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From: Bradley Lucier <lucier@math.purdue.edu>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:29:15 -0400
Subject: Michael Golomb
Michael Golomb (1909-2008) died April 9, 2008, after a brief
illness. An analyst, he made many contributions to applied
mathematics and numerical analysis (for example, in his Ph.D. thesis
he defined monotone operators, and he worked in spline approximation,
initially with Hans Weinberger).
An obituary can be found here:
http://intranet.math.purdue.edu/news/2008/04/11/obituary-of-michael-golomb/
Michael was awarded the Ph.D. in Berlin in 1933, but immediately had
to leave Germany because of anti-Jewish laws and sentiment. He was
honored by the City of Berlin in 1998 at the time of the
International Congress of Mathematicians; an interview about his
experiences can be found here:
http://www.math.purdue.edu/about/purview/winter99/article07_golomb.html
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From: Nick Higham <Nick.Higham@manchester.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:42:19 +0100
Subject: Matrix Function Toolbox (MATLAB) released
Just released at
http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/~higham/mftoolbox/
is The Matrix Function Toolbox - a MATLAB toolbox connected with
functions of matrices. It is associated with the book
"Functions of Matrices: Theory and Computation"
(http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/~higham/fm)
and contains implementations of many of the algorithms described
in the book.
---Nick Higham
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From: "Randolph E. Bank" <rbank@ucsd.edu>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 16:51:00 -0700
Subject: PLTMG 10.0 released
PLTMG 10.0 is a package for solving elliptic partial differential
equations in general regions of the plane. It is based on continuous
piecewise polynomial triangular finite elements (linear, quadratic
or cubic), and features adaptive local mesh refinement, multigraph
iteration, and pseudo-arclength continuation options for parameter
dependencies. It also provides options for solving several classes
of optimal control and obstacle problems. The package includes an
initial mesh generator and several graphics packages. Support for
the Bank-Holst parallel adaptive meshing strategy is also provided.
PLTMG is provided as Fortran (and a little C) source code, in
both single and double precision versions. The code has interfaces
to X-Windows, MPI, and Michael Holst's OpenGL image viewer SG. The
X-Windows, MPI, and SG interfaces require libraries that are NOT
provided as part of the PLTMG package. PLTMG is available from
Netlib, MgNet, and the author's homepage.
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From: "Alexander I Rozhenko" <rozhenko@oapmg.sscc.ru>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:57:38 +0700
Subject: Sdm.net: Splines for Data Mining under dot.net
I want to announce the Sdm.net: Spline library under dot.net. It
continues my investigations in splines represented few years ago with
JSpline+ library. For more details, look in my personal site at
http://arozhenko.987mb.com
The Sdm.net library is intended for solving some Data Mining tasks
using polynomial regression and a rich collection of univariate and
multivariate splines.
The library contains 15 solvers of System of Linear Algebraic
Equations (SLAE) for real banded, square, and rectangular matrices. It
allows to solve Least Squares with linear constraints; it also
calculates the null space of matrix and constructs the normal
pseudo-solution if the matrix of SLAE has non-full rank.
The Data Mining classes allow user to calculate statistics of
variables, to reduce the number of variable basing on correlation
between them, to find neighbour nodes of mesh, to thin the
measurements by removing near neighbors and outliers. The rich
collection of affine transformations of variables is introduced.
The univariate polynomial splines of any degree can be constructed by
function values in mesh nodes (odd-degree splines) or by mean
integrals in mesh cells (even-degree splines). The interpolation,
smoothing, and selection of smoothing parameter from the residual
criterion are allowed. Weighted smoothing is also supported. The
averaging is also allowed for even-degree polynomial splines. The
polynomial and B-spline representation of solution is provided.
Sincerely,
Alexander I Rozhenko
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From: "Francisco R. Villatoro" <villa@lcc.uma.es>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:56:14 -0400
Subject: History of component-wise implementation of nonlinear one-step methods
I reviewer of one of my recent papers tell me that he don't know how to
implement component-wise a nonlinear one-step method for systems of ordinary
differential equations. The oldest reference I know for this subject is page
218 of Lambert's book, "Computational Methods in Ordinary Differential
Equations," Wiley, 1973. I believe there must be oldest references.
