Subject: NA Digest, V. 18, # 14 NA Digest Sunday, April 08, 2018 Volume 18 : Issue 14 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs dmdunla@sandia.gov Today's Topics: Christine Bernardi Joseph Flaherty (1943-2018) 2018 Atrial Segmentation Challenge IMA Early Career Mathematicians Conference, UK, Apr 2018 Southern Ontario Numerical Analysis Day, Canada, May 2018 Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, Cuba, Jun 2018 Mathematical Reliability, Tunisia, Jul 2018 BIT Circus 2018, Finland, Aug 2018 VECPAR 2018, Brazil, Sep 2018 The Mathematical Challenges of Big Data, UK, Dec 2018 Full Time Position, High Performance Computing Lecturer Position, Mathematics and Information Technology Postdoc Position, Comp Inverse Problems, NYU Courant Research Positions, Mixed-integer Non-linear Optimisation PhD Position, ML, Stats and Applied Math, Univ of Queensland and Boeing PhD Positions, Gran Sasso Science Institute Contents, Intl J of Mathematics and Computer Science, 13 (2) Contents, J Computational Analysis and Applications, 26 (1) Subscribe, unsubscribe, change address, or for na-digest archives: http://www.netlib.org/na-digest-html/faq.html Submissions for NA Digest: http://icl.utk.edu/na-digest/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Yvon Maday maday@ann.jussieu.fr Date: April 05, 2018 Subject: Christine Bernardi Our colleague Christine Bernardi died suddenly on the night of March 10, 2018. Director of research at CNRS within the Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions where she had spent her entire career, since her thesis with Pierre- Arnaud Raviart. She retired for health reasons a year ago. She collaborated with an incredible number of people; she was recognized and appreciated worldwide for her seminal research on the numerical analysis of partial differential equations. We will always remember a colleague who was always available and very involved in the life of the community. She carried out numerous international initiatives, notably with Italy and the Maghreb (see Christine's website). Her daily involvement, her scientific initiatives and her constant good spirits have punctuated our daily lives for over 35 years. Her family has created a web page where you can leave a souvenir message http://www.inmemori.com/cbernardi. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Karen Devine kddevin@sandia.gov Date: April 03, 2018 Subject: Joseph Flaherty (1943-2018) Dr. Joseph Flaherty passed away on March 28, 2018. Joe studied at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, where he earned degrees in aerospace engineering and applied mechanics. In 1972, he joined the faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he remained until his retirement in 2005. He was instrumental in the establishment of RPI's Department of Computer Science and was its chairperson for seven years. He achieved the rank of Amos Eaton Professor, an honor named for the co-founder of RPI. He also served as the Dean of RPI's School of Science. Joe's research focused on numerical analysis, adaptive finite element methods, and high-performance computing. During his tenure, he co-authored thirteen reference books, wrote countless journal articles and papers, spoke at conferences around the world, and served as a thesis advisor and mentor to numerous students and doctoral candidates. He was a member of eight professional societies and four honor societies. Memorial services will be held April 21, 9:30am, at The Chapel + Cultural Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Jichao Zhao j.zhao@auckland.ac.nz Date: April 02, 2018 Subject: 2018 Atrial Segmentation Challenge Segmentation of the 3D atrial chambers from MRIs provides vital information for patient specific diagnostics and treatment. Nowadays, gadolinium-based contrast agents are used in a third of all MRI scans (GE-MRI) to improve the clarity of the images of a patient's internal structures including the heart, by improving the visibility of often disease associated structures, such as fibrosis. Direct segmentation of the atrial chambers from GE-MRIs is very challenging due to the attenuation of the contrast between normal myocytes of the atrial tissue and background. Most existing structural analysis studies, especially those that utilize GE-MRIs, have been based on labour intensive, error/bias prone approaches. Hence, there is a need for an intelligent algorithm that