NA Digest Sunday, January 27, 2002 Volume 02 : Issue 04

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Cleve Moler
The MathWorks, Inc.
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From: Gene Golub <golub@Stanford.edu>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 09:17:56 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
Subject: National Academy of Sciences Award to Heinz-Otto Kreiss

Congratulations to Heinz-Otto Kreiss on receiving the
National Academy of Sciences award.

-- Gene Golub

NAS Award in Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis -- a prize of
$10,000 awarded every approximately every three years for outstanding
work in applied mathematics and numerical analysis -- goes to Heinz-Otto
Kreiss, professor, department of mathematics, University of California,
Los Angeles. Kreiss was chosen "for his seminal contribution to the
understanding of differential and difference equations and for his many
outstanding contributions to numerical analysis, fluid dynamics, and
meteorology." The award was established by International Business Machines
Corporation and has been presented since 1972.


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From: Margaret Wright <mhw@cs.nyu.edu>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 16:41:05 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Change of Address for Margaret Wright

Dear na-net friends and colleagues,
As of January 22, 2002 my new coordinates are

Margaret H. Wright
Computer Science Department
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University
251 Mercer Street
New York, NY 10012

office phone: 212-998-3056

fax: 212-995-4121

email: mhw@cs.nyu.edu


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From: Anil Hirani <hirani@caltech.edu>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 07:09:40 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Submatrix with Smallest Lowest Singular Value

Given a full rank matrix with m rows r columns (with m >> r). I would like
to find a subset (of size r) of the rows such that the smallest singular
value of the resulting r by r square matrix is minimized. In other words I
want to solve the following optimization problem. Given a full rank matrix
A with m rows, r columns,

minimize over all r sized subsets S of rows of A : (sigma_r of S)

where sigma_r is the smallest singular value of the r by r matrix S.
I am interested in the r by r matrix S that achieves this minimum.
Does anyone know of any references for this problem ?

Thanks
Anil Hirani
Caltech


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From: Alfred Inselberg <aiisreal@post.tau.ac.il>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 22:56:50 +0200 (GMT-2)
Subject: Help with Nonlinear Equations

I have a set of 10 non-linear equations with 10 unknowns, 8 appearing
quadratically and 2 in the exponents of e-. Can anyone suggest some good
algorithms (and if possible also software) for solving the equations?

Thanks
Alfred Inselberg


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From: Thomas Apel <apel@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 11:28:49 +0100
Subject: Re: Seeking Sparse Cholesky Solvers

Dear NA-Digest readers,

We received 18 replies to our appeal for sparse Cholesky solvers in
NA-Digest 02/02. We would like to thank all of you who responded.

Summarizing, we were pointed to the following packages (in alphabetical order):
- Boeing commercial sparse Cholesky code
inexpensive university licenses available
(jglewis@redwood.rt.cs.boeing.com)
- DSCPACK http://www.cse.psu.edu/~raghavan/Dscpack/
Domain-Separator Cholesky Package (also for multiprocessors)
- HSL http://www.cse.clrc.ac.uk/Activity/HSL
Formerly the Harwell Subroutine Library, free for UK academics only.
- MUMPS http://www.enseeiht.fr/lima/apo/MUMPS/
MUltifrontal Massively Parallel sparse direct Solver.
- Pastix http://dept-info.labri.u-bordeaux.fr/~ramet/pastix/
Parallel Sparse matriX package
- PARDISO (not free, Olaf.Schenk@ifi.unibas.ch)
- SPOOLES http://www.netlib.org/linalg/spooles/spooles.2.2.html
SParse Object Oriented Linear Equations Solver
- TAUCS http://www.tau.ac.il/~stoledo/taucs/
- UMFPACK v3.2 http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/umfpack
for unsymmetric matrices with a "symmetric preference" option
- WSMP http://www.cs.umn.edu/~agupta/wsmp
Watson Sparse Matrix Package (Linux Version - Sometime in 2002)
- Yale sparse matrix package
Five people offered their private Cholesky code.

