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From: "M.A. Bo(t)chev" <m.a.botchev@math.utwente.nl>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:18:49 -0500
Subject: Radii Petrovich Fedorenko, March 11, 1930 - September 13, 2009
Radii Petrovich Fedorenko, March 11, 1930 - September 13, 2009
Radii Petrovich Fedorenko, a multigrid pioneer, passed away on September
13, 2009 after a long illness.
Radii P. Fedorenko graduated from Mathematics program of Mathematics and
Physics Faculty, Rostov State University in 1953. He spent all his long
scientific career at Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, having
started at the Department headed by Israel M. Gelfand. The institute
was the mathematical brain behind many major scientific accomplishments
of the post-war USSR, including the Russian nuclear and space programs.
Although in the west Fedorenko is mostly known as a multigrid pioneer,
his research interests were amazingly broad and the scope of his
contributions is impressive. Except the multigrid (with the first
three papers published in 1961, 1964 and 1973), these included schemes
with switching order to overcome the Godunov barrier (a 1962 paper),
optimal control (PhD thesis in 1965, a long list of papers and a book
in 1978), variational analysis (e.g. results on the price existence
in differential pursuit game and a maximum principle for differential
inclusions and non-smooth variational inequalities), the first enthalpy
finite-difference scheme for Stefan problems (paper in 1975), mathematical
modeling of nuclear reactors which motivated creation of his finite
super-element method (a residual free bubble's ancestor, since 1976), as
well as his work on stiff time integrators (since 1983). Since 1994 he
also worked on numerical solution of Lame equations.
Many years of teaching courses on Numerical Methods in the Phystech
(Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, the Russian MIT) inspired
Fedorenko to write a book "Introduction to Computational Physics" with
first edition printed in 1994 - one of the most unorthodox and informal,
yet wonderful books on the subject.
Fedorenko had hardly ever trusted doing numerical experiments to his
cohorts, all the experiments in his papers were carried out by him. His
last big code was a Fortran 95 higher-order finite element implementation.
Radii Fedorenko was a modest and kind person, highly respected by many
who knew him. He will be strongly missed by his family, colleagues,
and students. He is survived by his wife and children.
In 2001 Fedorenko wrote a short note on multigrid history, an English
translation of it can be found at www.math.utwente.nl/~botchevma/fedorenko/
Victor Zhukov, Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics
Mike Botchev, University of Twente
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From: Penny Anderson <penny.anderson@mathworks.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:44:26 -0500
Subject: Re: Potentially serious bug in Matlab R2009b
Following up to the message in the Nov 30, 2009 NA Digest:
Thanks to all the MATLAB Community members who have reported this bug
and forwarded this information along.
We have posted this Bug (583443) in our Bug Report system:
http://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/
Look under MATLAB, in the Mathematics Category, Exists In R2009b.
MATLAB customers should feel free to Watch this Bug for any updates,
or Subscribe to an RSS feed of a group of Bugs of interest.
This Bug Report details the circumstances required to trigger the bug.
The summary is that A must be the permutation of a full, square, non-scalar
triangular matrix (but not exactly triangular) and must be used as A’\b in
the solve.
The Bug Report does not yet reflect this, but the bug will be fixed in our
next release of MATLAB.
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From: ALex Barnett <ahb@gauss.dartmouth.edu>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:37:57 -0500
Subject: MPSpack: a MATLAB toolbox for Helmholtz BVPs in 2D
We announce the release of version 1.0 of MPSpack, an object-oriented and
user-friendly MATLAB toolbox for the efficient and often spectrally
accurate numerical solution of Helmholtz, wave scattering, Laplace, and
related PDE boundary-value problems on piecewise-homogeneous 2D domains,
including those with corners.
Our philosophy is to represent solutions on one or a few large subdomains
with basis functions which are particular solutions to the PDE, and use
least-squares matching on interfaces and boundaries. This is known variously
as the method of particular solutions, Trefftz methods, or non-polynomial
finite elements. Basis function types include plane-wave, Fourier-Bessel
(cylindrical), corner-adapted wedge expansions, fundamental solutions, and layer
potentials (with associated singular quadrature schemes). These can be combined
in a flexible fashion. We designed the user interface to objects (segments,
domains, bases, etc) to be as clean and simple as possible.
Interior and exterior BVPs, sound-soft/sound-hard acoustic scattering and
transmission problems may be set up and solved, with accuracy often close to
machine precision, in 10-20 lines of quite intuitive code.
