Subject: NA Digest, V. 97, # 02 NA Digest Sunday, January 12, 1997 Volume 97 : Issue 02 Today's Editor: Cleve Moler The MathWorks, Inc. moler@mathworks.com Today's Topics: Announcing SIAM Journals Online Journal Of Complexity Best Paper Winner Convergence of Iterative Methods for Complex Symmetric Matrices New Book on Matrix Algorithms New Book on Parallel Programming Special Issue of Optimization Methods and Software 13th GAMM-Seminar Kiel Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program Barrett Lectures at University of Tennessee Optimization of Interface Conditions Euroconferences in Mathematics on Crete Travel Funds to Czech Republic Workshop in Bulgaria on Large-Scale Scientific Computations Faculty Position at Middle Tennessee State University Faculty Positions at the University of Iowa Faculty Position at University of Strathclyde Research Position at the University of Tennessee Research Position at the University of Tennessee Contents, SIAM Optimization Contents, IEEE Computational Science & Engineering Contents, Math. of Control, Signals, and System Contents, Journal of Approximation Theory Contents, Journal of Approximation Theory 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: Patricia Manning Date: Wed, 08 Jan 97 14:34:43 EST Subject: Announcing SIAM Journals Online Announcing SIAM Journals Online The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is pleased to announce that its prestigious journals are now available to subscribers via the Web. Beginning with the 1997 issues, the full text of articles from our 11 journals can be accessed in three formats: PostScript, Adobe Acrobat PDF, and DVI. As a special promotion for 1997, electronic subscriptions are offered, upon request, at no additional charge to members and institutions who subscribe to the 1997 print version. Electronic-only subscriptions are available as well. Headquartered in Philadelphia, SIAM was founded to advance the application of mathematics to science and industry, promote mathematical research, and provide media for the exchange of information and ideas among mathematicians, engineers, and scientists. SIAM has grown from a few hundred members at its inception in 1951 to over 9000 members today. For more information about SIAM and SIAM Journals Online access our web site at http://www.siam.org. SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 215-382-9800 215-382-9800 service@siam.org ------------------------------ From: Joseph Traub Date: Fri, 10 Jan 97 10:52:51 EST Subject: Journal Of Complexity Best Paper Winner PASCAL KOIRAN WINS JOURNAL OF COMPLEXITY BEST PAPER AWARD Pascal Koiran, Ecole Normal Superieure de Lyon, has won the JOURNAL OF COMPLEXITY'S Best Paper Award for 1996 for his paper "Hilbert's Nullensatz is in the Polynomial Hierarchy." The paper appeared in the December, 1996 issue of the Journal. The Awards Committee consisted of Stefan Heinrich and Steve Smale. The Award was presented at the Foundations of Computational Mathematics (FoCM) Conference in Rio de Janeiro on January 8, 1997. The Best Paper Award carries a prize of $3,000 and a certificate. Pascal Koiran is the first winner of this annual award. ------------------------------ From: Michael Pernice Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 08:55:05 -0700 Subject: Convergence of Iterative Methods for Complex Symmetric Matrices Dear NA-netters, Most discussions of the convergence properties of stationary iterative methods deal only with real matrices. In recent years a number of applications have appeared that require the solution of a system of linear equations in which the coefficient matrix is large, sparse, and complex symmetric. What are the most general conditions that guarantee convergence of a stationary iterative method (in particular SOR) for a complex symmetric matrix? Michael Pernice Center for High Performance Computing Phone: (801) 581-7708 85 Student Services Building Fax: (801) 585-5366 University of Utah E-mail: usimap@sneffels.usi.utah.edu Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 ------------------------------ From: G. W. Stewart Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 13:42:52 -0500 (EST) Subject: New Book on Matrix Algorithms I am currently writing a multivolume treatise entitled Matrix Algorithms. The present Volume I is entitled Basic Decompositions. I have recently rewritten the third chapter and completed a fourth. They can be obtained by anonymous ftp from thales.cs.umd.edu in pub/survey or through my home page at