Some people asked about the kind of problem we need the solver for.
The problem is a discretized quadratic eigenvalue problem, which is
described briefly in our paper
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/ftp-home/pub/Local/mathematik/Apel/awm.ps.gz
We are now developing a different eigenvalue solver in which we need
to do repeated solves with a positive-definite matrix, for which we
want to apply a Cholesky solver. The number of solves depends on the
number of eigenvalues wanted, which makes a comparison difficult. For
a larger number it pays to invest more in the reordering to minimize
fill-in. Since these solves take much of the time we are willing to
do some comparisons to find some compromise. However, we do not have
sufficient wo/manpower to test all of the packages mentioned.

Thomas Apel
David Watkins


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From: Alexandre Ern <ern@cermics.enpc.fr>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:31:56 +0100
Subject: New Book in French on Finite Elements

Dear colleagues,

We have the pleasure to announce the release of our new book

Elements finis : theorie, applications, mise en oeuvre
Alexandre Ern and Jean-Luc Guermond
Series Mathematiques & Applications, vol. 36
Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2002
ISBN 3-540-42615-9, 430 p.
http://www.springer.de/cgi-bin/search_book.pl?isbn=3D3-540-42615-9

Summary

These lecture notes present a mathematical theory of finite elements
which emphasizes inf-sup conditions rather than the standard Lax-Milgram
paradigm. Recent developments such as least-squares methods, subgrid
viscosity and a posteriori error control are treated. Each theoretical
topic is illustrated by engineering applications. Practical
implementation aspects (mesh generation, data structure, linear algebra)
are also covered.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Interpolation par elements finis
3. Problemes bien poses
4. Problemes coercifs
5. Problemes mixtes
6. Problemes du premier ordre
7. Problemes d'evolution en temps
8. Maillages
9. Quadratures numeriques, assemblage et stockage
10. Algebre lineaire
11. Estimation d'erreur a posteriori
Annexes
A. Conventions de notation
B. Espaces de Banach et de Hilbert
C. Elements d'analyse fonctionnelle


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From: Allison Bogardo <bogardo@siam.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 14:30:34 -0500
Subject: Call for Nominations, SIAG/OPT Prize

Call for Nominations
SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Prize
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN ELIGIBILITY DATES FOR PAPERS AND
THE EXTENSION IN THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS

The SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Prize (SIAG/OPT) will be
awarded at the SIAM Conference on Optimization, May 20-22, 2002, at
the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto.

The prize is awarded to the author(s) of the most outstanding paper,
as determined by the selection committee, on a topic in optimization
published in English in a peer-reviewed journal.

Eligibility

Candidate papers must be published in English in a peer-reviewed
journal bearing a publication date within the period of January 1,
1998 to December 31, 2001. The paper must contain significant
research contributions to the field of optimization, as commonly
defined in the mathematical literature, with direct or potential
applications.

Description of the Award

The award will consist of a plaque and a certificate. The chair of
the selection committee will notify the recipient(s) of the award in
advance of the award date. An invitation will be extended to the
recipient(s) to attend the award ceremony to receive the award and to
present the paper. At least one of the awardees is expected to attend
the ceremony and present the winning paper.

Nominations

Nominations, which should consist of a copy of the paper and a cover
letter, must be received in the SIAM office by FEBRUARY 25, 2002.
Please send nominations to:

SIAG/OPT Prize Selection Committee
Professor Philippe Toint, Chair
c/o A. G. Bogardo
SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688
Telephone: 215-382-9800, Ext. 302
Fax: 215-386-7999
E-mail: bogardo@siam.org

Selection Committee

Members of the selection committee are Philippe Toint, Chair (The
University of Namur, Belgium); Harvey Greenberg (University of
Colorado, Denver); Masakazu Kojima (Tokyo Institute of Technology);
Paul Tseng (University of Washington); and Levent Tuncel (University
of Waterloo).