MPSpack is freely available for download at http://code.google.com/p/mpspack
There is also a manual, and tutorial that takes the user through many worked
examples, including lots of pretty pictures of what MPSpack can do.
Please address any questions to the authors
Alex Barnett ahb@math.dartmouth.edu
Timo Betcke t.betcke@reading.ac.uk
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From: Stig Larsson <stig@chalmers.se>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:59:20 +0100
Subject: Positions at Chalmers University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden, seeks two
assistant professors and five PhD students in the basic sciences,
which includes computational and applied mathematics.
http://www.chalmers.se/en/sections/about_chalmers/advance/job-positions-in
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From: Lubomir Banas <l.banas@hw.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:09:00 -0500
Subject: Multi-scale for multi-phase porous media flow, Edinburgh, Jan 2010
"Novel multi-scale methods for multi-phase porous media flow"
to be held at the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences
(ICMS) in Edinburgh on 18-19 January 2010.
http://www.icms.org.uk/workshops/mediaflow
Confirmed speakers:
Martin Blunt
Yalchin Efendiev
Majid Hassanizadeh
Rainer Helmig
Patrick Jenny
Ruben Juanes
Rink van Dijke
Mary Wheeler
The meeting will examine novel mathematical approaches for modelling
multi-phase flow (e.g., oil, gas, water) in porous media.
Three-phase flow occurs in petroleum engineering, for example when gas is
injected into a reservoir that is past its peak production to recover
additional volumes of oil. The gas phase may be carbon dioxide, which has the
additional benefit of storing this greenhouse gas underground. Novel
descriptions are sought for flow processes on the length scale of meters to
kilometres, while incorporating the physical processes occurring on the
millimeter scale or smaller (e.g., mobilisation of blobs of oil that have
become trapped in the porous reservoir rock). Robust and efficient numerical
algorithms, supported by sound mathematical theories and proofs, are of wide
importance in all engineering disciplines and in particular in this field for
accurate flow predictions.
Organizers:
L. Banas, D. Duncan, S. Geiger, G. Lord, R. van Dijke
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From: Lars Grasedyck <lgr@mis.mpg.de>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 07:07:24 -0500
Subject: GAMM-Seminar on Tensor Approximations, Leipzig, Feb 2010
The 26th GAMM-Seminar in Leipzig will take place from
Monday, February 22nd until Wednesday February 24th 2010.
The topic of the workshop is "Tensor Approximations"
and related topics, e.g.,
* Low Rank Tensor Approximations
* Sparse Grids
* Compressed Sensing and Data-Sparse Recovery
* PDEs with Stochastic Parameters
* Numerical Methods for Quantum-Chemistry
* Applications in High Dimensions
Invited speakers are
* Pierre Comon (Universite Nice)
* Lieven De Lathauwer (KU Leuven)
* Lars Elden (Linkoeping University)
* Markus Hegland (Australian National University)
* Christian Lubich (Universitaet Tuebingen)
* Reinhold Schneider (TU Berlin)
See also the webpage
http://www.mis.mpg.de/scicomp/gamm26/index.html
Registration is open.
Applications can be sent to lgr(at)mis.mpg.de, where (at)=@.
Abstracts for talks (25 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion)
should be sent to the same address.
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From: Xavier Vasseur <Xavier.Vasseur@cerfacs.fr>
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:08:32 +0100
Subject: Workshop on optimization and control, Toulouse, France, Feb 2010
ADVANCED METHODS AND PERSPECTIVES IN NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL
February 3-5th, 2010, Toulouse, France
http://www.fondation-stae.net/fr/actions/seminaires.html
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 31th December 2009
An international workshop on optimization and control will be organized
in the framework of a research programme supported by the RTRA STAE
foundation. This workshop will take place in Toulouse, France on
February 3-5th 2010. Internationaly recognized experts will present
contributions related to: core optimization, multilevel optimization
(including model reduction), derivative free optimization, global
optimization, shape optimization, data assimilation and real-time
control. There will also be poster sessions related to the topics of the
workshop and we welcome contributions to this session. Please note that
the number of participants is limited to 100. There is no registration
fee, but registration is required for participation (use registration
link on the webpage given above).
