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(last update: 18 March 2009)

Invited Talks and/or Contributed Oral Presentations in Scientific Meetings / Conferences / Seminars:

1. Oral talks / seminars

(in inverse chronological order)

  1. Nonlinear excitations in dusty plasma (Debye) crystals: what plasma physics can learn from nonlinear lattice theories,
    I. Kourakis,
    Series of invited seminars in Australia: University of Sydney: Complex Systems (20 Feb. 2009) and Physics Dept (26 Feb. 2009); Australian National University, Canberra (Nonlinear Physics Center) (4 March 2009)
    Copy of the oral presentations: click on the respective links above.

  2. Nonlinear Excitations in Dusty Plasmas and Debye Crystals: A survey of theoretical results ,
  3. Invited talk.
    Greek-Turkish conference on "Statistical Mechanics and Dynamical Systems", Rhodos, Greece & Marmaris, Turkey (11-17 September 2008);
    Copy of the talk: here.

  4. Nonlinear dynamics of rotating multi-component pair plasmas and e-p-i plasmas,
  5. Contributed talk.
    International Congress on Plasma Physics (ICPP 2008), Fukuoka, Japan (8-12 September 2008);
    Copy of the talk: here.

  6. Nonlinear Excitations in Dusty Plasma (Debye) Crystals: What Plasma Physics Can Learn from Nonlinear Lattice Theories,
  7. Invited talk.
    International Workshop on the Frontiers of Modern Plasma Physics, Trieste, Italy (14-25 July 2008);
    Copy of the talk: here.

  8. Nonlinear waves in dusty plasma (Debye) crystals: a new test-bed for nonlinear theories,
  9. Invited talk.
    SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures (NW08), Rome, Italy (21-24 July 2008);
    Copy of the talk: here.

  10. On the Existence of Rarefactive Solitons in Dusty Plasma Lattices,
  11. I. Kourakis
    35th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, (Karlsruhe, June 15 - 19, 2008)
    Copy of the oral presentation.

  12. Localized Excitations in Dusty Plasma Crystals: a survey of theoretical results,
  13. I. Kourakis (+ V. Koukouloyannis, P Kevrekidis, B. Farokhi, P. K. Shukla)
    35th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, (Karlsruhe, June 15 - 19, 2008)
    Copy of the oral presentation.

  14. Localized excitations in dusty plasma crystals: on the interface among plasma physics and nonlinear lattice theories,
  15. I. Kourakis (+ V. Koukouloyannis, B. Farokhi, P. K. Shukla)
    5th International Conference on Dusty Plasma Physics Conference (ICPDP5), (Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal, 18-24 May 2008)
    Copy of the oral presentation.

  16. Nonlinear excitations in dusty plasma (Debye) crystals: what plasma physics can learn from nonlinear lattice theories,
  17. I. Kourakis,
    Atomistic Simulation Centre, QUB; invited seminar
    Copy of the oral presentation.

  18. Nonlinear excitations in dusty plasma (Debye) crystals: what plasma physics can learn from nonlinear lattice theories,
  19. I. Kourakis,
    IOP Plasma Physics Group Annual Meeting,, (London, UK, 1-4 April, 2008)
    Copy of the oral presentation; handout to download.

  20. 2007 Summer College on Plasma Physics,, ICTP - Trieste, Italy, 30 July - 24 August 2007.
  21. Nonlinear field line random walk and generalized compound diffusion of charged particles, by A. Shalchi and I. Kourakis.
    Oral presentation: .pdf copy of the talk;
    Abdus Salam ICTP (Adriatico Bldg., Kastler Lecture Hall), Trieste (Italy), 21 August 2006;
    Lecture Notes, in .pdf (0.5 MB) form; also, on the ICTP server.

  22. 2007 Summer College on Plasma Physics,, ICTP - Trieste, Italy, 30 July - 24 August 2007.
  23. Localized envelope excitations in pair plasmas .
    Oral presentation: .pdf copy of the talk;
    Abdus Salam ICTP (Adriatico Bldg., Kastler Lecture Hall), Trieste (Italy), 23 August 2006;
    Lecture Notes, in .pdf (0.5 MB) form; also, on the ICTP server.

  24. Brief Personal Introduction (Overview of Research Activities by IK),
  25. I. Kourakis,
    Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece, April 28, 2007;
    Original talk (in greek) available here in .pdf form.

