Subject: NA Digest, V. 19, # 4 NA Digest Tuesday, January 29, 2019 Volume 19 : Issue 4 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs dmdunla@sandia.gov Today's Topics: British Young Mathematicians' Colloquium, UK, Apr 2019 Data Science and Machine Learning, UK, Apr 2019 ExaHyPE Workshop, UK, Apr 2019 Advances in Numerical Linear Algebra, UK, May 2019 High Performance Data Analytics, France, Jun 2019 Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT), Germany, Aug 2019 Porous Media, Brazil, Aug 2019 Applied and Numerical Linear Algebra, Germany, Sep 2019 ENUMATH2019, The Netherlands, Sep 2019 Faculty Positions, Mathematics, TU Eindhoven Professorship Position, Analysis, Theory of Partial Differential Equations MATHRIX Assistant Professorship Position, Mathematics Senior Lecturer Position, Umea Univ, Sweden Postdoc Positions, Image/Video Processing/Analysis, ML, Shenzhen Univ Postdoc Positions, Mathematics, Univ Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Postdoc and PhD Position, Numerical Analysis, RWTH Aachen Postdoc and Summer Student Positions, Quantum Computing, Argonne Doctorate Research Position, Faculty of Mathematics, Univ of Vienna Givens Associate Positions (PhD Students), Argonne PhD Position, Mechanics of Mechanical Metamaterials, Czech Technical Univ PhD Positions, Numerical Linear Algebra and HPC, Charles Univ PhD Positions, Polynomial Optimization, Efficiency through Moments and Algebra Contents, Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis (ETNA), 50 Contents, J Computational Mathematics, 37 (1) Contents, Numerical Algorithms, 80 (1) Contents, Statistics, Optimization and Information Computing, 7 (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: Alexander Brune bymc@contacts.bham.ac.uk Date: January 23, 2019 Subject: British Young Mathematicians' Colloquium, UK, Apr 2019 The registration for the British Young Mathematicians' Colloquium (BYMC) 2019 is now open and we are accepting abstracts. We encourage young researchers from all fields of mathematics to submit an abstract for a short talk. This year, we have made a particular effort to make the conference as accessible as possible to people with disabilities. For all details on registration, abstract submission, and accessi- bility information, please visit http://web.mat.bham.ac.uk/BYMC/. - Deadlines - 15th March: Abstract submission 29th March: Registration ------------------------------------------------------- From: Christopher Overton C.Overton@liverpool.ac.uk Date: January 28, 2019 Subject: Data Science and Machine Learning, UK, Apr 2019 The University of Liverpool SIAM-IMA Student Chapter would like to invite you all to the "Liverpool Early Career Researcher Conference 2019: Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence," held on the 3rd - 5th April 2019. The aim of this conference is to bring together a community of people interested in data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence and their applications to statistics, health and life sciences. Invited Speakers: - Nick Higham (Applied Mathematics, University of Manchester) - Tony Hey (Chief Data Scientist, STFC) - Richard Pinch (Former Head of Profession for Mathematics, GCHQ) - Danielle Belgrave (Machine Learning Researcher, Microsoft Research) - Xiaowei Huang (Computer Science, University of Liverpool) - Edward Pyzer-Knapp (Machine Learning and AI, IBM) - Simon Maskell (Autonomous Systems, University of Liverpool) - Maria Angela Ferrario (Digital Technology and Environmental Change, University of Lancaster) - David Hughes (Biostatistics, University of Liverpool) The deadline for talk/poster submission is 28th February 2019, and the deadline for registration is 20th March. For more information and to register, please visit the conference website (https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/~cmit/SIAM_Conference/). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Anne Reinarz reinarz@in.tum.de Date: January 26, 2019 Subject: ExaHyPE Workshop, UK, Apr 2019 ExaHyPE (exahype.eu) is an open source simulation engine to solve systems of hyperbolic equation systems. For this workshop, we invite existing users and interested potential users alike to join us for four days. Users can try out the engine while some developers are around, i.e. they start the week with a problem given as PDE in mind and go home with a working first prototype built on top of ExaHyPE. The workshop takes place at Grey College at Durham University. We start with a reception in the evening of Monday, 22 April 2019 and wrap up the workshop in the morning of Friday, 26 April 2019. Registration at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exahype-userdissemination-workshop-tickets- 53380459391 We can provide a limited number of travel grants to European partners. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Nick Higham nick.higham@manchester.ac.uk Date: January 21, 2019 Subject: Advances in Numerical Linear Algebra, UK, May 2019 Advances in Numerical Linear Algebra: Celebrating the Centenary of the Birth of James H. Wilkinson, May 29-30, 2019 This international workshop focuses on numerical linear algebra (NLA) and will bring together researchers working in NLA to discuss current developments, challenges in the light of evolving computer hardware, and the changing needs of applications. September 27, 2019 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of James Hardy Wilkinson, who died in 1986. Wilkinson's legacy endures and one of the aims of the workshop is to take stock of what has changed in error analysis since Wilkinson's era and to discuss current challenges and ways to approach them. For details of the conference, for which contributed talks and posters are invited, see https://nla-group.org/advances-in-numerical-linear-algebra-2019/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Laura Grigori lauragrigori@gmail.com Date: January 23, 2019 Subject: High Performance Data Analytics, France, Jun 2019 The 10th Gene Golub SIAM Summer School will take place in France, at a conference center in Aussois, in the French Alps from June, 17 to June, 28, 2019 and will be held in conjunction with the SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing. The intended audience is intermediate graduate students (students with a Master's degree, Ph.D. students, or equivalent). The focus of the school will be on large-scale data analytics, which lies at the intersection of data analytics algorithms and high performance computing. Students will be introduced to problems in data analytics arising from both the machine learning and the scientific computing communities. The school will include perspectives from industry, such as Hodge Star Scientific Computing, IBM, and NVIDIA, as well as from academic instructors, including - Animashree Anandkumar (Caltech and Nvidia) - Haesun Park (Georgia Institute of Technology) - Tammy Kolda (Sandia National Laboratories) - Jack Poulson (Hodge Star Scientific Computing) - Costas Bekas (IBM) All courses will have a strong computing component. The school will be held in the spirit of Gene Golub, with lots of interactions between the lecturers and the participants. A poster blitz and a poster session will be organized for students who wish to present their own work. The lectures will have associated labs that will allow the students to get hands-on experience and have a closer interaction with the lecturers. The school is being organized by Laura Grigori (Inria and Sorbonne University), Matthew Knepley (University at Buffalo), Olaf Schenk (Universita della Svizzera italiana), and Rich Vuduc (Georgia Institute of Technology). We invite graduate students from disciplines related to the topic of the school (mathematical sciences, computing sciences, or a domain science with a computational science and engineering focus), to apply. Our mission is to increase diversity and we encourage students from under-represented groups to apply. Attendance will be restricted to about 40 well-qualified participants, who will be selected based on the submitted application documents. Applications are being accepted now through February 8, 2019. More information is available on the G2S3 2019 website (https://project.inria.fr/siamsummerschool/). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Cecilia Bonetti info@iccopt2019.berlin Date: January 25, 2019 Subject: Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT), Germany, Aug 2019 We cordially invite you to contribute to the Sixth International Conference on Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT) in Berlin, Aug 3-8, 2019. The scientific program of the ICCOPT 2019 contains organized sessions and talks, which are assigned to one of thematic clusters listed below. You can also present a scientific poster. Please submit your organized session by Feb 22, and your talk by Mar 22. More details can be found on the webpage: https://iccopt2019.berlin. 6th International Conference on Continuous Optimization PLENARY SPEAKERS Amir Beck, Tamara G. Kolda, Uday V. Shanbhag, Michael Ulbrich SEMI-PLENARY SPEAKERS Heinz Bauschke, Frank E. Curtis, Radu I. Bot, Darinka Dentcheva, Amr S. El-Bakry, Frauke Liers, Lieven Vandenberghe CLUSTERS OF THE CONFERENCE: Applications in Energy, Science and Engineering; Applications in Finance and Economics; Big Data and Machine Learning; Complementarity and Variational Inequalities; Conic, Copositive, and Polynomial Optimization; Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization; Derivative-free and Simulation-based Optimization; Global Optimization; Multi-Objective and Vector Optimization; Nonlinear Optimization; Optimization Implementations and Software; Optimization Applications in Mathematics