Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme
Winter School on Nonlinear Time Series Analysis
Dresden, Germany * February 11-21, 1998
Topics covered by the main lectures and computer labs:
dynamical systems
/ linear time series analysis
/ phase space methods
/ embedding
/ predictability
/ Lyapunov exponents
/ dimensions
/ entropies
/ data preprocessing
/ SVD
/ nonlinear noise reduction
/ nonlinear modeling and prediction
/ surrogate data
/ extensive chaos
/ high-dimensional signals
/ nonstationarity
/ 1/f noise
Topics covered by focus talks:
synchronisation (Peter Grassberger)
/ controlling chaos (Celso Grebogi)
/ hypothesis testing, surrogate data (James
Theiler)
/ periodic orbit analysis (Freddy Christiansen)
/ signal separation in ECG data (Thomas Schreiber)
/ financial data (NN)
/ embedding theory (Jim Yorke)
/ atmospheric data (Lenny Smith)
/ epilepsy prediction (Klaus Lehnertz)
Topics presented by the participants
Participants will be asked to present their own data analysis problems/
school-related research projects in a poster session. Selected posters will be
given oportunity for oral presentation.