Dynamics Days Europe 2025

Minisymposia

Call for minisymposia

The call for organizing Minisymposia is opened. Interested organizers may send their proposal to ddeu2025@auth.gr

The proposal should contain

1.  Names, affiliations and contact details of organizers.

2. Title and a short description (one paragraph) for the topic of the proposed minisymposia.

3. A tentative list of potential speakers (names and affiliations).

A minisymposium should have a total duration of 120min. It may have 4 talks of 30 min duration (25 min presentation plus 5 min for questions), but other forms may be suggested as well, e.g. 6 talks of 20 min duration (17  min presentation plus 3 min for questions). A minisymposium may have more than one two-hour session, e.g., part I and part II. 

List of minisymposia

The following minisymposia will take place in DDE2025. The exact dates/times will be added when the program is announced. Please note that as for now the list of speakers is tentative.

MS1 Session Title: Multistability and Nonlocal Stability Analysis

Session Organisers:
Datseris, George, University of Exeter
email: G.Datseris@exeter.ac.uk
Rossi, Kalel Luiz, University of Oldenburg,
email: kalel.luiz.rossi@uni-oldenburg.de

Several dynamical systems are multistable: they exhibit a coexistence of stable solutions, formally called attractors. Examples include power grids, climate components, the brain, mechanical and metabolic systems, to name a few. Perturbations, such as noise or external shocks, can induce transitions between these attractors – which, depending on the application, may be either desirable or catastrophic. It becomes crucial therefore to study the stability in such multistable systems. Typically stability is studied using local bifurcation analysis and continuation, but this approach can be unsuitable for real-world applications where perturbations are finite-sized instead of infinitesimal. This calls for a nonlocal view of stability. Recent progress has enriched the literature with various quantities that can be used as quantifiers of nonlocal stability: basin stability or volume, the geometry of the basins, basin entropy, return time, minimal fatal shock, and other notions of resilience. In this minisymposium we want to highlight and promote recent research that explores one or several of the following categories:

– novel indicators of nonlocal stability
– novel techniques for finding multiple system attractors and/or their basins of attraction
– nonlocal stability analysis and continuation of multistable systems
– multistability in high-dimensional systems
– very high (10+) or extreme multistability (infinitely many coexisting attractors)
– multistability in chaotic systems

1. George Datseris – University of Exeter.
2. Kalel L. Rossi – University of Oldenburg.
3. Andreas Morr – Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
4. Muhammed Fadera – University of Exeter.
5. Alexandre Wagemakers – Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
6. Andrew Flynn or Andreas Amann – University College Cork.
7. Peter Ashwin – University of Exeter.
8. Julien Clinton Sprott – University of Wisconsin – Madison.
9. Tomasz Kapitaniak or Marek Balcerzak – Politechnika Łódzka.
10. Alexander Pisarchik – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

MS2 Session Title: Advances in Theoretical and Practical Applications for Infectious Diseases and Control

Session Organisers:
Steindorf, Vanessa, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Spain
email: vsteindorf@bcamath.org
Aguiar, Maíra, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Spain
email: maguiar@bcamath.org

Focused on future research directions for modeling the spread of pathogens capable of causing new outbreaks, this interdisciplinary symposium aims to promote timely debates exploring various approaches in epidemiology, particularly on the mathematical modeling of infectious respiratory and vector-borne diseases. Key discussions will cover recent advances in mathematical epidemiology, offering a comprehensive look at both theoretical methods and practical applications. Topics will include the role of temporal and spatial dynamics in disease transmission, the challenges of predicting epidemic trends, improving predictive models to inform public health strategies, and the integration of environmental and human behavior factors into models. By bridging theory and practice, the symposium aims to enhance tools for disease control and outbreak preparedness.

1. Vanessa Steindorf
Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Spain
vsteindorf@bcamath.org
2. Maíra Aguiar
Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Spain
maguiar@bcamath.org
3. Nico Stollenwerk
Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Spain
nstollenwerk@bcamath.org
4. Thomas Goetz
University of Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany
goetz@uni-koblenz.de
5. Paula Patrcio
Center for Mathematics and Applications (NOVA Math) and
Department of Mathematics, NOVA FCT, Lisbon, Portugal
pcpr@fct.unl.pt
6. Carlo Estadilla
Bristol Medical School
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
carlo.estadilla@gmail.com
7. Chiara Cicolani
Universit degli studi dell’ Aquila, L’ Aquilla, Italy
Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Spain
chiara.cicolani@graduate.univaq.it
8. Akhil K. Srivastav
Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Spain
asrivastav@bcamath.org

