Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems

Dr. Mike Field Ph.D., University of Warwick, 1970 M.A., University of Cambridge, 1968 B.Sc., University of Cambridge, 1967 (Curriculum Vitae) Dr. Field has been a professor at the University of Houston since 1992. Since 1994 he has been supported by NSF, ARP, and/or ONR as well as several UK grants and a visiting Leverhulme professorship to Imperial College. Dr. Field's research interests include ergodic theory (particularly mixing properties for flows), dynamics of networks and their visualization, and the geometric theory of dynamical systems with symmetry. He is also the author of ten books and research monographs. His other interests include graphic art, Mathematical education, and public attitudes towards mathematics. He was an active participant in the Houston Teachers Institute from its its inception in 1998 until 2009, when the association between UH and the Yale National Initiative and the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute ceased.

Dr. Matt Nicol Ph.D., Stanford, 1992 B.A.(Hons), Sydney University, 1986 B.Sc., Sydney University, 1985 (List of publications) Dr. Nicol is a professor at the University of Houston and has been the recipient of several NSF grants. Dr. Nicol's interests include Ergodic theory of group extensions and geometric rigidity, ergodic theory of hyperbolic dynamical systems, dynamics of skew products and iterated function systems, and equivariant dynamical systems. There is a description of these topics on Dr. Nicol's webpage.

Dr. Andrew Török Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1995 M.S., University of Bucharest, Romania, 1986 B.S., University of Timisoara, Romania, 1985 (List of publications) Dr. Török is a professor at the University of Houston. His research interests include ergodic theory and dynamical systems, stochastic processes, and operator algebras.

Dr. William Ott Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2004 B.S., California State University, Bakersfield, 1998 (Publication List) Dr. Ott is an assistant professor at the University of Houston. He joined the faculty at the University of Houston after completing a Courant Instructorship (2004-2006) and an NSF postdoctoral fellowship (2006-2008) at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. His research interests include ergodic theory, dynamical systems, partial differential equations, statistical mechanics, harmonic analysis, and signal processing.

Anushaya Mohapatra Advisor: William Ott	Mauricio Rivas Advisor: William Ott
Filiz Tümel Advisor: Andrew Török	Cheng Zhan Advisor: Andrew Török