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From: Ian Sloan <sloan@maths.unsw.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 16:01:21 +1100 (EST)
Subject: Extension of Closing Date for ICIAM Prize Nominations
Extension of Closing Date for ICIAM Prize Nominations
The closing date for the five ICIAM Prizes, to be awarded at the ICIAM
2007 Congress in Zurich, has now been extended by six weeks, to FEBRUARY
15, 2006.
* the ICIAM 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 ICIAM 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 ICIAM 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 ICIAM 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 ICIAM 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.
While each prize has its own special character, each one is truly
international in coverage. Nomoinations from all parts of the world are
therefore welcomed.
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 by email (preferably) 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 February 15, 2006 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)'
For further information please see the ICIAM web site, at
http://www.iciam.org
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From: gestavr@dpem.tuc.gr
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:25:48 +0200
Subject: New book, Parameter Identification of Materials and Structures
Parameter Identification of Materials and Structures
Series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Number 469
Mroz, Zenon; Stavroulakis, Georgios E. (Eds.)
2005, Approx. 345 p. 180 illus., Softcover
ISBN: 3-211-30151-8
The nature and the human creations are full of complex, phenomena, which
sometimes can be observed but rarely follow our hypotheses. The best we can do
is to build a parametric model and try to adjust (identify) the unknown
parameters based on the available observations. The authors discuss problems
relevant to materials and structures like inverse analysis in structures, crack,
material parameter and damage identification, modal analysis and thermographic
methods. The solution methods vary from classical optimization to neural
networks and genetic algorithms. Since all the authors are engineers,
well-known in the academic and industrial world, the emphasis is posed on
methods which really work. In fact, the chapters provide state-of-the-art
information supplemented by selected examples and numerous references to modern
publications, so that the reader can directly proceed with the study of his own
problems.
More Information from the publisher
http://www.springer.at/main/book.jsp?bookID=3-211-30151-8&categoryID=6
or
http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,1-40109-22-105287732-0,00.html
Message sent by Professor Georgios E. Stavroulakis,
Technical University of Crete, Greece http://users.isc.tuc.gr/~gestavroulakis
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From: Ales Janka <ales.janka@epfl.ch>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:13:38 +0100 (CET)
Subject: CFP: Colloque Numer.Suisse/Schweizer Numerik Kolloquium, Apr 12, 2006
COLLOQUE NUMERIQUE SUISSE / SCHWEIZER NUMERIK KOLLOQUIUM 2006
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland; April 12, 2006
Conference web site: http://iacs.epfl.ch/colloqnum06
Contact person: Ales Janka, colloqnum06@epfl.ch
Swiss Numerics Colloquium on scientific computing, numerical analysis,
parallel computing, visualization, modelling and simulation in
engineering, organized by the Chair of Numerical Analysis and Simulation
(Prof. Jacques Rappaz) at EPFL.
Proposition for posters and short oral presentations (from academia and
industry) are welcome, registration online via the conference web page.
IMPORTANT DATES:
- Submission of abstracts : February 15, 2006
- Registration for the colloquium: March 1, 2006
CONTACT:
Ales Janka
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Mathematiques, Station 8
CH-1015 Lausanne
INFO and REGISTRATION:
mail: colloqnum06@epfl.ch
http://iacs.epfl.ch/colloqnum06
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From: "Jose E. Castillo" <castillo@myth.sdsu.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:46:38 -0800
Subject: Panam VI meeting in Mexico-Call for Papers, July 2006
First Announcement:
Sixth Panamerican Workshop in Applied and Computational
Mathematics/Computational Science and Engineering
July 23-28, 2006
Universidad del Mar, Huatulco-Oaxaca, Mexico
There is a growing interest in applied and computational mathematics in the
Americas and a parallel growth in the use of mathematical and computer
modeling to help solve both industrial and societal problems. A key goal of
this meeting is to bring together practicing applied and computational
mathematicians to exchange the latest research information and to promote
outreach to create computational and applied mathematics networks in Latin
America.
Web site: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/compsciwork/PanamVI/
For information not included in this web site, comments or questions please
email us to panam@myth.sdsu.edu
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From: Wilfried Gansterer <wilfried.gansterer@univie.ac.at>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:13:25 +0100
Subject: Conference on Scientific Computing in Vienna, Feb. 2006
COSCOMP 2006 - Conference on Scientific Computing in Vienna
(http://news.ani.univie.ac.at/)
A conference on scientific computing will take place at the University
of Vienna February 9-11, 2006, organized by the Wolfgang Pauli Institute
and the Research Lab Computational Technologies and Applications of the
Faculty of Computer Science. The conference will deal with current and
future trends in Scientific Computing through a number of invited
lectures by leading experts in the field.