  26. Nonlinear excitations in dusty plasma (Debye) crystals: kinks, solitons and breathers,
  27. I. Kourakis and P.K. Shukla,
    Nonlinear Physics in Periodic Structures and Metamaterials , International seminar and workshop (Dresden, Germany, March 19-30, 2007);
    Contributed talk (given 29 March 2007); Original talk available here in .pdf form.

  28. Brief Personal Introduction (Overview of Teaching and Research Activities by IK),
  29. I. Kourakis,
    Queen's University, Belfast, UK, March 22, 2007;
    Original talk available here in .pdf form.

  30. Modulated envelope structures in e-p-i and pair plasmas,
  31. Invited oral presentation.
    3rd FSA (Flemish South-African) Workshop on Space Plasma Physics , Gent (Belgium), September 27-29, 2006;
    Copy of the talk: here.

  32. Modulated Envelope Wavepackets in Pair-Ion and e-p-i Plasmas ,
  33. International Workshop on Frontiers of Plasma Science (21/8 - 1/09/2006), Abdus Salam ICTP (Adriatico Bldg., Kastler Lecture Hall), Trieste (Italy), 28 August 2006;
    .pdf copy of the talk (2.5 MB); .mpg video material (bright soliton) (1.6 MB)
    Lecture Notes, in .pdf (0.5 MB), or .ps (3.5 MB) form; also, on the ICTP server.

  34. Fluid theory for electrostatic wave packet amplitude self-modulation in Space and laboratory plasmas
  35. Internal seminar,
    Lehrstuhl Theoretische Physik IV, Ruhr Universitaet Bochum, Germany, 16 Nov. 2005;
    .pdf copy of the talk (4.5 MB).

  36. Nonlinear wavepacket modulation and reductive perturbation theory: a Primer to the formalism and Focus on electrostatic modes in dusty plasmas
  37. Invited Talk (introductory seminar),
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Engineering (Polytechnic) School, General Department, Thessaloniki (Greece), 3 Nov. 2005;
    .pdf copy of the talk (4.5 MB).

  38. Collective processes in dusty plasma crystals ,
  39. Autumn College on Plasma Physics (5 - 30/09/2005), Abdus Salam ICTP (Main Bldg., Main Lecture Hall), Trieste (Italy), 23 September 2005;
    .pdf copy of the talk;
    Lecture Notes Ref. ICTP/SMR1673/19 here, or on the ICTP server.

  40. The Dynamics of Nonlinearly Coupled Bose Einstein condensates ,
  41. Invited Talk,
    Symposium on New Trends in Nonlinear Physics, Kastler Lecture Hall, Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste (Italy), 17 September 2005;
    .pdf copy of the talk; also: a video on BEC formation.

  42. Nonlinear Schrödinger-type ESW amplitude modulation theory and fluid plasma description: a theoretical Primer on envelope ES solitons ,
  43. Autumn College on Plasma Physics (5 - 30/09/2005), Abdus Salam ICTP (Main Bldg., Lecture Hall C), Trieste (Italy), 9 September 2005;
    .pdf copy of the talk;
    Lecture Notes Ref. ICTP/SMR1673/3 here, or on the ICTP server.

  44. On some fundamental problems involved in the statistical-mechanical description of test-particle motion in a plasma ,
  45. Autumn College on Plasma Physics (5 - 30/09/2005), Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste (Italy), September 2005;
    .pdf copy of the talk.

  46. Fokker-Planck kinetic equation from the microscopic equations of motion for many-body systems in an external force field: application in plasma
  47. Invited Talk (introductory seminar, in greek language),
    National Technical University of Athens, School of Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Mathematics Department, Athens (Greece), 25 Feb. 2005;
    .pdf copy of the talk.

  48. Dusty Plasmas: a new paradigm in Nonlinear Science; Focus issue: Localized excitations in dust crystals ,
  49. Invited Talk,
    MPIPKS - Max Planck Institut for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden (Germany), 24 Nov. 2004;
    .pdf copy of the talk.

  50. Localized modulated electrostatic wavepackets in space and dusty plasmas ,
  51. Dusty and Space Plasma Physics Workshop (FSAW 2004), Het Pand, Gent (Belgium), 22 - 24 September 2004, Het Pand, Gent (Belgium);
    .pdf copy of the talk.

  52. Nonlinear Modulated Envelope Electrostatic Wavepacket Propagation in Plasmas ,
  53. Invited Talk,
    22nd Summer School and International Symposium on the Physics of Ionized Gases (SPIG 2004), 23 - 27 August, 2004 (National Park "Tara", Serbia and Montenegro);
    abstract; .pdf copy of the talk; also see in ../Proceedings.