Confirmed speakers
# Anne Auger - INRIA Saclay - (France)
# Frederic Bonnans - INRIA Saclay - CMAP (France)
# Alfio Borzi - Universita degli Studi del Sannio (Italy)
# Andrew Conn - IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center (USA)
# Jean-Antoine Desideri - INRIA Sophia-Antipolis (France)
# Moritz Diehl - K.U. Leuven (Belgium)
# Jean-Bernard Lasserre - LAAS (France)
# Sven Leyffer - Argonne National Laboratory (USA)
# Volker Mehrmann - Technische Universitaet Berlin and Matheon (Germany)
# Annick Sartenaer - Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix Namur
(Belgium)
# Michael Saunders - Stanford University (USA)
# Shlomo Ta'asan - Carnegie Mellon University (USA)
# Philippe Toint - Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix Namur
(Belgium)
# Luis Nunes Vicente - University of Coimbra (Portugal)
# Stephen Wright - University of Wisconsin (USA)
# Enrique Zuazua - Basque Center for Applied Mathematics Bilbao (Spain)
On behalf of the Scientific Committee,
Iain Duff, Serge Gratton and Xavier Vasseur.
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From: Lars Grasedyck <lgr@mis.mpg.de>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 06:55:45 -0500
Subject: Winter School in Leipzig on Hierarchical Matrices, Mar 2010
Announcement Winter School "Hierarchical Matrices"
Organizers: Wolfgang Hackbusch, Lars Grasedyck, Steffen Boerm
(Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences,
Leipzig)
Time: March 8th to March 12th, 2010
Deadline for registration: January 31st, 2010
Topic: Hierarchical matrices can be a useful tool for the treatment of
integral operators as well as the solution of linear systems
arising in the discretisation of elliptic partial differential
equations.
Moreover, the representation of matrices in the hierarchical
matrix format is suitable for the efficient solution of matrix
equations.
The aim of this winterschool is to teach the necessary
theoretical foundations of hierarchical matrices, but most of
all the efficient implementation of the algorithms. The practical
realisation on the computer will be the topic of exercise courses
in the afternoon.
The participants will use the HLib library in order to assemble
and solve BEM and FEM systems. Lecture notes are available in
electronic form.
Website: http://www.mis.mpg.de/scicomp/winterschool/
HLib: http://www.hlib.org/
Lecture Notes:
http://www.mis.mpg.de/publications/other-series/ln/lecturenote-2103.html
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From: "Joppich, Wolfgang" <wolfgang.joppich@fh-bonn-rhein-sieg.de>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 05:44:12 -0500
Subject: Multigrid Course, Univ. Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Mar 2010
Dear colleague,
please be so kind to distribute the following information:
There will be a MULTIGRID COURSE, Introduction to standard methods,
at the University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg,
from Monday 15.03.2010 to Wednesday 17.03.2010.
For more information contact wolfgang.joppich@fh-bonn-rhein-sieg.de
or look at
http://fb03.h-bonn-rhein-sieg.de/Personen/Professoren/
Wolfgang_Joppich-p-113/Multigrid_Course_15____17__March_2009.html
Please, pass this information to colleagues which might be interested in
such a course.
Thank you, kind regards,
Wolfgang Joppich
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From: "Annette Anthony" <annette@gunnison.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:34:37 -0700
Subject: 2010 Copper Mountain Conf on Iterative Methods, Colorado, Apr 2010
Eleventh Copper Mountain Conference on Iterative Methods
April 4 - 9, 2010
Copper Mountain, Colorado, USA
http://grandmaster.colorado.edu/~copper/2010/
HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS:
* Advanced architectures: including multicore applications,
distributed/shared memory algorithms, and data structures.
* Algebraic multilevel methods outside of partial differential
equations: including large-scale information analysis, statistical
analysis, image recognition, and quantum chromodynamics.
* Environmental science & energy applications including atmosphere,
ocean, ice modeling, wind energy and fusion.
* Homogenization/upscaling: including multiscale methods and the use
of multigrid and domain decomposition principles.
* Large-scale optimization and inverse problems: including interior
point methods, PDE constrained optimization, and sequential
programming.
* Nonlinear solvers and applications including Newton-Krylov and FAS
schemes, sensitivity analysis, and Jacobian approximations.
* Robustness of algebraic multigrid, including convergence analysis
and sequences of systems.
* Stochastic partial differential equations and uncertainty
quantification: including efficient algorithms for handling UQ,
discretization, and effects of nonlinearity.
