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From: Art Werschulz <agw@cs.columbia.edu>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:47:10 -0500 (EST)
Subject: J. F. Traub Wins Mayor's Award for Excellence
Joseph F. Traub, the Edwin Howard Armstrong Professor of Computer
Science at Columbia University, has won the 1999 Mayor's Award for
Excellence in Science and Technology. The Award was presented by
Mayor Rudy Giuliani at a ceremony in New York City on March 8, 2000.
The winner of the Award is determined by the New York Academy of Sciences.
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From: Tamara Kolda <tgkolda@sandia.gov>
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 09:00:02 -0800
Subject: Bay Area Numerical Analysis Networking Alliance
Dear San Francisco Bay Area NA-Net Members,
I am happy to announce the formation of a new mailing list called the
Bay Area Numerical Analysis Networking Alliance (BANANA). The goal is to
make this mailing list a centralized announcement service for numerical
analysis and scientific computing seminars in the San Francisco Bay Area.
To subscribe to BANANA, visit
http://csmr.ca.sandia.gov/mailman/listinfo/banana
or send a message to banana-request@csmr.ca.sandia.gov with the subject
'subscribe'.
To post a message to BANANA, send email to
banana@csmr.ca.sandia.gov
Messages from list members will be automatically posted. All other
messages must be approved by the list administrator. Be advised that
announcements should be submitted at least one week in advance since
some subscribers receive the announcements only once per week in
digest format. Please do not submit an announcement more than once.
Please forward this message to anyone else you know who may be
interested in joining.
Best wishes,
Tamara Kolda
Sandia National Labs
tgkolda@sandia.gov
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From: Erricos John Kontoghiorghes <erricos.kontoghiorghes@info.unine.ch>
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 17:38:41 +0100
Subject: New Book, Parallel Algorithms for Linear Models
NEW BOOK:
Parallel Algorithms for Linear Models:
Numerical Methods and Estimation Problems
Advances in Computational Economics
Volume 15
http://kapis.www.wkap.nl/book.htm/0-7923-7720-6
Erricos John Kontoghiorghes
Institute d' Informatique, Universite de Neuchatel,
Switzerland
Parallel Algorithms for Linear Models provides a complete and detailed
account of the design, analysis and implementation of parallel
algorithms for solving large-scale linear models. It investigates and
presents efficient, numerically stable algorithms for computing the
least-squares estimators and other quantities of interest on massively
parallel systems.
The monograph is in two parts. The first part consists of four
chapters and deals with the computational aspects for solving linear
models that have applicability in diverse areas. The remaining two
chapters form the second part, which concentrates on numerical and
computational methods for solving various problems associated with
seemingly unrelated regression equations (SURE) and simultaneous
equations models.
The practical issues of the parallel algorithms and the theoretical
aspects of the numerical methods will be of interest to a broad range
of researchers working in the areas of numerical and computational
methods in statistics and econometrics, parallel numerical algorithms,
parallel computing and numerical linear algebra. The aim of this
monograph is to promote research in the interface of econometrics,
computational statistics, numerical linear algebra and parallelism.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston
Hardbound, ISBN 0-7923-7720-6
January 2000, 208 pp.
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From: Rolf Jeltsch <jeltsch@math.ethz.ch>
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 11:52:39 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Joint EMS-SIAM Conference in Berlin in 2001
As has been announced in the January/February SIAM News,
the European Mathematical Society and SIAM will hold an important
joint meeting in Berlin in 2001. We can now announce the dates.
The opening reception will be Sunday evening 2 September 2001.
The meeting begins on Monday (Labor Day in the US) and will
end September 5 or 6:
FIRST EMS-SIAM Conference
3 - 6 September 2001
Berlin, Germany
The local organizer is Peter Deuflhard, President of the Konrad
Zuse Zentrum Berlin (ZIB). Further announcements will come in
SIAM News, the EMS Newsletter, and the three web pages
of SIAM http://www.siam.org/
of EMS http://www.emis.de/
of ZIB http://www.zib.de/
Gilbert Strang, SIAM Rolf Jeltsch, EMS Peter Deuflhard, ZIB
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From: T.Terlaky <terlaky@mail.cas.McMaster.CA>
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 00:30:13 -0500
Subject: Interior Point Methods Workshop
I P M - 2000
Before the EURO XVII Conference a satellite workshop the
2nd Interior Point Methods Workshop (IPM2000)
will take place on July 14-15, 2000, Budapest, Hungary.
The theme of the workshop will be
CONE-LINEAR PROGRAMMING.
