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From: Nick Trefethen <lnt@comlab.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 10:55:16 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Fox Prize Winners
We are happy to announce the winners of the Tenth Fox Prize in
Numerical Analysis, who presented their papers to a large crowd
of students and colleagues in numerical analysis on June 22, 2001
at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory.
First Prize: Anna-Karin Tornberg, KTH Stockholm
Second Prizes:
Tilo Arens, Brunel University
Begona Cano, University of Valladolid
Eric Darve, Stanford University
Jing-Rebecca Li, Courant Institute
Dominik Schoetzau, University of Minnesota
Divakar Viswanath, University of Chicago
Nick Trefethen
Arieh Iserles
Alastair Spence
A fuller report, including a link to photographs
of the occasion, will be forthcoming.
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From: Liz Callanan <liz@mathworks.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 14:37:57 -0400
Subject: Cleve Moler Honored by U. of Waterloo
Congratulations to Cleve Moler, who this past weekend, received an honorary
Doctor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo, in Ontario
Canada. Cleve was chosen because of his, "major influence on education and
research in numerical mathematics and scientific computing." He also gave a
convocation address to the mathematics graduates on Saturday, June 16, which
can be viewed at: http://www.showcorp.com/webcast/uwaterloo/index.html.
-- Liz Callanan
The MathWorks
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From: Sivan Toledo <stoledo@tau.ac.il>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 12:38:16 +0000
Subject: A Library of Sparse Linear Solvers
I am pleased to announce the availability of TAUCS, a library of sparse
linear solvers. The two noteworthy aspects of the library are fast direct
solvers for symmetric positive-definite systems (supernodal multifrontal
and supernodal left-looking, both using the dense BLAS), and an implemetation
of Vaidya's augmented maximum-weight-basis preconditioners, including
recursive (multilevel) ones. The library also includes iterative solvers,
drop-tolerance incomplete cholesky factorizations, and convenient
interfaces to ordering codes.
You can download a package containing the library, example programs,
and documentation from http://www.tau.ac.il/~stoledo/taucs
The code is by me and by my students Doron Chen and Vladimir Rotkin.
Regards, Sivan Toledo
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From: T. E. Simos <tsimos@mail.ariadne-t.gr>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 22:09:22 +0300
Subject: Special Issue of Computers and Mathematicss with Applications
2ND CALL FOR PAPERS
Computers & Mathematics with Applications, An International Journal,
will publish a special issue on
THE NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
with guest editors T.E. Simos (Democritus University of Thrace,
Greece) and I. Gladwell (Southern Methodist University, USA) to whom
questions concerning the special issue should be addressed.
Research and review papers are solicited for the special issue. Topics
include the theory of, software for, and applications of
numerical techniques for ordinary differential equations. Papers in all
areas of numerical methods for ordinary differential
equations will be considered, particularly initial value problems,
boundary value problems, delay differential equations,
differential algebraic equations, and the method of lines in time.
INSTRUCTIONS OF SUBMITTING PAPERS
Each submitted paper should be of length 20-30 A4 pages including the
title page with abstract, and all figures, tables, and
references. Submit one original and two copies of the complete paper (or
submit a postscript file of the complete paper
electronically) to:
ALL THE WORLD EXCEPT NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
Dr. T.E. Simos,
Guest Editor, NAODEs
26 Menelaou Street,
Amfithea - Paleon Faliron,
GR-175 64 Athens, GREECE
E-mail: tsimos@mail.ariadne-t.gr
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
Professor I. Gladwell
Guest Editor, NAODEs
Department of Mathematics,
Southern Methodist University,
Dallas, TX 75275, USA
E-mail: igladwel@mail.smu.edu
Papers for the special issue should contain original material that must
not be previously published nor currently submitted for
consideration elsewhere. Each paper must have a title page that includes
the title, full names of all authors, and their complete
addresses including affiliation(s), and an abstract of up to 200 words.
The final form of the accepted papers will be required to conform to the
style file of the journal Computers & Mathematics with
Applications at http://rodin.wustl.edu/journals.html
IMPORTANT DATES
July 2, 2001: Deadline for submission of the front page (title, authors,
abstract); this is for editorial guidance and for indication
of content.
October 30, 2001: Deadline for submission of the complete paper.
March 28, 2002: Final date for notifying authors of acceptance.
May 15, 2002: Deadline for submission of accepted papers in "camera
ready" form.
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From: Alan Edelman <edelman@math.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 16:25:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Random Matrix Day at MIT
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Random
Matrices
Conference
Sunday, August 12th, 2001
New applications of random matrix theory are popping up at a
large rate these days. Nonetheless, the best engineering
applications still are waiting to be found. This informal
conference is a hope at bringing people together to explore these
applications. This will be an enjoyable and interesting day
for graduate students, random matrix experts, and
those who are curious.
The invited speakers include:
Ioana Dumitriu (MIT)
Partha Mitra (Bell Labs)
David R. Nelson (Harvard)
Maurice Rojas (Texas A & M)
David Tse (Berkeley)
Divikar Viswanath (U Chicago)
(Alan Edelman of MIT has agreed to give an introductory
lecture for those new to the random matrix area.)
