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URL for the World Wide Web: http://www.netlib.org/na-net/na_home.html ------------------------------------------------------- From: NA Digest Date: Sat Feb 3 17:52:19 EST 1996 Subject: NA Digest Calendar The Netlib Conferences Database is on the Web at: http://www.netlib.org/confdb/Conferences.html NA Digest Calendar Date Topic Place NA Digest # Feb. 12-14 Network Optimization Problems Gainesville, FL 94:47 Feb. 12-15 Computational Differentiation Santa Fe, NM 01 Feb. 19-20 Workshop on Parallel BLAS Knoxville, TN 04 Feb. 25-27 PVM User Group Meeting Sante Fe, NM 46 Feb. 29 Conference Honouring John Pollard Sydney, Australia 44 Mar. 4- 6 Numerical Combustion New Orleans, LA 37 Mar. 11-13 Structural Mechanics Dortmund, Germany 40 Mar. 18-19 Computational Engineering Warrington, UK 03 Mar. 21 Cambridge Approximation Day Cambridge, England 49 Mar. 21-24 Babuska Conference on Finite Elements College Park, MD 04 Mar. 23 South Eastern Linear Algebra Meeting Williamsburg, VA 46 Mar. 27-29 Object-Oriented Numerics Mississippi State, MS 51 Apr. 1- 4 State of the Art in Numerical Analysis York, England 41 Apr. 9-11 Real Numbers and Computers Marseille, France 26 Apr. 9-13 Copper Mountain Conference Copper Mountain, CO 40 Apr. 9-13 Short Course on Optimization Hampton, VA 05 Apr. 11-13 Applied and Computational Mathematics Pittsburgh, PA 48 Apr. 12-24 Supercomputing on IBM Systems Ames, Iowa 51 Apr. 13 Discrete Mathematics Day Ottawa, Canada 48 Apr. 14-16 Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Tuscaloosa, AL 35 Apr. 15-19 Nonlinear Mathematics Spring School Bristol, UK 03 Apr. 19-21 Directions in Applied Mathematics Notre Dame, IN 49 Apr. 22-25 Linear Algebra in Optimization Albi, France 48 Apr. 25-26 Fortran Futures London, England 48 Apr. 27 Midwest Numerical Analysis Day Milwaukee WI 50 May 13-17 Simulation of Devices Obninsk, Russia 51 May 15-17 Combinatorial Optimization Toronto, Canada 05 May 19-23 Computational Fluid Dynamics Freiburg, Germany 30 May 20-22 SIAM Conference on Optimization Victoria, BC, Canada 26 May 20-23 Parallel CFD Capri, Italy 34 May 21-24 Graphics Interface Conference Toronto, Canada 18 May 26- Conference Honoring N. N. Yanenko Akademgorodok, Russia 01 May 26-30 Computational Heat Transfer Cesme, Turkey 05 May 27-30 Volterra Centannial Tempe, AZ 42 June 3- 8 Domain Decomposition Methods Bergen, Norway 03 June 10-13 Iterative Methods Toulouse, France 47 June 10-15 Honor Lax and Nirenberg Venice, Italy 29 June 11-14 Numerical Fluid Flow Breckenridge, CO 37 June 13-15 Algebraic Multilevel Iteration Methods Nijmegen, Netherlands 42 June 15-19 Hyperbolic Problems Hong Kong 36 June 17-20 Integral Methods in Science and Engin. Oulu, Finland 24 June 17-21 Householder XIII Symposium Pontresina,Switzerland 31 June 20-21 Mitrinovic Memorial Conference Belgrade, Serbia 26 June 23-26 Computational Physics Beijing, China 01 June 24-25 Stockholm Optimization Days Stockholm, Sweden 03 June 24-26 CFD Short Course Ruston, LA 45 June 24-27 Numerical Analysis Russe, Bulgaria 45 June 24-28 Networks and Systems Saint Louis, MO 52 June 26-28 Time-Frequency Methods for Finance Geneva, Switzerland 47 June 26-28 Images, Wavelets and PDE's Paris, France 41 July 1- 2 MPI Users Group Notre Dame, IN 52 July 1- 4 Finite Element Methods Jyvaskyla, Finland 44 July 1- 5 Grid Adaptation in Computational PDEs Edinburgh, Scotland 50 July 7-11 ASME Fluids Engineering Division San Diego, CA 35 July 8-12 Prague Mathematical Conference Prague, Czech Rep. 95:03 July 8-12 Quality of Numerical Software Oxford, England 19 July 8-19 Numerical Analysis Summer School Leicester, England 41 July 9-12 Monte Carlo Methods Salzburg, Austria 45 July 11-17 Numerical Linear Algebria Split, Croatia 51 July 15-19 Computational Mechanics Miskolc, Hungary 48 July 21-26 Computational and Applied Mathematics Leuven, Belgium 51 July 22-27 Canadian Mathematical Society Quebec, Canada 44 July 24-26 Symbolic and Algebraic Computation Zurich, Switzerland 42 July 27-30 Conference Honoring Mike Powell Cambridge, England 45 Aug. 1- 3 Structured Matrices Santa Barbara, CA 01 Aug. 7- 8 Brazil Interval Workshop Recife, Brazil 03 Aug. 14-17 International Linear Algebra Society Chemnitz 48 Aug. 18-21 Parallel Computing Lyngby, Denmark 38 Aug. 19-21 Parallel Irregular Problems Santa Barbara, CA 44 Aug. 21-24 Total Least Squares Leuven, Belgium 38 Aug. 23 Computational Finance Conference Palo Alto, CA 02 Aug. 25-31 Congress Theor. & Appl. Mechanics Kyoto, Japan 94:46 Aug. 27-29 Parallel Numerical Algorithms Lyon, France 04 Sep. 2- 5 Nonlinear Programming Beijing, China 04 Sep. 4- 6 Multidisciplinary Analysis Bellevue, WA 05 Sep. 4- 6 Operations Research Braunschweig, Germany 03 Sep. 9-13 "ECCOMAS 96" Paris, France 23 Sep. 9-14 Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems Moscow, Russia 01 Sep. 9-27 Numerical Simulation of PDEs Trieste, Italy 04 Sep. 15-17 Control System Design Dearborn, MI 43 Sep. 17-20 Italian Operational Research Society Perguia, Italy 05 Sep. 25-27 Vector and Parallel Processing Porto, Portugal 51 Sep. 23-27 Inverse Problems in Wave Propagation Aix les Bains, France 03 Sep. 24-26 Boundary Element Method Braga, Portugal 03 Sep. 30 Interval Methods Wuerzburg, Germany 43 Oct. 9-11 SIAM Conference on Sparse Matrices Coeur d'Alene, ID 48 Oct. 20-23 High Performance Computing Tempe, AZ 01 Nov. 6- 8 Innovative Time Integrators Amsterdam, Netherlands 40 Dec. 17-19 Mathematics in Signal Processing Warwick, England 48 1997 Sep. 15-19 Scientific Computing & Diff. Eqns. Grado, Italy 49 Sep. 29-.. ENUMATH-97 Heidelberg, Germany 50 ------------------------------ From: Roldan Pozo Date: Sat, 3 Feb 96 15:06:07 EST Subject: Announcement of "Matrix Market" Web Site Looking for application matrices to test your numerical software? "Matrix Market" (http://math.nist.gov/MatrixMarket) is a new visual database which makes it easy to browse, search, view, and download matrix test data. Using the search tool, one can request matrices with particular attributes, such as "symmetric eigenvalue problems larger than 500x500" or "matrices from structural engineering applications". Once a particular matrix is found, one can view its sparsity pattern at various levels of detail, and review other pertinent data before deciding to download. Matrix Market is currently an experimental prototype. Its initial database is made up of the approximately 300 problems from the Harwell-Boeing Sparse Matrix Collection (courteously provided by Iain Duff and colleagues). We expect to expand the database in the coming months, and will provide mechanisms for users to contribute new matrices to the collection. We are very interested in hearing any comments about the form and utility of this service. (*) Matrix Market was designed and developed by R. Boisvert, R. Pozo, K. Remington (National Institute of Standards and Technology), J. J. Dongarra (Univ. of Tennessee), and R. Barrett (Los Alamos). ------------------------------ From: Craig McNeile Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 12:01:21 -0700 Subject: References for Block Algorithms Hi, I am postdoc doing research in lattice gauge theory. I would appreciate it, if someone could send me some references about block conjugate gradient algorithms, or other algorithms for simultaneously solving linear equations with a fixed sparse matrix and multiple right hand sides. I want to solve for x in the equation A x = b for a number of different source vectors b. The matrix A is sparse. (The equation is the lattice analog of the Dirac equation). There has been some work on using block algorithms in lattice gauge theory. D. Henty, R. Setoodedeh and C. Davies A study of block algorithms for fermion matrix inversion. Nucl. Phys B337 (1990) 487 However I really wanted a block algorithm based on the minimal residual method. Thanks Craig Craig McNeile Department of Physics University of Utah 201 James Fletcher Building Salt Lake City UT 84112 Phone (801) 585 5503 email :: mcneile@mail.physics.utah.edu FAX (801)581-4801 WEB:: http://www.physics.utah.edu/~mcneile/ ------------------------------ From: Wei Cai Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 12:44:53 -0800 Subject: New Book on Numerical Methods in Applied Sciences Numerical Methods in Applied Sciences Editors: Wei Cai, University of California, Santa Barbara Zhong-Ci Shi, Computing Center, Academia Sinica Chi-Wang Shu, Brown University Jinchao Xu, Penn State University This book was funded by a grant from the Academia Sinica and contains fifteen solicited and peer-reviewed articles for the overview of theoretical and algorithmic development of selected research areas in numerical analysis and computational sciences. The main objective of this book is to provide a useful research and teaching reference for graduate students and researchers in applied mathematics, engineering and any other computationally related disciplines. 1) Parallel Matrix Computations (Zhaojun Bai, University of Kentucky) 2) Inverse Problems in Partial Differential Equations (Gang Bao, University of Florida) 3) Spectral and Multiresolution Methods for PDE's (Wei Cai, Univerisity of California, Santa Barbara) 4) Computational Methods for Time Dependent Ginzburg-Landau Models of Superconductivity (Qiang Du, Michigan State University) 5) Projection Methods for Viscous Incompressible Flows (weinan E, Courant Institute, Jianguo Liu, Temple University) 6) Symplectic Integrators for Hamiltonian Systems (Zhong Ge, The Fields Institute) 7) Fast Algorithms in Large-Scale Scientific Computing (Ming Gu, University of California, Berkeley) 8) Vortex Methods for Incompressible Flows (Thomas Yizhao Hou, California Institute of Technology) 9) Numerical Methods for Nonconvex Variational Principles in Material Sciences (Ling Ma, Carnegie-Mellon University) 10) On Finite Difference and Finite Element Shock Capturing Methods for Conservation Laws (Chi-Wang Shu, Brown University) 11) Mixed Finite Element Methods (Junping Wang, University of Wyoming) 12) Multigrid and Domain Decomposition Methods (Jinchao Xu, Penn State University) 13) Progress in Linear Programming: Interior-Point Algorithms (Yinyu Ye, The University of Iowa) 14) The SVD and Some Related Decompositions in Numerical Linear Algebra (Hongyuan Zha, Penn State University) 15) Finite Element Methods for Solid Mechanics (Zhimin Zhang,Texas Tech University) Purchase Information: $45.45, ISBN 1-880132-15-X Publisher: Science Press New York, Ltd. Tel. 718-476-0238 or Fax order directly to 718-476-0273 ------------------------------ From: Jia ZhongXiao Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 11:24:25 +0800 (CST) Subject: Address for Zhongxiao Jia Dear Colleagues, The following is my full address at Dalian: Professor Zhongxiao Jia Department of Applied Mathematics Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 P.R. China email: zxjia@gingko.dlut.edu.cn Tel: +86-411-4709559 Fax: +86-411-4671009 Thanks for your attention! ------------------------------ From: Graham de Vahl Davis Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 16:18:19 +1000 (EET) Subject: Advances in Computational Heat Transfer INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER CHT-97: AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCES IN COMPUTATIONAL HEAT TRANSFER 