URL for the World Wide Web:
http://www.netlib.org/na-net/na_home.html
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From: Abdul-Azeez S. Al-Omar <alomar@eng.kuniv.edu.kw>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 18:11:19 +0300
Subject: Complex Biconjugate Gradient
Hello,
I am looking for a complex (non Hermitian) Biconjugate gradient routine
for dense matrices from BEM. I am wondering whether someone on NA-net
modified templates for complex matrices.
http://netlib.org/templates/index.html
Thanks
A. Al-Omar
Kuwait University
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From: Emil Catinas <ecatinas@ICTP-Acad.Math.UBBCluj.Ro>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 14:02:48 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: Seeking Nonlinear Systems with Singular Jacobian at the Solution
Dear NA-NETters,
I am testing some new Newton-type techniques for solving a nonlinear
system
F(x)=0, F : D \subseteq R^n --> R^n,
when the Jacobian is singular at (and possible near) an isolated solution x*.
I am seeking relevant examples of such systems (i.e., when F comes from
practical problems, n is large, etc.), but with the restriction that one
knows the Jacobian F'(x*) (hopefully, the solution x* need not be known).
Thanks in advance.
Emil Catinas
T. Popoviciu Institute of Numerical Analysis
Cluj-Napoca
Romania
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From: Barry Smith <bsmith@mcs.anl.gov>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 15:36:34 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Release of PETSc 2.1.0
Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation (PETSc)
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc
We are pleased to announce the release of the PETSc 2.1.0 parallel
software libraries for the implicit solution of PDEs and related
problems. New features of this release include:
(1) a parallel, sparse, symmetric matrix storage format, this includes
support for sequential Cholesky and ICC(k)
(2) a complete framework for parallel linear multigrid on
structured grids (for both linear and nonlinear problems)
(3) Mandel's balancing Neumann-Neumann method for scalar PDEs
(4) an interface to the Tufo-Fischer highly efficient parallel
coarse grid direct solver library tfs
(5) support for managing "composite" vectors consisting of
subvectors that represent conceptually different quantities
(for example, constraints or Lagrange multipliers)
(6) more complete hypertext documentation, including links to
hypertext versions of all the examples and source code
As always, please send bug reports, questions, and requests for new
features to petsc-maint@mcs.anl.gov.
Thanks for your continued support.
The PETSc developers,
Satish, Kris, Bill, Dinesh, Lois, and Barry
Why 2.1.0? PETSc 2.1.0 represents the cumulation of several years of
effort to convert PETSc 2.0 to use dynamic libraries. Dynamic
libraries allow users to delay until runtime the choices of what
algorithms and data structures to run without generating enormous
executables.
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From: Jorge Nocedal <nocedal@dario.ece.nwu.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 00:15:05 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: KNITRO, New Optimization Package
KNITRO, a new package for solving large constrained optimization
problems, has just been released. See
http://www.ece.nwu.edu/~nocedal/knitro/kindex.htm
for instructions on how to obtain a copy.
Knitro is also available through NEOS:
http://www-neos.mcs.anl.gov/neos/solvers/NCO:KNITRO-AMPL/
KNITRO implements a novel interior point method for nonlinear
programming. It is effective, and recommended, for small or large
problems, with or without constraints.
Jorge Nocedal
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From: Adolfy Hoisie <hoisie@lanl.gov>
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 06:58:58 -0600
Subject: New Book, Performance Optimization of Numerically Intensive Codes
My collaborator Stefan Goedecker and I are very pleased to announce the
recent publication of our book "Performance optimization of numerically
intensive codes" published by SIAM.
The book offers a comprehensive treatment of important aspects in achieving
high-performance in numerical computations on modern computer
architectures, both serial and parallel.
We anticipate that our book will be useful to all practitioners of
computational science, scientists, engineers and students,. Also, it could
be used as basic material for courses in computer and computational
sciences, including classes in high-performance computing.
We are very interested in your feedback, please feel free to send me your
comments and observations.
Adolfy Hoisie
Modeling, Algorithms and Informatics CCS-3
Computer and Computational Sciences Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
hoisie@lanl.gov
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From: Cleve Moler <moler@mathworks.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 12:24:46
Subject: SIAM Short Course on Mathematical Software
SIAM Short Course
Mathematical Software -- MATLAB, Mathematica and Maple
July 8, 2001
Town and Country Resort Hotel, San Diego, California
Preceding the SIAM Annual Meeting
This is actually three simultaneous, coordinated courses. It will be possible
to attend one day-long course involving one mathematical software package.
Or, after the introductory sessions, it will be possible to attend each of
the portions of the courses concentrating on a particular topic.
Who Should Attend? Faculty, students, professional scientists and engineers
who are interested in learning how to use, or to better use, one or more of
these systems.
Recommended Background. Undergraduate mathematics, including matrices and
differential equations, and some scientific programming experience.
Instructors:
Cleve Moler, The MathWorks
Chairman and Chief Scientist. Original author of MATLAB. One of the founders
of the MathWorks. Current responsibilities include continued development of
MATLAB's mathematical core.