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From: Tammy Kolda <tgkolda@sandia.gov>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 10:43:34 -0800
Subject: Bay Area Scientific Computing Day

CALL FOR POSTERS
Bay Area Scientific Computing Day 2002
Saturday, March 2, 2002
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Pleasanton, CA

The Bay Area Scientific Computing Day is an informal gathering to
encourage the interaction and collaboration of researchers from the
San Francisco Bay Area in the field of scientific computing. It also
provides new researchers an opportunity to present their work to the
local community. This year's meeting consists of ten 25-minute
technical presentations and a 90-minute contributed poster session.

Contributed posters: The poster session provides the opportunity for
you to present your research and offers an excellent venue for
extended informal discussion with other attendees. Graduate students
and recent PhDs are especially encouraged to apply. The submission
form is available online at the workshop web site. The deadline for
submissions is Feb. 2nd, and notification of acceptance will be sent
out by Feb. 9th.

Web site:

http://csmr.ca.sandia.gov/workshops/bascd2002/

For further information, contact:

Vicki Howle, vehowle@sandia.gov, 925-294-2204
Jonathan Hu, jhu@sandia.gov, 925-294-2931
Tamara Kolda, tgkolda@sandia.gov, 925-294-4769
Monica Martinez-Canales, mmarti7@sandia.gov, 925-294-3157
Juan Meza, meza@sandia.gov, 925-294-2425

BASCD 2002 is sponsored by the Computer Science Research Institute at
Sandia National Labs.


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From: Juha Haataja <jhaataja@csc.fi>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 15:41:42 +0200 (EET)
Subject: Conference in Finland on Applied Parallel Computing

This is the second call for Papers and Session Proposals for the PARA'02
Conference in Espoo, Finland, in 15-18 June 2002.

Since 1994, the series of conferences on Applied Parallel Computing, named
PARA94, PARA95, PARA96, PARA98 and PARA2000 have successfully been held in the
Nordic countries. The next conference, PARA'02, is hosted by CSC - Scientific
Computing in June 15-18, 2002, in Espoo, a center of Finnish technology.
The general theme for the conference is Advanced Scientific Computing.

Confirmed invited speakers:

- Xing Cai, University of Oslo, Norway
- Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee, USA
- Christian Hege, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum in Berlin, Germany
- Rainald Lohner, George Mason University, USA
- Heikki Mannila, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
- Risto Nieminen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
- John Reid, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
- Paolo Sibani, University of Southern Denmark/Physics Department, Denmark

Details of the conference:

Details of the conference and the submission procedures can be found at
the conference web sites at http://www.csc.fi/para2002.

The PARA'02 Proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in their Lecture
Notes in Computer Science series.

Important dates:

- January 31, 2002 - Deadline for abstracts and session proposals
- February 15, 2002 - Notification of acceptance
- March 22, 2002 - Deadline for accepted articles, camera-ready-manuscripts
- April 30, 2002 - Pre-registration
- June 15-18, 2002 - PARA'02 Conference in Espoo

Looking forward to seeing you in Espoo in the light and pleasant summertime.

PARA'02 Organizing Committee,

Jari Jarvinen, CSC, chairman
Lauri Kettunen, Tampere University of Technology
Kari Laasonen, University of Oulu and
Risto Nieminen, Helsinki University of Technology
Tapani Pakkanen, University of Joensuu
Jussi Rahola, Nokia Research Center
Henry Tirri, University of Helsinki


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From: SCEE <jan.ter.maten@philips.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 18:56:27 +0100
Subject: Conference in Eindhoven on Scientific Computing in EE

Reminder: The deadline for submitting abstracts to SCEE-2002
comes near: 31 January 2002.

The 4th International Conference SCEE-2002, Scientific Computing
in Electrical Engineering, will be held on June 23-28, 2002, in
Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

The conference will address topics from
- Computational Elektrodynamics,
- Computational Electromagnetics and
- Circuit Simulation.

This conference will be organized by the Scientific Computing Group
of the Eindhoven University of Technology together with Philips
Research Laboratories in Eindhoven.

