Subject: NA Digest, V. 93, # 15 NA Digest Sunday, April 11, 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 15 Today's Editor: Cleve Moler The MathWorks, Inc. moler@mathworks.com Today's Topics: Postdoc/ Student Support for Householder Meeting Honorary Degree for Richard Varga Info on Wavelets Sought ICANN '94 Preliminary Call for Papers Grand Challenges for High Performance Computing Comett Course on Qualitative Computing Symposia on Massively Parallel Computing and Applications Postdoctoral Positions at Argonne Visiting Positions at the University of Colorado at Denver HPC/Fujitsu Canadian Scholarship Submissions for NA Digest: Mail to na.digest@na-net.ornl.gov. Information about NA-NET: Mail to na.help@na-net.ornl.gov. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Gene Golub Date: Mon, 5 Apr 93 22:22:09 PDT Subject: Postdoc/ Student Support for Householder Meeting HOUSEHOLDER 93 Meeting POSTDOCS/ AdVANCED GRADUATE STUDENTS FELLOWSHIPS For US Citizens and residents Postdocs and graduate students are invited to apply for participating in the Householder meeting at Lake Arrowhead to be held from June 13-18, 1993. There is modest support from the National Science Foundation for travel/lodging. Those persons requesting support should give reasons for attending the meeting and a budget for expenses. The postdocs/students should indicate their research interests and plans; a one page abstract of a proposed talk is desirable. A letter of recommendation should be sent independently by a faculty person. For students, this letter should give the GPA. We expect to make a decision by May 15, 1993. Send your application to: FAX: 415/723-2411 (Write "Student Support" on Fax.) E-mail: golub@sccm.stanford.edu (Subject: Student Support). ------------------------------ From: Claude Brezinski Date: Ma, 6 Avr 93 09:40:01 +0200 Subject: Honorary Degree for Richard Varga It is with great pleasure that I would like to inform all of you that Professor Richard S. Varga Kent State University, Kent, Ohio received a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Sciences and Technologies of Lille (France). The ceremony took place at Hospice Comtesse, a building of the 17th century in the center of Lille on April 2, 1993. Six other scientists also got the same degree which was given for the last time by the University of Lille 10 years ago. Congratulations, Richard, for what you achieved in your career and best wishes for the future. ------------------------------ From: Margareta Heilmann Date: Tue, 06 Apr 93 14:18:15 SET Subject: Info on Wavelets Sought As I am trying to learn more about wavelets (especially about algorithms and applications) I have the following requests: 1) I would like to get information about available software. 2) It would be nice, if people working in this field can supply me with pre- or reprints. Thanks in advance Margareta Heilmann University of Dortmund Departement of Mathematics P.O. Box 50 05 00 4600 Dortmund 50 Germany ------------------------------ From: Piero Morasso Date: Tue, 6 Apr 93 14:55:41 MET DST Subject: ICANN '94 Preliminary Call for Papers EUROPEAN NEURAL NETWORK SOCIETY PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS I C A N N ' 94 - SORRENTO ICANN'94 (INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS)| is the fourth Annual Conference of ENNS and it comes after ICANN'91(Helsinki), ICANN'92 (Brighton), ICANN'93 (Amsterdam). It is co-sponsored by INNS, IEEE-NC, JNNS. It will take place at the Sorrento Congress Center, near Naples, Italy, on May 26-29, 1994. There will be tutorials and invited talks by top-experts in the field who will also join the program committee. Interested authors are cordially invited to present their work in one of the following "Scientific Areas" (A-Cognitive Science; B-Mathematical Models; C- Neurobiology; D-Fuzzy Systems; E-Neurocomputing), indicating also an "Application domain" (1-Motor Control;2-Speech;3-Vision;4-Natural Language; 5-Process Control;6-Robotics;7-Signal Processing; 8-Pattern Recognition;9-Hybrid Systems;10-Implementation). DEADLINE for CAMERA-READY COPIES: December 15, 1993. Detailed instructions will be given in a subsequent call. Conference Chair: Prof. Eduardo R. Caianiello, Univ. Salerno, Italy, Dept.Theoretic Physics; email: iiass@salerno.infn.it Conference Co-Chair: Prof. Pietro G. Morasso, Univ. Genova, Italy, Dept.Informatics, Systems,Telecommunication, email: morasso@dist.unige.it Tutorial Chair: Prof. John Taylor, Imperial College,London, UK, fax: +44 71 873 2017 Industrial Liaison Chair: Dr. Roberto Serra, Ferruzzi Finanziaria, Ravenna, fax: +39 544 35692/32358 ------------------------------ From: Larry Picha Date: Tue, 6 Apr 93 08:58:30 EDT Subject: Grand Challenges for High Performance Computing The Organizing Committee would like to call your attention to the "Conference on Grand Challenges for High Performance Computing" to be held May 7, 1993 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The objective of the Conference is to promote dialogue and interaction among leaders in the multi-sector United States high performance computing community including industry, academia and the federal agencies. The Conference is jointly sponsored by nine Federal agencies contributing to the High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative. The Conference is divided into four major sections: Keynote Address; Applications Workshop Summary; Software Technology Report; and a Panel on Industrial Applications. 