Talk on synchronization dynamics in oscillator networks.
Title: Oscillator Networks: Collective Dynamics through Generalized Interactions
Speaker: Dr. Christian Bick, from University of Exeter and Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, UK.
Time and place: 11.00 Friday January 12, Building 303B, Matematicum, 2nd floor, room 134
Abstract: The function of many real-world systems that consist of interacting oscillatory units depends on their collective dynamics such as synchronization. The Kuramoto model, which has been widely used to study collective dynamics in oscillator networks, assumes that interactions between oscillators is determined by the sine of the differences between pairs of oscillator phases. We show that more general interactions between identical phase oscillators allow for a range of collective effects, ranging from chaotic fluctuations to dynamics of localized frequency synchrony patterns.
Biography: Christian Bick received his PhD degree in Mathematics at the Georg August University in Göttingen, Germany, in 2011. As a postdoctoral researcher, he worked with Michael Field at Rice University, USA, and with Peter Ashwin at University of Exeter. Currently, he is Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Exeter, and Visiting Research Fellow at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, U. His research interests include dynamical systems and applications, dynamics of coupled oscillator networks, dynamics of asynchronous networks.
All are welcome to join this seminar.