Do somebody could help me? Thanks in advance.
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From: "David R. Kincaid" <kincaid@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:46:32 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: New Books by Cheney & Kincaid
NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING, Edition 6
Ward Cheney and David Kincaid,
Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, 763pp (c) 2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-495-114758.
ISBN-10: 0-495-114758.
http://www.ma.utexas.edu/CNA/NMC6
http://www.thomsonedu.com/math/cheney
LINEAR ALGEBRA: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
Ward Cheney and David Kincaid,
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 740pp (c)2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-5020-6
ISBN-10: 0-7637-5020-4
http://www.ma.utexas.edu/CNA/LA
http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/0763750204
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From: gavin@epcc.ed.ac.uk
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 19:16:55 +0100 (BST)
Subject: DEISA Symposium: Extremem Computing in Europe, Edinburgh, Apr 2008
DEISA Symposium 2008: Advancing Extreme Computing in Europe.
April, 28-29, 2008, Edinburgh, UK.
http://www.deisa.eu/symposium
Final date for registration: 23 April.
This Symposium showcases the achievements of the ongoing EU-funded DEISA
project. Talks will cover the major scientific projects that have run on
this pan-European HPC infrastructure, and the technologies that have
been used in its creation. Invited speakers include Thomas Eickermann of
the PRACE project; Ed Seidel, Director of the Center For Computation and
Technology; and prominent DEISA users and staff.
The DEISA, Distributed European Infrastructure for Supercomputing
Applications, Grid of supercomputers is unique within Europe. DEISA is a
structured layer on top of the national supercomputing services which
are tightly coupled by a dedicated network and supported by innovative
system and grid software. Users can now run simulations which, without
DEISA, would not have been feasible.
The DEISA Symposium will take part over two days. The first day will
feature talks from key players in the field of HPC e-Infrastructures
including DEISA, and also from PRACE. The second day will see talks
from prominent DEISA users, reporting on both their experience of the
DEISA infrastructure and on their ground-breaking results.
The purpose of the Symposium is to provide a forum where attendees can
discuss HPC Grids and where DEISA users can share their experiences and
results. The target audience is both the support teams, providing and
supporting grid-enabled HPC-facilities, and scientists from academia,
industry and commerce, with an interest in so-called Extreme Computing.
For an updated programme, travel and accommodation information, and
on-line registration, please visit http://www.deisa.eu/symposium/.
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From: Anne Cathrine Elster <Anne.Elster@idi.ntnu.no>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:23:38 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Parallel & Scientific Computung (PARA'08), Norway, May 2008
PARA 2008 -- 9th International Workshop on
State-of-the-art Parallel and Scientific Computing
May 13-16, Trondheim, Norway
http://para08.idi.ntnu.no
NEWS:
Pilot program: NTNU sponsoring free schooling/daycare
for kids age 3-16 of participants -- bring your family!
See PARA'08 webpages for details and/or contact PARA'08 General chair
Anne C. Elster: elster@idi.ntnu.no.
Early registration deadline extended to April 18
1 full-day tutorial on HPC environment Bocca, and 4 half-day tutorials on:
New data formats for multi-cores, GPU programing, FPGA programming and
Optimizing code -- only NOK 300 (full day) and 200 half day (ca. USD
60/40) each if sign up by April 18 -- materials and lunch included!
Student poster competition. Deadline: April 18
Still time to participate! Prizes include graphics card donated by NVIDIA!
Graduate student (both MS and PhD) volunteers sought by April 15. Selected
volunteers will receive reduced registration or hotel support. Sign up at:
http://www.doodle.ch/participation.html?pollId=aig333fh37dybv4s
Paper prizes to be awarded! Remember to submit full papers for LNCS review
by May 2.
See you in Trondheim, Norway in May!
