Subject: NA Digest, V. 95, # 06 NA Digest Sunday, February 5, 1995 Volume 95 : Issue 06 Today's Editor: Cleve Moler The MathWorks, Inc. moler@mathworks.com Today's Topics: NA Digest Calendar Header of the NA Digest Happy Birthday, Bill Numerical Computation in CS Departments Introducing the MATLAB ODE Suite International Linear Algebra Society Information Center New Telephone Numbers for K.U.L.-SISTA Total Least Squares Book by Van Huffel and Vandewalle Adaptive Simulated Annealing Research Project Revision of CLAWPACK IMANA Newsletter South-Central Computational Science Consortium 6th Stockholm Optimization Days Conference on Boundary Element Technology Conference at University of York on Numerical Analysis SIAM Southeastern-Atlantic Section Conference in Bulgaria on Differential Equations Symposium in Memory of John A. Gregory Summer Internship in Parallel Processing Position at University of British Columbia Position at Oxford University Position at Chester College Fellowship at Sandia Labs Submissions for NA Digest: Mail to na.digest@na-net.ornl.gov. Information about NA-NET: Mail to na.help@na-net.ornl.gov. URL for the World Wide Web: http://www.netlib.org/na-net/na_home.html ------------------------------------------------------- From: NA Digest Date: Sun Feb 5 18:12:53 EST 1995 Subject: NA Digest Calendar NA Digest Calendar Date Topic Place NA Digest # Feb. 6- 9 Massively Parallel Computation McLean, VA 26 Feb. 8-10 Computational Issues in the Geosciences San Antonio, TX 27 Feb. 8-10 Mathematical and Comp. Geoscience San Antonio, TX 51 Feb. 14-16 Numerical Methods for PDE Torino, Italy 48 Feb. 15-17 SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing San Francisco, CA 51 Feb. 19-25 Applications of Interval Computations El Paso, TX 16 Feb. 20-24 Multiscale Phenomena Eilat, Israel 51 Mar. 2- 8 Scattered Data Fitting Cancun, Mexico 39 Mar. 13-16 Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Hampton, VA 46 Mar. 16-17 High Performance Computing Lugano, Switzerland 04 Mar. 17-18 Krylov Subspace Methods Raleigh, NC 29 Mar. 20-21 Nonconvex Energy Functions Rutgers, NJ 20 Mar. 20-22 Steltjes Conference Toulouse, France 39 Mar. 22-24 Nonlinear Partial Differential Eqns. Knoxville, TN 41 Mar. 24-25 SIAM Southeastern-Atlantic Section Charleston, SC 06 Mar. 29-31 Systems and Control Houthalen, Belgium 05 Mar. 28... Sci. Computation & Diff. Eqns. Stanford, CA 50 Mar. 29-31 Systems and Control Houthalen, Belgium 43 Apr. 2- 7 Multigrid Methods Copper Mountain, CO 30 Apr. 3- 5 Applied Mathematical Programming London, England 41 Apr. 3- 6 Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics Oxford, England 43 Apr. 4- 6 Real Numbers and Computers Saint-Etienne, France 47 Apr. 10-12 Parameter Identification Karlsruhe, Germany 46 Apr. 17-18 Symposium in Memory of John A. Gregory Nicosia, Cyprus 06 Apr. 20-22 Computational and Applied Mathematics Austin, TX 49 Apr. 20-22 Computational and Applied Mathematics Austin, TX 42 Apr. 24-26 Boundary Element Technology Honolulu, Hawaii 06 Apr. 24-28 3rd INRIA-SIAM Wave Propagation Conf. Juan-les-Pins, France 19 Apr. 24-28 Multigrid Course Bad Honnef, Germany 03 Apr. 26-30 Numerical Analysis & Applied Math. Constanza,Romania 26 Apr. 27-29 Control and Its Applications St. Louis, MO 36 Apr. 28-30 Global Optimization Princeton, NJ 47 Apr. 29 Midwest NA Day Iowa City, Iowa 05 May 9-12 Agriculture & Bio-Industries Brussels, Belgium 42 May 14-17 Homogenization Theories Mierki, Poland 05 May 15-19 Graphics Interface '95 Quebec City, Canada 36 May 16-20 Domain Decomposition Methods Beijing, China 45 May 16-20 Applied Computer Algebra Albuquerque, NM 46 May 21-24 Object-Oriented Numerics Conference Jackson Lake, WY 32 May 21-26 Centenial Hurwitz on Stability Theory MonteVerita,Switzerland49 May 22-26 Flow through Porous Media Saint-Etienne, France 48 May 29... Haifa Matrix Theory Conference Haifa, Israel 05 May 29-31 Diffraction St.Petersburg, Russia 04 June 1- 3 ABS Methods Beijing, China 04 June 5- 9 Spectral And High Order Methods Houston, TX 44 June 5- 9 Control and Information Shatin NT, Hong Kong 33 June 6-10 Inertial Manifolds Xi'an, China 21 June 13-21 Nonlinear Optimization Erice, Sicily, Italy 44 June 17-20 IMACS Symposium on Iterative Methods Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria 46 June 17-20 Iterative Methods in Linear Algebra Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria 39 June 19-22 Intertial Manifolds Xi'an, China 04 June 19-20 Symposium in Honor of Herb Keller Pasadena, CA 04 June 20-24 Honoring G. I. Marchuk Novosibirsk, Russia 28 June 21-24 Interface Computing and Statistics Pittsburgh, PA 50 June 26-27 Stockholm Optimization Days Stockholm, Sweden 06 June 22-29 Finite Element Approximations St.