can perform fully automatic atrial segmentation, particularly in the left atrium, to accurately reconstruct and visualise its geometry for clinical usage. The 2018 atrial segmentation challenge will provide the largest dataset of such kind to participants: A total of 154 3D GE-MRIs for training and testing. This challenge, in conjunction with 2018 STACOM workshop and MICCAI conference (16-20 September 2018 in Granada, Spain), will provide an open competition for wider communities to test and validate their methods on image segmentation and further push the state-of-the-art performance. The atrial segmentation challenge will start on 4 April, 2018. For detailed information including image data and prizes, please check the link: http://atriaseg2018.cardiacatlas.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Pamela Bye pam.bye@ima.org.uk Date: April 04, 2018 Subject: IMA Early Career Mathematicians Conference, UK, Apr 2018 IMA Early Career Mathematicians' Spring Conference 2018 Saturday 21 April 2018, Durham University Due to wintry weather, this conference had been deferred. Do you want to get more involved with the IMA? Are you keen to rub shoulders with your mathematical peers? Then come along to the Early Career Mathematicians' Spring conference on Saturday 21 April 2018 at Durham University. The conference will interest mathematicians early in their career, be it in academia or industry, as well as students of mathematics, and those with an interest in the subject. There will be plenty of time to network; allowing you the opportunity to meet people with similar interests and find out more about the wide range of careers that are available. Confirmed talks include: - Teaching Mathematics in Schools, Dr Linda (Yuqian) Wang - Cluster algebras, mutations and triangulated surfaces, Dr Anna Felikson Confirmed workshops include: - Knowing, understanding, and owning your traits, Nicholas Brusby - CPD -- how to keep up with your maths for employment purposes, Dr Christopher Baker - Becoming Chartered - is it worth the effort? Dagmar Waller - Time Management while doing a PhD, Maciej Matuszewski Registration is open via: https://my.ima.org.uk Conference Webpage: https://ima.org.uk/8691/ima-early-career-mathematicians-conference-spring-2018/ For further information to students, including the 'IMA eStudent' grade: http://www.ima.org.uk/student.cfm.html ------------------------------------------------------- From: Ken Jackson krj@cs.utoronto.ca Date: April 07, 2018 Subject: Southern Ontario Numerical Analysis Day, Canada, May 2018 The 36th Annual Southern Ontario Numerical Analysis Day (SONAD 2018) will be held at the University of Toronto on Friday, 4 May 2018. The invited speakers are: - Rob Corless, Western University, "Optimal Backward Error and the Leaky Bucket" - Justin Wan, University of Waterloo, "Multigrid Methods for Solving Cooperative, Non-cooperative and Mean Field Games arising from Economics" There will also be contributed short talks by graduate students, post-docs and others in the local numerical analysis community. There is no registration fee for this event, but we do ask you to register through the webpage listed below by 1 May 2018, so that we will know how much coffee, snacks etc to order. More information about SONAD 2018 can be found through the webpage http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~ccc/NAday18/ or by contacting the organizers: Christina Christara ccc@cs.utoronto.ca Wayne Enright enright@cs.utoronto.ca Tom Fairgrieve tff@cs.utoronto.ca Ken Jackson krj@cs.utoronto.ca ------------------------------------------------------- From: Jose E. Castillo jcastillo@sdsu.edu Date: April 02, 2018 Subject: Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, Cuba, Jun 2018 The IX PanAmerican Workshop in applied mathematics and computational science will be held in Varadero, Cuba June 11-18 2018 The objective of these workshops is to create cooperative research activities based on international collaboration and to promote the development of applied and computational mathematics in Latin America. To accomplish these goals, we must bring together practicing applied mathematicians and computational scientists in the Americas to exchange research information, and create a forum for researchers to refine, enhance and implement research activities. The purpose is to continue to center in areas of applied and computational mathematics, such