Rob Knapp, Wolfram Research
Rob Knapp has worked on numerical computation for Mathematica since 1994.
He got his degree in applied mathematics from the Courant Institute in 1988.
Keith Geddes, University of Waterloo
Professor of Computer Science and Co-Director of the Symbolic Computation
Group. One of the original authors of Maple and one of the founders of
Waterloo Maple, Inc.
Jacques Carette, Waterloo Maple
Jacques Carette has worked in various capacities at Waterloo Maple Inc since
1991. He is now Senior Architect. He got his PhD in Pure Mathematics from
the Universite' de Paris-Sud (Orsay) in 1997.
Program:
Each course will spend about an hour on each of six topics. After the
introductions, the order will be staggered so that attendees may concentrate on
particular topics. The day will conclude with a combined session involving all
three packages. The topics are:
Introduction: Basic syntax and capabilities
Numerical computation: Matrices, differential equations, floating point
Symbolic computation: Computer algebra and calculus
Graphics: Two and three dimensional plots, images, "visualization"
Programming: Larger scale software development
Specialized packages, Toolboxes: third party products.
Registration:
Seats are limited. Please register before June 7, 2001. Registration fee
includes coffee breaks and lunch on Sunday, July 8. Register via the Web at
http://www.siam.org/meetings/an01ct01/regform.htm
More information:
http://www.siam.org/meetings/an01
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From: J. C. T. Pool <jpool@cacr.caltech.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 12:21:52 -0700
Subject: A Celebration of John Todd's 90th Birthday
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, LINEAR ALGEGRA AND COMPUTATIONS (NALAC)
A Celebration of the 90th Birthday of John Todd
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
May 16-17, 2001
We are pleased to announce that a conference will be held at the
California Institute of Technology, May 16-17, 2001, to honor John
Todd, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, on the occasion of his 90th
birthday, May 16, 2001. John Todd is one of the pioneers in numerical
analysis, and his scientific contributions extend to analysis, linear
algebra and computation. He has inspired many students at the
California Institute of Technology, as well as colleagues and friends
around the world, and we hope that many will attend this 90th
milestone in his life.
Invited speakers include:
Philip Davis, Brown University
Gene Golub, Stanford University
Alan Hoffman, IBM
Hebert Keller, California Institute of Technology
Cleve Moler, MathWorks
Morris Newman, University of California at Santa Barbara
John R. Rice, Purdue University
Hans Schneider, University of Wisconsin
Lawrence Shampine, Southern Methodist University
Richard Varga, Kent State University
Eugene Wachspress, General Electric
For further information such as program, registration, hotel, and
travel information, please see http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/Todd.
Organizers:
James C.T.Pool (Center for Advanced Computing Research, California
Institute of Technology)
Richard S.Varga (Institute of Computational Mathematics, Kent State University)
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From: Yang Xiaoqi <mayangxq@polyu.edu.hk>
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 17:05:54 +0800
Subject: Conference in Hong Kong on Optimization
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
ICOTA'2001
The 5th International Conference on Optimization:
Techniques and Applications
December 15-17, 2001, Hong Kong
THEME AND SCOPE:
The 5th International Conference on Optimization: Techniques
and Applications (ICOTA), jointly organized by The Chinese
University of Hong Kong, The City University of Hong Kong,
and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, will be held in
Hong Kong in 2001. It is a continuation of the ICOTA series,
which has had its first four conferences held in Singapore
(1989 and 1992), Chendu, China (1995), and Perth, Australia (1998).
The 5th ICOTA represents the first of the ICOTA series
in the new millennium, and has been given the theme
"Optimization for the New Millennium". The goal of
the 5th ICOTA is to provide an international forum for
scientists, researchers, software developers, and practitioners
to exchange ideas and approaches, to present research findings
and state-of-the-art solutions, to share experiences on potentials
and limits, and to open new avenues of research and developments,
on all issues and topics related to optimization.
Plenary Speakers include: Shu-Cherng Fang of North Carolina
State University; Masao Fukushima of Kyoto University;
Toshihide Ibaraki of Kyoto University; David G. Luenberger
of Stanford University; Angelo Miele of Rice University;
Panos M. Pardalos of University of Florida; and Yinyu Ye
of University of Iowa.
Papers on issues related to optimization are welcome.
Topics include (but not limited to) those in the following tracks:
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From: Kelly Black <black@sunfs.math.usu.edu>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 07:11:59 -0600
Subject: Workshop in New Hampshire on Calculus/Physics Course
In Search of Newton
A Combined Calculus and Physics Curriculum
University of New Hampshire, Durham NH
10 July - 13 July 2001
A Short Course Sponsored by the MAA
The mathematics and physics departments at the University of New
Hampshire will host a short course on our combined calculus and
physics curriculum developed as part of an NSF funded program,
NSF-DUE-9752485. The short course will focus on the following aspects
of the program now in place:
* updates and changes to the Physics curriculum,
* updates and changes to the Calculus curriculum,
* class format including a detailed examination of the studio
format pioneered at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
* class materials.