  54. Theory of nonlinear excitations in dusty plasma crystals,
  55. Contributed research talk,
    International Conference and Summer School: Complexity in Science and Society, Patras and Ancient Olympia, Greece, 14 - 26 July 2004;
    oral talk: .pdf copy of the talk.

  56. Theory of nonlinear excitations in dusty plasma crystals,
  57. Contributed research talk,
    31st EPS Meeting on Plasma Physics (EPS31), London, UK, 2004;
    oral talk: .pdf copy of the talk
    (also see ../Proceedings; also online proceedings at: http://130.246.71.128/ or at: http://eps2004.clf.rl.ac.uk/ ).

  58. Electrostatic wave propagation in dusty plasmas, Contributed Research Talk,
  59. 3rd Hellenic School on Fusion Physics and Technology, University of Thessaly, Volos (Greece), 29 March - 2 April 2004;
    oral presentation: .pdf copy of the talk;
    also see the associated posters: p.1 and p.2.

  60. Fokker-Planck kinetic equation for a test-particle in magnetized plasma (in greek),
  61. Contributed Research Talk,
    1st Hellenic School on Fusion Physics and Technology, University of Thessaly, Volos (Greece), May 2002;
    oral presentation: .pdf copy of the talk.

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3. Poster presentations

(in inverse chronological order)

  1. Nonlinear excitations in dusty plasma crystals: a survey of recent theoretical results,
    Contributed talk.
    International Congress on Plasma Physics (ICPP 2008), Fukuoka, Japan (8-12 September 2008);
  2. Highly localized nonlinear excitations in crystalline charged-particle configurations,
  3. Poster presentation.
    International Conference on Statistical Physics (Sigma-Phi 2008), Kolymbari, Crete, Greece, (14-18 July 2008);
    Copy of the poster: here.

  4. Discrete breathers, multibreathers and vortices in 2D dust crystals,
  5. V. Koukouloyannis, P.G. Kevrekidis, I. Kourakis, D. Frantzeskakis, K.J.H. Law
    33th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, (Crete, Greece, 9-13 June 2008).
    Copy of the poster presentation.

  6. Localized excitations in Debye crystals: a survey of theoretical results,
  7. I. Kourakis, V. Koukouloyannis and P. K. Shukla
    33th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, (Crete, Greece, 9-13 June 2008).
    Copy of the poster presentation.

  8. Nonlinear modelling of a rotating multi-component dusty plasma,
  9. I. Kourakis, U. M. Abdelsalam, W. M. Moslem and P. K. Shukla
    5th International Conference on Dusty Plasma Physics Conference (ICPDP5), (Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal, 18-24 May 2008).

  10. Ion-acoustic solitary waves in multi-ion dusty plasmas,
  11. W. F. El-Taibany, I. Kourakis, P. K. Shukla and M. Wadati
    5th International Conference on Dusty Plasma Physics Conference (ICPDP5), (Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal, 18-24 May 2008).

  12. Modulated dust-acoustic wavepackets in a kappa-distributed nonthermal plasma background,
  13. N. S. Saini and I. Kourakis
    5th International Conference on Dusty Plasma Physics Conference (ICPDP5), (Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal, 18-24 May 2008).

  14. On the existence of rarefactive longitudinal solitons in dusty plasma lattices,
  15. I. Kourakis
    5th International Conference on Dusty Plasma Physics Conference (ICPDP5), (Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal, 18-24 May 2008).

  16. Nonlinear excitations in pair-ion and electron-positron-ion plasmas,
  17. I. Kourakis,
    IOP Plasma Physics Group Annual Meeting,, (London, UK, 1-4 April, 2008)
    Copy of the poster presentation.

  18. Nonlinear excitations in dusty plasma (Debye) crystals: a new test-bed for nonlinear theories,
  19. I. Kourakis,
    Hamiltonian Lattice Dynamical Systems,, (Leiden, Netherlands, 15-20 October, 2007)
    Poster and brief oral introduction presented.

  20. Nonlinear electromagnetic waves in pair plasmas,
  21. N.F. Cramer, I. Kourakis and F. Verheest,
    28th ICPIG (International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases),, (Prague, Czech Republic, July 15-20, 2007)
    Poster contribution (Topic 4). Paper reprint: here.

  22. Nonlinear Field Line Random Walk and Generalized Compound Diffusion of Charged Particles,
  23. A. Shalchi and I. Kourakis,
    The Sun, the Heliosphere and the Earth, IHY 2007 conference (Bad Honnef, Germany, May 14 - 18, 2007);
    Poster contribution; original poster available here in .pdf form.

