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From: "Jack Dongarra" <dongarra@eecs.utk.edu>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:25:12 -0400
Subject: HPC Challenge Awards at SC08
HPC Challenge Awards at SC08
The DARPA High Productivity Computing Systems (HPCS) Program and IDC are
pleased to announce the annual HPC Challenge Award Competition
(www.hpcchallenge.org). The goal of the competition is to focus the HPC
community's attention on developing a broad set of HPC hardware and HPC
software capabilities that are necessary to productively use HPC systems.
The awards session will be held during the SC08 conference.
The core of the HPC Challenge Award Competition is the HPC Challenge
benchmark suite developed at the University of Tennessee under the DARPA
HPCS program with input from a wide range of organizations from around the
world (see http://icl.cs.utk.edu/hpcc/).
The Competition will focus on four of the most challenging benchmarks in the
suite:
Global HPL
Global RandomAccess
EP STREAM (Triad) per system
Global FFT
For the HPCC Awards there will be two classes of awards.
Class 1: Best Performance (4 awards - $750 each)
Best performance on a base or optimized run submitted to the HPC Challenge
website. The benchmarks to be judged are: Global HPL, Global RandomAccess,
EP STREAM (Triad) per system and Global FFT. The prize will be $750 plus a
certificate for the best of each.
Class 2: Most Productivity (1 award - $2000 may be split)
Most "elegant" implementation of four or more of the HPC Challenge
benchmarks with special emphasis being placed on: Global HPL, Global
RandomAccess, EP STREAM (Triad) per system and Global FFT. This award would
be weighted 50% on performance and 50% on code elegance, clarity, and size.
Both will be determined by an evaluation committee. For this award, the
implementer must submit to hpcc-awards cs.utk.edu (by October 24th, 2008) a
short description of:
the implementation,
the performance achieved,
lines-of-code, and
the actual source code of their implementation.
The evaluation committee will select a set of finalists who will be invited
to give a short presentation at the HPC Challenge Award BOF at SC08.
For more information or questions on the HPCC Challenge Awards, contact:
hpcc-awards@cs.utk.edu.
The HPC Challenge Benchmark is supported by DARPA, DOE, NSF, and IDC.
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From: "David L. Brown" <dlb@llnl.gov>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:45:32 -0700
Subject: Report on Possible Future Directions for DOE Applied Math
Blue Ribbon Panel Produces Report on Possible Future Directions for
DOE Applied Math
>An independent panel composed of prominent figures from the applied
>and computational math community recently studied scientific and
>technical challenges that the U.S. Department of Energy faces in the
>future and identified corresponding research areas in applied
>mathematics that must be addressed in order to meet these
>challenges. Their report, "Applied Mathematics at the U.S.
>Department of Energy: Past, Present, and Future", was recently
>released and is available for comment and discussion in the
>community.
The report is based on the work of a committee chaired by David Brown
of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Panel members included
John Bell (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Donald Estep
(Colorado State University), William Gropp (University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign), Bruce Hendrickson (Sandia National Laboratories),
Sallie Keller-McNulty (Rice University), David Keyes (Columbia
University), J. Tinsley Oden (University of Texas at Austin), Linda
Petzold (University of California, Santa Barbara), and Margaret
Wright (New York University).
The report outlines several areas of research for advancing
mathematics for modeling, simulation, and analysis of complex
systems. The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
has posted the report at http://brownreport.siam.org/
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From: "Gabb, Henry" <henry.gabb@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:35:01 -0700
Subject: Announcing the Intel Adaptive Spike-Based Solver
The Intel Adaptive Spike-Based Solver is a poly-algorithm that uses many
different strategies to solve large banded systems in parallel. It uses
a novel decomposition method to balance computation against
communication requirements. Since the characteristics of the input
matrix (e.g., size, bandwidth, degree of diagonal dominance, degree of
sparsity, number of available processors, etc.) affect the solution
strategy, the solver contains an adaptive layer to automatically select
the optimum strategy at runtime. The solver is parallelized with MPI to
take advantage of high-performance computing (HPC) clusters and other
parallel architectures.