CONFERENCE DEADLINES:
Student Competition Papers: January 18, 2010
Author Abstracts: February 8, 2010
Early Registration: March 3, 2010
Guaranteed Lodging: March 3, 2010
Full Papers for Special Issue: June 15, 2010
IMPORTANT FEATURES:
Student Paper Competition. Travel and lodging assistance awarded
to students and new PhDs judged to have submitted the best
research paper.
Workshops - Informal Topical Discussions
Preliminary Proceedings
SISC Copper Mountain Special Issue
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Annette Anthony
FRSC
copper@colorado.edu
(303) 554-1232
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From: Pavel Solin <solin@unr.edu>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 02:52:56 -0500
Subject: Eur. Sem. on Coupled Problems (ESCO), Czech Republic, Jun/Jul 2010
ESCO 2010 - CALL FOR PAPERS
Pilsen, June 28 - July 2, 2010
http://hpfem.org/events/esco-2010/
We are pleased to announce the second European Seminar on Coupled
Problems (ESCO 2010), to be held in Pilsen, Czech Republic, on June
28 - July 2, 2010. The objective of the meeting is to advance the
frontiers of computer modeling of multiphysics coupled problems in
various areas of engineering and science. Main topic areas include
* Multiphysics models and methods
* Track on Python in scientific computing
Invited keynote speakers include
* Zdenek Bittnar (Czech Technical University, Prague)
* Jean-Frédéric Gerbeau (INRIA Rocquencourt, France)
* Glen Hansen (Multiphysics Methods Group, Idaho National
Laboratory, Idaho Falls, USA)
* Ronald Hoppe (University of Houston, USA)
* William Mitchell (National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, USA)
* Gael Varoquaux (Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay, France)
Proceedings of ESCO 2010 will appear as a special issue of CiCP
(impact factor 2.33). Abstract submission deadline is December 15,
2009. For more details including the venue, important dates, and
post conference program please visit the conference web page
http://hpfem.org/events/esco-2010/.
Conference flyer in PDF can be downloaded from
http://hpfem.org/events/esco-2010/media/img/flyer.pdf.
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From: Peter Hertling <peter.hertling@unibw.de>
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:32:00 +0100
Subject: J.UCS Special Issue on Computability and Complexity in Analysis
Call for Submissions for the Special issue of J.UCS on
Computability and Complexity in Analysis
Submission deadline: December 14, 2009
The Sixth International Conference on Computability and Complexity in
Analysis (CCA 2009) took place from August 18-22, 2009, in Ljubljana,
Slovenia, see http://cca-net.de/cca2009/. There will be a special
issue following CCA 2009 in the
Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS),
which is an ISI listed ( see http://www.isiknowledge.com ) open access
journal, see http://www.jucs.org.
Papers not presented at CCA 2009 may also be considered for
submission. All papers will be refereed according to the usual
scientific standards. Submitted papers must not be previously
published nor submitted for publication elsewhere. The number of
papers that can be accepted in this special issue is limited. All
submitted papers should be prepared already with the LaTeX style file
of J.UCS, see http://www.jucs.org/jucs_info/submissions. PDF versions
of papers for this special issue can be submitted via the following
EasyChair page:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cca2009publ
It is planned that the publication of this special issue follows the
following schedule:
Deadline for submissions: December 14, 2009.
Notification date: March 15, 2010.
Final versions due: April 19, 2010.
Andrej Bauer
Peter Hertling
Ker-I Ko
(Guest Editors of the J.UCS Special Issue)
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From: Arieh Iserles <ai@damtp.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:26:05 -0500
Subject: University Lectureship in Applied and Computational Analysis
Applications are invited for a University Lectureship in Applied and
Computational Analysis to be held in the Department of Applied
Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), University of
Cambridge. The position is associated with the establishment of the
Cambridge Centre for Analysis (CCA) (http://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/cca).
The CCA is a joint activity with the Department of Pure Mathematics
and Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS) and funded by the EPSRC and the
University of Cambridge. Its aim is to train a new generation of
doctoral students in the full range of modern techniques in analysis
from theory to practice. DAMTP will take special responsibility for
the teaching of computational analysis and for developing links with
applications areas.
The successful applicant will be able to contribute to the activities
of the CCA and will also have an outstanding research record in an
area overlapping or complementing the current interests of DAMTP
members working in Applied and Computational Analysis, which span a
wide range of themes, in partial differential equations, numerical
analysis, dynamical systems and integrable systems.
