NA Digest Sunday, March 31, 1996 Volume 96 : Issue 13

Today's Editor:
Cleve Moler
The MathWorks, Inc.
moler@mathworks.com

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From: NA Digest <na.digest@na-net.ornl.gov>
Date: Sun Mar 31 23:27:10 EST 1996
Subject: NA Digest Calendar

The Netlib Conferences Database is on the Web at:

http://www.netlib.org/confdb/Conferences.html

NA Digest Calendar
Date Topic Place NA Digest #

Apr. 1- 4 State of the Art in Numerical Analysis York, England 41
Apr. 9-11 Real Numbers and Computers Marseille, France 26
Apr. 9-13 Copper Mountain Conference Copper Mountain, CO 40
Apr. 9-13 Short Course on Optimization Hampton, VA 05
Apr. 11-13 Applied and Computational Mathematics Pittsburgh, PA 48
Apr. 12-24 Supercomputing on IBM Systems Ames, Iowa 51
Apr. 13 Discrete Mathematics Day Ottawa, Canada 48
Apr. 14-16 Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Tuscaloosa, AL 35
Apr. 15-19 Nonlinear Mathematics Spring School Bristol, UK 03
Apr. 19-21 Directions in Applied Mathematics Notre Dame, IN 49
Apr. 22-25 Linear Algebra in Optimization Albi, France 48
Apr. 25-26 Fortran Futures London, England 48
Apr. 26 Parallel Benchmark Working Group Knoxville, TN 12
Apr. 27 Midwest Numerical Analysis Day Milwaukee, WI 08
Apr. 27 Southern Ontario Numerical Analysis Day London, Ontario 10
Apr. 28... Cornell Theory Center IBM SP Workshop Ithaca, NY 11

May 2- 4 Special Session on PDEs Detroit, MI 07
May 5 Workshop on Interval Techniques Gold Coast, Australia 09
May 13-17 Simulation of Devices Obninsk, Russia 51
May 15-17 Combinatorial Optimization Toronto, Canada 05
May 19-23 Computational Fluid Dynamics Freiburg, Germany 30
May 20-22 SIAM Conference on Optimization Victoria, BC, Canada 26
May 20-23 Parallel CFD Capri, Italy 10
May 21-24 Graphics Interface Conference Toronto, Canada 18
May 22-25 AMS-Benelux Meeting Antwerp, Belgium 13
May 26- Conference Honoring N. N. Yanenko Akademgorodok, Russia 01
May 27-30 Volterra Centennial Tempe, AZ 06
May 29-31 Computational Electromagnetics Workshop Newport News, VA 11
May 29-31 Fluid Dynamics Winnipeg, Canada 13

June 3- 8 Domain Decomposition Methods Bergen, Norway 10
June 5- 7 Short Course in Acoustics Montreal, Canada 12
June 10-13 CERFACS Workshop Toulouse, France 12
June 10-15 Honor Lax and Nirenberg Venice, Italy 29
June 11-14 Numerical Fluid Flow Breckenridge, CO 37
June 13-15 Algebraic Multilevel Iteration Methods Nijmegen, Netherlands 09
June 15-19 Hyperbolic Problems Hong Kong 36
June 17-20 Integral Methods in Science and Engin. Oulu, Finland 24
June 17-21 Householder XIII Symposium Pontresina,Switzerland 31
June 20-22 Memorial Conference D.S. Mitrinovic Nis, Serbia 13
June 23-26 Computational Physics Beijing, China 01
June 24-25 Stockholm Optimization Days Stockholm, Sweden 03
June 24-28 Short Course in CFD Ruston, LA 10
June 24-27 Numerical Analysis Russe, Bulgaria 07
June 24-28 Networks and Systems Saint Louis, MO 52
June 26-28 Time-Frequency Methods for Finance Geneva, Switzerland 47
June 26-28 Images, Wavelets and PDE's Paris, France 41
June 29... Sparse Linear Systems Gran Canaria, Spain 06
June 29... Summer Program for Undergraduate Women Wasington, DC 09

July 1- 2 MPI Users Group Notre Dame, IN 52
July 1- 4 Finite Element Methods Jyvaskyla, Finland 44
July 1- 5 Grid Adaptation Edinburgh, Scotland 13
July 7-11 ASME Fluids Engineering Division San Diego, CA 35
July 8-12 Prague Mathematical Conference Prague, Czech Rep. 95:03
July 8-12 Quality of Numerical Software Oxford, England 19
July 8-19 Numerical Analysis Summer School Leicester, England 41
July 9-12 Monte Carlo Methods Salzburg, Austria 45
July 11-17 Numerical Linear Algebria Split, Croatia 51
July 15-19 Computational Mechanics Miskolc, Hungary 48
July 15-17 Finite Volumes Rouen, France 08
July 17-20 Applications of Computer Algebra Hagenberg, Austria 11
July 21-26 Computational and Applied Mathematics Leuven, Belgium 51
July 22-27 Summer Seminar on Plates and Shells Quebec, Canada 10
July 22-26 SIAM Annual Meeting Kansas City, MO 06
July 22-27 Canadian Mathematical Society Quebec, Canada 44
July 24-26 Symbolic and Algebraic Computation Zurich, Switzerland 42
July 27-30 Conference Honoring Mike Powell Cambridge, England 45

Aug. 1- 3 Structured Matrices Santa Barbara, CA 01
Aug. 5- 7 Computational Fluid Dynamics Hampton, VA 07
Aug. 5-13 Industrial Mathematics Modeling Raleigh, NC 13
Aug. 7- 8 Brazil Interval Workshop Recife, Brazil 03
Aug. 14-17 International Linear Algebra Society Chemnitz 48
Aug. 18-21 Applied Parallel Computing Lyngby, Denmark 10
Aug. 19-21 Parallel Irregular Problems Santa Barbara, CA 44
Aug. 21-25 Total Least Squares Leuven, Belgium 13
Aug. 23 Computational Finance Conference Palo Alto, CA 02
Aug. 24-30 IMACS World Congress Berlin, Germany 07
Aug. 25-31 Congress Theor. & Appl. Mechanics Kyoto, Japan 94:46
Aug. 27-29 Parallel Numerical Algorithms Lyon, France 04
Aug. 27-29 Programming Environment and Tools Lyon, France 06