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From: Lek-Heng Lim <lekheng@math.berkeley.edu>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:40:02 -0400
Subject: Workshop on Algorithms for Modern Massive Data Sets, Stanford, Jun 2008
MMDS 2008: Workshop on Algorithms for Modern Massive Data Sets
Dates: June 25-28, 2008
Location: Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Website: http://mmds.stanford.edu
Contact: mmds-organizers@math.stanford.edu
Synopsis:
The 2008 Workshop on Algorithms for Modern Massive Data Sets (MMDS 2008) will
address algorithmic, mathematical, and statistical challenges in modern
statistical data analysis. The goals of MMDS 2008 are to explore novel
techniques for modeling and analyzing massive, high-dimensional, and
nonlinearly-structured scientific and internet data sets, and to bring
together computer scientists, statisticians, mathematicians, and data analysis
practitioners to promote cross-fertilization of ideas.
Organizers:
Gunnar Carlsson (Stanford), Michael Mahoney (Yahoo),
Lek-Heng Lim (Berkeley), Petros Drineas (RPI)
Speakers: Deepak Agarwal (Yahoo), Pankaj Agarwal (Duke), Nir Ailon
(Google), Reid Andersen (Microsoft), Fan Chung (UCSD), Kenneth
Clarkson (IBM), Ronald Coifman (Yale), Sanjoy Dasgupta (UCSD), James
Demmel (Berkeley), Inderjit Dhillon (UT Austin), Christos Faloutsos
(CMU), Jerome Friedman (Stanford), Anna Gilbert (Michigan), Sharad
Goel (Yahoo), Leonidas Guibas (Stanford), Lars Kai Hansen (TU
Denmark), Elad Hazan (IBM), Susan Holmes (Stanford), Piotr Indyk
(MIT), T.S. Jayram (IBM), Michael Jordan (Berkeley), Satyen Kale
(Microsoft), Chandrika Kamath (Lawrence Livermore), Ravi Kannan
(Yale), Ping Li (Cornell), Jun Liu (Harvard), Jitendra Malik
(Berkeley), Milena Mihail (Georgia Tech), Partha Niyogi (Chicago), Art
Owen (Stanford), Haesun Park (Georgia Tech), Tomaso Poggio (MIT),
Elizabeth Purdom (Berkeley), Sam Roweis (Toronto), Amin Saberi
(Stanford), Daniel Spielman (Yale), Nathan Srebro (Chicago), Nikhil
Srivastava (Yale), Eugene Tyrtyshnikov (Russian Academy of Science),
Chris Volinsky (AT&T), Tong Zhang (Rutgers)
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From: Hassan Safouhi <hassan.safouhi@ualberta.ca>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:22:43 -0400
Subject: Odyssey 2008, Edmonton, Jun 2008 - New Deadlne & Travel Fellowships
Dear colleagues,
International Conference “Odyssey of Mathematical and Computational Aspects of
Molecular Electronic Structure Calculations” at the Campus Saint-Jean of the
University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, June 2-5, 2008.
We are pleased to inform you that due to great interest the deadline for
abstract submission has been extended until April 25, 2008.
Please submit your abstract (for oral and poster presentations) by using the
online submission on https://saintjean.gobigevent.com.
Please do not forget to register for the conference via the website. Early
bird rates end May 2, 2008.
Odyssey 2008 Conference is pleased to provide a limited number of Travel
Fellowships to students and Post-Doctoral Fellows. Two categories are available:
$500 for those traveling from outside Alberta to attend the conference.
Complimentary Conference registration ($75) for those traveling within Alberta.
In order to qualify you must have an accepted abstract at the conference,
register and pay for Conference attendance and must be onsite for the award.
Selections will be made by the organizers and recipients will be notified in
advance of the conference.
Please feel free to contact me for any further information.
Warm regards,
Hassan
hassan.safouhi@ualberta.ca
http://www.fsj.ualberta.ca/safouhi/
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From: "John Miller" <jjhmiller@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 18:03:47 +0100
Subject: Numerical Methods for Finance, Ireland, Jun 2008 - Deadline Ext.
"NMF 2008, the leading conference on *Numerical Methods for Finance*, is
being held by INCA at the National College of Ireland in the *International
Financial Services Centre*, Dublin, Ireland 4 - 6 June 2008. Confirmed keynote
speakers are *Ranjan Bhaduri (Chicago), Rama Cont (New York), Min Dai
(Singapore), John Schoenmakers (Berlin), Peter Tankov (Paris).*
The deadline for the submission of abstracts has been extended to *Monday, 28th
April. *All accepted contributors may submit a full paper to a special
issue of the *Journal of Computational Finance, *widely considered as the
leading journal in the field.