of Planet Earth; PDE-constrained Optimization and Optimal Control; Robust Optimization; Sparse Optimization and Information Processing; Stochastic Optimization ------------------------------------------------------- From: Sandra Malta smcm@lncc.br Date: January 27, 2019 Subject: Porous Media, Brazil, Aug 2019 The 3rd BR INTERPORE CONFERENCE ON POROUS MEDIA 2019 is approaching! The venue will be in Petropolis, LNCC August 5 - August 9, 2019, see http://www.interpore2019br.lncc.br/ The online submission of abstracts for Semi-plenaries and Contributed talks is open and ends at March 31, 2019. Acceptance of your submissions will be sent by April 26, 2019. You are cordially invited to submit your abstract of either a Semi-plenary or a Contributed talks. A single abstract is required which will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee. The scientific program will focus on advances in the research, methods, and theory of (but not limited to): Digital Imaging (micro-CT images, Pore-scale imaging & modeling, upscaling of pore-scale forces); Nanomateriais (Theory, Applications, Lattice Boltzmann, DNS, Pore-Scale, Discrete Network); Numerical Simulation HPC; Uncertainty Quantification and Geostatistical Models; Applications in Biological systems, Biotechnology and Medicine; Fundamental mathematics of porous media flows (Theory, Computations and applications); Petroleum science and technology (Theory, Computations and applications); Water Resources (Theory, Computations and applications); Seismic and Inverse problems; Applications in renewable energy; Geo, rock and soil mechanics See Interpore Newsletter for the link to the meeting https://www.interpore.org/index.php? option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid=450&key=uZcS5FFx&subid=6920- 4h5R6wQFaXZzxS&tmpl=component ------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Stoll martin.stoll@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de Date: January 29, 2019 Subject: Applied and Numerical Linear Algebra, Germany, Sep 2019 The annual GAMM Workshop on Applied and Numerical Linear Algebra will be held in Chemnitz, Germany, September 26-27 2019. The special emphasis of the workshop is on the application of numerical linear algebra in the sciences. But all other aspects of applied and numerical linear algebra are most welcome. Invited speakers (confirmed): Alison Ramage (University of Strathclyde, Scotland), Andreas Frommer (Bergische Universitat Wuppertal, Germany), Reinhold Schneider (TU Berlin, Germany). The workshop will consist of three invited talks and contributed talks of 25 minutes. More information on deadlines and registration can be found on the webpage: www.chemnitz-am.de/anla2019 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Kees Vuik c.vuik@tudelft.nl Date: January 29, 2019 Subject: ENUMATH2019, The Netherlands, Sep 2019 European Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications Conference 2019, September 30 - October 4, 2019 Egmond aan Zee The Netherlands ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 15, 2019 Taking into account requests from prospective participants at ENUMATH2019, it has been decided to extend the deadline for submission of mini-symposia proposals to February 14, 2019. Organizers of mini-symposia are encouraged to submit a 1-page abstract including: The title of the mini-symposium; The scientific contents of the mini-symposium; A list of speakers, please, provide 4, 8 or 12 speakers For any further questions please contact the conference secretariat at info@enumath2019.org ------------------------------------------------------- From: Michiel Hochstenbach m.e.hochstenbach@tue.nl Date: January 21, 2019 Subject: Faculty Positions, Mathematics, TU Eindhoven The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at TU Eindhoven is looking for new faculty members to expand its academic staff. We welcome applications in all areas of mathematics and at all levels, ranging from (tenure-track) assistant professor to full professor. More details are available at https://jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/assistant-associate-full-professors-439183.html. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Carolin Gietz carolin.gietz@uni-muenster.de Date: January 29, 2019 Subject: Professorship Position, Analysis, Theory of Partial Differential Equations The newly established Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Munster: Dynamics - Geometry - Structure at the University of Munster, Germany, invites applications for a Full Professorship in Analysis - Theory of Partial Differential Equations Bridging the Gaps Professorship, W3 level at the Mathematical Institute as soon as possible. The Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Munster is looking for a dynamic and committed personality with an outstanding research profile in the field of analysis and theory of partial differential equations, whose research establishes links between applied and theoretical mathematics. A visible role in intra- and interdisciplinary cooperations and collaborations with existing and planned third-party funded projects and research centres is expected, as well as participation in our teaching programme. Prerequisites for the application are a doctoral degree in mathematics or a connected field, an outstanding international research profile, and corresponding teaching experience. Prerequisite for the application are also academic achievements made as a Juniorprofessor (assistant professor), in a Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification), as a member of the academic staff of a university or non-university research institute, or in a research position in business, administration or other relevant fields in Germany or abroad. The University of Munster is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing the proportion of women academics. Consequently, we actively encourage applications by women. Female candidates with equivalent qualifications and academic achievements will be preferentially considered within the framework of the legal possibilities. We also welcome applications from candidates with severe disabilities. Disabled candidates with equivalent qualifications will be preferentially considered. Applications, including a CV, list of publications, research plan, and teaching portfolio, should be submitted electronically as a single PDF file by 30 March 2019 to mathdek@uni-muenster.de. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Carolin Gietz carolin.gietz@uni-muenster.de Date: January 29, 2019 Subject: MATHRIX Assistant Professorship Position, Mathematics The Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Munster: Dynamics-Geometry-Structure at the University of Munster, Germany, invites applications for two MATHRIX Assistant Professorships in Mathematics (salary level W1) One of the positions will be filled in an area of theoretical mathematics, and the other in an area of applied mathematics. The professorships are for three years with the possibility of an extension for another three years upon positive evaluation. In exceptional cases, a position may be tenured. Applications are particularly welcome if they strengthen, complement and/or connect existing research areas of the cluster. Successful candidates should contribute to existing and/or future third-party funded grants. The professorships should contribute to gender equality within the mathematical sciences, which might, for example, be documented by an appropriate gender equality concept. Applicants must hold a doctoral degree in mathematics or a related discipline. They should demonstrate a strong research record and appropriate teaching experience. Applications should contain a cover letter, a CV, a publication list, a research plan relating to the research of Mathematics Munster and a teaching portfolio. Please apply using our online application form at: www.uni-muenster.de/MathematicsMuenster/careers/mathrix The University of Munster is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing the proportion of women academics. Consequently, we actively encourage applications by women. Female candidates with equivalent qualifications and academic achievements will be preferentially considered within the framework of the legal possibilities. We also welcome applications from candidates with severe disabilities. Disabled candidates with equivalent qualifications will be preferentially considered. If you have any questions please contact: mm.applications@uni-muenster.de The evaluation for the current application round will start on March, 15th, 2019. Later applications may also be considered. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Åke Brännström ake.brannstrom@umu.se Date: January 21, 2019 Subject: Senior Lecturer Position, Umea Univ, Sweden The Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Umea University, Sweden invites applications for a position as Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, with particular emphasis on computational mathematics. Last application date is 2019/02/27. The applicant is expected to carry out research in Mathematics that connect to the department's research activities in Computational Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics or Mathematical Modelling and Analysis. The applicant is also expected to participate in our educational activities in the area, which includes teaching and pedagogical development work at both undergraduate and graduate level, as well as supervision and examination of student theses. Supervision of PhD students and postdocs may also be part of the employment. The applicant is expected to participate in departmental activities in a broad sense. For