Sep. 1- 5 Numerical Solution of ODEs Halle, Germany 13
Sep. 2- 5 Nonlinear Programming Beijing, China 04
Sep. 4- 6 Multidisciplinary Analysis Bellevue, WA 05
Sep. 4- 6 Operations Research Braunschweig, Germany 10
Sep. 9-13 "ECCOMAS 96" Paris, France 23
Sep. 9-14 Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems Moscow, Russia 01
Sep. 9-27 Numerical Simulation of PDEs Trieste, Italy 04
Sep. 15-17 Control System Design Dearborn, MI 43
Sep. 16-18 Modern Software Tools Oslo, Norway 13
Sep. 16-18 Multivalued Eikonal Solvers Rocquencourt, France 06
Sep. 16-21 Computational Modelling Dubna, Russia 07
Sep. 17-20 Italian Operational Research Society Perguia, Italy 05
Sep. 25-27 Vector and Parallel Processing Porto, Portugal 51
Sep. 23-27 Inverse Problems in Wave Propagation Aix les Bains, France 03
Sep. 24-26 Boundary Element Method Braga, Portugal 03
Sep. 24-27 Modeling Issues for Environment Albuquerque, NM 07
Sep. 26-28 Computer Mathematics Athens, Greece 09
Sep. 30... Interval Methods Wuerzburg, Germany 13

Oct. 9-11 SIAM Conference on Sparse Matrices Coeur d'Alene, ID 11
Oct. 20-23 High Performance Computing Tempe, AZ 01

Nov. 6- 8 Innovative Time Integrators Amsterdam, Netherlands 40

Dec. 17-19 Mathematics in Signal Processing Warwick, England 48

1997

Jan. 5-12 Computational Mathematics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08
Jan. 5-12 Numerical Linear Algebra Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13
Jan. 27-31 Maths-in-Industy Study Group Melbourne, Australia 11
Mar. 21-22 AMS Session on Approximation Theory Memphis, TN 11
May 26-30 Computational Heat Transfer Cesme, Turkey 05
June 24-27 Dundee NA Conference Dundee, Scotland 13
Sep. 15-19 Scientific Computing & Diff. Eqns. Grado, Italy 49
Sep. 29-.. ENUMATH-97 Heidelberg, Germany 50


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From: NA Net Administration
Date: Monday, April 1, 1996
Subject: Cosmic NA Net

We are pleased to announce a joint venture involving NA Net, Netlib
and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Effective immediately, it
will be possible to down load software and other material from Netlib
using the various international digital TV satellite systems operated
by Murdoch's companies, including the "Sky" satellite in Europe and
the "Star" satellite in Asia. Murdoch's North American satellite
system will not be operational until the fall; in the interim,
Netlib will be carried by cable's Home Shopping Network.

An inexpensive video sensor is now available at many electronic and
computer stores. It plugs into a SCSI port on most computers,
receives bar-code video signals from the TV set and translates them
into source and object code files on the computer. A Java applet is
available which will search the computer's entire file system, find
any programs which reference the Netlib routines and finish the job
of making complete applications.

The joint venture also involves NA Net mail and the NA Digest. An
Internet search engine is already periodically checking the login
and password files of all computers connected to the Net and monitoring
the location and usage of all NA Net members. After a few months, a
principal components algorithm (employing the singular value
decomposition) will be able to anticipate individual member's travel
plans and insure that NA Net mail and the NA Digest will rearch them
any place in the world. This should work well for everybody except
Gene Golub, who travels so much that none of us can keep track of him.

We are all excited by this new venture, which demonstrates, yet again,
that NA Net will use any technology we can get our hands on.

-- Cleve Moler
Jack Dongarra
Eric Grosse


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From: Jorge More' <more@mcs.anl.gov>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 10:27:14 -0600
Subject: Submission Tool for Optimization Problems

The NEOS Submission Tool for Optimization Problems

We have developed the NEOS Submission tool, a high speed,
socket-based interface for UNIX workstations that provides
easy access to all the optimization servers available with
the Network-Enabled Optimization System (NEOS) server.

The current version (1.3) of the tool only assumes that
you have Perl installed. Download the tool via the Web
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/home/otc/Server/subtool.html
or via ftp
ftp.mcs.anl.gov in pub/neos/submission_tool
You need to download the package for your architecture.
We currently support sun4, rs6000, iris4d, HP, BSD, and linux.
If you have Tcl/Tk installed, you can download the
architecture-independent "no-wish" package.

Installation is simple:

1. gzip -d neos-<arch>-1.3.tar.gz
2. tar -xvf neos-<arch>-1.3.tar
3. cd neos-submission-1.3
4. execute "perl install" to generate the perl scripts

The executable neos-submit can be moved to any directory in your path.
Execution of "neos-submit" launches the NEOS submission tool.

We have included sample data for two areas:

-Unconstrained Minimization
-Linear Programming

Select one of these areas under "Software Library", and click on
"submission form" in the lower left hand corner of the submission tool
to obtain a submission form. Clicking on "submit" sends the sample
problem to the NEOS Server.

Fortran and C submissions are provided for the Unconstrained
Minimization area, and an MPS file for the Linear Programming area.

The NEOS server uses state-of-the-art algorithms to solve optimization
problems automatically with minimal input from the user. For more
information on the NEOS Server see http://www.mcs.anl.gov/home/otc/Server

The NEOS Server is operated by the Optimization Technology Center,
a joint venture of Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University.
For more information on the OTC see http://www.mcs.anl.gov/home/otc

We welcome comments and suggestions.

