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From: Tammy Kolda <tgkolda@sandia.gov>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:54:23 -0500
Subject: News from the NA Digest editor
As many of you may have noticed, this week's NA Digest is a bit late. The fact
that it is going out at all is due to the heroic efforts of our technical
support staff who are long overdue for recognition.
Both Paul Peltz and Don Fike, longtime members of Jack Dongarra's Innovative
Computing Laboratory, have responded to countless major and minor emergencies
over the years --- always very quickly, even in the middle of the night. We
thank them, former team member Keith Moore, Jack Dongarra, and the University
of Tennessee for generously providing the technical know-how and equipment to
keep this list going!
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From: David Silvester <d.silvester@manchester.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:34:14 -0500
Subject: IFISS Version 3 Software Release
We are pleased to announce the release of our
Incompressible Flow & Iterative Solver Software (IFISS) version 3.
The IFISS software can be used to generate typical linear systems arising
from finite element discretizations of steady and unsteady
diffusion, convection-diffusion, Stokes flow and Navier-Stokes flow problems.
It has built-in algebraic multigrid and Krylov subspace solvers and includes
a variety of appropriate preconditioning strategies for each problem.
Version 3 has many features including
o implementation of a variety of mixed finite element approximation methods,
o automatic calculation of stabilization parameters where appropriate,
o a posteriori error estimation for steady problems,
o fully implicit self-adaptive time stepping algorithms,
o a range of preconditioned Krylov subspace solvers (including IDR(s)),
o a built-in algebraic multigrid preconditioner and a geometric MG solver,
o useful visualization tools.
IFISS is freely available and runs on Matlab and Octave.
For download, user's guide, and other information see
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/ifiss or http://www.cs.umd.edu/~elman/ifiss.html
David Silvester, Howard Elman, Alison Ramage and many IFISS contributors.
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From: Imre Polik <imre.polik@lehigh.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:36:46 -0500
Subject: 2nd AIMMS/MOPTA Optimization Modeling Competition
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
2nd AIMMS/MOPTA International Optimization Modeling Competition
Dear Colleagues,
It is with great pleasure and anticipation that we announce the second
AIMMS/MOPTA Optimization Modeling Competition for graduate
students. The competition is organized jointly by the conference
organizers of MOPTA and Paragon Decision Technology
(http://www.aimms.com).
Teams of at most three graduate students can participate. Each member of the
team must be registered as a full-time graduate student at a
recognized educational institution during the spring term of the
2009-2010 academic year. Graduate students with a background in
operations research, regardless of their actual field of study are
eligible. Teams from all over the world can participate, as long as at
least one team member can come to the conference, should the team make
it to the final. The official language of the competition is English.
The competition consists of two stages. In the first stage the teams
have to model an optimization problem using AIMMS (provided to the
participants free of charge). The best teams will compete in the
final, taking place at the 2010 MOPTA conference, August 18-20 at
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
The problem will be posted on February 1, until then you can download
the software and study its features.
For more details and registration visit the conference website:
http://mopta.ie.lehigh.edu and follow the link to the competition.
Contact: mopta@lehigh.edu
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From: "J. M. Littleton" <Littleton@siam.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:31:43 -0500
Subject: Call for Submissions - SIAM Student Paper Prize, Deadline Mar 15th
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - The SIAM Student Paper Prize
The SIAM STUDENT PAPER PRIZE is awarded every year to the student
author(s) of the most outstanding paper(s) submitted to the SIAM Student
Paper Competition. This award is based solely on the merit and content
of the student's contribution to the submitted paper. The prize
recognizes outstanding scholarship by students in applied mathematics or
scientific computing. Up to three awards are given.
The 2010 SIAM Student Paper Prize will be awarded at the SIAM Annual
Meeting, to be held July 12-16, 2010, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Each
prize recipient will receive a framed certificate plus a cash award of
$1,000 and will be requested to present his or her paper at the 2010
SIAM Annual Meeting. Recipients also receive $500 toward travel
expenses and gratis registration for the meeting.
Eligibility is restricted to students in good standing who do not yet
hold the degree of PhD on the application deadline. Papers entered in
the competition must have already been submitted for publication.
Submissions may be based on co-authored papers. Instructions on how to
submit a paper and other required documents can be found at
www.siam.org/prizes/nominations/nom_student.php.
All papers and accompanying documentation must be received at the SIAM
office on or before MARCH 15, 2010. Please address your submission to
Professor Peter Turner, Chair, SIAM Student Paper Prize Committee, and
send it to J. M. Littleton at littleton@siam.org. Inquiries should be
addressed to littleton@siam.org.
