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From: Bruce Bailey bailey@siam.org
Date: March 20, 2015
Subject: New Book, Active Subspaces
Active Subspaces: Emerging Ideas for Dimension Reduction in Parameter
Studies, by Paul G. Constantine
x + 100 pages / Softcover / ISBN 978-1-611973-85-3 / List Price $39.00 /
SIAM Member Price $27.30 / Order Code SL02
Scientists and engineers use computer simulations to study
relationships between a model's input parameters and its
outputs. However, thorough parameter studies are challenging, if not
impossible, when the simulation is expensive and the model has several
inputs. To enable studies in these instances, the engineer may attempt
to reduce the dimension of the model's input parameter space.
Active subspaces are an emerging set of dimension reduction tools that
identify important directions in the parameter space. This book
describes techniques for discovering a model's active subspace and
proposes methods for exploiting the reduced dimension to enable
otherwise infeasible parameter studies. Readers will find new ideas
for dimension reduction, easy-to-implement algorithms, and several
examples of active subspaces in action.
To order or for more about this book, including links to its table of
contents, preface, and index, please visit
http://bookstore.siam.org/SL02/.
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From: Bruce Bailey bailey@siam.org
Date: March 20, 2015
Subject: New Book, Evaluating Gas Network Capacities
Evaluating Gas Network Capacities, edited by Thorsten Koch, Benjamin
Hiller, Marc E. Pfetsch, and Lars Schewe
xvi + 364 pages / Softcover / ISBN 978-1-611973-68-6 / List Price $99.00
/ SIAM Member Price $69.30 / Order Code MO21
This book addresses a seemingly simple question: Can a certain amount
of gas be transported within a pipeline network? The question is
difficult, however, when asked in relation to a meshed nationwide gas
transportation network and when taking into account technical details
and discrete decisions, as well as regulations, contracts, and varying
demands involved.
Evaluating Gas Network Capacities provides an introduction to the
field of gas transportation planning and discusses in detail the
advantages and disadvantages of several mathematical models that
address gas transport within the context of the technical and
regulatory framework. It shows how to solve the models using
sophisticated mathematical optimization algorithms and includes
examples of large-scale applications of mathematical optimization to
this real-world industrial problem.
To order or for more about this book, including links to its table of
contents, preface, and index, please visit
http://bookstore.siam.org/MO21/ .
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From: Jay Gopalakrishnan gjay@pdx.edu
Date: March 18, 2015
Subject: Cascade RAIN Meeting, USA, April 2015
The Cascade RAIN (Regional Applied Interdisciplinary and Numerical
math) Meeting will be held in Portland, Oregon, on April 4, 2015:
https://sites.google.com/a/pdx.edu/rain/
This annual one-day conference follows the same format as the Finite
Element Circuses and Rodeos. It facilitates rapid communication of
research activities in applied and computational mathematics in the
northwest region.
Please register online if you are interested in speaking or
participating.
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From: Ke Chen k.chen@liv.ac.uk
Date: March 22, 2015
Subject: Imaging Workshop, UK, Jul 2015
The registration is now open for the July workshop.
The 3rd International Workshop on Image Processing Techniques and
Applications, incorporating Mathematical Imaging with Biomedical
Applications, will be held at Liverpool during July 6-8, 2015
http://www.liv.ac.uk/cmit/workshop_15/
Though there is no registration fee for this EPSRC funded event,
places are limited due to room capacity and seating.
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From: Ivan Oseledets ivan.oseledets@gmail.com
Date: March 22, 2015
Subject: Matrix Methods in Mathematics and Applications, Russia, Aug 2015
4rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MATRIX METHODS IN
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATIONS
August 24 - 28, 2015, Moscow, Russia
For participation and talk submission, use the conference website:
http://matrix.inm.ras.ru/mmma-2015/
Organizing committee: Dario Bini (University of Pisa), Alexander
Guterman (MSU), Ivan Oseledets (Skoltech), Denis Zorin (Courant
Institute of Mathematics), Eugene Tyrtyshnikov (INM-MSU, chair)
Main topics include different areas in linear algebra and its
applications with an accent on new trends in linear algebra and
computational technologies.
We plan to have plenary talks and three (maybe parallel) sessions: (1)
MATRICES AND ALGEBRA; (2) MATRICES AND ALGORITHMS; (3) MATRICES AND
APPLICATIONS
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From: Carsten Carstensen cc@math.hu-berlin.de
Date: March 18, 2015
Subject: Junior Professorship Position, Computational Math, HU Berlin
W1-Junior-Professorship in “Computational Mathematics†to be filled
a.s.a.p at Department of Mathematics at Humboldt-Universität zu
Berlin.
