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From: Volker Mehrmann <mehrmann@math.TU-Berlin.DE>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 16:19:00 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Reminder: Nominations for ICIAM Prizes are due
The deadline 31.12.2005 for nominating candidates for the ICIAM Prizes for
2007 is approaching.
The ICIAM Prize Committee 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: "Bernard Beauzamy" <Bernard.Beauzamy@scmsa.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 14:20:11 +0100
Subject: New research program: Robust Mathematical Modeling
The Societe de Calcul Mathematique (Paris) and Kent State University (Ohio,
USA) announce a new research program:
Robust Mathematical Modeling.
The aim of this program is to take into consideration the uncertainties
which normally occur in real-life programs:
-the data are unsufficient or corrupted;
-the laws are empirical or approximate;
-the objectives are multiple and contradictory.
In order to learn more about this program and see how to participate, please
visit our web sites:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/scmsa/robust0.htm
http://icm.mcs.kent.edu/activities/realworld.html
Bernard Beauzamy
SCM SA
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From: "Alison Bagley" <alison@pilotpmr.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 14:52:27 -0500
Subject: New directors of Canada's 1st School of Computational Engineering and Science
Two mathematicians, one from McMaster University’s Faculty of Engineering the
other from the Faculty of Science, will lead Canada’s first graduate school
dedicated to study in the rapidly growing field of computational engineering
and science.
Tamás Terlaky, Professor of the Department of Computing and Software, and
Canada Research Chair in Optimization, has been appointed director of the new
McMaster School for Computational Engineering and Science. Bradd Hart, Chair
of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has been appointed Associate
Director.
The McMaster School of Computational Engineering and Science is the first
graduate school of its kind in Canada dedicated to providing multidisciplinary
education and research programs at the Master’s and Ph.D. levels. It is an
equal partnership between the Faculties of Engineering and Science, with
outreach to the School of Business and the Faculty of Health Science. The
three major thrusts of the School are: Computational Physical Sciences;
Computational Optimization, Design and Control; and Computational Biosciences.
Contact:
Gene Nakonechny
Faculty of Engineering
McMaster University
905-525-9140 ext. 26781
genen@mcmaster.ca
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From: Paul Zimmermann <Paul.Zimmermann@loria.fr>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:24:15 +0100
Subject: RNC7 - first call for papers, July 2006
First call for papers
7th CONFERENCE ON REAL NUMBERS AND COMPUTERS (RNC7)
July 10-12, 2006
LORIA, Nancy, France
Website: http://rnc7.loria.fr/
Dates: Submission of manuscripts: February 15, 2006
Notification of acceptance: April 22, 2006
Revised Papers required by: May 15, 2006
Conference: July 10-12, 2006
Objective:
The aim of the symposia on "Real Numbers and Computers" is to bring
together specialists from various research areas, all concerned with
problems related to computations based on real numbers. These
computations may use any number system implemented by a software
package or in hardware, including floating and fixed point, integers,
rational or p-adic numbers, serial or on-line computations, continued
fractions, fixed or multiple precision, interval and stochastic
arithmetic.
Results are sought on both applied and fundamental questions. Important
topics discussed during these conferences include but are not limited to:
Foundation and properties of number systems, Computability and complexity,
Formal aspects and automatic proof checking, Links with number theory and
automata theory, Basic arithmetic operations, Implementation of the standard
and special functions, Symbolic manipulation of numbers, Accuracy and
reliability for applications and industry, Robust geometric algorithms and
exact geometric computation, Hardware design support and implementations.
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From: "Yiming Li" <ymli@ymlabcad02.eic.nctu.edu.tw>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:06:37 +0800
Subject: CFP: WSCEE-06, May 2006
The 2006 Workshop on Scientific Computing in Electronics Engineering
(WSCEE'06) (http://ymlabcad03.eic.nctu.edu.tw/wscee06/)
in conjunction with
International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS 2006)
The University of Reading, UK, May 28-31, 2006
The workshop is mainly intended to be an open forum for discussion on
the current trends and future directions of scientific computing in
electronics engineering. Its aim is to bring together colleagues from
university and industry with the goal of discussion about modeling and
simulation of electronic devices, simulation of integrated circuits, and
computational electromagnetism. The emphasis of the contributions is on
interdisciplinary aspects of scientific computing in electronics
engineering. It is mainly directed at mathematicians, physicists,
computer and electrical scientists, where student presentation is
strongly encouraged.
