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R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R Potsdam R September 22-24, 2005 R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R 1st R R R R R R R R R R R RECURRENCE PLOT R R WORKSHOP R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R Programme RECURRENCE PLOT WORKSHOP Satellite Meeting of the 13th International IEEE Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems (NDES2005) Potsdam, September 22nd–24th, 2005 2 Scientific and Organisational Committee Norbert Marwan1 M. Carmen Romano1 Marco Thiel1 Joseph Zbilut2 Jurgen¨ Kurths1 1 Nonlinear Dynamics Group, University of Potsdam 2 Department of Molecular Biophysics & Physiology, Rush University Chicago Aims This recurrence plot workshop is the first meeting having recurrence plot methods and applications as exclusive subjects. The aim is to bring together the community working on or using recurrence plot based methods, to share knowledge about recurrence plots and to present new developments and theoretical aspects. Moreover, this meeting will fathom future potentials of recurrence plots in investigating spatio-temporal data, image analysis, statistical tests etc. The meeting will push the publicity of recurrence plots in the scientific community and highly encourage scientists to develop new recurrence plot based techniques and to apply them in various scientific fields. Practical Workshop In the workshop, several approaches of analysing recurrences can be practically applied to own data under supervision. Instructive presentations introduce in the RQA software, CRP toolbox and software for calculation of dynamical invariants. A comprehensive RQA, study of interrelations, synchronisations or dynamical invariants can be provided. Note: The practical workshop will take place at Campus Golm Internet Access During the NDES meeting and the RP workshop, access to the Internet will be available in the PC Pool (Room 4.23) in building 19 in the lunch breaks. 3 Social Event At Friday evening a barbecue will be prepared besides the Instituts building. Everyone is invited to participate, but has to register for this event on the registration desk. Location The workshop takes place in Potsdam, a former residencial site of the prussians em- perors. The university campus Neues Palais is partly located in the former royal palace, directly at the famous Sanssouci Park. 4 Lectures University of Potsdam, Campus Neues Palais, Building 19, Room 4.15 Practical Workshop University of Potsdam, Campus Golm, Building 25, PC Pools/ CIP Pools 1a, 1b and 2a There is a very good bus connection be- tween Campus Neues Palais and Campus Golm going every ten minutes. Take bus number 606 (direct connection) or 605 (small detour, 5 min. longer than bus 606) from bus station Lindenallee to bus station Golm Bahnhof. 5 Bus timetable (Hotel . University) Potsdam, Sonnenlandstr. > Potsdam, Neues Palais b y Potsdam, Sonnenlandstr. Gultig¨ von 18.09.2005 bis 25.09.2005 Fahrt Dauer Richtung Bus 695 ca. 4 Min. S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof b Bus N18 ca. 3 Min. Golm (PM), Bahnhof b v Kateg. Montag - Freitag Samstag Sonntag 01 00 00 00 b 02 00 00 00 b 03 00 00 00 b 04 00a 00 00 b 06 01 21 41 01 21 41 01 21 41 b 07 01 21 41 01 21 41 01 21 41 b 08 01 21 41 01 21 41 01 21 41 b 09 01 21 41 01 21 41 01 21 41 b 10 01 21 41 01 21 41 01 21 41 b 11 01 21 41 01 21 41 01 21 41 b 12 01 21 41 01 21 41 01 21 41 b 13 01 21 41 01 21 41 01 21 41 b 14 01 21 41 01 21 41 01 21 41 b 15 01 21 41 01 21 41 01 21 41 b 16 01 21 41 01 21 41 01 21 41 b 17 01 21 41 01 21 41 01 21 41 b 18 01 21 41 01 21 41 01 21 41 b 19 01 21 41 01 21 41 01 21 41 b 20 01 21 41 01 21 41 01 21 41 b 21 01 01 01 b Zeichenerklarung¨ a = Di - Fr Alle Angaben ohne Gewahr.