http://www.cs.umd.edu/~stewart/ The first two chapters contain introductory material from mathematics and computer science and the third chapter is on Gaussian elimination. The fourth chapter on the QR decomposition and least squares. A fifth on rank determination will complete the volume. For more information see the preface. I am distributing the book in the hope that it will be helpful to others and that others will be willing to help me with their comments and corrections. Please feel free to make copies for your personal use. However, if you want to make copies to distribute to a class, please ask my permission (it will generally be forthcoming). Pete Stewart ------------------------------ From: Peter Pacheco Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 18:18:37 -0800 Subject: New Book on Parallel Programming Morgan-Kaufmann Publishers has recently published my book "Parallel Programming with MPI." It is an elementary introduction to programming parallel systems that uses the MPI 1.1 library of extensions to C and Fortran. It is intended for use by students and professionals with some knowledge of programming for conventional, single-processor systems, but who have little or no experience programming multiprocessor systems. It is an extensive revision and expansion of "A User's Guide to MPI". Further information on the book can be obtained from my web page http://www.usfca.edu/mpi and Morgan Kaufmann's web page http://www.mkp.com. The ISBN is 1-55860-339-5. Morgan Kaufmann can also be contacted at 800-745-7323. Best wishes, Peter Pacheco Department of Mathematics University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94117 (415) 666-6630 peter@usfca.edu ------------------------------ From: Oleg Burdakov Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 22:04:27 GMT Subject: Special Issue of Optimization Methods and Software A special issue of the journal "Optimization Methods and Software" will be dedicated to the 60th birthday of Prof. Naum Shor. This issue should appear by the end of this year. The submission deadline is April 15, 1997. The papers submitted to this special issue should correspond to the Aims and Scope of the journal OMS. They will be screened using the usual refereeing procedure and will meet the normal publication standards of the journal. The maximum paper length is 20(...-25) standard journal pages. Papers submitted to this issue should be sent to one of the following co-editors: Prof. Florian Jarre Institut fuer Angewandte Mathematik und Statistik Universitaet Wuerzburg, Am Hubland 97074 Wuerzburg, Germany Tel: (49+) 931 8885047 Fax: (49+) 931 706125 e-mail: jarre@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de Prof. Cornelis Roos Department SSOR Mekelweg 4, Room 05.300 Faculteit TWI Technische Universiteit Delft 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlads tel: +(31)15 2782530 fax: +(31)15 2787255 E-mail: C.Roos@math.tudelft.nl Papers may be submitted by regular mail (in triplicate) or electronically (in the form of a LaTeX file). For the style files and instructions for the authors please appeal to the co-editors. All other questions and requests regarding the special issue should be addressed to them too. Please submit papers for this issue at your earliest convenience and no later than April 15, 1997. Oleg Burdakov, Managing Editor of OMS CERFACS Parallel Algorithms Team 42, Avenue G. Coriolis 31057 Toulouse Cedex, France Tel.: (+33) 561 19 30 74 Fax: (+33) 561 19 30 00 E-mail: oleg.burdakov@cerfacs.fr http://www.cerfacs.fr/~burdakov/ ------------------------------ From: Jens Burmeister Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 12:06:31 +0100 (MET) Subject: 13th GAMM-Seminar Kiel Dear colleagues, The prelimanary programme (including abstracts) of the 13th GAMM-Seminar Kiel on Numerical Treatment of Multi-Scale Problems January 24th to 26th, 1997. Kiel, Germany is now available on the web. Please visit our webpage http://www.numerik.uni-kiel.de/gamm/1997/ With best regards Jens Burmeister ------------------------------ From: Suzanne Lenhart Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 09:45:25 -0500 (EST) Subject: Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program Summer Program in Pure and Applied Mathematics for 1997 at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville sponsored by the National Science Foundation and Tennessee Science Alliance The Department of Mathematics of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will sponsor a summer research program for outstanding