Activity

La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain)
December 7th–11th, 2010.

Introduction:

The 5th International Young Researchers Workshop on Geometry, Mechanics and Control will be the fifth in a series of workshops that have previously taken place in Madrid (20062007), Barcelona (2008) and Ghent (2009). Its goal is to bring together young researchers working in geometric mechanics and control theory and to offer a platform to present the results of their research to an international audience. The main idea of this conference is to offer 4 courses of 3 hours which serve as an introduction to different topics related to geometric structures in mechanics and control theory. The courses will be at a PhD level, so the young researchers would, at the end of the Workshop, access to the recent literature on the corresponding topics. Along with the courses, there will be short talks (30 minutes) by the participants willing to present their results. Moreover, there will be a poster session including a 5-minute presentation of each poster.

Attendance is, of course, open to anyone, but in particular young researchers (PhD-students, recent PhD's) are allowed to deliver a talk or present a poster at this meeting.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of topics that can be covered during the workshop:

  • Geometry: (multi)symplectic geometry, Poisson and Jacobi manifolds, Lie groups, Lie algebroids and Lie groupoids.
  • Mechanics: Lagrangian and Hamiltonian systems, non-holonomic mechanics, calculus of variations, mechanical systems with symmetry, conservation laws and reduction, classical field theories, geometric integration of mechanical systems, geometric quantization.
  • Control: optimal control theory, control of mechanical systems, geometric control.

This activity is included in the Semester Geometric Methods for Optimal Control.

Important dates:

  • Registration and room reservation: no later than November 10, 2010
  • Communication/poster Submittal: no later than September 30, 2010
  • IMPORTANT REMARK: You should note that the week of the workshop is a vacation week in Spain. Therefore, you should buy your plane tickets in advance, so the price does not increase too much.

 

Courses:

  • Henrique Bursztyn (IMPA, Brazil) — Dirac structures
  • Dirac structures were introduced by Courant and Weinstein around 20 years ago, motivated by the study of mechanical systems with constraints. A key ingredient in the theory of Dirac structures is the so-called Courant bracket, which gives a unified way to view many known integrability conditions in geometry. These lectures will provide an introduction to Dirac structures, with basic definitions, properties and examples. If time permits, we will discuss recent developments and applications of the theory.

  • Marco Castrillón (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) — Reduction in Jet Bundle Theory
  • This mini course will explore the basic definitions on variational calculus and symmetries on bundles. The reduction scheme for Field Theories will be constructed for principal bundles and the geometric interpretation of the equations will be explained. Moreover, the Hamilton Pontryagin principle in jet bundles will be introduced. Some examples will illustrate the theory.

  • Taeyoung Lee (Florida Institute of Technology, USA) — Discrete Geometric Mechanics
  • The first section of this course will explore computational geometric methods for numerical integration, optimal control, and feedback control of mechanical systems. The structure preserving properties of discrete geometric mechanics and control will be illustrated by several complex engineering systems, such as tethered spacecraft and a quadrotror UAV. During the remaining sections, discrete variational principle on the special orthogonal group will be introduced, with applications to the attitude dynamics of a rigid body.

  Tuesday 7th Wednesday 8th Thursday 9th Friday 10th Saturday 11th
9:00 opening -- excursion --      
9:30 Mini-course Marco Castrillón -- excursion -- Mini-course Marco Castrillón Mini-course Taeyoung Lee Mini-course Taeyoung Lee
10:30 Mini-course Henrique Bursztyn -- excursion -- Mini-course Henrique Bursztyn Mini-course Henrique Bursztyn Fernando Jiménez (40+5)
11:30 -- coffee break -- -- excursion -- -- coffee break -- -- coffee break -- -- coffee break --
12:00 Cesare Tronci (40+5) -- excursion -- Silvia Vilariño (40+5) Mini-course Marco Castrillón Mini-course Taeyoung Lee
13:15 -- lunch -- -- excursion -- -- lunch -- -- lunch -- -- lunch --
15:00 Leo Colombo (40+5) -- excursion -- Elisa Guzmán (40+5) Luis García-Naranjo (40+5)  
15:45 Marco Zambón (40+5) -- excursion -- Madeleine Jotz (40+5) Luis Machado (40+5)  
16:30 -- coffee break -- -- excursion -- -- coffee break + poster session -- -- coffee break --  
17:00 Sandra Ricardo (40+5) -- excursion -- Romero Barbieri (20+5) Antonio de Nicola (20+5)

 

Registration:

the information below by e-mail to yrwatgmcnetwork.org

, no later than November 10, 2010
First Name:
Family Name:
Institution:
Country:
Date of birth:
E-mail address: 

If you want to give a communication or to present a poster, send us the following information:
Communication or Poster:
Title:
Abstract:

Financial Support:

Depending on funding availability, a limited number of scholarships could be provided by the organizers in order to partially cover the accomodation in a double room. If you want to apply for a scholarship, please send your CV toyrwatgmcnetwork.org

, no later than September 30, 2010.

