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From: Ronald Boisvert <boisvert@nist.gov>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 10:53:30 -0400
Subject: NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions Released
The NIST Digital Library if Mathematical Functions (DLMF) is
now available for free public access at http://dlmf.nist.gov/.
The DLMF is a richly linked online reference on the special
functions of applied mathematics, including their essential
properties, methods of computation, visualizations, pointers
to available software, and key references. A companion print
edition, the NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions has also
been published by Cambridge University Press. See
http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521192255.
Together these works represent a successor to the highly
successful Handbook of Mathematical Functions (M. Abramowitz
and I. Stegun, Eds.), which was published by the National Bureau
of Standards in 1964.
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From: Christian Engwer <christi@uni-hd.de>
Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 18:29:31 -0400
Subject: DUNE version 2.0 released
We are pleased to announce the release of Version 2.0 of the
``Distributed and Unified Numerics Environment'' (DUNE).
DUNE is a software framework for the numerical solution of partial
differential equations with grid-based methods. Using generic
programming techniques it strives for both: high flexibility
(efficiency of the programmer) and high performance (efficiency of the
program). DUNE provides, among other things, a large variety of local
mesh refinement techniques, a scalable parallel programming model, an
ample collection of finite element methods and efficient linear solvers.
The release includes the three core module dune-common, dune-grid, and
dune-istl; and the howtos dune-grid-howto and dune-grid-dev-howto.
Together with these five packages we released the new package
dune-localfunctions, which brings a new interface for finite element
shape functions to Dune. This package will also become a core module.
Among many smaller changes, the most notable changes are:
* The dune-grid module now features reference Elements for
arbitrary dimensions. This required a new numbering of
sub-entities. elements. This change may affect your code in
subtle ways if you depend on a particular numbering!
* A new grid implementation, the GeometryGrid, has been added. It
wraps any other DUNE grid and replaces the geometry by a generic
one. It can, for example, be used to transform a 2d Cartesian
grid into a helix.
* The GridFactory interface has been extended. It now allows file
readers to pass data associated with a given entity to the
user.
For further information, have a look at our website
http://www.dune-project.org and at the release notes
http://www.dune-project.org/releasenotes-2.0.html .
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From: Bruce Bailey <bailey@siam.org>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 15:41:53 -0400
Subject: New book, Primer on Optimal Control Theory
Announcing the April 20, 2010, publication by SIAM of:
Primer on Optimal Control Theory, by Jason L. Speyer and David H. Jacobsen
2010 / xiv + 307 pages / Hardcover / ISBN 978-0-898716-94-8 / List Price
$89.00 / SIAM Member Price $62.30 / Order Code DC20
The performance of a process – for example, how an aircraft consumes fuel –
can be enhanced when the most effective controls and operating points for
the process are determined. This holds true for many physical, economic,
biomedical, manufacturing, and engineering processes whose behavior can
often be influenced by altering certain parameters or controls to optimize
some desired property or output.
This book provides a rigorous introduction to analyzing these processes and
finding the best modes of control and operation for them. It makes optimal
control theory accessible to a large class of engineers and scientists who
are not mathematicians but have a basic mathematical background and need to
understand the sophisticated material associated with optimal control
theory. The book presents the important concepts of weak and strong control
variations leading to local necessary conditions as well as global
sufficiency of Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman theory. It also gives the second
variation for local optimality where the associated Riccati equation is
derived from the transition matrix of the Hamiltonian system. These ideas
lead naturally to the development of H2 and H-infinity synthesis algorithms.
For more information about this and all other SIAM books, please visit
www.siam.org/books.
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From: Bruce Bailey <bailey@siam.org>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 15:37:08 -0400
Subject: New book, Introduction to the Mathematics of Subdivision Surfaces
Announcing the April 20, 2010, publication by SIAM of:
Introduction to the Mathematics of Subdivision Surfaces, by Lars-Erik
Andersson and Neil F. Stewart
2010 / xxiv + 356 pages / Hardcover / ISBN 978-0-898716-97-9 / List Price
$75.00 / SIAM Member Price $52.50 / Order Code OT120
Subdivision surfaces permit a designer to specify the approximate form of a
surface defining an object and to refine and smooth the form to obtain a
more useful or attractive version of the surface.
