IMACS Conference at UGA

The International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (IMACS) will hold its eighth annual international conference on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Wave Phenomena: Computation and Theory at UGA, March 25-28.

The conference will focus on computational and theoretical aspects of nonlinear wave phenomena. Interdisciplinary aspects of the subject will be emphasized, as well as the interaction between computation, theory and applications.

In physics, a wave is a disturbance or oscillation that travels through spacetime, accompanied by a transfer of energy. Wave motion transfers energy from one point to another. Waves are described by a wave equation which sets out how the disturbance proceeds over time. The mathematical form of this equation varies depending on whether the wave is one of two general types: electromagnetic or mechanical.

This highly interdisciplinary work reaches not just across the sciences but connects with mathematics at many points as well. The conference is sposored by the NSF, the UGA Research Foundation, the Franklin College and the computer science department. 

Image: surface waves of water: expansion of a disturbance, via Wikimedia Commons.