Lodging reservation:

The name of the hotel is Hotel Nivaria , which is located in Plaza del Adelantado 11 (San Cristóbal de La Laguna) . The price of a single room is 75 euros per day and the double room is 57 euros per person and per day. This includes breakfast and lunch. 
To make the reservation of the accommodation, please send an e-mail toyrwatgmcnetwork.org

 with the following information:
single/double room:
Indicate if you have a preference to share the room
Check-in date:
Check-out date: 

In order to make effective the reservation, you must send the electronic ticket by e-mail before November 10. 

Participants:

  • Mónica Aymerich Valls (Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain)
  • Paula Balseiro (Universidad Federal Fluminense, Brazil)
  • Romero Barbieri Solha (Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain)
  • Henrique Bursztyn (IMPA, Brazil)
  • Beniamino Cappelletti Montano (CMUC, Portugal)
  • Marco Castrillón (Universidad Complutense, Spain)
  • Leonardo Colombo (Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM), Spain)
  • Domingo Chinea (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain)
  • Luis García Naranjo (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
  • Eduardo García-Torano (Ghent University, Belgium)
  • Irina Mihaela Gheorghiu (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
  • Elisa Lavinia Guzmán (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain)
  • Simon Hochgerner (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
  • David Iglesias (Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM), Spain)
  • Fernando Jiménez (Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM), Spain)
  • Madeleine Jotz (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
  • Ignazio Lacirasella (Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy)
  • Taeyoung Lee (Florida Institute of Technology, USA)
  • Luis Machado (Institute of Systems and Robotics, Portugal)
  • Juan Carlos Marrero (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain)
  • David Martín de Diego (Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM), Spain)
  • Eduardo Martínez (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
  • Cédric M. Campos (Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM), Spain)
  • Tom Mestdag (Ghent University, Belgium)
  • Miguel Muñoz Lecanda (Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain)
  • Citlalitl Nava Gaxiola (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
  • Antonio de Nicola (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
  • Edith Padrón (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain)
  • Ioana Nicoleta Radulescu (University of Bucharest, Romania)
  • Miguel Rodríguez-Olmos (Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain)
  • Narciso Román Roy (Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain)
  • Sandra Ricardo (Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal)
  • Thalía Rodríguez de la Peña (Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain)
  • Modesto Salgado Seco (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
  • Ignacio Santa-María Megía (Universidad Complutense, Spain)
  • Diana Sosa (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain)
  • Cesare Tronci (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
  • Miguel Vaquero (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
  • Silvia Vilariño Fernández (University of La Coruña, Spain)
  • Goedele Waeyaert (University of Ghent, Belgium)
  • Marco Zambón (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)

Committees:

Organizing Committee

  • David Iglesias (Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM), Spain)
  • Juan Carlos Marrero (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain)
  • Edith Padrón (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain)
  • Miguel Rodríguez-Olmos (Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain)
  • Diana Sosa (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain)

Scientific Committee

  • Paula Balseiro (Universidad Federal Fluminense, Brazil)
  • María Barbero (Queen's University, Canada)
  • Cédric M. Campos (Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM), Spain)
  • Sebastián Ferraro (Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina)
  • David Iglesias (Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (CSIC-UAM-UC3M-UCM), Spain)
  • Marin Kobilarov (Caltech, USA)
  • Tom Mestdag (Ghent University, Belgium)
  • Miguel Rodríguez-Olmos (Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain)

How to get here:

Tenerife Norte Airport (TFN) is located 4.5km from the city center. We provide a travel agency who can arrange your plane tickets, if you wish. The agency is "El Corte Inglés" which e-mail is grupostfnatviajeseci.es and the contact person is Virginia.

The following airlines fly to TFN from different countries:

You can take a taxi or a TITSA bus to get from the airport to the city center. A taxi from Airport Tenerife Norte to Hotel Nivaria is about 10 minutes.

There exists another airport in Tenerife Island, Tenerife Sur Airport (TFS), which is 63km from the city of La Laguna. Therefore, we highly recommend flying to Tenerife Norte.

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Link:

http://gmcnetwork.org/yrwgmc10