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Confirmed Invited Speaker	Abstract Title
S. T. Ariaratnam University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario CANADA	Stochastic Stability of Coupled Systems Possessing Internal Resonance
Ludwig Arnold Universitat, Bremen Bremen, GERMANY	Linear and Nonlinear Diffusion Approximation of the Slow Motion in Systems with Two Time Scales
Peter H. Baxendale University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA USA	Bifurcation Theory for the Stochastic Duffing-Van Der Pol Equation
Lawrence A. Bergman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL USA	Simulation of Dynamical Systems via Adaptive Importance Sampling Using Discrepancy Measures
Pierre Bernard Universite Blaise Pascal Aubiere, Cedex FRANCE	Stochastic Averaging: Some Methods and Proofs
Christian Bucher Bauhaus - University Weimar Weimer, GERMANY	Solutions of the First-Passage Problem by Importance Sampling
Adi R. Bulsara Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego, CA USA	Stochastic Dynamics in a Class of 2D Oscillators Near a Bifurcation
Guoqiang Cai Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL USA	Response Spectral Densities of Systems under Both Additive and Multiplicative Excitations
Hans Crauel Technical University of Ilmenau Ilmenau, Germany	Noise Assisted High-Gain Stabilization: Almost Surely Versus In Second Mean
Huw G. Davies University of New Brunswick Fredericton, NB CANADA	Stability within a Period-doubling Cascade: Renormalization, Parametric Variation and Noise
Patricia Davies Purdue University West Lafayette, IN USA	Identification of Nonlinear Systems with Applications to Structures and Systems with Viscoelastic Elements
Mikhail F. Dimentberg Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA USA	Lotka-Volterra System in Random Environment
Bruno Eckhardt Philipps Universitat Marburg Marburg, GERMANY	Statistics of Passive and Active Fields in Chaotic Flows
Lucia Faravelli University of Pavia Pavia, ITALY	Random Vibration of Passive Structural Control Devices
Mark Freidlin University of Maryland College Park, MD USA	Averaging Principle for Determanistic and Stochastic Perturbations
Mircea D. Grigoriu Cornell University Ithaca, NY USA	Dynamic Systems Driven by Poisson and Levy White Noise
Raouf A. Ibrahim Wayne State University Detroit, MI USA	Determanistic and Stochastic Characterization of Friction-induced Vibration in Disc Brakes
Peter Imkeller Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin Berlin, GERMANY	On the Mathematical Explanation of Stochastic Resonance
Radoslaw Iwankiewicz University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA	Dynamical Systems with Multiplicative Poisson Impulse Process Excitation
R. Narayana Iyengar Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, INDIA	Response Statistics of Nonlinear Oscillators under Random Excitation
Rafail Z. Khasminskii Wayne State University Detroit, MI USA	On Parameter Estimation for Linear and Nonlinear Stochastic Systems
Wolfgang Kliemann Iowa State University Ames, IA USA	Computation of Almost Invariant Sets for Stochastic Systems
Agnessa Kovaleva Mechanical Engineering Research Institute Moscow, RUSSIA	Control Against Large Deviations for Oscillatory Systems
P. R. Kumar University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL USA	The Distributed Nonlinear Stochastic World of Networks
Rachel Kuske University of British Columbia British Columbia, Canada	Stochastic Modulations and Noise-sensitivity Scales
Grant Lythe University of Leeds Leeds, UK	Stochastic PDEs: Convergence to the Continuum?
Fai Ma University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA USA	Parameter Analysis of the Differential Model of Hysteresis
Sami F. Masri University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA USA	Nonstationary Response of Nonlinear Systems with a Compact Analytical Form of Data-Based Excitation Processes
P. V. E. McClintock Lancaster University Lancaster, UK	Experiments on Large Fluctuations
Sean Meyn University of Illinois Urbana-Chapmaign, IL USA	Phase Transitions in Markovian and Molecular Systems
Arvid Naess Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, NORWAY	Path Integration as a Tool for Investigating Chaotic Behavior
Sri Namachchivaya University of Illinois Urbana-Chapmaign, IL USA	Reduction of Noisy Resonant Nonlinear Systems
Jiri Naprstek Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC	Flutter Instability Influenced by Parametric Random Noises
S. Narayanan IIT Madras Chennai, INDIA	Chaotic and Stochastic Response of a Nonlinear System under Additive Noise
Werner Schiehlen University of Stuttgart Stuttgart, GERMANY	Multiscale Impact Models: Interaction Between Multibody Dynamics and Wave Propagation
Lutz Schimansky-Geier Humboldt University at Berlin Berlin, GERMANY	Oscillations in Noisy Bistable and Excitable Dynamics
Richard Sowers University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL USA	Stochastic Averaging Near Homoclinic Orbits via Singular Perturbations: A Singular Perturbation Proof
Billie F. Spencer, Jr. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL USA	Control of Civil Infrastructure Systems Subjected to Dynamic Loads
Aneta Stefanovska University of Ljubljana Ljubljana, SLOVENIA	Time-Varying Cardiovascular Oscillations
Marcello Vasta Universita degli Studi di L'Aquila L'Aquila, ITALY	Stochastic Parameter Estimation of Non-Linear Systems
Walter Wedig Universitat Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, GERMANY	Random Vibrations of Driving Cars with Bilinear Damping Characteristics
Y. K. Wen University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL USA	Hilbert Spectral Description and Simulation of Non-Stationary Random Processes
Kurt Wiesenfeld Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA USA	Stochastic Resonance: From Earth's Ice Ages to Human Sensory Systems
Volker Wihstutz University of North Carolina Charlotte, NC USA	On Stabilizing the Double-Oscillator by Random Vibration
Wei Chau Xie University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario CANADA	Moment Lyapunov Exponents of Viscoelastic Systems
W. Q. Zhu Zhejiang University Hangzhou, P.R. OF CHINA	Lyapunov Exponent and Stability of Optimally Controlled Quasi Partially Integrable Hamiltonian Systems


	Symposium on Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamics
	Symposium on Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamics
	August 26 - August 30, 2002