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From: Joseph Traub <traub@cs.columbia.edu>
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 14:39:59 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Heinrich Wins Journal of Complexity Best Paper Award
STEFAN HEINRICH WINS
THE JOURNAL OF COMPLEXITY
2004 BEST PAPER AWARD
The Award Committee, Peter Hertling, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Munchen,
Germany, and Boleslaw Kacewicz, AGH University of Science and Technology,
Cracow, Poland, has selected two papers by Stefan Heinrich, "Quantum
Approximation I. Embeddings of finite-dimensional Lp spaces" and "Quantum
Approximation II. Sobolev Embeddings" which appeared in February 2004,
Vol. 20, No. 1, Pages 5-26 and 27-45 respectively.
The author will be presented with a plaque and the $3,000 prize at the
Foundations of Computational Mathematics (FoCM) Conference in Santander,
Spain, in June 2005.
Harald Niederreiter
Joseph F. Traub
Henryk Wozniakowski
Editors
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From: Alastair Spence <as@maths.bath.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:53:21 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Leslie Fox Prize Competition
LESLIE FOX PRIZE COMPETITION
27th June 2005
The Leslie Fox Prize meeting will held on Monday 27th June in
the main auditorium of West Park Conference Centre, University of
Dundee (http://www.westparkcentre.com/index.asp). The Dundee
Numerical Analysis conference (http://www.maths.dundee.ac.uk/naconf/)
starts on the 28th June.
The first talk will be at 10.00am (coffee is available from 9.30am)
and the full timetable may be viewed from
http://www.maths.bath.ac.uk/~as/fox/index.html
Alastair Spence
Chair, Fox Prize Committee 2005
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From: Volker Mehrmann <mehrmann@math.TU-Berlin.DE>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:07:01 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Nominations for ICIAM Prizes
Call for Nominations for ICIAM Prizes for 2007.
The ICIAM Prize Committee for 2007 now calls for nominations for the
following five ICIAM Prizes to be awarded at the ICIAM 2007 Congress
in Zuerich, see http://www.iciam.org/
* the Pioneer Prize, established for pioneering work introducing
applied mathematical methods and scientific computing techniques to
an industrial problem area or a new scientific field of applications.
The prize commemorates the spirit and impact of the American pioneers.
It was created on the initiative of SIAM, and was first awarded in 1999.
The Pioneer Prize is presently funded by SIAM.
* the Collatz Prize, established to provide international recognition
to individual scientists under 42 years of age for outstanding work on
industrial and applied mathematics.
It was created on the initiative of GAMM, and first awarded in 1999.
The Collatz Prize is presently funded by GAMM.
* the Lagrange Prize, established to provide international recognition
to individual mathematicians who have made an exceptional contribution
to applied mathematics throughout their careers.
It was created on the initiative of SMAI, and first awarded in 1999.
The Lagrange Prize is presently funded by SMAI, SEMA and SIMAI.
* the Maxwell Prize, established to provide international recognition
to a mathematician who has demonstrated originality in applied mathematics.
It was created on the initiative of the IMA (with the support of the
J.C. Maxwell Society), and first awarded in 1999.
The Maxwell Prize is presently funded by IMA.
* the Su Buchin Prize, established to provide international
recognition of an outstanding contribution by an individual in
the application of Mathematics to emerging economies and human development,
in particular at the economic and cultural level in developing countries.
It was created on the initiative of the CSIAM, and will
be awarded for the first time in 2007.
The Su Buchin Prize is presently funded by CSIAM.
The value of the prizes in 2007 will be $1,000 multiplied by the number
of supporting societies.