mathematics majors. Each student will work on a research project with a mathematics researcher from the University of Tennessee or Oak Ridge National Laboratory (which is very near to Knoxville). In addition, there will be two short courses and a faculty seminar. Research projects are available in following areas: algebra, analysis, mathematical ecology, numerical analysis, differential equations, probability, statistics, topology, control theory, and differential geometry. The program will be from May 26, 1997 to July 22, 1997. Each participant will receive a stipend of $2700. A travel stipend of up to $350 is available as needed. University housing will be available for approximately $55 per week. Applicants should send a completed application form (attached below) and sent it along with a current transcript and a one-page statement of interests to Suzanne Lenhart - REU University of Tennessee Mathematics Department Knoxville, TN 37996-1300 Applicants should have two letters of recommendation sent to Lenhart. For further information, call Lenhart at 423-974-4270 or by email lenhart@math.utk.edu . Applications will not be accepted via email. Deadline for applications is Feb. 18, 1997. Participants must be US citizens or permanent residents. ------------------------------ From: Suzanne Lenhart Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 09:50:13 -0500 (EST) Subject: Barrett Lectures at University of Tennessee 1997 Barrett Lectures The University of Tennessee in Knoxville has a series of lectures, called the Barrett Lectures, held each year since 1970. THe 1997 Barrett Lectures will be held on March 20-22, 1997. The organizers are Suzanne Lenhart and Philip Schaefer. The theme is "Control Theory and Applications." The two principal lecturers are Irena Lasiecka of the Mathematics Department of University of Virginia and E. Bruce Lee of the Electrical Engineering Department of University of Minnesota. Each principal lecturers will give two lectures. In addition, there are six invited speakers: Ben Fitzpatrick, North Carolina State University Mary Ann Horn, Vanderbilt University Belinda King, Oregon State University David Russell, Virginia Tech University Suresh Sethi, University of Toronto Stanislaw Zak, Purdue University Each invited speakers will give one lecture each of 40 minutes length. There will be a limited number of short contributed talks. The following is a partial list of contributed speakers; K. Renee Fister, Murray State University S. S. Sritharan, University of Colorado Sanjay Chawla, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications The 1997 Barrett Lectures will feature control of ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations and applications. This lecture series is supported by our mathematics department and the University of Tennessee Science Alliance. Contact Suzanne Lenhart at 423-974-4270 or email lenhart@math.utk.edu for further information. ------------------------------ From: Frederic Nataf Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 10:15:30 +0100 Subject: Optimization of Interface Conditions SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS MINISYMPOSIUM ON "OPTIMIZATION OF INTERFACE CONDITIONS" Tenth International Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods August 10-14, 1997, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado (http://www-math.cudenver.edu/dd10) Scope and Objectives: This Minisymposium will provide a forum for discussing state-of-the-art in the choice of interface conditions . Papers are solicited in the following areas: o Electromagnetism o Fluid Dynamics o Solid Mechanics o Fluid Structure Interaction o Overlapping/Nonoverlapping subdomains o Non matching grids o Coupling of equations/models o Theoretical results Organization: If you are interested in contributing to "OPTIMIZATION OF INTERFACE CONDITIONS", please contact Frederic Nataf ON or BEFORE January 15, 1997 and enclose a short abstract (up to 200 words) of your contribution. Frederic Nataf, Centre de Mathematiques Appliquees, CNRS URA756 Ecole Polytechnique Tel: (33) 01 69 33 45 63 91128 Palaiseau Cedex Fax: (33) 01 69 33 30 11 France e-mail: nataf@cmapx.polytechnique.fr ------------------------------ From: G. Zouraris Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 18:41:03 +0200 Subject: Euroconferences in Mathematics on Crete EUROCONFERENCES IN MATHEMATICS ON CRETE The Department of Mathematics of the University of Crete announces the 1997 conferences of the series Euroconferences in Mathematics on Crete, sponsored by the Training and Mobility of Researchers Programme of the Commission of the European Union. 