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Cali, Valle del Cauca

Universidad del Valle

10 al 13

December de 2025

Free event

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Cali, Valle del Cauca

Universidad del Valle

10 - 13 December

2025

Free event

virtual certficaction
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Colombian Nonlinear Dispersive Equations:
A Collaborative Workshop.

The study of nonlinear dispersive equations has experienced a remarkable surge in activity in recent times, and Colombia has been at the forefront of this progressive movement. The country's research in this field has witnessed exponential growth, with numerous researchers from various universities and research centers actively engaged in groundbreaking work, earning significant recognition on the global stage.

The primary aim of this workshop is to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange among both Colombian and international researchers who specialize in this area. By bringing together seasoned academics and promising young researchers, including post-graduate students, the event seeks to fortify and promote the latest advancements in this captivating field of study. Through this unique platform, researchers from diverse backgrounds will have the opportunity to interact, share their findings, and collectively contribute to the further enrichment of nonlinear dispersive equations research.

In this spirit of collaboration, the workshop promises to be an enriching experience for all participants, facilitating the development of strong ties between academic communities and enhancing the collective pursuit of cutting-edge knowledge in this exciting domain.

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Poster Session

The poster session showcased a diverse collection of high-quality research contributions presented by students and early-career researchers. Participants demonstrated originality, rigor, and creativity across a wide range of topics, making this year’s competition particularly strong. After careful evaluation by the scientific committee, we are pleased to announce the recipients of the Best Poster Awards and the Honorable Mentions, recognizing outstanding work in clarity, scientific merit, and presentation. We congratulate all presenters for their exceptional efforts and valuable contributions to the event.

Poster Award Winners:
César Rincón Guerrero

Poster title: Decay properties of solutions to BO-type equations with fractional dissipation

Xavier Purroy

Poster title: Local well-posedness in the inhomogeneous nonlinear Schr ̈odinger equation

Honorable Mention:
Iván Felipe Salamanca

Poster title: On the multiplier problem for the ball

Andrés David Cadena

Poster title: On the Hardy-Littlewood Maximal Function in Sobolev Spaces

Natalia Agudelo

Poster title: Stochastic Differential Equations and Ito Calculus: a Brief introduction

Brian Esteban Rojas

Poster title: Elapsed time models of a neural network

Main Participation:

Gustavo Ponce
University of California, Santa Barba
USA

Main Participation:

Felipe Linares
Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, IMPA
Brasil

Main Participation:

Bingyu Zhang
University of Cincinnati
USA

Plenary Speakers

Gustavo Ponce

University of California, Santa Bárbara

United States

Felipe Linares

Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, IMPA

Brazil

Bingyu Zhang

University of Cincinnati

United States

Svetlana Roudenko

Florida International University

United States

Camille Laurent

Laboratoire de Mathématiques de Reims

France

Adán Corcho

Universidad de Córdoba

Spain

Eduardo Cerpa

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Chile

Julio Delgado

Univesidad del Valle

Colombia


Semiplenary Speakers

Fabio Natali

Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Brazil

Ademir Pastor

Universidade de Campinas

Brazil

Felipe Chaves Silva

Univerisdade Federal de Paraiba

Brazil

Germán Fonseca

Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Bogotá

Colombia

Victor Hugo Gonzalez

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Brazil

Liliana Esquivel

Universidad de Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Daniel Restrepo

Johns Hopkins University

United States

Juan Carlos Muñoz

Universidad del Valle

Colombia

José Manuel Jímenez

Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín

Colombia

Erwin Suazo

University of Texas in Rio Grande Valley

USA

Richard de la Cruz

Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia

Colombia

Miguel Soto

Universidad Estadual de Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

Alexander Muñoz

Universidade de Sao Paulo

Brazil



Communications

GUILLERMO RODRÍGUEZ

Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Bogotá, Colombia

DAVID ANDRADE

Universidad del Rosario, Colombia

FABIAN SÁNCHEZ

Universidad del Rosario, Colombia

RICARDO PASTRAN

Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Bogotá, Colombia

JEFFERSON PRADA

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.

