POSTA 2012 - September 2nd-4th, 2012
The 4th International Symposium on Positive Systems



The schedule for the symposium is given below. A map of the NUI Maynooth campus can be found here


There will be an informal welcome reception on the evening of September 2nd, from 5pm to 6.30pm. This will take place in the Hamilton Institute in Rye Hall on the North campus.

The symposium will open at 9.00 am on Monday the 3rd of September. The venue for the talks of the symposium is Lecture Theatre 4 of the John Hume Building

Sunday 2nd September 2012
Time
Title
17:00-18:30
Welcome Reception
Monday 3rd September 2012 (Morning)
Time
Title
09:00-09:15
Welcome Address
09.15-10:10
Plenary Lecture: ''Evolutionary Game Dynamics'', J. Hofbauer
10:10-10:30
Coffee Break
10:30-10:55
''On continuous positive switched systems with rank one difference'', E. Fornasini and M. E. Valcher
10:55-11:20
''Stabilization of positive linear discrete-time systems by using Brauer's theorem'', Begoña Cantó, Rafael Cantó and Snezhana Kostova
11:20-11:45
''An algebraic method for the Definitive Consensus conjecture'', G. Vankeerberghen, J. M. Hendrickx, R. M. Jungers
11:45-12:10
''Predictive Tools for Diabetes Management based on Cooperativity'', Diego de Pereda, Sergio Romero-Vivo, Beatriz Ricarte and Jorge Bondia
12:10-12:35
''The contraction rate in Thompson metric of order-preserving flows on a cone, Stéphane Gaubert and Zheng Qu
12:35-14:00
Lunch
Monday 3rd September 2012 (Afternoon)
Time
Title
14:00-14:25
''Generalized Positive Systems - a Survey Part I'', D. Alpay and I. Lewkowicz
14:25-14:50
''Nonlinear diffusion processes on a finite state space'', B. Lemmens
14:50-15:15
''A simple model for gossiping on graphs'', V.A. Traag, P. De Leenheer, P. Van Dooren
15:15-15:40
''Cones and Chemical Reaction Networks'', P. Donnell
15:40-16:05
''Positivity preserving simulation of Differential-Algebraic Equations'', A.K. Baum and V. Mehrmann
16:05-16:30
Coffee Break
16:30-16:55
''Two cores of a nonnegative matrix'', P. Butkovič, H. Schneider and S. Sergeev
16:55-17:20
''Stochastic Stability of Positive Markov Jump Linear Systems'', P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri and G. De Nicolao
17:20-17:45
''Monotone extremal norms for positive switched systems '', M. Ait Rami, V. S. Bokharaie, O. Mason and F. Wirth
Monday 3rd September 2012 (Evening)
Time
Title
18:30-20:30
Public Lecture to Celebrate 10th Anniversary of Founding of Hamilton Institute
20:30-23:00
Conference Dinner at Barberstown Castle
Tuesday 4th September 2012 (Morning)
Time
Title
09.15-10:10
Plenary Lecture: ''Some applications of max-algebra and Perron-Frobenius'', L. Elsner
10:10-10:30
Coffee Break
10:30-10:55
''Generalised Positive Systems - A Survey Part II'', D. Alpay and I. Lewkowicz
10:55-11:20
''Nonnegativity of singular systems of index k≥1 via state-feedbacks'', N. Thome and A. Herrero
11:20-11:45
''On two Problems for Matrix Polytopes'', Ş. Yılmaz, T. Büyükköroğlu, V. Dzhafarov
11:45-12:10
''Monotone dynamical systems and the geometry of attractivity'', Björn S. Rüffer
12:10-12:35
''Infinite horizon LQR problem of linear discrete time positive systems'', Snezhana Kostova, Ivan Ivanov, Lars Imsland and Nonka Georgieva
12:35-14:00
Lunch
Tuesday 4th September 2012 (Afternoon)
Time
Title
14:00-14:25
''Studying an upper bound on the local reachability index for positive 2-D systems'', E. Bailo, J. Gelonch and S. Romero-Vivo
14:25-14:50
''Power series with positive coefficients in the context of the nonnegative inverse eigenvalue problem'', H. Šmigoc
14:50-15:15
''Collatz-Wieland Sets and Linear Lyapunov Functions for Positive Switched Systems'', A. Kalauch
15:15-15:40
''Equilibria of monotone semiflows with increasing integrals'', M. Banaji
15:40-16:05
''Kuttler's criterion for monotone matrices'', F. Goldberg
16:05-16:30
Coffee Break
16:30-17:25
Plenary Lecture: ''Who Needs Positivity'', P. Diaconis
17:25
Closing Remarks




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