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From: Jean-Michel Muller <Jean-Michel.Muller@ens-lyon.fr>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:18:15 -0500
Subject: New book: Handbook on Floating-Point Arithmetic
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the outcome of our "Handbook on
Floating-Point Arithmetic" (authors: Brisebarre, de Dinechin,
Jeannerod, Lefevre, Melquiond, Muller (coordinator), Revol, Stehle,
Torres), published by Birkhauser Boston, ISBN: 978-0-8176-4704-9, 572
pages. Our web page for the book is
http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/jean-michel.muller/Handbook.html Birkhauser's
web page for the book is
http://www.springer.com/birkhauser/mathematics/book/978-0- 8176-4704-9
Best regards,
Jean-Michel Muller
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From: Peter Bastian <peter.bastian@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:59:43 -0500
Subject: DUNE Spring Course, Germany, Mar 2010
The Distributed and Unified Numerics Environment (DUNE) is a software
framework for the numerical solution of partial differential equations
with grid-based methods. Using generic programming techniques it
strives for both: high flexibility (efficiency of the programmer) and
high performance (efficiency of the program). DUNE provides, among
other things, a large variety of local mesh refinement techniques, a
scalable parallel programming model, an ample collection of finite
element methods and efficient linear solvers.
This one week course will provide an introduction to the most
important DUNE modules. At the end the attendees will have a solid
knowledge of the simulation workflow from mesh generation and
implementation of finite element and finite volume methods to
visualization of the results. Successful participation requires
knowledge of object-oriented programming using C++ including generic
programming with templates (this knowledge will be brushed up on the
first day of the course). A solid background on numerical methods for
the solution of PDEs is expected.
Course programme:
DAY 1 (March 15) : Review of C++ programming techniques
DAY 2 (March 16) : Dune grid interface, pre- and postprocessing
DAY 3 (March 17) : Parallelism and adaptivity
DAY 4 (March 18) : PDELab for elliptic problems, iterative solvers
DAY 5 (March 19) : Nonlinear and time-dependent problems
Course venue:
Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing
University of Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 350/368
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Cost:
The cost for this course is 150 Euros including course material, coffee
and lunch breaks as well as course dinner on Wednesday night.
Participation for members of the University of Heidelberg is free.
For registration and further information see
http://conan.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/dune-workshop/index.html
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From: "Kirsten Wilden" <Wilden@siam.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:02:26 -0500
Subject: SIAM Conference on Imaging Science (IS10), Chicago, Apr 2010
SIAM Conference on Imaging Science (IS10)
Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, Chicago, Illinois
April 12-14, 2010
Invited Presentations:
Guillermo Sapiro, University of Minnesota
Amnon Shashua, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Jean-Luc Starck, CEA/Saclay, France
Gabriele Steidl, Universität Mannheim, Germany
William Symes, Rice University
Alain Trouvé, Ecole Normale Supérieure, France
Registration and the conference schedule are now posted at
http://www.siam.org/meetings/is10/
PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE
March 15, 2010
HOTEL RESERVATION DEADLINE
March 15, 2010
For additional information, contact the SIAM Conference Department
at meetings@siam.org.
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From: Iain Duff <iain.duff@stfc.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:19:05 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Workshops at Copper Mountain Iterative Methods Conf, Apr 2010
Copper Mountain Conference on Iterative Methods ... Workshops
As in past years, we will be holding evening workshops at the
Copper Mountain Conference on Iterative Methods which will be
held in Copper Mountain, Colorado from April 4-9, 2010.
(Web site: http://grandmaster.colorado.edu/~copper/2010/)
Could anyone who is interested in running such a workshop, please
contact me (iain.duff@stfc.ac.uk) preferably before the end of January.
Iain Duff
Workshop Chair
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From: Padmanabhan Seshaiyer <pseshaiy@gmu.edu>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:47:22 -0500
Subject: Multidisciplinary Summer REU at GMU, May/Jun 2010
Multidisciplinary Summer Research Experience (REU) in Computational
Mathematics and Nonlinear Dynamics of Biological, Biologically Inspired and
Engineering Systems (MAY 31, 2010 - JULY 30, 2010)
The Department of Mathematical Sciences at George Mason University will host
a multidisciplinary undergraduate research program in computational
mathematics and nonlinear dynamics of biological, bio-inspired and
engineering systems. This nine-week program program will expose eight
qualified mathematics undergraduate students and a K-12 teacher to advanced
topics in mathematics, problem-solving techniques and multidisciplinary
applications. Selected problems range from Reconstruction of Protein networks
and Aneurysm mechanics to Modeling of Micro Air Vehicles, Neuronal field
models, Porous substrates and Materials engineering applications. The overall
goal of this program is to encourage students and teachers to learn by
discovery and enhance their understanding of the multidisciplinary role of
mathematics in engineering, science and medicine. The metro region of
Washington, DC is a particularly fertile area for research and work
opportunities, including consulting, teaching and government.
Applicants must be undergraduate students who will be completing their junior
year by June 2010. Financial support for students include a stipend of
$3,375, free on-campus housing and meals, and a travel allowance up to $550.
Students with a strong background in advanced calculus, linear algebra and
differential equations are eligible to apply. Women and underrepresented
minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Please note that under NSF
rules, only U.S. Citizens and permanent residents are eligible to receive
stipends and support for housing and travel costs.