Best Regards,
Workshop Chair Yiming Li
National Chiao Tung University
Important Dates
Submission deadline: December 2, 2005
Notification of acceptance: January 31, 2006
Final camera-ready manuscript due: February 10, 2006
Early registration: March 30, 2006
Workshop: May 28-31, 2006
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From: "Michael W. Berry" <berry@cs.utk.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:52:30 -0500
Subject: 2006 Text Mining Workshop, April 2006
I am pleased to announce the first call for papers for "Text Mining 2006"
- one of several workshops planned for the upcoming SIAM International
Conference on Data Mining (April 22, 2006). -- Michael W. Berry, UTK/CS
Text Mining 2006
http://www.cs.utk.edu/tmw06/
Hyatt Regency Bethesda
Bethesda, Maryland
April 22, 2006
Workshop to be held in conjunction with
Sixth SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM 2006)
http://www.siam.org/meetings/sdm06/
The proliferation of digital computing devices and their use in communication
has resulted in an increased demand for systems and algorithms capable of
mining textual data. Thus, the development of techniques for mining
unstructured, semi-structured, and fully structured textual data has become
quite important in both academia and industry. As a result, this Workshop will
survey the emerging field of Text Mining - the application of techniques of
machine learning in conjunction with natural language processing, information
extraction and algebraic/mathematical approaches to computational information
retrieval. Many issues are being addressed in this field ranging from the
development of new learning approaches to the parallelization of existing
algorithms. The goal of this workshop is to provide a venue for researchers to
share initial approaches and preliminary results of recent research in Text
Mining. Through the careful selection and review of submitted workshop papers,
we hope to provide a suitable selection of topics that will both generate
interest and provide insight into the state of the field of Text
Mining.
Important Dates:
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Papers Due: January 9, 2006
Notifications: February 1, 2006
Camera ready: February 15, 2006
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From: "Nectarios Koziris" <nkoziris@cslab.ece.ntua.gr>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 21:53:05 +0200
Subject: PDSEC-06 workshop cfp (in conjuction with IPDPS 06), April 2006
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 7th International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Scientific and
Engineering Computing (PDSEC-06)
http://juliet.stfx.ca/~lyang/ipdps06-pdsec/
in conjuction with the 20th International Parallel and Distributed
Processing Symposium (IPDPS-06) (www.ipdps.org)
April 25-29, 2006, Rhodes Island, Greece
Scope and Interests:
The field of high performance computing has earned prominence through
advances in electronic and integrated technologies beginning in the 1940s.
Current times are very exciting and the years to come will witness a
proliferation in the use of parallel and distributed systems.
The scientific and engineering application domains have a key role in
shaping future research and development activities in academia and industry,
especially when the solution of large and complex problems must cope with
tight timing schedules.
This special workshop is to bring together computer scientists, applied
mathematicians and researchers to present, discuss and exchange ideas,
results, work in progress and experiences in the area of parallel and
distributed computing for problems in science and engineering applications
and inter-disciplinary applications.
Important Deadlines:
Paper submission Due Nov 30, 2005
Notification of Acceptance Jan 13, 2006
Final camera-ready paper Jan 21, 2006
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From: Hans Schneider <hans@math.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 17:11:56 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Call for papers, LAA special issue on Joint Spectral Radius
LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Special issue on the JOINT SPECTRAL RADIUS
Call for papers
The joint spectral radius is a measure of the maximal growth of products of
matrices taken from a set. Fuelled by applications in many areas there has
been intensive research on this topic over the last two decades. This special
issue aims to highlight the advances that have been achieved in recent times
and to generate a state of the art account of the developments in algebraic
and analytic theory of the joint spectral radius, computational aspects and
application areas.
The responsible editor-in-chief of the special issue is:
Hans Schneider
Department of Mathematics
University of Wisconsin - Madison
U.S.A.
email: hans@math.wisc.edu
See the following web page for more details:
http://www.math.wisc.edu/~hans/jsr.ann
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From: Guowei Wei <wei@math.msu.edu>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:16:28 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Call for papers, special issue on Mathematical Methods for Image Analysis
Image analysis, an interdisciplinary field where one witnesses the
crossing contribution from engineers and mathematicians, is of paramount
importance for a wide range of technologies, such as computer vision,
pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, and biomedical imaging.
The international journal of Biomedical Imaging will publish a special
issue on ``Recent Advances in Mathematical Methods for the Analysis of
Biomedical Images'' in 2006.
The special issue will be composed of ORIGINAL research papers on general
topics in image restoration, registration, denoising, enhancement,
segmentation, edge detection, compression, visualization, and other topics
in biomedical image analysis.
The focus will be on the mathematical modeling, analysis, and computation.