Contributed talks in areas related to random matrices are
welcome. Please send abstracts to: <edelman@math.mit.edu> or
Professor Alan Edelman, 2-388 MIT, 77 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139
Registration fee: $20. Lectures will take place at M.I.T. from
9:30am to 5:30pm in Room 1-390. See www-math.mit.edu/conferences/random/
for abstracts, hotel, and other information.
Organizer:
Alan Edelman (MIT)
In cooperation with the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
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From: B. Toro <b.toro@numeritek.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 10:28:09 +0100
Subject: Two Short Courses on Finite Volume Methods
We are pleased to announce the following two Short Courses:
Course 1. Finite Volume Methods for Free-Surface Shallow
Flows. With Applications to Environmental Problems.
12 - 15 November 2001
San Francisco, USA
Lecturer: Professor E. F. Toro
Contents: Set of 12 lectures and 4 practical tutorials.
Lecture 1: Basics on PDEs and Conservation Laws
Lecture 2: Basics on Numerical Methods for Conservation Laws
Lecture 3: Higher-Order Methods for Scalar Problems
Lecture 4: TVD Methods for Scalar Problems
Lecture 5: The Shallow Water Equations: Properties
Lecture 6: The Shallow Water Equations: Exact Solution of the Riemann
Problem
Lecture 7: Godunov's Method and Approximate Riemann Solvers I
Lecture 8: Godunov's Method and Approximate Riemann Solvers II
Lecture 8: TVD Methods for the Shallow Water Equations
Lecture 9: Treatment of Sources Terms and Multiple Space Dimensions
Lecture 10: Mesh Generation Approaches
Lecture 11: Environmental Applications
Lecture 12: ENO/WENO and ADER Methods
Course 2. Finite Volume Methods for Compressible Flow.
19 - 22 November 2001
San Francisco, USA
Lecturer: Professor E. F. Toro
Contents: Set of 12 lectures and 4 practical tutorials.
Lecture 1: Basics on PDEs and Conservation Laws
Lecture 2: Basics on Numerical Methods for Conservation Laws
Lecture 3: Higher-Order Methods for Scalar Problems
Lecture 4: TVD Methods for Scalar Problems
Lecture 5: The Euler Equations: Properties and Exact Solution of the
Riemann Problem
Lecture 6: Godunov's Method and Approximate Riemann Solvers I
Lecture 7: Godunov's Method and Approximate Riemann Solvers II
Lecture 8: TVD Methods for Non-Linear Systems
Lecture 9: Treatment of Sources Terms and Multiple Space Dimensions
Lecture 10: Riemann Solvers for General Materials
Lecture 11: Models and Numerics for Multiphase Flows
Lecture 12: ENO/WENO and ADER Methods
ORGANISERS: Numeritek Limited, UK
There will be a 10% reduction in fees for early registrations before
31st August 2001.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
These courses are intended for scientists and engineers from Industry,
Research Laboratories, Consultancy and Software Organizations and
Academic Institutions, who are interested in solving practical problems
using modern numerical methods.
FURTHER DETAILS and REGISTRATION FORMS are available from
http://www.numeritek.com
Please send inquiries to: courses@numeritek.com
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From: J David Moulton <moulton@t7.lanl.gov>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:23:46 -0600
Subject: Cluster Workshop at SIAM Annual Meeting
Short Course:
Setting up and Using a Small Linux Cluster
July 8, 2001, Town and Country Resort Hotel, San Diego, California
Preceeding the SIAM Annual Meeting
Organizer:
David Moulton, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Description:
The primary objective of this workshop is to communicate the necessary
information about hardware, software and application considerations so
that participants can analyze their own needs and potential use of
clusters. To this end we will provide an overview of hardware related
issues, a comprehensive list of freely available software resources
(both administrative and developer related), and an overview of the
computational work performed on the Avalon cluster
(http://cnls.lanl.gov/avalon) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
To help make this truly practical we will bring a small cluster and
demonstrate various stages of construction and configuration as well
as compiling and running a parallel code.
Level of Presentation:
30% Introductory, 40% Intermediate, 20% Advanced
Who Should Attend?
This short-course is intended for faculty, students, professional
scientists and engineers that are interested in parallel computing but
generally find the necessary resources are either too costly or simply
unavailable. Specifically, we'll demonstrate the potential of
low-cost and reliable small to medium size Linux clusters that are
suitable for research groups and departments.
About the Instructors:
David Moulton
Mathematical Modeling and Analysis Group
Patrick Goda
Mathematical Modeling and Analysis / Theoretical Astrophysics Groups
Michael Warren
Theoretical Astrophysics Group
Markus Berndt
Mathematical Modeling and Analysis Group
Additional Information:
For additional information about this workshop and cluster related
links check out our web site <http://math.lanl.gov/SIAM01-ClusterWorkshop/>.
Registration:
Preregistration ended June 7, 2001. However, regular registration
continues until the conference. Seats are limited, please register
soon. Registration fee includes coffee breaks and lunch on Sunday, July 8.