-Petersburg, Russia 46 June 26-30 Systems Analysis and Simulation Berlin, Germany 50 June 26... Mechanics of Continuous Media St.Peterbourg, Russia 01 June 27-30 Numerical Analysis Dundee, Scotland 37 July 3- 7 ICIAM, Int'l Cong. Indust. Appl. Math. Hamburg, Germany 23 July 3- 7 Mathematics of Neural Networks Oxford, UK 48 July 9-12 Error Bounds for Numerical Algorithms Oldenburg, Germany 05 July 9-14 Ill-posed Inverse Problems San Diego, CA 48 July 9-14 Math Methods in Geophysical Imaging San Diego, CA 51 July 10-12 Linear Algebra and Its Applications Manchester, England 39 July 10-21 Nonlinear Waves Sapporo, Japan 43 July 10-12 South African N.A. Symposium Scottburgh, So. Africa 52 July 16... Mathematics of Numerical Analysis Park City, UT 48 July 17-19 Boundary Element Techniques Madison, WI 04 July 17-21 Distributed Parameter Systems Warsaw, Poland 25 July 17-21 Modelling and Optimization Warsaw, Poland 32 July 31... Rocky Mountain Numerical Analysis Salt Lake City, UT 32 Aug. 2- 4 Computer Methods in Water Resources Beirut, Lebanon 50 Aug. 19-22 Operations Research Beijing, China 05 Aug. 21-23 Workshop on Conservation Laws Trondheim, Norway 44 Aug. 24-29 Differential Equations Rousse, Bulgaria 06 Aug. 27-31 Circuit Theory and Design Istanbul, Turkey 42 Aug. 28... Computational and Applied Mathematics Curitiba, Brazil 03 Aug. 29... Parallel Statistics and Economics Trier-Mainz, Germany 41 Sep. 12-15 Parallel Computing in Russia St.-Petersburg, Russia 45 Sep. 17-21 Acoustics of Submerged Structures Boston, MA 22 Sep. 26-29 Computer Arithmetic Wuppertal, Germany 04 Sep. 27-30 Mathematical Tools in Metrology Oxford, UK 51 Oct. 15-19 Parallel Algorithms Wuhan, China 52 Oct. 23-26 SIAM Annual Meeting Charlotte, NC 05 Nov. 1- 4 Complementarity Problems Baltimore, MD 05 Nov. 6- 9 Geometric Design Nashville, TN 04 Nov. 15-17 Simulation of Devices and Technologies Kruger, South Africa 01 Nov. 19-22 Pure and Applied Mathematics Isa Town, Bahrain 38 Dec. 14-16 Dynamical Systems/Numerical Analysis Atlanta, GA 49 1996 Feb. 12-14 Network Optimization Problems Gainesville, FL 47 Apr. 1- 4 State of the Art in Numerical Analysis York, England 06 June 17-21 Householder XIII Symposium Pontresina,Switzerland 38 July 8-12 Prague Mathematical Conference Prague, Czech Rep. 03 July 27-30 Conference Honoring Mike Powell Cambridge, England 48 Aug. 25-31 Congress Theor. & Appl. Mechanics Kyoto, Japan 46 ------------------------------ From: Jack Dongarra Date: Thu, 2 Feb 1995 16:31:37 -0500 Subject: Header of the NA Digest Cleve, In the header for the NA Digest, you can add the following lines URL for the World Wide Web: http://www.netlib.org/na-net/na_home.html Thanks, Jack ------------------------------ From: Gene Golub Date: Wed, 1 Feb 95 15:12:17 PST Subject: Happy Birthday, Bill February 1 is Bill Gear's 60th birthday though we will be observing it on April 1 (no foolin') at Stanford. I've been fortunate to know Bill 40 years. Not only has he worked on a wide range of scientific problems but he has shown unusual leadership qualities in many capacities So many happy returns, Bill. Thanks for everything and I hope you can continue for many years. We'll have a blast in April! Best, Gene ------------------------------ From: Joseph Traub Date: Sun, 29 Jan 95 10:18:56 EST Subject: Numerical Computation in CS Departments In the NA Digest of January 29, Michael Overton writes "Years ago many Computer Science Departments had a required numerical computing class. NYU and McGill still do but many other Departments have long dropped the requirement." Michael Overton then tells what he does to interest computer scientists in numerical computation. In the Computer Science Department at Columbia University, numerical computaion is required for undegraduate majors and for all PhD students. A substantial portion of the graduate course is devoted to continuous computational complexity, that is to computational complexity over the reals. Another portion of the course is devoted to implications of finite precision floating point arithmetic. Course evaluations indicate that students like the course. I use my own class notes and selected readings for the course. My colleagues and I have written a number of recent expository papers on continuous computational complexity which I would be pleased to mail to those indicating interest. ------------------------------ From: Mark Reichelt Date: 03 Feb 1995 15:21:33 GMT Subject: Introducing the MATLAB ODE Suite The MathWorks is pleased to announce the availability of a preliminary version of the MATLAB ODE Suite, a collection of M-files developed by Lawrence F. Shampine and Mark W. Reichelt for solving ordinary differential equations. Features - non-stiff system solvers (ODE45, ODE23, ODE113) (ODE45 and ODE23 are completely new codes) - stiff system solvers (ODE15S, ODE23S) (with support for sparse systems and mass matrices) - a powerful new solver syntax - control of integration options (ODESET, ODEGET) - optional specification of output points - optional integration backwards in time - installable output functions - a graphical demo (ODEDEMO) - interfaces to SIMULINK integrators and systems (ODESL, SYS2YDOT, YDOT2SYS) - 20 example ydot files Availability The ODE Suite is available by ftp from ftp.mathworks.com in the /pub/mathworks/toolbox/matlab/funfun directory. The directory also contains a README file with more information on the ODE Suite M-files, and odesuite.ps, the postscript version of a technical report describing the algorithms in detail. Software Requirements The ODE Suite requires MATLAB 4.2c. Mark Reichelt mwr@mathworks.com The MathWorks, Inc. info@mathworks.com 24 Prime Park Way http://www.mathworks.com Natick, MA 01760-1500 ftp.mathworks.com Tel: 508-653-1415 Fax: 508-653-2997 ------------------------------ From: Danny Hershkowitz Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 08:42:27 +0200 (EET) Subject: International Linear Algebra Society Information Center News from ILAS INFORMATION CENTER (IIC) There are three ways to use the services of IIC: MOSAIC, XMOSAIC, NETSCAPE or LYNX - by issuing the command "command http://math.technion.ac.il/iic" where command stands for mosaic, xmosaic, netscape or lynx. FTP - by anonymous FTP to "math.technion.ac.il" (for the IIC database change directory to "iic"). E-mail - by including the command "SEND http://math.technion.ac.il/iic/filename" (where "filename" is the file you request) in the mail body of a message sent to agora@mail.w3.org . The list of files that can be obtained from IIC is included in the file index.html . Detailed instructions as to how to use IIC are included in the file IIC.GUIDE. The IIC Database contains information about 141 conferences. The information available from our JOURNALS Section covers: Linear Algebra and its Applications (LAA) Linear and Multilinear Algebra (LAMA) Journal of Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications (JNLAA) SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (SIMAX) Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis (ETNA) Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems (MCSS) Elsevier Journals -- Danny Hershkowitz ------------------------------ From: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 11:56:09 +0100 Subject: New Telephone Numbers for K.U.L.-SISTA New telephone numbers for : Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) Research Group SISTA (Signals, Identification, Systems Theory and Automation) Kardinaal Mercierlaan 94 B-3001 Leuven Belgium General : Tel. : 32-(0)16- 321111 Fax. : 32-(0)16- 321986 SISTA staff members : Joos Vandewalle : 32-(0)16- 321052 Bart De Moor : 32-(0)16- 321715 Andre Barbe : 32-(0)16- 321053 Sabine Van Huffel : 32-(0)16- 321703 Marc Moonen : 32-(0)16- 321060 Secretary : Ingrid Tokka : 32-(0)16- 321709 ------------------------------ From: Sabine Van Huffel Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 15:35:45 +0100 Subject: Total Least Squares Book by Van Huffel and Vandewalle Dear Colleague: SIAM is planning a second printing of the 1991 edition of our book entitled ``The total least squares problem: computational aspects and analysis'', which appeared in their Frontiers in Applied Mathematics series (Volume 9). We want to make the new edition as error-free as possible. If you have noted any errors, inconsistencies, or ambiguities, either technical or grammatical, would you kindly convey them to us. Any constructive remarks would also valuable. Please send your comments to us by mail, fax (32-16-32 19 86) or by e-mail (sabine.vanhuffel@esat.kuleuven.ac.be). We would greatly appreciate receiving these, and thank you for your willingness to help us. Sincerely, Sabine Van Huffel Joos Vandewalle Department of Electrical Engineering Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Kardinaal Mercierlaan 94 3001 Leuven-Heverlee BELGIUM ------------------------------ From: Lester Ingber Date: Fri, 03 Feb 1995 10:42:19 -0800 Subject: Adaptive Simulated Annealing Research Project An approach to using ASA_SAMPLE to perform integrals was added to the Adaptive Simulated Annealing (ASA) code. This is in a crude form now, but I have put it into the latest ASA version to promote some interest in further developing such code. As is evident by some recent files in my archive, I have developed a path-integral code, PATHINT, which I have used for several publications. Such code is extremely useful for nonlinear Fokker-Planck systems, which arise in many disciplines, e.g., many fields of physics, chemistry, biology, finance, chaos + noise, neuroscience (as in my SMNI papers, my primary