  24. Nonlinear electromagnetic wavepackets in plasmas,
  25. I. Kourakis, F. Verheest and N.F. Cramer
    The Sun, the Heliosphere and the Earth, IHY 2007 conference (Bad Honnef, Germany, May 14 - 18, 2007);
    Poster contribution; original poster available here in .pdf form.

  26. Nonlinear excitations in dusty plasma (Debye) crystals: a new test-bed for nonlinear theories,
  27. I. Kourakis and P.K. Shukla,
    Nonlinear Physics in Periodic Structures and Metamaterials , International seminar and workshop (Dresden, Germany, March 19-30, 2007);
    Poster contribution (associated to oral talk: see above); Original poster available here in .pdf form.

  28. Existence of breathers and multibreathers in a two-dimensional dusty plasma crystal,
  29. V. Koukouloyannis and I. Kourakis,
    Nonlinear Physics in Periodic Structures and Metamaterials , International seminar and workshop (Dresden, Germany, March 19-30, 2007);
    Poster contribution; Original poster available here in .pdf form.

  30. Collective charged particle behavior in dusty plasmas and dust crystals: overview of a new test-bed for nonlinear theories,
  31. I. Kourakis,
    Dynamics Days - Europe (Heraklion-Crete, Greece, September 25-29, 2006);
    Poster contribution; Abstract here; copy of the poster here.

  32. Existence and stability of multibreathers in a dusty plasma crystal,
  33. V. Koukouloyannis and I. Kourakis,
    Dynamics Days - Europe (Heraklion-Crete, Greece, September 25-29, 2006);
    Poster contribution; Available here: the abstract and the original poster presentation.

  34. Nonlinear modulated electrostatic wave packets in e-p-i plasmas or in pair-ion plasmas doped with a stationary charged component,
  35. I. Kourakis, A. Esfandyari-Kalejahi and P. K. Shukla,
    33th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics (Rome, Italy, June 19-23, 2006), paper P4.057;
    Poster contribution; Abstract here; Poster copy here, in .pdf or .ps format.

  36. A Mathieu equation for dust charge dynamics in multi-component dusty plasmas,
  37. I. Kourakis, M. Momeni and P. K. Shukla,
    33th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics (Rome, Italy, June 19-23, 2006), paper P2.091;
    Poster contribution; Abstract here; Poster copy here, in .pdf or .ps format.

  38. Charge polarization (dressed electrostatic interaction) effects in dusty (complex) crystals,
  39. I. Kourakis, P. K. Shukla and B. Farokhi
    13th International Congress on Plasma Physics (Kiev, Ukrainia, May 22-26, 2006);
    Poster contribution, presented by I.K.; Abstract here; Poster copy here.

  40. Nonlinear dust charge fluctuations in dusty (complex) plasmas: a Van der Pol-Mathieu model equation,
  41. M. Momeni, I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla
    13th International Congress on Plasma Physics (Kiev, Ukrainia, May 22-26, 2006);
    Poster contribution, presented by I.K.; Abstract here; Poster copy here.

  42. Electrostatic mode envelope excitations in warm pair ion plasma with a small fraction of uniform and stationary positive ions - application in e-p-i and doped fullerene plasmas ,
  43. A. Esfandyari-Kalejahi, I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla,
    13th International Congress on Plasma Physics (Kiev, Ukrainia, May 22-26, 2006);
    Poster contribution, co-authored, , presented by A.E.; Abstract here.

  44. Higher-order nonlinear contributions to ion-acoustic waves in a plasma consisting of adiabatic warm ions, non-isothermal electrons and a weakly relativistic electron beam,
  45. A. Esfandyari-Kalejahi, I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla,
    13th International Congress on Plasma Physics (Kiev, Ukrainia, May 22-26, 2006);
    Poster contribution, co-authored, presented by A.E.; Abstract here.

  46. Extended modulational instability criteria in asymmetric coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations,
  47. I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla,
    Nonlinear Physics and Mathematics (NLPM 2006), International Workshop (Kiev, Ukrainia, May 25-27, 2006);
    Poster contribution; Abstract here; Poster copy here.

  48. Modulational instability in two-component systems - application in Bose-Einstein condensate pairs ,
  49. Ioannis Kourakis, Padma Kant Shukla, and Lennart Stenflo,
    NEXT-SigmaPhi 2005: News, Expectations and Trends in Statistical Physics (Hania-Crete, Greece, 2005);
    Poster contribution; .pdf copy.