Solving banded linear systems plays a critical role in many
applications. Banded systems frequently arise from reordering sparse
matrices. In other instances, they are constructed as effective
preconditioners to general sparse systems where they are solved via
iterative methods. Existing parallel software using direct methods for
banded matrices are mostly based on LU factorization. The Intel Adaptive
Spike-Based Solver is based on a different decomposition method that
balances communication overhead with arithmetic cost to achieve better
scalability than other methods. The Intel Adaptive Spike-Based Solver
offers HPC users a new and valuable tool for solving large banded
systems.
The software can be downloaded from the following website:
http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/articles/eng/3685.htm.
Features:
* Superior performance over LU factorization
* Solution strategy adapts to matrix characteristics
* Parallel and scalable
* Fortran 90 and C compatibility
* Supports several compilers and MPI implementations
The Intel Adaptive Spike-Based Solver is a collaborative effort of
Purdue University, the University of Massachusetts, and Intel
Corporation.
References:
* Eric Polizzi and Ahmed Sameh, "SPIKE: A Parallel Environment for
Solving Banded Linear Systems" Computers and Fluids, 36, 113-120, 2007.
* Eric Polizzi and Ahmed Sameh, "A Parallel Hybrid Banded System
Solver: The SPIKE Algorithm" Parallel Computing, 32, 177-194, 2006.
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From: "Pereyra, Victor" <victor@wai.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 19:24:52 -0700
Subject: New book, Wavelets, Their Friends and What They Can Do For You
"Wavelets, Their Friends and What They Can Do For You"
by Martin J. Mohlenkamp and Maria Cristina Pereyra.
European Mathematical Society, Series of Lectures in
Mathematics (2008).
So what is all the fuss about wavelets?
You can find out by reading these notes. They will introduce
you to the central concepts surrounding wavelets and their
applications. By focusing on the essential ideas and
arguments, they enable you to get to the heart of the matter
as quickly as possible. They then point you to the appropriate
places in the literature for detailed proofs and real applications,
so you can continue your study.
They begin with the notion of time-frequency analysis, present
the multi-resolution analysis and basic wavelet construction,
introduce you to the many friends, relatives and mutations of
wavelets, and finally give a selection of applications.
They are suitable for beginning graduates students and above.
A preliminary chapter containing some of the prerequisite concepts
and definitions is included for reference.
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From: mosocop08@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 13:58:04 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Modeling, Simulation, & Optimization of Complex Systems, Jul 2008
Second Announcement for the Conference on
Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Complex Processes
The conference will take place July 21-25, 2008, at the University of
Heidelberg and honor Hans Georg Bock and Rolf Rannacher on the occasion
of their 60th birthdays. It will be devoted to the discussion of current
topics in numerical methods for differential equations and optimization
Detailed information on the conference including the program can be found
on the web-site
http://mosocop08.uni-hd.de
If you have not registered yet, please do so until June 30, 2008 using the
online-possibilities on this site.
For the Conference Committee:
Malte Braack, Guido Kanschat, Ekaterina Kostina, Johannes Schloeder
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From: Adelia Sequeira <adelia.sequeira@math.ist.utl.pt>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:19:10 -0400
Subject: Workshop Portugal - UT Austin CFD, Lisbon, Jul 2008
Portugal - UT Austin CFD 2008
1st Workshop on Computational Engineering: Fluid Dynamics,to be held at
Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST), Lisbon, Portugal, July 10-11, 2008
This workshop is organized in the framework of the collaborative program
UT Austin - Portugal (CoLab) between the University of Texas at Austin and
Portuguese research and higher education institutions. It provides a forum
for discussion of research advances in computational fluid dynamics and
their most relevant applications.