motivation for developing the ASA and PATHINT codes). The latest Adaptive Simulated Annealing (ASA) code and some related (p)reprints can be retrieved via anonymous ftp from ftp.alumni.caltech.edu [131.215.139.234] in the /pub/ingber directory. This archive also can be accessed via WWW path http://alumni.caltech.edu/~ingber/ or ftp://ftp.alumni.caltech.edu/pub/ingber/ Prof. Lester Ingber Lester Ingber Research E-Mail: ingber@alumni.caltech.edu P.O. Box 857 WWW: http://alumni.caltech.edu/~ingber/ McLean, VA 22101 Archive: ftp.alumni.caltech.edu:/pub/ingber/ ------------------------------ From: Randy Leveque Date: Fri, 03 Feb 95 15:47:36 -0800 Subject: Revision of CLAWPACK Revision of CLAWPACK (Conservation LAWs software PACKage) I am in the process of making some substantial changes to clawpack, which includes some restructuring as well as improvement and extension of some of the routines. The new version will be more flexible and allow the solution of certain hyperbolic systems that are not in conservation form, for example. In the process of doing this, I would like to consider any suggestions or complaints that current users of clawpack might have. Please send comments or suggestions to rjl@amath.washington.edu. As an indication of what changes I currently have in mind, I have created a new version of a limited set of routines and applications. This is available for testing by anonymous ftp from amath.washington.edu in the file pub/rjl/programs/newclaw.tar.Z, or you can browse through it with a web browser from the URL ftp://amath.washington.edu/pub/rjl/programs/clawpack.html In particular, see the file newclaw/Changes. If you are using this package or interested in receiving mail about it, please take a moment to mail netlib@research.att.com subscribe clawpack This will add your name to an address list for future mailings. The address list can be retrieved (by anybody) via mail netlib@research.att.com send .list from clawpack Future announcements, as well as bug fixes, etc., will be sent to this list. ------------------------------ From: Iain Duff Date: Sat, 4 Feb 95 10:53:07 GMT Subject: IMANA Newsletter IMANA Newsletter Volume 19(2). January 1995. The part of the January issue of the IMANA Newsletter that I have available electronically can be accessed through anonymous ftp to RAL. The details of how to access it are given below. If readers wish to receive complete paper copies on a regular basis they should write to: Karen Jenkins Catherine Richards House Institute of Mathematics and its Applications 16 Nelson Street Southend-on-Sea Essex SS1 1EF UK who will supply further information and subscription rates. To get a copy ftp 130.246.8.32 When prompted for a userid, reply with anonymous and give your email address as a password. Then directory to pub/imana (cd pub/imana) Set mode to binary (bin) Copy is in file jan95.gz (get jan95.gz) Such machine readable information as I have for the conference section can be found in file jan95.conf.gz. Both files should be gunzipped whence they should be found to be in plain ASCII format. ------------------------------ From: Chenyi Hu Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 09:38:07 -0600 Subject: South-Central Computational Science Consortium South-Central Computational Science Consortium of Minority Colleges and Universities To promote computational science education and research at minority colleges and universities, community colleges, and local school districts in the South-Central U. S., the South-Central Computational Science in Minority Institutions Consortium (SC-COSMIC)has been formally established at the University of Houston-Downtown recently. Minority institutions in South-Central United States are welcome to become members of the consortium. Other institutions, organizations, agencies, and industries interested in promoting computational science and engineering at minority institutions are welcome to become Affiliates of the Consortium. The Center of Research on Parallel Computation (CRPC) at Rice University is an Academic Affiliate of the Consortium. The Director of CRPC, Professor Ken Kennedy, has agreed to serve on the Advisory Board of the Consortium. For further information to become a member or an affiliate, you may contact the elected officers of the organization: Chairman, Dr. Richard Alo' Professor and Chairman Dept. of Computer and Mathematical Sciences University of Houston-Downtown Houston, TX 77002 Phone: (713) 221-8012 E-mail: Alo@dt.uh.edu Vice Chairman, Dr. Muddapu Balaram, Professor and Chairman Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science Grambling State University Grambling, LA 71245 Phone: (318) 274-2420/2232 E-mail: Balaram@vx0.gram.edu Secretary, Dr. J. D. Oliver Professor and Head Dept. of Computer Science