Nominations for all prizes should be sent
(via regular mail, fax or email (preferred)) to
Prof. I.H. Sloan
President of ICIAM
School of Mathematics
University of new South Wales
Sydney, NSW, 2052
Australia
Fax: +61 2 9385 7123
email: i.sloan@unsw.edu.au
Nominations should be submitted by 31.12.2005 and should include
* full name of the person nominated;
* name of the particular ICIAM Prize;
* short citation supporting the nomination;
* short CV of the nominee;
* name of proposer or proposers;
The Prize Committee for 2007 is:
* Ian H Sloan (Chair)
* Li Da-Qian (ICIAM Su Buchin Prize)
* Joyce McLaughlin (ICIAM Pioneer Prize)
* Volker Mehrmann (ICIAM Collatz Prize)
* Mario Primicerio (ICIAM Maxwell Prize)
* Juan Luis Vazquez (ICIAM Lagrange Prize)'
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From: Zhangxin Chen <zchen@mail.smu.edu>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:25:57 -0500
Subject: New Book, Finite Element Methods and Their Applications
Finite Element Methods and Their Applications
Series: Scientific Computation
Chen, Zhangxin
2005, XIV, 410 p. 118 illus., Hardcover
ISBN: 3-540-24078-0
Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg and New York
About this textbook:
This book serves as a text for one- or two-semester courses
for upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students
and as a professional reference for people who want to solve
partial differential equations (PDEs) using finite element methods.
The author has attempted to introduce every concept in the simplest
possible setting and maintain a level of treatment that is as
rigorous as possible without being unnecessarily abstract.
Quite a lot of attention is given to discontinuous finite elements,
characteristic finite elements, and to the applications in fluid
and solid mechanics including applications to porous media flow,
and applications to semiconductor modeling. An extensive set of
exercises and references in each chapter are provided.
Chap. 1. Elementary Finite Elements
Chap. 2. Nonconforming Finite Elements
Chap. 3. Mixed Finite Elements
Chap. 4. Discontinuous Finite Elements
Chap. 5. Characteristic Finite Elements
Chap. 6. Adaptive Finite Elements
Chap. 7. Solid Mechanics
Chap. 8. Fluid Mechanics
Chap. 9. Fluid Flow in Porous Media
Chap. 10. Semiconductor Modeling
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From: Richard Brualdi <brualdi@math.wisc.edu>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 15:55:38 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Special Issue of LAA in Honor of Miroslav Fiedler
LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Special Issue in honor of Miroslav Fiedler
Linear Algebra and its Applications is pleased to announce a special
issue in honor of Professor Miroslav Fiedler in recognition of his many
important and fundamental contributions to linear algebra and matrix
theory for over more than 50 years, and on the occasion of his 80th
birthday on April 7, 2006.
Papers are solicited for the special issue within the scope of LAA or
research interests of Mirek Fiedler. The deadline for submission of
papers is January 31, 2006. Papers for submission should be sent to
any of the five special editors, preferably pdf files as attachments in
email, and will be subject to normal refereeing procedures according to
LAA standards:
Peter Butkovic
School of Mathematics
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT
United Kingdom
e-mail: p.butkovic@bham.ac.uk
Leslie Hogben
Department of Mathematics
Carver Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
e-mail: lhogben@iastate.edu
Reinhard Nabben
Technische Universität Berlin
Institut für Mathematik, MA 3-3
D-10623 Berlin
e-mail: nabben@math.tu-berlin.de
Zdenek Strakos
Institute of Computer Science
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Pod Vod vezi 2
182 07 Prague 8
Czech Republic
e-mail: strakos@cs.cas.cz
Miroslav Tuma
Institute of Computer Science
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Pod Vod vezi 2
182 07 Prague 8
Czech Republic
e-mail: tuma@cs.cas.cz
The responsible editor-in-chief for this special issue is Richard A.
Brualdi.
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From: Yiming Li <ymli@faculty.nctu.edu.tw>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:55:08 +0800
Subject: Special Issue on Computational Methods for Nanoscale Technology
The International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE)
announces a forthcoming special issue on "Computational Methods and Techniques
for Nanoscale Technology Computer Aided Design" to be published on issue 6 of
2005.
