NEEDS 2007

This year, the workshop was preceeded by a school with the following courses:

"An introduction to pattern formation"
Alastair Rucklidge (Leeds University)

PDF of the lectures (3.9Mb).

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"Properties of low dimensional dynamical systems in the large"
Carles Simó (Universitat de Barcelona)

PS.GZ of the lectures (17.3Mb).

PDF of the lectures (27Mb).

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"The transition from regular to irregular motion as travel on Riemann surfaces"
Paolo M. Santini (Università di Roma "La Sapienza")

PDF of the lectures (0.83Mb).

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"Synchronization and networks"
Steven H. Strogatz (Cornell University)

	PPT of fhe first lecture (1Mb).
	PPT of the second lecture (1.88Mb).
	PDF of the third lecture (0.09Mb).
	WMV of a video for the first lecture (5.1Mb).
	WMV of another video for the first lecture (5.4Mb).

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You can also download the abstracts of the courses:

PDF of the abstracts of the four courses (1.1Mb).

Please note that:

• Each of the courses will consist of three lectures, which will take place during the weekend of June 16-17.
• The arrival day at Hotel Ametlla Mar for the participants in the school is Friday, June 15th.
• Participation in the school is open to all participants in the NEEDS 2007 Workshop.
• Participants in the school might also be interested in the sixth edition of the Jornades d'Introducció als Sistemes Dinàmics i a les EDP's (JISD2007), that will be held at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.