Subject: NA Digest, V. 94, # 43 NA Digest Sunday, October 23, 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 43 Today's Editor: Cleve Moler The MathWorks, Inc. moler@mathworks.com Today's Topics: 100th Anniversary of First Runge-Kutta Paper Flop Rates for BLAS Change of Address for Eric de Sturler CVODE Available from Netlib Orthogonal Polynomials Fox Prize Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software Linear Algebra Year at CERFACS Numerical Algorithms Journal Intel Supercomputer Users Meeting Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control Matrix Theory Conference Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics Conference in Japan on Nonlinear Waves Position at University of Wisconsin Positions at Wake Forest University Position at Tampere, Finland Postdoctoral Position at Environmental Protection Agency Position at Jophannes Kepler University Position at University of Kentucky Position at The University of Colorado at Denver 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: John Butcher Date: Sat, 22 Oct 94 17:10:07 NZS Subject: 100th Anniversary of First Runge-Kutta Paper CENTENARY CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST RUNGE-KUTTA PAPER Many na-netters will be aware that the 100th anniversary of the publication of Runge's paper, initiating the study and practical use of Runge-Kutta methods, occurs in 1995. I would like to know what celebrations have been planned to mark this historic anniversary. Are there plans, for example, for a centenary collection of papers in the general area of Runge-Kutta methods? If there are, I would like to know how I can submit a paper for this collection. If there are no such plans, I would offer to organise such a collection myself. In this case, I would appreciate any comments that interested people have on such a proposal. == John Butcher ------------------------------ From: David Wille Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 9:01:10 MET Subject: Flop Rates for BLAS Dear NA-digest readers, I am currently writing a book on Scientific Fortran and would like to ask if anyone was any up-to-date comparative figures for flop rates for level one, two and three BLAS on modern machines. To date, the only information I have is rather out of date. I would be interested in workstations as well as mainframes. Also, if any one has a reference to 'Akkers' function (a recursive example often used in Computer Science courses) or can remind me what it is, I would also be most grateful. Yours, David Wille Mathematical Applications e-mail: bwilld@chbs.ciba.com R1008.Z2.11 na.wille@na-net.ornl.gov Ciba-Geigy AG CH-4002 Basel tel: + 41 61 69 74165 Switzerland fax: + 41 61 69 78973 ------------------------------ From: Eric de Sturler Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 11:01:47 --100 Subject: Change of Address for Eric de Sturler Dear Colleagues, I recently moved from CSCS-ETHZ to the Interdisciplinary Project Center for Supercomputing also at ETH Zurich. My new address is: Eric de Sturler phone : +41-1-632 5566 IPS-ETH Zurich fax : +41-1-261 0468 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology email : sturler@ips.id.ethz.ch ETH-Zentrum, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland the old address was: Swiss Scientific Computing Center CSCS/ETHZ Via Cantonale, CH-6928 Manno, Switzerland Telephone: +41-91 50 82 65 Fax : +41-91 50 67 11 Email : sturler@serd.cscs.ch ------------------------------ From: Alan Hindmarsh Date: Thu, 20 Oct 94 10:17:39 PDT Subject: CVODE Available from Netlib CVODE available from Netlib CVODE is an initial value ODE solver, written in C, based on the VODE and VODPK (Fortran) solvers. It solves stiff and nonstiff systems, and in the stiff case includes direct and iterative method options. CVODE was written by Scott Cohen and Alan Hindmarsh at LLNL. The CVODE package is now available from the Netlib collection, in the library netlib/ode. The following instructions give you the CVODE package, by way of a compressed tar file obtained with ftp. ftp netlib2.cs.utk.edu prompt for Name: anonymous prompt for Password: [your complete email address] cd ode get cvode.tar.Z quit uncompress < cvode.tar.Z | tar xf - The final tar command creates, in the user directory where typed, a directory called CVODE. A README file in the top level of the CVODE directory gives further information and installation instructions. A comprehensive user guide is provided as a Postcript file in CVODE/doc. Alan Hindmarsh Numerical Mathematics Group, L-316 Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Livermore, CA 94551 ------------------------------ From: Dirk Laurie Date: Fri, 21 Oct 94 10:18 Subject: Orthogonal Polynomials Scaling of orthogonal polynomials: reference wanted When working with orthogonal polynomials on [-1,1], you land in overflow/underflow problems. If the polynomials are monic, then the norms decrease as O(4^{-n}); if they are orthonormal, the leading coefficients increase as O(4^n). I have seen a paper (in J. Approx. Theory or Lin. Alg. Appl., I think) where the author remarks that all is well on [-2,2]. Can anyone direct me to the reference? Dirk Laurie (na.dlaurie@na-net.ornl.gov) ------------------------------ From: Christine Coles Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 17:20:51 +0100 (BST) Subject: Fox Prize LESLIE FOX PRIZE, 26th JUNE 1995 CALL FOR PAPERS The Seventh Leslie Fox Prize meeting will take place on June 26, 1995 at the University of Dundee, prior to the 16th Dundee Biennial Conference on Numerical Analysis. Entries for the Seventh Leslie Fox Prize competition can now be submitted. Any person who is less than 31 years old on January 1st, 1995 and has not already won a first prize is eligible. Each entry should consist of three copies of a paper, describing some of the candidate's research, that is suitable for a 40 minute lecture at a numerical analysis symposium. Whether or not the work has been published or accepted for publication is irrelevant, but no person may submit more than one paper. Unsuccessful candidates from previous competitions are encouraged to enter. The entries will be considered by an Adjudicating Committee: its members are Prof. C.M. Elliott (Sussex, Chairman), Prof. C.T.H. Baker (Manchester) and Prof. I.S. Duff (R.A.L.). Particular attention will be given to the originality and quality of each paper, and to the suitability of the material for a 40 minute talk to a general audience of numerical analysts. Papers will be selected by the Committee for presentation at the Leslie Fox Prize meeting. Only the papers that are presented at the symposium will be eligible for awards but, subject to this restriction, the Adjudicating Committee may award any number of first and secondary prizes. Entries should be received, by the Chairman, by February 3rd, 1995. Each candidate should include a statement of her/his year of birth and should indicate that she/he would be available to present her/his paper at the symposium. A joint paper may be submitted by an individual candidate if accompanied by a statement from the co-authors agreeing to the submission and detailing the contribution of the candidate to the paper. Travel funds are not generally available to assist candidates who attend the symposium. The receipt of all entries will be acknowledged. Any question on this notice should be addressed to a member of the Adjudicating Committee. Prof. C.M. Elliott Centre for Mathematical Analysis and Its Applications University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9QH, UK C.M.Elliott@sussex.ac.uk ------------------------------ From: Jorge More' Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 11:15:41 -0500 Subject: Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software WILKINSON PRIZE FOR NUMERICAL SOFTWARE - Final call for entries This prize was created by Argonne National Laboratory, the National Physical Laboratory, and the Numerical Algorithms Group in honor of the outstanding contributions of James Hardy Wilkinson to the field of numerical software. Linda Petzold received the 1991 prize for DASSL at the International Conference in Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 91). The 1995 prize will be awarded at ICIAM 95 in Hamburg, July 3-7, 1995, in connection with one of the principal lectures in High Performance Computing. Entries must be received by November 1, 1994. Additional information on the rules of the competition can be obtained from wilkinson_prize@mcs.anl.gov. ------------------------------ From: Iain Duff Date: Fri, 21 Oct 94 23:46:57 BST Subject: Linear Algebra Year at CERFACS CERFACS Linear Algebra Year The Linear Algebra Year at CERFACS will take place in the calendar year 1995 and will be focussed particularly in two periods, spring and autumn. One of the main constituents of the Year will be a series of workshops ... at present four are planned: Each workshop will last for three days and will be preceded by a one-day tutorial. The workshop titles and dates are the following. April 10-14 Iterative methods June 05-09 Direct methods September 25-29 Linear algebra in optimization October 16-20 Eigenvalues and beyond There will also be an extensive visitor programme supporting both senior visitors and young scientists