During that Workshop we are going to form the EURO Working Group in
Continouos Optimization. The goal of that EURO WG is to help
us in improving the research connection among researchers of the same
(or close) interest within Europe. As EURO WG for some activities
(like organizing regular workshops, making electronic newsletter etc.) we
shall get some support from EURO. To celabrate the foundation of EURO WG
in Continouos Optimization we have been asked to be invited
editors of a special issue of the European Journal of Operations
Research. There will be possibility for publishing 9-10 papers in that
special issue.
Invited speakers include:
Masakazu Kojima, Tpkyo Institute of Technology
Florian Potra, The University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Henry Wolkowicz, University of Waterloo
Yinyu Ye, Henry B. Tippie Research Professor, The University of Iowa
For further informations and PREREGISTRATION please visit=20
the homepage of the workshop
http://www.math.elte.hu/opres/IPM2000/ujindex.html
or send e-mail to
ipm2000@cs.elte.hu
or ordinary mail to
Tam=E1s Rapcs=E1k
Department and Laboratory of Operations Research and Decision Systems
H-1518 Budapest, P.O. BOX 63, Hungary
The Organizers:
Tibor Illes Tam=E1s Terlaky Tam=E1s Rapcs=E1k
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From: Donn Miller-Kermani <dkermani@winnie.fit.edu>
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 10:13:39 -0500
Subject: World Congress of Nonlinear Analysts
The third World Congress of Nonlinear Analysts is to be held during July
19-26, 2000 in Catania, Sicily, Italy. Those interested should see
http://kermani.math.fit.edu/wcna2000/second.html
for further information.
Donn E. Miller-Kermani (Ms.)
Administrative Assistant/WCNA/IFNA
Florida Tech
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Melbourne, FL 32901
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From: Duc Bao Doan <B.Doan@ulg.ac.be>
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 08:51:37 +0100
Subject: Colloquium in Mechanics of Solids, Fluids and Structures
This is the first announcement and call for papers
INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM IN MECHANICS
OF SOLIDS, FLUIDS, STRUCTURES AND INTERACTION
to be held in August 14-18, 2000 in Nha-Trang, Vietnam.
The colloquium is organised under the auspices of
- French speaking Universities of Belgium (CIUF)
- Vietnam National University at Ho Chi Minh city (VNUH)
- Association of Mechanics of Vietnam (AMV)
The conference aims to throw a bridge over the researches of scientific
communities on the field of mechanics of solids, fluids, structures and
on interactions. It also provides opportunity to meet specialists in
the theory and applications of the indicated fields.
Contributions will be welcome within the fields indicated by the title
of the Colloquium. Authors are asked to submit an abstract of 200 to
300 words to the Secretary before May, 31, 2000.
Official language for papers is English. Presentations should be made
in English or French.
Further information and electronic registration are at the web site
http://www.ulg.ac.be/ltas-rup/conf
Secretariat : Mr. DOAN Duc Bao, Dept. Fracture Mechanics
Laboratory of Space and Aeronautic Techniques
Chemin des chevreuils, 1
B-4000 LIEGE, BELGIUM
Tel. +32 (0)4 366 9184 Fax. +32 (0)4 366 9311
E-mail : B.Doan@ulg.ac.be
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From: Hien T. Tran <tran@control.math.ncsu.edu>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:33:48 -0500
Subject: Industrial Mathematics Modeling Workshop
2000 Industrial Mathematics Modeling Workshop for
Graduate Students
July 24-August 1, 2000
Center for Research in Scientific Computation
North Carolina State University
OBJECTIVES:
* Expose 36 graduate students in mathematics to challenging
and exciting real-world problems arising in industrial
and government laboratory research
* Introduce students to the team approach to problem solving
FORMAT:
During the Workshop, which will be the sixth one held at North
Carolina State University, students will be divided into six-member
teams to collaborate on "industrial mathematics" problems presented by
scientists from industry and government laboratories. These problems are
not academic exercises found in classrooms, but rather challenging,
real-world problems from industry or applied science which require fresh
new insight for their formulation and solution. Problems will be drawn
from projects under investigation by Aerospace Corporation, Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center, Battelle Memorial Institute, Britannica and
Jenike and Johanson. Details regarding problems investigated in
previous years can be found at the web address listed below.
ORGANIZERS:
Pierre Gremaud, North Carolina State University
Zhilin Li, North Carolina State University
Ralph Smith, North Carolina State University
Hien Tran, North Carolina State University
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Graduate students in mathematics, applied mathematics, or statistics
can be nominated for this program through a letter of recommendation from
a faculty member. In addition, the student is required to send a copy of
a recent transcript. The deadline for application is April 15, 2000 and
successful applicants will be notified by May 1, 2000. The Workshop will
cover all local living expenses and will provide partial support for travel
to all U.S. citizens and permanent residents (subject to available funding).
