August 2^nd 2010. Under the auspices of the University President, Prof. Rami Hamdallah, and in cooperation with the IUPAP (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics) and the Islamic Bank, the Faculty of Science at An-Najah opened the Palestinian Conference on Modern Trends in Mathematics and Physics II in a ceremony that was held at the Prince Turki Bin Abdul Aziz Theater at the New campus. Attendees included the University President Prof. Rami Hamdallah, Prof. Maher Abu Eid, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Sulaiman Khalil, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Prof. Sami Al-Jaber, professor at the Faculty as well as other professors from the different departments at the Faculty of Science.

A number of international professors, scientists and researchers from Europe, United States, South America and Canada also attended the opening ceremony. The event was launched with a welcoming speech by Prof. Hamdallah who welcomed the participants and expressed his pleasure to be part of the conference describing it as an important event:

“I am pleased to welcome you to An-Najah National University. To be here with the international and local scientists in Physics and Mathematics is particularly exhilarating…..I am delighted to join this morning the importance of both Mathematics and Physics as the most important basic sciences needed for daily life as well as for the application of the world’s collective achievements in science and technology to promote the causes of overall global development and prosperity.”

 

Prof. Hamdallah also spoke about An-Najah and familiarized the guests with its facilities, phases of development and latest achievements, “An-Najah University is one of the pioneering and most well-established universities in Palestine. Our university is recognized as Palestine’s leader in higher education. During its 90 year history, the University has played a leading part in the development of modern, higher education by offering a wide variety of programmes at both: the undergraduate and postgraduate levels….In the recent ranking by the Web Ranking of World Universities (Webometrics) on the 19^th of July 2010, An-Najah University has been ranked first in Palestine, fifth in the Arab world and 1160 in the world”.

 He also thanked all those who sponsored and supported the organization of the conference including the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), the Islamic Bank and Palestine Telecommunication Company (PALTEL).  

 

He further emphasized the importance of Physics and Mathematics in the modern world of today, how closely related they are to other fields such as electricity, aerospace and materials engineering as well as their importance for the development of any society. “Materials science and Nanotechnology inspire a great hope for the future. It is the task of scientists to make sure that endeavours are fulfilled. Materials science promises further advances for humankind.” Prof. Hamdallah stressed. He finally thanked the participants for their participation and wished the conference to be a success.

 

Prof. Sami Al-Jaber, Chair of the conference delivered a speech in which he valued the efforts that were exerted to organize this conference and spoke about the importance of both Physics and mathematics. “Today, we are particularly overjoyed due to the fact that the subject of this conference is Mathematics and Physics…This international conference represents an opportunity to make Physics and mathematics, and science in general, closer to the people….This conference also demonstrates the importance of international collaboration and cooperation, and importantly, it shows the vital link between science and culture, which when combined constructively, they necessarily yield prosperity for all mankind”.

 

He also said “In casting our eyes to prospects for the 21^st century, I think we should turn our attention once again to history which shows the bright and dark sides of the advancement of science. Physics made remarkable progress in the 20^th century, but at the same time, a lot of research is to come in this century in different areas in physics, like space physics and cosmology.”

 

Speaking of the research taking place, Prof. Al-Jaber added “We must support and encourage all kinds of research, from basic and fundamental to the most advanced and applied research. This is the completeness principle for research to be a complete theory. Albert Einstein once said “To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle requires a creative imagination and makes the real advances in science”. Mathematics and Physics are considered the roots and the foundations of natural sciences and the recent developments in different disciplines and technology.”

 

 He also spoke about the top ten physics discoveries of the last decade such as: the large Hardon Collider, The Decade of Carbon, Negative Index of Refraction, Quantum Teleportation, Quark-Gluon Plasma, Gravity Probe B.....etc. Moreover, he explained the close relationship between Physics and Mathematics and other fields of life such as technology, society, agriculture, astronomy, engineering, medicine, and others. He finally expressed his hope that the conference will include fruitful discussions and come up with useful and significant results.

 

This conference, being an international event that brings together local and international scientists, is of great importance as it addresses one of the most dominant and influential fields of science today which is Physics and Mathematics. The contribution that Physics and Mathematics have made to the world and the fact that they form an interrelated link with other fields of science and life alike has encouraged scientists and researchers to conduct more work in these two fields since every other field depends in one way or another on their basic theories and concepts.

 

In an interview after the conclusion of the opening ceremony, Professor Ferdinand Evers from the Karlsuhe Institute of Technology in Germnay, expressed his happiness to be in Palestine and share great moments with Palestinian people. He also expressed his pleasure to visit An-Najah and take part in the conference which he described as a significant event. Furthermore, he expressed his admiration by the way An-Najah university, particularly the New Campus,  was designed and built which reflects the degree of development that the University has reached “It is remarkable how this campus is built…it is perfectly organized and reflects the level of advancement that An-Najah has achieved over the years..I am really impressed”.

 

He also mentioned that the Palestinian conference is a unique event since it combines both science and culture. “I have been to many conferences, but what makes this conference in Palestine so unique is that the organizers have managed to combine both science and culture in a magnificent way…I am impressed by the way this conference was organized because it gives the internationals, like myself, the opportunity to be visit different parts of Palestine, like the Old City of Nablus, and be familiarized with the Palestinian history and culture.”

 

Professor Claude Bardos from the Department of Mathematics at the University of Paris in France stated, in another interview, that this conference bears a special value since it addresses a vital field of science which is Mathematics. He added that his paper will address the loss of smoothness and energy conservation in the 3D Euler equation with rough initial data. Professor Bardos expressed his happiness to participate in the conference and to have discussions with his colleagues in Palestine.