for visits of from one week to several months. It is hoped to support the visits fully but, at the time of writing this, it is not known what level of funding has been obtained. To register your interest as a prospective visitor or workshop attendee or just to receive further information please contact: Dr Chiara Puglisi Parallel Algorithm Team CERFACS 42 Ave G Coriolis F-31057 Toulouse Cedex France +33-61-19-31-31 Fax:+33-61-19-30-00 puglisi@cerfacs.fr ------------------------------ From: Claude Brezinski Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 11:53:12 +0100 Subject: Numerical Algorithms Journal At the end of 1994, with its Volume 8, the journal NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS will complete its third year of publication. I believe that it is important to make a summary of the results obtained at this time. The first 7 volumes represent a total of 197 papers and 3266 pages. Most of the areas of numerical analysis have been covered: linear algebra (39 papers), nonlinear equations (6), splines (20), wavelets (4), interpolation and approximation (68), extrapolation (17), optimization (10), ODEs (11), PDEs (5), quadrature (5), miscellaneous (13). The contents of most of these articles confirm that the aim of creating a journal covering all the aspects of numerical algorithms has been achieved. Until now, 5 papers containing the related software (which have been inserted into the library numeralgo of netlib), have been published and I hope that this number will increase in the next future. The results obtained show that this journal fills up the gap existing before its creation when papers dealing with numerical algorithms were usually published in numerical analysis or applied science journals and the importance to have it in your library. In 1995, it is intended to publish 2 new volumes. If you want to submit a paper to the journal you can send it to any member of the board. If you desire to obtain information about the subscription, please notice that the address of the publisher has been changed starting from September 1, 1994. The new address is: Baltzer BV, Science Publishers Asterweg 1A 1031 HL Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel. +31-20-637 0061 Fax +31-20-632 3651 E-mail publish@baltzer.nl We thank you very much for your help in the success of the journal. Claude Brezinski, Editor-in-chief Paris-Drouot, BP 18 75433 - Paris cedex 09, France E-mail: brezinsk@omega.univ-lille1.fr ------------------------------ From: Yuefan Deng Date: Tue, 18 Oct 94 12:01:46 EDT Subject: Intel Supercomputer Users Meeting INTEL SUPERCOMPUTER USERS GROUP Albuquerque, New Mexico June 21-23, 1995 The 1995 Intel Supercomputer Users Group (ISUG) conference is hosted by Sandia National Laboratory. The conference will be held at the Albuquerque Mariott Hotel. ISUG conferences provide a forum to disseminate scientific results based upon computations carried out on Intel parallel systems like the Intel Paragon and iPSC/860 and to present new results in areas like parallel algorithms, operating systems, tools, compilers architecture, performance evaluation for parallel systems. Papers in the following areas are solicited: Computational Fluid Dynamics Global Changes and Climate Modeling Computational Solid Mechanics Computational Chemistry Life Sciences and Medical Applications Automative Applications Material Processing and Design Computational Molecular Dynamics Parallel Algorithms and Data Structures Parallel Numerical Methods Data Visualization Operating Systems for Massively Parallel Systems Architecture and I/O Compilers Message Passing Parallel Databases All papers are reviewed. Standard presentation time is 20 minutes. All accepted papers will be published in the proceedings which will be distributed at the conference. A special session dedicated to very recent results will be organized The Program Committee for ISUG 95 Patricia Crossmo, Sandia National Laboratory Yuefan Deng, SUNY-Stony Brook Richard Frost, San Diego Supercomputing Center Robert A. van de Geijn, University of Texas at Austin Richard Greco, Intel Supercomputing Systems Division George Kremenek, San Diego Supercomputing Center Gary Lamont, Air Force Institute of Technology John Levesque, Applied Parallel Research Mike Leuze, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Arthur Maccabe, University of New Mexico Dan C. Marinescu, Purdue University Hellen Mc.Kenna, Intel Supercomputing Systems Division Charles Mosher, ARCO Marilynn Livingston, Southern Ilinois University John Ott, Alliant Telesystems Thierry Priol, IRSIA Zary Segall, University of Oregon Leigh Ann Tanner, NASA