TOPICS include:
• Biological, biomedical and clinical flows
• Image processing and visualization of biomedical phenomena
• Non-Newtonian flows
• Environment and geophysical flows
• Noise generation, flow control and fluid-structure interactions
• Modeling and simulation of turbulent flows
• Transition and chaos in fluid flows
• Turbulence in reacting and multiphase flows
PLENARY SPEAKERS: Thomas J. R. Hughes (ICES/UT Austin);
Chandrajit Bajaj (ICES/UT Austin); Robert D. Moser (ICES/UT Austin).
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Rita Carvalho (Univ. Coimbra); José Laginha Palma
(Univ. Porto); Domingos Viegas (Univ. Coimbra); Luís Eça (IST); José Carlos
Pereira (IST); Adélia Sequeira (IST); Carlos Silva (IST); Alexandra Moura
(IST); Alberto Gambaruto (IST).
IMPORTANT DEADLINE:
Registration: June 27
For additional information, please visit the workshop website:
http://cemat.ist.utl.pt/cfd/
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From: Rene Schneider <rene.schneider@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:07:10 +0200
Subject: CFP: Chemnitz FEM Symposium, Germany, Sep 2008
Call for papers:
21st Chemnitz FEM Symposium
September 22 - 24, 2008
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/mathematik/fem-symposium/
Scientific Topics: Finite Elements, including (but not limited to)
error estimators, high order methods, parallel implementations.
This year special emphasis is on:
* Finite Elements in Biomechanics and Biomedicine
* Shells and Plates
* PDEs on surfaces
Invited Speakers:
* Gerhard A. Holzapfel (Graz)
* Luisa Donatella Marini (Pavia)
* Gerhard Dziuk (Freiburg)
Deadlines:
* July 14th, 2008: Registration via WWW
(including room reservation)
for participants who wish to give a talk.
* July 14th, 2008: Submission of Abstracts via WWW
* August 17th, 2008: Registration via WWW
(including room reservation)
for participants without talk.
Registration and further Information:
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/mathematik/fem-symposium/
Contact: fem08@tu-chemnitz.de
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From: "Daniel B. Szyld" <szyld@temple.edu>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:59:54 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Fast Algorithms for Scientific Computing, Courant Institute, Sep 2008
Second Announcement:
"Fast Algorithms for Scientific Computing",
A Symposium in Honor of Olof B. Widlund on the Occasion of His 70th
Birthday, 19-20 September 2008, Courant Institute, New York University,
New York.
There will be about two dozen lectures covering a wide area of
numerical analysis, scientific computing, and relevant applications.
There will also be contributed poster presentations.
For registration, details about abstract submissions for poster
presentations, a list of invited speakers (with titles and abstracts),
and hotel information, see the conference web site:
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/nyc08/
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From: "Solin, Pavel" <solin@utep.edu>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:17:39 -0600
Subject: FEMTEC 2008 - change of date and location, Jan 2009
Due to multiple requests, the second FEMTEC
conference will be moved from December 2008
to the week of January 5 - 9, 2009. The meeting
will take place at the Granlibakken conference
center at Lake Tahoe. The scope, program,
keynote speakers and important dates remain
the same. The home page http://www.unr.edu/cos/math/femtec/
contains updated information. Please contact
me directly at solin@utep.edu if you have any
questions or concerns.
With best regards,
Pavel Solin
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From: "Kirsten Wilden" <Wilden@siam.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:24:00 -0400
Subject: ACM-SIAM Symp on Discrete Algorithms (SODA09), New York, Jan 2009
ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA09)
New York Marriott Downtown, New York, New York
January 4-6, 2009
The Call for Presentations for this symposium is available at:
http://www.siam.org/meetings/da09/
Submission Deadlines:
June 26, 2008, 3:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time - Pre-Submission Deadline
July 3, 2008, 3:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time - Final Submission Deadline
Program Committee Chair:
Claire Mathieu, Brown University
For additional information, contact the SIAM Conferences Department at
meetings@siam.org.