A considerable amount of mathematical theory is required to understand the
characteristics of the resulting surfaces, and this book provides a careful
and rigorous presentation of the mathematics underlying subdivision
surfaces
as used in computer graphics and animation, explaining the concepts
necessary to easily read the subdivision literature. It also organizes
subdivision methods in a unique and unambiguous hierarchy in order to
provide insight and understanding.
The material is not restricted to questions related to regularity of
subdivision surfaces at so-called extraordinary points but instead gives a
broad discussion of the various methods. It is excellent preparation for
reading more advanced texts that delve more deeply into special
questions of
regularity. The authors provide exercises and projects at the end of each
chapter. Course material, including solutions to the exercises, is
available
on an associated Web page.
For more information about this and all other SIAM books, please visit
www.siam.org/books.
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From: Andy Wathen <wathen@maths.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 04:31:29 -0400
Subject: Bill Morton 80th Birthday Conference, Oxford, May 2010
The one-day meeting to mark the 80th birthday of Bill (K.W.) Morton takes
place in the Computing Lab at Oxford University on Saturday 29th May, 2010.
Speakers:
o John Barrett (Imperial College London) - Mathematical Challenges in
Kinetic
Models of Dilute Polymers
o Mike Giles (University of Oxford) - From CFD to computational finance
(and
back again?)
o Heinz-Otto Kreiss (UCLA / KTH Royal Institute of Technology) - Initial
boundary value problems for systems of second order wave equations
o Nancy Nichols (University of Reading) - Title to be announced
o Stanley Osher (UCLA) - New Algorithms in Information Science
o Alastair Spence (University of Bath) - The use of Cramer's Rule to
compute
Jordan blocks
o Gil Strang (MIT) - The Algebra of Fast Transforms: Banded Matrices with
Banded Inverses
A celebratory dinner is being held in the Senior Common Room at Balliol
College
in the evening.
All are welcome to either or both events:
see http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/events/morton80
- Endre Suli, Nick Trefethen, Andy Wathen
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From: Tony Drummond <LADrummond@lbl.gov>
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 16:48:07 -0400
Subject: HPC for Computational Science VECPAR2010, Berkeley, CA, Jun 2010
VECPAR2010
9th International Meeting on High Performance Computing for
Computational Science
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and Center for Information
Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)
Berkeley, CA
June 22-25, 2010
VECPAR’10 is a meeting that focuses on High Performance Computing for
Computational Science. It provides an opportunity for researchers and
practitioners in branches of science that require computer modeling and
simulation to get together and discuss techniques and technologies that can
contribute to the effective analysis of complex systems and phenomena.
Therefore,
the meeting is inherently multidisciplinary, engaging participants from
academia,
research laboratories and industry.
Keynote speakers:
- Charbel Farhat (Stanford University, USA)
- David Patterson (UC Berkeley, USA)
- Thomas Sterling (Louisiana State University and CALTECH, USA)
- Takumi Washio (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Workshops and Tutorials:
- iWAPT: Fifth international Workshop on Automatic Performance Tuning
- PEEPS: Workshop on Programming Environments for Emerging Parallel Systems
- HPC Tools: Tutorial on High Performance Tools for the Development of
Scalable and Sustainable Applications
See http://vecpar.fe.up.pt/2010 for more information and registration
details
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From: Iain Duff <iain.duff@stfc.ac.uk>
Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 17:24:54 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Sparse days at CERFACS, France, Jun 2010
Sparse Days at CERFACS. June 15-17, 2010.
Registration deadline: 15 May, 2010.
Web site: http://www.cerfacs.fr/algor/SparseDays2010/index.html
As is our normal custom, the Parallel Algorithms Team at CERFACS
will be holding its annual Sparse Days meeting in June.
Invited presentations will be given by: Michele Benzi, Matthias Bollhoefer,
Sherry Li, Esmond Ng, and Yousef Saad.
The Sparse Days this year will be combined with the final meeting of the
ANR Solstice Programme. The main themes for this project were: direct
methods, hybrid methods, partitioning and ordering, and web access to
codes and matrices (GRID-TLSE). Thus we will make these the very
non-restrictive theme for our 2010 Sparse Days meeting.
The meeting will start on the morning of Tuesday June 15th and finish around
midday on Thursday June 17th; the exact schedule will depend on the papers
accepted for presentation.
