The proceedings discuss the nonequilibrium and nonlinear dynamics in nuclear and other finite systems. The problems discussed cover different levels of the structure of matter, such as quarks, hadrons and nuclei, and outline different issues in the physics of elementary matter: cold valleys and fusion of superheavy nuclei - hypernuclei - antinuclei - correlation in the vacuum. The aim of the discussions is to probe some fundamentals of modern physics, for example, the coexistence of macroscopic and microscopic effects in association with various phase transitions, and the mutual relation between classical and quantum effects related with macro-level and micro-level variables. It will also be an invaluable reference work for the dynamics of evolution of matter and dynamic relations between different levels of nature.

This textbook is aimed at newcomers to nonlinear dynamics and chaos, especially students taking a first course in the subject. The presentation stresses analytical methods, concrete examples, and geometric intuition. The theory is developed systematically, starting with first-order differential equations and their bifurcations, followed by phase plane analysis, limit cycles and their bifurcations, and culminating with the Lorenz equations, chaos, iterated maps, period doubling, renormalization, fractals, and strange attractors.

This volume provides a broad overview of the principal theoretical techniques applied to non-equilibrium and finite temperature quantum gases. Covering Bose-Einstein condensates, degenerate Fermi gases, and the more recently realised exciton-polariton condensates, it fills a gap by linking between different methods with origins in condensed matter physics, quantum field theory, quantum optics, atomic physics, and statistical mechanics.

All papers in this proceedings volume were peer reviewed. The purview of this third conference was shifted toward biology and medicine. Among the topics covered were: the constructive role of noise in the central nervous system, neuronal networks, and sensory transduction (hearing in humans, photo- and electroreception in marine animals), encoding of information into nerve pulse trains, single molecules and noise (including single molecule detection and characterization by nanopores - molecular "Coulter counting"), concepts of noise in neurophysiology (randomness and order in brain and heart electrical activities under normal conditions and in pathology), the role of noise in genetic regulation and gene expression, biosensors, etc.

Electronics, optics, and fluids have been strong fields for the application of nonlineardynamics. The trend over the years has been the growth of biophysics (especially neuroscience and cardiac dynamics), oceanography, and geophysics for the employment of the concepts and techniques of nonlinear dynamics. Topics include: electronics; optics; geophysics, oceanography, and meterology; hydrodynamics, turbulence, and plasmas; biophysics; neurophysiology; chemical chaos; interdisciplinary; as well as data analysis.

The 8th Experimental Chaos Conference again demonstrated the broad spectrum of areas where nonlinear dynamics plays an important role, such as circuits, hydrodynamics, optics, chemistry, fracture dynamics, neuroscience, and cognitive science. Additional contributions outline the trends for development and application of concepts and techniques of nonlinear dynamics.