Symmetry, bifurcation and order parameters
MLCW01
7 January 2013 to 11 January 2013
Workshop theme
This workshop in the first week of the Programme has two main aims:
To set the stage for the Programme as a whole, with an introduction to basic models, methods and results as well as outstanding problems, and to bring together researchers working in the field of liquid crystals with mathematicians working on bifurcation theory and geometric mechanics with emphasis on symmetry.
The goal is to inspire mathematicians to work on problems related to liquid crystals, and to introduce liquid crystal experts to new approaches and geometric techniques from bifurcation theory. With these aims in view, the talks will generally have an expository flavour as appropriate for an audience of mathematicians and physicists with diverse backgrounds.
It is anticipated that both the concepts and the interactions initiated at this workshop will continue to develop throughout the Programme, resulting in collaborations and the exploration of new areas.
Applications for this workshop are now closed
The Institute kindly requests that any papers published as a result of this programme’s activities are credited as such. Please acknowledge the support of the Institute in your paper using the following text:
The author(s) would like to thank the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, for support and hospitality during the programme Symmetry, bifurcation and order parameters, where work on this paper was undertaken. This work was supported by EPSRC grant EP/F005431/1 and EP/I016392/1.
Timetable
| Monday 7th January 2013 | |||
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| 09:00 to 09:45 | No Room Required | ||
| 09:45 to 10:00 | Room 1 | ||
| 10:00 to 11:00 |
Tim Sluckin University of Southampton |
Room 1 | 
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| 11:00 to 11:30 | No Room Required | ||
| 11:30 to 12:30 |
Oleg Lavrentovich Kent State University |
Room 1 |
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| 12:30 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
| 14:00 to 15:00 |
Epifanio Virga Università degli Studi di Pavia |
Room 1 |
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| 15:00 to 15:30 | No Room Required | ||
| 15:30 to 16:30 |
Iain Stewart University of Strathclyde |
Room 1 | |
| 16:30 to 17:30 |
Daan Frenkel University of Cambridge |
Room 1 |
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| 17:30 to 18:00 | No Room Required | ||
| Tuesday 8th January 2013 | |||
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| 09:00 to 09:40 | Room 1 |
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| 09:40 to 10:20 |
Xiaoyu Zheng Kent State University |
Room 1 |
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| 10:20 to 11:00 |
Lech Longa Uniwersytet Jagiellonski |
Room 1 |
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| 11:00 to 11:30 | No Room Required | ||
| 11:30 to 12:10 |
Ibrahim Fatkullin University of Arizona |
Room 1 |
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| 12:15 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
| 14:00 to 15:00 |
Mark Warner University of Cambridge |
Room 1 |
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| 15:00 to 15:30 | No Room Required | ||
| 15:30 to 16:30 |
Hiroshi Yokoyama Kent State University |
Room 1 |
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| 16:30 to 17:30 |
Epifanio Virga Università degli Studi di Pavia |
Room 1 |
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| 17:30 to 18:30 |
André-Mathias Sonnet University of Strathclyde |
Room 1 |
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| Wednesday 9th January 2013 | |||
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| 09:00 to 10:00 |
John Ball University of Oxford |
Room 1 |
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| 10:00 to 10:40 |
Arghir Zarnescu University of Sussex |
Room 1 |
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| 10:40 to 11:20 |
Patricia Bauman Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis |
Room 1 |
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| 11:20 to 11:50 | No Room Required | ||
| 11:50 to 12:30 |
Greg Forest University of North Carolina |
Room 1 |
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| 12:30 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
| 13:30 to 14:30 |
Masao Doi Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute |
Room 1 |
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| 14:30 to 15:30 |
Claudio Zannoni Università di Bologna |
Room 1 | |
| 15:30 to 16:00 | No Room Required | ||
| 16:00 to 17:00 | Room 1 |
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| Thursday 10th January 2013 | |||
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| 09:00 to 10:00 |
Sharon Glotzer University of Michigan |
Room 1 | |
| 10:00 to 11:00 |
Tom Lubensky University of Pennsylvania |
Room 1 |
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| 11:00 to 11:30 | No Room Required | ||
| 11:30 to 12:30 |
Randall Kamien University of Pennsylvania |
Room 1 |
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| 12:30 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
| 14:00 to 15:00 |
Pascal Chossat Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis |
Room 1 |
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| 15:00 to 15:30 | No Room Required | ||
| 15:30 to 16:30 | Room 1 |
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| 19:30 to 22:00 | No Room Required | ||
| Friday 11th January 2013 | |||
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| 09:00 to 09:40 |
Pingwen Zhang Peking University |
Room 1 |
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| 09:40 to 10:20 |
Reiner Lauterbach Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg |
Room 1 |
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| 10:20 to 11:00 |
Giuseppe Gaeta Università degli Studi di Milano |
Room 1 |
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| 11:00 to 11:30 | No Room Required | ||
| 11:30 to 12:10 |
Alastair Rucklidge University of Leeds |
Room 1 |
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| 12:15 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
| 13:30 to 14:00 |
Mark Warner University of Cambridge |
Room 1 |
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| 14:00 to 14:15 | Room 1 | ||
Speakers
- John Ball University of Oxford
- Patricia Bauman Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
- Pascal Chossat Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis
- Masao Doi Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute
- Ibrahim Fatkullin University of Arizona
- Greg Forest University of North Carolina
- Daan Frenkel University of Cambridge
- Giuseppe Gaeta Università degli Studi di Milano
- Sharon Glotzer University of Michigan
- Randall Kamien University of Pennsylvania
- Reiner Lauterbach Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg
- Oleg Lavrentovich Kent State University
- Lech Longa Uniwersytet Jagiellonski
- Tom Lubensky University of Pennsylvania
- Alastair Rucklidge University of Leeds
- Tim Sluckin University of Southampton
- André-Mathias Sonnet University of Strathclyde
- Iain Stewart University of Strathclyde
- Epifanio Virga Università degli Studi di Pavia
- Mark Warner University of Cambridge
- Hiroshi Yokoyama Kent State University
- Claudio Zannoni Università di Bologna
- Arghir Zarnescu University of Sussex
- Pingwen Zhang Peking University
- Xiaoyu Zheng Kent State University
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