Tentative list of speakers:
* Achi Brandt (The Weizmann Institute of Science)
* Peter Deuflhard (Free University and Zuse Institute, Berlin)
* Jack Dongarra (University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
* Björn Engquist (KTH Stockholm)
* David Keyes (Columbia University)
* Graham Richards (University of Oxford)
* Horst Simon (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
* Axel Voigt (Center for Advanced European Studies and Research, Bonn)
Participation in COSCOMP 2006 is free of charge. However, we ask
prospective participants to register by e-mail
(wpi-conf1@math.univie.ac.at) before January 26, 2006.
For further details please see http://news.ani.univie.ac.at
Wilfried Gansterer, Martin Burger, Christoph Ueberhuber
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From: Brigitte Forster <post@brigitte-forster.de>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:08:07 +0100
Subject: Four positions for mathematicians at GSF, Munich, Germany
The Marie Curie Excellence Team
„Mathematical Methods in Biological Image Analysis“
MAMEBIA (Head: Dr. Brigitte Forster) is looking for
2 early stage researchers (168/05)
2 experienced researchers (169/05)
Research in the recently established group is aimed at applied mathematics in
the fields harmonic analysis and approximation theory with applications in
biological image analysis. See http://www.mamebia.de for a project summary.
Candidates are required to have a degree or PhD within the mathematical
sciences. They are expected to have a strong potential in research and should
be able to contribute to the interdisciplinary outreach of the project.
The successful candidates will be expected to have a background in harmonic
analysis, especially wavelets, numerical analysis and approximation theory with
a strong emphasis in computation. Preferably, the candidate already has some
experience in interdisciplinary research, especially in the topics of biomedical
engineering or signal and image analysis. Good skills in software development
in Java and Matlab are preferred.
The GSF focuses its research on one of the most important questions for society,
the health of man in the environment. The aim is to identify health risks posed
by environmental factors, to elucidate mechanisms of disease development, and to
develop concepts for the protection of human health and the natural basis of
life for now and the future.
The GSF is a national research center of the Federal Government and the State of
Bavaria with its headquarters in Neuherberg to the north of Munich, and is a
member of the Helmholtz Association, the largest public research organisation in
Germany. The GSF as holder of the Bavarian Advancement of Women Prize 2004 and
of the Total E-Quality Certificate is striving to increase the overall
proportion of women on its staff and thus expressly invites qualified women to
apply.
We pay salaries according to the regulations of the European Commission´s FP6
framework. The positions are for 1 year and may be extended.
Applicants should send a cover letter, a curriculum vitae with list of
publications, a summary of research interests and experience, and two letters
of recommendation to the address given below.
Applications are reviewed until positions are filled.
Dr. Brigitte Forster
Institute of Biomathematics and Biometry (IBB)
GSF - National Research Centre for Environment and Health
Postfach 1129
85758 Neuherberg
Germany
Your questions will be answered by:
Dr. Brigitte Forster
Telefon +49 (89) 289 16839
brigitte.forster@gsf.de
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From: "Davatzikos, Christos" <Christos.Davatzikos@uphs.upenn.edu>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:06:50 -0500
Subject: Postdoc positions in medical image computing
Postdoctoral positions are available at the Section of Biomedical Image
Analysis (SBIA), of the Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania
(http://www.rad.upenn.edu/sbia). The successful candidates must have
background in Applied Math, Electrical or Biomedical Engineering, or
Computer Science. Several project opportunities exist, involving work on
image analysis of medical images, with emphasis on shape modeling and
analysis, deformable models, statistical image analysis and machine
learning, among others. SBIA has been a dynamically growing medical image
analysis group, including 16 researchers and many collaborators from diverse
fields and offers diverse opportunities to researchers with interests in
applying math and engineering knowledge and models to the rapidly growing
biomedical imaging field. Please e-mail or mail CV's to
Christos Davatzikos
Chief, Section of Biomedical Image Analysis
3600 Market street, Suite 380
Philadelphia, PA 19104
christos@rad.upenn.edu
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From: Qing Nie <qnie@math.uci.edu>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:08:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Postdoc positions, Math/Computational Biology, UC, Irvine
Postdoctoral Scholar Positions in Mathematical and Computational Biology
at University of California, Irvine
Two to three postdoctoral positions are available in the areas of Mathematical
and Computational Biology, and Computational Mathematics in the Department of
Mathematics at UC Irvine. The positions are supported by NIH and the Center for
Mathematical and Computational Biology (CMCB) at UCI. The successful candidates
are expected to work with Professor Qing Nie in a multi-disciplinary research
environment.
Applicants must possess a Ph.D. Appointments will be effective July 1, 2006,
or later.
Completed applications must be submitted electronically and must contain
(1) a cover letter (2) a curriculum vitae (3) a statement of research (4)
selected reprints and/or preprints (please limit to two), and (3) three
reference letters sent electronically, as directed online. (In lieu of a
teaching statement, please upload your AMS cover sheet.)
Instructions on the electronic application process can be found at:
http://ps.uci.edu/employment/apply.html
Under "Position Applying For", select "Bio Comp/Math Postdoc".
