NA Digest Monday, June 25, 2012 Volume 12 : Issue 26

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Daniel M. Dunlavy
Sandia National Labs
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From: "Randolph E. Bank" <rbank@ucsd.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 09:57:41 -0700
Subject: PLTMG version 11

PLTMG 11.0 is a package for solving elliptic partial differential
equations in general regions of the plane. It is based on a family of
continuous Lagrange triangular finite elements. PLTMG features
options for adaptive h, p, and hp refinement, coarsening, and mesh
moving. PLTMG employes several algebraic multilevel solvers for the
resulting systems of linear equations. PLTMG provides a suite of
continuation options to handle PDEs with parameter dependencies. It
also provides options for solving several classes of optimal control
and obstacle problems. The package includes an initial mesh generator
and several graphics packages. Support for the Bank-Holst parallel
adaptive meshing paradigm and corresponding domain decomposition
solver are also provided.

PLTMG is provided as Fortran (and a little C) source code. The code
has interfaces to X-Windows, MPI, and Michael Holst's OpenGL display
tool SG. The X-Windows, MPI, and SG interfaces require libraries that
are NOT provided as part of the PLTMG package. PLTMG is available
from Netlib and the author's homepage: http://ccom.ucsd.edu/~reb/

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From: Amrita Lonkar <amritam@stanford.edu>
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:11:03 -0400
Subject: Stanford University Unstructured (SU2), V1.1 Available

After more than 6 months of dedicated development, the SU2 team has
made significant strides in improving the capabilities, reliability,
and usability of the open-source analysis and design tool. The interim
release, version 1.1, contains a host of new features of interest to
the user community, including:

- Windows binary executables with full functionality (parallelism,
CGNS support, etc.)
- Improved parallelization
- Pointwise plugin for direct export to SU2 grid formats
- Additional flexibility in the specification of the optimization
problem
- SST turbulence model
- Additional spatial discretization schemes, including HLLC and AUSM
(1st and 2nd order accuracy)
- Axisymmetric implementation for Euler and incompressible governing
equations
- 3D Reacting, viscous flow simulations using Argon gas chemistry
models
- Free surface simulation and design
- Periodic boundary conditions
- Updated python scripts

Details can be found at http://su2.stanford.edu

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From: <bernard.beauzamy@scmsa.eu>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:12:28 +0200
Subject: Archimedes Modern Works, France, Jul 2012

A conference entitled "Archimedes Modern Works" will be given at
Societe de Calcul Mathematique SA on July 4th in our offices, Paris.
It will be devoted to the consequences of Archimedes approaches in
modern problems, such as approximate solutions of systems of
polynomial equations, probabilities and optics. Free entrance, but
registration is compulsory ; please see:
http://scmsa.eu/archives/CLQ_BB_Archimede_2012_07.pdf

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From: Gregor Tanner <gregor.tanner@nottingham.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 03:02:56 -0400
Subject: Early registration, InnoWave2012, UK, Sep 2012

Innovations in Wave Modelling - InnoWave2012
http://inutech.de/midea/events/InnoWave2012/
at the University of Nottingham, 3-7 September 2012.

Early registration ends: 30 June 2012

Invited speakers: S Anlage (USA), N Atalla (Canada), E Bogomolny
(France), S Chandler-Wilde (UK), W Desmet (Belgium), M Fink (France),
S Finnveden (Sweden), S Fisher (UK), J-L Guyader (France), E Heller
(USA), J Kaplunov (UK), A LeBot (France), O Legrand (France), A Maurel
(France), A Mosk (The Netherlands), G Mueller (Germany), E Narimanov
(USA), E Nijman (Austria), V Pagneux (France), W Parnell (UK), A
Peiffer (Germany), U Orrenius (Sweden), J Renno (UK), L Sirko
(Poland), H-J Stoeckmann (Germany), I Thompson (UK), R Tsai (USA)

Outline: Experts from academia and industry discuss theory and
applications of state of the art modelling tools for complex wave
dynamics. Applications range from structural mechanics, acoustics and
electrical engineering to quantum physics and mathematics.