26 - 30 May, 1997 Cesme, Turkey FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS The International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer is pleased to announce CHT-97, an International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, to take place in Cesme, Turkey, in May 1997. OBJECTIVE The goal of the symposium is to provide a forum for the exposure and exchange of ideas, methods and results in computational heat transfer. While papers on all aspects of computational heat transfer will be welcome, contributions are especially invited on the following themes: * internal flow and heat transfer - ducts, cavities, compact heat exchangers, etc. * single and multiphase flow, solidification/melting, double diffusive convection, turbulent heat transfer * computational solutions and solution methods * experimental validation of computational solutions CODE VALIDATION A special section of the symposium will be devoted to the last theme. Two or three bench mark problems will be specified. It is intended to seek good quality experimental results for these problems, and to invite computational solutions. The intention is not to have a competition between methods, but to provide quality data against which models, methods and codes can be assessed. LOCATION The symposium will be held at the Golden Dolphin Holiday Village, Cesme, Turkey. Cesme is on the Aegean coast and is served by Izmir airport. It is two hours by road from Ephesus, one of the archaeological gems of Western Turkey. Izmir is also a popular tourist destination. SELECTION & PUBLICATION OF PAPERS Papers will be assessed for presentation at the symposium on the basis of a 1000 word (2-3 pages) extended abstract. They should not have been previously published. A bound volume of the abstracts will be provided to participants at the meeting. The Proceedings of the symposium will be published by Begell House. Review copies of the full paper will be due on the opening day of the symposium. Authors are encouraged also to bring preprints for distribution at the symposium. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF DATES Abstract (2-3 pages) due: January 15, 1997 Notification of acceptance for presentation: February 28, 1997 Full text of paper due (review copy): May 26, 1997 Notification of paper acceptance for publication in the Proceedings: August 31, 1997 Final copy of paper due: October 31, 1997 CORRESPONDENCE To ensure that your name is on the mailing list for future announcements, please contact Dr. Faruk Arinc, ICHMT Secretary-General Mechanical Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey. Tel: +90 312 210 1429 or 5214 Fax: +90 312 210 1331 or 1266 E-mail: arinc @ metu.edu.tr For general or scientific enquiries, and submission of abstracts, please write, phone, fax or e- mail to Professor Graham de Vahl Davis, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia, 2052. Tel: +61 2 385 4099 Fax: +61 2 663 1222 E-mail: g.devahldavis @ unsw.edu.au You may also want to look at the ICHMT Web page at http://www.metu.edu.tr/~wwwichmt ------------------------------ From: Omar Ghattas Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 01:45:39 -0500 Subject: Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Last call for abstracts for the Sixth AIAA/USAF/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization September 4-6, 1996 Hyatt-Regency Bellevue Bellevue, Washington, U.S.A This is a reminder that abstracts for this conference are now overdue. Abstracts can still be submitted, provided that all instructions specified in http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/conferences/SMAO.html are followed, with the exception that o abstracts are submitted in electronic form only (ascii only, please) to ghattas@cmu.edu, and o abstracts are received by February 12, 1996. Please see http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/conferences/SMAO.html for information on the symposium. Reproduced below is the symposium objective. Objective: The purpose of this symposium series is to bring together users, developers, and researchers to present the latest theoretical and computational developments, applications, ideas, and problems in the field of multidisciplinary analysis and design of engineering systems. Examples of such systems are aircraft, automobiles, launch vehicles, ships, and electric power generation plants. Optimal design of these complex engineering systems requires analysis that accounts for interactions amongst the disciplines (or parts of the system) and synergistic optimization that exploits these interactions. In addition to these system level requirements are the analysis and optimization customary to each contributing discipline. Omar Ghattas ghattas@cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University (412) 268-2949 (office) Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA (412) 268-7813 (fax) ------------------------------ From: Natalia Alexandrov Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 15:57:28 -0500 Subject: ICASE/LaRC Short Course on Optimization ICASE/LaRC SHORT COURSE OPTIMIZATION WITH APPLICATION TO MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION (MDO) April 9-13, 1996 Radisson Hotel Hampton, VA This course will acquaint engineers and scientists with methods and algorithms for treating nonlinear optimization problems. It will focus on the optimization of systems governed by differential equations. Such problems are becoming increasingly common and important in engineering and scientific work, especially in MDO. Systems governed by differential equations exhibit special structure and efficient optimization in