Mike R. Jeffrey – Professor in Engineering Mathematics
- Singularities in modern applied dynamics
(2027) 19-23 July
12th European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (ENOC), Aberdeen, Scotland - Recent thoughts on singularities and discontinuities — still a lot to learn!
(2026) 8-9 June
New Trends in Non-Smooth Systems (ECASisDin), IMECC-UniCamp Brazil - Switching as a Logic Problem, and its Conserved Quantities
(2025) 9 December
Recent advances in non-smooth mechanics, Euromech Exeter UK - The Unexpected Sensitivity of Nonsmooth Events
(2025) 8 December
Recent advances in non-smooth mechanics, Euromech Exeter UK - Singularities and discontinuities in mathematical modelling
(2025) 24 July
KE-HUB Today’s Applied Maths is Tomorrow’s Pure Maths, Online - Hidden dynamics: resolving singularities and raising new mysteries
(2025) 29 April
Institute of Mathematics & Statistice seminar, Federal University of Goiás, Brazil - Catastrophe theory for modern mathematical modelling
(2024) 25-29 November
MAT80 – XIII Workshop on Dynamical Systems, celebrating the 80th birthday of Marco Antonio Teixeira, UniCamp, Brazil - Underlying catastrophes and hidden uncertainties
(2024) 15 April
Nonsmooth Workshop, Manchester UK - Hidden dynamics and the pilots’ dilemma
(2024) 22 March
SIAM UKIE Section Meeting, Manchester UK - The ambiguity of nonsmooth models, and why it matters
(2024) 17-18 February
Frontiers in Mathematical Modeling: Celebrating Roderick Edwards’ Contributions, University of Victoria - Singularities and bifurcations for modern applications
(2023) 11-13 December
Euromech Nonsmooth Dynamical Systems Colloquium at University College Dublin, Ireland - A talk of two halves:
I. Practical catastrophe theory for the modern age
II. Hidden dynamics of maps and sleep cycles
(2023) 7 February
seminar at University of Surrey, UK - Catastrophe conditions for vector fields in n dimensions
(2022) 9 November
XI Workshop on Dynamical Systems, Ribeirao Preto SP Brazil - Do, don’ts, and don’t knows of nonsmooth dynamics
(2022) 26 October
Engineering Mathematics informal seminar, University of Bristol - Hidden dynamics of maps (and when “period 1+2 implies chaos”)
(2021) 6-9 December
16th International Conference on Dynamical Systems Theory and Applications, Lodz (online) - Hidden Dynamics (short intro)
(2020) 28 October
Engineering Mathematics seminar, (via Zoom) University of Bristol - Hidden bifurcations and tipping points
(2020) 14-24 July
Dynamics and Climate Summer School, Cornell (cancelled due to pandemic) - Analogies of the two-fold singularity in higher codimensions
(2020) 29 May
CADR Seminar, (via Zoom) University of Aberdeen - Analogies of the two-fold singularity in higher codimensions
(2019) 1-4 July
10th Workshop in Dynamical Systems, Sao Carlos, Brazil - Local dynamic indeterminacy
(2019) 7-10 May
4th RANM, Lodz, Poland - Dynamics in the switching layer — mysteries and methods
(2019) 24-26 April
BAMC, University of Bath - The unstable orbits hiding behind grazing-induced bifurcations
(2019) 1-5 April
9th CADR Alpine Symposium in Cogolo, Italy - Pausing and tipping in nonsmooth models
(2019) 19 February
Sleepy Climate workshop, University of Bath - Hidden indeterminacies of (classical) dynamics
(2019) 5 February
LAND seminar, University of Leeds - Hidden dynamics
(2018) 3-7 September
Numdiff 15, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg - Illusions of Noise in Nonsmooth Systems
(2018) 2-6 September
Nolta, Tarragona - Hidden nonlinearities of switching
(2018) 27-31 August
5th CRITICS Workshop, Cork - The hidden causes of volatile behaviour around nonsmooth events
(2018) 26 May
CADR Seminar, University of Aberdeen - Nonlinear switching
(2018) 1-6 April
9th CADR Alpine Symposium in Cogolo, Italy - The hidden frailty of local determinism
(2018) 11–12 January
How stable are democracies? Complex systems perspectives on modern society, University of Bristol - Switching layers and hidden dynamics