The Lectureship in DAMTP is being advertised in parallel with a
Lectureship in DPMMS also associated with the CCA. Applicants for one
job will automatically be considered for the other: there is no need
to apply twice. The appointment will be taken up from 1 September 2010
or from another date by negotiation. Informal enquiries about the
position may be made to Professor Arieh Iserles
(A.Iserles@damtp.cam.ac.uk) or to Professor Peter Markowich
(P.A.Markowich@damtp.cam.ac.uk).
Further details available at
http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/vacancy/Lecturer_in_Analysis_Further_Particulars.pdf
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From: Lindsey Maddox <lindsey@ices.utexas.edu>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:08:48 -0600 (CST)
Subject: ICES Postdoctoral Fellowship at UT Austin
ICES Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
The Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at the University of
Texas at Austin is now accepting applications for Postdoctoral Fellow positions
for the academic year beginning in the fall of 2010. The ICES Postdoctoral
Fellowship Program offers one-year fellowship awards for exceptional
computational scientists, mathematicians, and engineers who have recently
completed doctoral studies in areas relevant to research conducted at the
Institute. Fellows receive a salary of $60,000 per year. In addition, fellows
receive UT employee benefits and relocation expenses. U.S. citizens are
especially sought, but foreign scholars may also be considered.
Applications must be received by January 1, 2010.
For further details and application materials, please refer to:
http://www.ices.utexas.edu/programs/postdocs
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From: Min Hadler <min.hadler@univie.ac.at>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 07:51:35 -0500
Subject: Postdoc position in Industrial Geometry at University of Vienna
There is available a postdoc research position at the
Computational Science Center of the University Vienna. The position
is available from now on until at least March, 31st 2011. The work
is funded by the Austrian Science Fund within the national research
network "Industrial Geometry". The duties concern research in
geometry, such as elastic deformation energies, shapes spaces,
medial axes; publications in high quality journals, networking with
partners in the network. The salary is as suggested by the FWF
according to a Postdoc. The working load for the project is 40 hours
per week.
Profile: Phd in Mathematics or Computer Science. Cooperations with
other members of the NFN. Potential of working in a team and for
interdisciplinary collaboration within the NFN.
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From: Stefan Kunis <stefan.kunis@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:20:29 +0100
Subject: Postdoc in Applied Mathematics at Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen
The Institute of Biomathematics and Biometry of the Helmholtz Zentrum
Muenchen invites applications for a position of a
Postdoc - Applied Mathematics
Job Description
- Development and implementation of efficient algorithms for
biomedical imaging
- Initial short-term employment contract for three years with a
standard public service salary
Your Qualifications
- Strong background in Mathematics, Computer Science or related fields
- Knowledge in Numerical and Applied Harmonic Analysis
- Programming skills and experience with Matlab
Please send your application containing a CV, list of publications,
and references, as well as an outline of future research interests to
Dr. Stefan Kunis
e-mail: stefan.kunis@helmholtz-muenchen.de
Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen
German Research Center for Environmental Health
Institute of Biomathematics and Biometry
Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1
85764 Neuherberg
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From: Jingsheng Ma <Jingsheng.Ma@pet.hw.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:36:38 -0500
Subject: RA in Classification of Rocks by Machine Learning, Herit-Watt Uni. UK
A research associate position on classification of digital rocks by machine
learning is available at Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt
University, Edinburgh, UK.
For details, see http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AAJ857/research-associate/.
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From: "Carolyn Sellers" <Carolyn.Sellers@brunel.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 09:59:35 -0000
Subject: Post doctoral vacancy in BICOM, Brunel University, London
Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Applied
Scientific Computing and Numerical Analysis
Brunel Institute of Computational Mathematics (BICOM) Department of
Mathematical Sciences School of Information Systems, Computing and
Mathematics Brunel University, England
Post-doctoral research fellow sought to work for three years on an
EPSRC funded project entitled Acoustic Localisation of Coronary Artery
Stenosis. This is concerned with mathematical modelling and
development of novel software for the diagnosis of coronary artery
disease. It is a joint effort with biomedical engineers at Queen Mary
University of London and Barts & The Royal London NHS Trust
(Whitechapel), and with mathematicians at North Carolina State
University.
You will be involved in the development and implementation of time
domain finite element methods in a high performance computing
environment and will have the following attributes.
1) A PhD in an area involving the finite element approximation of
time dependent partial differential equations.
2) Practical and theoretical expertise in the implementation of three
dimensional finite element approximations (and mesh generation
software) in a high performance computing environment.