The short course will be held on the campus of the University of New
Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire. Durham is a small community
situated close to the Great Bay and is located close to Portsmouth,
New Hampshire. If you would like to know more about the short course
contact Dawn Meredith, dawn.meredith@unh.edu. Registration information
can be found at http://www.maa.org/pfdev/prep/black.html.
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From: Joab Winkler <j.winkler@dcs.shef.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 16:33:15 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Workshop in Sheffield on Geometric Computations
UNCERTAINTY IN GEOMETRIC COMPUTATIONS
5-6 July 2001
Sheffield, England
Invited Speakers (will be expanded) :
Shun-ichi Amari (RIKEN, Japan),
Andrew Blake (Microsoft, UK),
Adrian Bowyer (Bath, UK),
Alan Edelman (MIT, USA),
Robin Forrest (East Anglia, UK),
Nicholas Higham (Manchester, UK),
Dinesh Manocha (North Carolina, USA),
Tomaso Poggio (MIT, USA)
Si Wu (Sheffield, UK)
Organisers:
Joab Winkler and Mahesan Niranjan
Department of Computer Science
The University of Sheffield, UK.
The representation and management of uncertainty is an important
issue in several different disciplines, such as numerical problems
in computer graphics that occur when calculating the intersection
curve of two surfaces, high performance pattern classification in a
feature space, and the study of families of probability distributions in
information geometry. The aim of this two-day workshop is to explore the
underlying geometric theme that is common to these diverse disciplines.
The workshop will consist of a number of invited contributions of
a tutorial nature covering the different topics, contributed papers
from participants and discussion sessions that explore the connections.
Contributions will be published by Kluwer in an edited volume.
The workshop is sponsored by the EPSRC and LMS, and financial support
is available to cover costs of UK based graduate students. The total
number of participants is limited to 70.
One page abstracts are invited from potential participants. Please
submit electronically (postscript, PDF or plain text) to
Dr Joab Winkler <j.winkler@dcs.shef.ac.uk>
Deadline for Abstracts: 30 April 2001
For further information, including electronic registration, please see:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~geom2001/
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From: ICIM2001 <icim2001@iitm.ac.in>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 16:32:56 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Conference in India on Industrial Mathematics
Second Announcement
ICIM 2001
International Conference on Industrial Mathematics
August 12-14, 2001
Venue: Department of Mathematics, IIT Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
About ICIM - 2001
The need for a closer interaction between academicians and industries has
been recognized internationally. Industrial Mathematics, a fast growing
discipline within the fold of mathematical sciences, is an interface of
mathematics and the physical world of industry. It is characterized by
the problem, mathematical methodology and solutions related to industry
involving management, economics, communications, quality control, research
& development etc. The main objectives of this International Conference
(ICIM-2001) are:
i) to take stock of the present status of and activities in the area of
Industrial Mathematics;
ii) to gain better understanding of industrial problems through theoretical
and simulation models, and processing them through mathematical and
computational concepts / ideas;
iii) to suggest new mathematical and computational methods/tools for handling
real world industrial problems efficiently.
Scope
Papers on mathematical modelling and applications of mathematics on all
aspects of industrial, technological and engineering problems having adequate
mathematical and computational input are invited. The broad themes of the
conference include problems that arise in various industries such as textile,
paper, chemical, pharmaceutical, heavy machinery, automobile, shipping,
software, aircraft and space science dealing with optimization, computing,
simulation, manufacturing, system dynamics, inverse problems, quality control,
energy, human resource management, financial, environmental, marketing etc.
Organizing Committee
Chairman Natarajan,R. Director,IIT Madras
Vice-chairmen Muthukrishnan,C.R.,Dy.Director,IIT Madras
Avudainayagam,A. HOD,Mathematics
Secretaries Majhi,S.N. & Parthasarathy,P.R.
Joint-Secretaries Sanyasiraju, YVSS & Ponnusamy, S
Treasurer Satyajit Roy
Address for Communication
Prof. S. N. Majhi, Secretary, ICIM-2001,
Department of Mathematics, IIT Madras
Chennai - 600 036,India
phone:+91-44-4458476(O),+91-44-4459476(R)
Fax: +91-44-2350 509, Email:icim2001@iitm.ac.in
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From: T. Terlaky <terlaky@cas.mcmaster.ca>
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 23:48:53 -0400
Subject: McMaster Optimization Conference
1st Annual McMaster Optimization Conference:
Theory and Applications
(MOPTA 01)
August 2-4, 2001, McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/~oplab/confs/mopta01/
The 1st annual McMaster Optimization Conference (MOPTA 01) will be
held at the campus of McMaster University. It will be hosted by the
Advanced Optimization Lab at the Department of Computing and Software
and is co-sponsored by the Fields Institute.