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From: Yang Cao <ycao@cs.vt.edu>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:28:10 -0400 (AST)
Subject: CFP SAC'09 SpecialTrack on Computational Sciences, Hawaii, Mar 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS
2009 ACM SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED COMPUTING (SAC'09)
SPECIAL TRACK ON COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES
Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa
Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
March 8 - 12, 2009
IMPORTANT WEB PAGES:
Conference web page: http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2009
Track web page: http://www.cs.vt.edu/~asandu/Conferences/SAC09
IMPORTANT DATES:
1. Aug. 16, 2008: Paper submissions
2. Oct. 11, 2008: Author notification of acceptance
3. Oct. 25, 2008: Camera-Ready Copy due
4. Mar. 8-12, 2009: Conference
Over the past seventeen years, the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
(SAC) has become a primary forum for applied computer scientists and
application developers from around the world to interact and present
their work. Computational Science lies at the core of applied
computing and is a traditional component of the SAC conference series.
Authors are invited to contribute original papers to the Computational
Sciences Track hosted by SAC '09.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE TRACK CHAIRS:
Adrian Sandu and Yang Cao
Department of Computer Science
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0106
Phone: (540) 231-2193 {-6186}
Fax: (540) 231-9218
Email: {sandu,ycao}@cs.vt.edu
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From: Marius Lysaker <mariul@simula.no>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:29:37 -0400
Subject: Intl Conf, Scale Space & Variational Methods in Comp Vision, Jun 2009
Second International Conference on
Scale Space and Variational Methods
in Computer Vision
Voss, Norway
June 1 - June 5, 2009
http://www.math.uio.no/conference/ssvm2009/
email: ssvm-2009@math.uio.no
This international conference is a result of merging the Scale Space
conferences and the Variational Level Set Methods conference and is the
second in the series. The conference attempts to bring together two
different communities with joint research interests: the one on scale space
analysis and the one on variational, geometric and level set methods and
their applications in image interpretation and understanding. Such a
conference serves several purposes: International researchers and
students may be exposed to state-of-the-art research on mathematical,
physical and computational aspects of imaging, computer vision, graphics
and inverse problems with applications.
CONFERENCE TOPICS:
This conference covers areas that include computer vision, image
processing and analysis, signal processing, mathematical imaging and
numerical analysis. Industrial applications related to medical imaging,
visualization, scientific computing and inverse problems are all suited
for this conference.
We look forward to seeing you in Voss, Norway, in June 2009.
ORGANIZERS
Knut-Andreas Lie, Marius Lysaker, Knut Morken and Xue-Cheng Tai
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From: eal@aueb.gr
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:34:16 +0300
Subject: HERCMA 2009 Conference, Athens, Sep 2009
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT - CALL FOR PAPERS
THE NINTH HELLENIC EUROPEAN RESEARCH ON
COMPUTER MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS CONFERENCE
H E R C M A 2009 CONFERENCE
Athens, Greece, 24-26 September 2009
Framework-Objectives: The 9th Hellenic European Research on Computer
Mathematics & its Applications (HERCMA) Conference will be held in the
Athens University of Economics & Business (AUEB) on September 24-26,
2009, in Athens, Greece. The main theme within the Conference will be
Computer Mathematics and its Applications and special emphasis will be
given to Computational Mathematics, High Performance Computing,
Operational Research and Statistics, Mathematics in Economics and
Industry.
Call for Papers: Papers on all aspects of Computer Mathematics and
Scientific Computing are solicited. Plenary lectures by distinguished
Scientists, who have played a significant role in the advancement of
Computer Mathematics and its Applications will be scheduled in the
scientific program of HERCMA 2009.
Non plenary lectures will be held in several parallel sessions,
spanning a broad range of Computer Mathematics topics. The Authors
should list areas to which their papers belong.
Mini-Symposia (Session) Organisers: Persons interested in organizing
a mini-symposium (technical session) in the framework of the HERCMA
2009 should submit a proposal using the suitable form (which can be
found in the HERCMA web pages). If the proposed session is accepted
for presentation at the conference, the Session Organizer will become
member of the Organizing Committee, and he will be authorized to make
the final selection of papers for his session.