For further details we refer to http://www.win.tue.nl/scee2002/.
Email: scee2002@win.tue.nl


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From: Jochen Hittler <jochen.hittler@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:32:14 +0100
Subject: European Multigrid Conference

Seventh European MultiGrid Conference
Hohenwart Forum, Germany
October 7th - 10th, 2002

The Research Network WiR Baden-Wuerttemberg, together with the
Simulation in Technology Center at the University of Heidelberg are
organizing the European Multigrid Conference in 2002. Earlier European
Multigrid Confrences were held in Cologne in 1981 and 1985, Bonn in
1990, Amsterdam in 1993, Stuttgart in 1996 and Gent in 1999. The
conference provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of
recent research in the general area of multigrid methods.

Chairmen
W. Hackbusch, Kiel
G. Wittum, Heidelberg

Invited Speakers (tentative)

R.E. Bank, San Diego; A. Brandt, Rehovot; R. Falgout, Livermore; R.
Hiptmair, Tuebingen; S. Lang, Heidelberg; K. Oosterlee, Delft; S.
Sauter, Zuerich; V. Schulz, Trier; R. Stevenson, Utrecht; J. Xu, Penn
State; W. Zulehner, Linz.

Conference topics
Multigrid methods, focussing on robustness, adaptivity, algebraic
multigrid, wavelets, parallel methods, optimization and inverse
modelling, software and tools.Applications of multigrid, particulary in
computational fluid dynamics, porous media flow, computational
mechanics, chemical engineering, biotechnology and statistical physics.

Registration Office

Jochen Hittler phone: ++49 (0) 6221 54 88 15
Oktavia Klassen phone: ++49 (0) 6221 54 88 54
Simulation in Technology Center
Universitat Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
D- 69120 Heidelberg
fax: ++49 (0) 6221 54 88 60
email: emg02@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de

Conference Location
Hohenwart Forum Conference Center
Schonbornstr. 25
75181 Pforzheim - Hohenwart
phone ++49 (0) 7234 606 0
fax ++49 (0) 7234 606 46
http://www.hohenwart.de


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From: Vladimir Garanzha <garan@ccas.ru>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 01:23:44 +0300
Subject: Workshop in Moscow on Grid Generation

Dear colleagues,

The workshop "GRID GENERATION: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS" will
take place in the Computing Center RAS, Moscow,
June 24-28, 2002.

More detailed information about workshop can be found at
http://www.ccas.ru/gridgen/ggta02

Sincerely,
V.A. Garanzha.


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From: Darrell Ross <ross@siam.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 11:33:11 -0500
Subject: SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics

UPDATE

SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics
August 11-14, 2002
Handlery Hotel & Resort
San Diego, CA

SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENSION!

The Deadline for participation submissions has been extended to April
4, 2002!

To submit a Minisymposium Proposal, Paper, or Contributed Paper before
April 4, 2002, please visit:

http://www.siam.org/meetings/dm02/


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From: Javier Sayas <jsayas@posta.unizar.es>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 18:58:20 +0100
Subject: Short Course in Spain on Numerical Simulation

10th French-Spanish School on
NUMERICAL SIMULATION IN PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING
Jaca, Spain - 23-27 September 2002

http://www.unizar.es/ehf2002

Organised by: INRIA and Dept. Applied Mathematics,
University of Zaragoza (Spain)
* Michel Bernadou, INRIA & Universite Leonard de Vinci
* Francisco Lisbona, Universidad de Zaragoza
* Francisco-Javier Sayas, Universidad de Zaragoza

Further information: ehf2002@posta.unizar.es

Scientific commitee: A. Bermudez de Castro (Santiago), M. Bernadou (INRIA),
E. Casas (Cantabria), J.L. Cruz (Cordoba), E. Fernandez Cara (Sevilla), F.
Lisbona (Zaragoza), F. Michavila (Madrid), J. Valdes (Oviedo), A. Valle
(Malaga)

The school consists of four monographic courses plus five lectures. It is
aimed to graduate students, researchers (young and experienced) and
professionals in Numerical Mathematics and all fields where numerical
methods are applied.

