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Welcome to the Center for Nonlinear Analysis

The Center for Nonlinear Analysis (CNA) is an international resource for research and training in applied mathematics. Established in 1991 with ARO and NSF funding, it continues with major support from the NSF.

The goals of the CNA are:

  • To identify cutting-edge mathematical questions in science and engineering, including materials science and biotechnology, to highlight emerging areas in mathematics deriving from applications, and to develop new applications of mathematical sciences;

  • To maintain its position as a worldwide asset for the education of young investigators cognizant of research opportunities at the broad interface between mathematics and physical sciences and engineering.

Main areas of research at the CNA are Calculus of Variations, Partial Differential Equations, Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computation. A primary focus for CNA involvement in applications is in materials, and increasingly in the life sciences.

The CNA's activities include:

  • a RTG (Research Training Grant) graduate student training program;
  • two and three-year postdoctoral training programs;
  • working groups and topics courses targeted to advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows;
  • a visitors program;
  • a research publications series;
  • organization of conferences and workshops;
  • organization of Summer Schools targeted to advanced PhD students, postdoctoral fellows and other young researchers;
  • a major internationalization program emphasizing the creation of collaborative research networks;
  • the Summer Undergraduate Applied Mathematics Institute, under the direction of Deborah Brandon, which targets minorities and women with the goal of recruiting them to pursue graduate study in applied mathematics.

The Director of the CNA is Irene Fonseca, and the Associate Director is Robert Pego. The other permanent members of the CNA are David Kinderlehrer, Giovanni Leoni,James Greenberg, Morton Gurtin, William Hrusa, Roy Nicolaides, David Owen, Agoston Pisztora, Kavita Ramanan, Jack Shaeffer, Robert Sekerka, Dejan Slepcev, Noel Walkington and William Williams.

CNA Workshop on Course Design
Michele DiPietro, Associate Director for Graduate Student Support at the Eberly Center, will offer a CNA Workshop on Course Design. Monday April 6, 13, 20, 27, 4:30-6:30 pm, DH 2315. Postdoctoral fellows and advanced graduate students (on year 3 or beyond of their training) are encouraged to attend. Those interested must register with Nancy Watson on or before March 20, 2009. Learn more >
CNA Grant Writing Workshop
RTG postdoctoral fellows are required to participate in the CNA Grant Writing Workshop on Thursday, September 17, 2009, PPB 300. All other postdoctoral fellows are encouraged to attend. Those interested must register with Nancy Watson by Friday, August 28.
CNA Workshop on Energy Driven System
August 27-29, 2009. The workshop will address a variety of aspects of complex energy-driven systems, ranging from fundamental questions of mathematical analysis to modeling and computer simulation. Limited funds for participant travel and housing are available.Learn more >
COLAB MATHEMATICS SUMMER SCHOOL and WORKSHOP 2009
Kinetics and statistical methods for complex particle systems to be held in Lisbon (Portugal), July 13-24, 2009. Also supported by the ICTI|Carnegie Mellon University|Portugal partnership. Learn more >