See www.numericalmethodsforfinance.org."
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From: Guido Vanden Berghe <Guido.VandenBerghe@UGent.be>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 09:40:23 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Computational & Mathematical Methods, Spain, Jun 2008
CMMSE -- 2008
8th Conference on
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering
June 13-16, Hotel Melia Galua, Manga del Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain.
www.usal.es/~CMMSE
Call for 30/60 minutes Presentations and Invited Sessions
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
The 2008 Conference on Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering
Conference (CMMSE-2008), is the eighth of this conference series.
CMMSE2008 aims to be a unifying, cross-cutting, interdisciplinary
gathering, where specialists can have exposure to diverse fields and
participate in special sessions different from but still close to
their own interests.
Standard presentation: 30 minutes in length.
IMPORTANT DATES:
May 1, 2008 - Deadline for submission of extended Abstracts (3-4 pages).
May 7, 2008 - Notification of the acceptance/rejection of contributions.
Sept 10, 2008 - Deadline for SPECIAL ISSUES submission.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Please check the Conference Web site
www.usal.es/~CMMSE regularly for the most up to date information.
Note: During CMMSE - 2008, I organize a session "Numerical methods for
ODEs". If you are interested to submit a paper please let me know by
email and submit the abstract through the website of the conference. I
hope to see in Murcia in June.
Regards,
Guido Vanden Berghe
Chair
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From: John Butcher <butcher@math.auckland.ac.nz>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 07:28:36 -0400
Subject: GLADE Numerical Methods for ODEs, Auckland, Jul 2008 - Deadline Ext.
The subject of this two week meeting is
Numerical Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations
It is hosted jointly by
The University of Auckland and AUT University
Auckland, New Zealand
The dates of the meeting are
Conference 14 - 18 July 2008
Workshop 21 - 25 July 2008
Participation in just a single week is possible
Full details are available at
http://www.auckland-ode-2008.org
Registration:
This is now extended to 30 April 2008
Submission of Abstracts:
The date for abstracts remains at 30 April 2008
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From: Fabio Nobile <fabio.nobile@polimi.it>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 03:50:21 -0400
Subject: Summer school on Cardiovascular Mathematics, Italy, Aug 2008
EMS-SMI Cortona Summer School on
Mathematical and Numerical Models for the Cardiovascular System
Main lecturers: Dominique Chapelle, Piero Colli-Franzone, Alfio Quarteroni
Cortona (Italy), August 16-31, 2008
http://mox.polimi.it/cortona08
The European Mathematical Society (EMS) in collaboration with Scuola
Matematica Interuniversitaria (SMI) of Florence, Italy, organises a
summer school in Cortona, Italy. The school aims at addressing in a
unified framework several aspects of the mathematical modelling and
numerical simulation of the circulatory physiology. In particular we
will address the electrical excitation of the heart, the related
mechanical contraction, models for blood flow circulation and the
transport of biochemicals.
Emphasis will be put on modelling aspects, the analysis of coupled
system of PDEs, numerical approximation and algorithmic issues. In
particular, we will address efficient methods for the incompressible
Navier-Stokes equations, Arbitrary Eulerian Lagrangian formulation,
numerical techniques for the dynamics of biological structures, coupling
strategies for fluid structure interaction schemes, numerical schemes
for the non linear reaction diffusion system governing the cardiac
bio-electrical activity and domain decomposition techniques for their
parallel implementation.
Beside traditional lectures, the school includes practical sessions,
organised with the aid of scientific software.
The course is addressed to researchers and graduate students in applied
mathematics, as well as bioengineers and medical researchers interested
in the numerical simulation aspects.
A limited number of scholarships are available. Scholarships cover
accommodation, living expenses and part of travel expenses according to
budget availability. Applications deadline is May 30th 2008. Preference
will be given to nationals of EU and associated states, yet applications
from motivated students of other nationalities will be considered as
well. Further information about eligibility criteria may be found on the
EMS web site http://www.emis.de/etc/ems-summer-schools.html
More details and contact information may be found on the web
page of the school.