such situations requires specialized nonlinear programming approaches that take advantage of this structure. This course is also intended to expose its audience to the state of the art in nonlinear optimization algorithms. Experience indicates that the typical user of optimization is familiar with a few optimization algorithms and software packages, but is unaware of the variety of available optimization tools that may be more suitable for that user's needs. PROGRAM: Most days will consist of two three-hour lectures (with appropriate breaks). TUESDAY, APRIL 9 Natalia Alexandrov, NASA Langley Research Center Overview of the short course; foundations of nonlinear optimization R. Michael Lewis, ICASE, NASA Langley Research Center Overview of optimization subject to differential equation constraints; adjoints; automatic differentiation; computational experience Jean-Francois Barthelemy, NASA Langley Research Center Optimization and MDO formulations; computational experience WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 Jean-Francois Barthelemy (continued) Lorenz T. Biegler, Carnegie Mellon University Sequential quadratic programming methods; Applications: Very large-scale problems in chemical engineering THURSDAY, APRIL 11 Lorenz T. Biegler (continued) Prabhat Hajela, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Applications: Optimization algorithms for aerospace design; experience with genetic algorithms FRIDAY, APRIL 12 Prabhat Hajela (continued) John T. Betts, Boeing Information and Support Services Applications: Algorithms for large-scale nonlinear programming in trajectory optimization and control SATURDAY, APRIL 13 John T. Betts (continued) NOTE: Course will end at 12:00 noon, Saturday, April 13, 1996. Formal notes will be published by a major scientific press. For information and registration form, please get in touch with Emily Todd e-mail: emily@icase.edu ICASE phone: 804-864-2175 Mail Stop 132C, FAX: 804-864-6134 NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA 23681-0001 ------------------------------ From: Renato De Leone Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 12:52:34 +0100 Subject: Operational Research Society of Italy Annual Conference Operational Research Society of Italy Annual Conference University of Perugia University of Camerino ANCC FS SpA IBM SEMEA ON THE SOCIAL ROLE OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH CALL FOR PAPERS Perugia, September 17 - 20 1996 THEME OF THE CONFERENCE The conference will focus on methodologies and approaches of Operational Research to problems of social relevance; however the proposed theme is general and can be considered open. All the contributions considering theoretical and methodological aspects and/or which present applications where optimization and management play a relevant role, are welcome. ORGANIZATION OF THE CONFERENCE The conference will be held in the main building of Perugia University. There will be a general lecture of the President of AIRO, G. Gallo, on the theme of the Conference, and the invited lectures of M. L. Brandeau (Stanford University) The contribution of Operational Research in the researches on AIDS, J. Rosenhead (London School of Economics) Aspects of social relevance of Operational Research, B. Simeone (University La Sapienza - Roma) Operational Research and voting systems. There will be a Round Table on the theme The Operational Research in the management of concerns and services. The Round Table will be coordinated by Umberto Torelli, journalist of Corriere della Sera; moreover personalities coming from the scientific research, private firms and public services administrations will participate. There will be also invited lectures by E. Cascetta (Univ. Napoli), G. Rinaldi (CNR Roma), M.G. Speranza (Univ. Brescia), C. Vercellis (Politecnico Milano), W. Ukovich (Univ. Trieste), R. Zoppoli (Univ. Genova). CALL FOR PAPERS The contributions will be selected on the basis of extended abstracts. The abstracts of two to four pages (A4 format, 30 lines per sheet, 1.5 spaced, Times 12 font) with title, author(s) and keywords, should be submitted in triplicate by April 30, 1996 to: AIRO '96 - Prof. Stefano Pallottino Istituto di Elettronica, University of Perugia Strada S. Lucia-Canetola, 06131 Perugia - Italy or sending the postscript file to: AIRO96@unipg.it For other details consult AIRO'96 home page http://camcic.unicam.it/infoserv/ricerca/or/airo96/airo96.html ------------------------------ From: Henry Wolkowicz Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 17:09:18 -0500 Subject: Workshop on Combinatorial Optimization Semidefinite Programming and Interior-Point Approaches for Combinatorial Optimization Problems Wednesday May 15- Friday 17, 1996 (before the SIAM Conference on Optimization in Victoria) to be held at: The Fields Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (More Information is available on WWW with URL: http://orion.uwaterloo.ca/~hwolkowi/fields.d/readme.html ) There is no registration fee. We will consider a limited number of contributed talks. Please send us a title and abstract. Please pass this information on to colleagues who may be interested. Organizers: jcheriyan@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca Joseph Cheriyan (University of Waterloo), whcunnin@watmath.uwaterloo.ca Bill Cunningham (University of Waterloo), pardalos@math.ufl.edu Panos Pardalos (University of Florida), ltuncel@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca Levent Tuncel (University of Waterloo), vannelli@cheetah.vlsi.uwaterloo.ca Tony Vannelli (University of Waterloo), hwolkowicz@orion.uwaterloo.ca Henry Wolkowicz (University of