  50. Noise and damping from microscopic laws of motion: a kinetic-theoretical approach for classical systems in the presence of an external force field ,
  51. Ioannis Kourakis and Alkis Grecos,
    NEXT-SigmaPhi 2005: News, Expectations and Trends in Statistical Physics (Hania-Crete, Greece, 2005);
    Poster contribution; .pdf copy.

  52. Stability analysis of electromagnetic waves in negative refraction index materials ,
  53. Ioannis Kourakis and Padma Kant Shukla,
    Nonlinear Science and Complexity (18th Panhellenic Conference and Summer School), July 18-30, 2005, UTh (Volos, Greece);
    Poster contribution; .pdf copy of the poster.

  54. Existence of multibreathers in the presence of an inverse dispersion law and an asymmetric on-site potential: application in transverse dusty plasma lattice oscillations ,
  55. Vassilios Koukouloyannis and Ioannis Kourakis,
    Nonlinear Science and Complexity (18th Panhellenic Conference and Summer School), July 18-30, 2005, UTh (Volos, Greece);
    Poster contribution; .pdf copy of the poster.

  56. Dynamics of a dust crystal with positive and negative dust ,
  57. Ioannis Kourakis, Padma Kant Shukla and Gregor Morfill,
    International Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas - ICPDP 2005 (Orleans, France, 2005);
    Poster contribution;
    .pdf copy of the poster.

  58. Localized excitations of charged dust grains in dusty plasma lattices ,
  59. Ioannis Kourakis, Padma Kant Shukla and Vasileios Basios,
    International Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas - ICPDP 2005 (Orleans, France, 2005);
    Poster contribution;
    .pdf copy of the poster.

  60. New generalized dispersion relation for low-frequency electromagnetic waves in Hall-magnetohydrodynamic dusty plasmas,
  61. Padma Kant Shukla, Ioannis Kourakis and Lennart Stenflo,
    International Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas - ICPDP 2005 (Orleans, France, 2005);
    Poster contribution;
    .pdf copy of the poster.

  62. Detection and controlability aspects of intrinsic localized modes in dusty plasma crystals,
  63. V. Basios, I. Kourakis and P.K. Shukla,
    Nonlinear Physics: Condensed Matter, Dynamical Systems and Biophysics (May 30th-31st, 2005, Paris);
    Poster contribution;
    .pdf copy of the poster.

  64. Existence of multibreathers in systems with an inverse dispersion law. - Application in dusty plasma lattice oscillations,
  65. V. Koukouloyannis and I. Kourakis,
    Nonlinear Physics: Condensed Matter, Dynamical Systems and Biophysics (May 30th-31st, 2005, Paris);
    Poster contribution;
    .pdf copy of the poster.

  66. Theory of solitary waves in complex plasma lattices,
  67. I. Kourakis, P. K. Shukla and B. Eliasson,
    ICPP 2004 - International Conference on Plasma Physics (Nice, France, 25 - 29 oct. 2004),
    Poster contribution P3-042;
    e-Proceedings, available online at http://hal.ccsd.cnrs.fr/ccsd-00001890/en/;
    .pdf copy of the poster;
    also online proceedings at: http://130.246.71.128/).

  68. Lagrangean formulation of ion- and dust-ion-acoustic waves,
  69. I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla,
    ICPP 2004 - International Conference on Plasma Physics (Nice, France, 2004),
    Poster contribution P3-045;
    e-Proceedings, available online at http://hal.ccsd.cnrs.fr/ccsd-00001891/en/;
    .pdf copy of the poster.

  70. Modulated envelope localized wavepackets associated with electrostatic plasma waves,
  71. I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla,
    ICPP 2004 - International Conference on Plasma Physics (Nice, France, 2004),
    Poster contribution P3-044;
    electronic Proceedings, available online here;
    .pdf copy of the poster.

  72. Intrinsic localized modes in dust lattices,
  73. I. Kourakis, V. Basios and P. K. Shukla,
    ICPP 2004 - International Conference on Plasma Physics (Nice, France, 2004),
    Poster contribution P1-104;
    e-Proceedings, available online here;
    .pdf copy of the poster: part1, part2.

  74. Nonlinear theory of dust lattice mode coupling in dust crystals,
  75. I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla,
    ICPP 2004 - International Conference on Plasma Physics (Nice, France, 2004),
    Poster contribution P2-062;
    e-Proceedings, available online here;
    .pdf copy of the poster.