Conference Chairman: Professor Elias A. Lipitakis, Department of
Informatics, AUEB, Director of the Research Group for Advanced
Computational Mathematics and Parallel Processing (RG-ACMPP).
Important Dates
Submission of the extended abstract - 20 February 2009
Mini-symposia proposals - 20 February 2009
Notification of acceptance - 10 April 2009
Submission of the complete paper - 30 May 2009
Deadline for the early payment - 30 May 2009
Schedule: Updated information about HERCMA 2009 may be retrieved from
our web site at http://www.aueb.gr/conferences/hercma2009/
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From: Claude Brezinski <claude.brezinski@univ-lille1.fr>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:04:36 +0200
Subject: CFP: Special Vol. of Numer. Algorithms dedicated to G.H. Golub
We remind you that the deadline for submitting a paper to the special
volume of the journal "Numerical Algorithms" dedicated to the memory
of Gene H. Golub is
June 30, 2008
Papers have to be submitted through the web site of the journal
http://www.editorialmanager.com/numa/
In the menu "Article Type", be sure to choose the option "Golub".
Thank you and best regards,
Claude Brezinski
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From: Christopher Read <C.Read@WintonCapital.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:16:57 -0400
Subject: Research Opportunities at Winton Capital Management
Winton Capital Management is a state-of-the-art quantitative fund management
company with offices in Oxford and London.
Research
Winton is a heavily research-oriented organisation, based on the principle
that superior knowledge holds the key to consistent success in the financial
markets. The firm's investment decisions are made purely systematically,
based on mathematical algorithms derived from sophisticated statistical
analysis.
Culture
Winton was founded in 1997 and has since grown to over 150 employees with
more than half that number engaged in research. Winton looks for exceptional
candidates with quantitative backgrounds who would like to work in a
relaxed 'university-like' atmosphere a-typical of the investment industry.
The dynamic nature of Winton’s business allows for fast changing career
paths, which suit the needs of employees as they develop.
Opportunities
Winton is seeking scientists with a practical attitude and an interest in
finance who can analyse large datasets. As a numerical analyst you will join
a highly skilled team of researchers working across disciplines on topics
arising from algorithmic trading. Typical projects include interpolation of
volatility surfaces in high dimensions, large-scale optimization and
correlation estimation. At the cutting edge of science and economics, Winton
provides outstanding facilities for research, access to data and exceptional
compensation packages. Advanced computer science skills are an advantage.
To apply or for more information please contact George Calderbank, on +4420
7610 5350 or by email at Recruitment@WintonCapital.com.
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From: Selig <mike.selig@autoform.ch>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 08:20:46 -0400
Subject: Position: Software Developer - Sparse Numerical Linear Algebra
AutoForm Engineering (Zurich, Switzerland) is looking for software developers
to join the high-performance FE products development team located in Zurich.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of professional software development or equivalent academic
experience.
- Extensive knowledge of parallel sparse direct linear solver e.g. MUMPS,
PARDISO.
- Solid knowledge of iterative solvers e.g TRILINOS and preconditioning
techniques for the solution of large sparse linear systems.
- Knowledge of numerical techniques for solving PDEs, especially finite
element, method of moments, and multigrid.
- Demonstrated ability in the complete software development cycle.
- Excellent programming knowledge, preferably in C or C++.
- Minimum of Master 's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering,
or related field. Advanced PhD degrees an asset.
- Position is open immediately.
AutoForm Engineering is a global Swiss software company that develops and
distributes high-end die design and simulation software for the automotive
industry. AutoForm software is used worldwide by all of the "Top 20"
automotive OEMs and hundreds of tooling and stamping suppliers. Based in
Zurich and with more than 200 employees worldwide, AutoForm is growing
internationally, with branch offices in Dortmund, Rotterdam, Aix-en-Provence,
Barcelona, Turin, Detroit, Monterrey, Hyderabad, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul.