Mike Mesnier and Jorge More'


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From: Hans Schneider <hans@math.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 21:58:05 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Electronic Service of Linear Algebra and Its Applications

Announcing the
Electronic Service
of
Linear Algebra and Its Applications
(ESLAA)

Elsevier Science is launching electronic services for Linear Algebra and
Its Applications (LAA). The LAA home page will be at

http://www-east.elsevier.com/lae/

There will be two levels of access to ESLAA.
1. Current Awareness Files , available gratis to anyone with access to WWW.
2. Full-text features available to users at institutions subscribing to LAA.

For an initial period, both levels will be available to all readers.

These are the key features of the home page.

1. Current awareness files available to all with access to WWW:

Tables of Contents of LAA issues published complete with lists of authors,
titles, and bibliographic citation data arranged by issue/volume. Each
article will be linked to its abstract.

Forthcoming Articles, including lists of bibliographic data such as title,
author, an acceptance date for papers in production. Article titles will
be listed alphabetically in one file and linked to their abstracts.

Abstracts, to be available via links in the Table of Contents and the list
of forthcoming articles.

Past and Forthcoming Special Issues will be listed along with their tables
of contents. Each entry in the file will be linked to its appropriate
abstract.

2. Full-Text Features for Users at Subscribing Institutions:

If your domain address matches that of an institution (or part of an
institution) subscribing to LAA, you'll be able to access all gratis files
described above and a subscription based section containing: preprints of
accepted articles, consisting of full-text versions of pre-copy edited
compuscripts submitted in LaTeX (and possibly in other formats in the
future)..

New services will be added to the LAA home page in the months ahead,
possibly including a cumulative index.

During the initial period of universal access, no passwords are required.
Information on login names and passwords after the period of universal
access will be circulated later.

An article that appears on ESLAA is considered to be a preprint. Before
the printed article appears, an author will receive the usual proofs and
may make corrections as customary. The printed version of the article is
the final published version.

Richard A. Brualdi
Hans Schneider
Editors-in-Chief of LAA
26 March 1996


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From: Brynjulf Owren <bryn@imf.unit.no>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 09:50:57 +0100
Subject: SYNODE Home Page

Dear Colleagues,
In connection with the project SYNODE on geometric integration,
Hamiltonian integration methods and methods for DAE problems we have
created a WWW page where we hope to publish material of interest to
many NA-netters. For the moment LaTeX bib-files with references for
Hamiltonian and geometric integration are available, and we plan to
add more information as the project goes on. We are also interested in
input from the NA-net readers, e.g. pointers to the literature and to
other WWW pages that we are permitted to reference. Any suggestions
are welcome and should be sent by email to synode@imf.unit.no. The URL
of the home page is http://www.imf.unit.no/num/synode/

With regards from the SYNODE group
Brynjulf Owren


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From: Vishy Visweswaran <viswswrn@titan.Princeton.EDU>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 14:35:47 -0500 (EST)
Subject: New Package for Global Optimization

cGOP -- A NEW PACKAGE FOR GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION

We are pleased to announce the availability of cGOP, a new software
package for solving structured global optimization problems. A description
of the package follows, along with instructions on how to retrieve, install
and use the package.


Dr. V. Visweswaran (Email: vishy@titan.princeton.edu)
Professor C. A. Floudas (Email: floudas@titan.princeton.edu)
Computer-Aided Systems Laboratory (WWW: http://titan.princeton.edu)
Department of Chemical Engineering
Princeton, NJ 08544


DESCRIPTION OF THE PACKAGE:

cGOP is a package for rigorously solving nonconvex optimization
problems to epsilon-global optimality. The package implements the GOP
algorithm (Floudas and Visweswaran, 1993) which is a primal-dual
decomposition algorithm applicable to general constrained biconvex
problems, using a set of C subroutines to solve these problems
using decomposition and branch-and-bound techniques. It also
incorporates several improvements made to the original GOP algorithm
to reduce the computational complexity (Visweswaran and Floudas,
1993) as well as new formulations that permit implicit
solutions of some of the subproblems encountered during the
algorithmic steps (Visweswaran and Floudas, 1996). The algorithms
use local optimization solvers (currently MINOS 5.4 and CPLEX 3.0)
to solve linear, mixed-integer linear and convex subproblems. This
version of the cGOP package is a beta-test version, and can be used
to solve problems with linear constraints. Problems can be specified
using data files written in a high-level parsed language that
permits their solution without re-compilation, and also using
fixed-format data files. In addition, the package can be used via
calls to C subroutines. cGOP has been in use at the Computer-Aided
Systems Laboratory in Princeton University for the last two years,
and has been used to solve problems involving several hundred
variables and constraints. Currently, versions are available for
Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics and IBM RS6000 machine architectures.

This is a beta-test version of the software, and is being released
for use by academic researchers. A full version with the ability
to solve nonlinearly constrained problems will be made available
in the future. Commercial sites wishing to use this product should
contact one of the authors directly.


HOW TO OBTAIN THE SOFTWARE:

The cGOP package is available through anonymous FTP from
titan.princeton.edu. To retrieve the current version, perform the
following steps:

(1) Login in via anonymous ftp to titan.princeton.edu, using the
user name "anonymous" and giving your email address as the password.
The package is located in "pub/cGOP", and has three components -
(a) cGOP.tar.Z, which contains the main libraries and examples,
(b) cGOPdoc.ps.Z, which contains documentation for cGOP, and
(c) cparsedoc.ps.Z, documentation for cparse, a high level parser that
can be used to enter the problems for cGOP in an easy format.
Make sure to set file type to binary before retrieving the files.

