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From: George Trapp <trapp@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 8:15:27 EST
Subject: Chair of Stat. and CS department at WVU
Applications and nominations are invited for the position of Chairperson
of the Department of Statistics and Computer Science. The position requires a
Ph.D. in Computer Science or an equivalent field, administrative experience,
and research credentials sufficient to justify a tenured position as an
Associate Professor or Professor of Computer Science. The department is
seeking an academic leader who would be a strong advocate for the
undergraduate and graduate degree programs in both Computer Science and
Statistics with special emphasis on the recently established Ph.D. in Computer
Science.
The department was established in 1969 and consists of 15 Computer
Science faculty, 9 Statistics faculty, 6 full-time support staff, and 51
teaching or research funded graduate students. Faculty have joint
appointments with the DARPA funded Concurrent Engineering Research Center, are
involved in a large NASA Independent Verification and Validation project, and
have research projects funded through NSF, DOE, DARPA, USBOM, and Nippon T &
T. Faculty work on several interdisciplinary project areas in engineering,
agriculture, medicine, and materials science. The chairperson must
administer and guide the Computer Science and Statistics programs, must work
synchronously with the Concurrent Engineering Research Center, and must
interface with the Software Valley high technology infrastructure development
initiative.
West Virginia University is a land-grant institution with an enrollment
of 22,500 including 5,000 graduate students. The University ranks in the top
100 universities in the United States in dollars of externally sponsored
research and development projects. Morgantown is a culturally diverse college
community with a population of about 40,000, and is located on the Monongahela
River, 70 miles south of Pittsburgh and 200 miles west of Washington, D.C.
Applicants should provide a vita and the names, addresses, and telephone
numbers of five references. Applications and inquiries should be sent to Dr.
Stanley H. Cohen, Chair of the Search Committee, 201 Woodburn Hall, West
Virginia University, PO BOX 6286, MORGANTOWN WV 26506-6286. Questions and
inquiries can be made by e-mail: scohen@wvnvm.wvnet.edu or FAX: (304) 293-
6858. However, applications and supporting material should be sent by post.
Screening of applicants will begin on March 8, 1993 and will continue until a
successful candidate is chosen.
WVU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action/Title IX employer.
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From: Todd Torgersen <torgerse@mthcsc.wfu.edu>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 18:03:18 EST
Subject: Correction to the report on the Twelvth Parallel Circus
My apologies for any errors in the report on the Twelvth Parallel Circus.
Please note the following correction.
> Gong Chen was next with a talk titled ``A Highly Parallel Algorithm
> for Hessenberg Reduction.'' This talk described work done on an Intel
> iPSC/860 to find methods for reducing matrices to Hessenburg form by
> partitioning schemes suited to distributed memory type machines and
> follows work done by Dongarra and van de Geijn.
Youngbae Kim of University of Tennessee was next with a talk titled ``A Highly
Parallel Algorithm for Hessenberg Reduction``. This talk described work which
is in progress currently and will be implemented on the Intel Paragon to find
methods for reducing matrices to Hessenberg form by partitioning schemes suited
to mesh-connected distributed-memory type machines.
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From: Sanzheng Qiao <qiao@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 16:19 EST
Subject: Southern Ontario NA Day
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT
ELEVENTH ANNUAL SOUTHERN ONTARIO NA DAY
The Eleventh Annual Southern Ontario Numerical Analysis Day is to be
hosted at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario on Saturday, May 1,
1993. The distinguished speaker for the day is Gene Golub. In addition
to the distinguished speaker, there will be contributed talks of 15 to
25 minutes. Any interested persons are invited to submit abstracts for
consideration. In keeping with our tradition, we encourage graduate
students to give contributed talks. Talks in all areas of numerical
analysis will be considered. Anyone wishing to present a talk should
contact:
Sanzheng Qiao
Dept. of Computer Science and Systems
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
L8S 4K1
Tel. (416)525-9140 ext. 7234
Fax (416)546-9995
qiao@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
Please submit abstracts before March 22. Speakers will be notified of
acceptance by March 29.
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From: Liz Jessup <jessup@dot.cs.colorado.edu>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 13:50:36 MST
Subject: Student Workshop in Supercomputing
Summer Workshop for Undergraduates
High-Performance Scientific Computing
University of Colorado, May 24 - June 4, 1993
This residential workshop is designed for upper division undergraduate
students who are interested in learning about the use of supercomputers,
high-performance workstations, and visualization in scientific
computing. Workshop participants will use a Connection Machine (CM-2),
a Cray Y-MP, DEC 5000 and SGI Indigo workstations, AVS and IDL (scientific
visualization tools) for solving problems in molecular dynamics,
wave motion, and visualization of data.
Participants will reside in Kittredge Residence Halls on the University campus.
Classes and laboratory sessions will be held in the Engineering Center
located nearby. Residence expenses (room and board) will be paid by
a grant from the National Science Foundation. Transportation expenses will
not be covered.
Attendance at the workshop will be limited to sixteen students. Selection
of participants will be based on the following criteria:
Statement of interest. This statement describes
why the applicant is interested in participating in the workshop,
relevant academic experience and interests, and long-range goals.
Letter of recommendation by faculty member. This letter should be
written by a faculty member who has served as the student's
academic advisor or teacher. It should describe the student's
strengths, academic performance, and potential for achievement.
Satisfying the prerequisites. The prerequisites are experience with
the Unix operating system, two semesters of calculus, one semester of
numerical analysis, two semesters of courses in physical or biological
science.
Inquiries and applications should be sent to: Professor Elizabeth Jessup,
Dept. of Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0430;
tel. (303) 492-0211; e-mail jessup@cs.colorado.edu.