3) A willingness to work as part of an international, interdisciplinary
and multi-site team involving experimental scientists as well
as other mathematicians.
4) An enthusiasm to step away from abstract mathematics and to match
theoretical results with experimental ones in an applied and
results-driven project.
5) Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Please refer to the official web page at
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/job/cdata/research/BHA0266-1
for further details and the application procedure.
BRUNEL UNIVERSITY IS COMMITTED TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
AND REPRESENTING THE DIVERSITY OF THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE
Application forms must be completed for all positions.
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From: Dirk Nuyens <dirk.nuyens@cs.kuleuven.be>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:18:01 -0500
Subject: PhD position at K.U.Leuven, Belgium
PhD position on
"Algorithmic advances based on low-discrepancy point sets"
(K.U.Leuven, Belgium).
The aim of this research project is to investigate shortcomings of
existing computational techniques situated in numerical integration
and to develop new algorithms, mainly based on low-discrepancy point
sets, tailored for specific problems. Such techniques are called
quasi-Monte Carlo methods, and, in contrast to the standard Monte
Carlo method, use low-discrepancy point sets instead of random point
sets.
The main objectives of this project are the development of new
algorithms related to low-discrepancy point sets and the development
of end-user software for the application of low-discrepancy points.
The research will be carried out at the Numerical Analysis and Applied
Mathematics Section at the Department of Computer Science of the
K.U.Leuven in the team of prof. Ronald Cools and Dr. Dirk Nuyens.
The K.U.Leuven is one of the oldest universities of Europe (est. 1425),
located in the cosy town of Leuven, 20 km from Brussels, in the hearth
of Europe.
Interested students can apply online by completing the web form at
http://phd.kuleuven.be/apply/index.php?contact=u0016438&id=1726
Your application should include names and email addresses of two of
your former professors willing to provide a reference for you. Project
funding is acquired and the position can be started at any time.
More information can be obtained by emailing
dirk.nuyens@cs.kuleuven.be
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From: Arieh Iserles <ai@damtp.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 18:56:18 -0500
Subject: Cambridge Centre for Analysis
I wish to let the NA-net community know about the new Cambridge Centre
for Analysis.
The CCA is a Centre for Doctoral Training in Mathematical Analysis, a
joint project of the two mathematics departments in Cambridge under
the directorship of Arieh Iserles and James Norris, funded by the UK
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and by University
of Cambridge. We intend to admit each year about fifteen research
students in all areas of mathematical analysis: pure, stochastic,
computational and applied, and train them for four years toward a
Cambridge PhD. More details are available at www.maths.cam.ac.uk/cca .
Most of our students will be funded by EPSRC. This means that EU
nationals resident in UK for at least three years will receive both
tuition costs and maintenance, other EU nationals being eligible only
for tuition costs. Yet, on past record, we believe that we'll be able
to cover maintenance of most our EU students from other sources. In
addition, we'll have four Cambridge-funded scholarships, open to all
candidates without restriction of nationality.
I would like to bring this to the notice of suitable candidates. We
are currently seeking first-class young mathematicians, typically in
either the final year of four-year (or longer) mathematics degree
course or currently undergoing MSc training, who wish to conduct their
PhD research in one of the areas of mathematical analysis, emphasising
both research excellence and the breadth of knowledge and intellectual
curiosity essential, we believe, to successful work in mathematical
analysis.
Interested candidates are encouraged to pursue the application
procedure outlined at www.maths.cam.ac.uk/cca but they should feel
free at any time to consult either James or me at cca@maths.cam.ac.uk
.
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From: Min Hadler <min.hadler@univie.ac.at>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:04:54 -0500
Subject: Doctorate position in Industrial Geometry at University of Vienna
There is available a doctorate research position at the
Computational Science Center of the University Vienna. The position
is available from now on until at least March, 31st 2011. The work
is funded by the Austrian Science Fund within the national research
network "Industrial Geometry". The duties concern research in
geometry, such as elastic deformation energies, shapes spaces,
medial axes; publications in high quality journals, networking with
partners in the network. The salary is as suggested by the FWF
according to a doctorate position. The working load for the project
is 30 hours per week.
Profile: Master (or equivalent) in Mathematics or Computer Science.
Cooperations with other members of the NFN. Potential of working in
a team and for interdisciplinary collaboration within the NFN.