http://ymlabcad09.eic.nctu.edu.tw/ijcse/index.asp
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
Simulation of nanofabrication and semiconductor process
Nanoscale CMOS modeling, simulation, and characterization
Modeling and simulation of semiconductor nanostructure and optoelectronic
devices
Nanoelectronic circuit/logic/modular simulation using nanodevices and
nanostructure
Computational material science, simulation of MEMS/NEMS and electromechanical
systems
Micro/macroscopic model including quantum mechanical effect: theory and
computation
Multiscale modeling and simulation in nanoscience and nanotechnology
Scientific computing, numerical and statistical methods, and computational
intelligent algorithms
Mesh generation, adaptive computing, and finite element (finite volume and
finite difference, etc) methods
High performance and parallel computing including cluster and distributed for
nanoscale TCAD application
Software data structure and programming technique for development/maintenance/
evolution of nanoscale TCAD
Graphic user interface, visualization, web-based simulation platform, and
problem-solving environments
Special Issue Editorial Committee:
Guest Editor Advisor (Journal's Editor-in-Chief):
Laurence T. Yang
Department of Computer Science
St. Francis Xavier University, CANADA
Email: lyang@stfx.ca
Guest Editor:
Yiming Li
Microelectronics and Information Systems Research Center
National Chiao Tung Univeristy, TAIWAN
Email: ymli@faculty.nctu.edu.tw
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From: Eduardo Gomez-Ramirez <egr@ci.ulsa.mx>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:38:51 -0500
Subject: Seminar in Mexico on Computational Intelligence
Call for Papers
International Seminar on Computational Intelligence 2005
http://www.hafsamx.org/cis-chmexico/seminar05/
Mexico DF, October 17-18, 2005
La Salle University
Description
The International Seminar will consist of papers describing research
work that integrate different Computational Intelligence (CI)
methodologies for the development of hybrid intelligent systems. CI
methodologies at the moment include (at least) Neural Networks, Fuzzy
Logic, Genetic Algorithms, Intelligent Agents, and Chaos Theory. The use
of intelligent techniques, like neural networks, fuzzy logic and genetic
algorithms, for real-world problems is now widely accepted. However,
still the performance of any of these techniques can be improved, in
many situations, by using them in conjunction with other techniques. For
example, genetic algorithms can be used to optimize the design of a
neural network for time series prediction, or fuzzy logic can be used to
combine the information from expert neural modules, just to mention two
cases. Also, mathematical methods, like the ones from Chaos and Fractal
Theory, can be used in conjunction with intelligent techniques to
improve the performance of hybrid systems for real-world applications.
The international seminar will consist of papers addressing these hybrid
approaches and similar ones, either theoretically or for real-world
applications. Also, distinguished internationally recognized invited
speakers will give lectures on the main areas of CI. The seminar is
intended primarily for researchers and graduate students working on
these research areas.
Topics of interest (not limited to)
1. Successful new applications to real-world problems of CI
techniques that are found to achieve better results than conventional
techniques. In this case, special attention should be given to the
metrics used to compare CI techniques with conventional ones.
2. Developments of innovative hybrid methods combining CI
techniques and conventional techniques. In this case, the problems to be
considered in these papers may not be as complex as the ones in the
previous point, but the authors have to explain very carefully how their
proposed method could be used, in the future, to solve real-world problems.
3. Papers considering original research on new CI architectures,
models or techniques are also welcome, but the authors would have to
make a detailed description of how their proposed approach is compared
with other related approaches.
Distinguished Lecturers
Prof. Dr. Janusz Kacprzyk
Director of Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Poland
TBA
Prof. Dr. Jacek M. Zurada
S.T. Fife Professor of Electr. & Comp. Eng , University of Louisville, USA
President, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
Rule Extraction in Data Mining
Plenary Invited Speakers
Prof. Dr. Carlos A. Coello Coello
Profesor Investigador, CINVESTAV-IPN Mexico
A Short Introduction to Evolutionary Multi-Objective
Optimization and its Application
Prof. Dr. Edgar Sanchez
Profesor Investigador, CINVESTAV-IPN Guadalajara
Discrete Time Recurrent Neural Control
Prof. Dr. Pilar Gomez Gil
Profesora Investigadora, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla
The Role of Neural Networks in the Interpretation of
Antique Hand-written Documents
Chairs
Prof. Dr. Oscar Castillo, and Prof. Dr. Patricia Melin
Dept. of Computer Science, Tijuana Institute of Technology
Mexico
Emails: ocastillo@tectijuana.mx <mailto:ocastillo@tectijuana.mx>, and
pmelin@tectijuana.mx <mailto:pmelin@tectijuana.mx>
Prof. Dr. Eduardo Gómez-Ramírez
Laboratory of Research and Advance Technology
La Salle University, Mexico
Email: egr@ci.ulsa.mx <mailto:egr@ci.ulsa.mx>
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From: Gabriel Lord <gabriel@ma.hw.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:16:35 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Chair and Lectureship at Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh
Heriot-Watt University
Department of Mathematics
PROFESSORSHIP and LECTURESHIP in Mathematics
Salary: Professorial minimum £43,513
Salary: Lecturer A/B £23,643 - £35,883
Applications are invited for the posts of Professor (Ref 68/05/*) and
Lecturer (Ref 69/05/W) in Mathematics.