Waterloo), ------------------------------ From: Bob Ward Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 11:47:02 -0500 Subject: Vice-Chancellor Position at the University of Tennessee VICE CHANCELLOR FOR INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-KNOXVILLE POSITION DESCRIPTION AND QUALIFICATIONS The Vice Chancellor for Information Infrastructure at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UTK) reports directly to the Chancellor and has executive responsibility for the policy-making, planning, development, implementation and overall administration for computing and related technologies in support of the University's teaching, research, outreach and administrative activities. Major features of that responsibility will be coordinating with other institutional leaders, both academic and administrative, to ensure that the University's vision of becoming the "Information University" and the "University of Choice in the 21st Century" is realized. The Vice Chancellor will: (1) create and maintain a productive, dynamic environment for the use of computing and related technologies in teaching, research and public service; (2) create and maintain an organizational climate and a working environment within the Division of Information Infrastructure that encourages creativity, adaptability and cost-effectiveness in meeting UTK's needs; (3) have administrative responsibility for Academic Technology, Computing and Administrative Systems, Network Services and Telephone Services organizations; (4) participate as a member of the Chancellor's staff in policy-making, strategic planning, goal-setting and troubleshooting on institutional issues; (5) consult with campus-wide policy advisory committees composed of faculty, students and staff; and (6) establish and maintain vibrant working relationships with UTK information content and service providers and with UTK's partners in industry, government and academia. Minimum of 5 years of managerial experience in a broad variety of computer-related areas is required. Experience in directing and managing an open distributed-computing environment in a research university is desirable. Applicants must have a proven record of success in planning and problem-solving and in managing complex information technology resources involving highly skilled professional personnel. Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to diversity. Ability to communicate effectively with all University and external constituencies and to achieve strong interpersonal working relationships with members of those constituencies is essential. A sound educational background which includes a doctoral degree or equivalent is required. The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, a Carnegie Research Level One institution, enrolls approximately 26,000 students from every state in the United States and approximately 100 other countries. As Tennessee's comprehensive campus, UTK offers more doctoral programs than any other institution in the state, and its faculty attract nearly $80 million annually for sponsored research programs. UTK is one of 27 higher education institutions holding the distinction of being both a land-grant institution and state university. Candidates should send an official letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a list of five references, and a 1-2 page statement of their vision of the role of computing and related technologies in a research university in the 21st century. Applications may be sent via e-mail to vcii-search@cs.utk.edu or via US mail to: Prof. Robert C. Ward, Chair VCII Search Committee, Computer Science Department, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996-1301. Further information may be obtained by browsing URL http//www.ns.utk.edu/vcii. UTK is an EEO/AA/Title IX/Section 504/ADA employer. ------------------------------ From: Ian Sloan Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 17:49:49 +1100 Subject: Positions at University of New South Wales ACADEMIC POSITIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY If you are interested in one or other of the following positions now being advertised at the University of New South Wales, we should be happy to hear from you! Or, if you know of someone else who might be interested, please pass on the message, or contact us. As the attached advertisemnt says, one of the positions (the one I am most directly interested in) is for a well qualified person who has a "demonstrated experience and interest in numerical analysis" and "expertise in the numerical solution of partial differential equations". Desirable criteria are "a good knowledge of applications including applications to fluid mechanics, modern computational skills, and a strong knowledge of analysis". The deliberate emphasis on numerical pde reflects our wish to strengthen this area, and also the fact that an appointment in this area wil strengthen the links between the numerical analysts and aplications people in environmental fluids, etc (also a strong area here). This position will most likely be a 3-year contract position. The other position (in "computational aspects of atmospheric and oceanographic dynamics") will also be great interest to some na-digest-ers. We now have a very strong program in computational environmental dynamics at UNSW. For those who don't know Sydney: Sydney is on the Pacific Ocean, has a moderate climate, and many nice beaches. No-one claims it is cheap. The University of New South Wales is about 4 miles from the centre of Sydney, and about 1 mile from Coogee beach. Ian Sloan U.Bracken@unsw.edu.au UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA School of Mathematics Applications are invited for two positions of Lecturer in Applied Mathematics. The University of New South Wales is one of Australia's leading technological universities. The School of Mathematics at UNSW, comprising the Departments of Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, is one of the most successful in Australia at attracting research support, and runs an outstanding visitors program for research collaboration. The Department of Applied Mathematics participates in service teaching and is responsible for the provision of specialist teaching in Applied Mathematics at all undergraduate levels (including honours) and in a vigorous graduate program. The successful applicants should have a PhD in mathematics, or equivalent qualifications, proven research achievement and an active research program and should also be able to demonstrate the capacity to contribute effectively at all levels of the Department's teaching program. A knowledge and understanding of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action principles is required. For one position the applicant is required to have demonstrated experience and interest in atmospheric and oceanographic dynamics, especially computational aspects. For further information contact Professor Lance Leslie, Phone : 61-2-385-3307, email : L.Leslie@unsw.edu.au, Fax : 61- 2-385-1071. For the other position the applicant is required to have demonstrated experience and interest in numerical analysis, and have expertise in the numerical solution of partial differential equations. Desirable criteria are a good knowledge of applications including applications to fluid mechanics, modern computational skills, and a strong knowledge of analysis. For further information contact Professor Ian Sloan, Phone : 61-2-385-3357, email : U.Bracken@unsw.edu.au, Fax : 61-2-385-1071. One position is tenurable, the other is a contract position for a fixed term of three years. For the tenurable position an appointment in the area of computational aspects of atmospheric and oceanographic dynamics is preferred. While it is anticipated that both appointments will be at Lecturer level, for an exceptionally well qualified candidate appointment at the Senior Lecturer level may be considered. Both positions will be available from 1 July 1996 or 1 February 1997, by negotiation. Membership of a University approved superannuation scheme is a condition of employment for this position. Salary: Lecturer $43,042 - $51,113 per annum; Senior Lecturer $52,726 - $60,797 per year. Level of appointment and commencement salary are dependent on qualifications and experience. Applicants should forward their applications, including a full C.V. and publications list, statement of research interests and position sought, and the names and contact information of three persons from whom confidential references may be sought, to the Human Resources Department, UNSW, Sydney 2052, Australia. Please mention the reference number 076SI95. Applications close 1 April 1996. ------------------------------ From: Kazufumi Ito Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 11:18:10 -0500 Subject: Positions at North Carolina State Announcement of Industrial Applied Mathematics Positions The Department of Mathematics at N.C. State University expects to make several tenure-track faculty appointments in applied mathematics. Strong preference will be given to candidates who clearly demonstrate the ability and potential to contribute to the Industrial Applied Mathematics Program described below. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor or above, and will start on or after July 1, 1996. The applicant must have substantial experience beyond the Ph.D. (i.e., tangible records of significant research contributions and outstanding teaching), as well as evidence of strong interests in interdisciplinary research.The Department has an outstanding group of applied mathematicians in the areas of control and optimization, numerical analysis, ordinary and partial differential equations, and probability and stochastic processes, and the successful applicant will be expected to interact with members of this applied mathematics group. The successful applicant will become a member of the Center for Research in Scientific Computation (CRSC), which facilitates interaction between the faculty in the Mathematics Department and other departments, research institutions, and industry. The CRSC and the Mathematics Department have a jointly sponsored Industrial Applied Mathematics Program (IAMP) which is a formal university/industrial research project program. This program provides substantive non- academic research-related experiences for graduate student, postdoctoral, and faculty participants while contributing to the research efforts of industrial participants. These experiences, involving year-long participation in an industrial, government lab or agency or other nonacademic research project, facilitates the development of participants' ability to communicate and interact with scientists who are not traditional mathematicians but who have an interest in quantitative aspects of science and engineering. The program currently has more than 15 graduate students, 5 postdocs, 9 faculty, and 10 industry/government lab group participants with activities on 15 projects. Applicants should send a vita and have three letters of recommendation sent to Professor H.T. Banks, Director, Center for Research in Scientific Computation, Box 8205, N.C. State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8205. Phone (919) 515-5289. E-mail:lmbecker@eos.ncsu.edu. On March 1, 1996, selection will begin and