Prairie View A & M University Prairie View, TX 77446 Phone: (409) 857-2715 E-mail: joliver@pvcea.pvamu.edu Members of the Steering Committee are M. Balaram, Chairman, MCS Dept., Grambling State U.; Pearl Brazier, Chairman, CS Department, UT-Pan American; J. D. Oliver, Head, CS Dept., Prairie View, A&M U.; Vladik Kreinovich, UT-El Paso; Wendy Chang, Southern U. at New Orleans; Arthur Howard, Aldine Independent School District; Bart Scheinberg, Houston Community College; and Richard Alo' (Chairman), Elias Deeba, Ongard Sirisaengtaksin, Ananda Gunawardena, and Chenyi Hu from the University of Houston-Downtown. ------------------------------ From: Ulf Brannlund (Braennlund) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 95 09:34:07 +0100 Subject: 6th Stockholm Optimization Days CALL FOR PAPERS 6TH STOCKHOLM OPTIMIZATION DAYS We welcome theoretical, computational and applied papers for the 6th Stockholm Optimization Days, a two-day conference on optimization, to be held at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology) in Stockholm, Sweden, June 26-27, 1995. We plan to have sessions on various aspects of optimization, including nonsmooth optimization, linear and nonlinear programming. Invited speakers include: Ben-Tal A., Technion, Haifa, Israel Bixby R.E., Rice University, Houston, TX, USA Desrosiers J., GERAD, Montreal, Canada Gill P.E., UC San Diego, CA, USA Gonzaga C.C., Federal Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Griewank A., Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany Hearn D.W., U. Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Lemarechal C., INRIA, Rocquencourt, France Mifflin R., Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA Murray W., Stanford University, CA, USA Nemirovskii A., Technion, Haifa, Israel Nesterov Yu., CORE, Belgium Overton M.L., Courant Institute, NY, USA Sagastizabal C., INRIA, Rocquencourt, France Sartenaer A., FUNDP, Namur, Belgium Steihaug T., University of Bergen, Norway Toint Ph., FUNDP, Namur, Belgium Vanderbei R., Princeton University, NJ, USA Abstracts (maximum 200 words) should be sent by May 1 (preferably by e-mail) to optdays@math.kth.se or by mail to Optimization Days Division of Optimization and Systems Theory KTH S-100 44 Stockholm Sweden Fax: +46 8 - 22 53 20. Further information can be obtained from the same addresses. The conference is financially supported by the Goran Gustafsson Foundation and the Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development (NUTEK). Organizers are Ulf Brannlund (head), Anders Forsgren, Per Olov Lindberg and Krister Svanberg from the Division of Optimization and Systems Theory, Department of Mathematics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). ------------------------------ From: S. Amini Date: 30 Jan 95 24:32 Subject: Conference on Boundary Element Technology CALL FOR PAPERS The 11th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology is to be held in Hawaii, 24-26th April 1996. Some of the topics covered in the conference will be . Aerodynamics . Fluid Flow . Heat Transfer . Inverse Problems . Stress Analysis . Acoustics . Structure-Fluid Interaction . Vibrations and Dynamics . etc The conference will be held in Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, a short distance from Honolulu international Airport. For further informations please contact: The Conference Secretariat Liz Kerr Wessex Institute of Technology Ashurst Lodge Ashurst Southampton SO40 7AA UK Tel: +44 1703 293223 Fax: +44 1703 292853 Email: CMI@ib.rl.ac.uk S Amini University of Salford UK ------------------------------ From: Alistair Watson Date: Mon, 30 Jan 95 13:14:32 GMT Subject: Conference at University of York on Numerical Analysis A Conference on the State of the Art in Numerical Analysis, sponsored by the UK Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, will be held in the University of York, England, from Monday April 1 to Thursday April 4, 1996. The Conference Comittee is Alistair Watson (Chair), Christopher Baker, Iain Duff, Arieh Iserles, Bill Morton and Mike Powell. Further details will be available in due course. Alistair Watson. ------------------------------ From: Tom Kunkle Date: Mon, 30 Jan 95 11:16:43 -0500 Subject: SIAM Southeastern-Atlantic Section The Last Announcement and Call for Papers The 19th Annual Meeting of SIAM Southeastern-Atlantic Section March 24-25, 1995 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, The Citadel Charleston, South Carolina, 29409-0255 Department of Mathematics, College of Charleston Charleston, South Carolina, 29424 Invited Speakers: Carl de Boor, University of Wisconsin at Madison James Epperson, University of Alabama at Huntsville Robert Plemmons, Wake Forest University Margaret Wright, AT&T Bell Laboratory, President of