Below, we show a sample session of using anonymous ftp:

unix> ftp titan.princeton.edu
Name: anonymous
Password: yourname@yourmachine.yourdomain
ftp> cd pub/cGOP
ftp> type binary
ftp> get cGOP.tar.Z
ftp> get cGOPdoc.ps.Z
ftp> get cparsedoc.ps.Z
ftp> quit
unix>

(2) Select a directory where you want to store the distribution. Go to
that directory, then:

prompt> uncompress cGOP.tar.Z
prompt> tar -xf cGOP.tar

This will create a subdirectory called "Gop" under the current directory,
and put the distribution there.

(3) Uncompress and print out the manuals, cGOPdoc.ps and cparsedoc.ps. These
contain full instructions for installing and using cGOP and the parser.

(4) Look at the directories "cparse", "examples" and "callable". These
contain example files that show how cGOP can be used through data files
or using calls to C subroutines.

(5) If you do retrieve the package, please send us an e-mail at
cgop@titan.princeton.edu with a brief description of the machine
you intend to run it on. This will help us to keep you informed of
updates, bug fixes etc.

If you have any difficulty getting the files, please send us an e-mail
at cgop@titan.princeton.edu and we will be happy to assist you in obtaining
the software.


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From: Steve Morgan <ssm@cis.ufl.edu>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 14:00:15 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Reading MPS Files into MATLAB

Would there be a program already written somewhere that can read
MPS-format files into MATLAB?

-Steve

Steve Morgan http://www.afn.org/~hypnotic/ hypnotic@afn.org


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From: Peter Benner <Peter.Benner@Mathematik.TU-Chemnitz.DE>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 96 11:10:34 MEZ
Subject: Benchmark Collection for Riccati Equations

FIRST VERSION OF DAREX AVAILABLE

DAREX is a collection of benchmark examples for the numerical solution
of discrete-time algebraic Riccati equations (DARE) of the form

T T T -1 T T
0 = A X A - X - (A X B + S) (R + B X B) (B X A + S ) + Q

where A, Q, X are n-by-n matrices, B, S are n-by-m matrices, and R is
an m-by-m matrix. Here, Q, R are symmetric and X is the desired
symmetric solution matrix. The matrix Q can be given in factored form
as it often occurs in control theory, i.e.,

T
Q = C Q0 C.

This collection may serve for testing purposes in the construction of
new numerical methods, but may also be used as a reference set for the
comparison of methods.

The examples can be generated via a Fortran 77 subroutine or a MATLAB
function. A postscript version of a preprint describing the benchmark
collection as well as the software is available by anonymous FTP at

ftp.tu-chemnitz.de

from the directory

/pub/Local/mathematik/Benner

The (compressed) files are

blm2.ps.Z
darex_f.tar.Z
darex_m.tar.Z

Here, blm2.ps.Z is a compressed postscript version of the
abovementioned preprint and the tar files darex_f.tar, darex_m.tar,
respectively, contain directories with the subroutines, functions,
and data files necessary to generate the benchmark examples. Both
directories also contain introductory README files.

The MATLAB codes are also available via anonymous ftp from the
MathWorks ftp site (ftp.mathworks.com). The M-files, data files, and
the README file are located in

pub/contrib/control/darex

The Fortran 77 codes are available via anonymous ftp from Netlib
(e.g., netlib.att.com, elib.zib-berlin.de). The file darex_f.tar.gz
can be found in the directory

netlib/control

Since this is an on-going project, we will greatly appreciate further
contributions of examples concerning the abovementioned DARE as well
as continuous-time and generalized AREs.

Authors: P. Benner, A.J. Laub, V. Mehrmann

If you have any comments or suggestions, or if further information is
required, please send an e-mail message to

benner@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de

Peter Benner
Fakultaet fuer Mathematik
TU Chemnitz-Zwickau
09107 Chemnitz, Germany


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From: Heinz W. Engl <engl@indmath.uni-linz.ac.at>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 14:59:34 EST
Subject: New Book on Inverse Problems

New Book on Inverse Problems:

The book

Heinz W. Engl, Andreas Neubauer, Martin Hanke
Regularization of Inverse Problems

will be published by Kluwer Dordrecht within the next few weeks.

Information about its contents will be available on our WWW-homepage

http://www.indmath.uni-linz.ac.at/

Prof.Dr.Heinz W. Engl E-Mail: engl@indmath.uni-linz.ac.at
Industriemathematik or na.engl@na-net.ornl.gov
Institut fuer Mathematik secretary: nikolaus@indmath.uni-linz.ac.at
Johannes-Kepler-Universitaet Phone: +43-(0)732-2468; ext.9219 or 693,
Altenbergerstrasse 69 secretary: 9220; home: +43-(0)732-245518
A-4040 Linz Fax: +43-(0)732-2468855
Oesterreich / Austria Telex: 2-2323 uni li a


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From: Gradimir Milovanovic <grade@gauss.elfak.ni.ac.yu>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 96 10:01 MET
Subject: Memorial Conference D.S. Mitrinovic

International Memorial Conference D.S. Mitrinovic
June 20-22, 1996
Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia
- Second Announcement -

The "International Memorial Conference D.S. Mitrinovic" will be held in Nis,
Serbia, Yugoslavia from June 20-22, 1996. Because of great interest and
large number of participants, the Organizing Committee made a decision
to transfer the place of the conference from Belgrade (as it has been
announced in the First Announcement) to Nis, where exists better conditions
for the conference work. Also, the duration of the conference is enhanced
for one more day. The conference will be held on the Faculty of Electronic
Engineering, Beogradska 14, 18000 Nis.

The accepted papers will be published in three volumes dedicated to Professor
Mitrinovic. The titles of volumes will be as follows:

1) RECENT PROGRESS IN INEQUALITIES;
2) ADVANCES IN MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;
3) TOPICS IN MATHEMATICS WITH APPLICATIONS.