 

Also, Professor Monica Berry from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom said that she was pleased to have the opportunity to present her work and share ideas with other scientists from the different countries of the world, particularly Palestinians. She also expressed her admiration by the advancement that the University has achieved, especially in the field of science and technology and its continuous quest for more development which is evident through holding this conference.

 

The conference will consist of a number of sessions each of which will include several work papers which will be presented by local and international scientists and professors on a variety of topics in the field of Physics and Mathematics. Internationals include scientists and professors from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, Brazil, in addition to participants from Algeria, United Arab Emirates and India such as Professor Monica Berry from the Academic Unit of Ophthalmology and HH Wills Physics Laboratory at the University of Bristol in the UK who will speak about the Distribution and clustering of sialic acids on single mucins and mucous gels, Professor Ferdinand Evers from Karlsuhe Institute of Technology in Germany who will discuss the correlations effects and magnetism in transport properties of single molecules, Professor Michael Berry from the University of Bristol with his paper on the polarization fingerprints in the clear sky, Professor Henry Jaqaman from the UNESCO Chair of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Professor John Weiner from NIST/CNST,Gaithersburg, MD USA, Professors Ulrich Eckerna and Peter Schwabb from the Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, , Germany and others.

 

 

Work papers will address specific topics in Physics and Mathematics as follows:

 

• Particle acceleration by radially-polarized laser beams.
• The equation of state and thermodynamic properties of nuclear matter at low densities
• Polarization fingerprints in the clear sky.
• Persistent currents in normal metal rings: old questions, new answers.
• Critical points at infinity in the variational calculus, Scaling in turbulent flow: Heuristics and rigorous results.
• Extraordinary optical transmission revisited: how light gets through isolated or periodic arrays of sub wavelength slits and holes (or not).
• Correlation of backscattered and recoil ions in violent ion-atom collisions by coincident Rutherford backscattering spectrometry.
• An investigation of the size-dependent cohesive energy of spherical metallic nano-particles.
• Spectroscopic study of the interaction of human serum albumin with steroid hormones “progesterone and its parent compound cholesterol.
• Spectroscopic investigations of pentobarbital interaction with human serum albumin.
• Contribution to the study of a mathematical model of Erythropoisis (Red Blood cell production).
• Hydrogen uptake in nano-sized metallic and bimetallic clusters.
• Computing slowly advancing features in fast-slow systems without scale separation –A young measure approach.
• On A-rings: A generalization of integral domains.
• The spectrum of the coloration matrix for the complete partite graph.
• Empirical post hoc Conditional power: Background, planning and use.
• On the strong uniform consistency of a conditional mode estimator for randomly left truncated time series.
• Advanced meshing methods for complex multi-physics applications.
• From neutron stars to Tokamaks: another way for solving the energy problem of the world.
• Some aspects of approximation techniques applied to quantum systems in multi-dimensional space.
• Weyl and Weyl picture of quantum mechanics: An inverse problem for the Schrodinger operator.
• The wave equation with energy-dependent potentials.
• Nanoalloys: Playing fields of Alchemists revisited and refined.
• Spin Hall effect in a two-dimensional gas.
• Project of modeling ion heating and wave-particles interaction in the magnetosphere of the earth.
• Modeling of the current-voltage characteristics in the quantum Hall effect.
• GR-I-RMHD: a versatile numerical algorithm for modeling dissipative flow in high energy astrophysics.
• Characterization of nonlinear properties on nano guides in Silicon.
• Specail boundary integral equations for approximate solutions of Laplace’s equation in multi-dimensional regions.
• Bifurcation and invariant manifolds in competition models.
• Mathematical modeling of faith and transport of underground water pollution.
• Coupled parallel flow through porous layers of variable thicknesses.
• Strong solutions to a nonlinear fluid structure interaction system.
• On Interpolation in Hardy-Orlicz spaces.
• Some theorems on fractional integration of multivariable H-function and their application.
• Priority needs of Palestinian Universities that could be met through international academic cooperation.
• Algebraic properties of truncated Toeplitz operators.
• Matrix representation of molecular graph.
• Closeness centrality and epidemic spreading in networks.
• The square root of 2 x 2 matrices.
• Materials research prospects in Palestine, case history; Semiconductor research at Najah.
• The black hole-galaxy connection.
•  A comparative study for structural and electronic properties of ScN compound.
• A confined hydrogen atom in higher space dimensions.
• Effect of infrared laser on the activation energy of CR-39 solid state nuclear track detector.
• The effect of noise pollution in arterial blood pressure and heart pulse rate on schools’ children at Jenin city-Palestine.
• ZnO under direct sun light, replaced CdS@TiO2 particles in photo-degradation of phenazopyridine.
• First principle study of Zinecblende Fe_x Ga_1-x N alloys.
• Lagrangain formulation of fractional field systems.
• Simulation of the location of the earth bow shock by using PIC EM relativistic code.
• Guiding of 60 kev O_{6+ ions} through nanocapillaries in an uncoated Al₂ O₃ membrane.
• The intersection operation in light of the concept of joint observable in fuzzy probability theory.

 

The conference will be held over three days between the 2^nd to the 3^rd of August 2010 at the Faculty of Science Auditoriums at the New Campus in which the abovementioned work papers in addition to others will be addressed and discussed extensively by the participants.