Courses:
* Numerical modelling of 3D hydrodynamic flows, T. Chacon (Sevilla)
* Robustness of finite elements for shells, D. Chapelle (INRIA, Rocq)
* Numerical methods for evolution problems, M. Crouzeix (Rennes)
* High resolution methods for hyperbolic conservation laws, Rosa Donat
(Valencia)

Lectures by:
* E. Vazquez-Cendon
* I. Losada
* J.-M. Thomas
* G. Meurant
* C. Moreno

In the last editions of the school working languages have been Spanish and
English.


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From: Dirk Laurie <dpl@sun.ac.za>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 15:04:07 +0200
Subject: South African Conference on Numerical and Applied Mathematics

SANUM 2002 (more formally, the 26th South African Conference on Numerical
and Applied Mathematics) will be held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on
3--5 April 2002. The focus of the conference has traditionally been in
Numerical Analysis, but has recently been broadened to include Applied
Mathematics in general.

Stellenbosch is an historic town set amid mountains in the winelands near
Cape Town.

The following plenary talks will be scheduled:

HT Banks (North Carolina State University)
Electromagnetic interrogation of dielectric materials.
Liesbeth Botha (University of Pretoria and CSIR)
Automatic speech recognition: a triumph for statistical pattern
recognition.
Claude Brezinski (University of Lille)
A classification of quasi-Newton methods for systems of nonlinear
equations.
Alan Edelman (MIT)
Why are Random Matrices Cool?
David Elliott (University of Tasmania)
The Trapezoidal rule -- Don't knock it!
Franz Kappel (University of Graz)
Modelling of the cardiovascular-respiratory system: Basic regulatory
mechanisms.
James Lyness (Argonne National Laboratory and University of New South Wales)
Linear extrapolation in multidimensional integration.
John Miller (Trinity College, Dublin)
Reynolds-uniform numerical approximations to the velocity and its
derivatives for laminar flow past a flat plate at high Reynolds numbers.

Early bird registrations (at a 33% discount) must be received before
March 1, 2002 by Ruby van Rooyen <rooyen@dip.sun.ac.za>.

More details, including the registration form, e-mail addresses of the
organizers and touristic information, is available on the conference
web page http://dip.sun.ac.za/sanum2002


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From: Pervasive 2002 <pvc02@inf.ethz.ch>
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 14:21:56 +0100
Subject: Conference in Zurich on Pervasive Computing

Second Call for Papers: SUBMISSION DEADLINE FEBRUARY 22, 2002
Electronic Submissions now open. See www.pervasive2002.org/submit.html

International Conference on Pervasive Computing
PERVASIVE 2002

August 26-28, 2002
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Organized by IBM Research and ETH Zurich
www.pervasive2002.org

The objective of this conference will be to present, discuss, and
explore latest technical developments in the emerging field of pervasive
computing as well as potential future directions and issues. Leaving
aside low-level hardware and transmission technology topics as well as
peripheral socio-economic aspects, the conference will focus on technical
infrastructure and application issues. It will include presentations,
panel discussions, short paper sessions, and demos on subjects like:

- System architectures and platforms for pervasive computing
- Middleware and pervasive computing infrastructures
- Mobile, wireless, and wearable technologies
- Innovative small computing and intelligent devices
- Emerging applications and mobile business issues
- Scenarios for information appliances
- Service discovery protocols
- Content distribution and delivery
- User interfaces for invisible and embedded computing
- Context awareness
- Security and privacy issues

GENERAL CHAIR: Mahmoud Naghshineh, IBM Research
PROGRAM CHAIR: Friedemann Mattern, ETH Zurich
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Emile Aarts, Philips Research Arndt Bode, TU Munich
Gaetano Borriello, Univ. of Wash./Intel Dave DeRoure, Univ. of Southampton
Oliver Haase, Bell Labs Research Stefan Hild, IBM Research
Dirk Husemann, IBM Research Pertti Huuskonen, Nokia
Alan Jones, AT&T Laboratories Cambridge Kazuhiko Kato, Univ. of Tsukuba
Tim Kindberg, HP Laboratories Kazushi Kuse, IBM Research
Gerald Maguire, KTH Stockholm Joachim Posegga, SAP Research
Apratim Purakayastha, IBM Research Jun Rekimoto, Sony
Kurt Rothermel, University of Stuttgart Larry Rudolph, MIT
Bernt Schiele, ETH Zurich Bill Schilit, Xerox PARC
Roy Want, Intel Research