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From: Vasco Brattka <Vasco.Brattka@uct.ac.za>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:33:46 +0200
Subject: Computational and Complexity in Analysis (CCA 2008), Germany, Aug 2008
Second Call for Papers and Announcement
Fifth International Conference on
Computability and Complexity in Analysis 2008 (CCA 2008)
Held in Honor of Klaus Weihrauch's 65th Birthday
August 21-24, 2008, Hagen, Germany
Submission deadline: May 26, 2008
Invited Speakers
* Andrej Bauer (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
* Douglas Bridges (Christchurch, New Zealand)
* Martin Escardo (Birmingham, UK)
* Peter Hertling (Neubiberg, Germany)
* Ker-I Ko (Stony Brook, USA)
* Sebastiaan Terwijn (Vienna, Austria)
* Xizhong Zheng (Cincinnati, USA & Cottbus, Germany)
* Jeffery Zucker (Hamilton, Canada)
Submissions
Authors are invited to submit a PDF version of an extended abstract
(typically 10-12 pages) on the following web page:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cca2008
These extended abstracts have to be prepared with ENTCS style files,
see http://www.entcs.org/
Dates
Submission deadline: May 26, 2008
Notification of authors: June 23, 2008
Final Version: July 21, 2008
Conference Web Page
http://cca-net.de/cca2008/
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From: Ljubisa Kocic <kocic@elfak.ni.ac.yu>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:33:28 -0400
Subject: International Conference Approximation & Computation, Serbia, Aug 2008
II ANNOUNCEMENT, International Conference Approximation & Computation
Dedicated to 60-th anniversary of Professor Gradimir V. MilovanovićNiš,
August 25 – 29, 2008 Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš, R. Of Serbia;
Dear colleagues,
We would like to remind you that the deadline for abstract submission is May
1, 2008. Preliminary acceptance will be announced not latter than May 30,
2008. Other deadlines: Submission of full papers December 31, 2008; Result
of reviewing process April 1, 2009.
There are two ways to submit an abstract. You can either e-mail it to
mailto:appcom08@elfak.ni.ac.yu, or you can login in into the REGISTRATION
area of the site http://euler.elfak.ni.ac.yu/appcom08/ and submit it by
simple paste in.
Please quote the topic your talk fits in: 1. Orthogonal Polynomials and
Systems, 2. Interpolation and Quadrature Processes, 3. Iterative Processes
for Equations, 4. Polynomials (Extremal Problems, Inequalities, Zeros), 5.
Approximations by Polynomials and Splines and related Inequalities.
Other information, like these concerning traveling and accommodation will be
accessible through the Conference official site
http://euler.elfak.ni.ac.yu/appcom08. In the case of any troubles, do not
hesitate to contact us at mailto:appcom08@elfak.ni.ac.yu .
Sincerely, Marija Stanić and Marjan Matejić, secretaries.
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From: plima@math.ist.utl.pt
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:30:24 +0200
Subject: Analysis & Numerical Approx of Singular Problems, Portugal, Sep 2008
IWANASP 2008 - Call for Papers
We are pleased to invite you to participate at the Third International
Workshop on Analysis and Numerical Approximation of Singular Problems
(IWANASP08), which will be organized by CEMAT/ Instituto Superior
Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal. The event will be held at the Vila Galé
Ericeira Hotel, about 50km from Lisbon, on 10-12 September 2008.
The main purpose of this meeting is to bring together mathematicians
and physicists who deal with the mathematical modelling and numerical
simulation of physical phenomenae involving sigularities.