(2017) 24-28 July
Equadiff in Bratislava, Slovakia - Nonsmooth models
(2017) 29-30 June
Workshop on Pacing and synchronisation of palaeoclimate variability in Dartington, England - Illusions of Noise
(2017) 2-9 April
8th CADR Alpine Symposium in Cogolo, Italy - The illusion of noise in nonsmooth systems
(2016) 23-25 May
International Conference on Structural Nonlinear Dynamics and Diagnosis in Marrakech, Morocco - Ghosts of departed quantities in piecewise smooth dynamics
(2015) 17 November
seminar at the University of Manchester, UK - A nonsmooth seance: reviving the ghosts of switching
(2015) 9 October
seminar at the University of Bristol, UK - Hidden dynamics of switching
(2015) 7-10 September
International Conference on Engineering Vibration Applications of Dynamical Systems in Ljubljana, Slovenia - Lost in transition: nonlinearities in the dynamics of switching
(2015) 17-21 May
SIAM conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems in Snowbird, USA - Not-so-deterministic (but still classical non-stochastic) mechanics
(2015) 4-11 April
The Apline Symposium in Cevedale, Cogolo di Pejo - Filippov Unplugged: The Great Beyond
(2015) 30 March-2 April
The Joint BAMC/BMC Cambridge, UK - Goodbye nonlinear dynamics, nonsmooth dynamics is just getting started
(2015) 12-16 January
Universita degli Studi di Bari - Nonlinear switching
(2014) 7-8 November
Barcelona Mathematics Days 2014 - Loosening Filippov’s assumptions: why you’d want to, and what happens when you do
(2014) 10-12 September
Meeting on analysis and applications of nonsmooth systems in Como, Italy - Dummy Dynamics
(2014) 10-13 June
8th workshop on Structural Dynamical Systems: Computational Aspects in Giardino, Monopoli, Italy - Perturbing Nonsmooth Systems
(2014) 26-29 May
MAT70: Conference on Dynamical Systems celebrating the 70th Birthday of Marco Antonio Teixeira, UniCamp, Brazil - Nonlinear switching: overshoot, hysteresis, & noise in a discontinuous model
(2014) 5-12 April
The Apline Symposium in Cevedale, Cogolo di Pejo - Nonsmooth dynamics: why we’ve barely gotten started
(2014) 24 March
Webinar to the Math Climate Research Network (MCRN) - New horizons in piecewise-smooth dynamics
(2014) 10-14 March
RIMS Workshop: New Directions in Applied Dynamical Systems at Kyoto University, Japan - Nonsmooth dynamics: the first 500 years
(2014) 10-14 March
RIMS Workshop: New Directions in Applied Dynamical Systems at Kyoto University, Japan - Hiding in the gaps: have we been looking at nonsmooth dynamics the wrong way?
(2013) 20 November
Applied Maths seminar at UPC, Barcelona, Spain - The Ditherer and The Dummy: two taboos of nonsmooth dynamics, unlocked
(2013) 17 October
Fluids and Materials group seminar at the University of Bristol, England - Inspired by ratchets and rainbows
(2013) 3 October
Modelling of Socio-Technical Engineering Problems workshop, Systems Centre in Bristol, England - The problem of non-uniqueness and how to use it
(2013) 11-13 September
SICC 8th International Tutorial Workshop at Urbino, Italy - Singularities that induce a breakdown of determinacy in mechanics
(2013) 2-4 September
SEMC 2013, 5th international conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Computation, Cape Town, South Africa - Probing the realism of nonsmooth dynamics
(2013) 21-23 August
University of Aberdeen, Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics in Engineering: Modelling, Analysis and Applications - The uncertainties of nonsmooth dynamics
(2013) 19-23 May
SIAM Snowbird, Utah - Nonsmooth dynamics: the multiple-switching problem
(2013) 9-12 April
BAMC Leeds - Nonlinear mathematics at Bristol
(2013) 8 April
Bristol-UniCamp symposium - The rough with the smooth: zooming in on the dynamics of switching
(2013) 21 March
ACM Seminar, University of Edinburgh - Cracks in the theory of deterministic dynamics
(2013) 30 January
Applied Maths Seminar, University of Loughborough - The edge of determinism?