Authors should follow the IJBI manuscript format described at the journal
site http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijbi/. Prospective authors should
submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the IJBI
manuscript tracking system at http://www.mstracking.com/ijbi/, according
to the following timetable:
Manuscript Due: February 1, 2006
Acceptance Notification: May 1, 2006
Final Manuscript Due: July 1, 2006
Publication Date: 3rd Quarter, 2006
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From: Claude Brezinski <claude.brezinski@univ-lille1.fr>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:02:42 +0100
Subject: Electronic submission to Numerical Algorithms
All papers for the journal Numerical Algorithms have now to be submitted
through the website
www.editorialmanager.com/numa
Claude Brezinski
Editor-in-Chief
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From: Guowei Wei <wei@math.msu.edu>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:11:27 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Tenure Track Faculty Position in MSU
Tenure Track Position in Mathematical Biology
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Mathematics
East Lansing, MI 48824-1027
Description: Pending budgetary approval, the Department will have a tenure
track position to begin Fall 2006. It is expected that successful applicants
will be appointed at the rank of Assistant Professor, but truly outstanding
candidates for appointment at higher ranks will be considered. Excellence is
essential in both research and teaching, and it is expected that the
successful candidate will have at least two years of experience beyond the
Ph.D. While outstanding applicants from all mathematical research areas will
be considered, preference will be given to those with significant research
accomplishments in mathematical biology. Application information: Applicants
should send a vita and a brief statement of research interests and arrange for
at least four letters of recommendation, one of which must specifically
address their ability to teach, to be sent to the department. Interested
applicants should go to the Web site at http://www.mth.msu.edu/Hiring to
complete an online application and to find a description of other required
application material. Application materials can be addressed to: Hiring
Committee, Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing,
MI 48824-1027. Completed applications (that include letters of
recommendation) received by November 15, 2005, are assured of consideration,
but applications will be considered until the positions are filled. Women and
minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.
MSU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Institution.
Handicappers have the right to request and receive reasonable accommodation.
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From: "Jorge More'" <more@mcs.anl.gov>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:44:52 -0600
Subject: Wilkinson Fellowship in Scientific Computing
WILKINSON FELLOWSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
Mathematics and Computer Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory
The Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory
invites outstanding candidates to apply for the J. H. Wilkinson Fellowship in
Scientific Computing.
This fellowship was created in memory of Dr. James Hardy Wilkinson, F.R.S.,
who had a close association with the Mathematics and Computer Science Division
as a consultant and guiding spirit for the EISPACK and LINPACK projects. The
Wilkinson Fellowship is intended to encourage scientists actively engaged in
state-of-the-art research in scientific computing. Candidates must have
received a recent Ph.D. prior to the beginning of the appointment. The
benefits of the appointment include a highly competitive salary, moving
expenses and a generous professional travel allowance.
The appointment will be in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division,
which has strong programs in scientific computing, software tools and
computational mathematics. Of special interest are algorithms and software for
linear algebra, optimization, differential equations, computational
differentiation, stochastic systems, and unstructured mesh computations;
software tools for parallel computing; and numerical methods for computational
science problems. For further information, see www.mcs.anl.gov/lans.
Internationally recognized for innovative research in high-performance
computing, the Mathematics and Computer Science Division supports an excellent
computational environment that includes access to a scientific visualization
laboratory and a distributed computing laboratory.
Interested candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, the names and
addresses of three references, and a statement of research interests through
the Argonne Website http://www.anl.gov/jobs under job openings for Requisition
MCS 309372. The closing date for applications is January 16, 2006. The
applications will be reviewed by a selection committee and a candidate
announced in April 2006. Argonne is an equal opportunity employer, and we
value diversity in our workforce.
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From: Omar Ghattas <omar@ices.utexas.edu>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 03:05:27 -0600
Subject: Postdoctoral positions at ICES, University of Texas at Austin
I have several immediate openings for postdoctoral researchers within
the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
(www.ices.utexas.edu) at the University of Texas at Austin. The
positions involve research on inverse problems in the geosciences and
bioengineering, specifically in seismology, atmospheric transport,
ocean dynamics, mantle convection, subsurface flow, and cardiac
imaging and electromechanics modeling. The research will be conducted
jointly with collaborators from ICES, the Jackson School of Geosciences,
Sandia National Labs, and several other universities. Candidates
should have a strong background in scientific computing, numerical
analysis, and PDE solvers. Background in finite elements, inverse
problems, continuum mechanics, and optimization is desirable.
Experience in large-scale parallel code development is essential.
To apply, please send your CV (listing courses taken and at least two
references) to me at omar@ices.utexas.edu.
