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From: "Richard Bartels" <rhbartel@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:31:06 -0400
Subject: Robert Bartels
I would like to report, with considerable regret, the passing of my father,
Robert C. F. Bartels, retired professor of Applied Mathematics at the
University of Michigan and retired director of the University of Michigan
Computing Center.
Although Robert Bartels' name is not directly associated
with important publications, theorems, or algorithms,
he has contributed to the 20th century's bloom in numerical analysis
and computer science as an eager facilitator. He took pride and pleasure
in establishing conditions within which other people could flourish
and achieve. For 15 years during the 50's and 60's he was responsible
for the numerical analysis sections of the University of Michigan Engineering
Summer Conferences, a series of courses that drew together lectures from
people such as Alston Householder, Jim Wilkinson, Richard Varga,
Fritz Bauer, Wallace Givens and Virginia Klema. The chance to spend time
together discussing research for these and others of such stature finds
resonance today in the Householder Symposia, and the Summer Conferences
contributed, through this opportunity for interaction, to some of the early
ferment in numerical linear algebra and numerical software. One of the
many beneficiaries of these summer schools was Carl de Boor, then an employe
at the General Motors Technical Center.
When de Boor expressed an interest in getting a PhD,
Bartels organized his acceptance into the U.Michigan graduate school,
and served as his nominal supervisor. In late 1958, when the University
of Michigan planned to move its small computer operation off campus
and discontinue general computer access to students
and faculty, Robert Bartels embarked on a successful campaign to reverse
this decision and to establish a viable central computing facility to
support teaching, research, and administration. He became the Computing
Center's first director in 1959 and remained at its helm until his
retirement in 1978. During his tenure as director he actively supported
the development of Computer Science education and research at the
University of Michigan, and with his facilitation and the support he
gained from IBM and later Ahmdal, the University of Michigan Computing
Center developed the MAD language and compiler, an Algol 58 variant,
the MTS operating system, one of the early multi-terminal time-sharing
systems, and pioneering techniques in hardware and operating-system
support for virtual memory.
I can't think of anyone who did not personally like him, appreciate his
honest open nature and willingness to help, or admire his interest and
concern for others.
Richard Bartels
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From: "Gene Golub" <gene.golub@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 17:16:39 +0200
Subject: Ted Rivlin
Dear Colleagues,
I am sorry to write that Ted Rivlin passed away on July 22 after a long illness.
For many years, Ted was a leading figure in approximation theory and
produced an elegant book, "Chebyshev Polynomials: From Approximation Theory to
Algebra and Number Theory." Anothere fine book is "Introduction to the
Approximation of Functions".
Through most of his years, he was employed at IBM Research where he was part
of a very strong department. We were fortunate to have him as a visitor at
Stanford.
Besides Ted's technical achievements, he was a true gentleman and had a
wonderful command of the language.
I'm sure his wife Jean would be pleased to hear from those who knew him, her
address is rivlin@optionline.net.
Sadly,
Gene Golub
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From: Paul Saylor <saylor@cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 17:53:14 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Note on SIAM News Article
The current issue of SIAM News (Volume 39, Number 7, September, 2006)
features an article by Michelle Sipics beginning on p. 1, ``Taking on the
ITER Challenge, Scientists Look to Innovative Algorithms, Petascale
Computers.'' The article deserves not only interest but also praise. It is
timely, absorbing, trenchant.
One correction to make a note of without any effect on the pleasing style
of the writing, the technical content, or the overall dramatic importance
of the issues: Proud new colleagues of Thomas Sterling, who is interviewed
in the article, would no doubt like to see an update to his academic
affiliation, which is now Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, where
he is a member of the Department of Computer Science and the Center for
Computation and Technology.
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From: Tim Davis <davis@cise.ufl.edu>
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 15:11:52 -0400
Subject: New Book: Direct Methods for Sparse Linear Systems
I'd like to announce a new book in the SIAM Series on the Fundamental of
Algorithms (http://www.siam.org/books/series/fundalgo.php),
entitled "Direct Methods for Sparse Linear Systems." The goal of the
book is to illustrate the theory and practice of direct methods for
solving sparse linear systems. Towards that end, a new package was
written for the book: CSparse, a Concise Sparse matrix package. Its
2200 lines of C are printed in their entirety in the book, and available
for download at http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/CSparse. A
MATLAB interface is provided.