SIAM Mini Symposia: Applied Linear Algebra Michael Berry (organizer), University of Tennessee Randy Bramley, University of Indiana at Bloomington Padma Raghavan, University of Tennessee Dave Semeraro, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Noel Nachtigal, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Approximation Theory and Applications Tom Kunkle (organizer), College of Charleston Yingkang Hu, Georgia Southern University Mike Neamtu, Vanderbilt University Jorg Peters, Purdue University Peter Schroder, University of South Carolina N. Sivakumar, Texas A \& M University Applications of Numerical Optimization Jon Tolle (organizer), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Paul Gilmore, Florida State University Carroll Nunn, Texas Tech University Anthony Kearsley, Rice University Sung Kwon and Kim-Fai Hung, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Short Courses: Bjorn Jawerth, University of South Carolina "Wavelets" Alan Lazer, University of Miami Joseph McKenna, University of Connecticut, Storrs "Large-scale Nonlinear Oscillations in Asymmetric Systems" Sessions of 20 minute presentations, including student sessions. Registration and Abstract Deadline: February 15. For further details and registration forms, write to kunkle@harry.cofc.edu ------------------------------ From: Technical University, Rousse Date: Wed, 01 Feb 1995 08:33:57 +0200 Subject: Conference in Bulgaria on Differential Equations TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY - ROUSSE, BULGARIA CENTRE OF MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS, UNION OF BULGARIAN MATHEMATICIANS - SECTION ROUSSE FIFTH CONFERENCE ON DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND APPLICATIONS CDE ' V The Conference follows the pattern of the first four conferences held in Rousse respectively in 1975,1981,1985 & 1989 of bringing together mathematicians, physicists and engineers with common interests in the field of Differential Equations and to discuss the theory and applications of the various techniques in the broad sense. The purpose of the Conference is to make available new methods and applications of Differential Equations in the following topics: 1. Ordinary Differential Equations 2. Partial Differential Equations 3. Numerical Methods for Differential Equations 4. Applications of Differential Equations The conference will be held in the period of August 24-29,1995. The scientific programme will consist of invited lectures (45 min). and contributed communications (20 and 30 min). Some of the Key Lectures who have confirmed their participation are: Ovide Arino (France), Sergej Bolotin (Russia), Myron Grammatikopoulos (Greece), Alois Kufner (Czech Republic), Yurii A. Kuznetsov (Russia), Stanislav Pohozaev (Russia), Edward H. Twizell (U.K.), Peter Vabishchevich (Russia), Pietro Zecca (Italy), Zahari Zlatev(Denmark). The Registration fee is $150 until April 30, 1995, and $180 thereafter. The deadline for submission of papers is April 30, 1995. For more information, please, write to: CDE ' V , Centre of Mathematics and Informatics Technical University 7017 Rousse, Bulgaria fax:(+35982) 444-794, e-mail:BTERER@BGCICT.BITNET ------------------------------ From: Nikolaos Stylianopoulos Date: Thu, 2 Feb 1995 17:50:57 +0200 Subject: Symposium in Memory of John A. Gregory Symposium on Approximation Theory and Numerical Analysis A Two-Day Meeting Dedicated to the Memory of John A. Gregory University of Cyprus - Nicosia April 17-18, 1995 The meeting is organized by John Gregory's friends, colleagues and former students from the Universities of Cyprus and Tel Aviv and falls within the framework of the agreement of cooperation between the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of the University of Cyprus and the School of Mathematical Sciences of Tel Aviv University. The topics of the meeting will cover those areas of Approximation Theory and Numerical Analysis that played a significant role in John's research and teaching career. Speakers: Nira Dyn (Tel Aviv), Georgios Georgiou (Nicosia), Andreas Karageorghis (Nicosia), Christos Kokkinos (Athens), George Kyriazis (Nicosia), Dany Leviatan (Tel Aviv), David Levin (Tel Aviv), Nicolas Papamichael (Nicosia), Allan Pinkus (Haifa), Yiorgos Smyrlis (Nicosia), Nikolaos Stylianopoulos (Nicosia). The meeting is open to all who are interested and there is no registration fee. For further details, including information of how to get to Nicosia, hotel accommodation, e.t.c., please contact: Dr N.S. Stylianopoulos Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Cyprus P.O. Box 537 NICOSIA - CYPRUS Tel: +357-2-360419 (dept), +357-2-368951 (direct), Fax: +357-2-367713 e-mail: msnikos@pythagoras.mas.ucy.ac.cy ------------------------------ From: Rene