Reaction to our April Editorial on scientific publishing.

In his April editorial, Jens Rademacher discussed some of the perils of open source publishing. One of the web sites he cited, Scholarly Open Access, features Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP) as "predatory open-access publisher". Chris Cannings is Emeritus Professor of mathematics at the University of Sheffield and Editor-in-Chief of SCIRP's Applied Mathematics. DSWeb Magazine asked him for a reaction, which is summarized here.

The 9th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications

Luciano Buono reports from Orlando, Florida.

Chaos

Tradition wants it that we spend several years abroad as postdocs after finishing our PhD, and look for more permanent positions across the globe. This often leads to issues collectively known as "n-body problems" - where n>1. Your Portal-Editor-in-Chief ups the ante by becoming father while moving down under.

Thomas Wagenknecht 1974 - 2012

On Saturday April 28, 2012 we lost our colleague and friend Thomas Wagenknecht. Jürgen Knobloch commemorates Thomas.

IUTAM Symposium on 50 Years of Chaos in Kyoto

On November 27, 1961, Yoshisuke Ueda, then a graduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Kyoto University, accidentally observed a "randomly transitional phenomenon", now commonly known as "chaos". Fifty years later and approximately 150 meters from the site of Ueda's discovery, the IUTAM Symposium on 50 Years of Chaos: Applied and Theoretical ws held. Jeff Moehlis reports.

Benson Muite reviews "A First Course in the Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations"

For a list of books available for review, please refer to the Magazine entry. If you would like to review one or more of these titles, please send an e-mail to the book reviews editor. We will send you a complimentary copy.

The future of higher education

State funding for public universities and the proportion of tenure/tenure-track faculty at institutions of higher learning is decreasing. Here are some thoughts and a collection of links that deal with the future of our profession.

Scholarpedia of Dynamical Systems

Announcements from Eugene M. Izhikevich, Editor-in-Chief of Scholarpedia.

IX Americas Conference on Differential Equations: January 09-14, 2012, Trujillo, Peru

Jorge Rebaza-Vasquez reports on the IX Americas Conference on Differential Equations held in Trujillo, Peru.