Topics in the book (and methods in CSparse) include basic algorithms and
data structures (triplet form, compressed column form, add, multiply,
transpose, permute, norms), solving triangular systems with both dense
and sparse right-hand sides, Cholesky, LU and QR factorizations,
Cholesky update/downdate, ordering methods (minimum degree and dmperm;
profile orderings and nested dissection are done as short m-files), and
finally culminating in x=A\b. The book also describes how MATLAB
performs its sparse matrix computations.
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From: "S. Dempe" <dempe@tu-freiberg.de>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:31:17 +0200
Subject: New Book: Optimization with Multivalued Mappings
We are happy to inform that the edited volume
Optimization with Multivalued Mappings. Theory, Applications and Algorithms
(S. Dempe and V. Kalashnikov, eds.)
appeared as Volume 2 of the series Springer Optimization and Its
Applications. The volume contains 13 chapters written by experts in the
fields of bilevel programming, mathematical programming with equilibrium
constraints and set-valued optimization. More information on the volume
can be obtained on the web page
http://www.springer.com/east/home/math?SGWID=5-10042-22-173664309-0
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From: "Prof. Rolf Jeltsch" <jeltsch@math.ethz.ch>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:41:28 +0200
Subject: ICIAM Prizes 2007
ICIAM Prizes 2007
_________________
The winners for the ICIAM 2007 prizes will be announced
on Monday, 18 September 2006
at 6 pm (EST) (e.g. Sydney)
4 pm (CST) (e.g. Beijing)
1.30 pm (IST) (e.g. New Dehli)
10 am (CEST) (e.g. Zurich)
4 am (EDT) (e.g. New York)
1 am (PDT) (e.g. LA)
The announcements can be found at
http://www.iciam.org/prizes2007.html
The prizes will be handed over at the opening ceremony
of the congress iciam07, see www.iciam07.ch
The 5 ICIAM prizes are named:
Pioneer Prize
Collatz Prize
Maxwell Prize
Lagrange Prize
Su Buchin Prize.
All are handed out every 4 years at the ICIAM congresses.
The first 4 have been handed out the first time in 1999 and the Su
Buchin prize is handed out the first time at ICIAM 2007 in Zurich.
It is hoped that these young prizes will become prestigous
in the long run.
You find more information on these prizes at
http://www.iciam.org/council/council_tf.html
Rolf Jeltsch
President-Elect ICIAM
Congress Director ICIAM07
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From: "J. M. Littleton" <Littleton@siam.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:56:00 -0400
Subject: Call for Nominations - Peter Henrici Prize
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - Peter Henrici Prize
The Peter Henrici Prize is awarded every four years jointly by ETHZ and
SIAM for original contributions to applied analysis and numerical
analysis and/or for exposition appropriate for applied mathematics and
scientific computing. The award is intended to recognize broad and
extended contributions to these subjects, more than a single outstanding
work.
The Henrici Prize will be awarded at ICIAM 07 to be held July 16-20,
2007, in Zurich, Switzerland. The award will include a certificate
containing the citation, a cash award of $2500, and an invitation to
present a lecture at the meeting. Reasonable travel expenses for
attendance at the meeting will also be reimbursed.
Nominations, including a C.V. and up to six (6) letters of support,
should be addressed to Professor Beresford Parlett, Chair, Peter
Henrici Prize Selection Committee, and sent by October 15, 2006, to J.
M. Littleton, littleton@siam.org. Inquiries should be addressed to
littleton@siam.org. More information and calls for nominations for SIAM
prizes can be found at www.siam.org/prizes/nominations.php.
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From: "J. M. Littleton" <Littleton@siam.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:49:08 -0400
Subject: Call for Nominations - SIAM/ACM Prize in CSE
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
SIAM/ACM Prize in CSE - DEADLINE APPROACHING - September 30
The SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering is awarded
biennially in the area of computational science in recognition of
outstanding contributions to the development and use of mathematical and
computational tools and methods for the solution of science and
engineering problems. It is intended to recognize either one individual
or a group of individuals for outstanding research contributions to the
field of CSE. The contribution(s) for which the award is made must be
publicly available and may belong to any aspect of computational science
in its broadest sense.