M. Rehmann Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 16:18:40 +0100 Subject: Summer Internship in Parallel Processing CSCS' 1995 SUMMER STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM This year, the Swiss Scientific Computing Center CSCS-ETH, in collaboration with other Swiss academic institutions, will organize the third summer course for undergraduate students in Manno (TI), Switzerland. CSCS' Summer Student Internship Program (SSIP) is embedded in the Education Laboratory (EdLab), part of CSCS' Section of Research and Development (SeRD). CSCS will provide all technical infrastructure, e.g., office space, state-of-the art workstations, and parallel distributed development platforms, including a 128-node Cenju-3 system made available by NEC Corporation as part of the Joint CSCS-ETH/NEC Collaboration in Parallel Processing, an 8-node Meiko CS-1/860, an 8-node Sun SPARCcenter 1000, and a large Sun SPARCstation cluster. You can REQUEST APPLICATION materials by SENDING E-MAIL to SSIP@cscs.ch, with SUBJECT LINE "SSIP'95 application request". A message body is not required. Complete instructions will be returned promptly via e-mail to the sender's address. The DEADLINE FOR REQUESTING APPLICATION MATERIALS is March 31, 1995. COMPLETED APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED by April 15, 1995 for consideration. Dr. Rene M. Rehmann phone: +41 (91) 50 8355 Section of Research and Development (SeRD) fax : +41 (91) 50 8383 Swiss Scientific Computing Center CSCS email: rehmann@cscs.ch Via Cantonale, CH-6928 Manno, Switzerland ------------------------------ From: Uri Ascher Date: Thu, 2 Feb 1995 5:03:06 UTC-0800 Subject: Position at University of British Columbia THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA The Department of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia is recuiting for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor. The Department will consider outstanding applicants over a wide range of areas of Computer Science research. At the same time, the Department has particular interest in recruiting in the areas of databases, software engineering, systems, computer graphics, programming languages and scientific computation. One of the University's highest academic priorities is to continue to build a leading centre in Computer Science and outstanding candidates are sought to participate in this effort. Applicants must demonstrate exceptional research potential and teaching ability. The successful candidate is expected to pursue an active research program, perform both graduate and undergraduate teaching, and supervise graduate students. A Ph.D. or equivalent in Computer Science or related area is required. The position is available as of July 1, 1995, and salary will be commensurate with experience. The University of British Columbia is situated on the tip of a peninsula, is surrounded by beaches, lush green forests, and spectacular views of ocean, mountains and downtown Vancouver. Just 20 minutes away from both downtown and the airport, this location enjoys a unique combination of unsurpassed opportunities for outdoor recreation and easy access to an exciting cosmopolitan city. Applicants should submit their resume and the names of at least three references to Dr. R.J. Woodham, Recruiting Co-ordinator, Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4. Applications will be accepted until April 30/95. In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. UBC welcomes all qualified applicants, especially women, aboriginal people, visible minorities and persons with disabilities ------------------------------ From: Bill Morton Date: Fri, 3 Feb 95 11:00:28 GMT Subject: Position at Oxford University UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD University Lecturership in Numerical Analysis (in association with New College) Applications are invited for the above post, tenable from 1 October 1995. Stipend will be according to age, on the scale L14,756 - L27,473 per annum. In the first instance the College will elect the successful candidate to a Supernumerary Fellowship, with no tutorial duties or stipend; on the retirement of Dr. D.F. Mayers (not later than September 1998) the Supernumerary Fellow will be elected to an Official Fellowship with tutorial duties and a stipend on the scale L2,845-L5,406 per annum. Candidates should have a broad range of interests and teaching ability in numerical analysis; research interest and experience in areas such as numerical linear algebra, optimisation and parallel algorithms would be an advantage. The successful candidate will join an active research group whose interests cover the whole range of numerical analysis: the main thrust at present is in the numerical solution of partial differential equations by