The deadline for receiving all the application material is *April 2, 2010*
and accepted applicants will be notified immediately. For more details on the
program and application details, go to the program website:
http://math.gmu.edu/reu/
For additional information, please contact us via email at:
reu@math.gmu.edu
or via phone (703) 993-9787 or (703) 993-9688
Dr. Padmanabhan Seshaiyer and Dr. Maria Emelianenko
REU Program Coordinators
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From: Michele Benzi <benzi@mathcs.emory.edu>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:09:00 -0500
Subject: Gene Golub SIAM Summer School, Italy, Jun 2010
Gene Golub SIAM Summer School 2010
International Summer School on Numerical Linear Algebra (ISSNLA)
Fasano (Bari), Italy 7-18 June 2010
http://www.ba.cnr.it/ISSNLA2010
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS FEBRUARY 1st, 2010
The first Gene Golub SIAM Summer School will take place at Hotel Sierra
Silvana, in Fasano (Bari), Italy. The following four courses will be given
during the two weeks from the 7th to the 18th of June 2010.
- Minimizing communication in numerical linear algebra,
James Demmel, University of California at Berkeley, USA
- Nonlinear eigenvalue problems: analysis and numerical solution,
Volker Mehrmann, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany.
- From Matrix to Tensor: The Transition to Computational Multilinear Algebra,
Charles Van Loan, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
- Linear Algebra and Optimization,
Margaret H. Wright, Courant Institute, New York University, USA
The summer school is geared towards doctoral students. There will
be a limit of 50 students. There will be no registration fee.
Funding for local accommodations and/or local expenses will be available
for some of the participants. Limited travel funds may also be available.
Watch the website for announcement of application deadline and procedures.
For more information see: http://www.ba.cnr.it/ISSNLA2010
This summer school is the second ISSNLA organized by the SIAM Activity
Group on Linear Algebra. The first took place in 2008
(http://www.simumat.es/SIAGLA2008).
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From: "Dario A. Bini" <bini@dm.unipi.it>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:06:36 -0500
Subject: Intl Linear Algebra Society (ILAS) Conference, Pisa, June 2010
The early registration deadline of the 16-th ILAS Conference, Pisa, June
21-25 2010, is soon approaching.
If you plan to attend the conference, please note that the advance
registration deadline is January 31. I encourage you to take advantage of
the lower rate before the deadline. More information about the conference
and registration can be found at http://www.dm.unipi.it/~ilas2010
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From: "J. Vigo-Aguiar" <jvigo@usal.es>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:57:52 -0500
Subject: Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science, Spain, Jun 2010
10th Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science
June 27-30, Almeria , Andalucia, Spain.
http://gsii.usal.es/~CMMSE/
email: cmmse@usal.es
AIMS AND SCOPES
CMMSE is an annual conference for the exchange of ideas, techniques, and
state-of-the-art applications in the field of scientific computing among
scientists, engineers, and practitioners.
Standard presentation: 30 minutes in length.
Special Sessions: Minimum of 4-5 presentations. Special session chairs can
act as plenary speakers.
IMPORTANT DATES:
May 17, 2010 -- Deadline for submission of Abstracts (3-4 pages) or
full papers (12 pages).
May 26, 2010 -- Notification of Acceptance
June 12, 2010 – Registration (with podium)
June 20, 2010 -- Registration (without podium)
CONFERENCE HOTEL:
Barceló Cabo de Gata Hotel & Resort www.barcelocabodegata.com
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From: Nathalie Mitton <nathalie.mitton@inria.fr>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:22:23 +0100
Subject: Performance Evaluation of Computer & Telecomm, Canada, Jul 2010
SPECTS 2010
2010 International Symposium on Performance
Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems
http://atc.udg.edu/SPECTS2010/
July 11-14, 2010
Ottawa, Canada
This annual international conference is a forum for profession
This annual international conference is a forum for professionals involved
in the performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems.
Performance evaluation of computer systems and networks has progressed
rapidly in the past decade and has begun to approach maturity. Significant
progress has been made in analytic modeling, simulation and measurement
approaches for performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication
systems.
Deadlines
Special sessions proposals ........................ January 31, 2010
Submission of full papers and tutorials proposals ..February 28, 2010
Notification of acceptance ........................ April 30, 2010
Submission of camera-ready paper................... May 28, 2010
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From: Ilse Ipsen <ipsen@ncsu.edu>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:41:02 -0500
Subject: Graduate Student Modeling Workshop (IMSM10), North Carolina, Jul 2010
The 16th Industrial Mathematical & Statistical Modeling (IMSM) Workshop for
Graduate Students will take place at North Carolina State University, 19-27
July 2010. The workshop is sponsored by the Statistical and Applied
Mathematical Science Institute (SAMSI) and the Center for Research in
Scientific Computation (CRSC).
The IMSM workshop exposes graduate students in mathematics, engineering, and
statistics to exciting real-world problems from industry and government.
Besides giving students experience in the team approach to problem solving,
the IMSM workshop can help them to decide what kind of professional career
they want.
Local expenses and travel expenses will be covered for students at US
institutions. The application deadline is 15 April 2010. Information is
available at http://www.ncsu.edu/crsc/events/imsm10/ and questions can be
directed to imsm_10@ncsu.edu.
