Mathematics of Energy and Climate Change

The international conference will have around 10 keynote speakers and 20 thematic sessions with an approximated total of 100 speakers. The keynote speakers are top researchers in mathematics and science whose discoveries had a great impact in the progress of science. All the speakers will be top researchers, including promising young researchers, who already have major contributions in their fields of knowledge. Each thematic session will have an organizer and 2-4 speakers that can include the organizer. The thematic sessions will occur during the international conference and the corresponding advanced school.

CIM-MPE events were announced at:

–ICIAM newsletter January 2013
–EMS newslette March 2013

Thematic session organizers submissions (28 of February):

If you would like to organize a thematic session, please send an email with (i) the title of the session (ii) name and affiliations of yours session speakers to aapinto@fc.up.pt and to info.mpe2013@sqig.math.ist.utl.pt

Session talks submissions (28 of February):

If you would like to present a talk in a session, please send an email to aapinto@fc.up.pt and to  info.mpe2013@sqig.math.ist.utl.pt. Do not forget to register as well

REGISTRATION

School attendance:

The advanced school will consist of mini-courses (3-5 hours) given by some of the keynote speakers. If you would like to attend, please register.

REGISTRATION

CIM-MPE Registration: REGISTRATION

Registration is compulsory for all participants. The value of the registration fee is 300 Euros. However, students and members of Portuguese Scientific Institutions can choose the value of the fee according to the amount that they are able to pay.

Proceedings of the CIM series:

 

The first two volumes of the CIM Series in Mathematical Sciences published by Springer-Verlag will consist of selected works presented in the conferences Mathematics of Planet Earth (CIM-MPE).

Proceedings editors:

– Jean Pierre Bourguignon, IHES, Paris, France
– Rolf Jeltsch, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
– Alberto Pinto, INESC-TEC, University of Porto, Portugal
– Marcelo Viana, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sponsors

 

These activities are enthusiastically supported and co organized by the Portuguese Society of Mathematics (SPM), the Portuguese Society of Statistics (SPE) ; the Portuguese Society of Operational Research (APDIO); UECE–Research Unit on Complexity and Economics; CEMAPRE–the Centre for Applied Mathematics and Economics; INESC–TEC Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto – Tecnologia e Ciência; CEAUL-Centro de Estatística e Aplicações, UL; CMAL-UNL-Centro de Matemática e Aplicaões, UNL; CMAF-UL-Centro de Matemática e Aplicaões Fundamentais, UL; ISR-Institute for Systems and Robotics, Lisbon; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian; FCUL-Faculdade de Ciências, UL; IDL-UL-Instituto D. Luís, UL; IN+-Centro de Estudos em Inovação Tecnologia e Políticas de Desenvolvimento; ISEG-Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão.

Keynote speakers and school lecturers:

 

– Inês Azevedo, Carnegie Mellon University, USA;
Talk: Reducing CO2 Emissions: Technology, Uncertainty, Decision Making and Consumer Behavior.
Advanced course: Comparing climate mitigation options using carbon abatement supply curves.

– Richard James, University of Minnesota, USA;
Talk: New methods for the direct conversion of heat to electricity suggested by geometry. (Pedro Nunes Lectures);
Advanced course: Compatibility, hysteresis and the direct conversion of heat to electricity.

– Christopher K. R. T. Jones, University of North Carolina, USA;
Talk: The Challenges of Melding Data and Models in Climate Research. (video lecture)

– Adélio Mendes, Universidade do Porto, Portugal.
Talk: Photovoltaic dye sensitized solar cells: paving the way to commercialization.
Advanced course: TBA

– Pedro Miranda, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal;
Talk: Surface-atmosphere coupling by internal waves and its role on global climate.

– Vladimiro Miranda / João Gama, Universidade do Porto, Portugal.
Talk: Information theoretic learning: from diagnosis to wind power prediction
Advanced course: Information Learning Theory

– Keith Promislow, Michigan State University, USA;
Talk: Network Formation in Surfactant Driven Systems: Energy conversion on the nanoscale.
Advanced course: Functionalized Energies: Higher order models of complex systems.

– Filipe Santos, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.
Talk: Global Change, Energy, Sustainability and Crises
Advanced course: Adaptation to climate change: options, planning, constraints and uncertainties.

