AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Sunday, November 2, 2008 00:29:44

Program | Deadlines | Registration/Housing/Etc. | Inquiries: meet@ams.org

Associate secretaries:
Matthew Miller, AMS miller@math.sc.edu

Friday October 24, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Mechanics, Control, and Integrability, I
Room 158, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
Organizers:
Anthony M. Bloch, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Dmitry Zenkov, North Carolina State University dvzenkov@ncsu.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Optimal Control and Hamiltonian Dynamics.
  D J Scheeres*, University of Colorado at Boulder
  Chandeok Park, Naval Postgraduate School
  V Guibout, MBDA-Paris
  A Bloch, University of Michigan
  (1044-49-149)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Optimal Control Problems and Geodesics on Quadratic Matrix Lie Groups.
  Peter Crouch, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Nikolaj Nordkvist*, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  (1044-49-144)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Hamiltonization aspects of nonholonomic systems.
  Tom Mestdag*, Ghent University, Belgium
  (1044-70-68)
- 4:00 p.m.
  The Boltzmann-Hamel Equations for the Optimal Control of Mechanical Systems with Nonholonomic Constraints.
  Jared M Maruskin*, San Jose State University
  Anthony M. Bloch, University of Michigan
  (1044-49-216)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Discussion.

Saturday October 25, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Mechanics, Control, and Integrability, II
Room 158, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
Organizers:
Anthony M. Bloch, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Dmitry Zenkov, North Carolina State University dvzenkov@ncsu.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Communication by Means of Controlled Dynamical System Motions.
  J. Baillieul*, Boston University
  (1044-93-195)
- 3:00 p.m.
  On the semiclassical limit of the sine-Gordon equation.
  Peter D Miller*, University of Michigan
  (1044-35-110)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Local error analysis of variational integrators.
  George W. Patrick*, University of Saskatchewan
  (1044-70-160)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Discrete Dirac Structures and Variational Discrete Dirac Mechanics.
  Melvin Leok*, Purdue University
  Tomoki Ohsawa, University of Michigan
  (1044-53-158)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Stability of Relative Equilibria of Nonholonomic Integrators.
  Cameron Lynch, North Carolina State University
  Dmitry Zenkov*, North Carolina State University
  (1044-70-210)

Sunday October 26, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric Mechanics, Control, and Integrability, III
Room 158, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
Organizers:
Anthony M. Bloch, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Dmitry Zenkov, North Carolina State University dvzenkov@ncsu.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Return time statistics and extreme value theory for non-uniformly hyperbolic dynamical systems.
  Matthew Nicol*, University of Houston
  Mark Holland, University of Exeter
  Andrew Torok, University of Houston
  (1044-37-172)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Intrinsic regularity of sub-Riemannian minimal surfaces in the first Heisenberg group.
  Luca Capogna*, University of Arkansas
  (1044-35-153)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Convexity, the Weyl group and Time Optimal Control of Spin Systems.
  Navin Khaneja*, Harvard University
  (1044-49-166)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Virtual Tether Satellite Systems.
  Islam I Hussein*, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  (1044-93-155)

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