Subject: NA Digest, V. 93, # 46 NA Digest Sunday, December 12, 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 46 Today's Editor: Cleve Moler The MathWorks, Inc. moler@mathworks.com Today's Topics: First Asian CFD Conference Hellenic Mathematical Society IMACS Turbulence Workshop Special Issues of Advances in Computational Mathematics Position at Tsing Hua University Department Head at University of Illinois at Chicago Positions at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 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: Mo Mu Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1993 15:16:53 +0800 Subject: First Asian CFD Conference First Announcement for First Asian Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference 16-19 January, 1995 Sponsor: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Location: Hong Kong CONFERENCE TOPICS: newly developed schemes and algorithms, incompressible flows, compressible flows, hypersonic flows and rarefied gas flows, turbulent flow computation, transition and modelling, reacting flows, multi-phase flows, meteorology and oceanography, applications to aeronautics and astronautics, applications to structural, civil and environmental engineering, finite element methods, unstructured grid scheme parallel computation in computational fluid dynamics. INFORMATION: Conference Secretary, Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Fax (852)-358-1643, Email: asiacfd@usthk.bitnet Abstract deadline: 15 April, 1994 ------------------------------ From: Demetri Date: Wed, 8 DEC 93 17:47 GMT Subject: Hellenic Mathematical Society First Announcement and Call for Papers HELLENIC MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATICS 2nd HELLENIC-EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS H E R M I S ' 9 4 (Hellenic-European Research on Mathematics and InformaticS) September 22 - 24, 1994, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens The main theme within the Conference will be Computer Mathematics and its applications and special emphasis will be given to Computational Mathematics, Operational Research and Statistics, Mathematics in Economic Science. Sponsors Hellenic Ministries of Education and Culture, Athens University of Economics The 2nd Hellenic/European Conference on Mathematics and Informatics (HERMIS '94) will be hosted by the Athens University of Economics and Business (Department of Informatics) located in Athens, Greece. Invited Speakers of HERMIS '94 International authorities, well-known Academicians and Professors have been invited to talk on the most recent advances on subjects that are included in the Conference programme. The following distinguished scientists have accepted so far to talk on related subjects of their speciality: Professor G.H. GOLUB, Member of National Academy of Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, USA Professor A. SAMEH, Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota and Center for supercomputing R&D, University of Illinois, USA Professor L.M. DELVES, Department of Statistics and Computational Mathematics Institute ASC, University of Liverpool, England Professor G.I. MARCHUK, Academician, President of the CIS Academy of Sciences, Moscow, CIS Professor M. GROSS, Laboratoire d'Automatique Documentaire et Linguistique, University of Paris VII, Paris, France Professor V.I. AGOSHKOV, Department of Mathematics, University of Moscow, Moscow, CIS Professor Dr. H. USZKOREIT, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence Saarbrucken, Germany CALL FOR PAPERS Those who are interested in participating with oral presentation in the HERMIS '94 Conference are invited to submit three copies of an extended abstract not over 3 typed pages (A4 with 1.5 spacing) including figures. The abstract may include the basic ideas, methodologies and the results of the work that is going to be presented. Emphasis will be given to papers that are relevant to Computer Mathematics and its Applications, especially in the following areas: Computational Mathematics, Operational Research and Statistics, Mathematics in Economic Sciences. Papers in the areas of Data-Bases, Applications of AI to systems and computation, Expert Systems in Numerical Computing, Computer Networks are also to be considered. The HERMIS '94 Congress will include several related topics that will make the Conference of interest to a wide audience of Mathematicians, Computer Scientists, Economists and many others who wish to become acquainted with the underlying ideas, concepts and potential applications of the scientific subjects. The papers presented at the Conference will be published, subject to refereeing, in the Proceedings of the HERMIS '94 Conference by HMS. The current plan is to publish post-conference Transactions. Details about the more formal Transactions, to be published at a later date, may be obtained from Prof. E.A. Lipitakis, Dept. of Informatics, Athens University of Economics & Business, 76 patision str., Athens 104 34, Hellas. Important Dates Submission of Abstracts: March 21, 1994 Notification of acceptance: April 22, 1994 Camera-ready Manuscripts: June 30, 1994 The submitted abstracts and manuscripts should be sent to the HERMIS '94 scientific programme committee: HERMIS '94 SECRETARIAT Department of Informatics Athens University of Economics and Business 76 Patision Street Athens 104 34, HELLAS FAX No: (01) 82 62 