SCOPE
The conference aims to bring together a diverse group of people from
both discrete and continuous optimization, working on both theoretical
and applied aspects. We aim to bring together researchers from both the
theoretical and applied communities who do not usually get the chance
to interact in the framework of a medium-scale event.
INVITED TALKS: Distinguished invited speakers include:
Dimitri Bertsekas, MIT
Title: TBA
John Dennis, Rice University
Title: Constrained Optimization Using Surrogates
Ignacio E. Grossmann, Carnegie Mellon University
Title: Recent Developments in Nonlinear Generalized
Disjunctive Programming
Donald R. Jones, General Motors Corporation
Title: Optimization in the automotive industry
Michael Todd, Cornell University
Title: Interior-Point Methods for Semidefinite
and Second-Order-Cone
Lieven Vandenberghe, Dept. EE, UCLA,
Title: Interior-point methods for signal
processing and control
David P. Williamson, IBM Almaden Research Center
Title: The Primal-Dual Method for Approximation Algorithms
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
The Organizing Committee
Tam=E1s Terlaky, terlaky@mcmaster.ca (Chair)
Stavros Kolliopoulos (McMaster University)
Tom Luo (McMaster University)
Jiming Peng (Delft University of Technology)
Henry Wolkowicz (University of Waterloo)
Registration information is available at
http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/~oplab/confs/mopta01/
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From: T. Terlaky <terlaky@cas.mcmaster.ca>
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 23:49:19 -0400
Subject: Conference in Rotterdam on Optimization
Conference Announcement
'Smooth and Nonsmooth Optimization, Theory and Applications'
Rotterdam, July 12-13, 2001.
Organized by:
'EURO Working Group on Continuous Optimization' (EUROPT)
(The workshop takes place directly following the EURO2001-conference.)
We would be pleased if you could participate in this workshop.
Some information on the conference is given below.
Further details can be found on the internet:
http://www.math.utwente.nl/~still/snopt/
Short information on the workshop:
'Smooth and Nonsmooth Optimization, Theory and Applications'
Rotterdam, July 12-13, 2001
- The workshop is organized directly following the conference EURO2001
(Rotterdam, July 9-11)
- Topics:
Linear and nonlinear programming, semidefinite and semi-infinite optimization,
optimal control, complementarity problems, nondifferentiable analysis.
- INVITED SPEAKERS:
P. Gritzmann (Technical Univ. of Muenchen)
H.Th. Jongen (Univ. of Aachen)
A. Kruger (Institute of Labour and Social Relations, Minsk)
B. Polyak (Institute of Control Science, Moscow)
V. Protassov (University of Rotterdam)
K. Roos (Technical University Delft)
- Organizing Committee:
J. Brinkhuis, J.B.G. Frenk, T. Illes,
G. Still, G.-W. Weber
- Scientific Committee:
J. Kolumban , W. Krabs, B. Kummer,
G. Leitmann, D. Pallaschke, B. Polyak,
K. Roos, J. Stoer, T. Terlaky, F. Twilt
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From: Maya Neytcheva <neytchev@sci.kun.nl>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:40:21 +0200
Subject: Conference in Netherlands on Iterative Methods
CONFERENCE ON
Preconditioned Robust Iterative Solution Methods
for Problems with Singularities (PRISM'2001)
University of Nijmegen, May 21-23, 2001
Special issue of NLA
An issue of the journal ``Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications''
will be devoted to papers presented at the conference.
A preliminary program can be found at the conference web-page.
Contact address:
PRISM'2001, Department of Mathematics, University of Nijmegen
Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, NL
e-mail: prism01@sci.kun.nl
URL:http://www.sci.kun.nl/math/prism01
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From: Jose Moreira <jmoreira@us.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 18:54:14 -0400
Subject: Workshop in Italy on Java for High-Performance Computing
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE : MAY 10th, 2001!
THIRD WORKSHOP ON JAVA FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
to be held in conjunction with ICS '01
June 16-21 2001
http://www.research.ibm.com/ninja/jhpc.html
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission Acceptance Final version
May 10, 2001 May 15, 2000 May 29, 2000
Workshop Co-Chairs: Manish Gupta, Sam Midkiff, and Jose Moreira
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Yortkown Heights, NY 10598-0218
Michael Philippsen
University of Karlsruhe
OVERVIEW
Welcome to the Third Workshop on Java for High Performance
Computing. The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum where
researchers can report recent developments in the field of high
performance computing with Java. The workshop will consist of invited
talks and presentations by authors of submitted papers.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Authors interested in contributing to the workshop are invited to
submit manuscripts that report new technologies and practical
experiences related to the use of Java for high-performance
computing. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:
Parallel and distributed computing with Java
Numerical computing in Java
Compilation and optimization techniques for Java
Computationally intensive applications developed in Java
Use of Java in database and other server-oriented applications
Use of Java in Embedded systems
Java frameworks and libraries for high-performance computing
Tools and techniques for developing high-performance applications in Java
Object-oriented techniques for scientific computing
Accepted papers will be published in a technical report of the
workshop. Authors are welcome to submit papers on work that has been
submitted elsewhere. The program committee is looking into pursuing journal
publication of submitted papers of exceptional quality.