As usual there will be no registration fee, although you must register
beforehand with Brigitte Yzel (Brigitte.Yzel@cerfacs.fr). You should
also let know Brigitte if you want to stay in the very cheap (but very
adequate) on-site accommodation. There will be a conference dinner on
Wednesday evening, the cost of which will be announced later.
People wanting to speak should email Xavier Vasseur
(Xavier.Vasseur@cerfacs.fr) with a title and abstract (up to one page in
LaTeX or plain text. Normally talks would be for thirty minutes (including
questions) but this could be negotiable (either way). We do not want to
have parallel sessions so we will not necessarily be able to accept all
submissions. A poster session will be available. Please let us know if
you would prefer this mode of presentation.
The deadline for submitting abstracts (one page in plain text or LaTeX),
for registering, and for requesting cheap accommodation is May 15th.
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From: "Kirsten Wilden" <Wilden@siam.org>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 12:55:04 -0400
Subject: 2010 SIAM Annual Meeting (AN10), Pittsburgh, PA, Jul 2010
2010 SIAM Annual Meeting (AN10), being held jointly with the
SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences (LS10)
The David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
July 12-16, 2010
Registration is Now Available!
Pre-Registration Deadline:
June 14, 2010
Hotel Reservation Deadline:
June 14, 2010
Registration, preliminary program and hotel information are available:
http://www.siam.org/meetings/an10/
Invited Presentations:
Timothy J. Barth, NASA Ames Research Center
Carson Chow*, National Institutes of Health
Jesús A. De Loera, University of California, Davis
David Donoho, Stanford University
Charles Fefferman, Princeton University
Inez Fung, University of California, Berkeley
Leslie F. Greengard, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
New York University
Olga Holtz, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany and
University of California, Berkeley
Xiaoye Sherry Li, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Clas Jacobson, United Technologies Research Center
Tamara G. Kolda, Sandia National Laboratories
Steven E. Shreve, Carnegie Mellon University
Gigliola Staffilani, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kim-Chuan Toh, National University of Singapore
Gunther Uhlmann, University of Washington
Charles Wampler, General Motors Research and Development Center
*Joint speaker with the SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences
Prize Lectures:
AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture
Suzanne Lenhart, University of Tennessee
I. E. Block Community Lecture
Dmitri Tymoczko, Princeton University
Julian Cole Prize Lecture
John R. King, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize in Mathematics Lecture
John A. Burns, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
John von Neumann Lecture
Bernd Sturmfels, University of California, Berkeley
For additional information, contact the SIAM Conference Department
at meetings@siam.org.
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From: Francesca Perla <francesca.perla@uniparthenope.it>
Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 11:02:18 +0200
Subject: High-performance computing for Finance (HPCF 2010), Italy, Aug 2010
**** CALL FOR PAPERS ****
Extended deadlines
Workshop on High-performance computing applied to Finance (HPCF 2010)
Hotel Continental Terme, Ischia, Italy
August 30th, 2010
held in conjunction with Euro-Par 2010
16th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing
http://www.statmat.uniparthenope.it/hpcf2010/scope.html
hpcf2010@uniparthenope.it
SUBMISSION DEADLINES
The deadlines for the submissions to HPCF2010 have now been extended.
Abstract: extended to May 24, 2010
Full Paper: extended to May 31, 2010
Notification of acceptance: extended to June 4, 2010
The focus of the workshop is on the computational issues in the
evaluation of financial instruments on advanced architectures.
The workshop is intended to bring together academics from finance,
statistics, numerical analysis and computer science, decision-makers and
strategists from the financial industries and regulators from supervisory
authorities in order to discuss recent challenges and results in using
high-performance technologies for the evaluation of financial instruments.
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From: Bruce Pitman <pitman@buffalo.edu>
Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 08:28:40 -0400
Subject: Computer Modelling & Geophysical Risk Analysis School, UBC, Aug
2010
There will be a summer school on Computer Modelling and Geophysical Risk
Analysis August 6-10, held at the University of British Columbia.
This summer school is being held just after the Joint Statistics Meeting
which
is in Vancouver. NSF and PIMS (http://www.pims.math.ca) are sponsoring this
school.
Statistics, mathematics and geo-science graduate student and
post-doctoral
fellows may be particularly interested in this event. There is some
funding to
support local expenses for students who will already be in Vancouver to
attend
the Joint Statistics Meeting, and local expenses + air for students not
attending JSM.