204 / (01) 36 41 025 Email: elip@isosun.ARIADNE-t.gr ------------------------------ From: Karen Hahn Date: Fri, 10 Dec 93 10:11:31 EST Subject: IMACS Turbulence Workshop Second Announcement IMACS WORKSHOP ON (theoretical and computational aspects of) TURBULENCE Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA February 10-11, 1994 In order for CFD to get to new levels of usefulness to industry, there is a need for better turbulence models for high Re flows. An honest appraisal by industry on needs, and a similar word by academia and researchers at national labs on what can be done now is probably necessary. The workshop will deal with the numerical analysis and CFD algorithms that could bridge the gap, and will include those aspects of turbulence theory that have relevance to modeling used in simulation. Topics to include: Modeling, Non-equilibrium Turbulence, Spectral and High Order Methods, Adaptive Grids, Lagrangian Methods, Ocean Dynamics. Organized by the IMACS Technical Committee on Computational Fluid Dynamics and Rutgers University Organizing Committee: Prof. R. Pelz (Rutgers University) Dr. R. Agarwal (McDonnell Douglas Aerospace) LIST OF SPEAKERS (tentative): R. Agarwal (McDonnell Douglas Aerospace), G. Berkooz (Cornell Univ.), M. Deville (EPFL - Switzerland), D. Fishelov (Hebrew Univ.), R. Krasny (U. of Michigan), J. Lee (Wright-Patterson AFB), A. Majda (Princeton Univ.), J. Morrison (NASA), R. Pelz (Rutgers Univ.), B. Turkington (Univ. of Massachusetts), E. Weinan (IAS, Princeton), N. Zabusky (Rutgers Univ.), M. Zelman (Rutgers Univ.) To register or for further information contact: IMACS Turbulence Workshop c/o Karen A. Hahn Department of Computer Science Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA e-mail: imacs@cs.rutgers.edu / FAX: 908-932-0537 ------------------------------ From: Daniel Baltzer Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1993 15:51:41 +0100 Subject: Special Issues of Advances in Computational Mathematics Call for Papers: The journal Advances in Computational Mathematics would like to announce a special issue which is to be concerned with practical and theoretical aspects of multiscale techniques. Advances in Computational Mathematics is a new journal devoted to all aspects of computational mathematics, including basic theory, applications, algorithms and software. The journal is published by Baltzer Publishing from Basel, Switzerland, and currently has more than forty members on its editorial board, representing all areas of computational mathematics. John Mason of the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, UK, and Charles A. Micchelli of T.J. Watson IBM Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA serve as editors-in-chief. Multigrid algorithms and multilevel methods are very prominent and perhaps the most important recently developed concepts in a central area of computational mathematics, namely the numerical treatment of partial differential equations. The concept of wavelets arose from rather different sources but turns out to be closely related. In fact, while wavelets have found their primary applications in signal processing, image analysis and data compression, recent investigations indicate their promising potential for the numerical treatment of operator equations as well. Summarizing all these techniques under the term multiscale techniques is perhaps justified by their many common features. Their enormous overall impact on computational mathematics as well as perpetually fruitful feedback between applications, theory and development of tools make it an excellent topic for a special issue of a journal with the above profile which we hope could help synthesizing the ideas, aspects and directions of research. Therefore we cordially invite you to submit high quality, unpublished manuscripts on any mathematical or algorithmic aspect of multiscale techniques and their applications. We particularly welcome manuscripts on wavelet and multiscale techniques for the numerical treatment of operator equations, fast numerical linear algebra, inverse problems and statistics or applications to geometric modelling. All submitted papers will undergo the usual process of peer review. We hope to publish a large number of submissions and will strive to ensure that each paper receives careful and prompt consideration. If you would like to submit a paper to this special issue please send three copies of the manuscript to: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dahmen, Guest Editor, Special Issue on Multiscale Techniques, Institut fur Geometrie und Praktische Mathematik, RWTH Aachen, Templergraben 55, 52056 Aachen, Germany. E-mail: dahmen@igpm.rwth-aachen.de The deadline for submissions is June 30, 1994. We anticipate that the special issue will appear early in 1995. A free sample copy of Advances in Computational Mathematics containing 'instructions to authors' is available from publish@baltzer.nl Sincerely, Wolfgang Dahmen J.C. Baltzer AG, Science Publishers Asterweg 1A 1031 HL Amsterdam The Netherlands tel. +31-20-637 0061 fax. +31-20-632 3651 e-mail: publish@baltzer.nl ------------------------------ From: Chih Chang Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1993 15:45:58 +0800 Subject: Position at Tsing Hua University Institute of Applied Mathematics Tsing Hua University Hsin-Chu, Taiwan Applications are invited for a position at the associate professor or full professor level begining August 1, 1994. Fields of special interest include numerical analysis, differential equations, probability theory, mathematical programming and game theory. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae (including publications) and three letters of recommendation directly to: Professor Chih Chang, Director Institute of Applied Mathematics National Tsing Hua University Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, R.O.C. (e-mail: cchang@am.nthu.edu.tw) On March 1, 1994, we will begin the review of applicants from the pool of complete applications. ------------------------------ From: Floyd Hanson Date: Wed, 8 Dec 93 22:27:33 -0600 Subject: Department Head at University of Illinois at Chicago DEPARTMENT HEAD DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS, AND COMPUTER SCIENCE THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO The Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago seeks applicants for the position of Head. The Department enjoys an AMS Group I classification, and has 68 faculty and over 200 graduate students. Major research programs include applied mathematics, mathematical computer science, mathematics education, probability and statistics, and pure mathematics. Located in the heart of Chicago, UIC is a research university with 16,000 undergraduate, 5,000 graduate, and 3,000 professional students. The Head is the chief administrative officer of the Department, with responsibility for instructional programs, administrative, budgetary, promotion, and recruitment matters. The Head is expected to provide leadership in the further development of research, teaching, and public service. The successful candidate will have an earned doctorate and be eligible for appointment at the rank of full professor. A strong record in research and university teaching, a demonstrated commitment to equality of opportunity, and substantial leadership and organizational skills are required. Women and minority candidates are especially encouraged to apply. The desired appointment date is August 21, 1994. Applications should be received by February 1, 1994 to receive full consideration, although the search will proceed until the position is filled. Materials, including a full curriculum vitae and names and addresses of four references, should be directed to: Professor Vera Pless Search Committee for Department Head c/o College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, m/c 228 The University of Illinois at Chicago 601 South Morgan Street Chicago, Illinois 60607-7104 UIC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer ------------------------------ From: Steven F. Ashby Date: Fri, 10 Dec 93 16:40:13 PST Subject: Positions at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Postdoctoral Positions Center for Computational Sciences & Engineering Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory The Center for Computational Sciences and Engineering at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was established in November 1993 to promote the development of numerical methods on massively parallel computers in support of industrial applications. The Center is presently conducting research in a variety of areas, including flow through porous media, combustion modeling, computational fluid dynamics, transport modeling, and Tokamak fusion modeling. In addition, researchers in the Center conduct basic research in numerical methods, with emphasis on large linear and nonlinear systems of equations, differential equations, and parallel computing. CCSE scientists have access to a variety of DOE computing resources, including conventional vector supercomputers and massively parallel computing platforms. The CCSE has immediate openings for qualified postdoctoral candidates in computational mathematics and scientific computing who have an interest in applying their expertise to the modeling of groundwater flow and contaminant migration in three-dimensional porous media. The researcher is expected to help design algorithms for this application and implement them on massively parallel computers. He or she will be part of an interdisciplinary team consisting of CCSE scientists and industrial collaborators as part of a new technology transfer effort with the IT Corporation. Postdocs also are expected to pursue independent (but complimentary) research interests. This position offers outstanding opportunities for career development. The successful applicant will have a recent PhD in computational mathematics or scientific computing. A strong background in applications and parallel computing is desirable, as is some experience in scientific visualization. The appointment is for one year, renewable for up to three years. It includes an extremely competitive salary, travel support, full health and retirement benefits, and moving expenses. Applicants should send a resume to: Molly Dougan Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory P.O. Box 808, L-308, Department E Livermore, CA 94551 510-423-5902 dougan3@llnl.gov For further information, please contact Steven Ashby (ashby@llnl.gov). LLNL is an M/F/D/V employer located in the Livermore Valley of Northern California. Minorities and women are especially encouraged to applied. U.S. citizenship is preferred. ------------------------------ End of NA Digest ************************** -------