Focus of the conference: structural vibrations; high frequency
acoustics; electromagnetic wave engineering; numerical analysis for
wave equations; small wave length asymptotics; wave chaos and random
matrix theory; mesoscopic physics, nano-science

The conference is organised jointly by the School of Mathematical
Sciences, University of Nottingham and inuTech GmbH, Nuremberg.
Gregor Tanner (UoN) & Frank Vogel (inuTech)

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From: Brigitte Forster <brigitte.forster@uni-passau.de>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:47:43 -0400
Subject: Harmonic Analysis, Fract Op, Image Analysis, Germany, Sep 2012

This is an announcement for our summer school

"New Trends and Directions in Harmonic Analysis, Fractional Operator
Theory, and Image Analysis,"

which will be held at the Hotel Chiemgauer Hof in Inzell, Germany,
from September 17 - 21, 2012.

The summer school will bring together young researchers and a
distinguished groups of scientists to discuss and establish new and
exciting directions in harmonic analysis, fractional operator theory,
and image analysis. More information about the scope and program of
the summer school can be found on the website:
http://www.fim.uni-passau.de/index.php?id=5127 .

We would also like to remind you of two upcoming deadlines:
- June 30, 2012: Deadline of abstract submission for a presentation
(Abstract to be submitted to one of the organizers.)
- July 31, 2012: Deadline for reservations at the Hotel Chiemgauer
Hof. (For contact information, please consult the summer school
website.)

Should you require additional information, please send an e-mail to
one of the organizers: brigitte.forster@uni-passau.de or
massopust@ma.tum.de.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Inzell!

With kind regards,
Brigitte Forster and Peter Massopust

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From: |Monica Kundan Finlayson <finlayson@maths.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 07:14:27 -0400
Subject: Nonlinear PDE Conf/Workshop, UK, Sep 2012

Plenary Speakers: Luigi Ambrosio - SNS Pisa, Constantine Dafermos -
Brown University, Isabelle Gallagher - Paris Diderot, Martin Hairer -
University of Warwick, Fang-Hua Lin - Courant Institute NYU, Tatiana
Toro - University of Washington, Felix Otto - Max Planck Institute –
Leipzig, Frank Pacard - École Polytechnique-CNRS, Richard M Schoen -
Stanford University, Gigliola Staffilani – MIT, Andrew J Majda -
Courant Institute NYU, Eitan Tadmor - University of Maryland

Held at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford consisting of 12 plenary
lectures and 8 mini-symposium sessions over 4 days (Monday to
Thursday) covering a wide spectrum of topics related to nonlinear PDE,
followed by a poster session and dinner at Oriel College, Oxford.

Free Surface and Interface Problems Workshop, Oxford, 14 & 15
September 2012 Held at St Anne’s College, Oxford consisting of 3
sessions (Friday and Saturday).
General theme: the theoretical and numerical aspects of nonlinear
hyperbolic and dispersive free boundary and interface problems. These
various types of PDE problems arising from a variety of important real
world problems in fluid and gas dynamics, and offer challenges both
from the analytical and numerical viewpoints. Each session will
involve a mix of analysts and numerical analysts and show connections
between the analysis and the numerical sides of problems.

Funds are available to support a limited number of research students.
Applications submitted by 25th June 2012 will receive
preference. Please use the OxPDE website for further information:
http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/groups/oxpde/events

For further information and to register your attendance, go to:
http://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?
compid=1&catid=50&modid=5&prodid=300&deptid=67&prodvarid=0

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From: Arjan Kuijper <arjan.kuijper@igd.fraunhofer.de>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:29:48 +0200
Subject: Virtual Reality Inter/Physical Sim, Germany, Dec 2012

We are pleased to announce the 9th Workshop on Virtual Reality
Interaction and Physical Simulation VRIPHYS 2012. The workshop is
hosted by the Graduate School of Computational Engineering and the
Interactive Graphics Systems Group at the Technical University of
Darmstadt and Fraunhofer IGD. It is organized in cooperation with
Eurographics.

Topics of interest include: animation, e. g. physically-based,
vision-based, knowledge-based and geometric approaches; virtual and
augmented reality; planning, learning, optimization for animation;
interfaces for creating and editing animations; perception in
animation; autonomous characters, group and crowd behavior; natural
phenomena; mathematical foundations of animation; haptics; sound
interfaces; related techniques, e. g. collision detection and contact
handling; applications, e. g. in robotics, medicine, entertainment

A "Best Paper Award" will be given to the author(s) of a full paper
presented at the conference, selected by the Organizing Committee. The
"Best Paper Award" is a Tesla^(TM) C2075 computing processor (or
similar) sponsored by NVIDIA.