The prize will be awarded at the SIAM Conference on Computational
Science and Engineering (CSE07), February 19-23, 2007, in Costa Mesa,
California. The award will include a total cash prize of $5,000 and a
certificate containing the citation. SIAM will reimburse reasonable
travel expenses to attend the award ceremony.
A letter of nomination, including description of the contribution(s),
should be addressed to Dr. John B. Bell, Chair, SIAM/ACM Prize in CSE
Committee, and sent by SEPTEMBER 30, 2006, to J. M. Littleton,
littleton@siam.org. Inquiries should be addressed to
littleton@siam.org. More information and calls for nominations for SIAM
prizes can be found at www.siam.org/prizes/nominations.php.
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From: "J. M. Littleton" <Littleton@siam.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:01:46 -0400
Subject: Call for Nominations - The John von Neumann Lecture
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - The John von Neumann Lecture
The John von Neumann Lecture, established in 1959, is awarded for
outstanding and distinguished contributions to the field of applied
mathematical sciences and for the effective communication of these ideas
to the community.
The prize will be awarded at ICIAM 07, 16-20 July, 2007, in Zurich,
Switzerland. The recipient will receive a monetary award of $3,000 and
will be requested to present a plenary survey lecture at the meeting.
A letter of nomination and a brief C.V. should be addressed to Professor
Martin Golubitsky, Chair, The John von Neumann Selection Committee, and
sent by OCTOBER 23, 2006, to J. M. Littleton at littleton@siam.org.
Inquiries should be addressed to littleton@siam.org. More information
and calls for nominations for SIAM prizes can be found at
www.siam.org/prizes/nominations.php.
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From: "Jack Dongarra" <dongarra@cs.utk.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:48:19 -0400
Subject: Survey of Freely Available Software for the Solution of Linear Algebra Problems
We have updated the survey of freely available software for the solution of
linear algebra problems, see:
http://www.netlib.org/utk/people/JackDongarra/la-sw.html
Send us comments if you see a problem.
Regards,
Jack and Alfredo
Jack Dongarra; Innovative Computing Laboratory; Computer Science Dept;
1122 Volunteer Blvd; University of Tennessee; Knoxville TN, 37996-3450
+1-865-974-8295; dongarra@cs.utk.edu; http://www.cs.utk.edu/~dongarra/
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From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@math.tamu.edu>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 20:37:24 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Workshop on Scientific Computing and Computational Geodynamics
CIG Workshop on Challenges and Opportunities at the Interfaces of
Scientific Computing and Computational Geodynamics (Oct. 16-17, 2006)
Computational Science Roundtable (Oct. 18, 2006)
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
The Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG) will sponsor a
two-day workshop on October 16-17, 2006 that brings together
computational geodynamicists and scientific computing experts to
identify and assess challenges and opportunities at the interfaces of
frontier computational geodynamics problems and scalable numerical and
geometric algorithms and software. Following the workshop, the CIG
Science Steering Committee (SSC) will host a computational science
roundtable to focus the workshop discussions on CIG's software
development roadmap.
The goals of the workshop are (1) to identify the scientific computing
issues and obstacles encountered in computational geodynamics
simulations as they continue to scale up in size and complexity; (2)
to assess the prospects of state-of-the-art scientific computing
algorithms and software in addressing the complexities of
computational geodynamics problems; and (3) to define directions for
scientific computing research that meet the challenges presented by
geodynamics problems.
The workshop will include talks by application scientists discussing
contemporary modeling techniques, while highlighting open
computational science problems at the frontiers of the areas of
short-term crustal dynamics, long-term deformation, geodynamo, global
seismology, mantle convection, and magma migration. Complementing the
geodynamics presentations, scientific computing researchers will
present talks that address challenges in geology-aware large-scale
mesh generation and adaptation, linear solvers and preconditioners for
ill-conditioned problems, nonlinear solvers and operator splitting
techniques for complex coupled problems, data formats and management,
and parallel scientific visualization. Issues in software frameworks
and quality assurance of open-source libraries supporting complex
large-scale computations will also be discussed.