the first three years, the employment comes with research time corresponding to 50 % of full time. After these three years, there is the possibility to apply in competition for up to 75 % research time from the faculty. At the department, there is also the possibility to apply for co- funding of PhD-student positions. The salary for a senior lecturer is typically 547200-636000 SEK per year. The position comes with retirement benefits. In addition, Sweden has an excellent welfare system that includes generous paid parental leave (480 days / child), steeply subsidized day care, steeply subsidized health care, etc. The position is full time from autumn 2019 or upon to agreement. See https://umu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:247263/ for more details and instructions on how to apply. Welcome with your application! ------------------------------------------------------- From: J. Lu jianlu1979@163.com Date: January 29, 2019 Subject: Postdoc Positions, Image/Video Processing/Analysis, ML, Shenzhen Univ Postdoc Positions in Shenzhen University, China Location: Shenzhen, China Job Type: Full-Time Duration: 2 years Number of Position: 2 Positions Closing Date: Open Until Filled Description: We are looking for Postdoctoral Researchers in Image/Video Processing/Analysis, Machine Learning (Deep Learning), Mathematical Imaging and Optimization, etc. We have no teaching tasks and check in / check out policy for Postdoctoral Researchers. Promotors: - Prof. Jian Lu (Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Machine Learning and Applications) - Prof. Lixin Shen (Syracuse University, USA) The salary is about 30,000 RMB (44,000 US dollars) per year, of which 120,000 RMB per year comes from a local government source as a tax-free postdoc subsidy. Those who are interested please send their C.V. to Prof. Dr. Jian Lu, e-mail: jianlu@szu.edu.cn; jianlu1979@163.com ------------------------------------------------------- From: Antonio Malheiro cma.diretor@fct.unl.pt Date: January 23, 2019 Subject: Postdoc Positions, Mathematics, Univ Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Two postdoctoral positions in Mathematics are opened at Centre of Mathematics and Applications (CMA) in the framework of the project Centro de Matematica e Aplicacoes/NOVA.ID.FCT - Associacao para a Investigacao e Desenvolvimento da FCT (Mathematics/UI297), which is financed by national funds from FCT/MCTES (UID/MAT/00297/2019) at the Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Number of grants: 2 Location: Department of Mathematics of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal. Duration: Initially 9 months, with possible extension. Starting date: expected to start in 01 st April 2019, depending on bureaucratic details. Applications: expected to open 7th February 2019. If you wish to receive an email with the official announcement and with further details and information on how to apply, please send an email to cma.secretariado@fct.unl.pt . ------------------------------------------------------- From: Benjamin Stamm best@mathcces.rwth-aachen.de Date: January 28, 2019 Subject: Postdoc and PhD Position, Numerical Analysis, RWTH Aachen The group of Computational Mathematics [1] at the Center for Computational Engineering Science at RWTH Aachen University invites applicants for a Postdoc or PhD position in the area of scientific computing and/or numerical analysis in computational chemistry, in particular with focus on eigenvalue problems. The group develops new methods for problems arising in theoretical chemistry, physics and material science with focus on a solid mathematical framework, but many projects of the group are interdisciplinary. For all positions, excellent knowledge about numerical analysis and scientific computing, with preference with expertise in the discretisation of partial differential equations or eigenvalue problems, as well as good programming skills are expected. Please send the application including the CV and a statement of motivation to Prof. B. Stamm (best@mathcces.rwth-aachen.de). Applications sent before February 15 will be given preference. [1]: http://www.mathcces.rwth-aachen.de/5people/stamm/start ------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Suchara msuchara@anl.gov Date: January 23, 2019 Subject: Postdoc and Summer Student Positions, Quantum Computing, Argonne The quantum computing group at Argonne National Laboratory is looking for postdoctoral scholars and summer students to perform research in quantum computing. Research topics of interest include quantum networking, quantum algorithms, quantum distributed systems, quantum error correction, and simulations of quantum networks. Interested candidates should send their CV to the project lead Martin Suchara at msuchara@anl.gov. Candidates for postdoctoral positions can also apply directly at https://www.anl.gov/hr/postdoctoral-applicants for a position with requisition number 405345. The full advertisement can be downloaded at http://martinsuchara.com/opportunities/405345.pdf. The quantum computing group at Argonne National Laboratory is part of the Chicago Quantum Exchange, a research hub that is building a 30-mile quantum teleportation network. Our group members have the opportunity to collaborate with leading experts across the laboratory divisions and at partner institutions. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, relocation, and assistance with visa processing for international candidates. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Min Hadler min.hadler@univie.ac.at Date: January 25, 2019 Subject: Doctorate Research Position, Faculty of Mathematics, Univ of Vienna We are offering a Doctorate Research Position within the FWF-funded International Project Novel Error Measure and Source Conditions of Regularization Methods. Detailed description: https://www.csc.univie.ac.at/files/Dachprojekt_PhD_Position.pdf ------------------------------------------------------- From: Stefan Wild wild@mcs.anl.gov Date: January 23, 2019 Subject: Givens Associate Positions (PhD Students), Argonne The Mathematics and Computer Science (MCS) Division at Argonne National Laboratory is developing innovative techniques in numerical computing and computational mathematics in its Laboratory for Applied Math, Numerical Software, and Statistics (LANS). The Givens Associate program is intended to encourage graduate students who are beginning careers in numerical analysis or computational mathematics. Givens Associates will work actively with MCS scientists designing, analyzing, and implementing numerical, statistical, and learning algorithms. For further information about applied mathematics, numerical software, and statistics research related areas in MCS, see https://www.anl.gov/mcs/mathematics-and-computer-science-research. The deadline for all application materials is March 1, 2019 but applications will be processed starting February 1. Please see complete details at https://www.anl.gov/mcs/givens-associates . Candidates must be in a Ph.D. program in applied mathematics, computer science, computational science, statistics, or a related field at a U.S. university (U.S. citizenship is not required). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Jan Zeman jan.zeman@cvut.cz Date: January 26, 2019 Subject: PhD Position, Mechanics of Mechanical Metamaterials, Czech Technical Univ Professor Milan Jirasek at Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, is searching for a motivated Ph.D. student, who will work on our new ambitious project on non-periodic mechanical metamaterials. Candidates should be interested in and have some previous experience with mathematical modeling and numerical simulation of the mechanical response of materials and structures. Interested candidates are invited to proceed to https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/370091 for additional details on the opening. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Erin Carson carson@karlin.mff.cuni.cz Date: January 29, 2019 Subject: PhD Positions, Numerical Linear Algebra and HPC, Charles Univ Funded PhD positions are available at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University in Prague within the framework of the Primus Research Program "Scalable and Accurate Numerical Linear Algebra for Next-Generation Hardware", led by Erin Carson. Applications are invited from candidates who have strong background in numerical linear algebra, numerical analysis, parallel computing, or computational and data science application areas. The start date is Fall 2019, by which time the applicants must hold a Master's degree. Successful candidates must formally enroll in the PhD program at Charles University. Further details about the positions and potential PhD projects can be found here: www.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~carson/primusjobs.html To apply, candidates should submit the following documents to carson@karlin.mff.cuni.cz by March 22, 2019: - Curriculum Vitae - Cover Letter explaining motivation and interest - Brief summary of Master's thesis (including pdf file of Master's thesis if available) In addition, the candidate should arrange for two letters of recommendation to be sent directly to the same e-mail address before March 22, 2019. Contact: Erin C. Carson, Department of Numerical Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics & Physics, Charles University, Sokolovska 83, 18675 Prague Email: carson@karlin.mff.cuni.cz Homepage: www.