About

Hanseatic Dynamical Systems Days is a recurring one-day workshop aimed at the Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory community in Northern Germany.

Why?

Almost every university in the Northern German region has people working in Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory. Also, these universities are not far apart geographically as well as easy and cheap to reach by public transport. This means great prerequisites for frequent interactions and collaborations. This workshop was launched out of a desire to take full advantage of these conditions. It is our hope that the workshop will

• Increase interactions and exchange of ideas between members of the Northern German Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory community.
• Provide a platform for new collaborations to be initiated among members.
• Provide a platform for researchers to present their work to a bigger audience.
• Provide a platform at which guests from outside the region can speak and increase the number of people who benefit from their visit.
• Provide a social event for getting to know each other better and discuss various topics - big and small.
• Provide an occasion for dynamicists and ergodic theorists who were previously working in the Northern German region to return and stay in touch with the community.

Why "Hanseatic"?

The main part of the regional community is working at universities in Bremen, Hamburg, Lübeck and Kiel. The first three are traditional "Hansestädter" and Kiel also kind of counts since it was a "Hansestadt" for about 270 years (admittedly a while ago) and wants to become one again - supposedly. But don’t take it too literally, it's also just because "Hanseatic" sounds cooler than "Northern German" and it gave us the useful acronym "HanDSDays".

Who's invited?

Well, just about everyone who's interested, even if you are not working in Northern Germany you are very welcome. Unfortunately we can’t offer any financial support though.

Why is there no financial support?

Maybe there will be in the future. For the beginning it was a conscious decision to make things as simple as possible and not risk drowning the concept in organization, paperwork and applications for funding. The schedule will be timed so that it’s possible to arrive and depart on the same day, thereby avoiding accommodation costs. Given the decent and cheap train connections within Northern Germany, we deemed it likely that everything would work out with a bit of goodwill from the participants.

Who came up with the workshop and who is organizing it?

Philipp Kunde and Maxim Kirsebom launched the workshop and organized the first event at the University of Hamburg. However, the idea was inspired by similar events in other countries. Most prominently the One Day Ergodic Theory Meetings in the UK which has been bringing the UK Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory community together for almost 20 years. The second event is organized by Sabrina Kombrink and Andreas Rößler at the University of Lübeck.

It is our hope that in the future, the organization of the workshop will rotate among member universities.

How can I help?

You can organize an edition of the workshop at your university. If you are interested, throw us an email at handsdays@gmail.com.

Also, feel free to offer to give a talk or suggest other speakers for future events. Especially if you have a guest at your university around the time of the next edition of HANDSDays.