Computational geodynamicists and scientific computing researchers are
invited to attend and participate in the workshop discussions, and
present a poster at the poster session.
General information:
http://www.geodynamics.org:8080/cig/workinggroups/cs/workshops/
(Note: Hotel reservations must be made by Sept. 15.)
Organizers:
Brad Aagaard, USGS
Wolfgang Bangerth, Texas A&M University
Omar Ghattas, University of Texas at Austin
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From: Gabriel Barrenechea <gbarrene@ing-mat.udec.cl>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:31:18 -0400
Subject: WONAPDE 2007 in Concepcion
Second Anouncement and Call for Papers
SECOND CHILEAN WORKSHOP ON NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF PDE'S
(WONAPDE 2007)
January 16th - 19th, University of Concepcion, Concepcion, CHILE
Workshop Website : http://www.ing-mat.udec.cl/wonapde2007
Workshop contact : wonapde_2007@ing-mat.udec.cl
The main purpose of the workshop is to discuss and present new developments
in numerical methods for Partial Differential Equations. All contributions
related to this subject will be welcome (finite elements, finite
volumes, boundary elements, adaptivity, stabilized methods, numerical
methods for multiscale phenomena, etc.).
Deadline for Abstract Submission: November the 15th
Confirmed List of Plenary Speakers:
A. Bermudez (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
F. Brezzi (Pavia, Italy)
C. Carstensen (Berlin, Germany)
A. Cohen (Paris, France)
M. Costabel (Rennes, France)
L. Franca (Denver, USA)
P. Monk (Newark, USA)
J.-C. Nedelec (Paris, France)
E. Tadmor (College Park, USA)
W. Wendland (Stuttgart, Germany)
In addition, the following minisymposia are being organized:
1. Anisotropic finite element discretizations
Organized by Thomas Apel, Gabriel Acosta and Gert Lube
2. Boundary elements: theory and applications
Organized by Norbert Heuer
3. Numerical methods for conservation laws and related equations
Organized by Raimund Bürger and John D. Towers
4. Numerical methods in optimal control
Organized by Thomas Apel and Arnd Rösch
5. Numerical waves, transient and time-harmonic
Organized by Francisco J. Sayas and Salim Meddahi
6. Stabilized finite element methods
Organized by Gabriel Barrenechea and Frédéric Valentin
To organize a minisymposium, please send a proposal to
wonapde_2007@ing-mat.udec.cl , not later than October the 15th.
In order to submit a work for a minisymposium, please contact directly
one of the organizers (their e-mail addresses can be found on the web
page of the conference).
For hotel information and details about Concepcion please visit our
website (http://www.ing-mat.udec.cl/wonapde2007)
We look forward to meet you in Concepcion!
Sincerely,
Gabriel Barrenechea
Depto. de Ingenieria Matematica
Universidad de Concepcion
Casilla 160-C
Concepcion
CHILE
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From: Xiaobing Feng <xfeng@math.utk.edu>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:07:20 -0400
Subject: Barrett Lectures on Multi-scale Modeling and Simulation at University of Tennessee
Final Announcement of
The 2007 JOHN H. BARRETT MEMORIAL LECTURES
MULTI-SCALE MODELING AND SIMULATION IN MATERIALS SCIENCE
Department of Mathematics
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996, U.S.A.
We are pleased to announce that the 2007 John H. Barrett Memorial Lectures,
``Multi-scale Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science'', will take
place on
the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, April 28-30, 2007.
The Barrett Lectures began in 1970 as a tribute to Dr. John H. Barrett,
a former
Mathematics Department Head at the University of Tennessee. They have
been given
annually since 1970, in a variety of mathematical fields by a succession
of distinguished
lecturers. The focus of the forthcoming Lectures will be to explore a
range of modeling
and simulation techniques used in materials science that include both
atomistic and
continuum methods, as well as methods that seek to combine these
approaches.