- Submission: July 20
- Notification: September 7
- Final version: September 21
- Conference: December 6-7

For further information, please visit http://vriphys2012.inrialpes.fr

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From: Mayer Humi <mhumi@wpi.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:38:53 -0400
Subject: Math Sciences Dept Head Position, WPI, Worcester, MA USA

Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI) invites applications for the
position of Head of the Mathematical Sciences Department.The
department currently comprises 28 full-time faculty and offers
outstanding academic programs, including the B.S., M.S., and Ph. D. in
Mathematical Sciences; maintains vibrant research programs in applied
and computational mathematics and statistics; and is the home of the
Center for Industrial Mathematics and Statistics, with strong
industry-university alliances. The department boasts over 170
undergraduate majors and 80 graduate students and serves a vital
support role for other degree programs.

WPI seeks a dynamic individual with demonstrated leadership ability
who will build upon the department strengths, recruit outstanding
faculty, promote scholarly initiatives, foster corporate relations,
and steer the department to its next level of excellence and
visibility. Applicants must have an earned doctorate and a strong
international reputation, a distinguished record of scholarly
achievement in application-oriented mathematical sciences supporting
the department strengths, administrative experience or clear
potential, and a record of excellence in teaching. The department head
will be expected to represent the department within both the
constituent and academic communities and to coordinate extramural
funding activities. More information about the department and its
mission, goals and objectives, undergraduate and graduate programs,and
faculty research areas is available at
http://www.wpi.e/academics/math.html.

Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a letter of intent
that describes professional interests (research, teaching and
administrative), and contact information for a minimum of three
references. Applicants are encouraged to apply through MathJobs
(www.mathjobs.org), but application materials may also be submitted
(as a single PDF file) to masearch@wpi.edu.

Nominations are welcome and should be sent to masearch@wpi.edu.
Applications from women and minority candidates are especially
encouraged. For full consideration, applications should be received by
November 1, 2012.

Questions can be addressed to kwobbe@wpi.edu.

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From: "Cropley, Jeannine" <Jeannine.Cropley@cgrb.oregonstate.edu>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:11:21 -0700
Subject: BioInformatics Analyst Position, Oregon State Univ

BIOINFORMATICS ANALYST Position

Bioinformatics Analyst (Faculty Research Assistant), Oregon State
University's Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing (CGRB). Full
time + benefits. The CGRB includes administrative, core laboratory and
research functions. Responsibilities and duties include Bioinformatics
research support, consulting, software development, assisting in
training, and network/system support. Participate in funded research
projects and assists CGRB core Biocomputing facility. Closing Date:
07/31/12 at 11:59 pm. OSU is an AA/EOE.

More information and application procedures can be found at
http://www.cgrb.oregonstate.edu/bioinfo-analyst

Jeannine Cropley
Assistant to the Director
Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing
Oregon State University
3021 Agricultural & Life Sciences Bldg.
Corvallis, OR 97331
Phone: (541) 737-3678
Fax: (541) 737-3045

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From: Alexander Ostermann <alexander.ostermann@uibk.ac.at>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 12:06:51 -0400
Subject: Postdoc Position, Univ Innsbruck, Austria

Applications are invited for a post doctoral position in numerical
analysis at the University of Innsbruck. The successful applicant will
work in the group of Professor Alexander Ostermann.

Applicants should have or be about to complete a PhD or equivalent
qualification in mathematics. They should have experience in numerical
analysis and/or scientific computing, preferably in the fields of
differential equations or numerical linear algebra. Some information
of relevant research topics can be found at
https://numerical-analysis.uibk.ac.at/a.ostermann/

The post is available for four years from 1 October 2012.
The gross salery will be approximately Euro 47,000 p.a.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Professor Alexander Ostermann
(alexander.ostermann@uibk.ac.at)

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From: David Morton <morton@mail.utexas.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:54:29 +0000
Subject: Postdoc Position, Univ of Texas at Austin

Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Texas at Austin

The Graduate Program in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering
(ORIE) at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a
postdoctoral research position, which can begin as early as August 1,
2012. The position involves modeling and simulation for uncertainty
quantification for a loss of coolant accident in a nuclear power
plant. The project at UT-Austin is headed by Elmira Popova and David
Morton. The larger project is sponsored by the South Texas Project
Nuclear Operating Company and involves three universities, one DOE
laboratory, and further industrial collaborators. We seek an
individual: (i) with a PhD in operations research, statistics, or a
related field, and (ii) with research expertise in simulation,
computational statistics, and/or uncertainty quantification. Interest
in working in an interdisciplinary environment is a must, as are
excellent programming and communication skills. In part, the work will
involve simulation output analysis, including multivariate and
time-dependent analysis. Applicants from ITAR countries are not
eligible. Applicants should send a CV and a list of three references
with contact information to morton@mail.utexas.edu .

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From: "Gabriel R. Barrenechea" <gabriel.barrenechea@strath.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:36:47 -0400
Subject: Postdoc Position, Strathclyde Univ, Scotland

In the Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing of the Department
of Mathematics and Statistics of the University of Strathclyde,
Glasgow, Scotland, we are looking to fill a Postdoctoral Research
Associate position that will last 21 months (with possibilities of
extension).

The project, funded by the Leverhulme trust, is related to the
development of accurate and stable linear and nonlinear stabilized
finite element methods for the convection-diffusion equation. For
further details on the project, and to apply, see the web page

https://kara.mis.strath.ac.uk/vacancies/control/vacancylist?vacCat=R

or go to the web page of the University of Strathclyde
(http://www.strath.ac.uk) and follow the links 'Working with us ->
Vacancies -> Reserach'. The code for the vacancy is JA/R57/2012.

The candidate should have a PhD in applied mathematics or computer
science, or be at the point of finishing, and experience in the
analysis and implementation of finite element methods (an emphasis in
problems related to fluid mechanics is desirable).

For any further enquiry on the position, salary and research topic,
please contact:
Dr. Gabriel Barrenechea
Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde
26, Richmond Street, Glasgow H1 1XH, UK
e-mail: Gabriel.Barrenechea@strath.ac.uk

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From: Maria Lopez Fernandez <maria.lopez@math.uzh.ch>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:57:46 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: PhD Position, NA, Univ of Zurich, Switzerland

PhD Position in Numerical Analysis

The PhD student will be part of the Zurich Graduate School in
Mathematics, working in the group of Numerical Analysis (Dr. Maria
Lopez-Fernandez and Prof. Stefan Sauter) at the Institute of
Mathematics, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Topic: Time-Space adaptive solution of time domain boundary integral
equations.

The efficient approximation of time domain boundary integral equations
has become a very active field of research in the last years. The
applications in engineering are many since the scattering of both
acoustic and electromagnetic waves in unbounded exterior domains can
be modeled in this way. From the computational point of view the main
bottleneck of these models comes from space-dependent delays in time
which appear in the resulting retarded integral equations. The main
concerns in this setting are the computational cost and the memory
requirements.

This area has been an active topic of research during the last years
and the current state of the art allows for high order fast and stable
algorithms to approximate these problems. However, most of these
methods only work with uniform step size. So far the inclusion of
adaptivity in time and space to approximate time domain boundary
integral equations is in general an open and important issue.

The major goal of this research project is the development of fast and
stable algorithms which are able to adapt both the time steps and the
space mesh in a dynamical problem-adapted way. Our model problem will
be the boundary integral formulation of the wave equation.

A fine combination of numerical methods will be needed in order to
carry out this project, which involves several central areas in
Numerical Analysis: numerical methods for ODEs and PDEs, complex
analysis techniques and good programming skills.

Starting Date: September 2012 or later.

Requirements: Master degree in applied mathematics with outstanding
grades; fundamental knowledge in the area of numerical methods for
ODEs and, optional but desirable, for PDEs; programming skills in
MATLAB; programming skills in Java or C would be considered a valuable
additional asset.

Funding: The project is sponsored by the Swiss National Science
Foundation. The salary is above 40.000 CHF per year.

To apply, please send by email a full CV, a cover letter and three
reference letters to Dr. Maria Lopez-Fernandez:
maria.lopez@math.uzh.ch, until August 31, 2012.