finite element, finite volume, finite difference and spectral methods, together with applications in computational fluid dynamics and electromagnetics; and it is out of this that the research in linear algebra (especially on multigrid and conjugate gradient methods), optimisation, approximation, domain decomposition and parallel algorithms largely springs. Further particulars, containing details of the duties and full range of emoluments and allowances attaching to both the university and the college posts, may be obtained from the Director of the Computing Laboratory, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD (telephone: Oxford (01865) 273885; fax 01865 273839; e-mail bill.morton@comlab.ox.ac.uk.) to whom applications (9 copies or one only from overseas candidates) should be sent by 28 February 1995. ------------------------------ From: N. J. Ford Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 16:24:00 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Position at Chester College Position at Chester College (UK) (A College affiliated to the University of Liverpool) Lecturer in Mathematics (Research) 2 Year contract An additional lecturer is required by the department which offers Bachelor and Masters degrees in Mathematics. Members of the Department have research interests in Mathematical Modelling, Mathematical Biology, Integral and Differential Equations Computational Mathematics and Statistics. The Department also has a recognised expertise in the application of computer software tools throughout the Mathematics curriculum. This is an ideal position for a Mathematician seeking their first appointment after obtaining or about to be awarded a PhD. The person appointed will have a good current research record with research interests in the field of Numerical Analysis and its applications to Differential and/or Integral Equation or a related area. They will be expected to make a significant contribution to the research activities as a member of the Applied Mathematics Research Group as well as making a limited contribution to teaching on our undergraduate and MSc programmes. The appointment will be from 1st April 1995 or an alternative agreed starting date. Closing date: 23rd February 1995, 10am GMT Application form and further particulars from: Personnel Section, Chester College, Cheyney Road, Chester, CH1 4BJ, UK Tel: -44-1244-375444, Fax -44-1244-373379 email: njford@liverpool.ac.uk ------------------------------ From: Bruce Hendrickson Date: Thu, 2 Feb 95 15:56:02 MST Subject: Fellowship at Sandia Labs Applied Mathematical Sciences Research Fellowship Sandia National Laboratories The Computational Sciences, Computer Sciences and Mathematics Center at Sandia National Laboratories invites outstanding candidates to apply for the 1995 Applied Mathematical Sciences (AMS) Research Fellowship. The Fellowship is supported by the Officer of Scientific Computing of the U.S. Department of Energy. AMS Fellowships at Sandia provide an exceptional opportunity for innovative research in scientific computing on advanced architectures. Candidates must be U.S. citizens, have recently earned a Ph.D. degree or the equivalent, and have a strong interest in advanced computing research. The Center maintains strong research programs in a variety of areas, including analytical and computational mathematics, discrete mathematics and algorithms, computational physics and engineering, and advanced systems software and tools. A unique parallel computing environment is supported which includes a 1,872-processor Intel Paragon, a 1024-processor nCUBE 2, and a 64-processor Intel iPSC. This year preference will be given to candidates applying in the fields of numerical analysis, computational science and parallel algorithm development. Specific application areas of interest include seismic processing (including inverse problems), numerical partial differential equations, and optimal parallel I/O. The fellowship appointment is for a period of one year and may be renewed for a second year. It includes a highly competitive salary, moving expenses, and a generous professional travel allowance. Applicants should send a resume, a statement of research goals, and three letters of recommendation to: Robert H. Banks, Dept. 3531-AMS, M/S 1023, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185. The closing date for applications is February 26, 1995, although applications will be considered until the fellowship is awarded. The position will commence during 1995. For further information contact Richard C. Allen, Jr., at (505) 845-7825 or by e-mail, rcallen@cs.sandia.gov. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/H. U.S. Citizenship is Required. ------------------------------ End of NA Digest ************************** -------