Previous workshops have been funded by the National Security Agency. In
addition, funding for the 1997-1998 and 2000 Workshops was provided by
the National Science Foundation.
Completed applications or inquiries concerning this Workshop should be
submitted to:
Ralph Smith
Center for Research in Scientific Computation
Box 8205
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8205
Telephone: (919) 515-7552
Fax: (919) 515-1636
e-mail: rsmith@eos.ncsu.edu
Web-address: http://www2.ncsu.edu/math/CRSC/events/2000announce.html
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From: Weimin Han <whan@math.uiowa.edu>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:43:10 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Workshop on Meshfree Methods
Workshop on Meshfree Methods
at the University of Iowa
October 21, 2000
Recently, a next generation of numerical methods, collectively
called meshfree methods or meshless methods, have attracted more
and more researchers in computational sciences and engineering.
The goal of the research on the meshfree methods is to modify
the internal structure of the traditional finite element method
to make it more flexible, versatile and robust. Meshfree methods
have been successfully applied in several areas where the
application of the traditional finite element method is limited:
moving discontinuities such as cracks and shocks, multi-scale
resolution, large material distortions, etc. A large variety of
meshfree methods have been developed in the past few years,
including Element-Free Galerkin Method, hp-Clouds, Partition of
Unity Finite Element Method, Reproducing Kernel Particle Method.
A workshop on meshfree methods will be held at the University of
Iowa on Saturday, October 21, 2000. The aim of this workshop is
to bring together mathematicians, computer scientists and
engineering researchers to exchange ideas, results and applications
of the meshfree methods. The workshop will provide a good
opportunity especially for numerical analysts as many fundamental
issues related to the meshfree methods still need to be investigated.
The workshop is organized by J.S. Chen, K.K. Choi, W. Han,
S. Oliveira and D. Stewart.
Professor Ivo Babuska will give a keynote presentation. In addition,
there will be some invited presentations. If you like to present
your work on meshfree methods, or if you are interested in knowing
more about the methods, you are cordially invited to participate
the workshop.
The workshop is sponsored by IMA and NSF/DARPA. There is no
registration fee for attending the workshop. Mathematicians
from IMA Participating Institutions are eligible to receive
IMA/PI funds for the workshop expenses, where available and if
approved by the mathematician's own department chair. A limited
amount is also reserved to partially support some other participants
of the workshop.
If you are interested in giving a talk, or if you need some support
for your expense, you are encouraged to contact Weimin Han
(whan@math.uiowa.edu) as early as possible, preferably before
the end of March.
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From: T. N. Phillips <tnp@aber.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 09:11:55 +0000
Subject: Lectures in Computational Rheology
University of Wales Aberystwyth
Department of Mathematics
MathEngine Lectures on Computational Rheology
30 May - 1 June 2000
MathEngine plc is sponsoring a series of lectures on
Computational Rheology in the Department of Mathematics,
University of Wales Aberystwyth. The lectures will be
given by Professor R. Keunings (Universite Catholique
de Louvain, Belgium) and Professor H.-C. Ottinger (ETH
Zurich, Switzerland), who are leading authorities in
the modelling and simulation of complex flows. Further
details may be obtained from Dr. T. N. Phillips (Department
of Mathematics, University of Wales Aberystwyth) or from
the World Wide Web pages of the Mathematics Department
(http://www.aber.ac.uk/~matwww/).
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From: John Barrett <j.barrett@ic.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 100 18:54:33 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Lectureship at Imperial College, London
LECTURESHIP IN NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON
Imperial College is advertising a Lectureship in Numerical Analysis
(closing date Friday 7th April). For details click on
Three Lecturerships in Mathematics at http://www.ma.ic.ac.uk.
Any potential applicant is welcome to contact Jeff Cash (j.cash@ic.ac.uk)
or John Barrett (j.barrett@ic.ac.uk) for further information.
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From: Roland Masson <roland.masson@ifp.fr>
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 09:33:32 +0100
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at Institut Francais du Petrole, Paris
We have grants from the EC HUMAN program, for supporting European
researchers (PhDs and post-docs) in our department, in association with
our subsidiary BEICIP-FRANLAB. These grants are available now.
In particular we propose the following postdoctoral position in
scientific computing:
Postdoctoral position:
The geological history of a basin is the result of three main parameters:
(1) deformation of the basin, such as surrection of mountains, basin
subsidence or sea level variation; (2) erosion of mountains; (3) transport and
deposition of sediment. At IFP, the study of this history is carried out
with a physical model called Dionisos. One of the most challenging
mathematical difficulties of this model lies in a diffusion equation,
subjected to a weather-limited erosion rate.