Important dates: PAPER SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: February 22, 2002
NOTIFICATIONS TO AUTHORS: April 23, 2002

Proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in
Computer Science Series. A best paper award and best student paper award,
each in the amount of 500 Euros, will be granted for outstanding
contributions. Advice for authors and instructions for submissions may be
found at http://www.pervasive2002.org/submit.html

For more information see http://www.pervasive2002.org


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From: Ivan Slapnicar <ivan@math.usu.edu>
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 13:17:52 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Workshop in Croatia on Accurate Solution of Eigenvalue Problems

Second Announcement and Call for Papers for the

IV INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ACCURATE SOLUTION OF EIGENVALUE PROBLEMS

June 24-27, 2002, Split, Croatia
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
and Naval Architecture
University of Split
http://www.fesb.hr/iwasep4

In cooperation with SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra (SIAG/LA).

Organizers:
Jesse Barlow, The Pennsylvania State University,
Ivan Slapnicar, University of Split, (local manager),
Kresimir Veselic, Fernuniversitaet Hagen, Germany.

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together experts on accuracy
issues in the numerical solution of eigenvalue problems for four days
of research presentations and discussions. This is the fourth such
workshop. The first, titled "International Workshop on Accurate
Eigensolving and Applications", was held at the University of Split on
July 11-17, 1996, the second, "International Workshop on Accurate
Solution of Eigenvalue Problems", was held at the Pennsylvania State
University on July 20-23, 1998, and the "III International Workshop on
Accurate Solution of Eigenvalue Problems", was held at the
Fernuniversitaet Hagen on July 3-6, 2000. The reports on these
workshops written by Beresford Parlett were published in SIAM News
(February 2001, March 1999, October 1996).

The workshop will have similar format as its predecessors: there will
be no parallel sessions; research presentations will be 30 to 40
minutes each, with sufficient time for discussions. Specially titled
discussion/working groups and a poster session will also be organized.

The list of tentative invited speakers includes:

Chris Beattie, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,
James Demmel, University of California at Berkeley,
Zlatko Drmac, University of Zagreb,
Gene Golub, Stanford University,
Ming Gu, UCLA,
Nick Higham, University of Manchester,
Ilse Ipsen, North Carolina State University,
Beresford Parlett, University of California at Berkeley,
Axel Ruhe, Chalmers Institute of Technology, Goteborg,
Hubert Schwetlick, Technische Universitaet Dresden,
Pete Stewart, University of Maryland,
Hongyuan Zha, The Pennsylvania State University.

Linear Algebra and Its Applications has published a special issue (LAA
Vol. 309, April 2000) connected with the II Workshop at Penn State,
and will also publish a special issue connected with the III Workshop
in Hagen. A special issue is planned in connection with this workshop, as
well.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Please submit half to one page abstract (LaTeX or TXT) to iwasep4@fesb.hr
Deadline: March 31, 2002.

The organizers will inform you about the acceptance and the type of your
presentation by April 15, 2002.

REGISTRATION

The on-line registration form is on the web site
http://www.fesb.hr/iwasep4
Deadline: March 31, 2002.

Accommodation details are also at the same web site, as
well as additional information and contact addresses.


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From: Fernando Nogueira <fnog@teor.fis.uc.pt>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 15:56:39 +0000
Subject: Workshop in Portugal on Molecular Geometry Optimization Workshop

Dear colleague:

The Centro Internacional de Matematica (http://hlouren.math.ist.utl.pt/cim.www/)
and the Centro de Fisica Computacional (http://cfc.fis.uc.pt/) are organizing
a workshop on Molecular Geometry Optimization. It will take place in Coimbra,
at the Physics Department of the University, between July 1 and July 3, 2002.
This workshop is intended to bring together mathematicians, chemists and
physicists who work in molecular geometry optimization. Its main goal
is, therefore, to allow the interchange of ideas between scientists with
very different backgrounds and to provide a basepoint for the
development of joint research projects. The use of high-performance
computing software and hardware for performing realistic calculations of
molecular structure will also be highlighted.