With best regards,
Ilse Ipsen, Pierre Gremaud, and Ralph Smith
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From: Natalia Kolkovska <nma10@math.bas.bg>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:33:38 -0500
Subject: Intl. Conf. Numerical Methods & Applications, Bulgaria, Aug 2010
7th International Conference on Numerical Methods and Applications (NM&A'10),
August 20-24, 2010, Borovets, Bulgaria, is organized by
the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Main topics of interest:
* Numerical methods for differential and integral equations;
* Approximation techniques in numerical analysis;
* Numerical linear algebra;
* Hierarchical and domain decomposition methods;
* Parallel algorithms;
* Computational mechanics;
* Computational physics, chemistry and biology;
* Engineering applications.
Special sessions:
* Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo methods;
* Enviromental modelling;
* Grid computing and applications;
* Metaheuristics for optimization problems.
Invited Lecturers:
* Miloslav Feistauer (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic);
* Alexei Goolin ( Moscow State University, Russia);
* Jean-Luc Guermond (Texas A&M University, Texas, USA);
* Karl Sabelfeld (Weierstrass Inst. Appl. Anal. Stochastic, Berlin, Germany);
* Joachim Schoeberl (RWTH Aachen University, Germany);
* Blagovest Sendov (Institute for Parallel Processing, BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria);
* Vidar Thomee (University of Technology, Goeteborg, Sweden);
* Petr Vabishchevich (Inst. Mathematical Modelling, RAS, Moscow, Russia);
* Ivan Yotov (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Deadline for submission of registration forms and abstracts: Feb 15, 2010;
More details can be found at: http://www.math.bas.bg/~nummeth/nma10
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From: Bas Michielsen <Bastiaan.Michielsen@Onera.fr>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:51:33 -0500
Subject: Scientific Computing in Electrical Engineering, France, Sep 2010
Call for papers: Scientific Computing in Electrical Engineering (SCEE 2010)
September 19 - 24, 2010
ENSEEIHT, Toulouse, France
http://sites.onera.fr/SCEE2010
Aim
The aim of the SCEE 2010 conference is to bring together scientists from
academia and industry and have intensive discussions on the modelling
and numerical simulation of electronic circuits, devices and
electromagnetic fields. SCEE 2010 is mainly directed towards applied
mathematicians and electrical engineers.
Topics
1. Computational Electromagnetics
2. Circuit and Device Modelling & Simulation
3. Coupled Problems
4. Mathematical and Computational Methods
Deadline
Friday 09.04.2010: DL for submission of a 2 page abstract
Organised by Onera, Toulouse.
mail: scee2010@onera.fr
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From: "C.W. Oosterlee" <c.w.oosterlee@cwi.nl>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:40:53 -0500
Subject: European Multi-Grid Conference, EMG2010, Italy, Sep 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS:
European Multi-Grid Conference EMG 2010
19 - 23 September, 2010
Isola d'Ischia (Naples), Italy (on an island near Naples)
www.emg2010.unisannio.it
The deadline for (one paged) abstracts is April 1st 2010.
Notification of acceptance will be May 1st 2010.
Invited Speakers:
R. Basri (Weizmann, Israel)
M. Giles (Oxford, UK)
W. Hackbusch (Leipzig, Germany)
V. Schulz (Trier, Germany)
S. Serra-Capizzano (Como, Italy)
S. Vandewalle (Leuven, Belgium)
W. Wall (Munich, Germany)
J. van der Vegt (Twente, Netherlands)
Main topics at EMG2010 include:
- Multigrid methods (theory, efficiency, robustness, parallelism, ...)
- Multiscale methods
- Domain decomposition
- Related iterative schemes and discretization methods
- Software, tools, and high performance computing
- Applications in classical and emerging areas like Analysis of images,
financial problems, inverse problems, models related
to medicine and biosciences, multiscale and coupled
systems, optimization and design.
For details, please visit the EMG2010 webpage,
http://www.emg2010.unisannio.it/
At the EMG2010 homepage you can also find the abstract latex sample file
(Link Contributions) and the link to upload the abstract of your talk.
Deadlines:
April 1st, 2010 -- abstract submission
May 1st, 2010 -- notification of acceptance
June 1st, 2010 -- early registration fee
Conference Fee (includes lunch): before June 1st, 2010: EURO 400.-
after June 1st, 2010: EURO 450.-
The organizers
Alfio Borzi and Kees Oosterlee
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From: Slawomir Koziel <koziel@ru.is>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:38:39 -0500
Subject: Surrogate-Based Optimization of Expensive Problems, Lisbon, Sept. 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS: Mini-Symposium on Surrogate- and Knowledge-Based
Optimization Procedures for Computationally Expensive Engineering Design
Problems (2nd Int. Conf. Engineering Optimization, Lisbon, Sept. 6–9, 2010)
The use of computer simulations is ubiquitous in contemporary engineering
design. High-fidelity numerical models are very accurate but, at the same
time, computationally expensive. Therefore, direct use of high-fidelity
simulations in the optimization loop may be prohibitive. On the other hand,
simulation-driven design is the only option in many cases due to complexity
of the structure under consideration and the lack of analytical models
and/or systematic design procedures. In such instances, computationally
efficient design can be performed using surrogate-based optimization (SBO),
where the high-fidelity model is replaced by its computationally cheap but
still reasonably accurate representation, a surrogate. One of the important
goals of SBO procedures is to reduce the number of high-fidelity model
evaluations, and, consequently, to lower the overall optimization cost. This
mini-symposium aims at reviewing state-of-the-art and promoting new
directions of surrogate-based and knowledge-based methodologies for
efficient optimization of computationally expensive engineering problems.