as, computational fluid dynamics, numerical optimization, high-performance computing, grid generation, computer algebra, and dynamical systems aimed to evaluate data related to areas of environmental, social and economic development in the Americas.http://www.csrc.sdsu.edu/panam2018/index.html ------------------------------------------------------- From: Skander Belhaj skander_belhaj@yahoo.fr Date: April 08, 2018 Subject: Mathematical Reliability, Tunisia, Jul 2018 The first EURO-MEDITERRANEAN CONFERENCE ON MATHEMATICAL RELIABILTY will held between JULY 4 and JULY 6, 2018 in DJERBA, TUNISIA Website: http://www.ecmr2018.tn The Euro-Mediterranen Conferences on Mathematical Reliability (ECMR) will serve as a forum for the presentation and discussion of theoretical or applied research in reliability and risk management. This series of conferences provides an invaluable opportunity to bring together probabilistic or statistician colleagues experts in Reliability of all around the Mediterranean sea. This would help in particular those with limited financial support to attend the conferences. Its objective is to promote research in mathematical reliability. Propositions for invited sessions are welcomed. Plenary Speakers: Balakrishnan Narayanaswamy, Mac master Univ. Hamitton, Canada Massimiliano Giorgio, Univ. of Naples, Italy Fouladirad Mitra, Univ. of Technology of Troyes, France Rezg Nidhal, Univ. of Lorraine, France Conference Event Location: Hotel Hasdrubal Djerba Prestige, 5* Address : Sidi Mahrez, Djerba 4180, Tunisia Key dates: 15 April 2018, Deadline for abstract and full paper submission 30 April 2018, Deadline for early bird registration 4-6 July 2018, ECMR 2018, Djerba, Tunisia ------------------------------------------------------- From: Rolf Stenberg rolf.stenberg@aalto.fi Date: April 04, 2018 Subject: BIT Circus 2018, Finland, Aug 2018 The bi-annual BIT Circus (the Nordic descendant of the many U.S. circus, fair and rodeos) will take place at Aalto University, Finland August 20-22, 2018. The circus motto is "everybody is welcome, nobody is invited", and the main idea is that PhD students, Post-docs, and young researchers are presenting their on-going work and exchanging ideas in their research. The circus is free of charge, including accommodation for Ph.D.-students and PostDoc's. Travel expenses are not covered. However, advance registration is required so that we can prepare the circus and the accommodation. For more information, see BIT Circus 2018 web page, with the registration form (dead-line May 31): http://math.aalto.fi/~gustaft1/bitcircus18/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Osni Marques oamarques@lbl.gov Date: April 04, 2018 Subject: VECPAR 2018, Brazil, Sep 2018 13th International Meeting on High-Performance Computing for Computational Science (VECPAR 2018) September 17-19, 2018 Sao Pedro - SP, Brazil http://vecpar2018.ncc.unesp.br Deadline for paper submission: June 15th, 2018 Workshop proposal submission: May 15th, 2018 The International Meeting on High Performance Computing for Computational Science (VECPAR) is a venue for presenting and discussing the latest research and practices in high end computer modelling of complex systems. VECPAR encourages submissions of research contributions from academia, research laboratories and industry to address pressing issues in computational science resulting from applications of interest to society as well as hardware innovations. VECPAR 18, the 13th edition of the VECPAR series of conferences is organized by the Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil, and by the Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCAR), Brazil. Contributions are solicited in all areas of computational science and engineering (CS&E), including (but not limited to) the following topics: Large scale Simulations in CS&E; Parallel and Distributed Computing; Parallel Algorithms; Numerical Algorithms on Multicore, GPUs and Emerging Architectures; Symbolic algorithms on Multicore, GPUs and Emerging Architectures; Support Tools and Environments; Scheduling and Load Balancing; Performance Analysis, Evaluation and Tuning; Parallel and high performance machine learning algorithms and applications. Submissions should be made through EasyChair at https://easychair.org/my/conference.cgi?conf=vecpar2018 Papers should not exceed 14 pages in length and should be formatted according to the rules of