SUBMISSION
Authors should submit an extended abstract absolutely not to exceed
3000 words (approximately 6 pages) by the deadline of 5/10. Papers will
be reviewed and selected based on relevance, originality, soundness, and
clarity. Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and published
in the Workshop Proceedings. Final versions of the papers for publication
are due on 5/29.
Only electronic submission will be accepted. Please e-mail a
Postscript or PDF copy of your submission to the Workshop Co-Chair
Sam Midkiff at smidkiff@us.ibm.com.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
5/10: Deadline for submission of extended abstract
5/15: Notification to authors of results
5/29: Final version due
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From: Jerzy Wasniewski <Jerzy.Wasniewski@uni-c.dk>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 10:09:13 +0200 (METDST)
Subject: Conference in Copenhagen on Computers in Education
The seventh World Conference on Computers in Education (WCCE2001) is
an IFIP event organized by UNI-C - The Danish Computing Center for
Research and Education.
WCCE 2001 will explore the use of ICT in education and the teaching of
Informatics. We will review progress since WCCE1995, share experiences
and predict trends for the future.
It will be a conference for everyone involved in education and training,
and it will be attractive to both experienced practitioners and beginners
who wish to update their knowledge and skills.
We are looking forward to welcoming:
Teachers
Professional Trainers
Teacher Educators
Informatics Experts
Policy Makers
Curriculum Designers
IT Vendors
Manufacturers
Learners
The conference will be held in the Bella Center, Copenhagen,
Denmark during the week 29th July to 3rd August 2001.
For more detailed information see the WCCE2001 Web side address
http://www.wcce2001.com/
and talk with the WCCE2001 Secretariat represented by
Charlotte Solovej
UNI-C Danish Computing Center
for Research and Education
DTU, Building 304
DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
Telephone: +45 3587 8531
Facsimile: +45 3587 8990
Email: Charlotte.Solovej@uni-c.dk
Best wishes,
Jerzy Wasniewski
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From: Mary Ann Branch <branch@mathworks.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 15:37:46 -0400
Subject: Development Positions at The MathWorks
The MathWorks is seeking a numerical analyst, a statistician, and an
integer programming (combinatorial optimization) specialist to join
the Math development team. This team has responsibility for the math
in MATLAB as well toolboxes such as Symbolic, Optimization, and Statistics.
For these positions we seek someone with a masters degree and 3-5 years
industry experience, or a Ph.D. We require experience with MATLAB or a
similar technical computing language. We prefer someone with commercial
software experience, or with experience writing software that is used by
others.
For more information on these positions, visit www.mathworks.com and click
on "Job openings."
Mary Ann Branch
The MathWorks, Inc.
branch@mathworks.com
http://www.mathworks.com
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From: Tzon-Tzer Lu <ttlu@ibm7.math.nsysu.edu.tw>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 12:51:55 +0800
Subject: Faculty Positions at National Sun Yat-sen University
Tenure-Track and Temporary Positions in National Sun Yat-sen University
The Department of Applied Mathematics in National Sun Yat-sen University
invites applications for tenure-track and temporary positions starting in
Fall, 2001. Applicants should have an outstanding profile in both research
and teaching. Preference will be given to areas of numerical analysis,
partial differential equations, statistics, and discrete mathematics. The
ability to teach in Chinese Mandarin is essential.
We shall process as soon as the applications arrive, until April 30th.
Applicants should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae,
transcript, research summary, reprints of publications (technical reports),
and arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to us.
Applications for part-time instructorship are also welcome. Please direct
correspondence to
Chairman, Department of Applied Mathematics
National Sun Yat-sen University
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 804, R.O.C.
Email: chairman@math.nsysu.edu.tw
Fax: 886-7-5253809, Tel: 886-7-5252000 ext. 3800
Website : www.math.nsysu.edu.tw
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From: Alexander Ostermann <alex@mat1.uibk.ac.at>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:34:56 +0200
Subject: Faculty Positions at University of Innsbruck, Austria
The Institute of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Austria,
invites applications for 6 faculty positions at the Full Professor
level in
Computer Science
In Fall 2001 the University of Innsbruck will start a new center of
computer science with bachelor, master and Ph.D. programs, several
research groups and intensive co-operations with industry. The
University is seeking applicants from all fields of Computer Science
with a strong background in research and teaching. Contributions to
both undergraduate and graduate teaching are expected, and the
ability to use English as a working language is a requirement.
The City of Innsbruck, which hosted the olympic winter games twice,
is located in the beautiful surroundings of the Tyrolean Alps. The
combination of the Alpine environment and the urban life in this
historically grown town provides a high quality of living. The
university has a long tradition dating back to the 16th century,
and, with seven schools (Theology, Law, Economics and Social
Sciences, Medicine, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Civil Engineering
and Architecture), it offers a wide spectrum of research and teaching
activities and interesting opportunities for interdisciplinary
collaboration. Besides, the Country of Tyrol strongly supports
various initiatives in the IT domain. It is planned to found a Center
of Information and Communication Technology as a forum for tight
interactions between the University of Innsbruck, the University
of Applied Sciences, and industrial partners.