22-28 June 1997 DIRICHLET FORMS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN GEOMETRY AND STOCHASTICS Organizers: J.Jost (Leipzig, Germany), U.Mosco (Rome, Italy), K.T.Sturm (Erlangen, Germany). Main speakers: J.Jost (Leipzig, Germany), W.Kendall (Warwick, United Kingdom), U.Mosco (Rome, Italy), M.Roeckner (Bielefeld, Germany), K.T.Sturm (Erlangen, Germany). 29 June - 5 July 1997 NONLINEAR DISPERSIVE WAVES: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS Organizers: V.A.Dougalis (Athens, Greece), A.S.Fokas (London, United Kingdom) Main speakers: J.L.Bona (Austin, U.S.A.), D.Crighton (Cambridge, United Kingdom), A.Its (Purdue, U.S.A.), J.-C. Saut (Paris-Sud, France), V.E.Zakharov (Moscow, Russia). The conferences will take place at the Anogia Academic Village, a conference center located at the traditional Cretan village of Anogia on the slopes of the mountain Ida. For additional information please contact the local co-ordinator: Susanna Papadopoulou Department of Mathematics University of Crete Heraklion, Crete, GREECE Fax-Nr.: +30-81-234516 e-mail: souzana@math.uch.gr or, for the conferences of 1997: V.A.Dougalis Mathematics Department University of Athens Panepistimiopolis 15784 Zografou GREECE e-mail: doug@eudoxos.dm.uoa.gr K.T.Sturm Mathematisches Institut Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg Bismarckstrasse 1 1/2 91054 Erlangen GERMANY e-mail: sturm@mi.uni-erlangen.de ------------------------------ From: Daniel Szyld Date: Wed, 8 Jan 97 15:32:15 EST Subject: Travel Funds to Czech Republic Student and Recent Ph.D. Paper Competition for the U.S.-Czech Workshop on Iterative Methods and Parallel Computing June 16-21, 1997, Milovy, Czech Republic Funds are available from NSF (U.S.) and the Czech Academy of Sciences to cover the expenses of a few graduate students or recent Ph.D. recipients from U.S. institutions to attend and present a paper at the U.S.-Czech Workshop on Iterative Methods and Parallel Computing, to be held on June 16-21, 1997, in Milovy, Czech Republic. The aim of the workshop is to bring together numerical analysts, specialists in numerical linear algebra and parallel computing, especially those interested in iterative methods and their applications in computational mathematics. Milovy is a small village located in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands (Central part of the Czech Republic) at about 100 kilometers (65 miles) from Prague. A full announcement can be found in either of the following two web addresses. http://www.math.temple.edu/~szyld/impc97.html http://www.uivt.cas.cz/~miro/impc97/impc97.html To participate in the competition, please send an extended abstract (or a full paper if available) of a proposed talk, a vita indicating date of (obtained or expected) degree, and two letters of recommendations to Daniel B. Szyld, Department of Mathematics, 1805 N Broad Street, Temple University (038-16), Philadelphia PA 19122-6094, or electronically to szyld@math.temple.edu, to be received by February 22, 1997. Please indicate if your institution can contribute a portion of your expenses and the amount. The selection will be made by the U.S. members of the organizing committee: Howard Elman (University of Maryland, College Park), Roland Freund (Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill), Anne Greenbaum (Courant Institute, New York University), and Daniel Szyld (Temple University, Philadelphia). ------------------------------ From: Sylvia Grozdanova Date: Fri, 10 Jan 97 10:23:17 +0200 Subject: Workshop in Bulgaria on Large-Scale Scientific Computations Ist Workshop on "Large-Scale Scientific Computations" June 7 - June 11, 1997 organized by Oleg P. Iliev, Svetozar D. Margenov and Panayot S. Vassilevski PLACE: International House of Scientists "F. Curie", Resort "sv. Konstantin i Elena" near Varna. ORGANIZER: The Central Laboratory on Parallel Processing (formerly, the Center of Informatics and Computing Technology), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) in cooperation with the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics (IMI), BAS. The format of the workshop is expected to be similar to the IMACS International Symposium on Iterative Methods in Linear Algebra, Blagoevgrad (June 1995). IMPORTANT DEADLINES: o The deadline for submission of extended abstracts is January 15, 1997. o The deadline for the full papers (approximately 10 pages limit) is