Topics include (but not limited to):
- Computationally efficient optimization of expensive objective functions;
- Simulation-driven design;
- Function-approximation-based and physics-based surrogate models;
- Surrogate-based modeling and optimization;
- Multi-fidelity analysis and optimization, space mapping;
- Response surface approximation and response correction techniques;
- Application case studies.
Authors wishing to have their contribution considered for the mini-symposium
should submit the abstract (up to 500 words) before March 5, 2010, using the
online submission system of the EngOpt 2010 conference and selecting this
mini-symposium as a primary topic. See: http://www.engopt2010.org/.
Organizers: S. Koziel (koziel@ru.is) and L. Leifsson (leifurth@ru.is),
Reykjavik University, Iceland.
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From: Lieven De Lathauwer <Lieven.DeLathauwer@kuleuven-kortrijk.be>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:15:00 -0500
Subject: Tensor Decompositions and Applications (TDA 2010), Italy, Sep 2010
Workshop on Tensor Decompositions and Applications (TDA 2010)
September 13-17, 2010
Monopoli, Bari, Italy
URL: http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~sistawww/TDA2010/index.php
Registration deadline: March 31, 2010. (!)
Submission deadline: May 30, 2010.
This workshop is devoted to the study of tensor decompositions and their
applications. It will feature a series of invited talks by leading experts and
contributed presentations on specific problems. Invited talks are supposed to
be broadly accessible, as a help for researchers who are new to the field.
Topics of interest include:
* Mathematical properties of tensor decompositions
* Numerical algorithms for the computation of tensor decompositions
* Tensor-based optimization
* Tensor-based scientific computing
* Computational complexity
* Algebraic geometry
* Representation theory
* Tensor-based signal processing
* Tensor-based machine learning
* Tensor-based data mining
* Independent component analysis, blind source separation and factor analysis
* Applications in chemometrics, psychometrics, econometrics
* Applications in telecommunication
* Applications in sensor array processing
* Applications in bioinformatics and biomedical engineering
* Applications in quantum information theory and quantum computing
* Diffusion tensor imaging
* Multi-matrix methods
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From: Michael Bader <Michael.Bader@ipvs.uni-stuttgart.de>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:13:53 -0500
Subject: Call for papers: Special section on "Simulation Software" (JoCS)
Call for Papers for a Special Section on
Simulation Software for Supercomputers
in the Journal of Computational Science
(http://ees.elsevier.com/jocs/)
Scientific Computing, and the Computational Sciences, in general,
have emerged into a new discipline, which is driven by a multitude
of demands that stem from applied mathematics, from the respective
application fields in science and engineering, and also from high
performance computing.
Application scenarios have shifted from individual simulation runs
to parameter studies and optimisation processes, from models of
limited complexity to multiphysics problems, and from comparably
simple parallel clusters to hierarchically organised HPC platforms
that offer parallelism on all scales.
As a result, simulation software, in particular on supercomputers,
faces a multitude of new and oftentimes conflicting challenges.
As models grow in complexity, simulation software itself is growing
in extent and complexity. The scenario of a single-purpose code,
that can be implemented within the time frame of a single PhD project,
is replaced by that of generic, more versatile, interacting frameworks
that are developed as group efforts.
Systematic software engineering, rigorous testing and verification,
and more formal approaches to developing software, in general,
have therefore gained importance in the scientific computing community.
Recent trends in hardware development, such as the trend to multi-
and manycore CPUs have added to this scenario, as modern HPC software
has to consider efficient access to memory and communication resources
in order to ensure acceptable performance.
Finally, the increasing parallelism on all scales, including the use
of special-purpose hardware (graphical processing units, accelerator
processors) need to be tackled by HPC software.
We therefore ask for articles on novel contributions and approaches
to this field for a special section on
"Simulation Software for Supercomputers"
in the Journal of Computational Science (JoCS).
Examples for topics include (but are not limited to):
* Software Engineering approaches for simulation software
* Improving correctness and reliability of numerical software
* Efficiency-oriented development of simulation software
* Scalability issues for HPC software
* Development of simulation software for modern and emerging
hardware (multi-/manycore, GPGPU, accelerator processors, etc.)
* Tools and environments to support software development and optimisation
Contributions to the special section "Simulation Software for Supercomputers"
should be submitted to JoCS according to the JoCS guidelines, available from
http://ees.elsevier.com/jocs/.
In particular, please refer to JoCS' instructions for authors, regarding
format and submission of papers, and make sure to select
"Special Issue: Simulation Software"
when asked for the "Article Type" during the online submission process.
Please note that papers longer than 15 pages cannot be accepted for the
special section.