Applicants must
a. have an academic degree in an appropriate field and at the
appropriate level,
b. prove their research and teaching capabilities (equivalence to
Austrian "venia docendi" certificate),
c. have the necessary pedagogical and didactic skills,
d. be capable of managing a university institution,
e. demonstrate that their research is internationally acknowledged
in the field.
Women are particularly encouraged to apply.
Please submit applications including a CV, a list of all scientific
publications, a list of grants and co-operative projects, a survey
of previous teaching experience, and copies of the 5 most important
publications to
Dekan der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultaet
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dietmar Kuhn
Universitaet Innsbruck
Innrain 52
A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
The deadline for applications is May 20 (late applications will be
considered until all positions are filled). For further information see
http://informatik.uibk.ac.at.
------------------------------
From: Mehmet Deliceoglu <mdeliceo@stevens-tech.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 17:29:41 -0400
Subject: Research Position at Stevens Institute of Technology
SCIENTIST with COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS / FEM EXPERTISE
Highly Filled Materials Institute
Stevens Institute of Technology
Chemical, Mechanical, Polymer Engineer or Mathematician with M Eng/ PhD
degree in CFD and FEM analysis. Expertise with source code development
in 3-D FEM for coupled flow and heat transfer occurring in complex
geometries is required. Experience with simulation of extrusion / die
processing of non-Newtonian fluids including polymers / suspensions is a plus.
Stevens Institute of Technology, HfMI is located in trendy Hoboken, New
Jersey, right across from Manhattan.
Excellent salary and fringe benefits will be provided.
Interested individuals (U.S. residents only) should mail or e-mail their
resume and references to:
Mehmet Deliceoglu
Highly Filled Materials Institute
Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point Station
Hoboken, NJ 07030
mdeliceo@stevens-tech.edu
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From: Xabier Garaizar <garaizar@llnl.gov>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 16:08:37 -0700
Subject: Research Positions at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Postdoctoral and career positions are available in the Center for Applied
Scientific Computing (CASC) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(LLNL). The Center for Applied Scientific Computing conducts collaborative
scientific investigations that require the power of high performance
computers and the efficiency of modern computational methods. Our research
and development activities are driven by scientific and engineering
applications at LLNL that require advanced computational technologies. The
Center performs research and development primarily in the areas of high
performance computing, computational physics, numerical mathematics, and
computer science. Researchers at CASC have access to some of the most
sophisticated computing facilities, including two massively parallel IBM
SP2's (ASCI platforms) and several Compaq Alpha clusters.
The available positions
(http://www.llnl.gov/CASC/jobs/sci_comput_apps.html) are in several efforts
in application simulations jointly conducted by engineers, physicists,
computer scientists and numerical analysts:First-principles molecular
dynamics (electronic structure calculation methods), Radiation and neutron
transport, Adaptive mesh refinement and applications, Fracture dynamics
simulations, Computational electromagnetism, Laser-plasma interaction
simulations, High performance preconditioners and Nonlinear solvers.
Required basic skills are knowledge of the physical processes involved in
the respective project or related field, and/or in applicable numerical
methods. Working knowledge of C/C++ and/or MPI is highly regarded in most
of the cases.
Positions are available immediately. Postdoctoral positions are for a
period of one year, renewable to three years. Applicants must have or soon
expect to receive a PhD in applied mathematics, computer science, physics
or other relevant background in computational methods. There are no
citizenship restrictions on the positions.
Interested applicants can contact Xabier Garaizar (garaizar@llnl.gov) for
further inquiry, or can directly send letters of reference, a curriculum
vitae and a statement of research interests to: Xabier Garaizar, Center for
Applied Scientific Computing, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O.
Box 808, L-561, Livermore, CA 94551 USA.
More information on the Center for Applied Scientific Computing can be
found in http://www.llnl.gov/CASC.
Sincerely,
Xabier Garaizar
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From: Jun Zhang <jzhang@cs.uky.edu>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 14:10:59 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at University of Kentucky
Postdoctoral Research Associate Position in High Performance
Scientific Computing, University of Kentucky
A new postdoctoral research associate position is expected to
become available in the Laboratory for High Performance
Scientific Computing and Computer Simulation (HiPSCCS Lab)
at the University of Kentucky. The postdoctoral associate will
be working on a collaborative research project between the
HiPSCCS Lab and an international research organization, to
develop parallel preconditioning techniques and software
package for some very large scale scientific applications and
computer simulation. The following qualifications are highly
desirable:
1.) a PhD in scientific computing or computational sciences;
2.) sound knowledge in modern preconditioning techniques;
3.) good programming skill in Fortran 90 and MPI.
