ICTS

This program has two components:

Workshop: Quantum chaos and quantum information from 21 July to 25 July at IIT Madras, Chennai.

Conference: Perspectives in Nonlinear Dynamics PNLD 2010 from 26 July to 29 July at IISc,Bangalore.

PNLD 2010 will be a satellite to STATPHYS 24 which is being held in Cairns, Australia. This meeting will be the third such; PNLD 2004 was held in Chennai and PNLD 2007 was held in Trieste, Italy. The meeting highlights nonlinear science research and has proved to be a useful forum for the exchange of ideas, for presenting research, and for catalysing research.

The themes we aim to explore in this program include:

• Dynamical Systems Theory
• The interplay of noise and nonlinearity
• Evolving networks with complex topology
• Quantum Chaos and Quantum Information
• Recent developments in integrable systems
• Nonlinear science applications in
  - The life sciences (including Neuroscience)
  - Physical Sciences (particularly the science of real materials)
  - Engineering
  - Earth Sciences, Sociology and Economy.

The scientific program will consist of invited and submitted talks, as well as posters, and will be limited to about 100 participants.

The workshop on Quantum chaos and quantum information is on one of the themes of the PNLD conference. There will be pedagogic reviews on quantum chaos, complex and open quantum systems, quantum information and decoherence. This workshop will bring together experts from diverse fields, ranging from quantum chaos to quantum information to explore these frontier areas, as well as to serve as a focal point for young researchers in these emerging areas.

International Advisory Committee:

G Ananthakrishna (Bangalore), V Balakrishnan (Chennai), B Hu (Hong Kong) V In (San Diego), J Kurths (Potsdam), M Lakshmanan (Tiruchirapalli), B Li (Singapore), Abhijit Sen (Gandhinagar), S Sinha (Mohali), Steven Tomsovic (Pullman)

Organizing Committee:

R. E. Amritkar (Ahmedabad), A. Dhar (Bangalore), M. Marsili (Trieste), K. R. Sreenivasan (New York), R. Roy (Maryland), G. Rangarajan (Bangalore), Somdatta Sinha (Hyderabad), Sitabhra Sinha (Chennai)