Omar Ghattas
www.cs.cmu.edu/~oghattas
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From: Daniel Szyld <szyld@euclid.math.temple.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:30:01 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Postdoctoral position at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
The Department of Mathematics at Temple University anticipates an opening for
a one- to two-year position as Assistant Research Professor of Mathematics to
commence on 1st July 2006. This position has a reduced teaching load, since
the candidate will be working in an externally-funded project "Schwarz
Preconditioners for Krylov Methods: Theory and Practice," coordinated by
Prof. Daniel B. Szyld. The ideal candidate should have a Ph.D. in Mathematics
(or related field) by the time of appointment, and experience in one or more
topics of the above mentioned project. Candidates with experience in other
areas of numerical analysis and scientific computing will also be
considered. Applications from women and underrepresented minorities are
especially encouraged. Temple University is an Affirmative Action employer.
Applications including a cover letter, a CV, and letters of recommendation
should be sent to Daniel B. Szyld, Department of Mathematics, Temple
University (038-16), 1805 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6094.
Inquires can be addressed to szyld@math.temple.edu
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From: Michael Guenther <Michael.Guenther@math.uni-wuppertal.de>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 07:59:42 +0100 (CET)
Subject: PhD and PostDoc positions in Applied and Computational Mathematics
Funded within the FP 6 of the European Union, the Marie-Curie Research
Training Network COMSON on "Coupled Multiscale Simulation and Optimization in
Nanoelectronics" (MRTN-2005-019417) is offering positions for PhD students and
PostDocs at the level of early-stage researchers (ESR) and experienced
researchers (ER). Topics range from modelling and analysis to numerical
simulation of coupled problems in an industrial framework. The network
consists of three companies (Infineon Technologies, Philips and
STMicroelectronics) and five university nodes (Bucharest, Catania, Calabria,
TU Eindhoven and Wuppertal) based in Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and
Romania.
Applications are invited for four ER and six ESR positions with appointments
for four and three years, respectively. The appointments will be
- at ER level: U of Wuppertal & Infineon Munich (Dynamic iteration schemes for
coupled systems), Philips Eindhoven (MOR), STM Catania (Optimization) and U of
Calabria (E-Learning);
- at ESR level: U of Wuppertal (MOR and PDAEs), U of Bucharest (2 x MOR), U of
Catania (Analysis of coupled systems) and TU Eindhoven (Optimization and MOR).
Applications for one of these positions should be sent with a CV by 30
November 2005, to:
Prof. Dr. Michael Günther
Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Fachbereich Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften
Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Mathematik und Numerische Analyis
Gaußstraße 20
D-42119 Wuppertal
Germany
guenther@math.uni-wuppertal.de
Please arrange for two letters of reference to be sent directly from the
referees. More information can be found at www.comson.org by November, 15.
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From: Helge Galdal <h.k.galdal@cma.uio.no>
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 20:08:43 +0100
Subject: 2 PhD Scholarships in PDEs/Numerical Analysis at Univ. of Oslo, Norway
Centre of Mathematics for Applications (CMA) - a Centre of Excellence at
the University of Oslo, Norway, hereby invites applications for
2 PhD scholarships related to PDEs/Numerical Analysis.
The positions are available from 1 January 2006, but the start date may
be delayed if necessary.
Applications with all necessary enclosures must be received by 1
December 2005.
For details, please check the full announcement:
http://www.cma.uio.no/openpositions/
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From: Claude Brezinski <claude.brezinski@univ-lille1.fr>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 08:52:51 +0100
Subject: Contents, Numerical Algorithms
Volume 40 Number 4 of Numerical Algorithms is now available.
This issue contains:
Formal and numerical computations with resurgent functions
F. Fauvet, J. Thomann
Panel clustering method and restriction matrices for symmetric Galerkin BEM
A. Aimi, M. Diligenti, F. Lunardini
Efficient algorithms for the matrix cosine and sine
Gareth I. Hargreaves, Nicholas J. Higham
Smolyak's algorithm for weighted L1-approximation of multivariate functions
with bounded rth mixed derivatives over Rd
Piotr Gajda
Second derivative methods with RK stability
J. C. Butcher, G. Hojjati
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From: Hans Schneider <hans@math.wisc.edu>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:16:23 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Contents, LAA
Linear Algebra and its Applications
Volume 412, Issue 1, Pages 1-76 (1 January 2006)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5653-2006-995879998-609920
Tensor properties of multilevel Toeplitz and related matrices
Vadim Olshevsky, Ivan Oseledets and Eugene Tyrtyshnikov
A min-max theorem for complex symmetric matrices
Jeffrey Danciger
A combinatorial problem associated with nomograms
Jessica Benton, Rion Snow and Nolan Wallach
On approximately simultaneously diagonalizable matrices
K.C. O Meara and C. Vinsonhaler
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Linear and Nonlinear Models
and Algorithms in Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
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