Applicants should have a strong profile in the areas of computational
partial differential equations and scientific supercomputing to
complement the expertise of applied mathematics at
Humboldt-Universität. The successful candidate is expected to play an
active role in the computational sciences in Adlershof and to create a
productive junior research group with links to Berlin's applied
mathematics. The applicants must meet the legal requirements for
professorial appointments in accordance with § 102a of the “Berliner
Hochschulgesetzâ€. HU is seeking to increase the proportion of women in
research and teaching, and specifically encourages qualified female
scientists/researchers to apply. Researchers from abroad are welcome
to apply. Severely disabled applicants with equivalent qualifications
will equally be given preferential consideration. People with a
migration background are specifically encouraged to apply. Please send
your application including the usual documents until April 9, 2015 and
quoting the reference number JP/001/15 to: Humboldt-Universität zu
Berlin, Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences,
Prof. Dr. Elmar Kulke, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany and
in electronic form via https://www2.physik.hu-berlin.de/ssl/compmath
Since we will not return your documents, please submit copies in the
application only.
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From: MIGUEL A. BENITEZ benitez@bcamath.org
Date: March 19, 2015
Subject: Postdoc/Junior Visiting Fellow Position, NUMERIWAVES Project
BCAM, the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, has opened an
International Call offering a position for 6 months Posdoc / Junior
Visiting Fellow within “NUMERIWAVES – New Analytical and Numerical
Methods in Wave Propagation†Research Project, coordinated by
E. Zuazua and funded by the ERCEA (European Research Council Executive
Agency).
Applications must be submitted on-line at:
http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job/6-months-postdoc-junior-visiting-fellow-
numeriwaves-project
Call fiche and role profile: Download pdf file (180 KB)
http://www.bcamath.org/documentos_public/archivos/ofertas/PostDoc_Profile_PDE__-
_1.pdf
Deadline for submission: April 13th 2015, 14:00 CET
We kindly ask you to distribute this call among colleagues and
potential candidates. Please, do not hesitate to contact for any
additional information: recruitment@bcamath.org
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From: Scott MacLachlan smaclachlan@mun.ca
Date: March 20, 2015
Subject: Postdoc Position, Memorial Univ of Newfoundland
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research position within
the Memorial University of Newfoundland Centre for Numerical Analysis
and Scientific Computing. The successful candidate will work under the
supervision of Dr. Scott MacLachlan, with a research focus on novel
preconditioning strategies for multiphysics problems. Duties will
include design and analysis of multigrid and/or domain-decomposition
algorithms, as well as their implementation in a high-performance
computing environment. A desired, but flexible, start date of
September 1, 2015 is expected.
For full details, see
http://www.math.mun.ca/~smaclachlan/postdoc2015.pdf
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From: Dr Jason Roberts j.roberts@chester.ac.uk
Date: March 19, 2015
Subject: PhD Positions, Univ of Chester
The Department of Mathematics invites applications for two PhD
scholarships to commence in the 2015-2016 academic year. The
Department will fund 100% of UK/EU tuition fees for up to 3 years
(full time) or 6 years (part time) study at The University of
Chester. There is no stipend or contribution from the University to
students’ living costs associated with these scholarships.
The research conducted will be in an area related to the research
expertise of the Department and details of research interests are
available from departmental webpages. These interests include the
analysis and numerical analysis of functional, integral and partial
differential equations, including problems with fractional and
stochastic operators. Equations of these types arise in a variety of
applications, including Mathematical Biology and Ecology. Other
interests of the Department include Group Algebras, which has
applications in Coding Theory, for example.
Applicants should have a minimum of a 2.1 undergraduate degree in
Mathematics or closely related discipline and preferably a Master’s
degree in Mathematics or closely related discipline (or be nearing the
completion of such a degree). The department is looking for
enthusiastic applicants who are keen to contribute to the ongoing
research work of the Department. Prospective applicants are
encouraged to initially contact potential supervisors at Chester with
whom they wish to work.
Candidates should apply online via the University of Chester website:
http://www.chester.ac.uk/research/degrees/application.
Their application should indicate who they wish to work with within
the Department. Informal enquiries about the Department of Mathematics
should be directed to Dr Jason Roberts, Head of Mathematics,
University of Chester, Thornton Science Park, Poole Lane, Ince,
Chester CH2 4NU, Tel: 01244 511100. For general enquiries contact The
Graduate School, University of Chester at gradschool@chester.ac.uk.
The deadline for applications is Friday 1st May.
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