Vortex dynamics is a fundamental topic for theory, applications and numerical simulation of fluid flows. Vortices are dominant features in many flows: for example, wakes of aircraft, turbulent fine scales, hurricanes and ocean eddies. More recently vortices have been studied in superfluids such as liquid helium and atomic Bose-Einstein condensates at extremely low temperatures. Recent work has linked quantum vortices to vortices in classical inviscid Euler fluids.
The aim of the colloquium is to bring together researchers with interests in vortex dynamics (classical and quantum) and related topics such as mixing and geophysical fluid dynamics.