February 15, 1997 (needed if intended to appear in the Proceedings after a standard but speeded--up journal--type refereeing procedure). DETAILS: WWW-site. http://copern.acad.bg/Conferences/SciCom97.html CONFERENCE SECRETARY: Ms Sylvia Grozdanova, Address: CLPP-BAS, ``Acad. G. Bontchev'' street, Block 25A, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria; (-359-2)--707--273; E-mail: scicom97@iscbg.acad.bg. Please do not hesitate to ask us about any additional details related the workshop. ------------------------------ From: Jeffrey Powell Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 14:22:28 -0600 (CST) Subject: Faculty Position at Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University, Department of Mathematical Sciences The department invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant or associate professor level, to begin August 1997. A Ph.D. at the time of application is preferred. Preference will also be given to candidates with a background in mathematical modeling, numerical analysis, probability, statistics, mathematical physics, or other areas of applied/industrial mathematics, and who also have relevant experience in industry, government laboratories, or business. Applicants must provide evidence of excellence in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level, and be committed to program development and interdisciplinary collaboration. Candidates should also have a demonstrated ability to carry out a program of research in applied mathematics, preferably in a field that complements current faculty interests: computer aided geometric design; partial differential equations; inverse problems; mathematical biology. Applicants should submit a detailed curriculum vita, a statement describing their teaching and research interests, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent directly to Dr. E. R. Phillips, Department of Mathematical Sciences, P.O. Box 34, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132. Consideration of applications will begin January 15, 1997, and continue until the position is filled. ------------------------------ From: Kendall Atkinson Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 10:51:24 -0600 (CST) Subject: Faculty Positions at the University of Iowa POSITIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA [This is a re-advertisement of a position listed earlier, in September 1996. If you are interested, please apply as soon as possible, as formal screening will commence shortly.] The Department of Mathematics of The University of Iowa invites applications for the following positions. 1) Tenure-track beginning or early assistant professorship, starting in August 1997, in the broadly interpreted area of computational mathematics. Expertise is desired in areas such as numerical parallel computing, computer graphics, or computational geometry. Extraordinary candidates at higher rank may be considered. Selection will be based on evidence of outstanding research accomplishments or potential, and teaching ability. A Ph.D. or equivalent training is required. For more information on numerical analysis at the University of Iowa, link to the WWW site "http://www.math.uiowa.edu/faculty/numanal.htm". 2) Pending availability of funds, one or more visiting positions for all or part of the 1997-98 academic year. Selection will be based on research expertise and teaching ability. Preference will be given to applicants whose scholarly activity is of particular interest to members of the current faculty. Women and minority candidates are especially urged to apply for the above positions. The University of Iowa welcomes the employment of professional couples on its faculty and staff, permits the appointment of faculty couples within the same department, and permits the sharing of a single appointment by a faculty couple. Formal screening will begin in late January; and applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. To apply, send a complete vita and have three letters of recommendation sent to: Professor Bor-Luh Lin, Chair Department of Mathematics The University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52242 For additional information on the University of Iowa, check the WWW site http://www.uiowa.edu/ For the Dept of Mathematics, check the WWW site http://www.math.uiowa.edu/ For the Iowa City area, see the WWW site http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iapages/iowacity/index.html The University of Iowa is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. ------------------------------ From: University of Strathclyde Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 17:26:51 GMT Subject: Faculty Position at University of Strathclyde DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE GLASGOW, SCOTLAND CHAIR IN MATHEMATICS Applications are invited for a Professorship in the Department of Mathematics to provide research leadership in Applied Analysis. Preference will be given to candidates with international recognition in some aspect of nonlinear mathematical analysis who have an interest in interacting with researchers in the broad area of modern applied mathematics. For application form and further particulars (Ref: 2/97) contact the Personnel Office, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ. Telephone : +44 (0) 141 548 4476. Further information about the post can be obtained through the World Wide Web at http://www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/Maths/chair97.html Applications closing date: 21 February 1997 ------------------------------ From: Shirley Browne Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 10:19:51 -0500 Subject: Research Position at the University of Tennessee Research Scientist Position at the University of Tennessee We have immediate openings for a RESEARCH SCIENTIST in the area of PROGRAMMING TOOLS FOR PARALLEL COMPUTATION to support the Department of Defense High Performance Computation Modernization Program. All qualified researchers are invited to apply. The goal of the DOD HPC Modernization Program (http://www.hpcm.dren.net/) is to supply the DOD with world-class computing power for applications. To this end, the DOD has formed the Programming Environment and Training (PET) program, a coalition of universities to bring the best available HPC techniques to bear on DOD problems. The Center for Research on Parallel Computation (CRPC), headquartered at Rice University, is leading the PET effort in the area of programming tools. Responsibilities of the research scientist position are to interact with HPC users, determine their needs, and supply appropriate software tools and training to meet those needs. We view "tools" broadly, including (but not limited to): * Compilers * Debuggers * Performance analysis * Scientific/math subroutine libraries * Message-passing libraries * Scalable input/output systems * Problem Solving Environments Depending on the precise needs found, the research scientist may locate these tools (on the WWW, for example), evaluate tools, extend some tools, and train users in applying the tools. The position at the University of Tennessee will involve interaction with established parallel tools research groups at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as well as frequent trips to the DOD Major Shared Resource Centers (MSRCs) to visit customers, and to other CRPC sites to consult with researchers. The position requires a PhD in a computational field or equivalent experience. The ideal candidate would have a CS degree and strong experience in running scientific computations. Experience with developing, evaluating, or using parallel programming tools is also desired. The position requires either U.S. citizenship or permanent U.S. residenc status. Please direct resumes or questions to Shirley Browne University of Tennessee 107 Ayres Hall Knoxville, TN 37996-1301 423-974-5886 Electronic submissions are acceptable; send to browne@cs.utk.edu ------------------------------ From: Shirley Browne Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 10:20:27 -0500 Subject: Research Position at the University of Tennessee Information Scientist Position at the University of Tennessee We have an immediate opening for an INFORMATION SCIENTIST in the area of software repository and information infrastructure support for the Department of Defense High Performance Computation Modernization Program. The goal of the DOD HPC Modernization Program (http://www.hpcm.dren.net) is to supply the DOD with world-class computing power. To provide the infrastructure for collecting and disseminating software and information to users of the DOD Major Shared Resource Centers (MSRCs), the Information/Communication area is lead by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). with support from the Center for Research on Parallel Computation (CRPC) through the University of Tennessee. CRPC's role is to integrate the National HPCC Software Exchange (NHSE) (http://www.nhse.org/) into the overall information infrastructure. The NHSE is an interface