Welcome to the Fourteenth International Conference devoted to Theory, Numerics and Applications of Hyperbolic Problems – HYP2012. The objective of the conference is to bring together scientists with interests in the theoretical, applied, and computational aspects of hyperbolic partial differential equations and of related mathematical models appearing in the area of applied sciences. Highlight Topics include:

• Singular limits (zero-viscosity, relaxation, incompressible limit, semi-classical limits) and dispersive equations in mathematical physics.
• Nonlinear wave patterns in multi-dimensions.
• Particle/molecular dynamics (kinetic methods, passage from microscopic to macroscopic, numerical issues in transitional regimes, magneto-hydrodynamics).
• Theory and numerics of multiphases and interfaces (boundary layers, phase boundaries, multiphase wave propagation).
• Transport in complex environments (homogenization, semiclassical limits, scattering in random media, porous media, biological applications, network and traffic flows).
• Control problems for Hyperbolic PDEs (controllability/stabilizability properties, optimal control) and Hamilton-Jacobi related problems.
• General relativity and Geometric PDEs.

As it has been done in the past, a special effort will be made to enable young scientists to attend and to promote their interaction with the more senior researchers. Partial financial support will be available for young mathematicians.

The conference program will include 45-minute plenary lectures, 40-minute invited presentations, and 25-minute contributed presentations. A poster session presentation will be also organized. For details on the submission procedure see the section Call for papers.

HYP 2012 will be hosted by University of Padova. Great part of the plenary lectures will be given in the Aula Magna "Galileo Galilei", in the main building of University of Padova (Palazzo del Bo), located in the historical center of the town. All other lectures will be he held in the Psychology School Building of Via Bassi 2, near the Mathematics Department Building (Torre Archimede).

• A welcome reception will be offered on June 24 at the entrance of the Mathematics Department Building (Torre Archimede), starting at 5.30 pm.
• The conference banquet will take place on June 27, in the historical building of the XIII century, Palazzo della Ragione, which was the seat of the City Courts. The fee is 50 Euro and can be paid online.
• An excursion to Villa Pisani and Villa Malcontenta, with a boat trip between the two villas and back to the town, will take place on June 27 afternoon. The excursion fee is included in the registration fee.
• In the evenings there will be guided tours to the Scrovegni Chapel decorated with frescoes by Giotto of the XIV century.

Further information on the social programme can be found in the Logistics and Registration section.

The proceedings of HYP2012 will be published by the American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS). Papers from Plenary, Invited, and Contributed speakers at HYP2012 are welcome.

The papers must be prepared in proceedings' template (AIMS journal template), which is available at this link.

The contributions for the proceeding must be submitted in pdf file using the online form available at the address that has been communicated by letter to all HYP2012 speakers. Important: please, follow the instructions and comply with the upper bound on page numbers provided in the letter.

The deadline for accepting papers for the HYP2012 proceedings is January 25, 2013.

All papers will be refereed, and notification of acceptance will be made by September 1, 2013.

We expect to offer a limited amount of partial support for Hyp2012 participants. Special effort will be made to encourage the participation of young scientists and students who do not have other support.

Full consideration is given to the requests for financial support received by February 29, 2012. Requests for financial support must be submitted through the on-line registration form (available in the Logistics and Registration section).

• February 29, 2012
  Deadline for requests of financial support.
• March 21, 2012
  Deadline for abstracts submission that will receive full consideration.
• April 15, 2012
  Notification of acceptance of contributed talks.
• May 7, 2012
  Deadline for registration fee at a reduced rate: 200 Eur (verified students: 100 Eur).
• June 19, 2012
  Deadline for online payment, after reduced-rate deadline: 250 Eur (verified students: 150 Eur). Participants may still pay on-site on June 25-29.
• June 24, 2012
  4.00 pm – 7.00 pm, Registration at the conference site (Torre Archimede). Participants may still register on June 25, 8.00 am – 9.00 am, and on June 25-29, during the afternoon coffee breaks.
• June 25, 2012
  8.00 am, Registration (Palazzo del Bò). 9.00 am, Opening of the conference (Palazzo del Bò).
• June 29, 2012
  1.00 pm, Closing of the conference (Aule Via Bassi).
• January 25, 2013
  Deadline for submission of Contributions for HYP2012 Proceedings.
• September 1, 2013
  Notification of acceptance of the papers for the Proceedings.

We would like to gratefully acknowledge partial support from the following sponsors:

• ERC Starting Grant 2009 “Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws: singular limits, properties of solutions and control problems”
• Research Project MIUR PRIN 2009 “Systems of Conservation Laws and Fluid Dynamics: methods and Applications”
• GDRE CONEDP – European Research Group on PDE control 
• FP7-PEOPLE-2010-ITN European Research Network “Sensitivity Analysis for Deterministic Controller Design”
• Progetto di Eccellenza Fondazione Cariparo 2009-2010 “Nonlinear PDEs: models, analysis, and control-theoretic problems”
• ERC Starting Grant 2010 “Traffic Management by Macroscopic Models”
• Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Padova
• Dipartimento di Matematica Pura ed Applicata, Università degli Studi dell'Aquila
• Università di Padova
• University of Zurich
• University of Basel