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~carson ------------------------------------------------------- From: Michal Kocvara m.kocvara@bham.ac.uk Date: January 27, 2019 Subject: PhD Positions, Polynomial Optimization, Efficiency through Moments and Algebra POEMA - 15 Doctoral Student Positions Available on the subject of Polynomial Optimization, Efficiency through Moments and Algebra at eleven European Research Institutes and Universitites. The Innovative Training Network POEMA is hiring 15 Doctoral Students starting from September 2019. The proposed projects will be investigating the development of new algebraic and geometric methods combined with computer algebra techniques for global non-linear optimization problems. Applications will focus on smarter cities challenges, urban traffic management, water network management, energy flow control, or environmental monitoring. Available positions - Algebraic tools for exact SDP and its variants - Advisor: M. Safey el Din (Sorbonne University, Paris, France) - Exact algorithms for structured polynomial optimisation - Advisor: M. Safey el Din (Sorbonne University, Paris, France) - Polynomial optimization problems with symmetry - Advisor: C. Scheiderer (Univ. of Konstanz, Germany) - Hyperbolic polynomials and the Generalized Lax Conjecture - Advisor: M. Schweighofer (Univ. of Konstanz, Germany) - Tensor Decomposition by Vector Bundles tools - Advisor: G. Ottaviani (Firenze, Italy) - Approximation hierarchies for (non-)commutative polynomial optimisation - Advisor: M. Laurent (CWI, Amsterdam, the Nerthelands) - Approximation hierarchies for graph parameters - Advisor: M. Laurent (CWI, Amsterdam, the Nerthelands) - Polynomial Optimization Problems in Operations Research and Finance - Advisor: E. de Klerk (Univ. of Tilburg, the Netherlands) - Structure of moment problems and applications to polynomial optimisation - Advisor: B. Mourrain (Inria, Sophia Antipolis, France) - Alternative polynomial bases for global optimization - Advisor: E. Hubert (INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France) - Numerical cubature with symmetry and applications to polynomial optimisation - Advisor: C. Riener (Univ. of Tromsoe, Norway) - Algorithms and software for nonlinear convex conic optimisation - Advisor: M. Stingl (Friedrich Alexander Univ. Erlangen, Germany) - Algorithms and software for structured SDP - Advisor: M. Kocvara (Univ. of Birmingham, UK) - Polynomial Optimization: Some challenges from applications - Advisor: M. Korda (CNRS, LAAS, Toulouse, France) - Polynomial Optimization Techniques for Energy Network Operation and Design - Advisors: J.-H. Hours, M. Gabay (ARTELYS, Paris, France) The positions have usually a duration of three years. Applicants must have a Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or Engineering (or any equivalent diploma) at the date of recruitment. More information and application submission: https://easychair.org/cfp/POEMA-19-22 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Lothar Reichel reichel@math.kent.edu Date: January 25, 2019 Subject: Contents, Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis (ETNA), 50 Special volume dedicated to Walter Gautschi on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Edited by G. V. Milovanovic and L. Reichel. S. Pozza, M. S. Pranic, and Z. Strakos, The Lanczos algorithm and complex Gauss quadrature R. M. Mutavdzic, A. V. Pejcev, and M. M. Spalevic, Error bounds for Kronrod extension of generalizations of Micchelli-Rivlin quadrature formula for analytic functions G. Mastroianni, G. V. Milovanovic, and I. Notarangelo, Polynomial approximation with Pollaczeck-Laguerre weights on the real semiaxis. A survey W. Gautschi and G. V. Milovanovic, Binet-type polynomials and their zeros A. Narayan, Computation of induced orthogonal polynomial distributions I. Kucukoglu and Y. Simsek, Numerical evaluation of special power series including the numbers of Lyndon words: an approach to interpolation functions for Apostol-type numbers and polynomials D. Benko, D. Coroian, P. Dragnev, and R. Orive, Probability, minimax approximation, and Nash-equilibrium. Estimating the parameter of a biased coin M. C. De Bonis and D. Occorsio, A product integration rule for hypersingular integrals on (0,infinity) A. H. Bentbib, M. El Ghomari, C. Jagels, K. Jbilou, and L. Reichel, The extended global Lanczos method for matrix function approximation A. N. Jovanovic, M. P. Stanic, and T. V. Tomovic, Construction of the optimal set of quadrature rules in the sense of Borges W. Van Assche and A. Vuerinckx, Multiple Hermite polynomials and simultaneous Gaussian quadrature ------------------------------------------------------- From: Yonghui Yu yyu@lsec.cc.ac.cn Date: January 21, 2019 Subject: Contents, J Computational Mathematics, 37 (1) Journal of Computational Mathematics, Volume 37 (2019), Issue 1 http://www.global-sci.org/intro/articles_list/jcm/1466.html CONTENTS Unconditionally Superclose Analysis of a New Mixed Finite Element Method for Nonlinear Parabolic Equations, Dongyang Shi, Fengna Yan and Junjun Wang