All contributed papers will undergo a strict review process, in the same way
as all regular submissions to JoCS. Papers will be accepted for the special
section based on quality and topical relevance.
For submission and reviewing, the following schedule is planned:
Deadline for submission: March 15, 2010
JoCS review: April-June, 2010
Camera-ready versions: August, 2010
Guest Editors:
* Michael Bader <Michael.Bader@ipvs.uni-stuttgart.de>,
Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems, University of Stuttgart.
* Miriam Mehl <mehl@in.tum.de>,
Chair of Scientific Computing in Computer Science,
Technische Universität München.
* Ulrich Rüde <Ulrich.Ruede@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>,
Department of Computer Science, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
* Gerhard Wellein <Gerhard.Wellein@rrze.uni-erlangen.de>,
Regional Computing Center of Erlangen.
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From: Omar Lakkis <o.lakkis@sussex.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:33:46 -0500
Subject: Post University of Sussex Lecturer/Reader in Maths/Financial Maths
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ref: 758
Department of Mathematics
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader in Mathematics/Financial Mathematics
Lecturer: £36,532 to £43,622 per annum
Senior Lecturer/Reader: £44,930 to £52,086 per annum
The University of Sussex is seeking applications for a Lectureship in
Mathematics or Financial Mathematics. An appointment may be made at the Senior
Lecturer/Reader level depending on the qualifications and experience of the
successful candidate.
Applications are invited from candidates working in any area of mathematics,
and those from candidates working in financial mathematics and related areas
such as stochastic analysis would be particularly welcome. The successful
candidate will be expected to carry out excellent research in their chosen
area, and have a track record of high quality publications and research
funding commensurate with their level of experience.
An important requirement for the post is a willingness and ability to teach on
our financial mathematics programmes. The Department of Mathematics has
recently expanded its taught postgraduate provision in financial mathematics,
and the successful candidate will be expected to play a significant role in
this. Experience of and interest in financial consultancy work and
collaborative projects with other subject areas would be an advantage.
The Department is active in a number of research areas of mathematics,
including analysis & PDEs, numerical analysis & scientific computation,
mathematics applied to biology or medicine and financial mathematics. The
Department achieved a strong performance in the 2008 RAE with 64% of its
publications rated 3* or 4* and is committed to excellence in research.
Closing Date: 30 January 2010
Start Date: The post is available from 1 April 2010 or at another date by mutual
agreement
Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Erik Burman (e-mail
E.N.Burman@sussex.ac.uk Tel +44 1273 678933).
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From: Heidi Thornquist <hkthorn@sandia.gov>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:44:54 -0500
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia is a multiprogram lab, primarily doing national defense R&D,
energy, and environment projects. The Labs' original mission of
providing engineering design for all non-nuclear components in the
nation's nuclear weapons continues today, but Sandia now also performs
a wide variety of national security R&D work. We are funded primary by
the U.S. Dept. of Energy with other major funding by the Dept. of
Homeland Security and Department of Defense, and are managed by the
Lockheed Martin Corporation. We regularly partner with other
government, industry, and academic institutions to accomplish our
work.
The Electrical and Microsystems Modeling Department at Sandia
specializes in the development of innovative modeling and simulation
tools for Sandia customers in the areas of electrical and mechanical
microsystems. These tools, in the form of modern software applications
for both workstation and large-scale parallel computing platforms,
offer cutting-edge physics, numerical and computational solutions
aimed at meeting the unique requirements of Sandia and other agencies.
Job Description A post-doctoral position exists for a computational
scientist to work on numerical mathematics and computational methods
for large-scale ordinary differential equation (ODE) simulations of
neurologically based systems and network modeling. Specific research
topics of interest include the development of robust and accurate
formulations of reduced order models, model uncertainty quantification
and coupling algorithms between the ODE model and higher-level
cognitive models. The position is located at Sandia's Albuquerque,
NM, USA site. The successful candidate will work in a team
environment and conduct research in parallel computing, scalable
solution algorithms, neurological/cognitive modeling techniques and
help promote the resulting research to production- level software.
Required / Desired Criteria The successful candidate must have the
following qualities: 1. A Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Computer
Science, or relevant Engineering discipline. Commensurate with this
degree must also be a demonstrated ability to lead and direct
numerical research into these methods. 2. Experience in developing
and applying application-specific numerical methods. 3. Strong
object-oriented software design skills, including experience with C++
and scripting languages such as Python. 4. Ability to obtain and
maintain a U.S. Department of Energy security clearance.
Additionally, the following are desired criteria for the position:
1. Background and/or experience with any of the following: neurology,
cognitive modeling and coupled network simulation. 2. Experience in
development of software for massively parallel platforms (MPP).
3. Strong written and oral communication skills.
Sandia National Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. U.S.
Citizenship Normally Required.
