Third Joint Alabama—Florida Conference on Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems and Applications (JAF DEDS)

University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB), May 20-22, 2025

The conference third Joint Alabama—Florida Conference on Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems and Applications (JAF DEDS)" will take place in Birmingham, AL, May 20-22, 2025. This meeting will be the third event in a sequence of annual JAF DEDS conferences alternating between the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Auburn University, University of Alabama Birmingham Mathematics Department, Florida International University Mathematics Department and Florida State University Mathematics Department. The conference is sponsored by NSF through DMS Award 2447687, UAB College of Arts and Sciences and The Department of Mathematics at UAB.

The Third JAF DEDS Conference will be preceded by a graduate students day on May 20 featuring two mini-courses by guest presenters Arnd Scheel and Dmitry Pelinovsky, and a professional development panel. On May 20, the preliminary day of the conference will start at 8:30am and end by 5pm. There will be a poster session on May 21. Poster presenters should bring their own posters, poster stands and push pins will be provided.

On May 20, the preliminary day of the conference will start at 8:30am and end by 5pm.

All conference events will be held at University Hall on UAB Campus, see the campus map. The conference will begin at 8:30am on May 21 and end by 3:30pm on May 22. View detailed conference program. It will be updated as needed.

Please contact Milena Stanislavova at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for registration and travel support information.

Hotel Reservation Links

Note that UAB Hilton provides free airport shuttle to Birmingham airport. When you arrive, call the Hotel at 205-933-9000 to inquire about the wait time. Guests may sign up at the front desk for a return trip.

• Hilton UAB
• Residence Inn

Organizing Committee

• Ziad Musslimani, Florida State University (FSU), Mathematics Department
• Svetlana  Roudenko, Florida International University (FIU), Mathematics Department
• Milena Stanislavova,University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) Mathematics Department
• Selim  Sukhtaiev, Auburn University Department of Mathematics and Statistics
• Contact: Milena Stanislavova, UAB Mathematics Department, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Plenary Speakers

• Panos Kevrekidis, Distinguished Professor, Department  of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts Amherts
• Natasa Pavlovic, Professor, Department of Mathematics, The University of Texas at Austin
• Wilhelm Schlag, Phillips Professor of Mathematics, Department Chair, Department of Mathematics, Yale University
• Michael Weinstein,  Professor, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics,  Department of Mathematics,  Columbia University

Invited Speakers

• Olivia Clifton, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Aseel Farhat, University of Virginia
• Anna Ghazaryan, Miami University
• Mat Johnson, University of Kansas
• Yuri Latushkin, University of Missouri
• Dionyssios Mantzavinos, University of Kansas
• Vahagn Manukian, Miami University
• Ian Miller, University of Colorado Boulder
• Abdon Moutinho-Neto, Georgia Tech
• Dmitry Pelinovsky, McMaster University
• Merlin Pelz, University of Minnesota
• Arnd Scheel, University of Minnesota
• Hewan Shemtaga, Auburn University
• Justin Valletta, Florida State University
• Samuel Walsh, University of Missouri
• Chongchun Zeng, Georgia Tech

The First Joint Alabama Florida Conference on Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems and Applications was held at Auburn University, May 13-14, 2023.

The Second Joint Alabama Florida Conference on Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems and Applications was held at Florida State University, May 17-19, 2024.