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From: Fikret Aliev <chief_ed@acmij.az>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:51:37 -0400
Subject: Contents, Applied and Computational Mathematics, 11(1)

Applied and Computational Mathematics An International Journal
Vol.11, No.1, 2012
Special Issue on Applied Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing
(ISSN 1683-3511, http://www.acmij.az )

On Generation and FPGA Implementation of Digital Fuzzy Parametric
Conjunctions A. Hernández Zavala, I. Batyrshin, O. Camacho-Nieto,
I.J. Rudas, G. Sidorov, L.A. Villa, pages: 150-164

Failure Analysis of a Complex System Based on Partial Information
about Subsystems with Potential Applications to Aircraft Maintenance
V. Kreinovich, C. Jacob, D. Dubois, J. Cardoso, M. Ceberio, pages:
165-179

Baselines for Natural Language Processing Tasks Based on Soft
Cardinality Spectra S. Jimenez, A. Gelbukh, pages: 180-199

History-Driven Template Generation in Inductive Logic Programming
A. Chovanec, R. Barták, pages: 200-213

Fast Algorithms for Mobile Agent Routing with Node-Wise Constraints in
Communications Networks A. Elalouf, E. Levner, T.C.E. Cheng, pages:
214-226

Toward Justifying Logically and Socially Acceptable Reasons with
Dialectical Proof Theories H. Kido, K. Nitta, pages: 227-242

Prey-Predator Dynamics and Swarm Intelligence on a Cellular Automata
Model M.M. Molina, M.A. Moreno-Armendáriz, N. Cruz-Cortés, J.C. Seck
Tuoh Mora, pages: 243-256

Quantification of Melanin and Hemoglobin in Human Skin from
Multispectral Image Acquisition: Use of a Neuronal Network Combined to
a Non-Negative Matrix Factorization J. Galeano, R. Jolivot,
F. Marzani, pages: 257-270

Structural Topic Mining in Web Collections S.E. Garza, R.F. Brena,
pages: 271-285

A Clustering Ensemble Learning Method Based on the Ant Colony
Clustering Algorithm H. Parvin, A. Beigi, N. Mozayani, pages: 286-302

Interoperable Knowledge Representation in Clinical Decision Support
Systems for Rehabilitation L. Ceccaroni, L. Subirats, pages: 303-316

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From: Axel Ruhe <ruhe@nada.kth.se>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:03:55 +0200
Subject: Contents, BIT, 52(2)

BIT NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS
Volume 52 , Number 2 , June 2012

Introduction to the contents of issue 52:2, A. Ruhe 271

Order bounds for second derivative approximations, A. Abdi
J.C. Butcher 273

A boundary preserving numerical algorithm for the Wright-Fisher model
with mutation, C.E. Dangerfield , D. Kay , S. MacNamara , K. Burrage
283

Multigrid methods for Toeplitz linear systems with different size
reduction, M. Donatelli , S. Serra-Capizzano , D. Sesana 305

Implementation of an optimal first-order method for strongly convex
total variation regularization, T.L. Jensen , J.H. Jřrgensen , P.C.
Hansen , S.H. Jensen 329

Convergence rate of strong Local Linearization schemes for stochastic
differential equations with additive noise, J.C. Jimenez , H. de la
Cruz Cancino 357

Quadrature methods for highly oscillatory linear and non-linear
systems of ordinary differential equations: part II, M. Khanamiryan
383

Linear barycentric rational quadrature, G. Klein , J.-P. Berrut 407

Gauss-Hermite quadratures for functions from Hilbert spaces with
Gaussian reproducing kernels, F.Y. Kuo , H. Woz'niakowski 425

A Runge-Kutta method for index 1 stochastic differential-algebraic
equations with scalar noise, D. Küpper , A. Kvćrnř , A. Rößler 437

Computation of connection coefficients and measure modifications for
orthogonalpolynomials, A. Narayan , J.S. Hesthaven 457

A new look at CMRH and its relation to GMRES, H. Sadok , D.B. Szyld
485

Numerical aspects of computing the Moore-Penrose inverse of full
column rank matrices, A. Smoktunowicz , I. Wróbel 503

An iterative method for partial derivatives of eigenvectors of
quadratic eigenvalue problems, H. Xie 525

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