Workshop Announcement:

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        Ferroelectric phenomena in soft matter systems
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                    May 12 to May 16, 2008

  American Institute of Mathematics Research Conference Center

                     Palo Alto, California

        http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/ferroelectric.html


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Description:
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This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will be devoted
to the modeling, simulation and analysis of the ferroelectric phenomena
in soft matter systems such as liquid crystals, elastomers  and gels.
The ferroelectric phenomena of these materials, such as its interaction
with electric  fields in switching processes, introduce new challenging
problems that can only be properly addressed with a combined effort of
theoretical and experimental physicists, and analytical and
computational mathematicians. 

The workshop is organized by
Maria-Carme Calderer and Jie Shen.

For more details please see the workshop announcement page:
http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/ferroelectric.html

Space and funding is available for a few more participants.
If you would like to participate, please apply by filling
out the on-line form (available at the link above) no later
than January 10, 2008. Applications are open to all, and
we especially encourage women, underrepresented minorities,
junior mathematicians, and researchers from primarily
undergraduate institutions to apply.

Before submitting an application, please read the ARCC
policies concerning participation and financial support
for participants.

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AIM Research Conference Center (ARCC):
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The AIM Research Conference Center (ARCC) hosts focused
workshops in all areas of the mathematical sciences. ARCC
focused workshops are distinguished by their emphasis on
a specific mathematical goal, such as making progress on a
significant unsolved problem, understanding the proof of an
important new result, or investigating the convergence between
two distinct areas of mathematics.

For more information, please visit
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