Ames Research Center Roger Wainwright, University of Tulsa David DeWitt, University of Wisconsin Osman Yasar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Schedule of events: January 15, 1995 -- Due date for extended abstracts (4 to 5 pages) and proposals for tutorials (2 to 3 pages). March 1, 1995 -- Notification of acceptance May 1, 1995 -- Camera ready papers due. Submit 5 (five) copies of the abstracts or proposals to: Prof. Dan C. Marinescu, ISUG 95 Program Chair Computer Sciences Department Purdue University West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA Email: dcm@cs.purdue.edu Phone: (317) 494 6018 FAX: (317) 494 0739 ------------------------------ From: Bart Motmans Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 17:14:53 +0100 Subject: Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control First Announcement and Call for Papers 14th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control March 29-31, 1995, Houthalen, Belgium The next Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control will take place from March 29 to 31, 1995, in the conference center `Hengelhoef' in Houthalen (Limburg). The aim of this meeting is to promote the research activities and the cooperation between researchers in Systems and Control in the Benelux. It is the fourteenth in a series of annual conferences that are held alternately in Belgium and the Netherlands, and are organized under the auspices of the Dutch Research Community in the Mathematics of Operations Research and System Theory (MBST), the Dutch Foundation for Measurement and Control Technology(SMBT), and the Belgian Federation of Automatic Control (BIRA-IBRA). Program The technical program consists of the following items. 1. Main Lectures. -Subspace Algorithms in Systems Identification and Telecommunication Applications by Prof. B. Ottersten (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden) -Adaptive Control, have we learned anything yet ? by Dr. R.L. Kosut (Integrated Systems Inc.,Santa Clara, U.S.A. and Stanford University, Stanford, USA) 2. Minicourses: -Convex Optimization and Control by Prof. S. Boyd (Stanford University, Stanford, USA) -Numerical Linear Algebra for Control by Prof. P. Van Dooren (UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) 3. Contributed Lectures covering all aspects of systems and control theory and its applications. The language of the technical program is English. Call for Papers Contributions for part 3 of the program are now being solicited. Please send in a title and one page abstract of your talk to the address mentioned below. You may also propose a Special Session consisting of three or four short lectures centered around a specific topic. Decisions on the conference program will be made by the organizing committee. Upon acceptance of their contributions, authors will be asked to send in a one-page summary for inclusion in the `Collection of Summaries' which will be distributed at the conference. New for this year is that the session chairmen will select the best contribution of their session for possible publication in {\em Journal A} (the Benelux Quarterly Journal on Automatic Control). Important dates December 15, 1994 : Deadline for submitting proposals for Special Sessions, and abstracts for short lectures. January 15 , 1995 : Authors are notified regarding acceptance of their contributions. February 15, 1995 : Deadline for submission of one-page summaries, deadline for early registration. March 29, 1995 : Start of the Meeting. Conference information The meeting will start with lunch on Wednesday, March 29, 1995, and end on Friday, March 31, 1995, in the afternoon. The participation fee, including registration, preprints, meals, and lodging, will be approx. 14.000,- Bfr.(single room) and approx. 11.000,- Bfr. (twinbedded room). Registration forms will be sent out in January, along with more detailed information. Organizing committee The members of the organizing committee are: B. De Moor (KUL), J. Vandewalle (KUL), H. Van Brussel (KUL), J. De Schutter (KUL), G. Bastin (UCL), L. Boullart (BIRA) J.L. Henrotte (IBRA), D. Aeyels (University of Ghent), F.M. Callier (FUNDP, Namur), R. Dekeyser (University of Ghent), M. Gevers (UCL), M. Kinnaert (ULB), M. Moonen (KUL), J. Schoukens (VUB), C. Heij (Erasmus University Rotterdam), M. Remy (Faculte Polytechnique de Mons), H.L. Trentelman (University of Groningen), P. Van Dooren (UCL), J.J. Kok (TUE), Z. Houkes (UT), H. Nijmeijer (UT). Workshop secretariat B. Motmans Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Dept. ESAT-Elektrotechniek Kardinaal Mercierlaan 94 B-3001 Leuven Belgium