Applications for support are due by May 31 for full consideration and
can be
found at: http://www.pims.math.ca/node/3315
A description of the school is at:
http://pims.math.ca/~adam/sscmgraposter.pdf
Sincerely,
Bruce Pitman, on behalf of the organizing committee: Elaine Spiller
Susie Bayarri, Eliza Calder, Jim Berger, and Robert Wolpert
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From: Bill Henshaw <henshaw@llnl.gov>
Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 14:49:01 -0700
Subject: Overset Composite Grids & Solution Tech, Moffett Field, CA, Sep
2010
Announcing the:
10th Symposium on Overset Composite Grids and Solution Technology
Place: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA.
Dates: Sept. 20-23, 2010
Key dates: May 21, 2010: Deadline for submission of a 1 page title and
abstract
June 25, 2010: Early registration deadline.
Web page: http://www.oversetgridsymposium.org
Overview:
This international symposium is for researchers, developers and
practitioners of
overset grid methods as well as for students and others who would like
to learn
about the approach. As in past symposiums, the first day (Sept. 20) will
be a
tutorials/demos day, followed by technical sessions on Sept. 21-23.
Overset composite grids (also known as Chimera or overlapping grids) are
today
being used for some of the largest and most complex simulations of a
wide range of applications such as for aircraft, space vehicles, surface
ships,
and underwater vehicles. They are characterized by being efficient and
accurate
and for their ability to effectively treat problems with moving geometry.
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From: Timo Betcke <t.betcke@reading.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 17:59:59 -0400
Subject: Workshop on computational wave propagation, Cambridge, Sep 2010
Next generation numerical methods for computational wave propagation
17-18 September 2010
University of Cambridge
Organisers:
Timo Betcke (University of Reading)
Paul Childs (Schlumberger Cambridge Research)
In collaboration with the Applied and Computational
Analysis Group at DAMTP, Cambridge.
This two day workshop provides a platform for companies and
researchers in mathematical sciences and engineering to
share novel developments and applications for the numerical
simulation of wave propagation problems.
Topics include:
BEM/FEM for high-frequency problems
Wave propagation in inhomogeneous media
Time-dependent problems
Seismic applications
Medical imaging
Further information and registration at
http://www.reading.ac.uk/~sp900945/compwaves
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From: Juliana Oprea <juliana@math.colostate.edu>
Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 21:41:04 -0600
Subject: Modeling and SImulations for Soft Materials, Fort Collins, CO,
Sep 2010
Workshop on
Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulations for Soft Materials
September 13-17, 2010, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Homepage: http://www.math.colostate.edu/SoftMatter2010
Email: softmat2010@math.colostate.edu
Organizers: Simon Tavener, Iuliana Oprea, James Liu, David Wang.
Deadline for Application Submission: July 16, 2010
Funding: NSF financial support for graduate students and young researchers
The goal of the workshop is to identify new challenges and opportunities
for the theory, modeling and simulation of soft materials, and to
investigate the growing and promising role of applied and computational
mathematics in meeting those challenges.
Workshop’s topics include adaptive and robust numerical methods,
multiscale modeling and simulation, phase field models, and their
application in the understanding of polymers, liquid crystals,
bio-materials, phase transformations and microstructure evolution, as
well as morphology, pattern formation, and self-assembly in materials.
Contributed presentations in either a short lecture or poster format are
invited in all areas consistent with the conference themes. Young
researchers, women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Deadline for financial support application: July 16, 2010, although
latter applications will be considered if funds remain uncommitted.
Contact:
Dr. Iuliana Oprea
softmat2010@math.colostate.edu
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From: "Kirsten Wilden" <Wilden@siam.org>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 10:26:51 -0400
Subject: SIAM Computational Science & Engineering (CSE11), Reno, NV, Feb
2011
SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE11)
Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Reno, Nevada, USA
February 28 - March 4, 2011
The Call for Presentations for this conference is available at:
http://www.siam.org/meetings/cse11/
The SIAM CS&E conference seeks to enable in-depth technical discussions on
a wide variety of major computational efforts on large problems in science
and engineering, foster the interdisciplinary culture required to meet
these
large-scale challenges, and promote the training of the next generation of
computational scientists.