JULIO DEL CARMEN LIZARAZO

Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Colombia

MANUEL FERNANDO PRADO

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile

RICARDO CÓRDOBA

Universidad de Nariño, Colombia

RUBEN DARIO ORTÍZ

Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia

GERARDO LOAIZA

Universidad del Cauca, Colombia

ALEX RODRÍGUEZ

Florida International University, USA

DIANA NGUYEN SON

Florida International University, USA

ALEX MONTES

Universidad del Cauca, Colombia

CHANDLER HAIGHT

Florida International University, USA


Minicourses

Oscar Riaño

Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Bogotá

Colombia

Fernando Gallego

Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales

Colombia

Minicourses:

The minicourses are designed with an introductory focus and are primarily intended for undergraduate students and those just beginning their graduate studies. Their goal is to provide a solid foundation in fundamental topics, helping participants to access more advanced areas of research.

Introductory Wellposedness Tools in Nonlinear Dispersive PDEs

Oscar Guillermo Riaño

Departamento de Matemáticas
Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Bogotá

Introduction to Control Theory of Evolution PDEs

Fernando Gallego

Departamento de Matemáticas y Estadística
Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales

Schedule:

Wednesday - 10/12/2025


07:00 - 08:00 Registration

08:00 - 09:20 Inaugural Event (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

9:25 - 10:05 Plenary: Global well-posedness of the initial-boundary value problem of a class generalized KdV equation on a finite interval - Bingyu Zhang, University of Cincinnati, USA (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

Coffee Break


10:35 - 11:15 Plenary: Nonlinear Schrodinger equation on a unit ball - Svetlana Roudenko, International Florida University, USA ((Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

11:20 - 11:50 Semiplenary: On the orbital stability of periodic snoidal waves for the ϕ4-equation - Fabio Nataly, Universidade Federal de Maringá, Brazil (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

11:50 - 12:30 Cultura Event (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

12:30 - 12:40 Grupal Picture (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

Lunch


14:10 - 15:00 Minicourses:

- Introductory Wellposedness Tools in Nonlinear Dispersive PDEs - Oscar Riaño, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Bogotá (Auditorium Chepe Escobar).

- Introduction to Control Theory of Evolution PDEs - Fernando Gallego, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales (Computer Laboratory).

15:00 - 15:45 CONVImaTE: TBA - Erika Cruz (Auditorium Calima)

Coffee Break


16:30 - 17:15 CONVImaTE: TBA - Carolina Garcia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Bogotá (Auditorium Calima)

17:20 - 18:30 Posters and best poster award (Math Departament)

Thursday - 11/12/2025


07:00 - 08:00 Minicourses:

- Introductory Wellposedness Tools in Nonlinear Dispersive PDEs - Oscar Riaño, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Bogotá (Auditorium Chepe Escobar).

- Introduction to Control Theory of Evolution PDEs - Fernando Gallego, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales (Computer Laboratory).

08:00 - 08:40 Plenary: The intermediate long wave equation - Gustavo Ponce, University of California, USA Cruz (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

08:45 - 09:25 Plenary: Aproximation and stability results for the parabolic FitzHugh-Nagumo system with rapidly oscillating terms - Eduardo Cerpa, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

09:30 - 10:10 Plenary: L2 solutions for cubic NLS equation with higher order fractional elliptic/hyperbolic operators on RxT. - Adán Corcho, University of Cordoba, Spain (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

Coffee Break


10:30 - 11:00 Semiplenary: Traveling waves and global well-posedness for quadratic NLS systems - Ademir Pastor, Universidade de Campinas, Brazil ((Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

11:10 - 11:40 Semiplenary: Long-time dynamics of KdV-KdV systems - Victor Hugo Gonzalez, Universidade Federal de Pernambco, Brazil (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

11:45 - 12:15 Semiplenary: Dispersive blow-up for a coupled Schr¨odinger-fifth order KdV system - José Manuel Jiménez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín, (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

Lunch


14:00 - 14:30 Semiplenary: On the well-posedness of a Cauchy problem associated with a Benjamin–Ono type equation: A talk in honor of Professor Félix Soriano - Richard de la Cruz, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos).