  76. Nonlinear whistlerons,
  77. B. Eliasson, I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla,
    ICPP 2004 - International Conference on Plasma Physics (Nice, France, 2004),
    Poster contribution P2-019;
    e-Proceedings, available online here;
    .pdf copy of the poster.

  78. Discrete breather modes in complex plasma crystals,
  79. I. Kourakis, P. K. Shukla and V. Basios,
    International Conference and Summer School: Complexity in Science and Society, Patras and Ancient Olympia, Greece, 14 - 26 July 2004;
    poster: .pdf copy of the poster.

  80. Localized nonlinear excitations in dusty plasma crystals,
  81. I. Kourakis, P. K. Shukla and B. Eliasson,
    ITCPP 2004: Workshop on Theoretical Physics , ICTP - Trieste, Italy, 5 - 16 July 2004;
    poster: abstract; .pdf copy of the poster.

  82. Envelope localized electrostatic wavepackets in space and laboratory plasmas,
  83. I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla,
    ITCPP 2004: Workshop on Theoretical Physics , ICTP - Trieste, Italy, 5 - 16 July 2004;
    poster: abstract; .pdf copy of the poster.

  84. Envelope solitons in a magnetized pair plasma,
  85. T. Cattaert, I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla,
    ITCPP 2004: Workshop on Theoretical Physics , ICTP - Trieste, Italy, 5 - 16 July 2004;
    poster: .pdf copy of the poster.

  86. Lagrangian formulation of electrostatic plasma waves: Application to dust-acoustic waves,
  87. I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla,
    31st EPS meeting on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics, London, UK, 2004;
    poster presentation (see ../Proceedings).

  88. Envelope localized modes in electrostatic plasma waves,
  89. I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla,
    31st EPS meeting on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics, London, UK, 2004;
    poster presentation: .pdf copy (also see Proceedings).

  90. Modulational instability and envelope excitations of dust-acoustic waves in a non--thermal background,
  91. I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla,
    31st EPS meeting on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics, London, UK, 2004;
    poster presentation (see Proceedings).

  92. Discrete breather modes in complex plasma crystals,
  93. I. Kourakis, P. K. Shukla and V. Basios,
    31st EPS meeting on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics, London, UK, 2004;
    poster presentation: .pdf copy (also see Proceedings).

  94. Oblique wave modulation and localized excitations of dusty plasma electrostatic modes,
  95. I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla,
    ITCPP - International Topical Conference on Plasma Physics, Santorini (Greece), 2003;
    poster presentation: .pdf copy.

  96. Nonlinear transverse wave modulation in dusty plasma crystals,
  97. I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla, ITCPP - International Topical Conference on Plasma Physics, Santorini (Greece), 2003;
    poster presentation: .pdf copy.

  98. Stability of linear oscillations in dusty plasma crystals in the presence of ion flow,
  99. I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla,
    ITCPP - International Topical Conference in Plasma Physics, Santorini (Greece), 2003;
    poster presentation: .pdf copy.

  100. Relaxation times for magnetized plasma - a parameteric study,
  101. I. Kourakis,
    29th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Montreux (Switzerland), 2002;
    poster presentation: .pdf copy.

  102. Modulational instability and localized excitations in dusty plasma crystals,
  103. I. Kourakis,
    29th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Montreux (Switzerland), 2002;
    poster presentation: .pdf copy.

  104. Rigorous derivation of a Fokker-Planck-type equation from particle dynamics,
  105. I. Kourakis,
    3ero Congreso de la Sociedad Venezolana de Física, Caracas (Venezuela), 2001;
    poster presentation: .pdf copy.

  106. Kinetic theory and transport processes for a test-particle in magnetized plasma,
  107. I. Kourakis,
    3ero Congreso de la Sociedad Venezolana de Física, Caracas (Venezuela), 2001;
    oral presentation: .pdf copy of the transparencies.

  108. Derivation of a collision operator from microscopic dynamics in the weak-coupling limit: application in magnetized plasma,
  109. I. Kourakis,
    Int. Conference: "Collisions in the Universe", Namur (Belgium), 2001;
    poster presentation: .pdf copy.

  110. Kinetic theory for a test-particle weakly-coupled to a homogeneous reservoir: formalism and typical applications,
  111. I. Kourakis,
    Euroconference on "Asymptotic methods and applications in kinetic and quantum-kinetic theory", Granada (Spain), 2001;
    poster presentation: .pdf copy.