For registration and further information please enter the workshop webpage:
www.math.ist.utl.pt/~tdiogo/IWANASP08/
The Organizing Committee
Teresa Diogo (tdiogo@math.ist.utl.pt)
Pedro Lima (plima@math.ist.utl.pt)
Magda Rebelo
Filomena Teodoro
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From: Ashok Srinivasan <asriniva@cs.fsu.edu>
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:48:36 -0400
Subject: Conf on High Performance Computing (HiPC 2008), Bangalore, Dec 2008
15th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing
(HiPC 2008)
December 17-20, 2008
Bangalore, India
http://www.hipc.org
Submission Deadline: May 12, 2008
The 15th annual IEEE International Conference on High Performance
Computing (HiPC 2008) will be held in Bangalore, India, during
December 17-20, 2008. It will serve as a forum to present the current
work by researchers from around the world, and act as a venue to
provide stimulating discussions and highlight high performance
computing (HPC) activities in Asia. The conference has a history of
attracting participation from reputed researchers from all over the
world.
HiPC 2008 will focus on the design and analysis of high performance
computing and networking systems and their scientific, engineering,
and commercial applications. In addition to technical sessions
consisting of contributed papers, the conference will include invited
presentations, a poster session, tutorials, and vendor presentations.
IMPORTANT DATES
May 12, 2008 Conference Paper Submission Ends
May 12, 2008 Workshop Proposals Due
May 19, 2008 Tutorial Proposals Due
November 07, 2008 Early Registration Deadline
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From: George Calderbank <Recruitment@WintonCapital.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:03:35 -0400
Subject: Research Opportunities at Winton Capital Management
Winton Capital Management is a state-of-the-art quantitative fund management
company with offices in Oxford and London.
Research
Winton is a heavily research-oriented organisation, based on the principle
that superior knowledge holds the key to consistent success in the financial
markets. The firm's investment decisions are made purely systematically,
based on mathematical algorithms derived from sophisticated statistical
analysis.
Culture
Winton was founded in 1997 and has since grown to over 160 employees with
more than half that number engaged in research. Winton looks for exceptional
candidates with quantitative backgrounds who would like to work in a
relaxed 'university-like' atmosphere a-typical of the investment industry.
The dynamic nature of Winton’s business allows for fast changing career
paths, which suit the needs of employees as they develop.
Opportunities
Winton is seeking scientists with a practical attitude and an interest in
finance who can analyse large datasets. As a numerical analyst you will join
a highly skilled team of researchers working across disciplines on topics
arising from algorithmic trading. Typical projects include interpolation of
volatility surfaces in high dimensions, large-scale optimization and
correlation estimation. At the cutting edge of science and economics Winton
provides outstanding facilities for research, access to data and exceptional
compensation packages. Advanced computer science skills are an advantage.
To apply or for more information please contact George Calderbank, on +4420
7610 5350 or by email at Recruitment@WintonCapital.com.
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From: Gwendolyn McKeller <gjmckel@sandia.gov>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:53:55 -0400
Subject: Statistician at Sandia National Labs
Sandia National Laboratories is one of the country’s largest research and
engineering laboratories, employing 8,700 people at major facilities in
Albuquerque, New Mexico and Livermore, California. We apply our world class
scientific and engineering creativity and expertise to comprehensive, timely
and cost effective solutions to our nation’s greatest challenges. Please
visit our website at www.sandia.gov. We are searching for a Statistician
for the Independent Surveillance Assessment and Statistics Department at the
Albuquerque facility. The salary is commensurate. A benefit and
relocation package is available. Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE
Security Clearance.
The Statistics group participates in a broad range of projects that extend
across the Laboratory. The group provides both statistical analysis and
methodology development. Primary areas of emphasis are in design of
experiments, statistical data analysis, statistical quality control,
probabilistic modeling and computer simulation, spatial data analysis,
chemometrics and regression, reliability and maintainability analysis,
margin and uncertainty analysis, and metrology.
A MS/PhD in the field of Statistics or in related fields such as Industrial
Engineering or Operations Research, with a strong emphasis in statistics
coursework is required. Ability to work independently with customers
requiring statistical support is also required. Engineering science
background or experience is desirable. Experience in applying Bayesian
techniques is also desirable.
Please apply online at http://www.sandia.gov, under Employment/Career
Opportunities/Sandia internet Careers site, reference Job Requisition
Number: 60048.
U.S. Citizenship Required. Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V.
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From: Jean Roche <Jean-Rodolphe.Roche@iecn.u-nancy.fr>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:26:13 +0200
Subject: INRIA Postdoctoral fellowship
INRIA-LORRAINE
INRIA 2008 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROPOSAL
City : Nancy
Title of Research Project: Domain decomposition for full wave simulation
of cold plasma.
