IUTAM Symposium on 150 Years of Vortex Dynamics

150 Years of vortex dynamics.- The persistence of spin.- Why study vortex dynamics?.- A new calculus for two-dimensional vortex dynamics.- On relative equilibria and integrable dynamics of point vortices in periodic domains.- Collapse and concentration of vortex sheets in two-dimensional flow.- Self-propulsion of a free hydrofoil with localized discrete vortex shedding: analytical modeling and simulation.- Vortex dynamics on a domain with holes.- Background current concept and chaotic advection in an oceanic vortex flow.- Singular vortices in regular flows.- Cosmic vortices in hot stars and cool disks.- 2D vortex interaction in a non-uniform flow.- Localized dipoles: from 2D to rotating shallow water.- Barotropic elliptical dipoles in a rotating fluid.- On instability of elliptical hetons.- Explosive instability of geostrophic vortices. Part 1: baroclinic instability.- Explosive instability of geostrophic vortices. Part 2: parametric instability.- The N-vortex problem on a sphere: geophysical mechanisms that break integrability.- From generation to chaotic motion of a ring configuration of vortex structures on a sphere.- Vortex motion on a sphere: barrier with two gaps.- Asymmetric vortex merger: mechanism and criterion.- Numerical simulations of falling leaves using a pseudo-spectral method with volume penalization.- High-performance computing techniques for vortex method calculations.- Stability of elliptical vortices from "Imperfect-Velocity-Impulse" diagrams.- Chaotic streamlines in the flow of knotted and unknotted vortices.- Falling cards and flapping flags: understanding fluid-solid interactions using an unsteady point vortex model.- Swimming in an inviscid fluid.- Vorticity generation during the clap-fling-sweep of some hovering insects.- Kinetic theory of stellar systems, two-dimensional vortices and HMF model.- Vortices for computing: the engines of turbulence simulation.- Vorticity dynamics in turbulence growth.- Sharp vorticity gradients in