The approximate number of pages per volume will be 400. The appearance of the
first volume is expected in ahead of the conference, whereas the other two
will appear later. All volumes will be comprised of survey and contribution
papers. Survey papers, due to their length, content and scientific value
may be considered as a book chapters, and thereby, could be of great interest
to the wide range of mathematicians. Also, the authors are well-known and
have a significant contributions in the relevant topics.

The details concerning of the accommodations and travel possibilities will be
sent to the participants by ordinary mail until April 15, 1996. The Organizing
Committee made the decision that all local expenses due to accommodation will
be covered to all the invited speakers.

Also, all possibly interested mathematicians who wish to attend the conference
are welcomed and could send their applications to the Organizing Committee
until April 30, 1996.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee

Prof. Gradimir V. Milovanovic, Chair
Faculty of Electronic Engineering
Department of Mathematics
P.O. Box 73, Beogradska 14
18000 Nis, Yugoslavia.

e-mail: milovanovic@iprvs1.univ-pau.fr and/or
grade@gauss.elfak.ni.ac.yu


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From: Michael Lerch <lerch@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 12:23:04 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Interval '96

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS
I N T E R V A L '96

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERVAL
METHODS AND COMPUTER AIDED PROOFS
IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
SEP 30 - OCT 2, 1996
WUERZBURG, GERMANY

ORGANIZED BY

- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Wuerzburg University
- The Editorial Board of the International Journal "Reliable Computing"

INTERVAL'96 will focus on computer assisted proofs ranging from
symbolic computation through rigorous error estimation, and including
different paradigms such as functional and logic programming as well
as solution of constraint systems. The traditional interval approach
will appear as one important aspect common to most of the
approaches. Although papers may be restricted to one of these topics,
we especially encourage the submission of reports on combination of
several approaches. Interval constraints, e.g., provides an efficient
model for computing reliable bounds for numerical constraint systems.
It opens a way of application of interval arithmetic for commercial
rather than scientific problems. The combination of control theory
and game theory together with interval or standard numerical methods
to obtain reliable inclusions may be quoted as another example of
interesting applications.

The following topics will be considered: interval mathematics,
hardware and software for interval and computer-algebraic methods,
SC-languages, logic constraint programming, interval modelling,
interval constraints, computer aided proofs in analysis, interval
algorithms in control theory, organization of symbolic-numeric
interfaces, programming environments for scientific computing, and
applications in various fields of science and engineering as well as
commercial issues.

For each talk or poster a copy of an extended abstract of maximum 2
pages is requested for selection purposes. Please use our LaTeX frame
available via WWW. The deadline will be May 1 1996. Full papers are
due at the conference. Electronic submission is strongly
recommended. Please use the email address below. A collection of
extended abstracts will be printed before the conference. Refereed
proceedings including full versions of selected papers will be
published after the conference as two volumes of the International
Journal Reliable Computing.

More information:
http://www.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/interval96
email: lerch@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de


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From: Annie.Cuyt <cuyt@uia.ua.ac.be>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 16:22:56 +0100
Subject: AMS-Benelux Meeting

ANNOUNCEMENT: AMS-BENELUX CONGRESS

First joint meeting of the American Mathematical Society and the
mathematical societies of the BeNeLux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands
and Luxemburg).

University of Antwerp UIA (Belgium)
May 22-25 1996

Organized by
The American Mathematical Society
The Belgian Mathematical Society
The Netherlands Mathematical Society
The Luxemburg Mathematical Society

Program:
* The morning sessions are devoted to plenary lectures
(M. Van den Bergh, F. Takens, J. Conway, E. Stein, C. Taubes, S. Smale,
A. Schrijver, J. MCLaughlin, J. Bourgain).

* For the afternoons, we have more than 20 parallel sections and contributed
papers with already more than 170 speakers (from several research areas in
Mathematics).

* There are also some special events: Beeger-lecture, Brouwer-medal ceremony,
conference dinner, excursion to Bruges...

A detailed program and registration form can be obtained by email from
Kristel Van Rompay:
vrompay@uia.ua.ac.be

or by ordinary mail from Kristel Van Rompay, Department of Mathematics,
University of Antwerp UIA, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.

We look forward to seeing you in Antwerp,

the organisers, Fred Van Oystaeyen,
Kristel Van Rompay,
Luc Willaert.


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From: P. N. Shivakumar <insmath@cc.UManitoba.CA>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 08:30:06 -0600 (CST)
Subject: CAMS Annual Meeting and Canadian Symposium on Fluid Dynamics

CANADIAN SYMPOSIUM ON FLUID DYNAMICS (CSFD) May 29-May 31, 1996

and

CANADIAN APPLIED MATHEMATICS SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING (CAMS) May 31-June 2, 1996

Organized by

Institute of Industrial Mathematical Sciences (IIMS)
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

The primary aims of the meetings are to bring together researchers in a
wide variety of topics in applied mathematics including fluid dynamics.
Although there are no clear themes for the CAMS meeting, the program will
consist of a number of topics including mathematical biology, chaos and
fractals, mathematics in industry and mechanics. These topics are in
addition to the traditional topics such as applied classical analysis,
numerical analysis, linear algebra, scientific computation, modelling and
ordinary and partial differential equations.

The Twelfth Canadian Symposium on Fluid Dynamics (CSFD) will be held in
conjunction with the CAMS meeting (May 29 - May 31) with an overlapping
day on May 31, 1996. The programs for these two meetings have been
constructed so that they are complementary and will provide maximum
visibility for Canadian applied mathematics in general. The Symposium
will focus on nonlinear wave phenomena, compressible flows in gas dynamics,
computational fluid dynamics, multiphased flows and oil recovery, as well
as general theoretical fluid dynamics.

There will also be presentations by industry in the form of mini-symposia
and talks on Mathematics in Industry.