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From: C. Young <cyoung@siam.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:54:42 -0400
Subject: ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms
Conference Name:
Thirteenth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on DISCRETE ALGORITHMS (SODA02)
Location:
Radisson Miyako Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Dates:
January 6-8, 2002
Now accepting papers.
To submit:
http://www.siam.org/meetings/da02/
DEADLINE - July 30, no later than 5:00 PM ET
For additional information, contact SIAM Conference Department at
siam@meetings.org
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From: Lester Ingber <ingber@ingber.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 07:07:58 -0500
Subject: Computational Finance Position
Updated on http://www.ingber.com/drw_positions.html
If you have very strong credentials for a position described below,
please send your resume to:
Prof. Lester Ingber
Director Research & Development
DRW Investments LLC [http://www.drwtrading.com]
311 S Wacker Dr Ste 900
Chicago, IL 60606
Email (preferred) ingber@drwtrading.com
Computational Finance Position
Experienced programmer in Maxima/Macsyma/Mathematica/Maple and
Java/C/C++. Previous financial experience preferred. Excellent
background in Physics, Math, or similar disciplines, at least
at PhD level.
This position requires the abilities to work long hours on
multiple projects, requiring a wide range of technical and
creative applications (some easy, some hard), transpiring at
several time scales, with shifting priorities.
Salary is competitive, with a bonus scaled to your
contributions to profits of the company.
Selection Process
The R&D group will screen all applications, and a long list
will be generated for phone interviews. Other applicants will
not be contacted further; in previous years we have had up to
1000 applicants per position.
From these phone interviews, a short list will be generated for
face-to-face interviews in Chicago. Applicants may stay in
Chicago the previous night if required. To perform due
diligence, candidates will be asked to spend 1-2 hours on a
coding exam. They will have opportunities to discuss this
position with several people in DRW.
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From: Joke Blom <Joke.Blom@cwi.nl>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 14:59:14 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at CWI, Amsterdam
CWI is an internationally renowned research institute in mathematics and
computer science, located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The focus is on
fundamental research problems, derived from societal needs.
JOB OPENING
Postdoctoral position in
Numerical and Applied Mathematics / Computational Biology
within the research project "Applications from the Life Sciences" of the
Department "Modelling, Analysis and Simulation". One of the activities
in this project is "The Silicon Cell".
We are seeking applicants who are keen on working at the interface between
scientific computing, numerical analysis and bio-mathematical modelling.
The subject of research will be the continuum modelling of biological membranes.
Profile:
The ideal candidate has a strong experience in the development and programming
of large-scale mesoscopic continuum models and has a keen interest in
collaborating with researchers from different disciplines.
Offer:
The position is offered for one year with default extension to a second year.
Application:
Those interested should send their written application, including CV, to the
Personnel Department CWI,
P.O. Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam (NL),
with the mentioning of "PD Vacancy MAS1".
PhD students who are about to finish their thesis are also encouraged to apply.
Consideration of applications will start July 1, 2001 and will continue until
the position is filled.
Information:
For further information you are invited to consult the web:
www.cwi.nl
www.cwi.nl/projects/by-name/lifesciences
www.cwi.nl/~gollum/SiC
or you can contact
Joke Blom +31-20-5924263, gollum@cwi.nl
or
Dr Mark Peletier, +31-20-5924226, peletier@cwi.nl
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From: Corry Magrijn <magrijn.secsup@tip.nl>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 13:55:25 +0200
Subject: Contents, Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems (MCSS)
Volume 14 (2001), Number 2
W.H. Fleming and W.M. McEneaney,
Robust limits of risk sensitive nonlinear filters.
MCSS 14 (2001), 109-142.
C. Prieur,
Uniting local and global controllers
with robustness to vanishing noise.
MCSS 14 (2001), 143-172.
Y. Chitour and B. Piccoli,
Controllability for discrete systems
with a finite control set.
MCSS 14 (2001), 173-193.
V. Lomadze,
Singular linear behaviors and their AR-representations.
MCSS 14 (2001), 194-211.
INFORMATION
Information on MCSS including tables of contents is
available at its home pages:
www.cwi.nl/~schuppen/mcss/mcss.html
www.math.rutgers.edu/~sontag/mcss.html
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From: Oleg Burdakov <olbur@mai.liu.se>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:20:29 +0200
Subject: Contents, Optimization Methods and Software
Table of Contents
Optimization Methods and Software (OMS)
Volume 15, Number 2 (June, 2001)
A. Kaplan and R. Tichatschke
Proximal interior point method for convex semi-infinite programming
87-119
Achiya Dax
Loss and retention of accuracy in affine scaling methods
121-151
Guanghui Liu, Lixing Han and Lily Jing
A nonmonotone Broyden method for unconstrained optimization
153-172
Forthcoming papers and complete table of contents for the journal OMS:
http://www.mai.liu.se/~olbur/OMS.contents
Instructions for authors, subscription information, free sample
copies:
http://www.gbhap.com/Optimization_Methods_Software/
Latex style files:
http://www.mai.liu.se/~olbur/STYLES/
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