Tel. (+32-) (0)16-22.09.31 (after 1/1/95 : 016-32.11.11) Fax. (+32-) (0)16-22.18.55 (after 1/1/95 : 016-32.19.86) Email: Bart.Motmans@esat.kuleuven.ac.be ------------------------------ From: Roger Horn Date: Wed, 19 Oct 94 06:08:52 MDT Subject: Matrix Theory Conference THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT Southern California Matrix Theory Conference November 12, 1994 Mathematics Department, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah More-or-less-definite speakers and titles: Peter Alfeld, Multivariate splines and linear algebra David Carlson, Counting distinct entries in vectors Charles Johnson, The M-matrix and inverse M-matrix completion problems Edward Keppelmann, The matrix theory behind the fixed point theory of solvmanifolds Zhongshan Li, The structure of cyclic nonnegative matrices Chi-Kwong Li, The determinant of the sum of two matrices Ingram Olkin, Why are statisticians interested in linear algebra? Mohammed Othman Omran, The real positive semi-definite completion problem for chordal graphs Stephen Pierce, Super-symmetric matrices Donald Robinson, The Rao idempotents of a matrix Robert Thompson, Theorems I haven't proved William Watkins, Nonlinear transformations on matrices: preserver problems Fuzhen Zhang, An inequality and matrix normality Registration begins at 7:30AM (coffee available). The first talk is at 8:30AM, and the last talk is scheduled to end at 5:15PM. Mid-morning and mid-afternoon social breaks are scheduled. The lunch break is from noon until 1:30PM. Registration, all talks, and social breaks will take place at the Mathematics Department, which is in the John Widstoe Building on the north side of President's Circle (at the northwest corner of the campus). For information please contact Roger Horn (rhorn@math.utah.edu) ------------------------------ From: Bette Byrne Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 11:07:55 Subject: Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT CONFERENCE ON NUMERICAL METHODS FOR FLUID DYNAMICS: OXFORD: 3 - 6 APRIL 1995 Organising Committee Professor K W Morton (Oxford) Dr M J Baines (Reading) Dr M J P Cullen (Meteorolgical Office) Dr C L Farmer (INTERA) Dr M G Hall (DRA, Farnborough) Invited Speakers include: H Deconinck (VKI, Belgium) J C R Hunt (Meteorological Office) M A Leschziner (UMIST) D Mavriplis (ICASE, NASA Langley) K W Morton (Oxford) K G Powell (Michigan) A Quarteroni (Milan) S Rill (Deutsche Aerospace Airbus GmbH, Germany) A N Staniforth (Quebec) B Stoufflet (Avions Marcel Dassault, France) J Thomas (NASA Langley) N P Weatherill (Swansea) P Wesseling (Delft) This is the fourth international conference on CFD organised by the ICFD (Institute for Computational Fluid Dynamics), a joint research organisation at the Universities of Oxford and Reading set up in 1983 with the support of the SERC to collaborate with industry in this area. Previous conferences were held at the University of Reading in 1985 and 1992 and at the University of Oxford in 1988 in a series of conferences on the same theme held on the two sites over the last thirteen years. The aim of the conference, as in previous years, is to bring together mathematicians and engineers and other scientists in the field of computational aerodynamics and computational fluid dynamics to review recent advances in mathematical and computational techniques for modelling fluid flows. The subject area is very large with many active researchers in industry, government laboratories and universities working on a wide variety of methods and applications. The conference will cover all areas of CFD but it is hoped to emphasise three main areas: ALGORITHMS AND ALGORITHMIC NEEDS ARISING FROM APPLICATIONS NAVIER-STOKES ON FLEXIBLE GRIDS ENVIRONMENTAL CFD In addition to invited lectures the programme will include contributed talks of twenty minutes and poster sessions. These will be selected mainly on the basis of their likely contribution to the above themes. Call for Papers Two page abstracts for contributed papers should be submitted by 9 December 1994 stating preference for oral or poster presentation. Notification of acceptance will be given by 31 January 1995. Papers accepted for oral presentation will be required at the meeting for publication in the proceedings which will be published by Oxford University Press. Correspondence Abstracts and enquiries regarding the conference should be addressed to: Mrs B Byrne ICFD Secretary Oxford University Computing Laboratory Wolfson Building Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QD UK Telephone: 0865 273883 Facsimile: 0865 273839 Email: bette@comlab.ox.ac.uk ------------------------------ From: Taketomo Mitsui Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 21:26:46 +0900 Subject: Conference in Japan on Nonlinear Waves International Research Institute on Nonlinear Waves sponsored by Mathematatical Society of Japan (MSJ-IRI-NW) July 10 - 21, 1995 Sapporo, Japan The confrence will provide a high standard forum for mathematicians, physicists, and engineers to present their latest progress in mathematical analysis for the partial differential equations closely related to nonlinear phenomena of waves arising from classical field theory, continuum mechanics, geometry, general relativity, plasma physics, optics, etc. There will be several series of expository courses of total 4 - 5 hours by the lecturers marked below by asterisks (*). Topics: Nonlinear wave equations of hyperbolic type, nonlinear wave equations of dispersive type; equations related to nonlinear waves in fluids and plasmas; related elliptic problesm; Cauchy problem, mixed problem, regularity, formation of singularities, scattering, stability of solitary waves, periodic solutions, asymptotic analysis, variational methods, numerical analysis, inverse spectral transform, etc. Invited speakers (tentative. as of September 1994): C.M. Dafermos (Brown), J. Ginibre* (Orsay), N. Hayashi (Gunma), S. Klainerman (Princeton), Li Tatsien (Fudan), T. Miyakawa* (Kyushu), P.I. Naumkin (Moscow), T. Nishida* (Kyoto), W.A. Strauss* (Brown), M. Struwe (ETH), M. Tsutsumi (Waseda), Y. Tsutsumi (Tokyo). Abstracts: Abstracts are due to March 31, 1995. They should be submitted both to T. Ozawa and to the MSJ-IRI-NW office with addresses given below. Information: T. Ozawa (for scientific information), Department of Mathematics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060. Japan. Fax: +81-11-7273705. MSJ-IRI-NW Office (for practical information), Convention Department, Sapporo International Communication Plaza Foundation, North 1, West 3, Sapporo 060, Japan. Fax: +81-11-2323833. Organizing Committee: R. Agemi (Hokkaido University), Y. Giga (Hokkaido University), J. Ginbre (CNRS, Paris-Sud), S. Klainerman (Princeton University), H. Okamoto (RIMS, Kyoto University), T. Ozawa (Hokkaido University). ------------------------------ From: Richard Brualdi Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 16:13:31 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Position at University of Wisconsin University of Wisconsin - Madison The Department of Mathematics invites applications for up to three faculty positions at the tenure track or early tenured level to begin August 1995 or later. Preference will be given to the areas of Applied Mathematics, Geometry and Topology. Candidates should exhibit evidence of outstanding research and a strong commitment to excellence in teaching. Applicants should send a completed application cover sheet (as provided on page 577 of the July/August, 1994 Notices of the AMS) and a curriculum vita which includes a publication list and a brief statement of research plans to: Hiring Committee Dept. of Mathematics, Van Vleck Hall University of Wisconsin-Madison 480 Lincoln Drive Madison, WI 53706-1388. Applicants should also arrange to have sent to the above address, 3 to 4 letters of recommendation, at least one of which must discuss the applicant's teaching experiences and capabilities. Other evidence of good teaching will be helpful. The deadline for completed applications is November 30, 1994. The University of Wisconsin is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications from women and minorities. Unless confidentiality is requested in writing, information regarding the applicants must be released upon request. Finalists cannot be guaranteed confidentiality. ------------------------------ From: Bob Plemmons Date: Sun, 16 Oct 94 16:51:38 EDT Subject: Positions at Wake Forest University Applications are invited for two tenure-track joint appointments in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and the Department of Radiology, beginning Fall 1995 at Wake Forest University. Candidates at the level of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor will be considered. A Ph.D. in Computer Science or equivalent is required. Primary research interests should focus on applications of computer science to problems in medicine. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, medical image processing/analysis, parallel computation for imaging applications, and a variety of topics such as artificial intelligence, information management, graphics, or computer networks, as they relate to medicine. Successful candidates will be expected to attract outside research funding. Teaching responsibilities will include one computer science course per semester in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, and one course or equivalent work coordinated by the Department of Radiology. A doctoral program in Medical Engineering is being developed. Interested candidates should send a letter of application and curriculum vitae to: Dr. Richard Carmichael, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Box 7388, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7388. EOAA employer. ------------------------------ From: Rolf Stenberg Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 16:49:54 +0100 Subject: Position at Tampere, Finland At the Department of Mathematics at Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland, there is an open position as Associate Professor of Mathematics. The candidate is expected to work in a field of pure or applied mathematics which is of relevance in technology. For a person who has not a finnish citizenship the knowledge of the finnish language is not required. The applicant should submit the following documents: - a curriculum vitae - a short written description of his/her scientific and pedagogical career - a list of publications and at most 10 publications. The publications should be submitted in triplicate. The application should be sent to Tampere University of Technology Post box 527 33101 Tampere Finland It should not arrive later than November 1, 1994. Please note, that only the letter of application is required to arrive in time. The other documents can be submitted later. In case of problems to cope with the deadline, the application can be sent by telefax: + 35831-3162170 Could you please pass this information (orally, by e-mail, fax,..) to your colleagues in both pure and applied mathematics and especially to persons in Eastern Europe and the coutries of the former Soviet Union. ------------------------------ From: Yadong Yang Date: Tue, 18 Oct 94 09:27:02 -0400 Subject: Postdoctoral Position at Environmental Protection Agency Post-Doctoral Position A post-doctoral position involving applied mathematics is available at the Environmental Toxicology Division, Health Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The work is of a biomedical engineering nature. Specifically, the research involves the development of theoretical models describing the behavior and fate of inhaled particles and gases for applications to inhalation toxicology and aerosol therapy. The related computer codes will simulate the fluid dynamics of human airways and associated thermodynamic processes (i.e., heat and mass transfer between particles, fluids and lung passages). The ideal candidate will have a doctoral degree in numerical analysis or computational mathematics and be familiar with partial differential equations and related boundary value problems, and computer simulation techniques. It will be highly desirable if the candidate has experience with Navier-Stokes equations. Some key parameters of the position are listed below: Salary: The approximate range is $24,000 - $27,000. Starting Date: Immediately. Duration: The stipend is guaranteed for one year, with the possibility of renewal for up to 3 years. Any one who is interested in this position should contact Dr. Ted Martonen at: Environmental Toxicology Division Mail Drop 74 Health Effects Research Laboratory Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711 Tel: (919)541-7875 Fax: (919)541-4284 Email: yadong@stokes.herl.epa.gov. == Yadong Yang 919-541-3518 (O) ------------------------------ From: Heinz W. Engl Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 11:00:31 EDT Subject: Position at Jophannes Kepler University Dear friends, Let me please draw your attention to the following announcement for a professorship in symbolic computation. The deadline for applications is 31 October 1994. Thus, the matter is urgent. Announcement: Tenured Position of a Full Professor for Symbolic Computation at the Jophannes Kepler University in Linz (Austria) (Research Institute for Symbolic Computation) Applications are invited for a tenured position of a full professor at the School of Technical Sciences, Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria. Candidates should have an outstanding research record in at least one of the main areas of symbolic computation (computer algebra, computer analysis, computational geo-metry, computational logic, automatic programming etc.) and strong interest in teaching in the frame of the Symbolic Computation Ph.D. curriculum of the insti-tute. At present, there are 35 Ph.D. students in