the Springer Series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), http://www.springer.com/gb/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines . ------------------------------------------------------- From: Pamela Bye pam.bye@ima.org.uk Date: April 06, 2018 Subject: The Mathematical Challenges of Big Data, UK, Dec 2018 3RD IMA CONFERENCE ON THE MATHEMATICAL CHALLENGES OF BIG DATA Monday 10th - Tuesday 11th December 2018 Double Tree by Hilton Hotel London - West End Data-driven analysis is increasingly on the critical path for performance advantage in many organisations, both public and commercial. This raises continuous challenges for rigorous analysis to derive reliable insights from data at very large scale, often with potential artefacts and sampling bias, adding to change variation. This conference brings together researchers and practitioners to signpost developments in the state-of-the-art and find common ground where theory and practice meet to maximise impact in the digital economy. It is a forum for networking and to showcase the very latest research in a broad range of topics. Each session will feature an invited talk by an expert speaker. Topics of interest: Mathematical challenges arising from Big Data; Mathematical Innovation in Data Science; Multidisciplinary applications of Big Data; Data assimilation and inverse problems from novel sensors; Applications of block-chain including cryptocurrencies; Persistent homology; Optimal and dynamic sampling; Stream data management; Uncertainty modelling & generalisation error bounds; Network analysis & web mining methods; Trend tracking & novelty detection; Dynamic segmentation & clustering; Deep learning; Transfer learning; Context awareness; Multimodal data linkage; Integration of multi-scale models; Mining of unstructured, spatio-temporal & multimedia data; IoT and large sensor networks; Predictive analytics and recommender systems; Real-time forecasting; Access on-demand in distributed databases; Privacy protecting data mining; Homomorphic encryption; Data integrity & provenance methods; Visualization methods; Mathematics underpinning large-scale use cases. Papers will be accepted for the conference based on a 300-500 word abstract for oral or poster presentation. We welcome abstracts to be submitted by Friday 29 September 2018 via https://my.ima.org.uk. Please indicate whether your title is intended for oral or poster presentation. Note: If you are an IMA Member or you have previously registered for an IMA conference, then you are already on our database. Please "request a new password" using the email address previously used, to log in. For further information on this conference, please visit the conference webpage: https://ima.org.uk/9104/3rd-ima-conference-on-the-mathematical-challenges-of-big-data/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Jakub Kurzak kurzak@icl.utk.edu Date: April 04, 2018 Subject: Full Time Position, High Performance Computing The Innovative Computing Laboratory (ICL, http://icl.cs.utk.edu/) at the University of Tennessee is looking for bright, motivated people to join our leading edge research team. The primary duties of this position are: to participate in the design, development and maintenance of numerical software libraries for solving linear algebra problems on large distributed memory machines with multicore processors and hardware accelerators; to help write research papers documenting research findings; to present the team's work at conferences; and to help lead students and research team in their research endeavors as related to ongoing and future projects. Given the nature of the work, there will be opportunities for publication, travel, and high profile professional networking in academia, labs, and industry. Joining this team will offer qualified candidates exciting career opportunities, such as participation in the Exascale Computing Projects (ECP) by the U.S. Department of Energy, such as SLATE (http://icl.utk.edu/slate/), PEEKS (http://icl.utk.edu/peeks/), xSDK (http://www.icl.utk.edu/research/xsdk4ecp), and others. We encourage both fresh PhD graduates, as well as seasoned HPC veterans to apply. For more information, check out the job offer at http://www.icl.utk.edu/content/job-opportunities (section "Research Position in Numerical Linear Algebra"). For consideration, send CV and contact information for three references to Tracy Rafferty at