APPLICATION DEADLINE MARCH 31
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From: Liz Jessup <jessup@dot.cs.colorado.edu>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 13:51:09 MST
Subject: Faculty Workshop in Supercomputing
Summer Workshop for Faculty
High-Performance Scientific Computing
University of Colorado, June 7 - 18, 1993
This residential workshop is designed for college faculty
members interested in teaching scientific computing to
undergraduate students. Its objectives are to present
an early draft of course material we have developed to
potential instructors, to critique it, and to
discuss ways of incorporating it into a college curriculum.
This material was developed for an undergraduate course in
"High-Performance Scientific Computing" under a grant from the
National Science Foundation.
Students in our course learn to use high-performance
workstations and supercomputers through laboratory exercises
representative of scientific applications.
The exercises include numerical computation, scientific visualization,
and performance measurement. Our laboratory is equipped with
DEC 5000 and SGI Indigo workstations and Xterminals; we access
supercomputers over a network.
Approximately 60% of the workshop time will be devoted to
laboratory sessions. The remainder will be devoted to tutorials on
the course material and to discussions of
how to teach this subject to undergraduates, including
practical matters of hardware and software
requirements, teaching methodology, and breadth and depth of the
subject matter.
Participants will reside in Crosman Residence Hall on the campus.
Classes and laboratory sessions will be held in the Engineering Center
located nearby. Residence expenses (room and board) will be paid by
a grant from the National Science Foundation. Transportation expenses will
not be covered.
Attendance will be limited to sixteen participants, selected according to
these criteria:
Statement of interest. This statement describes the applicant's
interest in participating in this workshop and relevant academic
experience.
Satisfying the prerequisites. The prerequisites are experience with
the Unix operating system and C or Fortran,
knowledge of undergraduate numerical analysis.
Faculty members from four-year colleges are especially encouraged to apply.
Inquiries and applications should be sent to: Professor Elizabeth Jessup,
Dept. of Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0430;
tel. (303) 492-0211; e-mail jessup@cs.colorado.edu.
APPLICATION DEADLINE MARCH 31
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From: Robert Meyer <rrm@cs.wisc.edu>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 15:15:05 -0600
Subject: Symposium on Parallel Optimization
SYMPOSIUM ON PARALLEL OPTIMIZATION 3
7 - 9 July 1993
Center for Parallel Optimization
Computer Sciences Department
1210 W. Dayton Street
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
A 3-day symposium of invited presentations on state-of-the-art
algorithms and theory for the parallel solution of optimization and related
problems will be held at the University of Wisconsin at Madison with
support from the AFOSR. Emphasis will be on algorithms implementable
on parallel and vector architectures. Refereed proceedings of the
Symposium are planned as a special volume to be published by SIAM.
Speakers include the following:
Kristin P. Bennett, University of Connecticut, Storrs
Renato De Leone,Universities of Wisconsin and Camerino,Madison & Camerino, Italy
John E. Dennis, Jr., Rice University, Houston
Jonathan Eckstein, Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge
Michael C. Ferris, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Alexei A. Gaivoronski, ITALTEL and University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Luigi Grippo, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
Joseph R. Litko, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
Z.-Q. (Tom) Luo, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Rich Maclin, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Sanjay Mehrotra, Northwestern University, Evanston
Jorge J. More', Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne
John M. Mulvey, Princeton University, Princeton
Jong-Shi Pang, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Klaus Ritter, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
J. Ben Rosen, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
Jude W. Shavlik, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Paul Y. Tseng, University of Washington, Seattle
Margaret H. Wright, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
Stephen J. Wright, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne
Stavros Zenios, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Xiru Zhang, Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge
Talks will be by invitation only but the symposium is open
to all persons wishing to attend. For further information contact the SPO3
Secretary, Laura Cuccia, or one of the organizers, O. L. Mangasarian
R. R. Meyer at the above address. Secretary (608)262-0017,
email laura@cs.wisc.edu, FAX (608)262-9777.
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From: SIAM <helfrich@siam.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 09:45:05 EST
Subject: Contents: SIAM Applied Mathematics
CONTENTS
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
Vol. 53, No. 2, April 1993
Reactive Flows in Layered Porous Media II. The Shape Stability of the
Reaction Interface
J. Xin, A. Peirce, J. Chadam, and P. Ortoleva
Singular and Near Singular Integrals in the BEM: A Global Approach
Dan Rosen and Donald E. Cormack
Sampling in Fan Beam Tomography
F. Natterer
The Local Radon Transform and Variable Scale Resolution with
Application to Time Dependent Wave Radiation
B. Z. Steinberg and Ehud Heyman
Effective Diffusion for a Parabolic Operator with Periodic Potential
Serguei M. Kozlov and Andrei L. Piatnitski
Reducing Nonlinear Systems of Transport Equations to Laplace's Equation
Daniel R. Baker
Decay of the Relative Error in the Formation of Acoustic Bullets
Harry E. Moses and Reese T. Prosser
Fluorescent Transfer of Light in Dyed Materials
S. D. Howison and R. J. Lawrence
Service-Adaptive Multitype Repairman Problems
Donald P. Gaver, John A. Morrison, and Rogerio Silveira
Diffusion Approximation for Head of the Line Processor Sharing for Two
Parallel Queues
J. A. Morrison
A Finite Capacity PS Queue which Models Switching Times
Xiaoming Tan and Charles Knessl
On the Transient Behavior of the Erlang Loss Model: Heavy Usage
Asymptotics
Shisheng Xie and Charles Knessl
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