Principal Speakers
Russel Caflisch (UCLA)
Bjorn Engquist (University of Texas)
Mitchell Luskin (University of Minnesota)
Invited Speakers
Gregory Beylkin (University of Colorado)
Peter Cummings (Vanderbilt University and ORNL)
Qiang Du (Penn State University)
George Karniadakis (Brown University)
Markos Katsoulakis (University of Massachusetts)
Peter Smereka (University of Michigan)
Art Voter (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
We anticipate funding to provide partial travel support for junior
researchers and
graduate students. For more information, please to visit the Lectures'
website at
www.math.utk.edu/Barrett/ or contact Professor Tim Schulze at
(schulze@math.utk.edu).
The Organizing Committee
Vasilios Alexiades
Xiaobing Feng
Tim Schulze
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From: Ider TSEVEENDORJ <Ider.Tseveendorj@prism.uvsq.fr>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:47:32 +0200
Subject: Conference on Optimization and Optimal Control in Mongolia
The Second International Conference on Optimization and Optimal Control
(ICOOC’2007) will take place on July 17-20, 2007 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
http://www.ise.ufl.edu/cao/cooc2007/index.html
This is the second event in the series of conferences started with
the First International Conference on Applied Mathematics held
in Ulaanbaatar in August 2002.
More than 100 participants from 9 countries have attended the first
meeting,
and their contributions appeared in a volume entitled
“Optimization and Optimal Control” (ISBN 9812385975)
published by the World Scientific Publishers.
We expect a high rate of participation this year as well.
The goal of ICOOC’2007 is to bring together engineers, scientists,
and mathematicians from a variety of related disciplines,
who are at the forefront of their research fields,
to exchange ideas and present original high level unpublished research
in the areas of optimization and optimal control,
with particular interests in the following topics,
but not limited to :
Linear, non-linear, combinatorial, parametric, stochastic, multilevel,
multi-objective and global optimization;
Calculus of variations, optimal control, variational inequalities and
game theory;
Mathematical economics;
Interdisciplinary applications of optimization theory (economics,
engineering and general sciences);
Biomathematics, protein folding optimization.
Plenary Speakers:
A.S.Antipin (Russia)
B.N. Datta (USA)
M. Fukushima (Japan)
J. Guddat (Germany)
H.Th. Jongen (Germany)
J. Lee (Korea)
J.E. Martinez Legaz (Spain)
B. Luderer (Germany)
B. Mordukhovich ( USA)
P.M. Pardalos (USA)
C. Roucairol (France)
J. Ruckmann (Mexico)
V.A. Srochko (Russia)
A.S. Strekalovsky (Russia)
K.L. Teo (Australia)
M. Thera ( France)
G. Wanka (Germany)
The conference includes invited lectures, mini-symposia and peer
reviewed contributed papers.
We plan to put together, as guest editors, a special volume of the
journal “Optimization”
(and possibly, a book of tutorials/lectures) based on a selection of
papers presented
at the conference.
The working language of the conference is English.
Important dates are
Conference: July 17-20, 2007
Abstract Submission: May 1, 2007
Conference webpage
http://www.ise.ufl.edu/cao/cooc2007/index.html
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From: Klaus Weihrauch <Klaus.Weihrauch@FernUni-Hagen.de>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:14:29 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CCA 2006, Gainsville, Florida
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
C C A 2 0 0 6
Third International Conference on
Computability and Complexity in Analysis
November 1-5, 2006, Gainsville, Florida, USA
Tutorials: November 1-2, 2006
Main conference: November 3-5, 2006
Conference page: http://cca-net.de/cca2006
Registration: http://www.math.ufl.edu/~cenzer/cca/registration.html
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From: Cathy Lee <Copper.Conference@colorado.edu>
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:33:32 -0600
Subject: Thirteenth Copper Mountain Conference on Multigrid Methods
Thirteenth Copper Mountain Conference on Multigrid Methods
March 18-March 23, 2007
Copper Mountain, Colorado, USA
ORGANIZED BY:
Front Range Scientific Computations, Inc.
