The National Center of Theoretical Science (NCTS) in Taiwan will hold a workshop of dynamical systems with application to biology in November 24 - 27, 2003. The workshop shall concentrate on two themes: Mathematical Biology and Dynamical System and will be held in honor of the retirement of Professor Paul Waltman of Emory University and the 60th birthday of Professor Shui-Nee Chow of Georgia Institute of Technology. We will recognize their fundamental contributions and leadership in the fields of nonlinear dynamics and differential equations and acknowledge their outstanding service to the international mathematical community. We welcome your participation and contributing talk. Please write our secretary Miss Vickey Sun and Miss Karen Yu for the update informations.

Michigan State University, USA

Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Cheng-Hsiung Hsu

National Central University, Taiwan

Tzy-Wei Hwang

National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan

Hiroe Oka

Ryukoku University, Japan

Kyoto University, Japan

Arizona State University, USA

University Alberta, Canada

Michigan State University, USA

Universiteit Leiden, Holland

Hiroshima University, Japan

Martijn Van Noort

Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Kunimochi Sakamoto

Hiroshima University, Japan

Emory University, USA

Northwestern University, USA

Ying-Fei Yi

Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

James A. Yorke

University of Maryland, USA

Chongchun Zeng

University of Virginia, USA

Accomodations

For those who replies before 20 October, 2003, we shall be able to put them in "Berkeley Business Hotel", which is conveniently located across the street from the campus (10 minutes walk to the Center). The default reservation is for a room with a double bed in Berkeley Business Hotel, from Nov. 23  to Nov. 29, 2003. Please notify secretary Karen Yu as soon as possible if you are coming with family or your arrival / departure is different from the default.

Airport pickup

We will arrange taxis / limousines between TPE (CKS) airport and Berkeley Business Hotel. It is therefore important to give us your arrival / departure times and flight numbers by e-mail Karen Yu as soon as they are available.

Title and abstract

Please submit your title and abstract to secretary Vickey Sun when they are ready.

Visa

Most visitors could get landing visa for 30 days or visa exemption for 14 days. For general information, see visa-info. Speakers who hold the People's Republic of China passport are requested to send their personal data (including telephone number, fax number, mailing address, email address and research field etc.) to secretary Karen Yu before September 15, 2003. It normally takes around two  or three months to process the application of Taiwanese entrance visa for applicants from the Mainland China.

Weather

Please visit Central Weather Bureau for more information about weather in Taiwan.