A brief bio:
X. San Liang received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from
Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA; other diplomas he received
include a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics from Harvard, a Master
of Science in Oceanography from the State Oceanic Administration of China
(The Second Institute of Oceanography), and a Bachelor of Engineering in
Aerospace Engineering from National University of Defense Technology,
China. He did his postdoctorate work
at Harvard University, and has held positions at different
institutions and organizations in China and USA, such as the Second
Institute of the State Oceanic Administration, the ninth
Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CHINARE), Stanford
University-NASA Ames Research Laboratory (Visiting Scholar),
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Scientist;
Principal Scientist since '07),
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, etc. Currently he is Professor of
Natural Science at China Institute for Advanced Study.
Some facts about me:
- New mathematical machinery (multiscale window transform) invented
for multiscale research.
- Systematic work on multiscale geophysical fluid dynamics, including
mean-eddy-turbulence interaction, canonical transfer, localized
hydrodynamic stability, etc., for the understanding, quantification,
and control of the complex internal nonlinear dynamical processes
within realistic ocean/atmosphere flows and the
emergence of coherent structures on different scales.
- Systematic work on information flow (and predictability, causality,
etc.), a fundamental notion in general physics which has
applications in a wide variety of disciplines such as
ocean-atmosphere science, turbulence, neuroscience, material science,
network studies, economics, to name but a few.
- Trained in both science and engineering. Strong multidisciplinary
background in atmosphere-ocean science, applied mathematics,
and engineering science.
- Extensive experience of numerical simulation;
a hierarchy of ocean models built since early 90s.
- Three years of sea-going survey experience;
half a year of Antarctic adventure.
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I am currently working on
- Multiscale modeling and simulation,
subgrid process parameterization, etc.,
- Multiscale geophysical fluid dynamics,
- Atmospheric and oceanic predictability study and uncertainty
quantification,
- Information flow and causality analysis within
complex dynamical systems such as the atmosphere and oceans,
- Climate dynamics, particularly the dynamics of the
North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO),
- Chaotic mixing in the ocean,
- Inverse modeling and ocean data assimilation,
- Atmospheric cyclogenesis and oceanic eddy shedding
using the novel multiscale machinery developed by me.
My systematic work
during the past few years (accomplished and in progress)
Representative publications on
- Information flow -- a rigorous formalism within
deterministic and stochastic dynamical systems.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 95, No. 24, 244101 (2005)
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Physica D, 231, 1-9 (2007)
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and Phys. Rev. E, 78, No.3, 031113 (2008)
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- Multiscale window transform
SIAM J. Multiscale Model. Simu.
Vol. 6, Issue 2, 437-467 (2007).
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- Uncertainty generation in oceanic and atmospheric models
Dyn. Atmos. Oceans
Vol. 52, 51-79 (2011).
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- Local predictability and information flow in
complex dynamical systems. Physica D (submitted).
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- A novel localized hydrodynamic instability analysis.
SIAM J. Appl. Math. (submitted).
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- Multiscale transport, transfer, and conversion.
Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 38, 195-230 (2005).
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Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 44, 51-76 (2007).
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- Nonlinear dynamics of a highly variable real ocean front.
J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 2571-2591 (2004).
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- Multiscale processes and nonlinear dynamics underlying the
Monterey Bay circulation and upwelling events.
J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39, 290-313 (2009).
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Some poems of mine (律诗,绝句,长短句,入律的古风)
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