You may apply through the web site or through the HR department
personnel@autoform.ch
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From: Michel Kern <Michel.Kern@inria.fr>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:43:50 -0400
Subject: Two Post docs in France, numerical simulation of CO2 storage
Here are two postdocs announcements, in the framework of the ANR project "High
performance simulation of CO2 storage", on numerical methods for reactive
transport.
Schwarz waveform relaxation methods, Laboratoire LAGA, Paris 13
http://www.math.univ-paris13.fr/~halpern/annonce.htm, contact Laurence
Halpern, mailto:halpern@math.univ-paris13.fr
Newton-Krylov methods, Estime team, INRIA Rocquencourt,
http://www-rocq.inria.fr/who/Michel.Kern/SHPCO2_postdoc.html, contact Michel
Kern, mailto:Michel.Kern@inria.fr
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From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@math.tamu.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:30:23 -0500
Subject: Postdoc position in scientific computing for nuclear detection
Applications are invited for a postdoc position in scientific computing with a
specialization in hyperbolic partial differential equations, preferably in
application to transport of particles at the subatomic level.
The position is part of a large interdisciplinary collaboration at Texas A&M
University between mathematicians and researchers from several engineering
departments. The goal of the project is to improve techniques of intercepting
illicit trading of nuclear materials at border crossings or ports of
entry. Computer simulation of radiation transport and imaging techniques is at
the heart of this collaboration.
Successful candidates will have prior experience in at least some of the
following areas: numerical radiative transfer, C++ programming, inverse
problems, nuclear physics, and large-scale scientific computing.
Appointments can either be in the Department of Mathematics, the Department of
Nuclear Engineering, or jointly, and may be for up to 4 years (subject to
availability of funds). The position is available immediately and independent
of citizenship or visa status.
Interested applicants should contact Prof. Wolfgang Bangerth
(bangerth@math.tamu.edu), Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University.
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From: "Jack Dongarra" <dongarra@eecs.utk.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:05:15 -0400
Subject: Postdoctoral Research Position at the Innovative Computing Laboratory
Postdoctoral Research Position at the Innovative Computing Laboratory
The Innovative Computing Laboratory at the University of Tennessee has an
opening for a postdoctoral researcher in the areas of performance analysis
and optimization methods and tools and automated performance tuning. The
work would include development and testing of methods and tools and use of
the technologies with high-profile applications. The successful applicant
will have an in-depth understanding of high performance computer
architecture, compiler technologies, and code optimization techniques, as
well as experience with parallel scientific computing and performance
tuning. Candidates should possess good oral and written communication
skills and be highly motivated to pursue independent research. Interested
candidates should email a cover letter and resume along with contact
information for three references to Jack Dongarra, dongarra@eecs.utk.edu.
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From: Stephen Langer <stephen.langer@nist.gov>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:46:01 -0400
Subject: Postdoctoral postion with the OOF project at NIST
A postdoctoral position is available in the OOF project at the
National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, MD.
OOF is a computational platform for solving physics problems on
materials with complex microstructures, using real microstructural
geometries (from micrographs) as the starting points for creating
finite element meshes. It currently solves linear elasticity and
other structurally similar problems (e.g., thermal diffusion and
piezoelectricity) in two dimensions. OOF is designed to be a
user-friendly general purpose platform to which users, who are not
expert computational scientists, can add their own physics models.
The OOF development team (currently consisting of 2.5 people) is
extending the program to handle three dimensions and time-dependent
and non-linear physics.
A candidate for the position should have a strong object-oriented
programming background, preferably in C++ and/or Python. Experience
in parallel programming, numerical methods, materials physics
(especially fracture and plasticity), or image analysis will be
beneficial. Because the focus of the position will be collaborative
software development, all applicants are asked to send samples of code
that they have written. The programming language and topic aren't
important, but the code should be indicative of the candidate's
programming skills.