– Richard L. Smith, University of North Carolina, USA;
Talk: Influence of Climate Change on Extreme Weather Events.
Advanced course: Climate Statistics.

– José Xavier, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal;
Talk: From penguins to Polar Bears: The role of Mathematics in addressing key research questions in Polar Science.

– David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Talk: TBA (video lecture)
Advanced course: TBA  (video lecture)

Conference Schedule: (In progress)

	March 25th	March 26th	March 27th
9:00 – 10:00	Opening	Richard L. Smith University of North Carolina	Inês Azevedo Carnegie Mellon University
Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:30	Richard James University of Minnesota (Pedro Nunes Lectures)	Filipe Santos Universidade de Lisboa	Closing
Break
11:45 – 12:45	Pedro Miranda Universidade de Lisboa	Keith Promislow Michigan State University
Break
14:15 – 15:15	José Xavier Universidade de Coimbra	Paulo Ferrão Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
Break
15:30 – 16:30	Adélio Mendes Universidade do Porto	Vladimiro Miranda Universidade do Porto
Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:00	David Zilberman University of California (video lecture)	Christopher K. R. T. Jones University of North Carolina (video lecture)

 

Advanced School Schedule: (In progress)

	March 21st	March 22nd		March 27th	March 28th
9:00 – 11:00	Richard James	Keith Promislow			Richard L. Smith
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00	Richard James	Keith Promislow			Richard L. Smith
Break
14:30 – 16:30	David Zilberman (video lecture)	David Zilberman (video lecture)		Inês Azevedo	Filipe Santos
Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:30				Inês Azevedo	Filipe Santos

 

Thematic Sessions Schedule: (In progress)
Room: Auditorio 3

	March 25th	March 26th	March 27th
9:00 – 10:00
Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:30	Th. S. 1: The role of statistics of extremes in society Manuela Neves Isabel Fraga Alves Ivette Gomes	Th. S. 7: Energy Transfer and Management Amadeu Borges Liliana Caramelo Mário Gonzalez Pereira
Break
11:45 – 12:45	Th. S. 2: Mathematical Modeling and Numerical methods for environmental problems Stéphane Louis Clain Jorge Figueiredo	Th. S. 7: Energy Transfer and Management Nuno Afonso Moreira Norberto Gonçalves e Marco Naia Paulo Alexandre Cardoso Salgado
Break
14:15 – 15:15	Th. S. 3: Human activity in a dynamical planet Carlos Ramos António Domingos Heitor da Silva Reis Mouhaydine Tlemcani	Th. S. 10: Control of diseases and epidemics Cristiana J. Silva H. Sofia Rodrigues M. Teresa T. Monteiro
Break
15:30 – 16:30	Th. S. 4: Evolutionary games and economy Elvio Accinelli Edgar Carrera Bruno Bazzano	Th. S. 10: Control of diseases and epidemics Delfim F. M. Torres Semu Mitiku Kassa
Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:00

Thematic Sessions Schedule: (In progress)
Room: Sala 1

	March 25th	March 26th	March 27th
9:00 – 10:00
Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:30	Th. S. 15: Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics: kinetics, chemistry and coagulation Ana Jacinta Soares Filipe Carvalho	Th. S. 9: Renewable Energies Ricardo Bessa Carlos Ferreira
Break
11:45 – 12:45	Th. S. 15: Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics: kinetics, chemistry and coagulation Fernando Pestana da Costa Joao Teixeira Pinto	Th. S. 5: Solar radiation Miguel Centeno Brito Pedro Matos Soares Maria João Rodrigues
Break
14:15 – 15:15	Th. S. 8: Stochastic dynamics Anabela Cruzeiro Nelson Antunes	Th. S. 13: Dynamical models Alberto Adrego Pinto João Passos Coelho Nico Stollenwerk
Break
15:30 – 16:30	Th. S. 8: Stochastic dynamics Maria João Oliveira	Th. S. 13: Dynamical models Fábio Chalub Renato Soeiro
Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:00	Th. S. 12: Sustainability and new energies José A. C. Silva Paulo Brito Vicente Leite	Th. S. 16: Statistics of the Internet