to a distributed collection of interoperating discipline-oriented software repositories which collect, evaluate, and disseminate software and related information produced by and for the Federal HPCC Program. Responsibilities of the information technologist position are to develop tools and methodologies for setting up and populating an interoperable software repository framework for the DOD MSRCs. The work will involve adapting existing frameworks for maintaining software repositories the the MSRC environment, developing the process for populating the repositories, and working with the MSRC sites to collect, evaluate, and catalog software and maintain the repository framework. Expertise is required in one or more of the following areas: Software Cataloging and Classification Software Testing and Evaluation Indexing and Searching Web Technologies Database Management Systems C, Unix, Perl, and Java Programming Some familiarity with parallel scientific programming is also desired. The position requires a master's degree in computer or information science or equivalent experience. Also required is U.S. citizenship or permanent U.S. resident status. Please direct resumes or questions to Shirley Browne University of Tennessee 107 Ayres Hall Knoxville, TN 37996-1301 423-974-5886 Electronic submissions are acceptable; send to browne@cs.utk.edu ------------------------------ From: SIAM Date: Wed, 08 Jan 97 11:04:23 EST Subject: Contents, SIAM Optimization SIAM Journal on Optimization February 1997 Volume 7, Number 1 CONTENTS 1 On the Convergence of Pattern Search Algorithms Virginia Torczon 26 The Barzilai and Borwein Gradient Method for the Large Scale Unconstrained Minimization Problem Marcos Raydan 34 The Affine Scaling Algorithm Fails for Stepsize 0.999 Walter F. Mascarenhas 47 On the Convergence of the Mizuno-Todd-Ye Algorithm to the Analytic Center of the Solution Set Clovis C. Gonzaga and Richard A. Tapia 66 On the Quadratic Convergence of the Simplified Mizuno-Todd-Ye Algorithm for Linear Programming Clovis C. Gonzaga and Richard A. Tapia 86 Interior-Point Methods for the Monotone Semidefinite Linear Complementarity Problem in Symmetric Matrices Masakazu Kojima, Susumu Shindoh, and Shinji Hara 126 A Family of Polynomial Affine Scaling Algorithms for Positive Semidefinite Linear Complementarity Problems B. Jansen, C. Roos, and T. Terlaky 141 Minimization of a Large-Scale Quadratic Function Subject to a Spherical Constraint D. C. Sorensen 162 Newton Methods for Large-Scale Linear Inequality-Constrained Minimization Anders Forsgren and Walter Murray 177 A Global Convergence Theory for General Trust-Region-Based Algorithms for Equality Constrained Optimization J. E. Dennis, Jr., Mahmoud El-Alem, and Maria C. Maciel 208 Algorithms for Constrained and Weighted Nonlinear Least Squares Marten Gulliksson, Inge Soderkvist, and Per-Ake Wedin 225 A New Merit Function for Nonlinear Complementarity Problems and a Related Algorithm Francisco Facchinei and Joao Soares 248 The Orthogonality Theorem and the Strong-f-Monotonicity Condition for Variational Inequality Algorithms Thomas L. Magnanti and Georgia Perakis 274 Computable Error Bounds for Convex Inequality Systems in Reflexive Banach Spaces Sien Deng 280 Implementation of a Variance Reduction-Based Lower Bound in a Branch-and-Bound Algorithm for the Quadratic Assignment Problem P. M. Pardalos, K. G. Ramakrishnan, M. G. C. Resende, and Y. Li ------------------------------ From: IEEE Computer Society Date: Wed, 08 Jan 97 13:44:48 est Subject: Contents, IEEE Computational Science & Engineering Contents of IEEE COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING magazine, Vol. 3, No. 4, Winter 1996. http://www.computer.org/pubs/cs&e/cs&e.htm Editor-in-Chief: George Cybenko, Dartmouth College, george.cybenko@dartmouth.edu Associate EIC: Francis Sullivan, IDA Ctr. for Computing Sciences THEME SECTION ARTICLES Theme Editors' Introduction: Advancing Interactive Visualization and Computational Steering Jim X. Chen, David Rine, and Horst D. Simon 13 PVR: High-Performance Volume Rendering Claudio T. Silva, Arie E. Kaufman, and Constantine Pavlakos 18 Parallel Interactive Visualization of 3D Mantle Convection Kirk E. Jordan, David A. Yuen, David M. Reuteler, Shuxia Zhang, and Robert Haimes 29 SMD: Visual Steering of Molecular Dynamics for Protein Design Jonathan Leech, Jan F. Prins, and Jan Hermans 38 Interactive Virtual Reality in Simulations: Exploring Lag Time Valerie E. Taylor, Jian Chen, Terrence L. Disz, Michael E. Papka, and