The workshop webpage is at http://cfc.fis.uc.pt/events/MGO2002/.

Best regards,
Fernando Nogueira


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From: H. Miranda <hmiranda@triton.ciencias.ubiobio.cl>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 12:10:25 -0300
Subject: Faculty Position at Universidad del Bio-Bio, Chile

The Department of Mathematics invites applications for a tenure track
position at the Assistant Professor level in Mathematics with
emphasis on Statistics beginning in March 2002.

Candidates must have a Ph.D. degree in Mathematics or Statistics and
demonstrated strength at research in statistics and a commitment to teaching.

Send CV, at least two letters of recommendation, Statement of research and
teaching interests to:

Director
Departmento de Matematica,
Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad del Bio-Bio
Av. Collao 1202
Concepcion
CHILE

Review of applications will begin on February 28, 2002.


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From: van Geemert Rene <rene.vangeemert@psi.ch>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 11:16:20 +0100
Subject: PhD Position at Paul Scherrer Institute

PhD position in numerical reactor physics at PSI (Switzerland)

Applications are invited for a PhD position in numerical reactor physics at
the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland.

In the Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Systems Behaviour, the PhD
candidate will work on the development of a numerical methodology for
decomposition of space- and neutron energy-wise contributions to reactivity
effect discrepancies.

Keyword for this project are: nuclear reactor analysis, eigenvalue problems,
generalized perturbation theory, uncertainty propagation modelling

The accurate prediction of reactivity (effective neutron multiplication
factor) in nuclear power plants is of utmost importance from various
viewpoints, including design, economics and operational safety. The proposed
research aims at establishing a theoretical/numerical procedure for
obtaining a systematic breakdown of integral reactivity effects into
individual space- and energywise components at the fuel assembly level. This
will enable the quantification of the relative importance of variations in
different relevant quantities that contribute to a given reactivity effect
of significance to current light water reactor (LWR) technology. Effects to
be investigated at the fuel assembly level are homogeneous changes, like
temperature, coolant density or boron concentration, and heterogeneous,
highly-localised system variations, such as the replacement of a fuel rod by
coolant or the local increase of void.

This work is to be conducted in the framework of the LWR-PROTEUS
(http://proteus.web.psi.ch) project at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in
Switzerland, and should result in an EPFL dissertation (Ecole Polytechnique
Federal de Lausanne). The candidate should preferably be a physics or
engineering graduate with a strong interest in nuclear reactor physics and
numerical methods. A good knowledge of English is expected.

For more information, please contact one of the following persons:
Dr. R. van Geemert, PSI, Tel. 056 3102883 (e-mail: rene.vangeemert@psi.ch)
Dr. F. Jatuff, PSI, Tel. 056 3102883 (e-mail: fabian.jatuff@psi.ch) or
Prof. R. Chawla, EPFL/PSI, Tel. 021 693 3385 (e-mail: rakesh.chawla@epfl.ch)


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From: Bart De Schutter <b.deschutter@ITS.TUDelft.NL>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:10:15 +0100
Subject: PhD Position at Delft University of Technology

PhD Position at Delft University of Technology

The Control Systems Engineering group of Delft University of
Technology in the Netherlands has a vacancy for a PhD position on

Multi-agent control for traffic networks

This project aims at developing an innovative control theory
specifically suited to the coordinated anticipatory control of
heterogeneous traffic flows in urban and motorway traffic networks
using a combination of techniques from distributed and hierarchical
control, supervisory control, model-based control, hybrid systems
control, and multi-agent control.

We are looking for a candidate having an MSc degree and a strong
background in systems and control theory or in mathematics.
Candidates should have an interest in transportation issues and are
expected to be interested in working on the boundary of several
research domains. A good command of the English language is required.