The starting date is in early July. Although this is a multi-year
research effort, progress is reviewed and contract is renewed
annually based on accomplishment and funding availability.
More information about research activities in the HiPSCCS Lab
can be found at http://www.cs.uky.edu/~hipscns. If you are
interested in this position, please e-mail your curriculum vitae
(with full publication list and e-mail addresses of three
referees) in postscript, pdf or ASCII (no MSWORD, please) to
Jun Zhang at jzhang@cs.uky.edu, or fax it to (859)323-1971. A
postal mail can be sent to:
Professor Jun Zhang, Director
Laboratory for High Performance Scientific Computing and Computer Simulation
Department of Computer Science
University of Kentucky
773 Anderson Hall
Lexington, KY 40506-0046
USA
Applicants may be asked to show evidences of programming skill.
Overseas travel may be required for this position.
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From: Blair Perot <perot@ecs.umass.edu>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 08:31:41 -0700
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at the University of Massachusetts
Applications are invited for a Post-doctoral position in the Department of
Mechanical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
The Laboratory for Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics has
funds from the Office of Naval Research to support the development of
a kinetic model of turbulence based on eddy collisions. This innovative
project requires the numerical solution of probability distribution function
transport equations on massively parallel computers. A strong analytical
and programming background and experience with lattice-Boltzmann
methods, turbulence modeling, or pdf equations is highly desired.
Salary and benefits will be commensurate with the level of experience.
Interested applicants should e-mail a curriculum vitae to Prof. Blair Perot
at mailto:perot@ecs.umass.edu or postal mail to:
Professor Blair Perot
219 Engineering Laboratory
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
(fax) 413-545-1027
(phone) 413-545-3925
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From: Per L|tstedt <perl@tdb.uu.se>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 08:29:23 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: Research Position at Uppsala University, Sweden
RESEARCHER (forskarassistent) in NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
at the Department of Scientific Computing,
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Applications are invited for a position as researcher (forskarassistent)
at the Department of Scientific Computing, Uppsala University. The
position is limited to four years. The duties are research, supervision
of PhD-students and teaching. The teaching load is at most 25 per cent of
full time. The candidate must hold a doctoral degree less than
five years old. Ability to teach in Swedish or English is a requirement.
The main subjects of research at the department are numerical solution
of partial differential equations in different application areas like
fluid mechanics, electromagnetics and acoustics, and development of
algorithms and software for high performance computers. More information
is available at http://www.tdb.uu.se.
The main criteria for selection among the candidates are scientific
and pedagogical skills with emphasis on the former. When evaluating the
scientific skills, merits in numerical solution of differential equations,
numerical linear algebra, numerical optimization, or development of
algorithms and software for high performance computers are important.
According to the equal opportunity policy of the university, applications
from women are especially invited.
The application should be written in English and has to include two copies of
1. a curriculum vitae and copies of degrees obtained and other documents of
relevance, all to be signed and witnessed
2. a short account of the scientific and teaching experience
3. a list of scientific publications
and one copy of each of the publications according to the above list.
The application should be sent to: Uppsala University, The Registrar,
UFV-PA 2001/1275, P O Box 256, SE-75105 Uppsala, Sweden, or by
fax +46 18 4712000, no later than April 23, 2001. If an application
is sent by fax, the signed application should follow by mail as soon
as possible.
More information about the position is given by professor Bertil Gustafsson
(phone +46 18 4712968, e-mail Bertil.Gustafsson@tdb.uu.se), professor Per
Lotstedt (phone +46 18 4712972, e-mail Per.Lotstedt@tdb.uu.se) or the head
of the department Anders Sjoberg (phone +46 18 4712971, e-mail
Anders.Sjoberg@tdb.uu.se).