**Deadlines**
SUBMISSION DEADLINES
August 23, 2010: Minisymposium proposals August 30, 2010: Abstracts
for contributed and minisymposium speakers
TRAVEL FUND APPLICATION DEADLINE
September 13, 2010: SIAM Student Travel Award and Post-doc/Early Career
Travel Award Applications
PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE
January 31, 2011: Disconnect time is 4:00 PM EDT
HOTEL RESERVATION DEADLINE
February 7, 2011
For additional information, contact the SIAM Conference Department at
meetings@siam.org.
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From: Simon Chandler-Wilde <S.N.Chandler-Wilde@reading.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 10:36:17 -0400
Subject: Lectureship in Data Assimilation and Inverse Problems
LECTURESHIP IN MATHEMATICS: DATA ASSIMILATION AND INVERSE PROBLEMS
(Full-time, permanent, £33,600-£45,155 per annum, available from 1/1/2011)
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
UNIVERSITY OF READING
Closing date: 21 June 2010
We are seeking an outstanding candidate at Lecturer level to strengthen our
research activities in the mathematics of data assimilation and inverse
problems. Mathematics at Reading has a strong track record of research
activity and funding in data assimilation and inverse problems, and of
strong interdisciplinary interactions through joint appointments between
Mathematics and Meteorology, and our roles within the NERC National Centre
for Earth Observation (NCEO) and within the University’s Centre for
Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics. The successful candidate will
join thriving research groups within mathematics and the wider University
working on data assimilation and inverse problems. He/she will be expected
to produce excellent research outputs, to initiate research grant
applications, to supervise PhDs and postdocs, and to undertake teaching and
administrative duties. To assist the person appointed to make an effective
start to his/her research career at Reading, the post will carry reduced
teaching and admin duties in the first eighteen months. The appointment may
be subject to a probationary period in the first instance.
For further details and how to apply see
https://www.reading.ac.uk/about/jobs/docs/LE10020.pdf. Informal enquiries
are welcome and can be made to the Head of Department, Prof Simon Chandler-
Wilde, (Tel 0118 378 5017, e-mail s.n.chandler-wilde@reading.ac.uk).
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From: Zhaojun Bai <bai@cs.ucdavis.edu>
Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 13:41:25 -0700
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at UC Davis
Postdoctoral Position in Scientific Computing and Computational Science
at University of California, Davis
The Department of Computer Science at University of California, Davis
has an opening for a postdoctoral position to work on the development
of high performance numerical methods and software with applications
in science and engineering. Particular interest will be in numerical
linear algebra solvers and their implementation on diverse computer
architectures. Experience in large-scale matrix computations and
parallel computing would be desirable.
The position is available immediately and will be filled as soon as a
suitable candidate is identified. The candidate should have received
(or be about to receive) a doctoral degree in computer science,
computational mathematics or a related discipline. Applicants should
send a vita and a brief description of research experience and interests to
Professor Zhaojun Bai
Department of Computer Science
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
U.S.A.
email address: bai@cs.ucdavis.edu
Applicants should also arrange for two letters of recommendation
to be sent to the same address.
UC Davis is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer with
a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity
among its faculty and staff.
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From: Emmanuel Lorin <lorin@crm.umontreal.ca>
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 18:26:45 -0400
Subject: Post-Doc. Hydrodynamics simulations for MTF based reactor
It is largely recognized by the scientific and political community that
controlled nuclear fusion is the best long-term means of meeting mankind's
growing need for a clean, renewable and inexpensive energy source. The two
main kinds of nuclear fusion devices are based on Magnetic Confinement
Fusion
(MCF), like the Tokamak design, and Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF), like
the NIF design using intense lasers. An improved understanding of plasma
physics over the last 20 years and the huge technical difficulties in
designing MCF and ICF reactors, has re-awoken the interest in several
alternative reactor designs, in particular in those that capitalize on the
increased stability of Field Reversed Configurations (FRC) with increased
currents. In this vein, General Fusion, a company from Vancouver, has
embarked
since 2002 on a project of implementing a device based on Magnetic Target
Fusion (MTF) first proposed in the 80s by researchers at the US Naval
Weapons
Research Lab. This approach is an intermediate approach between MCF (low
plasma density, very strong magnetic fields, large confinement times)
and ICF
(high plasma density, very intense lasers, short confinement times).