1. Keynote Address An address focusing on the importance of High Performance Computing and Communications to the nation will be given. A prominent national figure has been invited to give this address. 2. Applications Workshop Summary Summarized presentations from the "HPCC Workshop on Grand Challenge Applications and Software Technology" for the following areas will be given by experts in their fields: - Environmental and Earth Sciences - Computational Physics - Computational Biology, Chemistry, and Material Sciences - Computational Fluid Plasma Dynamics - Applications of Artificial Intelligence 3. Software Technology Report As also identified in the Workshop, the needs and requirements for software technology in the following areas will be presented: I/O & Data Systems for HPC Parallel Programming HP Fortran and Parallel Tools/Libraries Programming Paradigms Algorithms HPC Performance Evaluation Visualization Multidisciplinary Applications 4. Panel on Industrial Applications Panelists will represent the following areas: aeronautics (civil transport and materials); petroleum; automotive; manufacturing, health care in the area of imagery or information delivery (and including pharmaceuticals); financial (esp. modeling). The Panelists will address: Relevance and impact of the science and engineering Grand Challenge Applications on Industrial Applications in their industry (especially techniques and methodologies), Importance and relevance of identified software technology challenges on their industrial applications General view of the Grand Challenge industrial applications (the so-called National Challenges) in their community. Please note that the results of the HPCC "Workshop on Grand Challenge Applications and Software Technology" will be reported at this Conference. The Workshop which will be held prior to the Conference is, however, by invitation only. The purpose of the Workshop is to bring HPCC Grand Challenge applications research groups supported under the HPCC Initiative together with HPCC software technologists in order to: discuss multidisciplinary computational science research issues and approaches; refine the software technology requirements for Grand Challenge applications research; and, identify the major technology challenges facing users and providers. The results will be presented during the Conference. If you would like additional information on the Conference please contact the Conference Coordinator at (phone: 412/268-4960, email: hpcc@psc.edu). Paul H. Smith Organizing Committee Chair Conference on Grand Challenges for High Performance Computing May 7, 1993 SPONSORED BY National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Science Foundation Department of Energy National Institutes of Health Environmental Protection Agency Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency National Security Agency National Institute of Standards and Technology National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Paul H. Smith, NASA, Chair Stephen M. Griffin, NSF, Exec. Sec. Norman Glick, NSA Fred Johnson, NIST Tom Kitchens, DOE Jacob Maizel, NIH Joan Novak, EPA Tom Pyke, NOAA Robert Voigt, NSF Gil Weigand, ARPA PROGRAM COMMITTEE Rick Stevens, ANL, Chair Fran Berman, U. of California, San Diego Al Brenner, SRC Phillip Colella, U. California, Berkeley Kevin Drogenmeir, U. Oklahoma Ian Foster, ANL Geoffrey Fox, NPAC, Syracuse Mike Heath, U. Illinois/NCSA Ken Kennedy, Rice U. Tom Kitchens, DOE Robert Martino, NIH Paul Messina, Caltech Reagan Moore, SDSC Dan Reed, U. Illinois Ralph Roskies, PSC Manny Salas, NASA/LaRC Joel Saltz, U. Maryland Ahmed Sameh, CSRD Fran Sullivan, SRC Andy White, LANL Paul Woodward, U. Minnesota For further information contact: Conference Coordinator (phone 412/268-4960, email: hpcc@psc.edu) ------------------------------ From: Valerie Fraysse Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 09:49:30 +0100 Subject: Comett Course on Qualitative Computing COMETT MATARI PROGRAMME European Course (funded by EEC Comett Programme) on QUALITATIVE COMPUTING Francoise Chatelin Valerie Fraysse LCR, Thomson-CSF and CERFACS CERFACS June 8 --- June 10, 1993 LCR, Thomson-CSF Domaine de Corbeville, Orsay, France Is it wise to trust the simulation results produced by computers using finite precision arithmetic ? When a computation takes place in a neighborhood of a