We would look to build on present strengths in the department in
applied analysis, differential equations, numerical mathematics,
mathematical biology and ecology, groups and topology and mathematical
physics but outstanding applicants from any field who could contribute
to a dynamic local research environment would be welcome.
Details may be found at http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/maths/maths.html
Applications for the post should be sent by 2nd September 2005.
Informal enquiries may made through Professor Des Johnston by email
(des@ma.hw.ac.uk) or telephone (+44 (0)131 451 3255).
Best regards,
Gabriel Lord
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From: Vladik Kreinovich <vladik@cs.utep.edu>
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 11:36:20 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Contents, Reliable Computing
Reliable Computing
Volume 11, issue 5, 2005
Special Issue
Selected works presented at the International Workshop
on Interval Mathematics and Constraint Propagation Methods
June 23-24, 2004, Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk, Russia
Guest Editor: Sergey P. Shary
Interval-Affine Gaussian Algorithm for Constrained Systems
Ramil R. Akhmerov
323-341
Developing Interval Global Optimization Algorithms
on the Basis of Branch-and-Bound and Constraint Propagation Methods
Yuri G. Dolgov
343-358
Interval Mathematical Library Based on Chebyshev and Taylor Series
Expansion
Alexei G. Ershov, Tamara P. Kashevarova
359-367
Quantified Set Inversion Algorithm with Applications to Control
Pau Herrero, Miguel A. Sainz, Josep Vehi, Luc Jaulin
369-382
Validated Constraint Solving - Practicalities, Pitfalls, and New Developments
R. Baker Kearfott
383-391
An Interval Global Optimization Algorithm Combining Symbolic
Rewriting and Componentwise Newton Method Applied to Control a Class
of Queueing Systems
Bartlomiej Jacek Kubica, Krzysztof Malinowski
393-411
Boundary Realizations Method for Interval Linear Dynamic Systems
Sergey G. Pushkov, Svetlana Yu. Kalinkina
413-423
On Unbounded Tolerable Solution Sets
Irene A. Sharaya
425-432
On Fitting Empirical Data under Interval Error
Sergei I. Zhilin
433-442
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From: Lothar Reichel <reichel@math.kent.edu>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:20:32 -0400
Subject: Contents, Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis
Table of Contents, Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis (ETNA),
vol. 18, 2004, Special Volume on the Occasion of ETNA's 10th Anniversary.
ETNA is available at http://etna.mcs.kent.edu and at several mirror sites.
A. Boettcher, Transient behavior of powers and exponentials of large
Toeplitz matrices, pp. 1-41.
S. C. Brenner, Discrete Sobolev and Poincare inequalities for piecewise
polynomial functions, pp. 42-48.
D. Bertaccini, Efficient preconditioning for sequences of parametric
complex symmetric linear systems, pp. 49-64.
B. Shekhtman, On Hermite interpolation in R_d, pp. 65-72.
L. Cvetkovic, V. Kostic, and R. S. Varga, A new Gersgorin-type eigenvalue
inclusion set, pp. 73-80.
A. Greenbaum, Some theoretical results derived from polynomial numerical
hulls of Jordan blocks, pp. 81-90.
U. Luther and K. Rost, Matrix exponentials and inversion of confluent
Vandermonde matrices, pp. 91-100.
M. I. Bueno and F. M. Dopico, Stability and sensivity of Darboux
tranformation without parameter, pp. 101-136.
D. A. Bini, F. Daddi, and L. Gemignani, On the shifted QR iteration applied
to companion matrices, pp. 137-152.
D. Calvetti, B. Lewis, L. Reichel, and F. Sgallari, Tikhonov regularization
with nonnegativity constraint, pp. 153-173.
M. Anitescu, F. Pahlevani, and W. J. Layton, Implicit for local effects and
explicit for nonlocal effects is unconditionally stable, pp. 174-187.
A. Marco and J.-J. Martinez, A new source of structured singular value
decomposition problems, pp. 188-197.
J. M. Pena, LDU decomposition with L and U well conditioned, pp. 198-208.
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