For more information on this position and how to apply, see
http://lcewww.et.tudelft.nl/~deschutt/vac/vac_nwo_traffic.html or
contact dr.ir. Bart De Schutter (b.deschutter@its.tudelft.nl).


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From: George Anastassiou <anastasg@msci.memphis.edu>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 15:11:40 -0600
Subject: Contents, Journal of Computational Analysis and Applications

Table of Contents for issue no.1,Volume 4,January 2002,Journal
of Computational Analysis and Applications:

1)"Improved roundoff error analysis for precomputed twiddle factors",
by Manfred Tasche and Hansmartin Zeuner,....,1

2)"Bivariate C1 cubic spline spaces over even stratified
triangulations",by Huen-Wen Liu and Don Hong,...........,19

3)"Numerical Approximation of first eigenvalues for a heat conduction
problem",by Pierpaolo Natalini,...........,37

4)"Projection-Splitting Algorithms for general monotone variational
inequalities",by Muhammad Aslam Noor,.......,47

5)"Fourier-Galerkin Method for Localized solutions of equations with
cubic nonlinearity",by M.A.Christou and C.I.Christov,.....,63

6)"Some classes of L1-convergence of Fourier series",
by Zivorad Tomovski,..........79.


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From: Ed Saff <esaff@math.Vanderbilt.Edu>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 09:27:35 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Contents, Constructive Approximation

Contents: Constructive Approximation, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2002

"On the Convergence of Limit Periodic Continued Fractions K(a_n/1) where
a_n>-1/4. Part IV" by L. Lorentzen, pp 1-17.

"On L^p-Discrepancy of Signed Measures" by V.V. Andrievskii and H.-P.
Blatt, pp 18-36.

"Exact Markov-Type Inequalities for Oscillating Perfect Splines" by B.
Bojanov and N. Naidenov, pp 37-59.

"On the Best Approximation by Ridge Functions in the Uniform Norm" by Y.
Gordon, V. Maiorov, M. Meyer, and S. Reisner, pp 61-85.

"On Stable Local Bases for Bivariate Polynomial Spline Spaces" by O.
Davydov and L.L. Schumaker, pp 87-116.

"Nonnegative Trigonometric Polynomials" by D.K. Dimitrov and C.A. Merlo,
pp 117-143.

"Lower Estimates for Centered Bernstein-Type Operators" by C. Sanguesa,
pp 145-159.


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From: Do Y. Kwak <dykwak@math.kaist.ac.kr>
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 13:15:47 +0900
Subject: Contents, KSIAM Journal

The Korea Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Contents
VOL. 5 No. 2 DECEMBER 2001


Multiplicity of periodic solutions for second order nonlinear ordinary
differential equations
Wan Se Kim 1

Korean digit recognitions based on a discriminative learning
Mun S. Han 7

Perturbation analysis of deflation technique for symmetric eigenvalue
problem
Ho-Jong Jang 17

Max-norm error estimates for finite element methods for nonlinear
sobolev equations
So-Hsiang Chou and Qian Li 25

Boundary element technique in torsion problems of beams with
multiply connected cross-sections
Y. M. Temis and V. V. Karaban 39

Sums and joins of fuzzy finite state machines
Sung-Jin Cho 53

A parallel preconditioner for generalized eigenvalue problems by CG-type
method
Sangback Ma and Ho-Jong Jang 63

Domain decomposition algorithm and analytical simulation of
coupled flow in reservoir / Well system
Richard Ewing, Akif Ibragimov, Raycho Lazarov 71

New convergence conditions of secant methods via alpha theory
S. Kim 101

A generalization of Ostrowski integral inequality for mappings whose
derivatives belong to and applications in numerical integration
Sever Silvestru Dragomir 117

Solutions of nonconvex quadratic optimization problems via diagonalization
MoonSook Yu and SunYoung Kim 137

Boundary controllability of semilinear systems in Banach spaces
K. Balachandran and E. R. Anandhi 149



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