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From: Min Hadler <min.hadler@univie.ac.at>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:07:20 -0500
Subject: Doctorate position in Photoacoustic Imaging at University of Vienna
There is available a doctorate research position at the
Computational Science Center of the University Vienna. The position
is available from now on until at least March, 31st 2011. The work
is funded by the Austrian Science Fund within the national research
network "Photoacoustic Imaging". The duties concern research in
integral geometry, tomographical methods, numerical simulations and
modeling; publications in high quality journals, networking with
partners in the network. The salary is as suggested by the FWF
according to a doctorate position. The working load for the project
is 30 hours per week.
Profile: Master (or equivalent) in Mathematics or Computer Science.
Cooperations with other members of the NFN. Potential of working in
a team and for interdisciplinary collaboration within the NFN.
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From: Stacey Beggs <sbeggs@ipam.ucla.edu>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:01:53 -0500
Subject: Undergraduate Summer Program "RIPS" in LA, Beijing, and Berlin
Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS)
Summer 2010
The Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) at the University of
California Los Angeles (UCLA) runs a unique summer program for undergraduate
students. The Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS) provides an
opportunity for exceptional students in math and related disciplines to work
in teams on real world research projects proposed by a sponsor from industry
or a national lab. Sponsors have included Pixar, Microsoft, Symantec, Los
Alamos, the Aerospace Corporation, Amgen, Arete, Jet Propulsion Lab, and many
others. The RIPS web site at http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/rips/ gives the full
details including a link to the online application. We encourage all bright
students in math, engineering, physics and computer science to apply,
especially women and minorities.
In addition to RIPS at UCLA in Los Angeles, IPAM will offer RIPS-Beijing in
partnership with Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) and RIPS-Berlin in partnership
with MATHEON. English is the only language required for participation. The
format is the same as RIPS-LA; two American and two Chinese/German students
will form a team.
If accepted the program covers the student’s travel, housing and most meals,
and offers a generous stipend.
The deadline for applications is February 15, 2010. Please refer your students
to the site and encourage them to apply. (Note: graduating seniors are
eligible for all programs; international students may apply for RIPS-LA only).
For more information, please email rips2010@ipam.ucla.edu or call 310-825-4755.
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From: Emma Avery <Emma.Avery@iop.org>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:29:00 +0000
Subject: Contents, Inverse Problems, volume 25, issue 12, December 2009
INVERSE PROBLEMS
Volume 25, Issue 12, December 2009
Article numbers: 120201--125001
Individual articles are free for 30 days following their publication on the
web. This issue is available at: http://www.iop.org/EJ/toc/0266-5611/25/12
25TH YEAR SPECIAL ISSUE OF REVIEWS
EDITORIAL
120201
Introduction to the 25th Anniversary Issue of Inverse Problems
W W Symes
TOPICAL REVIEWS
123001
Inverse problems: anniversary and short review of generalized inverse
scattering transforms
P C Sabatier
123002
Inverse obstacle problems
Victor Isakov
123003
Evolutionary optimization as applied to inverse scattering problems
P Rocca, M Benedetti, M Donelli, D Franceschini and A Massa
123004
The stability for the Cauchy problem for elliptic equations
Giovanni Alessandrini, Luca Rondi, Edi Rosset and Sergio Vessella
123005
Problems in synthetic-aperture radar imaging
Margaret Cheney and Brett Borden
123006
Image deblurring with Poisson data: from cells to galaxies
M Bertero, P Boccacci, G Desider\`a and G Vicidomini
123007
Lax pairs: a novel type of separability
A S Fokas
123008
The seismic reflection inverse problem
W W Symes
123009
Why do commercial CT scanners still employ traditional, filtered
back-projection for image reconstruction?
Xiaochuan Pan, Emil Y Sidky and Michael Vannier
123010
Optical tomography: forward and inverse problems
Simon R Arridge and John C Schotland
123011
Electrical impedance tomography and Calder\'on's problem
G Uhlmann
123012
Inversion algorithms for large-scale geophysical electromagnetic
measurements
A Abubakar, T M Habashy, M Li and J Liu
123013
Carleman estimates for parabolic equations and applications
Masahiro Yamamoto
123014
Inverse problems in systems biology
Heinz W Engl, Christoph Flamm, Philipp K\"ugler, James Lu, Stefan M\"uller
and Peter Schuster
PAPER
125001
Level set methods for inverse scattering---some recent developments
Oliver Dorn and Dominique Lesselier
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