MS3 Session Title: Quantum chaos in few and many body systems

Session Organiser:
Robnik, Marko, CAMTP – Center for Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
email: marko.robnik@guest.um.si

The talks will cover the topics on most recent results in quantum chaos of few and many body systems. We shall address the semiclassical behavior of quantum systems, and their correspondence to the associated classical chaotic systems, as well as the studies of quantum systems without a classical analog. In particular, we shall focus on the following aspects: spectral statistics, phase space localization of eigenstates, the statistical properties of the localization measures, ergodicity properties and their hierarchy, dissipative quantum systems, localization and thermalization, time evolution, in particular studies of OTOC (out-of-time order correlators). Several model systems will be presented and analyzed, on which the phenomenological results are based, as well as they are a basis for theoretical approaches.

Part I (120 min):

1. Giulio Casati, University of Insubria, Como, Italy
2. Marko Robnik, CAMTP, University of Maribor, Slovenia
3. Tomaž Prosen, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
4. Klaus Richter, University of Regensburg, Germany

Part II (105 min):

1. Matic Orel, CAMTP, University of Maribor (15 min)
2. David Benjamin Villasenor Perez, CAMTP, University of Maribor and UNAM, Mexico (30 min)
3. Qian Wang, CAMTP, University of Maribor and Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China (30 min)
4. Hua Yan, CAMTP, University of Maribor, Slovenia (30 min)

MS4 Session Title: Neural Dynamics Across Spatiotemporal Scales: Models, Learning Processes, Computational Tools, and Clinical Applications

Session Organiser:
Manos, Thanos, ETIS Lab, CY Cergy Paris Université, France
email: thanos.manos@cyu.fr 
Torcini, Alessandro, LPTM, CY Cergy Paris Université, France
email: alessandro.torcini@cyu.fr 
Provata, Astero, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Greece
email: a.provata@inn.demokritos.gr

Neural networks and collective behavior represent leading research frontiers in complex systems theory. The human brain exemplifies a complex neural network, self-organizing into emergent states essential for its functions. Neural activity within individual nodes is often modeled using systems of ordinary differential equations. Such dynamical models offer a theoretical framework to explore the interplay between localized population dynamics and the intricate topology of brain networks, shedding light on overall brain activity. They also account for various forms of plasticity, such as synaptic and structural plasticity, and their influence on the system’s dynamics. This dynamical-modeling approach bridges concepts from mathematics, physics, and dynamical systems theory with empirically observed phenomena. For instance, it establishes connections between attractors, bifurcations, synchronization, and empirical neuroimaging data, including blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) signals from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). This mini symposium will feature expert-led discussions on the latest advancements in complex networks, collective behavior, synchronization phenomena, self-organization, neurocomputational platforms, and their diverse clinical applications.

  1. Thanos Manos, ETIS Lab, CY Cergy Paris Université, France
    Email: thanos.manos@cyu.fr
  2. Alessandro Torcini, LPTM, CY Cergy Paris Université, France
    Email: alessandro.torcini@cyu.fr
  3. Astero Provata, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Athens, Greece
    Email: a.provata@inn.demokritos.gr
  4. Viktor Jirsa, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, Aix-Marseille University, France
    Email: viktor.jirsa@univ-amu.fr
  5. Alex Leow, University of Illinois Chicago, USA
    Email: weihliao@uic.edu
  6. Diego Pazo, Instituto de Física de Cantabria, University of Cantabria, Spain
    Email: pazo@ifca.unican.es
  7. Andrey Shilnikov, Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University
    Email: ashilnikov@gsu.edu
  8. Roberto Barrio, Computational Dynamics Group (CoDy), Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, University of Zaragoza, Spain
    Email: rbarrio@unizar.es
  9. Simona Olmi, Institute for Complex Systems, Florence, Italy
    Email: simona.olmi@gmail.com
  10. Johanne Hizanidis, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser (IESL/FORTH)
    Email: hizanidis@physics.uoc.gr
  11. Jeroen van Schependom, AIMS lab, Center for Neurosciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
    Email: jeroen.van.schependom@vub.be
  12. Oleh Omel’chenko, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Germany
    Email: oleh.omelchenko@uni-potsdam.de
  13. Sandra Diaz-Pier, Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
    Email: s.diaz@fz-juelich.de
  14. Klaus Lehnertz, Neurophysics Group, Department of Epileptology, Medical Center, University of Bonn, Germany
    Email: Klaus.Lehnertz@ukbonn.de
  15. Raphael Bergoin, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
    Email: raphael.bergoin@gmail.com
  16. Pau Clusella Coberó, Department of Mathematics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
    Email: pau.clusella@upc.edu
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