continue until the positions are filled. N.C. State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. In its commitment to diversity and equity, NCSU seeks applications from women, minorities, and the disabled. ------------------------------ From: Kazufumi Ito Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 11:15:29 -0500 Subject: Postdoctoral Positions at North Carolina State Announcement of Postdoctoral Positions The Center for Research in Scientific Computation at N.C. State University expects to make several post-doctoral appointments beginning in the summer or fall, 1996 (availability of the positions is contingent upon funding). The appointments will be in the area of applied mathematics and scientific computation. The research interests of the Center include mathematical modeling, analysis and control of partial differential equations, numerical optimization, computational fluids and flow control, numerical methods transport in porous media, stochastic partial differential equations, high-performance computation and biomathematics. The successful applicants will be involved in research programs between the Center and other research groups at NCSU that offer a unique opportunity for post-doctoral research on mathematical projects arising in industrial/governmental laboratories. Applicants should send a vita and brief description of research interests and have three letters of recommendation sent to Professor K. Ito, Dept. of Mathematics, Box 8205, N.C. State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8205. E-mail:kito@eos.ncsu.edu. Applications will be considered at any time after January 15, 1996,= as funding becomes available. NCSU in an AA/EOE. In its commitment to diversity and equity, NCSU seeks applications from women, minorities, and the disabled. ------------------------------ From: F. W. Wubs Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 14:58:18 MET Subject: Postdoctoral Position at University of Groningen The Center for Large-Scale Scientific Computing (LSSC) of the University of Groningen (RUG) offers: 1 POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP for a period of 12 months. This fellowship is provided through the Human Capital and Mobility Host Institute Program of the European Commission. The Center for LSSC is part of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. The Center is specialized in the design and application of simulation methods requiring huge amounts of computer power (high-performance computing). A broad research area is covered, ranging from molecular chemistry, through fluid mechanics and astrophysics, upto computer vision and computational neuroscience. The University of Groningen possesses a most modern infrastructure for high-performance computing, consisting of workstations, minisupers (Convex C240), i860 multiprocessor systems, massively parallel supercomputers (Thinking Machines CM-5; Cray J932) and visualization tools. We are looking for candidates who can play a role in the central theme of high-performance computing, i.e. the development and implementation of numerical algorithms on parallel computers. Therefore, candidates should hold a PhD degree in one of the areas of high-performance computing, or should acquire this degree in the very near future. Candidates must have a firm background in numerical analysis and parallel computing. Experience in developing iterative methods for solving the large sparse matrices which arise in various applications (such as CFD) will be highly appreciated. The candidates are expected to deliver support to the high-performance computing community at RUG, and to make a contribution to the educational curriculum on parallel computing. According to the EU rules, to be eligible candidates must be a national of a Member State of the European Union or an associated state or be resident in the Community. Applicants may not possess Dutch nationality or have carried out their normal activity in The Netherlands for more than two years prior to the date of submission of their application. Applications should contain an extended curriculum vitae showing the candidate's experience in high-performance computing. It should include a list of publications and an abstract of the candidate's PhD thesis (1-2 pages). Applications should be sent before 19 Februari 1996 to (if possible through e-mail): prof.dr. A.E.P. Veldman Department of Mathematics University of Groningen P.O. Box 800 NL-9700 AV Groningen The Netherlands e-mail: veldman@math.rug.nl fax: +31 50 3633976 The Center for LSSC as the host institute will make a pre-selection from the received applications. The final selection of the candidate will be made by the European Commission. For further inquiries you can contact prof. Veldman at the address above. ------------------------------ From: Axel Ruhe Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 15:03:37 +0100 (MET) Subject: Graduate Positions at Chalmers and Gothenburg The School of Mathematical and Computing Sciences at the Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg announces free positions as PhD students in Applied Mathematics/Numerical Analysis. The major topics of research are partial differential equations, numerical linear algebra, mathematical gas dynamics, and methods for shape optimization. Most PhD positions are five year scholarships. The PhD student will spend about 80 percent of his or her time on graduate studies, and about 20 percent on teaching. Applicants must have an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and/or Computer Science with excellent results. The School tries to increase the number of female employees, and especially