Please apply online at http://sandia.gov/careers/search-openings.html, click
Search for Openings, and reference Job Requisition Number: 64187
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From: "Bonnans J. Frederic" <Frederic.Bonnans@inria.fr>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:09:08 -0500
Subject: Contents, Mathematics and its Applications / Annals of AOSR 1(2)
Contents of Mathematics and its Applications / Annals of AOSR
Vol 1, issue 2
Gabriela GROSU
Compactness for an integro-differential equation with measures 161
Jiri JARUSEK, Mircea SOFONEA
On the solvability of dynamic elasto-visco-plastic contact problems with
adhesion 191
Constantin NICULESCU, Ionel ROVENTA
The existence of a global attractor for a class of rational maps 215
Marius BULIGA
Hamiltonian inclusions with convex dissipation with a view towards
applications 228
Charles HORVATH
A note on metric spaces with continuous midpoints 252
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From: Communications in Math Sciences <jcms@math.wisc.edu>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:09:08 -0600
Subject: Contents, Commun Mathematical Sciences 7(4) 2009
Communications in Mathematical Sciences (CMS)
Vol 7, No. 4, December 2009
Table of Contents
full articles are online at
http://projecteuclid.org/DPubS?service=UI&version=1.0&verb=Display&
handle=euclid.cms
or www.intlpress.com/CMS
Regular Articles
* Numerical averaging of non-divergence structure elliptic operators
Brittany D. Froese and Adam M. Oberman
* Estimating eddy diffusivities from noisy Lagrangian observations
C.J. Cotter and G.A. Pavliotis
* Scaling limit of a discrete prion dynamics model
Marie Doumic, Thierry Goudon, and Thomas Lepoutre
* Graph-theoretic approaches to injectivity and multiple equilibria in
systems of interacting elements
Murad Banaji and Gheorghe Craciun
* Kinetic models of conservative economies with wealth redistribution
Marzia Bisi, Giampiero Spiga, and Giuseppe Toscani
* Vortices in two-dimensional nematics
Ibrahim Fatkullin and Valeriy Slastikov
* Convergence to equilibrium for a phase-field model for the mixture of
two viscous incompressible fluids
Liyun Zhao, Hao Wu, and Haiyang Huang
* On the compactness for two dimensional scalar conservation law with
discontinuous flux
Jelena Aleksic and Darko Mitrovic
* Gaussian beams summation for the wave equation in a convex domain
Salma Bougacha, Jean-Luc Akian, and Radjesvarane Alexandre
* A diffuse-interface approach for modelling transport, diffusion and
adsorption/desorption of material quantities on a deformable interface
Knut Erik Teigen, Xiangrong Li, John Lowengrub, Fan Wang, and Axel Voigt
Fast Communications
* A constrained string method and its numerical analysis
Qiang Du and Lei Zhang
* Exact traveling wave solutions for some nonlinear evolution equations
Jonu Lee and Rathinasamy Sakthivel
* Convergence of a space semi-discrete modified mass method for the dynamic
Signorini problem
D. Doyen and A. Ern
* Existence of solution to an evolution equation and a justification of the
DSM for equations with monotone operators
N. S. Hoang and A. G. Ramm
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From: Zoe Sternberg <zoe.sternberg@tandf.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:13:40 -0500
Subject: Contents, International Journal of Computer Mathematics, 87(2)
International Journal of Computer Mathematics, Issue 87(2) Table of Contents
http://www.informaworld.com/IJCM
Section B: Computational Methods: Application
Matrix splicing system
by L. Jeganathan; R. Rama. Pages 278-309
B-polynomial multiwavelets approach for the solution of Abel's integral
equation
by S. A. Yousefi. Pages 310-316
On the convergence region of Newton's method under Hölder continuity
conditions
by Ioannis K. Argyros. Pages 317-326
A new computational method for solution of non-linear Volterra-Fredholm
integro-differential equations
by K. Maleknejad; S. Sohrabi; H. Derili. Pages 327-338
Truncation error, dissipation and dispersion terms of fifth order WENO and
of WCS for 1D conservation law
by Maria Oliveira; Jianzhong Su; Peng Xie; Chaoqun Liu. Pages 339-352
Two-step explicit methods for second-order IVPs with oscillatory solutions
Qinghong Li. Pages 353-366
Using reproducing kernel for solving a class of singular weakly nonlinear
boundary value problems
by Yulan Wang; Temuer Chaolu; Zhong Chen. Pages 367-380
Convolutions of the half t distribution
by Saralees Nadarajah. Pages 381-390
Condition number of singular value: zero-structured and patterned case
by Ke Wang; Yimin Wei. Pages 391-403
The discrete collocation method for weakly singular Urysohn equations
by K. Maleknejad; H. Derili; S. Sohrabi. Pages 404-413
An iteration method with maximal order based on standard information
by Xinghua Wang; Peipei Tang. Pages 414-424
Algebraic properties and perturbation results for the indefinite least
squares problem with equality constraints
by Qiaohua Liu; Minghui Wang. Pages 425-434
Model-order reduction of large-scale kth-order linear dynamical systems via
a kth-order Arnoldi method
by Yiqin Lin; Liang Bao; Yimin Wei. Pages 435-453
Two-way chaining for non-uniform distributions
by Ebrahim Malalla. Pages 454-473
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From: eal@aueb.gr
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:24:41 +0200
Subject: Contents, HERMIS 11, Dec 2009
Journal: HERMIS- An International Journal of
Computer Mathematics and its Applications
ISSN: 1108-7609
Volume: 11
Date: December 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHEN ZHIMING
The Adaptive Perfectly Matched Layer Method for Time-harmonic Acoustic
and Electromagnetic Scattering Problems
1--21
OSELEDETS I. and TYRTYSHNIKOV E.E.