rafferty@icl.utk.edu. ------------------------------------------------------- From: erika hausenblas erika.hausenblas@unileoben.ac.at Date: April 05, 2018 Subject: Lecturer Position, Mathematics and Information Technology A senior lecturer position is available at the department of mathematics and information technology at the Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria. The position is mainly for teaching in Numerical Analysis and related topics. One should have a PhD in mathematics. Further details about this position are available at http://napps1.unileoben.ac.at/napps/public/mbl.nsf/ansicht%2002/450BD7938A22B6DFC12 582660029DB69?OpenDocument For informal enquiries please contact erika.hausenblas@unileoben.ac.at. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Georg Stadler stadler@cims.nyu.edu Date: April 03, 2018 Subject: Postdoc Position, Comp Inverse Problems, NYU Courant There is an opening for a 2-year postdoctoral position at the Courant Institute in New York. The research focus in on the development of methods for inverse problems governed by PDEs, and for uncertainty quantification. The main application target are inverse problems in the geosciences, in particular in glaciology and earth science modeling. Successful applicants have experience in at least two of the following areas: Bayesian inverse problems; PDE discretization and solvers; PDE- constrained optimization; data assimilation; high-performance computing. Since this is a collaborative and interdisciplinary project, good written and verbal communication skills are required. The position starts in fall 2018. Applications received by April 15 will receive full consideration. More information and how to apply can be found here: https://cims.nyu.edu/~stadler/pd18.txt ------------------------------------------------------- From: Dennis Adelhütte dennis.adelhuette@fau.de Date: April 05, 2018 Subject: Research Positions, Mixed-integer Non-linear Optimisation The MINOA (Mixed-Integer Non-Linear Optimisation: Algorithms and Applications) consortium is seeking highly motivated and qualified Early-Stage Researchers (ESRs) that are looking for obtaining a PhD degree in applied mathematics, operations research, and computer science. Once recruited, you will study relevant applications in areas such as energy, logistics, engineering, analytics, and natural sciences. You will be trained through an innovative training programme based on individual research projects motivated by these applications. As special challenges, you will work on dynamic aspects and optimisation in real time, optimisation under uncertainty, multilevel optimisation or on non-commutativity in quantum computing. More information can be found here: http://admin.euraxess.org/jobs/291084 http://www.minoa-itn.fau.de ------------------------------------------------------- From: Fred Roosta fred.roosta@uq.edu.au Date: April 03, 2018 Subject: PhD Position, ML, Stats and Applied Math, Univ of Queensland and Boeing The university of Queensland in partnership with Boeing seeks applications from qualified students for a fully-funded PhD position working at the interface of machine learning, computational statistics, and applied mathematics. The end-goal is to develop methods for validation of outputs from aviation ecosystem simulations. For further information and details, please see: https://scholarships.uq.edu.au/scholarship/boeing-uq-research-alliance-phd-scholarship- validation-of-outputs-aviation-ecosystem Application deadline is 30 April 2018. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Nicola Guglielmi nicola.guglielmi@gssi.it Date: April 07, 2018 Subject: PhD Positions, Gran Sasso Science Institute The Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), based in l'Aquila, Italy, offers 8 post-graduate training to obtain Ph.D degrees in Applied Mathematics. The PhD programs last four years. The Academic Year will start on November 1st 2018. GSSI awards scholarships until the thesis dissertation and for a maximum of four years. The yearly amount of the scholarship is of 16.159,91 Euro gross. An additional 50% on monthly basis may be awarded for research period aboard if approved by the GSSI. Official language of the PhD Programs: English. Facilities and benefits - all PhD students will have free accommodation at the GSSI guest house and, starting from the second year, another accommodation or a financial substitute