¨ Erstellt am 12.09.05 um 15:37. Informationen zum Kurzstreckentarif erhalten Sie an der Haltestelle oder beim Fahrer c HaCon Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH / IVU Traffic Technologies AG. 6 Bus timetable (University . Hotel) Potsdam, Neues Palais > Potsdam, Sonnenlandstr. b y Potsdam, Neues Palais Gultig¨ von 18.09.2005 bis 25.09.2005 Fahrt Dauer Richtung Bus 695 ca. 3 Min. Potsdam, Bahnhof Pirschheide b Bus N18 ca. 4 Min. S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof b v Kateg. Montag - Freitag Samstag Sonntag 06 16 36 56 16 36 56 16 36 56 b 07 16 36 56 16 36 56 16 36 56 b 08 16 36 56 16 36 56 16 36 56 b 09 16 36 56 16 36 56 16 36 56 b 10 16 36 56 16 36 56 16 36 56 b 11 16 36 56 16 36 56 16 36 56 b 12 16 36 56 16 36 56 16 36 56 b 13 16 36 56 16 36 56 16 36 56 b 14 16 36 56 16 36 56 16 36 56 b 15 16 36 56 16 36 56 16 36 56 b 16 16 36 56 16 36 56 16 36 56 b 17 16 36 56 16 36 56 16 36 56 b 18 16 36 56 16 36 56 16 36 56 b 19 16 36 56 16 36 56 16 36 56 b 20 16 36 16 36 16 36 b 00 54 54 54 b 01 54 54 54 b 02 54 54 54 b 03 54 54 54 b 05 56 56 56 b Alle Angaben ohne Gewahr.¨ Erstellt am 12.09.05 um 15:38. Informationen zum Kurzstreckentarif erhalten Sie an der Haltestelle oder beim Fahrer c HaCon Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH / IVU Traffic Technologies AG. 7 Bus timetable (Campus Neues Palais . Campus Golm) Potsdam, Lindenallee > Golm (PM), Bahnhof b y Potsdam, Lindenallee Gultig¨ von 23.09.2005 bis 23.09.2005 Fahrt Dauer Richtung Bus 605 ca. 11 Min. Golm (PM), Bahnhof b Bus 606 ca. 10 Min. Golm (PM), Max-Planck-Campus b Bus N18 ca. 7 Min. Golm (PM), Bahnhof b v Kateg. Montag - Freitag 04 04 49 b 05 22 28 51 52 b 06 11 22 34 42 51 b 07 02 111 22 31 42 51 b 08 02 111 22 31 42 51 b 09 02 11 22 31 42 51 b 10 02 11 22 31 42 51 b 11 02 11 22 31 42 51 b 12 02 11 22 31 42 51 b 13 02 11 22 31 42 51 b 14 02 11 22 31 42 51 b 15 02 11 22 31 42 51 b 16 02 11 22 31 42 51 b 17 02 11 22 31 42 51 b 18 02 11 22 31 42 511 58 b 19 28 58 b 20 18 28 581 b 21 28 58 b 22 28 b 23 28 b 00 28 b 01 04 b 02 04 b 03 04 b Richtungen: 1 = Neu Toplitz,¨ Wendeplatz Alle Angaben ohne Gewahr.¨ Erstellt am 12.09.05 um 16:41. Informationen zum Kurzstreckentarif erhalten Sie an der Haltestelle oder beim Fahrer c HaCon Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH / IVU Traffic Technologies AG. 8 Bus timetable (Campus Golm . Campus Neues Palais) Golm (PM), Bahnhof > Potsdam, Neues Palais b y Golm (PM), Bahnhof Gultig¨ von 23.09.2005 bis 23.09.2005 Fahrt Dauer Richtung Bus 605 ca. 11 Min. S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof b Bus 606 ca. 10 - 16 Min. S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof b Bus N18 ca. 8 Min. S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof b v Kateg. Montag - Freitag 05 12 45 b 06 05 15 25 45 55 b 07 05 14 15 25 35 45 55 b 08 05 15 25 35 45 55 b 09 05 16 25 35 45 55 b 10 05 15 25 35 45 55 b 11 05 15 25 35 45 55 b 12 05 15 25 35 45 55 b 13 05 15 25 35 44 45 53 b 14 05 13 25 33 40 53 b 15 05 13 25 33 44 45 53 b 16 05 13 25 33 45 53 b 17 05 13 25 33 44 45 53 b 18 05 13 25 35 45 55 b 19 11 25 41 55 b 20 11 41 48 b 21 41 52 b 22 22 47 b 23 47 b 00 46 b 01 46 b 02 46 b 03 46 b 04 40 b Alle Angaben ohne Gewahr.¨ Erstellt am 12.09.05 um 15:36. Informationen zum Kurzstreckentarif erhalten Sie an der Haltestelle oder beim Fahrer c HaCon Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH / IVU Traffic Technologies AG. 9 Programme Thursday, September 22nd 13:30 Registration Introduction and Theory 14:15 M. Thiel: Welcome & On Recurrences 14:30 J. P. Zbilut: Recurrence Quantification Analysis: Introduction and Historical Context 15:00 Ch.
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