singularity, then the computing error cannot be made small and all the digits can be wrong~: such computations are said to be ``impossible''. Is it possible, however, to go beyond this classical view of computation, and retrieve the meaning which, at first sight, is clouded by computing errors~? This module presents the latest approaches for studying the reliability of computer solutions and the robustness of numerical models. Several problems are addressed. The necessity of distinguishing between various sources of instability (algorithms, numerical methods, models...) is emphasized. Moreover, it is known that an underlying singularity may damage seriously the quality of computations~: the distance to singularity, viewed by the computer becomes an essential parameter for interpreting computational processes; but the influence of a singularity can also be dramatically increased under the variation of certain parameters, such as the departure from normality for matrix computations, the Reynolds number in CFD, the resistivity in MHD... We present a qualitative approach for analysing computer results, which provides insightful information on condition numbers and distances to singularity, using intensively various graphical tools such as perturbed spectra, level curves of resolvent... This module offers about 20 hours of courses, aimed at engineers and researchers involved in computer simulation. Lecture notes will be provided to all participants Registration Fees : 1000 FF Discount for students and multiple inscriptions : 500 FF For further informations and applications, please contact Francoise Chatelin LCR, Thomson-CSF, Domaine de Corbeville, F-91404 ORSAY cedex France Email: chatelin@thomson-lcr.fr Tel: [33] (1) 60 19 73 11 Fax: [33] (1) 60 19 71 20 ------------------------------ From: Herman J.J. te Riele Date: Thu, 8 Apr 93 15:26:49 +0200 Subject: Symposia on Massively Parallel Computing and Applications CWI - RUU SYMPOSIA ON MASSIVELY PARALLEL COMPUTING AND APPLICATIONS CALL FOR ABSTRACTS In 1993 - 1994, CWI (Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science Amsterdam) and RUU (University of Utrecht) are organising a series of Symposia on Massively Parallel Computing and Applications. As far as the computing part is concerned, we are interested in contributions on the optimization and analysis of generic numerical algorithms on massively parallel computers. In particular, we think of iterative methods for large sparse systems of equations, multigrid methods for various types of PDEs, parallel methods for the solution of ordinary differential equation, software tools for parallelization, etc. On the applications side, we seek contributions in fields where optimization and analysis of numeric and nonnumeric algorithms for massively parallel computers are instrumental for real progress. In particular we think of environmental problems, number theory and cryptography, multiple-particle systems, chemical reactions, computational fluid dynamics, seismic problems etc. The following advisory board will assist in the selection of the Symposium programs: P. Aerts, Dutch National Computing Facilities Foundation NCF O. Axelsson, Catholic University Nijmegen L.O. Hertzberger, University of Amsterdam P.A.J. Hilbers, Royal Shell Laboratory Amsterdam P.J. van der Houwen, CWI and University of Amsterdam W. Loeve, National Aerospace Laboratory NLR N. Petkov, University of Groningen M. Rem, Technical University Eindhoven J.G. Verwer, CWI H. Wijshoff, University of Leiden P. De Wilde, Technical University Delft We intend to organise bi-monthly one- or half-day meetings each of which will be centred around a class of numerical algorithms or around a coherent applications field. The first three dates will be June 4, 1993, Sept. 24, 1993 and Nov. 26, 1993. The first meeting will be devoted to application of massively parallel computing in environmental problems. Refereed proceedings will be published. Abstracts of possible contributions are solicited now. Please send an abstract to Herman J.J. te Riele, CWI, Kruislaan 413, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands (email: herman@cwi.nl) and indicate your preference, if any, for one of the above three dates. The deadline for submission of abstracts for the meeting of June 4, 1993 is May 1, 1993; for the other two meetings the deadline is June 1, 1993. Notification of acceptance for the first meeting will be sent by May 20, 1993, and for the two subsequent meetings by July 1, 1993. (For the symposia meetings in 1994 a new call for abstracts will be issued in due time.) A limited budget is available for contributors from abroad to partially cover travel and lodging expenses. The organisers: H.J.J. te Riele (CWI) H.A. v.d. Vorst (RUU and CWI) ------------------------------ From: Stephen Wright/Mike Minkoff Date: Wed, 7 Apr 93 09:42:39 CDT Subject: Postdoctoral Positions at Argonne Postdoctoral Position Argonne