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 done by the CIM President were announced at:

–ICIAM newsletter January 2013
–EMS newsletter March

MECC 2013 Proceedings book

 

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.
There are NO FREE coffee breaks.

Local Organization Committee:

– Alberto Pinto, FCUP (President)
– Paulo Mateus, IST-IT
– Abdelrahim Mousa, FCUP
– Renato Soeiro, FCUP
– Bruno Neto, FCUP
– Filipe Martins, FCUP
– João Coelho, FCUP
– Joana Becker, FCUP
– João Almeida, IPB

Venues:

The International Conference, 25-27 March 2013 will be hosted in Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (FCL), Lisbon, Portugal.

The Advanced School, 20-23 March and 27-28 March 2013 will be hosted at Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Lisboa (FCUL), Lisbon, Portugal.

Volumes 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

To submit your article to these volumes, please send a pdf file to to aapinto@fc.up.pt and to info.mpe2013@sqig.math.ist.utl.pt before 31 of December 2013.

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; Instituto de Telecomunicações; Ciência-Viva.

Keynote speakers and school lecturers:

 

– Carlos Aragão, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais;
Talk: Sustainable Initiatives in Energy and Materials (video lecture; public lecture)

– 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.

– Paulo Ferrão, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal;
Talk: An industrial Ecology perspective on Sustainability: from global to urban

– João Gama, Universidade do Porto, Portugal.
Talk: Resource-aware data mining

– 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.

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

– Vladimiro Miranda, Universidade do Porto, Portugal.
Talk: Information theoretic learning: from diagnosis to wind power prediction

– 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.

– Andrew Schmitz, University of Florida, USA.
Talk: Biofuels for Food Crops (public lecture)

– 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: Technology and the Future Bioeconomy (video lecture; public lecture)
Advanced course: Economic Foundations of Climate Smart Agriculture and The Economics of Payment for Ecosystem Services(video lecture)

Conference Schedule: (In progress)
Room: Auditorio 2,  Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

	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	Andrew Schmitz University of Florida (public lecture)
Break
11:45 – 12:45	Pedro Miranda Universidade de Lisboa	Keith Promislow Michigan State University	Carlos Aragão Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (video lecture; public lecture)
Break
14:15 – 15:15	José Xavier Universidade de Coimbra	João Gama Universidade do Porto
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; public lecture)	Christopher K. R. T. Jones University of North Carolina (video lecture)

 

Advanced School Schedule: (In progress)
Room: Anfiteatro 3.2.15, Edifício C3, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa

	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	Paulo Ferrão			Inês Azevedo	Filipe Santos

 

Thematic Sessions Schedule: (In progress)
Room: Auditorio 3,  Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

	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 Jorge Figueiredo Christophe Berthon	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
Break
15:30 – 16:30		Th. S. 10: Control of diseases and epidemics Delfim F. M. Torres Semu Mitiku Kassa
Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:00		Th. S. 5: Solar radiation Ricardo Aguiar Tomás Fartaria Maria João Rodrigues

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. 16: Statistics of the Internet Nelson Antunes Paulo Salvador
Break
11:45 – 12:45	Th. S. 15: Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics: kinetics, chemistry and coagulation Fernando Pestana da Costa Rafael Sasportes	Th. S. 16: Statistics of the Internet M. Rosário Oliveira Mário A.T. Figueiredo
Break
14:15 – 15:15	Th. S. 8: Stochastic dynamics Anabela Cruzeiro António Pacheco	Th. S. 13: Dynamical models Nico Stollenwerk Alberto Adrego Pinto João Passos Coelho
Break
15:30 – 16:30	Th. S. 8: Stochastic dynamics Maria João Oliveira Fernanda Cipriano	Th. S. 9: Renewable Energies Ricardo Bessa Carlos Ferreira
Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:00	Th. S. 12: Sustainability and new energies José A. C. Silva Paulo Brito Vicente Leite	Th. S. 13: Dynamical models Joana Becker Abdelrahim Mousa Renato Soeiro

Thematic Sessions Schedule: (In progress)
Room: Sala 2,  Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

	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: Traffic flow and fire modelling and simulation João Emílio Almeida Rosaldo Rossetti António Leça Coelho	Th. S. 17: Extreme Value Models Margarida Brito Susana Barbosa Ricardo Cruz
Break
15:30 – 16:30	Th. S. 18: Traffic flow and fire modelling and simulation Teresa Grilo Sílvio Gama	Th. S. 17: Extreme Value Models Alexandra Ramos Laura Cavalcante 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:
-Jorge Figueiredo, Centro de Matemática, Universidade do Minho
-Christophe Berthon, LMJL, University of Nantes

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

5. Title: Solar radiation

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

Speakers:
-Ricardo Aguiar
-Tomás Fartaria, Universidade de Évora
-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.
-António Pacheco, IST, UTL.
-Fernanda Cipriano, FC UL.
-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, “Optimal control of a tuberculosis model”
-H. Sofia Rodrigues, Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Institute, “Dengue in Madeira Island”
-Delfim F. M. Torres, CIDMA University of Aveiro, “Fractional calculus in epidemiology”
-Semu Mitiku Kassa, Department of Mathematics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, “Optimal Self-Protective Measures in Controlling Infectious Diseases of Human Population”.

11. Title: Island Biogeography and Ecological Modeling

Organizer: Paulo A. V. Borges
University of Açores

Speakers:
-Luis Borda Água, “The relative abundance of languages: neutral and non-neutral dynamics“
-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.

13. Title: Dynamical models

Organizer: Alberto Adrego Pinto, FCUP.

Speakers:
– Nico Stollenwerk, FCUL
– Alberto Adrego Pinto, FCUP
– João Passos Coelho, FCUP
– Joana Becker e Abdelrahim Mousa, FCUP
– 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 (Universidade Aberta and CAMGSD-IST)
– Rafael Sasportes (Universidade Aberta)

16. Title: Statistics of the Internet

Organizer: Antonio Pacheco Pires
Instituto Superior Técnico, UTL

Speakers:
– Nelson Antunes (Univ. Algarve)
– Paulo Salvador (Instituto de Telecomunicações/Univ. Aveiro)
– M. Rosário Oliveira (Instituto Superior Técnico, UTL)
– Mário A.T. Figueiredo (Instituto Superior Técnico, UTL)

17. Title:  Extreme Value Models

Organizer: Margarida Brito
(FCUP/CMUP)

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

18. Title: Traffic flow 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)
– Teresa Grilo (FCUP/FEUP)
– Sílvio Gama (FCUP/CMUP)