More details about OOF are available at http://www.ctcms.nist.gov/oof.
Please send resumes and code samples to Steve Langer at
stephen.langer@nist.gov.
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From: Julian Hall <J.A.J.Hall@ed.ac.uk>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:22:36 -0400
Subject: PhD studentship at the University of Edinburgh
Parallel solution of block-angular linear programming problems
The School of Mathematics is offering a PhD studentship to study
parallel computing techniques for solving large, sparse, block-angular
linear programming (LP) problems. The studentship is
industrially-funded and will run for 3.5 years, starting in September
2008 (or at a later date if desired). It is available to students of
any nationality and will cover tuition fees and living expenses. The
latter will be about £15,000 per year for a UK/EU national and £10,500
per year for an overseas student.
Please contact
Julian Hall (J.A.J.Hall@ed.ac.uk,
http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/people/show/person/47)
or consult
http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/hall/BALP.html
for more information.
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From: andrew stuart <A.M.Stuart@warwick.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:37:59 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PhD in Computational Stochastic Dynamics, Warwick University
PhD in Computational Stochastic Dynamics.
Warwick University.
A PhD student is sought to work in the area of
computational stochastic dynamics, with applications
in molecular dynamics. The project will involve the
use of stochastic PDEs to sample conditioned diffusion
processes. The research will be part of a larger research
effort working on problems at the interface of applied
mathematics and statistics, and will be supervised
by Andrew Stuart.
The student will be supported via a four year combined
MSc/PhD at Warwick, through which he/she will learn the
tools of High Performance Computing in a one year MSc,
and then progress to the three year PhD. Applicants from
any country in the UK or EU are eligible, and fees and
living stipend are covered. The start date will be
9/08 or 9/09.
For further enquires please contact:
Andrew Stuart: a.m.stuart@warwick.ac.uk
http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/~stuart/
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From: Liz Martin <liz.Martin@iop.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:46:26 +0100
Subject: Contents, Nonlinearity, volume 21, issue 7, July 2008
NONLINEARITY
Volume 21, Issue 7, July 2008
Individual articles are free for 30 days following their publication on
the web. This issue is available at: URL:
http://stacks.iop.org/0951-7715/21/i=7
Pages: T101--112, R139--202, 1413--1654
OPEN PROBLEMS
T101
Some open problems in real and complex dynamical systems
Yu~Ilyashenko
T109
Orbits' statistics in chaotic dynamical systems
V~Arnold
INVITED ARTICLE
R139
Nonlinear waves in Bose--Einstein condensates: physical relevance and
mathematical techniques
R~Carretero-Gonz\'alez, D~J~Frantzeskakis and P~G~Kevrekidis
PAPERS
1413
Kinetic transport in the two-dimensional periodic Lorentz gas
Jens~Marklof and Andreas~Str\"ombergsson
1423
Positive-entropy geodesic flows on nilmanifolds
Leo~T~Butler and Vassili~Gelfreich
1435
Integral means spectrum of random conformal snowflakes
D~Beliaev
1443
On the equivalence of the multifractal centred Hausdorff measure and the
multifractal packing measure
Meifeng~Dai
1455
Chaotic response of the 2D semi-geostrophic and 3D quasi-geostrophic
equations to gentle periodic forcing
Dorian~Goldman and Robert~J~McCann
1471
On stationary patterns of a reaction--diffusion model with autocatalysis
and saturation law
Rui~Peng, Junping~Shi and Mingxin~Wang
1489
The Kawahara equation in weighted Sobolev spaces
Netra~Khanal, Jiahong~Wu and Juan-Ming~Yuan
1507
Pod systems: an equivariant ordinary differential equation approach to
dynamical systems on a spatial domain
Toby~Elmhirst, Ian~Stewart and Michael~Doebeli
1533
Inertial manifolds for a Smoluchowski equation on a circle
Jesenko~Vukadinovic
1547
Generic Hopf--Ne{\u{\i}}mark--Sacker bifurcations in feed-forward systems
Henk~W~Broer and Gert~Vegter
1579
The simplest problem in the collective dynamics of neural networks: is
synchrony stable?