National Laboratory We invite applications for a postdoctoral research position at Argonne National Laboratory. Candidates must have experience in developing and implementing algorithms for ordinary differential equations, as evidenced through research accomplishments in computational mathematics or scientific computing. Experience with large-scale problems, stiff problems, and parallel computing is desirable. The successful candidate will participate in a research project whose aim is to develop and apply mathematical algorithms and software for the molecular dynamics analysis of protein conformations on massively parallel computers. The individual will interact with biophysicists, computational mathematicians, and computer scientists. Project members have access to state-of-the-art computing facilities, including a 528-processor Intel Touchstone DELTA. Familiarity with molecular modeling of phenomena in chemistry or biochemistry and experience in obtaining computational solutions to such problems is desirable. Applicants must have received their Ph.D. not more than three years prior to the beginning of the appointment. Applications must be addressed to Susan M. Walker, Box mcs/bim-postdoc, Employment and Placement, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, and must include a resume' and the names and addresses of three references. For further information, contact Steve Wright (708-252-7847; wright@mcs.anl.gov). Paul Bash (708-252-8631; bash@mcs.anl.gov). Postdoctoral Position Argonne National Laboratory We invite applications for a postdoctoral research position at Argonne National Laboratory. Candidates must have experience in developing and implementing ab initio Quantum Mechanics methods for electronic structure problems, as evidenced through research accomplishments in computational physics/chemistry or scientific computing. Experience with Density Functional or Hartree-Fock Theory is essential. The successful candidate will participate in a research project whose aim is to develop and apply a hybrid quantum and molecular mechanics methodology for the study of enzyme reaction mechanisms utilizing massively parallel computers. The individual will interact with biophysicists, computational chemists, computational mathematicians, and computer scientists. Project members have access to state-of-the-art computing facilities, including a 528-processor Intel Touchstone DELTA. Familiarity with molecular modeling of phenomena in chemistry or biochemistry and experience in obtaining computational solutions to such problems is desirable. Applicants must have received their Ph.D. not more than three years prior to the beginning of the appointment. Salary is $30,000 - $40,000 per year depending on experience. Applications must be addressed to Susan M. Walker, Box bim-postdoc, Employment and Placement, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, and must include a resume' and the names and addresses of three references. For further information, contact Paul Bash (708-252-8631; bash@mcs.anl.gov) Mike Minkoff (708-252-7234; minkoff@mcs.anl.gov). Argonne is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. ------------------------------ From: Jan Mandel Date: Wed, 7 Apr 93 20:35:30 MDT Subject: Visiting Positions at the University of Colorado at Denver The Department of Mathematics at the University of Colorado at Denver expects to offer several visiting positions in Applied Mathematics for the academic year 1993/94 at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor levels. Candidates with successful research programs in the field of numerical solution of partial differential equations compatible with those of the current faculty will be given preference, but outstanding candidates in other fields will be considered as well. The visitors will be required to teach graduate courses. The salary will be competitive and depend on qualifications and experience. Senior faculty on sabbatical leave would be particularly welcome. Two tenure track positions are anticipated in the following year, and the visitors may be considered for those positions. The Denver/Boulder area is located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and offers excellent opportunities for skiing and hiking. Please send vita, selected publications, and arrange for two letters of recommendation to be sent to Debbie Wangerin Campus Box 170 University of Colorado at Denver Denver, CO 80217-3364 The University of Colorado is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. ------------------------------ From: Gene Golub Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 15:22:25 -0700 (PDT) Subject: HPC/Fujitsu Canadian Scholarship 1993 High Performance Computing Scholarships HPC, the National High Performance Computing Centre, and Fujitsu Systems Business of Canada, Inc. announce a joint scholarship program in scientific computing. The objective of the program is