Specific questions about the position may be directed to qnie@math.uci.edu
Applications are welcome at any time. The review process will begin
January 15, 2006, and will continue until positions are filled.
The University of California, Irvine, is an equal opportunity employer
committed to excellence through diversity.
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From: Catherine Mavriplis <mavripli@gwu.edu>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 12:30:47 -0600
Subject: PhD student position at U. Oklahoma Meteorology
A PhD student with experience in programming and formulating
numerical methods for fluid flow, if possible meteorology, is sought
for a multi-year NSF-funded project in high order numerical
methods for storm modeling (mesoscale modeling). The research
will involve Discontinuous Galerkin and Spectral Element methods.
A Master's degree in Meteorology, Engineering or Mathematics or
significant equivalent experience is required. Women and Minorities
are encouraged to apply.
The PhD degree may be taken in Meteorology or other applicable fields.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with
scientists from the University of Oklahoma, the National Severe
Storms Laboratory and the National Center for Atmospheric
Research. The position is located in Norman, Oklahoma.
Please send a SHORT email to Catherine.Mavriplis@noaa.gov
indicating your interest and experience.
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From: "Martin Burger" <martin.burger@jku.at>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:19:13 -0000
Subject: PhD-Position in Mathematics / Molecular Biology at RICAM Linz
A three-year PhD-Position is available from March 1, 2006, at the Johann Radon
Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (Austrian Academy of
Sciences), Linz, Austria. The position is part of the newly established doctoral
school "Molecular Bioanalytics: From Molecular Recognition to Membrane
Transport" funded by the Austrian National Science Foundation, and will enable
the successful candidate to interact with groups in molecular biology,
biophysics, and / or chemistry, as well as to participate in a curriculum
including laboratory courses.
Details about the Radon Institute can be found at http://www.ricam.oeaw.ac.at,
and about the doctoral school at http://www.wissen.jku.at/mobaindex.htm.
The topic of the PhD-thesis in our project is "Direct and Inverse Modeling and
Simulation of Transport through Membranes and Water Channels". The aim is to
develop models and numerical simulations of water transport through membranes
and channels that should allow quantitative predictions in realistic situations.
These models will involve partial differential equations. Using these models,
the second aim is to determine structural properties of membranes and channels
from available indirect measurements in adjacent water layers. The mathematical
formulation of these inverse problems leads to parameter identification in
systems of partial differential equations, for whose solution appropriate
regularization methods should be developed.
We are seeking talented and committed individuals, with an excellent master or
diploma in applied mathematics, physics, or biophysics, to join the programme.
Preference is given to applicants younger than 28. Selection will be made during
the "Linz Winter Workshop" (Februrary 3 - 7, 2006), to which the best
applicants will be invited.
We offer a gross salary of 22900 Euro per year.
Applications including covering letter, full c.v., and copies of the graduation
certificate should be sent before January, 21 to the speaker of the program:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Pohl
Institute of Biophysics
Johannes Kepler University
Altenberger Str. 69
A-4040 Linz, Austria
peter.pohl@jku.at
with a copy to
Annette Weihs
Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM)
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Altenberger Str. 69
A-4040 Linz, Austria
annette.weihs@oeaw.ac.at
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From: Iain Duff <I.Duff@rl.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:34:40 GMT
Subject: Contents, IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis
IMA JOURNAL OF NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
www.imanum.oupjournals.org
Contents of Volume 26, Number 1
A. Santos-Palomo and P. Guerrero-Garcia
Updating and downdating an upper trapezoidal sparse orthogonal factorization.
pp 1-10
K. Chen and M.D. Hughes
A two-level sparse approximate inverse preconditioner for unsymmetric matrices.
pp 11-24
M.S. Floater
Chordal cubic spline interpolation is fourth order accurate.
pp 25-33
D. Cohen
Conservation properties of numerical integrators for highly oscillatory
Hamiltonian systems.
pp 34-59
N. Guglielmi
Short proofs and a counterexample for analytical and numerical stability of
delay equations with infinite memory.
pp 60-77
J. Ma and H. Brunner
A posteriori error estimates of discontinuous Galerkin methods for non-standard
Volterra integro-differential equations.
pp 78-95
A. Toselli
Dual-primal FETI algorithms for edge finite-element approximations in 3D.
pp 96-130
M. Azaiez, F. Ben Belgacem and C. Bernardi
The mortar spectral element method in domains of operators.
Part I: the divergence operator and Darcy's equations.
pp 131-154
C. Clavero, J.L. Gracia, and J.C. Jorge
A uniformly convergent alternating direction HODIE finite difference scheme for
2D time-dependent convection-diffusion problems.
pp 155-172
M. Slodicka
A time discretization scheme for a non-linear degenerate eddy current model for
ferromagnetic materials.
pp 173-187
J.F. Bonnans, S. Maroso and H. Zidani
Error estimates for stochastic differential games: the adverse stopping case.
pp 188-212
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