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From: E. B. Saff <esaff@math.usf.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 12:52:34 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Contents, Constructive Approximation
Table of Contents: Constructive Approximation, Vol. 17,
No. 2, 2001
157-168 T.A. Grandine
Minimal Function Spaces for Spline Interpolation
169-179 K. Driver and P. Duren
Trajectories of the Zeros of Hypergeometric Polynomials
F(-n,b;2b;z) for b<-1/2
181-208 O. Davydov, G. Nurnberger, and F. Zeilfelder
Bivariate Spline Interpolation with Optimal Approximation Order
209-225 V.V. Andrievskii, I.E. Pritsker, and R.S. Varga
On Zeros of Polynomials Orthogonal over a Convex Domain
227-247 J. Yoon
Approximation in L_p(R^d) from a Space Spanned by the Scattered
Shifts of a Radial Basis Function
249-265 T. Le Gia and I.H. Solan
The Uniform Norm of Hyperinterpolation on the Unit Sphere in an
Arbitrary Number of Dimensions
267-274 J. Liesen
Faber Polynomials Corresponding to Rational Exterior Mapping
Functions
275-306 M.I. Ganzburg
Polynomial Inequalities on Measurable Sets and Their Applications
307-317 K.A. Kopotun
Whitney Theorem of Interpolatory Type for k-Monotone Functions
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From: Hans Schneider <hans@math.wisc.edu>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 11:10:56 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Contents, Linear Algebra and its Applications
Contents, Linear Algebra and its Applications
Volume : 328
Issue : 1-3
Date : 01-May-2001
pp 1-55
Condensed forms of linear control system under output feedback
J. Stefanovski
pp 57-68
Perron-Frobenius theorem for matrices with some negative entries
P. Tarazaga, M. Raydan, A. Hurman
pp 69-94
On positivity of analytic matrix functions in polydisks
V. Bolotnikov, L. Rodman
pp 95-119
The four-block Adamjan-Arov-Krein problem for discrete-time systems
V. Ionescu, C. Oara
pp 121-130
Distribution results on the algebra generated by Toeplitz sequences: a
finite-dimensional approach
S.S. Capizzano
pp 131-152
Monotone matrix functions of two variables
M. Singh, H.L. Vasudeva
pp 153-160
de Caen's inequality and bounds on the largest Laplacian eigenvalue of a graph
J.-S. Li, Y.-L. Pan
pp 161-202
Graph theoretic methods for matrix completion problems
L. Hogben
pp 203-222
The Hadamard core of the totally nonnegative matrices
A.S. Crans, S.M. Fallat, C.R. Johnson
Volume : 329
Issue : 1-3
Date : 15-May-2001
pp 1-8
On the spectral radius of trees
G.J. Ming, T.S. Wang
pp 9-47
On Stein's equation, Vandermonde matrices and Fisher's information matrix
of time series processes. Part I: The autoregressive moving average process
A. Klein, P. Spreij
pp 49-59
Stirling matrix via Pascal matrix
G.-S. Cheon, J.-S. Kim
pp 61-75
Numerical ranges, Poncelet curves, invariant measures
B. Mirman, V. Borovikov, L. Ladyzhensky, R. Vinograd
pp 77-88
Bounds for determinants of meet matrices associated with incidence functions
I. Korkee, P. Haukkanen
pp 89-96
On upper bound for the quantum entropy
W. Hebisch, R. Olkiewicz, B. Zegarlinski
pp 97-136
The linearization of boundary eigenvalue problems and reproducing kernel
wHilbert spaces
B. Curgus, A. Dijksma, T. Read
pp 137-156
Asymmetric algebraic Riccati equation: Ahomeomorphic parametrization of the
set of solutions
A. Ferrante, M. Pavon, S. Pinzoni
pp 157-169
n-Transitivity and the complementation property
L. Livshits, G. MacDonald
pp 171-174
On the orbit of invariant subspaces of linear operators in
finite-dimensional spaces (new proof of a Halmos's result)
A. Faouzi
pp 175-187
Automorphisms of the Lie algebra of strictly upper triangular matrices over
certain commutative rings
Y. Cao
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From: Maya Neytcheva <neytchev@sci.kun.nl>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:46:11 +0200
Subject: Contents, Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications
CONTENTS
Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications
Volume 8, Issues 1-3, 2001
Reversing the row order for the row-by-row frontal method
J.K. Reid and J.A. Scott (pp. 1-6)
Fast and stable two-way algorithm for diagonal plus semi-separable systems
of linear equations
N. Mastronardi, S. Chandrasekaran and S. Van Huffel (pp. 7-12)
Iterative solution of a coupled mixed and standard Galerkin discretization
method for elliptic problems
R. Lazarov, J. Pasciak and P. Vassilevski (pp. 13-31)
Changing poles in the rational Lanczos method for the
Hermitian eigenvalue problem
K. Meerbergen (pp. 33-52)
Nonequivalence transformation of $\lambda$-matrix eigenproblems and model
embedding approach to model tuning
W.R. Ferng, Wen-Wei Lin, D.J. Pierce and Chern-Shuh Wang (pp. 53-70)
On the Odir iterative method for nonsymmetric indefinite linear systems
A. Chronopoulos and D. Kincaid (pp. 71-82)
Preconditioners for non-Hermitian Toeplitz systems
R.H. Chan, D. Potts and G. Steidl (pp. 83-98)
Superconvergence of finite difference approximations for
convection-diffusion problems
Q. Fang and T. Yamamoto (pp. 99-110)
Reliable preconditioned iterative linear solvers for some
numerical integrators
D. Bertaccini (pp. 111-125)
A note on hyperbolic transformations
D. Janovska and G. Opfer (pp. 127-146)
Minimum residual iteration for a dual-dual mixed formulation of exterior
transmission problems
G. Gatica and N. Heuer (pp. 147-164)
A robust AINV-type preconditioning method for constructing sparse
approximate inverse preconditioners in factored form
S.A. Kharchenko, L.Yu. Kolotilina, A.A. Nikishin, A.Yu. Yeremin (pp. 165-179)
Parallel multisplitting iterative methods for singular M-matrices
Wen Li, Weiwei Sun, K. Liu (pp. 181-190)
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