to foster use of high performance computing for scientific research at Canadian universities. The program emphasizes scientific, rather than computational, issues. Efficient use of the computational resources will also be expected from the participants, but it is not the primary goal of the competition. The program has two main parts. A number of 1993 HPC High Performance Computing Scholarships will be awarded, chosen competitively among the pool of applicants. All HPC Scholarship awardees will compete for the annual Fujitsu Scholarship. The Fujitsu Scholarship will reward the most significant scientific results obtained on the Fujitsu VPX240 by an HPC Scholarship awardee. While the scholarship program is targeted toward graduate students, both student and research advisor will be named in the award. In case of a team application, all the members of the team will be named. The awards will consist principally in computer time on the Fujitsu VPX240 Vector supercomputer operated by the HPC Centre in Calgary. The Fujitsu VPX240 is a single-CPU machine, with a peak performance of 2.5 GigaFLOPS. It is presently the only vector supercomputer publically accessible in Canada. 1993 HPC High Performance Computing Scholarships Scholarships/grants-in-time will be offered, on a competitive basis, by Fujitsu and the HPC Centre, to graduate students enrolled in a full-time, degree-granting program in a Canadian university. Collaborative efforts are also welcome, especially international collaborations, but the main applicant will be a graduate student enrolled in a Canadian university. Selected applicants will be granted access for an extended period of time to the Fujitsu VPX240 operated by HPC Centre. The exact number selected will depend upon the quality of the proposals submitted and the amount of resources being requested. The scholarships will cover exclusively charges for computer use at the facility operated by the HPC Centre, in conditions determined by the HPC Centre, and limited to remaining resources not sold to commercial customers, actually available on those facilities. For the 1993 program, the application deadline is May 4, 1993. Awards will be announced at SS'93, the 1993 Canadian High Performance Computing Symposium. to be held in Calgary, June 7-9, 1993. Awardees will be granted access to the VPX240 during a nine months periods starting July 1, 1993. At their own discretion, the HPC Centre and Fujitsu may extend that period to June 30, 1994, to participants who request an extension. 1993 awardees may apply again in the 1994 competition. As a condition for participation, all 1993 awardees agree to submit a paper summarizing their results for presentation at SS'94, the 1994 Canadian High Performance Computing Symposium, and to submit a copy of that paper to the HPC/Fujitsu Scientific Commission by May 4, 1994. Those papers will serve as the basis for selection of the Fujitsu Scholarship Award by the Commission. Proposals shall include a biography of the applicant, on the form enclosed, a detailed technical proposal in free-form format, up to two pages (11 in by 8 1/2 in) long, and a request for computer resources, on the form enclosed. The proposal shall be endorsed by the student's research advisor, and the scholarship/grant-in-time shall be awarded jointly to the graduate student and his research advisor, under the responsibility and administration of the advisor. The proposals shall be evaluated by the Scientific Commission, based strictly upon their scientific merits, feasibility and reasonableness of the goals and the request in view of the time interval available and the resources being requested, and the quality of the applicants. 1994 Fujitsu Scholarship All HPC Scholarship awardees will be competing for the 1994 Fujitsu Scholarship, based upon the scientific quality of the results obtained, as presented in a paper submitted to SS'94. The entries shall be evaluated by the HPC/Fujitsu Scientific Commission. The Prize shall consist of a trip for two to the SC'94 conference, including air fare, registration and accomodation, plus continued access to the Fujitsu VPX240 for an additional period of twelve months, and resources of a total value of up to two times the value of the resources granted in the first phase. Important Dates: May 4, 1993: deadline for receipt of proposals. June 7-9, 1993 (SS'93): Announcement of HPC Scholarship Awards. July 1, 1993: Access to the Fujitsu VPX240 granted to awardees. April 1, 1994: Papers submitted to the Scientific Commission. June 1994 (SS'94): Announcement of the Fujitsu Scholarship winner. HPC/Fujitsu Scientific Commission: Applications must be mailed to: HPC/Fujitsu Scientific Commission c/o Luc Bauwens Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2P 2N4 e-mail: bauwens@acs.ucalgary.ca Fax: (403) 282 8406 Phone: (403) 220 5792 ------------------------------ End of NA Digest ************************** -------