Rick Stevens 46 FEATURE ARTICLES Multigrid Methods in Science and Engineering Craig C. Douglas 55 Simulating Asynchronous, Decentralized Military Command and Control Tony Lee and Sumit Ghosh 69 DEPARTMENTS Editor-in-Chief 1 Knocking Opportunity or Opportunity Knocking? Project Report 4 The Hirlam Project --Gerard Cats and Lex Wolters Call for Articles 8 IEEE CS&E Theme Issue on Problem-Solving Environments for Scientific Computing (submissions due May 15, 1997) CSE at Work 9 Monitoring Complex Systems with Causal Networks --M. Morjaria and F. Santosa 1996 Annual Index 80 Conferences & Workshops 83 SciTools '96 --Christopher R. Johnson Supercomputing '96 --Richard N. Draper First IEEE Computer Society Workshop on CSE --John R. Rice Book News & Reviews 87 _Designing and Building Parallel Programs_, by Ian T. Foster; reviewed by Elias N. Houstis _Iterative Methods for Sparse Linear Systems_, by Yousef Saad; reviewed by Tony F. Chan _An Introduction to Computational Science and Mathematics_, by Charles Van Loan; reviewed by Faisal Saied In Memoriam 90 Seymour Cray, 1925-1996 --F. Brett Berlin CSE Education 91 CSE Educators Win DoE Awards --T. Marchioro Technology News & Reviews 93 SGI Announces a New HPC Server: The Origin Series --R. Bramley Letters 95 Cray Research stands by claim in NCAR case --Bob Ewald Interfaces 96 HPC and CSE in Japan: A New Spirit? --Norris Parker Smith ------------------------------ From: Secretary Support Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 12:40:18 +-100 Subject: Contents, Math. of Control, Signals, and System MCSS TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 9, Number 3 A. Margheri, Flow regularity and optimality conditions with control in Lp, MCSS 9 (1996), 189-206. A. Banaszuk, S. Swiech, and J. Hauser, Least squares integration of one-dimensional codistributions with application to approximate feedback linearization, MCSS 9 (1996), 207-241. J. Oostveen and H. Zwart, Solving the infinite-dimensional discrete-time algebraic Riccati equation using the extended symplectic pencil, A.J. van der Schaft and J.M. Schumacher, The complementary-slackness class of hybrid systems, MCSS 9 (1996), 266-301. INFORMATION Information on MCSS including tables of contents is available at its home pages: - - http://www.cwi.nl/cwi/departments/BS3/mcss.html - - http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~sontag/mcss.html Address for submissions: J.H. van Schuppen (Co-Editor MCSS) CWI P.O.Box 94079 1090 Gb Amsterdam The Netherlands Bradley Dickinson, Eduardo Sontag, Jan van Schuppen (Editors) ------------------------------ From: Edit Kurali Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 20:14:41 -0500 (EST) Subject: Contents, Journal of Approximation Theory Table of Contents: J. Approx. Theory, Volume 87, Number 2, November 1996 G. N\"urnberger Approximation order of bivariate spline interpolation 117--136 Matthew X. He Explicit representations of Faber polynomials for $m$-cusped hypocycloids 137--147 Kuei-Fang Chang Strictly positive definite functions 148--158 Keiji Izuchi and Sin-Ei Takahasi BKW-operators on the interval and the sequence spaces 159--169 G. Min Saturation problem of $L_p$-approximation by Hermite-Fej\'er interpolation 170--178 George Kvernadze Uniform convergence of Lagrange interpolation based on the Jacobi nodes 179--193 A. Sharma, J. Szabados, B. Underhill, and A. K. Varma On some general lacunary interpolation problems 194--219 Yuan Xu Lagrange interpolation on Chebyshev points of two variables 220--238 Note J. J. Swetits and B. Wood On the degree of $L_p$ approximation with positive linear operators 239--241 ------------------------------ From: Edit Kurali Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 20:15:32 -0500 (EST) Subject: Contents, Journal of Approximation Theory Table of Contents: J. Approx. Theory, Volume 87, Number 3, December 1996 Michele Campiti and Giorgio Metafune Approximation properties of recursively defined Bernstein-type operators 243--269 Michele Campiti and Giorgio Metafune Evolution equations associated with recursively defined Bernstein-type operators 270--290 A. Atzmon and A. Olevski\v{\i} Completeness of integer translates in function spaces on $\BR$ 291--327 Semyon Rafalson Nonnegative Fourier-Jacobi Coefficients and some classes of functions 328--337 K. Jetter and J. St\"ockler Riesz bases of splines and regularized splines with multiple knots 338--359 Author index for volume 87 360 ------------------------------ End of NA Digest ************************** -------