of 350,00 Euros gross/month (to obtain the contribution, the students would have to present a rental agreement in L'Aquila); - all PhD students will have free luncheon vouchers (1 per day, working days, except school closures, missions, other situations contemplated by the GSSI rules); - all PhD students will have tuition fees waived; - all PhD students will be covered by insurance against any accident and/or injury that may occur while carrying out their PhD activities For details see the webpage http://www.gssi.infn.it/phd/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Prof. Badih Ghusayni bdih@future-in-tech.net Date: April 07, 2018 Subject: Contents, Intl J of Mathematics and Computer Science, 13 (2) Contents, Vol. 13, no, 2, International Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science: 1) Vagner Jikia, Ilia Lomidze, New properties of Special Functions and applications. 2) Umer Shuaib, Muhammad Shaheryar, Waseem Asghar, On Some Characterizations of o-fuzzy subgroups. 3) Armend Salihu, A modern modification of Gjonbalaj-Salihu cornice determinant, transformation to semi-diagonal determinant. 4) Warud Nakkhasen, Bundit Pibaljommee, Intuitionistic Fuzzy k-\Gamma-Hyperideals of \Gamma-Semihyperrings. 5) S. M. Abrarov, B. M. Quine, Efficient computation of pi by the Newton--Raphson iteration and a two-term Machin-like formula. 6) Uzoamaka A. Ezeafulukwe, Maslina Darus, Olubunmi Abidemi Fadipe- Joseph, On Analytic Properties of a Sigmoid. 7) John Patrick Fulgencio Solano, Sudaporn Suebsung, Ronnason Chinram, On ideals of fuzzy points n-ary semigroups. 8) Rabah Kellil, Sum and product of Fuzzy ideals of a ring. 9) Garima Sharma, Amit B. Singh, Strongly r-Clean Rings. 10) Andreas Boukas, Picard Approximation of the Matrix Elements of Quantum Stochastic Differential Equations and Quantum Flows and Basic Error Estimates. 11) Emel Bicer, Cemil Tunc, New Theorems for Hyers-Ulam Stability of Lienard Equation with Variable Time Lags. ------------------------------------------------------- From: GEORGE ANASTASSIOU ganastss@memphis.edu Date: April 08, 2018 Subject: Contents, J Computational Analysis and Applications, 26 (1) TABLE OF CONTENTS, JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS, VOL. 26, NO. 1, 2019 An application of Binomial distribution series on certain analytic functions, Waqas Nazeer, Qaisar Mehmood, Shin Min Kang, and Absar Ul Haq Soft rough approximation operators via ideal, Heba.I. Mustafa Stability of C*-ternary quadratic 3-homomorphisms, Hossein Piri, S. H. Aslani, V. Keshavarz, Choonkil Park, and Sun Young Jang Stability of functional equations in Serstnev probabilistic normed spaces, Choonkil Park, V. Arasu, and M. Angayarkanni New subclass of analytic functions in conic domains associated with q - Salagean differential operator involving complex order, R. Vijaya, T. V. Sudharsan, M. Govindaraj, and S. Sivasubramanian Fourier series of sums of products of ordered Bell and Genocchi Functions, Taekyun Kim, Dae San Kim, Lee Chae Jang, and D. V. Dolgy Two transformation formulas on the bilateral basic hypergeometric series, Qing Zou The p-moment exponential estimates for neutral stochastic functional differential equations in the G-framework, Faiz Faizullah, A.A. Memom, M.A. Rana, and M. Hanif Generalized contractions with triangular \alpha-orbital admissible mappings with respect to \eta on partial rectangular metric spaces, Suparat Baiya and Anchalee Kaewcharoen On stability problems of a functional equation deriving from a quintic function, D. Kang and H. Koh Comparisons of isolation numbers and semiring ranks of fuzzy matrices, Seok-Zun Song and Young Bae Jun Some properties of certain difference polynomials, Yong Liu, Yuqing Zhang, and Xiaoguang Qi Stability of ternary Jordan bi-derivations on C*-ternary algebras for bi- Jensen functional equation, Sedigheh Jahedi, Vahid Keshavarz, Choonkil Park, and Sungsik Yun A nonmonotone smoothing Newton algorithm for circular cone complementarity problems, Xiaoni Chi, Hongjin Wei, Zhongping Wan, and Zhibin Zhu Duality in nondifferentiable multiobjective fractional programming problems involving second order (F, b, \phi, \rho, \theta) - univex functions, Meraj Ali Khan, Amira A. Ishan, and Falleh R. Al-Solamy Coupled coincidence point theorems and cone b-metric spaces over Banach algebras, Young-Oh Yang and Hong Joon Choi ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************