International Workshop on

Tsunami & Non-linear Waves

(March 6-10, 2006)

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Schedule of talks and other activities


Date Time Speaker Title Chair
Mar 6
(Mon)
09:00 - 10:00 Registration
10:00 - 10:15 Inauguration
10:15 - 11:30 H. Segur
(Keynote address)
Waves in shallow water -- theory and experiment B. Chakraborti
11:30 - 12:15 Tea break
12:15 - 13:30 M. Lakshmanan Integrable nonlinear dispersive wave equations and Tsunami dynamics I H. Segur
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:45 K. Fujima Tsunami runup in Lagrangian description I : Introduction M. Lakshmanan
15:45 - 16:15 Contributed Papers: R. Shankar
16:15 - 16:45 Tea break
16:45 - 17:45 Contributed Papers: S. N. Bhattacharya (30 min), J. R. Kayal (30 min) R. Shankar
19:30 - 21:00 Conference Dinner

Mar 7
(Tue)
10:00 - 11:15 M. Lakshmanan Integrable nonlinear dispersive wave equations and Tsunami dynamics II L. K. Das
11:15 - 11:45 Contributed Papers: P. Rao
11:45 - 12:15 Tea break
12:15 - 13:05 Contributed Papers: M. V. Ramamurthy (30 min)
Posters by research students
M. S. Janaki
13:05 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:45 K. Fujima Tsunami runup in Lagrangian description II J. Caputo
15:45 - 18:30 Popular Talks:
F. Dias: In search for the Tsunami source (1 hour)
S. G. Chowdhury (30 min)
A. Kundu (30 min)
B. B. Bhattacharya (30 min)
R. Parui (15 min)
S. N. Bhattacharya
18:30 - 19:00 Tea break
19:00 - 20:30 Cultural Program
20:30 - 21:30 Dinner

Mar 8
(Wed)
10:00 - 11:15 F. Dias On the generation of Tsunami by earthquake K. Fujima
11:15 - 11:45 Contributed Papers: K. S. R. Murthy
11:45 - 12:15 Tea break
12:15 - 13:15 Contributed Papers: S. Paddhy (30 min), P. Chakraborty (30 min) P. Rao
13:05 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:30 J. Caputo Propagation and disintegration of a hydraulic jump: a simple Tsunami model F. Dias
15:30 - 16:00 Contributed Papers: G. Karunakar
16:00 - 16:15 Tea
16:15 - 19:00 Boat trip
20:00 - 21:00 Dinner

Mar 9
(Thu)
10:00 - 11:15 H. Segur Waves in shallow water of variable depth M. Ramamurthy
11:15 - 11:45 Tea break and Photo session
11:45 - 13:00 F. Dias On the propagation of Tsunami K. S. R. Murthy
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:30 Contributed Papers: L. K. Das G. Karunakar
14:30 - 15:45 Panel discussion & Future plans
15:45 - 16:00 Tea
16:00 - 20:30 City tour
21:00 - 22:00 Dinner

Mar 10
(Fri)
10:00 - 11:15 J. Caputo Travelling front solution of a genealized Burger equation H. Segur
11:15 - 11:45 Tea break
11:45 - 12:45 H. Segur Waves in deep water S. Paddhy
12:45 - 13:15 Contributed Papers: U. Pal Ghosh
13:15 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 14:45 Address by Bikash Sinha, Director, SINP B. Chakraborti
14:45 - 15:15 Contributed papers: P. Banerjee
15:15 - 16:15 Institute visit
16:15 - 16:45 Tea & Concluding remarks

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