The Post-Doc general objectives will be to numerically validate the chosen
physical models of some essential physics within General Fusion's device
thereby i) providing numerical proof-of-concept ii) reducing operating
uncertainties and iii) optimizing reactor design. Specialized numerical
codes,
often classified, exist for the simulation of specific reactor designs
(MCF or
ICF) but not for MTF. The Post-Doc will then adapt existing High-Performance
codes for Hydrodynamics, namely Frontier
[http://frontier.ams.sunysb.edu/news/news.php ], in order to address
important
questions about plasma instabilities during compression, Lawson's criterion,
vortex collapses. Details on General Fusion's reactor can be found on
[http://www.generalfusion.com].
Keywords: Hydrodynamics, Bifluid Flows, FronTier, Front-Tracking,
Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities, High Performance Computing.
Requirements: A PhD in one of the following areas is required: Applied
Mathematics, Physics, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering. Applicants
should
have a strong background in Scientific Computing ideally applied to Fluid
Dynamics.
Supervision: This position will be funded by MITACS and General Fusion and
will part of a MITACS Cluster project. It will be co-supervised by Marc
Laforest (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal), Emmanuel Lorin (Carleton
University), and Frederic Sirois (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal). The
student could be registered at Carleton University or Ecole Polytechnique de
Montreal. Frequent visits in Vancouver are expected.
Starting date: June 2010
Salary: $36,000 per year.
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From: Inderjit Dhillon <inderjit@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 11:15:52 -0400
Subject: Postdoc at UT Austin
We are seeking post-doctoral scholar(s) in the department of computer
science at the University of Texas at Austin. The successful candidate
would have expertise and background in the areas of numerical
optimization, numerical linear algebra and machine learning; on topics
ranging from sparsity recovery, graphical models, network analysis,
matrix completion, and large-scale optimization algorithms for problems
in machine learning.
Applicants must have a PhD in computer science, applied math,
statistics, electrical engineering or a related field. Applications will
be accepted until the position is filled. Starting date can be as early
as Summer 2010.
To apply, please send a cover letter, CV, the names of three
references, and list of selected publications via email to
Prof Inderjit Dhillon at inderjit@cs.utexas.edu and Prof Pradeep
Ravikumar at pradeepr@cs.utexas.edu.
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From: Adelia Sequeira <adelia.sequeira@math.ist.utl.pt>
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 02:17:08 +0100
Subject: Postdoc, CEMAT - Math Department of IST, Lisbon (Portugal)
A Postdoc position in Advanced Computing/Computational Mathematics is
available at CEMAT- Center for Mathematics and its Applications, IST
(Lisbon, Portugal), in the framework of the project “SIMCARD -
Cardiovascular Imaging, Modeling and Simulation” UTAustin/CA/0047/2008, in
collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin. This position is
funded by the Portuguese Science Foundation, FCT. The successful candidate
will interact with national and international collaborators, in particular
at UT Austin, and will be part of an integrated team led by Prof. Adélia
Sequeira *http://web.ist.utl.pt/adelia.sequeira/simcard/*.
Research will be focused on the computational modeling of cerebral aneurysm
progression, in particular on the development of computational codes for
realistic vascular wall biomechanics and fluid-solid interaction models.
Suitable candidates should hold a PhD in applied mathematics, physics, or
engineering, with a strong background in computational mechanics,
biomechanical problems and numerical methods (e.g. finite elements).
Excellent programming skills are required and experience in biomedical
research is highly desired.
The position is initially available for one year with the possibility of
extension to two or three years, pending availability of external
funding. There
are no teaching duties associated to this position.
To ensure full consideration, interested candidates should send by email (
adelia.sequeira@math.ist.utl.pt ) a CV, a statement of purpose describing
relevant expertise and research interests, and three letters of
recommendation (with contacts information: e-mail addresses and telephone
numbers).
The same email address may be used for further information.
The position will remain open until filled.
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From: Peter Arbenz <arbenz@inf.ethz.ch>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 16:09:19 +0200
Subject: PostDoc position in CSE at ETH Zurich
PostDoc position at the Chair of Computational Science,
Computer Science Department, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Applications are invited for a PostDoc position at the Chair of
Computational Science at ETH Zurich.
The position is for a period of one and a half years starting as soon as
possible. The salary is competitive.