The meetings are sponsored by Centre de Recherches Mathmatiques (CRM),
The Fields Institute, Applied Mathematics Institute (Alberta)

Invited One Hours Speakers

CAMS: A. Bottcher (Chemnitz, Germany), J. Chadam (Fields), C. Y. Chan
(Southwestern Louisiana), R. Chang (Silicon Graphics computer Systems,
California), H. Cohen (Manitoba), G. Golub (Stanford), L. Keshet (British
Columbia). B. Keyfitz (Houston), L. Trefethen (Cornell), M. Ward (British
Columbia)

CSFD: C. Cercignani (Politecnico di Milano), W. H. Finlay (Alberta), C.
Garrett (Victoria), H.E. Huppert (Cambridge, U.K.), S. A. Maslowe
(McGill), L. A. Mysak (McGill), W. R. Peltier (Toronto), L.G. Redekopp
(Southern California), A. M. Samsonov (A.F. Ioffe Physico-Techical Inst.,
Russia), G.E. Swaters (Alberta), M. Wheeler (Houston)

Those who wish to give a contributed paper at the meetings should send
titles and abstracts before April 15, 1996. If you are organizing a Mini
Symposium (M.S.), please send the name of organizer, title of the M.S. and
the talks before April 15, 1996. For more information, check the WWW site
http://www.iims.umanitoba.ca
or contact
P. N. Shivakumar, Director.
Institute of Industrial Mathematical Sciences
420 Machray Hall, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Canada
Tel: (204) 474-6724 Fax: (204) 275-0019
E-Mail: insmath@cc.umanitoba.ca


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From: Alan Edelman <edelman@math.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 22:31:34 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Numerical Linear Algebra Minisymposium at FOCM

Numerical Linear Algebra Minisymposium
at the
Foundations of Computational Mathematics Conference
IMPA, Rio de Janeiro
January 5-12, 1997

Participation information may be found on
http://www-math.mit.edu/~rio/rio.html

The subject of the larger conference is the mathematical theory of
real number algorithms. The Park City Conference last summer (see
http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/DAMTP/user/na/FoCM/FoCM.html) with its
emphasis on the mathematical side of numerical analysis was considered
so popular that the organizers have decided to try to hold an annual
or perhaps biennial meeting. The interplay between numerical linear
algebra and the other eight or nine areas was very exciting, and we
fully expect the same excitement level at this conference.

Prospective participants are encouraged to contact directly
workshop organizers (Jim Demmel and Alan Edelman) if they intend to
submit a talk. The ideal method is to fill out the web form, but
email to rio@math.mit.edu is also acceptable.

Papers may be submitted and talks may be proposed. Following the
general conference structure, the organizers of the workshop will
determine to reject, accept for a talk only or accept for a talk and
publication. Those submissions ready for journal publication,
including especially any excellent plenary talks of a survey nature,
may be published in the Journal of Complexity. These papers will be
eligible for the Best Paper Award of the Journal of Complexity for
1996. The award is $3000. A volume of extended abstracts will be
published by IMPA.

The Instituto Mathematica Pura e Applicada (IMPA) is
spectacularly located on the edge of a tropical forest in Rio de
Janeiro, overlooking the Lagoa. It is in a beautiful building, with
excellent library, world-class mathematics, and has a great deal of
experience in organizing meetings. See the conference home page for
further details including the nominal registration fee.

To submit a talk for the Numerical Linear Algebra Minisymposium
please fill out the form on http://www-math.mit.edu/~rio/rio.html
(ideal method) or contact the organizers at rio@math.mit.edu.


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From: IMACS Administration <imacs@cs.rutgers.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 11:43:13 -0500
Subject: IMACS Conference on Numerical Solution of ODEs

IMACS- NUMDIFF 8
Under the Sponsorship of IMACS, the Department of Mathematics and
Computer Science of the Martin-Luther-University/ Halle-Wittenberg
and the CWI -Amsterdam organize...
NUMDIFF-8 (an IMACS Conference)

Numerical Solution of Differential and Differential-Algebraic Equations
September 1-5,1997, University of Halle, GERMANY

TOPICS: -Ordinary differential equations
-Time dependent partial differential equations
-Differential-algebraic equations
-Scientific computing and differential equations

It is intended to publish invited and selected papers in the IMACS
Journal of APPLIED NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS.

Conference fee: DM 200

Organizing Committee: K. Strehmel, R. Weiner(Halle),
P.J.van der Houwen(Amsterdam)

For information contact:
Ilona Tischler
Institut fur Numerische Mathematik
Fachbereich Mathematik und Information
Martin-Luther-Universitat
Halle-Wittenberg
Postfach
D-06099 Halle(Saale)
GERMANY
e-mail: numdiff@mail.mathematik.uni.halle.de


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From: Jeff Scroggs <scroggs@wave.math.ncsu.edu>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 13:49:32 -0500
Subject: Industrial Mathematics Modeling Workshop for Graduate Students

Announcing the
INDUSTRIAL MATHEMATICS MODELING WORKSHOP
FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
August 5 - 13, 1996
Center for Research in Scientific Computation
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

FOREWORD
The Industrial Mathematics Modeling Workshop for Graduate Students,
which is the fourth in the series, will take place at the Center for
Research in Scientific Computation at North Carolina State University
in Raleigh, North Carolina, 5-13 August 1996. This workshop is being
held annually, the previous highly successful meetings was held at
the Claremont College in 1993 and 1994, and at North Carolina State
University last year. In line with the previous workshops the goals
of this workshop are:
* to expose 30 graduate students in mathematics and
statistics to the challenging and exciting real-world
problems from industry and government laboratories;
* to introduce students to the team approach to problem
solving.
Funding for this workshop has been requested with the National Security
Agency (NSA). Additional support is anticipated from the Center for
Research in Scientific Computation (CRSC) and the Department of
Mathematics at NCSU.