Thematic Sessions Schedule: (In progress)
Room: Sala 2

	March 25th	March 26th	March 27th
9:00 – 10:00
Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:30	Th. S. 6: Statistical modelling of environmental data Tiago A. Marques Luís Margalho A. Manuela Gonçalves	Th. S. 14: Modeling Sustainability in Operations Management and Logistics Bruna Mota Florinda Martins
Break
11:45 – 12:45	Th. S. 11: Island Biogeography and Ecological Modeling Luis Borda Água João Miguel Ferreira Paulo A. V. Borges	Th. S. 14: Modeling Sustainability in Operations Management and Logistics Nelson Martins Ricardo Mateus
Break
14:15 – 15:15	Th. S. 18: Pedestrian and fire modelling and simulation João Emílio Almeida Rosaldo Rossetti António Leça Coelho	Th. S. 17: Extreme Value Models Alexandra Ramos Susana Barbosa Laura Cavalcante
Break
15:30 – 16:30	Th. S. 18: Pedestrian and fire modelling and simulation Crispiniano Furtado Teresa Grilo Sílvio Gama	Th. S. 17: Extreme Value Models Ricardo Cruz Margarida Brito Maria Eduarda Silva
Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:00

 

Thematic Sessions (in progress):

 

1. Title: The role of statistics of extremes in society

Organizer: Ivette Gomes
CEAUL and DEIO/FCUL, University of Lisbon

Speakers:
-Manuela Neves, CEAUL and ISA/UTL
-Isabel Fraga Alves, CEAUL and DEIO/FCUL
-Ivette Gomes, CEAUL and DEIO/FCUL

2. Title: Mathematical Modeling and Numerical methods for environmental problems

Organizer: Stéphane Louis Clain
Centro de Matemática, Universidade do Minho

Speakers:
-Stéphane Louis Clain, Centro de Matemática, Universidade do Minho
-Jorge Figueiredo, Centro de Matemática, Universidade do Minho

3. Title: Human activity in a dynamical planet

Organizer: Carlos Ramos
Departamento de Matemática, Centro de Investigação em Matemática e Aplicações, Universidade de Évora

Speakers:
-Carlos Ramos, Departamento de Matemática, Centro de Investigação em Matemática e Aplicações, Universidade de Évora
-António Domingos Heitor da Silva Reis, Departamento de Física, Centro de Geofísica de Évora, Universidade de Évora
-Mouhaydine Tlemcani, Departamento de Física, Centro de Geofísica de Évora, Universidade de Évora

4. Title: Evolutionary games and economy

Organizer: Elvio Accinelli
Facultad de Economia de la UASLP

Speakers:
-Elvio Accinelli, Facultad de Economia de la UASLP
-Edgar Carrera Facultad de economía de la UASLP
-Bruno Bazzano Facultad de Economia de la UDELAR

5. Title: Solar radiation

Organizer: Miguel Centeno Brito
Instituto Dom Luiz/Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa

Speakers:
-Miguel Centeno Brito, Instituto Dom Luiz/Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
-Pedro Matos Soares, IDL
-Maria João Rodrigues, ADENE

6. Title: Statistical modelling of environmental data

Organizer: Raquel Menezes
Department of Mathematics and Applications Minho University

Speakers:
-Tiago A. Marques, Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modeling, University of St Andrews, Scotland
-Luís Margalho, Department of Physics and Mathematics of Coimbra’s Institute of Engineering / Center of Mathematics of Minho University
-A. Manuela Gonçalves, Center of Mathematics of Minho University

7. Title: Energy Transfer and Management

Organizers: José Luis dos Santos Cardoso and Mário Gonzalez Pereira
UTAD

Speakers:
– Amadeu Borges, Dep. de Engenharias, UTAD
– Liliana Caramelo, Dep. de Física, UTAD
– Mário Gonzalez Pereira, Dep. de Física, UTAD
– Nuno Afonso Moreira, Dep. de Engenharias, UTAD
– Norberto Gonçalves e Marco Naia, Dep. de Física, UTAD
– Paulo Alexandre Cardoso Salgado, Dep. de Engenharias, UTAD

8. Title: Stochastic dynamics

Organizers: Patrícia Gonçalves
CMAT University of Minho and PUC RIO

Speakers:
-Anabela Cruzeiro, Departamento de Matemática do Instituto Superior Técnico.
-Nelson Antunes, Departamento de Matemática da Universidade do Algarve.
-Maria João Oliveira, Universidade Aberta e CMAF.