14:35 - 15:05 Semiplenary: Controllability for a Boussinesq system of BBM-BBM type with moving control - Miguel Soto, Universidade Estadual de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

15:10 - 15:40 Semiplenary: On explicit solutions for systems of partial differential equations with variable coefficients through Riccati-type systems - Erwin Suazo, University of Texas in Rio Grande Valley, USA (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

Coffee Break


16:00 - 16:20 Communication: Deterministic wave forecast - David Andrade, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia (Auditorium Chepe Escobar)
16:00 - 16:20 Communication: On the well-posedness of a Z–K type equation on the cylinder - Guillermo Rodríguez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Bogotá (Math Library Longe)

16:25 - 16:45 Communication: The Cauchy problem associated with the Hirota–Satsuma system - Gerardo Loaiza, Universidad del Cauca, Colombia (Auditorium Chepe Escobar)
16:25 - 16:45 Communication: Insensitizing controllability for the Navier–Stokes system, a nonlinear parabolic system - Jefferson Prada, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Math Library Longe)

16:50 - 17:10 Communication: Global behavior for the NLS with combined nonlinear terms. - Alex Rodríguez, Florida International University, USA (Auditorium Chepe Escobar)
16:50 - 17:10 Communication: The periodic Cauchy problem for a nonlinear system for surface waves - Ricardo Córdoba, Universidad de Nariño, Colombia (Math Library Longe)

17:15 - 17:35 Communication: The Cauchy Problem Associated with the rBO–ZK equation in Anisotropic Sobolev Spaces - Fabián Sánchez, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia (Auditorium Chepe Escobar)
17:15 - 17:35 Communication: Behaviors of perturbed solution in mKdV and Gardner equations - Diana Nguyen Son, Florida International University, USA (Math Library Longe)

Friday - 12/12/2025


07:00 - 08:00 Minicourses:

- Introductory Wellposedness Tools in Nonlinear Dispersive PDEs - Oscar Riaño, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Bogotá (Auditorium Chepe Escobar).

- Introduction to Control Theory of Evolution PDEs - Fernando Gallego, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales (Computer Laboratory).

08:00 - 08:40 Plenary: On solutions to interaction equations for short and long dispersive waves - Felipe Linares, IMPA, Brazil (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

08:45 - 09:25 Plenary: Spectral properties of anharmonic oscillators - Julio Delgado, Universidad del Valle, Colombia (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

09:30 - 10:10 Plenary: Propagation of global analyticity and unique continuation for semilinear wave equations - Camile Laurent, Laboratoire de Mathématiques de Reims, France (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

Coffee Break


10:30 - 11:00 Semiplenary: Spectral inequality for the n-dimensional Stokes operator with n-1 observation terms. - Felipe Chaves, Universidade Federal de Paraiba, Brazil ((Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

11:10 - 11:40 Semiplenary: The Benjamin–Ono Equation on the Half-Line - Liliana Esquivel, Universidad de Puerto Rico (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

11:45 - 12:15 Semiplenary: Fractionary Benjamin-Bona-Mahony equation in weighted Sobolev spaces - Germán Fonseca, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Bogotá, (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

Lunch


14:00 - 14:30 Semiplenary: Asymptotic behavior and rigidity in one-phase free boundary problems - Daniel Restrepo, Johns Hopkins University, USA (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos).

14:35 - 15:05 Semiplenary: The cubic NLS equation on looping-edge grpahs with \detal'-interactions - Alexander Muñoz, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

15:10 - 15:40 Semiplenary: On the numerical approximation of KP-type differential equations - Juan Carlos Muñoz, Universidad del Valle, Colombia (Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos)

Coffee Break


16:00 - 16:20 Communication: Hybrid methods based on PINNs and Fourier for the Generalized Korteweg–de Vries equation - Rubén Dario Ortíz, Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia (Auditorium Chepe Escobar)
16:00 - 16:20 Communication: A controllability result for the 2D Benney–Luke equation - Alex Montes, Universidad del Cauca, Colombia (Math Library Longe)