In this model, the forward problem consists in computing the geography of
the basin at issue as a function of time and space, given the previous
parameters. As for the inverse problem, it amounts to determining the three
parameters from a best-fit optimization of data coming from cores and
well logs. These data are called constraints. Moreover, these constraints
are fuzzy, in quite a precise meaning, because it is not always easy
for geologists to define the age or the water depth of a sediment.
In the context of this work, we propose to improve the inverse model in
two stages. First, we would like to quantify the error due to the
fuzziness of constraints. Second, we wish to select the best inverse numerical
method to be used the area of fuzzy optimization. Candidates should posess
some background in numerical simulation of PDE's and optimization as well as
experience in C or C++ programming. He should preferably have some interest
for geology.
To apply, send resume, statement of research, and a CV to
roland.masson@ifp.fr
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From: Carol Weintraub <carol@wisdom.weizmann.ac.il>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 14:35:14 +0200 (IST)
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at the Weizmann Institute
Postdoctoral position at the Weizmann Institute
The Gauss Center for Scientific Computation at the Weizmann Institute
of Science, Rehovot, Israel, is seeking a qualified candidate for a
Post-Doctoral position, to participate in the Center's development of
advanced multiscale computational methods. Possible directions include:
1. Multigrid methods, especially in fluid dynamics
2. Data assimilation in atmospheric simulations
3. Ab-initio quantum chemistry (many-eigenfunction problems)
4. Wave phenomena
5. Optimal feedback control
6. Computational physics: multiscale Monte-Carlo and Dirac solvers
7. Fast medical-imaging and radar reconstruction
8. Molecular dynamics
9. Multiscale image processing
Applicants should have completed their Ph.d. studies between
June 1998 and the appointment start date. They should have a
strong background and programming experience in scientific computing,
preferably in one of the above areas and/or in multiscale computational
methods.
The post-doc appointment is for a period of one year and in some cases
may be renewed for a second year.
Applications and request for further information should be sent to
the Gauss Center Secretary:
Mrs. Carol Weintraub
Dept. of Computer Science & Applied Mathematics
The Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot 76100, Israel
Email: carol@wisdom.weizmann.ac.il
Fax: +972-8-9342945
Phone: +972-8-9343545
The application should include a CV, a description of previous
experience in scientific computing and the particular areas of
interest, and names of two referees, who should separately send
their letters of recommendation to the above address.
More information on the research at the Gauss Center can be found
at our web site:
http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~achi/gaussctr.html
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From: Manolis Vavalis <mav@itia.math.uch.gr>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 16:11:40 +0200
Subject: Positions at University of Crete
The Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Crete, GREECE
invites applications for the following openings:
An Associated or Assistant Professor position in the area of
"Partial Differential Equations with Applications"
An Associated or Assistant Professor position in the area of
"Numerical Methods for Solving Partial Differential Equations"
Applications must be submitted before APRIL 25, 2000, to the address below.
For further information and inquiries please contact:
Mrs. Ellh Kwstakh
Department of Applied Mathematics,
GR-71109, L. Knosou,
Ampelokipoi, Heraklion,
GREECE
Phone: ++30 (81) 393 700
e-mail: kwstak@admin.uch.gr
WEB page: http://www.tem.uoc.gr
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From: Jun Zhang <jzhang@cs.uky.edu>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 10:55:32 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Contents, Int'l J. of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation
International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation
Journal's home page is at http://www.cs.uky.edu/~jzhang/nsns.html
Contents of Volume 1, Number 1, 2000.
Personage in Science: Academician Yury Mitropolsky,
by O. Limarchenho, J.-H. He, p. 3-6;
Relationship theorem between nonlinear polynomial equation
and the corresponding Jacobian matrix,
by W. Chen, p. 7-16;
The modified Adomian decomposition method for solving linear
and nonlinear boundary value problems of tenth-order and
twelfth-order,
by A. M. Wazwaz, p. 17-24;
A new finite element with self-adapting built-in discontinuity
for shock-capturing in transonic flow,
by Gao-Lian Liu, p. 25-30;
Inverse problem for the diffusional transport of water upon
single pellet moisture sorption,
by S. I. KabanikhinI.V. Koptyug, K.T. Iskakov and R.Z. Sagdeev,
p. 31-42;
A frame for development of approximate theories of
geometrically-nonlinear plates,
by Albert C.J. Luo, p. 43-50;
Review on some recently developed nonlinear analytical methods,
by Ji-Huan He, p. 51-70;
DIFFEQ 2000 and call for paper, p. 71.
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