9. Title: Renewable Energies

Organizer: João Gama
LIAAD, INESC TEC Universidade do Porto

Speakers:
-Ricardo Bessa INESC TEC Universidade do Porto
-Carlos Ferreira INESC TEC Universidade do Porto

10. Title: Control of diseases and epidemics

Organizer: Delfim F. M. Torres
CIDMA–Center for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications Department of Mathematics, University of Aveiro

Speakers:
-Cristiana J. Silva, CIDMA, University of Aveiro
-H. Sofia Rodrigues, Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Institute
-M. Teresa T. Monteiro, Department of Production and Systems, University of Minho
-Delfim F. M. Torres, CIDMA University of Aveiro
-Semu Mitiku Kassa, Department of Mathematics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

11. Title: Island Biogeography and Ecological Modeling

Organizer: Paulo A. V. Borges
University of Açores

Speakers:
-Luis Borda Água, “Island Biogeography and Neutral theory of biodiversity”
-João Miguel Ferreira, “The MacArthur and Wilson Island Biogeography Model – opportunities for modeling”
-Paulo A. V. Borges, “Macroecological patterns and ecological processes”

12. Title: Sustainability and new energies

Organizer: João Paulo Almeida
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

Speakers:
-José A. C. Silva, “Porous Solids for Biogas Upgrading”, LSRE and
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança.
– Paulo Brito, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
– Vicente Leite, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança.
-TBA

13. Title: Dynamical models

Organizer: Alberto Adrego Pinto
FCUP

Speakers:
– Alberto Adrego Pinto, FCUP
– João Passos Coelho, FCUP
– Nico Stollenwerk, FCUL
– Fábio Chalub, FCT UNL
– Renato Soeiro, FCUP

14. Title: Modeling Sustainability in Operations Management and Logistics

Organizer: Tânia Pinto Varela
IST, UTL

Speakers:
– Bruna Mota, CEG-IST, Instituto Superior Técnico
– Florinda Martins, REQINTE, Instituto Superior Engenharia do Porto
– Nelson Martins, CMA- FCT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
– Ricardo Mateus, CEG-IST; Instituto Superior Técnico

15. Title: Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics: kinetics, chemistry and coagulation

Organizer: Maria da Conceição Carvalho
FC, UL.

Speakers:
– Ana Jacinta Soares (Univ Minho)
– Filipe Carvalho (Instituto Politecnico de Viana do Castelo)
– Fernando Pestana da Costa (IST)
– Joao Teixeira Pinto (to be confirmed) (IST)

16. Title: Statistics of the Internet

Organizer: Antonio Pacheco Pires
Instituto Superior Técnico, UTL

Speakers: (to be confirmed)
– Nelson Antunes (Univ. Algarve)
– Rosário Oliveira (Instituto Superior Técnico, UTL)
– Vladas Pipires (Univ. North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
– Rui Valadas (Instituto de Telecomunicações)

17. Title:  Extreme Value Models

Organizer: Margarida Brito
(FCUP/CMUP)

Speakers:
– Alexandra Ramos (FEP/CMUP), “Extremal dependence in river floods”.
– Susana Barbosa (FCUL), “Extreme value analysis of environmental radon gas concentration from
high-frequency measurements”.
– Laura Cavalcante (FCUP/CMUP), “Modelling of extremal earthquakes”.
– Ricardo Cruz (FCUP), “Automatic fitting of loss models and risk evaluation” (to be confirmed).
– Margarida Brito (FCUP/CMUP), “Characterization of turbidity extremes behaviour”.
– Maria Eduarda Silva (FEUP).

18. Title: Pedestrian and fire modelling and simulation

Organizer: Silvio M.A. Gama and João Emílio Almeida
FCUP/CMUP and LIACC

Speakers:
– João Emílio Almeida (LIACC)
– Rosaldo Rossetti (FEUP/LIACC)
– António Leça Coelho (LNEC)
– Crispiniano Furtado(FCUP)
– Teresa Grilo (FCUP/FEUP)
– Sílvio Gama (FCUP/CMUP)