Recursive Tensor Decomposition in Higher Dimensions
22--26
AIHARA .
Complex Systems Modelling and its Applications
27--32
SAMSON M., VOUDOURIS D. and PAPAKONSTANTINOU G.
Utilization of Variable Reordering in Quantum ESCT Minimization
33--39
LIVIERIS I.E. and PINTELAS P.
Performance evaluation of descent CG methods for neural network training
40--46
VASSILIOU E.E., DEMETRIOU I.C. and LIPITAKIS E.A.
An example of a null space implementation of least square data fitting by
nonnegative divided differences
47--50
MIYAJIMA S.
Enclosing Solutions in Least Squares Problems
51--58
PAPADOMANOLAKI M.G. and SARIDAKIS Y.G.
One dimensional tumor invasion model with heterogeneous diffusion
59--64
KOUTRAS V.P., PLATIS A.N. and GRAVVANIS G.A.
Availability and performance on a grid computing environment with software
rejuvenation based on approximate inverse preconditioning
65--82
KOUZINOPOULOS C.S. and MARGARITIS K.
Parallel implementation of exact two dimensional pattern matching algorithms
using MPI and OpenMP
83--88
ISHIMURA N.
Nonlinear Evolution Equation for the Risk Preference
89--91
IVANOV I. and LOMEV B.
Equilibrium in stochastic Nash games with state-dependent noise
via Lyapunov type iterations
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From: Emma Avery <Emma.Avery@iop.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:02:47 +0000
Subject: Contents, Inverse Problems 26(2), February 2010
INVERSE PROBLEMS
Volume 26, Issue 2, February 2010
Article numbers: 025001--025011
Individual articles are free for 30 days following their publication on the
web. This issue is available at: http://www.iop.org/EJ/toc/0266-5611/26/2
PAPERS
025001
Morozov's discrepancy principle for Tikhonov-type functionals with
nonlinear operators
Stephan W Anzengruber and Ronny Ramlau
025002
Numerical methods for the design of large-scale nonlinear discrete
ill-posed inverse problems
E Haber, L Horesh and L Tenorio
025003
Constructibility of an $L_{\Bbb R}^{2}$(0,\,$a$) solution to an inverse
Sturm--Liouville problem using three Dirichlet spectra
Mihaela Cristina Drignei
025004
Nonnegative least-squares image deblurring: improved gradient projection
approaches
F Benvenuto, R Zanella, L Zanni and M Bertero
025005
Stability for an inverse problem for a two-speed hyperbolic PDE in one
space dimension
Rakesh and Paul Sacks
025006
Stability of the gauge equivalent classes in inverse stationary transport
Stephen McDowall, Plamen Stefanov and Alexandru Tamasan
025007
Accelerated projected steepest descent method for nonlinear inverse
problems with sparsity constraints
Gerd Teschke and Claudia Borries
025008
Synthetic-aperture radar imaging through dispersive media
Trond Varslot, J H\'ector Morales and Margaret Cheney
025009
Monitoring hydraulic fractures: state estimation using an extended Kalman
filter
Fernando Alves Rochinha and Anthony Peirce
025010
Eigenfunction contrast source inversion for circular metallic enclosures
Puyan Mojabi and Joe LoVetri
025011
Inverse transport theory of photoacoustics
Guillaume Bal, Alexandre Jollivet and Vincent Jugnon
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From: Chi-Wang Shu <shu@dam.brown.edu>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:25:55 -0500
Subject: Contents, Journal of Scientific Computing
Journal of Scientific Computing
http://www.springeronline.com/journal/10915
Volume 42, Number 2, February 2010
Image Recovery via Nonlocal Operators
Yifei Lou, Xiaoqun Zhang, Stanley Osher and Andrea
Bertozzi, pp.185-197.
Optimal Error Estimates of the Legendre Tau Method for
Second-Order Differential Equations
Ting-Ting Shen, Zhong-Qiang Zhang and He-Ping Ma,
pp.198-215.
A High Order Compact Scheme for the Pure-Streamfunction
Formulation of the Navier-Stokes Equations
M. Ben-Artzi, J.-P. Croisille and D. Fishelov,
pp.216-250.
An Efficient Data Structure and Accurate Scheme to Solve
Front Propagation Problems
O. Bokanowski, E. Cristiani and H. Zidani, pp.251-273.
Numerical Simulation of a Weakly Nonlinear Model for
Water Waves with Viscosity
Maria Kakleas and David P. Nicholls, pp.274-290.
A Collocation Method with Exact Imposition of Mixed
Boundary Conditions
Zhong-Qing Wang and Li-Lian Wang, pp.291-317.
A High Order Numerical Method for Computing Physical
Observables in the Semiclassical Limit of the
One-Dimensional Linear Schrodinger Equation with
Discontinuous Potentials
Xin Wen, pp.318-344.
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