FORMAT
In the workshop the students will be divided into six teams to work
on "industrial mathematics" problems presented by experienced applied
mathematicians. These problems are challenging, real-world problems
from industry or applied science and require fresh, new insight for
their formulation and solution. The problem presenters, primarily
from industry and government laboratories, are being recruited and
their names will be announced subsequently. We are expecting one
problem presenter from the NSA. Other scientists will whom we have
discussed possible participation include: scientists from Lord Corp.,
Micro Craft Technologies, Aerospace Corporation, and Chemical Industry
Institute of Toxicology.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Graduate students in mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics or
operations research can be nominated for this program by a faculty
member by sending a letter of recommendation. In addition, the
student is required to send in a copy of a recent transcript. THE
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION IS JUNE, 30. Students will be expected to
finance their travel. The workshop will cover all local living expenses
for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.

ORGANIZERS

Fernando Reitich (Center for Research in Scientific Computation)
Jeffrey S. Scroggs (Center for Research in Scientific Computation)
Hien T. Tran (Center for Research in Scientific Computation)

CONTACT PERSON
Submit your complete applications or any inquiries you may have
concerning this workshop to:

Hien T. Tran
Center For Research in Scientific Computation
Box 8205
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8205
Telephone: (919) 515-8782
Fax: (919) 515-3798
e-mail: tran@control.math.ncsu.edu

MOST RECENT INFORMATION
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/class/immworkshop/public/announce.html


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From: Are Magnus Bruaset <Are.Magnus.Bruaset@si.sintef.no>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 00:13:23 +0200
Subject: Workshop on Modern Software Tools

SciTools'96
International Workshop on Modern Software Tools
for Scientific Computing

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

September 16-18, 1996
Oslo, Norway

Organized by SINTEF Applied Mathematics and
the University of Oslo

The aim of this workshop is to put a focus on modern state-of-the-art
software techniques applied to challenging numerical problems. To
highlight recent works in this direction, we are pleased to feature
invited presentations by

Richard Bartels, University of Waterloo (Canada),
Chris Johnson, University of Utah (USA),
Ulrich Ruede, Technical University of Munich (Germany),
Barry Smith, Argonne National Laboratory (USA).

In addition, we welcome the submission of contributed talks (25 minutes)
from academia as well as from industry. Relevant subjects include (but
are not limited to): Design of large software codes, computational
efficiency, application of object-oriented programming techniques to
scientific computing, reliability of numerical software, parallel
computing. Experiences from ongoing projects utilizing modern software
development techniques are particularly welcome. The deadline for
submission of abstracts (maximum 1 page long) is May 15, 1996.

For further information on the scope and contents of the workshop, as
well as on procedures for registration and submission of abstracts, see
the web page

http://www.oslo.sintef.no/SciTools96/.

Any email correspondence concerning the workshop should be sent to

scitools96@si.sintef.no.

The organizing committee consists of

Erlend Arge, SINTEF Applied Mathematics
Are Magnus Bruaset, SINTEF Applied Mathematics
Hans Petter Langtangen, University of Oslo.


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From: Dugald Duncan <D.B.Duncan@ma.hw.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 09:42:01 GMT
Subject: Grid Adaptation Conference

Grid Adaptation in Computational PDEs:
Theory and Applications
Conference 1-5 July, One-day meeting 1st July
Edinburgh, Scotland

New information about this conference and one-day meeting are now
available on the WWW at

http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/icms/apde/

There is a partial list of abstracts, registration form, accommodation
information and information about Edinburgh. If you cannot access the
WWW, please contact D.B.Duncan@ma.hw.ac.uk for a registration form
and/or details.

We are seeking contributed papers in all areas of the implementation,
analysis and application of adaptive grid techniques for PDEs. We
already have an interesting and high-quality collection of abstracts
for contributed presentations from the first call for papers (see WWW
page). We will continue to accept abstracts up to May 1st if space
allows, but reserve the right to stop this process before then if the
programme gets too full. We advise you to send an abstract as soon as
possible if you are interested in giving a talk.

Registration for Conference : by May 17th, 85 pounds (academic)
One-day meeting : by June 1st, 30 pounds (academic)

A late fee will apply after these dates.

Dugald B. Duncan,
Heriot-Watt University


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From: Sabine VanHuffel <Sabine.VanHuffel@esat.kuleuven.ac.be>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 11:01:28 +0100
Subject: Workshop on Total Least Squares

2nd International Workshop on
TLS and ERRORS-IN-VARIABLES MODELING

August 21--24, 1996
Leuven, Belgium

Announcement and Advance Program

This interdisciplinary workshop is a continuation of a previous workshop
on ``Total Least Squares: Concepts, Algorithms, Applications'' which was
held in Leuven, Belgium, August 1991, and aims to bring together numerical
analysts, statisticians, engineers, economists, chemists, etc. in order to
discuss recent advances in Total Least Squares (TLS) techniques and
errors-in-variables modeling.

The different sessions are :

- Errors-in-Variables Modeling: Basic Concepts and Relationships
- Errors-in-Variables Models and Statistical Estimators (Part 1 and 2)
- TLS Algorithms
- Other Algorithms for Errors-in-Variables Modeling
- Orthogonal Curve fitting
- Total Least Norm Problems
- Structured Total Least Squares Problems
- Errors-in-Variables Estimation in Signal Processing
- Poster Presentations (with 10 min. oral introduction)
- Errors-in-Variables Estimation in System Identification
- Errors-in-Variables Modeling and Prediction

The complete advance program (and electronic registration form) are available
at http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/sista/workshop. You can also obtain the
program and registration form (in latex, postscript or ascii format) via ftp
at ftp.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/SISTA/motmans/tls/. You can register via WWW,
e-mail or snail mail.

Conference committee: Sabine Van Huffel (chairperson), Bart De Moor, Wayne
Fuller, Leon Gleser, Gene Golub, Bjorn Ottersten, Rik Pintelon,
Gilbert Stewart and Paul Van Dooren.