INRIA team in which the research would be effected: CALVI
Fellowship supervisor: Jean Roche
Description of Research:
Waves at a frequency close to the lower hybrid (LH) resonance are
widely used in tokamaks for current drive. Modelling of LH waves is
usually carried out using Ray-tracing code for computing the LH waves
propagation and absorption. First “full wave” simulations based on
spectral techniques have shown different results in comparison to RT
model and inconistencies still remain. The aim of this post doctoral
fellowship is to develop a domain decomposition method for the
full-wave simulation of electromagnetic wave propagation in
plasma. This work is a collaboration between the INRIA team CALVI and
the CEA Cadarache(ITER project). The full-wave method allows us to
study the electromagnetic wave propagation in cold plasma and
the"whistler" modes for a frequency near the lower-hybrid frequency.
In the full wave simulation of wave propagation consider in this
project we study a time harmonic formulation. In this formulation we
solve the governing equation for the electric field. The domain
considered is as near as possible of the cavity fill by a tokomak
plasma. Toroidal coordinates are introduced. In our approach we
consider Fourier decomposition in the angular coordinate to obtain
stationary Maxwell equations in a cross-section of the tokamak cavity.
To consider finite element numerical method widely used to approximate
the solution of this type of problems we introduce a mixed augmented
variational (weak) formulation taking account the divergence
constraint and natural boundary conditions (Costabel, Ciarlet Jr.,
Assous, Degond et al.). An evolution of this method due to Costabel
and al. allows us to consider the anisotropic case. A code was
developed in the total domain case following these ideas in the team
CALVI The analysis of the weak formulation of our problem with a
heterogeneous behaviour of the conductivity tensor presents some
difficulties. We propose a domain decomposition to overcome this
anisotropy. The next objective is to develop the domain decomposition
code, when we consider the mixed augmented formulation on each sub
domains. It's a non trivial work to identify the interface condition
between sub domains. The postdoctoral fellow will first study
interface conditions, a beginnig point for this research will be the
papers of Alonso and Valli, Quarteroni and Valli, Collino, Ghanemi and
Joly. The domain decomposition must answer to two priorities. The
first one is to take account of the anisotropy of the problem because
of the magnetic field, with stiff behaviour of densities and
gradients. We want to be able to adapt finite element discretization
in each sub domains. The second priority is to adapt the algorithm
and the code to parallel computers. In that case we will be able to
consider fine discretization and compare the results to ray-tracing
ones.
Desired profile of candidate:
Ph. D. in Mathematics, Numerical analysis speciality, with good
experience in numerical resolution of PDE's, scientific computation,
and possible knowledge in domain decomposition or Ph.D in Physics,
possibly a specialization in Plasma Physics with a good knowledge of
scientific computation.
Contact: Jean Roche ,
IECN, Université Henri Poincaré
BP 239-54506 Vandoeuvre les Nancy
roche@iecn.u-nancy.fr
Ph. : (33) 3 83 68 45 82
http://www-math.u-strasbg.fr/calvi/
PLEASE Apply at :
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From: "Saff, Edward B" <edward.b.saff@vanderbilt.edu>
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:48:27 -0500
Subject: Contents, Constructive Approximation, Volume 27 Number 2 2008
Constructive Approximation
Vol. 27 No. 2 2008
Table of Contents
"Localized Polynomial Frames on the Ball"
by P. Petrushev and Yuan Xu
Pages 121-148
"Asymptotics of Laurent Polynomials of Odd Degree Orthogonal with
Respect to Varying Exponential Weights"
by K. T.-R. McLaughlin, A.H. Vartanian, and X. Zhou
Pages 149-202
"Interpolating Blaschke Products: Stolz and Tangential Approach
Regions"
by D. Girela, J.A. Pelaez, and D. Vukotic
Pages 203-216
"Generalized Bessel Functions for p-Radial Functions"
by W. zu Castell
Pages 217-235
Constructive Approximation
An International Journal for Approximations and Expansions
Published by Springer
http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~ca
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