16:25 - 16:45 Communication: Weak solutions for a family of scalar balance equations - Julio del Carmen Lizarazo, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Colombia (Auditorium Chepe Escobar)
16:25 - 16:45 Communication: On a fifth-order nonlinear dispersive equation of Benjamin type - Ricardo Pastran, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Bogotá (Math Library Longe)

16:50 - 17:10 Communication: Well-posedness and solitary waves in the higher order KdV-type equations - Chandler Haight, Florida International University, USA (Auditorium Chepe Escobar)
16:50 - 17:10 Communication: Carleman estimate for semi-discrete stochastic parabolic operators in arbitrary dimension and applications to controllability - Manuel Fernando Prada, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile (Math Library Longe)

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SCIENTIFIC
COMMITTEE

University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada
IMPA, Brazil.

ikerbasque - Basque Foundation for Science, Spain.

Florida International University, USA.

Universidad del Valle, Colombia.

Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil.

Ghent University, Belgium.

ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE

Universidad del Valle.

Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Sede Manizales

Yale University, USA

Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Sede Bogotá

Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Sede Bogotá

Universidad del Valle.

Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Sede Bogotá

Universidad del Valle.

Universidad del Cauca.

Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Sede Manizales

Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Sede Medellín

Mountain in the background

Practical Information

Getting to Universidad del Valle, Cali

Universidad del Valle’s main campus, Meléndez, is located in the southern area of Cali and is easily accessible by the MIO public transport system (Universidad Station), as well as by taxis and ride-hailing services. From Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport, the campus is about a 40–50 minute drive. The main entrance is located on Calle 13 and Carrera 100, where security personnel can assist with directions inside the campus.

Key locations for the event include:

Auditorium Ángel Zapata Ceballos – Inauguration (located at Bajos de Biblioteca Central).
Auditorium Chepe Escobar – Main venue for talks.
Graduate Classrooms – Sessions and mini-courses.
Third Floor, Sciences Building / Mathematics Department – Additional talks and academic activities.

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Recomended Hotel: NH CALI ROYAL HOTEL

The NH Cali Royal Hotel is our recommended accommodation for participants attending the Second Colombian Workshop on Nonlinear Dispersive Equations. Located in the south of Cali, next to the Holguines Trade Center and just a few minutes from Universidad del Valle, the hotel offers modern rooms, an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness center, and excellent dining options.

Through the following link, participants will have the possibility to make their reservation with a special rate negotiated in agreement with Universidad del Valle:

LINK NH HOTEL - UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE

Things to Do in Cali:

1. Cali Salsa Experience
Discover why Cali is known as the Salsa Capital of the World. This experience offers professional dance classes, live music, and immersive cultural sessions where visitors can learn the basics—or refine their skills—in an authentic local environment.

2. Yawa Cali
An Afro-Colombian cultural hub offering dance workshops, musical performances, and community-based artistic experiences. Yawa Cali connects visitors with the rich heritage, rhythms, and traditions of the Pacific region.

3. El Mulato Cabaret
A legendary salsa venue founded by world-renowned dancer Luis Eduardo “El Mulato” Hernández. Visitors can enjoy vibrant shows on Wednesday nights and energetic Friday Swing Nights, with live performances and some of the best dancers in the city.

4. Museo La Tertulia
Cali’s most iconic modern art museum, featuring rotating exhibitions, film screenings, workshops, and cultural events. A must-visit spot for art lovers seeking contemporary Colombian and international perspectives.

5. Ecoparque Cristo Rey
A natural and cultural landmark offering ecological trails, panoramic views of Cali, and access to the emblematic Cristo Rey monument. Visitors must complete a simple registration process before entering the ecopark.

6. Suggested Places to Visit in Cali
- Barrio San Antonio: A historic neighborhood known for its colonial architecture, cafés, local handicrafts, and vibrant nightlife.
- Bulevar del Río Cali: A pedestrian-friendly riverside area ideal for walking, enjoying local street food, and exploring cultural spots.