welcomes female applicants. At the moment the scholarships consist of 14000 (17200) SEK per month in the first (last) year. More information about the department can be found on the WWW on page: http://www.cs.chalmers.se/NumericalAnalysis/ To apply, send us a letter in English, covering 1 data about yourself; 2 a copy of an official paper giving grades from your undergraduate degree(s); 3 a statement about your main interests; 4 some letters of recommendation from people that know you as a student or as an employee; 5 any scientific papers you have written. Send your application to School of Mathematical and Computing Sciences Chalmers University of Technology 412 96 Gothenburg Sweden Furthermore, send an email containing the data about yourself to ruhe@cs.chalmers.se The last date for your application to arrive is March 1, 1996. A decision about to whom we will offer the PhD positions will be taken before June 1, 1996. ------------------------------ From: Baltzer Science Publishers Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 10:30:42 +0100 Subject: New Journal, Computational Geosciences Computational Geosciences Modeling, Simulation and Data Analysis Editors-in-Chief: Hans (C.J.) van Duijn Department of Mathematics Delft University of Technology P.O. Box 5031 2600 GA Delft The Netherlands Mary F. Wheeler Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics Rice University P.O. Box 1892 Houston TX 77251 - 1892 USA Aims and Scope: Accurate and efficient imaging of subsurface structure and modeling of processes in the subsurface require multidisciplinary collaboration among mathematicians, engineers, chemists, physicists and geoscientists. Presently there exists no journal whose main objective is to provide a platform for interaction among these diverse scientific groups. To remedy this we propose to establish a new journal, Computational Geosciences. The aim of this international journal is to facilitate the exchange of ideas across the disciplines and among universities and industrial and governmental laboratories. Computational Geosciences will publish high quality papers on mathematical modeling, simulation, data analysis, imaging, inversion and interpretation with applications in the geosciences. The themes and application areas to be covered include reservoir and environmental engineering, hydrology, geochemistry, geomechanics, seismic and electromagnetic imaging, geostatistics and reservoir/aquifer characterization, and high performance parallel computing. More specifically, Computational Geosciences welcomes contributions concerning, for example, bioremediation, diffusion and dispersion, geology and geostatistics, scale up, multiphase flow and reactive transport, geophysical imaging and inversion methods, seismic and electromagnetic modeling, numerical methods and parallel computing. Both theoretical and applied scientists are invited to participate. Computational Geosciences focusses mainly on quantitative aspects of models describing transport processes in permeable media. It is targeted at petroleum engineers, hydrologists, quantitative environmental engineers, soil physicists, soil- and geochemists, applied mathematicians, geologists and seismologists. ------------------------------ From: Karl Sabelfeld Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 15:57:12 +0600 (NSK) Subject: Contents, Monte Carlo Methods and Applications Dear Colleagues, I am glad to announce that the final issue of the first volume of the new international journal "Monte Carlo Methods and Applications" has been published recently. The contents of the first volume (1995) is presented below. For additional information see http://osmf.comcen-1.nsk.su/mixa/journal.htm K.K. Sabelfeld, The Editor CONTENTS Monte Carlo Methods and Applications 1995, Volume 1, Number 1 K.K. Sabelfeld and D. Talay Integral Formulation of the Boundary Value Problems and the Method of Random Walk on Spheres H. Sugita Pseudo-random Number Generator by Means of Irrational Rotation N.A. Simonov Boundary Value Problem and Stochastic Algorithm for Two-dimensional Navier-Stokes Equations K. Amano and T. Saito Stochastic Numerical Solution of Biharmonic Dirichlet Problem 1995, Volume 1, Number 2 O.A. Kurbanmuradov A New Lagrangian Model of Two-Particle Relative Turbulent Dispersion O.A. Kurbanmuradov and K.K. Sabelfeld Stochastic Lagrangian Models of Relative Dispersion of a Pair of Fluid Particles in Turbulent Flows N. Bouleau THE SHIFT: Properties and recommendations for practical use K. Naono Comparative Computations of Non-parametric Density Estimation Between Some Kernel Method and the Wavelet Method 1995, Volume 1, Number 3 S. Kanagawa Error Estimations for the Euler-Maruyama Approximate Solutions of Stochastic Differential Equations N.A. Buglanova and O.A. Kurbanmuradov Convergence of the randomized spectral models of homogeneous Gaussian random fields M.V. Antipov Congruence operator of the pseudo-random numbers generator and a modification of Euclidean decomposition A.I. Khisamutdinov and L.L. Sidorenko Monte Carlo fictitious collision algorithms for nonlinear Boltzmann equation A.V. Starkov Monte Carlo Splitting Importance Sampling 1995, Volume 1, Number 4 S. Heinrich Variance reduction for Monte Carlo methods by means of deterministic numerical computation Y. Komori and T. Mitsui Stable ROW-type weak scheme for stochastic differential equations O.A. Kurbanmuradov A 3D stochastic model of relative dispersion of particle pairs in local-isotropic turbulence K.K. Sabelfeld and I.A. Shalimova Random walk on spheres for exterior Dirichlet problem ------------------------------ End of NA Digest ************************** -------