keynote lectures  
will be delivered by the following speakers:

Arno Berger (Alberta)
Gerda de Vries (Alberta)
Josef Hofbauer (Vienna)
Yang Kuang (Arizona State)
Yuan Lou (Ohio State)
Philip Maini (Oxford)
Shigui Ruan (Miami)
Yasuhiro Takeuchi (Japan)
Horst Thieme (Arizona State)
Wendi Wang (China)
Gail Wolkowicz (McMaster)
Yingfei Yi (Georgia Tech)

The scientific scope of the Butler conference series covers two  
important fields of scientific research. The scope in differential  
equations covers ODEs, PDEs, FDEs, and abstract dynamical systems. The  
scope in population biology has grown from the traditional ecology to  
include epidemiology, physiology, cell biology, systems biology,  
immunology and other medical applications. By bringing together  
researchers from two interconnected disciplines, the Butler conference  
presents a unique opportunity to promote and nurture scientific  
exchange and interdisciplinary collaboration.

The Proceedings of the conference will be published in the Canadian  
Applied Math Quarterly (CAMQ). All participants who present a paper at  
the conference are welcome to submit a paper containing original  
research or of a survey nature to be published in the Proceedings. The  
deadline for submission will be July 30, 2011. All papers will be  
refereed.

With the support of our funding agencies, we are able to provide up to  
20 studentships to facilitate the participation of graduate students  
and recent PhDs.

For online registration, travel and accommodation information, please  
visit conference website:
http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~irl/butler.html

or contact one of the local organizers:

Michael Li, mli at math.ualberta.ca

Herb Freedman, hfreedma at math.ualberta.ca

Hao Wang, hwang at math.ualberta.ca