CO-ORGANIZED BY:
The Center for Applied Scientific Computing, Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab
Los Alamos National Laboratory
IN CO-OPERATION WITH:
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
TENATIVE SPONSORS:
DOE, NSF, IBM, LANL, LLNL
THEME:
General scalable multigrid and multilevel techniques, algebraic & structured.
Parallel implementation of multigrid. Applications of these methods.
Every effort will be made to encourage contributions from anyone whose
interest lies in these important and rapidly evolving fields.
IMPORTANT FEATURES:
STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION. Subject to support by NSF, travel and lodging
assistance will be awarded to students and new PHDs judged to have submitted
the best research papers.
MULTIGRID TUTORIAL. We will offer an updated tutorial on basic multigrid
and advanced multilevel techniques, including algebraic multigrid (AMG),
nonlinear problems, variable mesh spacings, variable coefficient operators,
and other common complicating situations.
CONFERENCE DEADLINES:
Student Papers Jan. 8, 2007
Author Abstracts Jan 29, 2007
Early Registration Feb 15, 2007
Guaranteed Lodging Feb 15, 2007
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Please access our web site at
http://amath.colorado.edu/faculty/copper
or contact
Cathy Lee
FRSC
1390 Claremont Drive
Boulder, CO 80305 USA
copper@colorado.edu
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From: Anders Logg <logg@simula.no>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:47:12 +0200
Subject: FEniCS'06 at Delft University of Technology
FEniCS'06, November 8-9 at Delft University of Technology
The second FEniCS workshop will be held on November 8-9 2006 at Delft
University of Technology in the Netherlands. Following the successful
first FEniCS workshop in Chicago last year, the second workshop will
be an opportunity to hear about FEniCS developments and results over
the past year, and to discuss and map out future directions.
The vision of FEniCS is to set a new standard in Computational
Mathematical Modeling (CMM), which is the Automation of CMM (ACMM),
towards the goals of generality, efficiency and simplicity, concerning
mathematical methodology, implementation and application. FEniCS is
organized as a collection of software components, including the form
compiler FFC, the finite element tabulator FIAT, the problem solving
environment DOLFIN and the mechanical systems simulator Ko, all freely
available from the FEniCS web page:
http://www.fenics.org/
Participation is free and everyone interested in the FEniCS project is
invited to this workshop.
FEniCS'06 is hosted by the Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Geosciences at Delft University of Technology.
For registration or further information, contact Garth Wells at
g.n.wells@tudelft.nl. Indicate if you want to give a talk and the
topic of your talk.
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From: Stefano Migliorini <s.migliorini@reading.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:23:23 +0100
Subject: PhD Studentship at University of Reading
At the Data Assimilation Research Centre, University of Reading (UK)
a PhD studentship on "Numerical Weather Prediction of High-Impact Weather"
is available. Please see details below.
Numerical Weather Prediction of High-Impact Weather
Supervisors: Dr Stefano Migliorini, Dr Ross Bannister, Prof. Alan
O'Neill, Dr Mark Dixon, and Sue Ballard
Location: Department of Meteorology, University of Reading
Improving predictions of hazardous weather is currently one of the main challenges for
operational meteorological centres. Such phenomena often impact on very localised regions
(as in the case of the Boscastle flood in 2004) and current operational models do not have
enough spatial resolution for predicting them reliably and with the required accuracy.
The Met Office is currently experimenting with 4 km and 1.5 km spatial resolution versions
of the Unified Model over a limited spatial region. This can potentially lead to
improvements in forecasts of severe convective storms, which may lead to hazardous events
such as flooding.
However, many difficulties still need to be addressed on how observational information
is combined with model data, a process called data assimilation. The focus of this PhD
project will be to investigate the applicability of an advanced data assimilation
framework, called Ensemble Kalman Filter, to convective-scale data assimilation
for a high-resolution version of the Unified Model.
For further details about the project please see
http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/phd/topics/descriptions/darc2.pdf
and then contact Dr Stefano Migliorini (s.migliorini@reading.ac.uk)
if you have any further questions.