Marc~Timme and Fred~Wolf
1601
On sensitive sets in topological dynamics
Xiangdong~Ye and Ruifeng~Zhang
1621
On steady third grade fluids equations
Adriana~Valentina~Busuioc, Drago{\c{s}}Iftimie and Marius~Paicu
1637
Dominated splitting and zero volume for incompressible three flows
Vitor~Araujo and M\'ario~Bessa
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From: "LAI, Choi-Hong" <C.H.Lai@gre.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:26:39 +0100
Subject: Contents, Journal of Algorithms and Computational Technology
Journal of Algorithms and Computational Technology
Multi-Science Publishing
ISSN 1748-3018
www.multi-science.co.uk/jact.htm
Volume 2 · Number 2
Special issue: Mathematical and Computational Aspects of Multi-scale
problems
Guest Editors:
Yalchin Efendiev, Texas A&M University
Dongbin Xiu, Purdue University
Preface
Yalchin Efendiev and Dongbin Xiu ....................... i
Multi-paradigm modeling of fracture of a silicon single crystal under
mode II shear loading
Markus J. Buehler, Alan Cohen and Dipanjan Sen ......... 203
Global scale-up on reservoir models with piecewise constant
permeability field
Xiao-Hui Wu, Rossen R. Parashkevov, Matthew T. Stone
and Stephen L. Lyons ................................... 223
Accuracy and stability of the coarse time-stepper for a lattice
Boltzmann model
Christophe Vandekerckhove, Pieter Van Leemput
and Dirk Roose ........................................ 249
Adaptive damage simulation of concrete using heterogeneous
multiscale models
S. Eckardt and C. Könke ................................ 275
A multiscale method for modeling transport in porous media on
unstructured corner-point grids
Jørg E. Aarnes and Yalchin Efendiev .................... 299
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From: Maya Neytcheva <Maya.Neytcheva@it.uu.se>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:48:50 +0200
Subject: Contents, Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications, V 15, issue 5, 2008
Contents: Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications,
Vol 15, issue 5, 2008
Special issue: Advanced Multigrid Methods for Systems of PDEs
Guest editors: P. Vassilevski and L. Zikatanov
On the multilevel preconditioning of Crouzeix-Raviart elliptic problems
J. Kraus, S. Margenov, J. Synka, pp 395-416
A multilevel method for discontinuous Galerkin approximation of
three-dimensional anisotropic elliptic problems
J. K. Kraus, S. K. Tomar, pp 417-438
Two-sided bounds on the convergence rate of two-level methods
L. T. Zikatanov, pp 439-454
H(curl) auxiliary mesh preconditioning
Tz. V. Kolev, J. E. Pasciak, P. S. Vassilevski, pp 455-471
Recursive Krylov-based multigrid cycles
Y. Notay, P. S. Vassilevski, pp 473-487
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From: "Peter J. Olver" <olver@ima.umn.edu>
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:49:59 -0400
Subject: Contents, Foundations of Computational Mathematics v. 8 n. 2
Foundations of Computational Mathematics
Volume 8 Number 2
"Exceptional Sets and Fiber Products"
Authors Andrew J. Sommese, Charles W. Wampler
Pages 171 - 196
"A Unifying Local Convergence Result for Newton's Method in Riemannian
Manifolds"
Authors F. Alvarez, J. Bolte, J. Munier
Pages 197 - 226
"On the Hopf Algebraic Structure of Lie Group Integrators"
Authors H.Z. Munthe-Kaas, W.M. Wright
Pages 227 - 257
"The Beta-Jacobi Matrix Model, the CS Decomposition, and Generalized
Singular Value Problems"
Authors Alan Edelman, Brian D. Sutton
Pages 259 - 285
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