Preliminary List of Invited Speakers

V. Afraimovich, IICO, University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Transient dynamics of sensory and cognitive networks.II: rigorous results.  

M.A. Aziz-Alaoui,  LMAH,  Lab. Math. Appli. Univ. Le Havre, France

 Predator-Prey Dynamics :(Stability, Bifurcations, Chaos)

I. Belykh,  Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Georgia State University, USA

What matters in synchronization of bursting neurons 

L. Bunimovich, School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Dynamical Networks 

B. Cazelles, Lab. Fonctionnement et Evolution des Systèmes Ecologiques, ENS, Paris

Unexpected influences of noise on complex population dynamics. 

B. Cessac, Institut Non linéaire de Nice, CNRS, France

Neural Networks as dynamical systems.

M. Chavez, Lab. Cognitive Neurosc. and Brain Imaging,  Hôpital Salpêtrière, Paris, France 

Dynamic complex topology in functional brainwebs 

L. Chua, Electrical  Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of Berkeley, USA

CNN : Twenty Years Later 

P. Collet, Centre de Physique Théorique, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris

Quasi stationary distributions and applications  in population dynamics.  

Maurice Courbage, Université Paris Diderot Paris 7, MSC, Paris

Chaotic bursting oscillations in neural  models

A. Destexhe, Unité de Neurosciences Intégratives et Computationnelles, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.  Stochastic dynamics, chaos or self-organized critical states: which
one best describes brain activity ?
 

Ph. Faure, Département de Neuroscience, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Analysis of the sequential organisation of behaviors 

B. Fernandez, Centre de Physique Théorique CNRS, Marseille, France 

Discrete-time dynamics of a simple two-gene repressilator

T. Fukai, Lab for Neural Circuit Theory, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan

Reliability vs. variability in spike responses of recurrent neuronal networks 

H. Korn, Département de Neuroscience, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Generation and temporal structure of chaotic patterns in a vertebrate sensory-motor command neuron 

C. Letellier, CORIA, Université de Rouen, France

Analysis of cardio-respiratory rhythms using symbolic dynamics and Shannon entropies

M. C. Mackey, Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology & Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Canada

Understanding the Dynamics of Gene Regulatory Systems: A Mathematical Modeling Approach

G. Martinez-Mekler, Centro de Ciencias Físicas, UNAM, Cuernavaca, Mexico

Modeling a flagelum calcium oscillation network related to sperm swimming.  

V. Nekorkin, Inst. of Applied Physics, RAS, Nighny-Novgorod, Russia 

Heteroclinic Contours and Self-Replicated Wave Patterns in a Neural Networks with Complex Threshold Excitation

Srdjan Ostojic, Lab. Physique Statistique-ENS, Paris,  France

Synchronization in networks of spiking neurons in presence of noise: comparing the effects of chemical and electrical synapses

M. Rabinovich, Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego, USA

TRANSIENT DYNAMICS OF SENSORY AND COGNITIVE SYSTEMS  

Esa Ranta, Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences;  University of Helsinki,Finland
No chaotic dynamics in fluctuations of natural populations

S. Rinaldi, Department of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Synchronization of slow-fast metacommunities with application to clear-water episodes in lakes and to insect-pest outbreaks in forests.  

R. Rechtman, Centro de Investigaci'on En Energ'ia, UNAM, Mexico

Synchronizable networks 

N. Rulkov, Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego, USA

Map-based neural models for large-scale network studies.

M. Sanjuan, Department of Physics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid A map-based approach to neuronal dynamics

A map-based approach to neuronal dynamics       

L. Tsimring, Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego, USA 

Stochastic oscillations in small genetic networks 

Jose C.Valverde,  University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Bifurcations in discrete and continuous time dynamical systems generalized

Xiao-Song YANG, Department of Mathematics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan, China
Crossing bocks, horseshoe, and chaos in some biological networks