On the Generalized Deteriorated Positive Semi-definite and Skew-Hermitian Splitting Preconditioner, Davod Hezari, Vahid Edalatpour, Hadi Feyzollahzadeh and Davod Khojasteh Salkuyeh A Positive and Monotone Numerical Scheme for Volterra-renewal Equations with Space Fluxes, Mario Annunziato and Eleonora Messina Parareal Algorithms Applied to Stochastic Differential Equations with Conserved Quantities, Liying Zhang, Weien Zhou and Lihai Ji The High Order Block Rip Condition for Signal Recovery, Yaling Li and Wengu Chen Descent Direction Stochastic Approximation Algorithm with Adaptive Step Sizes, Zorana Luzanin, Irena Stojkovska and Milena Kresoja Improved Relaxed Positive-definite and Skew-Hermitian Splitting Preconditioners for Saddle Point Problems, Yang Cao, Zhiru Ren and Linquan Yao A Cascadic Multigrid Method for Semilinear Elliptic Equations, Fei Xu and Fusheng Luo Uniformly Convergent Nonconforming Tetrahedral Element for Darcy- Stokes Problem, Lina Dong and Shaochun Chen ------------------------------------------------------- From: Claude Brezinski claude.brezinski@univ-lille.fr Date: January 21, 2019 Subject: Contents, Numerical Algorithms, 80 (1) Table of Contents Numerical Algorithms, Vol. 80, No. 1 Special issue: Extrapolation and Fixed Points in Memoriam, Peter Wynn (1931--2017) Guest Editor: Gerard Meurant Gerard Meurant, Preface Claude Brezinski, Reminiscences of Peter Wynn Claude Brezinski, Michela Redivo--Zaglia, The genesis and early developments of Aitken's process, Shanks' transformation, the epsilon-algorithm, and related fixed point methods Donald G.M. Anderson, Comments on ``Anderson acceleration, mixing and extrapolation" Herve Le Ferrand, The rational iteration method by Georges Lemaitre Abderrahim Messaoudi, Mohammed Errachid, Khalide Jbilou and Hassane Sadok, GRPIA: a new algorithm for computing the interpolation polynomials Walter Gander, Qiquan Shi, Matrix completion with epsilon-algorithm Gerard Meurant, Postface ------------------------------------------------------- From: Prof. David G. Yu david.iapress@gmail.com Date: January 26, 2019 Subject: Contents, Statistics, Optimization and Information Computing, 7 (1) Table of Contents-Statistics, Optimization and Information Computing (SOIC), Vol 7, No 1 (2019) This issue is available at http://www.iapress.org/index.php/soic User Environment Detection with Acoustic Sensors Embedded on Mobile Devices for the Recognition of Activities of Daily Living, Ivan Miguel Pires, Nuno M Garcia, Nuno Pombo, Francisco Florez- Revuelta, Susanna Spinsante, Maria Canavarro Teixeira, Eftim Zdravevski A Method for Automatic Medical Diagnosis, Igor Grabec,Eva Svegl,Mihael Sok An Optimization Approach towards Air Traffic Forecasting: A Case Study of Air Traffic in Changi Airport, Tolebi Sailauov,Z.W. Zhong Modelling the Impact of Migration on HIV Persistency in Ghana, Ofosuhene Okofrobour Apenteng,Noor Azina Ismail Predicting Home Value in California, United States via Machine Learning Modeling, Yitong Huang Probability Modeling of Monthly Maximum Sustained Wind Speed in Bangladesh, Md. Moyazzem Hossain Exploratory Factor Analysis for Software Development Projects in Mexico, Sergio Alcaraz-Corona,Jose Luis Cantu-Mata,Fernando Torres-Castillo Extrapolation Problem for Multidimensional Stationary Sequences with Missing Observations, Mikhail Moklyachuk,Oleksandr Masyutka,Maria Sidei Interpolation Problem for Multidimensional Stationary Processes with Missing Observations, Mikhail Moklyachuk,Oleksandr Masyutka,Maria Sidei Non-Autonomous Random Oscillating Systems of Fourth Order under Small Periodical External Perturbations with Jumps, Olga Borysenko,Oleksandr Borysenko Results on Relative Mean Residual Life and Relative Cumulative Residual Entropy, Vali Zardasht Relations for Single and Product Moments of Odds Generalized Exponential-Pareto Distribution Based on Generalized Order Statistics and its Characterization, Neetu Gupta, Zaki Anwar Mid-Truncated Burr XII Distribution and Its Applications in Order Statistics, Jagdish Saran, Narinder Pushkarna,Shikha Sehgal ABC_{4} and GA_{5} Indices of Para-Line Graph of Some Convex Polytope, Zeinab Foruzanfar,Fatima Asif,Zohaib Zahid,Sohail Zafar,Mohammad Reza Farahani Estimates for Distributions of Holder Semi-Norms of Random Processes from F\Psi(\Omega) Spaces, Defined on the Interval [0,\infty), Yurii Vasylovych Kozachenko,Dmytro Vasylovych Zatula The Zografos-Balakrishnan Odd Log-Logistic Generalized Half-Normal Distribution with Mathematical Properties and Simulations, Mahdieh Mozafari, Mahmoud Afshari, Morad Alizadeh, Hamid Karamikabir Legendre Wavelets with Scaling in Time-delay Systems, Iman Malmir A Poximal-Projection Bundle Method for Convex Nonsmooth Optimization with On-Demand Accuracy Oracles, Xiaoxia Dong,Chunming Tang,Haiyan Zheng ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************