For details of how to apply for the PhD project go to
http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/phd/topics/
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From: Pam Guptill <pguptill@wsu.edu>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:53:11 -0700
Subject: Faculty Position at Washington State University
Assistant Professor in Department of Mathematics at Washington State
University beginning August 16, 2007. A PhD in mathematics, earned by
August 16, 2007, is required. Must have expertise in computational
mathematics with applications in materials research. Areas of interest can
include but are not limited to computational mathematics as applied to
composite materials, multiphase materials, multiscale modeling,
nanomaterials, and biomaterials.
Tenure-track position. Salary is commensurate with training and experience.
Application review begins November 22, 2006.
For a complete Notice of Vacancy, see www.sci.wsu.edu/math/math.html or
telephone 509-335-6868, or email pguptill@wsu.edu.
EEO/AA
Pamela J. Guptill
Program Coordinator
Department of Mathematics
Washington State University
112 Neill Hall
PO Box 643113
Pullman, WA 99164-3113
phone: 509-335-6868
fax: 509-335-1188
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From: "Volker Gravemeier" <vgravem@lnm.mw.tum.de>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:32:02 +0200
Subject: Open Positions at Technical University of Munich
Open positions at the Chair for Numerical Mechanics, Technical
University of Munich, Germany
Several new open positions in the field of numerical
mechanics can be found on the website of the Chair for Numerical Mechanics,
Technical University of Munich, Germany. Please visit
http://www.lnm.mw.tum.de/opportunities/research/ for further imformation.
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From: <dykwak@math.msu.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 05:34:29 US/Michigan
Subject: Positions at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Engineering
The numerical analysis/Applied Math Group of
Department of Mathematics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and
Engineering has some Post- Doctorial positions in the following areas
1. Numerical PDE, theory and Computation including
Mixed method for Elliptic equation, Stokes equation/ Elasticity equation
Domain Decomposition method
2. Inverse problems in Electro Magnetic Dynamics, Maxwell equation
3. Modelling in Complex Fluid
4. Image processing
Strong reserach record and
A good communication skill in English is required.
Salary: Approximately 24,000 ~ 30,000 (depending on the exprience) US
dollars/year
Contract: One year, renewable.
Availability: Immediate
Send vitae to
Do Young Kwak
Professor
Department of Mathematics
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Tech,
Daejeon, Korea
305-701
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From: Dan_Stefanica@baruch.cuny.edu
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 05:40:41 -0400
Subject: Tenure-track Positions at Baruch College, CUNY
ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS - tenure track
Department of Mathematics
The department invites applications for one or two tenure track
Assistant/Associate Professor positions, depending upon qualifications,
beginning September 2007. In addition to strong undergraduate teaching
skills, the applicant is expected to participate in the department's
Masters Program in Applied Mathematics for Finance
http://www.math.baruch.cuny.edu/masters.html
A Ph.D. in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics or related field is required
along with a demonstrated commitment to research. Research should be in
one or more of the following areas: probability, numerical analysis,
mathematical finance, or partial differential equations. Baruch is one of
the City University of New York's senior colleges, housing the Zicklin
School of Business, the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, and the
School of Public Affairs. It has approximately 15,000 undergraduate and
graduate students in its three schools, and is an AA/EO/IRCA/ADA employer.
Send an AMS cover sheet, curriculum vitae, at least three letters of
reference, at most two reprints/preprints, and short statements describing
approach to
teaching and research plans by December 1, 2006 to: Mathematics Search
Committee, Baruch College - CUNY, Box B6-203,One Bernard Baruch Way, New
York, NY 10010
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From: "Magrijn" <magrijn.secsup@tip.nl>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:39:15 +0200
Subject: Contents: Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems (MCSS)
Volume 18 (2006), Number 3
A. Quadrat,
On a generalization of the Youla-Kucera parametrizarion.
Part II: The lattice approach to MIMO systems
I. Karafyllis,
Stabilization by means of time-varying hybrid feedback.
L. Miller,
On the controllability of anomalous diffusions generated by the fractional
Laplacian.
S. Hadd, A. Idrissi and A. Rhandi,
The regular linear systems associated with the shift semigroups and
application to control linear systems with delay.
INFORMATION
The tables of contents of MCSS and the .pdf files
of its papers are available from the publisher Springer at:
http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00498/index.htm
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