this curriculum. The working language at the institute is in English. The School of Technical Sciences has installed an independent institute for symbolic computation (RISC-LINZ, Research Institute for Symbolic Computation) with a 15 member faculty under the direction of Prof. DDr. Bruno Buchberger. RISC-LINZ operates in close interaction with the Departments of Computer Science, Mathematics and Mechatronics (with a thirty member faculty). The new site of RISC-LINZ, a medieval castle 15 minutes from Linz, equipped with excellent computing facilities, combines the advantages of city life with the pleasures of a rural environment in one of the most beautiful landscapes and in the cultural heart of Austria and Europe. Applications should send the CV (together with a few important publications respresenting the candidates research expertise) to the Dean of the School of Technical Sciences, Prof. Dr. Urbaan Titulaer, Johannes Kepler University, A-4040 Linz (Austria). (Tel.: Austria (732)2468-312), by October 31, 1994. Further information can also be obtained from the Chairman of RISC-LINZ, Prof.DDr. Bruno Buchberger, Johannes Kepler University, A-4040 Linz. (Tel.: Austria (7236)32 31-41). Electronic mail: buchberg@risc.uni-linz.ac.at ------------------------------ From: Bernard Bialecki Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 11:07:05 EDT Subject: Position at University of Kentucky The Department of Mathematics at the University of Kentucky invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Numerical Analysis to begin in the Fall of 1995. Applicants with postdoctoral experience and an established research record along with exceptionally strong new Ph.D. candidates are encouraged to apply. Applicants with interdisciplinary interests in Scientific Computation are especially welcome. We encourage applications from women and minority groups. Using the application cover sheet available from the AMS (if possible), applicants should submit a vita, a description of current research and future plans, evidence of effective teaching, and arrange to have at least three letters of recommendations sent to: Chair of the Recruiting Committee, Department of Mathematics, 715 POT, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, or by e-mail to recruit@ms.uky.edu. ------------------------------ From: Leopoldo Franca Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 10:07:00 -0600 Subject: Position at the University of Colorado at Denver University of Colorado at Denver Department of Mathematics The Department of Mathematics at the University of Colorado at Denver is seeking to fill a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning August 1995. We offer B.A., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees with optional focus on one of six areas: computational mathematics, discrete mathematics, engineering mathematics, operations research, probability, and statistics. These also comprise active areas of research of our resident faculty. Applicants are expected to show strong potential for research and teaching and have a commitment to professional service. Applicants must have, or expect to receive by next August, a Ph.D. in mathematics or a related discipline. In general, we seek qualified applicants in one of the focus areas and prefer someone who can interface with two or more areas. For this position, the area of greatest interest is operations research, particularly optimization, and its interfaces with discrete and/or computational mathematics. However, we shall consider applications with another focus in applied mathematics. To apply, please send a current vita, list of publications, a statement of research plans and goals, a statement of teaching philosophy, and arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to: Harvey Greenberg, Search Committee Chair Mathematics Department - Campus Box 170 University of Colorado at Denver P.O. Box 173364 Denver, CO 80217-3364 Our fax number is 303-556-8550. We shall begin screening applications January 15, 1995, and we shall continue to accept applications until the position is filled. The University of Colorado at Denver is committed to enhancing the diversity of its administration, faculty and staff, and to program access for persons with disabilities, and invites and strongly encourages nominations of and applications from women, members of ethnic and racial minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities. Alternative formats of this ad or job description are available upon request for people with disabilities. ------------------------------ End of NA Digest ************************** -------