(2013) 11 January
ANM Group internal workshop, University of Bristol - Nonsmooth dynamics at Bristol
(2013) 10 January
ANM Group, Bristol-Kyoto Sympoisium at the University of Bristol - A doorway to explosions, bifurcations, and uncertainty in higher dimensions — unfolding the singularities of nonsmooth dynamics
(2012) 24-26 October
Ddays, 6th meeting of the Spanish DANCE network, Benicassim, Spain - A modern guide to the mysteries of nonsmooth dynamics
(2012) 18 October
seminar at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - The view from infinity (a far out view of discontinuities)
(2012) 12 October
seminar at University of Bristol, UK - Beyond Poincare: A nondeterministic kind of chaos
(2012) 3-7 September
100 Years After Poincare Conference on Dynamical Systems at Gijon, Spain - An update on the Teixeira singularity
(2012) 21 June
informal seminar at IMECC, UniCamp, Campinas, Brazil - Hunting ducks in two-fold singularities
(2012) 20 June
seminar at UNESP, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil - A qualitative consideration of nonsmooth dynamics
(2012) 13 June
Encontro de Topologia e Singularidades, Por ocasião do 80º aniversário do Professor Gilberto Loibel, Sao Carlos, Brazil - Singularities and bifurcations of nonsmooth dynamics
(2012) 31 May
SOTO70 IV Workshop on Dynamical Systems, USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Dynamics of nonsmooth systems: bifurcations, singularities, and explosions
(2012) 15 February
seminar at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - A problem of stability and determinacy for switched feedback control
(2012) 11 January
BELS (Bath-Exeter-London-Southampton) Control Meeting, Bath, England - From discontinuity to non-determinism in dynamical systems
(2011) 10 January
seminar at Queen Mary, University of London, England - Ducks under the microscope — when multiple scales create multiple outcomes
(2011) 30 November
seminar at Technical University of Vienna, Austria - Cascades and explosions in dynamics, from physics to biology
(2011) 1 November
CICADA seminar at University of Manchester, England - The Teixeira Singularity in sliding vector fields
(2011) 22 September
Topics in Nonlinear Dynamics SICC 6th International Tutorial Workshop at Urbino, Italy - Non-determinism in the limit of nonsmooth dynamics
(2011) 15 September
XXXI Dynamics Days Europe Oldenburg, Germany - Sliding bifurcations and non-determinism in systems with switching
(2011) 2 September
18th IFAC World Congress Milan, Italy - A little uncertainty goes a long way: cascades and explosions caused by discontinuity
(2011) 10 June
seminar at BCANM, University of Bristol - Cascades and Explosions from physics to biology: uncertainty in dynamical systems
(2011) 16 May
seminar at MechSE, University of Illinois (UIUC) - Cascading discontinuity-induced bifurcations in cell cycles (and in general)
(2011) 26 February
Illinois/Purdue Dynamics Research Meeting, Champaign, Illinois, USA - Non-determinism and catastrophe in piecewise-smooth flows
(2010) 19 October
Workshop on Discontinuity Induced Phenomena, Imperial College, London, England - The two-fold path to non-determinism and catastrophe
(2010) 6 October
seminar at the University of Nottingham, England - Canard a l’orange: a new recipe for multiple timescale phenomena
(2010) 6 September
XXX Dynamics Days Europe, conference at Bristol, England - So what if it’s nonsmooth? (on non-deterministic chaos and catastrophic sliding)
(2010) 28 July
IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear Dynamics, Aberdeen, Scotland - Hunting ducks and nondeterminism in nonsmooth dynamics
(2010) 31 May
SIAM Emerging Topics in Dynamical Systems and Partial Diff. Eq’s, Barcelona, Spain - Hunting ducks and nondeterminism in nonsmooth dynamics
(2010) 18 May
CNM seminar at University of Bath, England - Sliding to catastrophe: nonsmooth dynamics and the road to nondeterminism
(2010) 12 May
seminar at Portsmouth University, England - Hunting ducks and nondeterminism in nonsmooth dynamics
(2010) 12 February
The Maseeh Colloquium at Portland State University, OR, USA - From complex to beautiful(ly simple) — on the asymptotics of flocking
(2010) 12 February
informal seminar at Portland State University, OR, USA - The geometry of discontinuity
(2009) 6 May
seminar at Michigan State University, MI, USA - On catastrophic sliding bifurcations
(2009) 20 November
seminar at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland - Grazing the discontinuity (the quiet catastrophes of nonsmooth systems)
(2009) 24 August
at conference on Recent Advances in Nonlinear Mechanics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Two-folds in nonsmooth dynamical systems
(2009) 30 June
at International workshop on Res. Osc. & Stability of Nonsmooth Systems, Imperial College London, England - Troublesome tangencies
(2009) 23 June
at International workshop on Res. Osc. & Stability of Nonsmooth Systems, Imperial College London, England - Two-folds in nonsmooth dynamical systems
(2009) 17 June
2nd IFAC conf. on Analysis and Control of Chaotic Systems at Queen Mary’s College London, England - The Teixeira singularity: a crossing point into (the strange world of) nonsmooth dynamics
(2009) 23 January
seminar at Cornell University, NY, USA - Catastrophes and Grazings
(2008) 16 January
Open Scientific Discussion BCANM seminar, University of Bristol, England - Conical diffraction: the complexification of a 170 year old phenomenon
(2006) 10 November
Mathematical Physics seminar at University of Bristol, England - Beautifully simple: Dirac’s 1931 prediction of monopoles
(2004) 22 November
Theoretical Physics Journal Club, University of Bristol, England
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