Project: The research activity will be in the area of FE-based bone
structure analysis, more precisely, in the simulation of perfusion in
bone pores on large-scale parallel computing environments. Darcy flow
will have to be integrated in the highly parallel solver ParFE for
linear elasticity. A crucial part of the project will be the
development of a scalable preconditioner for the linear system of
equations resulting from the mixed finite element approach.
The work will be done in the framework of the Osteoporotic Virtual
Physiological Human project (VPHOP) funded by the EU. There will be
close collaboration with Prof. R. Mueller at the Institute of
Biomechanics.
Qualifications: The candidate for the above position requires a PhD
degree in Computational Science and Engineering, Applied Mathematics,
Computational Physics, Computational Mechanics, Computational Fluid
Dynamics with a strong emphasis in high performance computing.
Skills: We seek a PostDoc with demonstrated skills in developing
software for large scale parallel and high-performance computing
environments. Familiarity with numerical methods for PDEs is
advantageous.
Contact Prof. Dr. Peter Arbenz for further details and for formal
applications by email (arbenz@inf.ethz.ch). The required documents are
-- PhD thesis (pdf)
-- Master's thesis (pdf)
-- Published/submitted articles (pdf or url)
-- One-page statement of your background and research interests
-- A letter of recommendation
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From: "Wim.Michiels@cs.kuleuven.be" <Wim.Michiels@cs.kuleuven.be>
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 16:08:17 -0400
Subject: PhD position, K.U. Leuven
Numerical methods for analysis, simulation and control of linear parameter
varying systems
The analysis, simulation and control of linear systems with varying
parameters, called linear parameter-varying (LPV) systems, have become a
major research area. LPV systems naturally arise when modeling
manufacturing
systems (wafer stages, machine tools, cranes), chemical processes such as
liquid-gas separation, electro-hydraulic systems and active suspension
systems, automotive engines, etc. In most of these applications the
dynamics
are inherently infinite-dimensional and characterized by a spatio-temporal
distribution of state variables, leading to a description by partial or
functional differential equations.
The aim of the PhD project is to develop numerical methods for the analysis
and control of linear infinite-dimensional systems with time-varying
parameters. These methods should deal with uncertainty on the system model
and must be capable of designing controllers with a prescribed structure or
order that optimize stability, robustness and performance measures. A
close
collaboration with the division Production Engineering, Machine Design and
Automation allows an experimental validation of the developed numerical
methods and control design tools.
Profile: The candidates must have a MSc degree in Applied Mathematics or
engineering. The selected candidate will be hosted at the Numerical
Analysis
and Applied Mathematics Division, which participates in the Optimization in
Engineering Center OPTEC. He/she is expected to participate in national and
international collaborative projects in the area of scientific computing,
dynamical systems, control and optimization.
How to apply: Send an electronic application (CV, motivation,
references) to
Prof. Wim Michiels (Wim.Michiels@cs.kuleuven.be).
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From: "Axel Ruhe" <ruhe@kth.se>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 16:36:24 +0200
Subject: Contents, BIT 50:2
BIT Numerical Mathematics, 50:2, table of contents:
A. RUHE / Introduction to the contents of issue 50:2
M. CALVO, M.P. LABURTA, J.I. MONTIJANO AND L. RÁNDEZ / Projection methods
preserving Lyapunov functions
G. COMAN AND T. CATINAS / Interpolation operators on a triangle with one
curved side
C. CONTI AND L. ROMANI / Affine combination of B-spline subdivision
masks and its non-stationary counterparts
S. GUSEV, S. JOHANSSON, B. KÅGSTRÖM, A. SHIRIAEV AND A. VARGA / A
numerical evaluation of solvers for the periodic Riccati differential
equation
H. HOLDEN, N.H. RISEBRO AND H. SANDE / Front tracking for a model of
immiscible gas flow with large data
C.-J. LI, V. DEMICHELIS AND C. DAGNINO / Finite-part integrals over
polygons by an 8-node quadrilateral spline finite element
D. NEEDELL / Randomized Kaczmarz solver for noisy linear systems
S. SKELBOE / Adaptive partitioning techniques for index 1 IDEs
Z. SUN, J. ZENG AND D. LI / Semismooth Newton Schwarz iterative methods
for the linear complementarity problem
BIT URL: http://www.csc.kth.se/BIT
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