Workshop secretariat: Ida Tassens <ida.tassens@esat.kuleuven.ac.be>
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, ESAT/SISTA,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Kardinaal Mercierlaan 94, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium
tel : 32/16/32.17.09 fax : 32/16/32.19.86


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From: David F. Griffiths <dfg@mcs.dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 13:12:23 +0000
Subject: 1997 Dundee NA Conference

17th BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
ON
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS

UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE, SCOTLAND, UK
24 - 27th June 1997

We are in the early stages of planning the 1997 conference.
The special invited lecture in honour of A. R. Mitchell will be
presented by
Professor Gil Strang, MIT

Details will be posted, as they become available, at the web site

http://www.mcs.dundee.ac.uk:8080/~dfg/97conf/contents.html

Organizing Committee: D F Griffiths, D J Higham and G A Watson.

Participants at recent Dundee conferences will be automatically be
sent details, others should contact the organizers by email, through
the web site or by writing to

Dr D F Griffiths
Biennial Conference on Numerical Analysis
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
The University, Dundee, DD1 4HN
Scotland, UK

Tel: +44 (1382) 344467 e-mail: dfg@uk.ac.dund.mcs
FAX: +44 (1382) 345516 or: na.griffiths@na-net.ornl.gov


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From: Khalid Aziz <aziz@pangea.stanford.edu>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 09:45:28 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Post Doc or Research Associate Position at Stanford

ANNOUNCEMENT

Stanford University
Petroleum Reservoir Simulation

The Reservoir Simulation Group within the Petroleum Engineering Department
requires a Post Doctoral Fellow or a Research Associate starting no later
than October 1, 1996. Candidates must have the ability to develop and
manage large software packages written in FORTRAN and C++ for reservoir
simulation, subsurface flows or for the numerical solution of partial
differential equations for other complex systems. The person selected for
this position will be expected to work closely with and provide support to
students working on various reservoir simulation research projects, and
will also have the opportunity to develop his/her own research related to
reservoir simulation. This project is supported by an international
consortium and it provides ample opportunities for interaction with member
companies throughout the world..

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in computer science, petroleum engineering,
chemical engineering or a related field. Experience with software
development for parallel and super computers is highly desirable. A
curriculum vitae including details of reservoir simulation and/or other
computational experience should be sent to Professor Khalid Aziz,
Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2220.
Applications may also be submitted electronically in PostScript or
Microsoft Word format to aziz@pangea.stanford.edu. More information about
the Petroleum Engineering Department and the Reservoir Simulation Group
(SUPRI-B) is avaiable at http://ekofisk.stanford.edu/pe.html. Applications
will be accepted until the position is filled.

Stanford is an equal opportunity employer.


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From: Ellis Cumberbatch <SOLBERGM@cgs.edu>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 14:23:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at Claremont Graduate School

POST-DOC POSITION
McDonnell Douglas Aerospace, Long Beach/
Claremont Graduate School

Applications are invited from recent math sciences Ph.D.'s for a
post-doc position jointly funded by the NSF Mathematical Sciences
University-Industry Post-Doctoral Program and McDonnell Douglas
Aerospace. The mentors are Tuncer Cebeci from Douglas and
Ellis Cumberbatch from Claremont.

The research will involve studies in multidisciplinary design
analysis and optimization; the project involves the interaction
between aerodynamics and structure design. Candidates should
have strong backgrounds in numerical analysis, computer
programming, large-scale computing, and other disciplines
required in integrated product development.

The position is open immediately, and is currently funded
for sixteen months. A vita and three reference letters
should be sent to

Ellis Cumberbatch, Mathematics Department
Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA 91711
Phone 909-621-8080. Email: cumberbe@cgs.edu

CGS is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and
encourages applications from minorities and women.


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From: Tor Sorevik <Tor.Sorevik@ii.uib.no>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 12:41:34 +0100
Subject: Position at University of Bergen

SYSTEM ENGINEER AT PARALLAB

Para//ab (Laboratory for Parallel Processing) is an independent unit
at the University of Bergen, NORWAY. The Laboratory is co-located with
the Computer Science Department of the University in the Bergen
High Tech. Center, and has at present 12 employees.

We are running a highly specialised research activity focussing on
parallel computing, and for that purpose we operate a number of parallel
computers. As of today this includes:
-A 110 node Intel Paragon
-A 64 processor Parsytec GC
-A 16384 processor MasPar MP-2
-A cluster of 8 DEC alpha 21064
All these are linked to various high speed networks and equipped with
appropriate mass storage. Our ambitions are to always stay in the forefront
of the technical development, thus all equipment are under continuous
evaluation for possible renewing. We expect great changes to take place
this year.

We are seeking a well qualified system engineer with responsibility of
system support and maintainance of this and future equipment. The position gives
first class opportunity to further experience with
high performance computing systems.

The right person should hold a M.Sc. or equivalent in Computer
Science or related area, with excellent knowledge of system administration
on Unix based platforms. Responsibility and salary depend on qualification.
Salary range is approximately 200000-250000 NOK
(1 US$ = 6.40 NOK).

(S)he should expect a hectic and informal working environment.
Women are particularly encouraged to apply. If two or more applicants
have more or less the same qualification, the rules of The University
of Bergen states that a female candidate is preferred.

Closing date for application is May 1. Application, including a CV and
copies of diplomas, qualifications and references should be sent to:

SEP, UNIFOB,
University of Bergen
5020 Bergen
NORWAY.

More information on the position, Para//ab and Bergen may be obtained
from:
http://www.ii.uib.no/plab/
or by contacting:
Petter Bjorstad, email: petter@ii.uib.no, phone: ++47 55 544171
or
Tor Sorevik, email: tors@ii.uib.no, phone: ++47 55 544172



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