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From: Brian Gough <bjg@network-theory.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:38:20 +0100 (BST)
Subject: GNU Scientific Library Released
Version 1.2 of the GNU Scientific Library (GSL) has been released.
The source code is available from the project web page at,
http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/
The library provides a wide range of routines for numerical computing
in C, and is free software under the GNU General Public License.
Comments and bug reports are welcome via the mailing list
gsl-discuss@sources.redhat.com.
Regards,
Brian Gough
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From: Ken Turkowski <turk@apple.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:06:08 -0700
Subject: 16-bit and 24-bit Floating-point
I read recently that ATI has 16, 24 and 32 bit floating point implemented on
its R300 graphics card. Obviously, there's an IEEE standard format for
32-bit, 64-bit and 128-bit floating point, but I don't know about any 16 or
24 bit formats. Do you know how ATI has allocated the bits as far as
exponent and mantissa?
With papers at SIGGRAPH on using GPU's as stream processors for ray-tracing,
and articles like
http://tech-report.com/etc/2002q3/nextgen-gpus/index.x?pg=1
it looks like GPU's are an attractive platform for accelerating
numerically-intensive computations.
-Ken Turkowski
The views represented here are mine and are not necessarily shared by my
employer.
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From: Michael Breitner <mamhb@bernoulli.math.tu-clausthal.de>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:20:16 +0200
Subject: Change of Address for Michael Breitner
Dear friends and colleagues,
as of August 1, 2002, I have taken up a new position at the
Universitaet Hannover. My new coordinates are
Prof. Dr. Michael H. Breitner
Institut fuer Wirtschaftsinformatik
Universitaet Hannover
Koenigsworther Platz 1
D-30167 Hannover, Germany
Phone: Germany + 511-7624901 & Germany + 173-3895801
Fax: Germany + 511-7624013
Email: breitner@iwi.uni-hannover.de
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From: Joanna Littleton <littleton@siam.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 16:24:41 -0400
Subject: Call for Nominations for Two SIAM Prizes
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems Jurgen Moser Lecture
The SIAG/DS Moser Lecture
The SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems will present the award at the
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems at Snowbird, May
27-31, 2003. The prize is awarded to a person who has made distinguished
contributions to nonlinear science. The term "nonlinear science" includes
dynamical systems theory and its applications, as well as experiments and
computations/simulations.
Description of the Award
The award will consist of a plaque, a certificate containing the citation,
an invitation to give a plenary lecture at the conference, and $1000 cash,
plus reasonable travel expenses to attend the conference.
Nominations
Nominations should be sent by SEPTEMBER 30 (revised date) to:
SIAG/DS Jurgen Moser Lecture
c/o A. G. Bogardo
SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688
Telephone: 215-382-9800
Fax: 215-386-7999
E-mail: bogardo@siam.org
Selection Committee
Members of the selection committee are: C. Eugene Wayne (Chair), Boston
University; Krystyna Kupersberg, Auburn University; Peter Lax, Courant
Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University; Yakov Sinai,
Princeton University; and James Yorke, University of Maryland, College Park.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems J. D. Crawford Prize
The SIAG/DS J.D. Crawford Prize
The SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems will present the award at the
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems at Snowbird, May
27-31, 2003. The prize is awarded for recent outstanding work on a topic
in dynamical systems and nonlinear science, as evidenced by a publication
in English in a peer-reviewed journal within the four calendar years
preceding the award date.
Description of Award
The award will consist of a plaque, a certificate containing the citation,
and $750 plus reasonable travel expenses to attend the conference.
Nominations
Nominations should be sent by e-mail, fax, or regular mail by NOVEMBER 1,
2002 to:
SIAG/DS J. D. Crawford Prize
c/o A. G. Bogardo
SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688
Telephone: 215-382-9800
Fax: 215-386-7999
E-mail: bogardo@siam.org
Eligibility
The research of the candidate must contain significant contributions to the
field of nonlinear science, as evidenced by papers published in English in
a peer-reviewed journal bearing a publication date within the award period.
Selection Committee
Members of the selection committee are: M. Gregory Forest (Chair),
University of North Carolina; Mark Levi, The Pennsylvania State University;
Bjorn Sandstede, Ohio State University; Mary Silber, Northwestern
University; and Harry Swinney, University of Texas, Austin.
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From: Ed Saff <esaff@math.Vanderbilt.Edu>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:43:28 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Special Year in Approximation Theory at Vanderbilt
Dear Colleagues,
To celebrate the recent founding of the Center for Constructive Approximation
at Vanderbilt University, we are organizing a Special Year in Approximation
Theory. The year will begin with a conference in May, 2003, and will end with
second conference in May, 2004. For more on the conferences, see below.
In addition to the conferences, we plan to organize workshops in several areas
of Approximation Theory. Details will be forthcoming. Moreover, we hope to
have as many short-term and long-term visitors as possible during the special
year. Please let us know if you are interested in such a visit. The program
for the Special Year is now in the planning stage and will be posted on the
Center website in the near future.
International Conference on
ADVANCES IN CONSTRUCTIVE APPROXIMATION
May 14-17, 2003
http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~advances
advances@math.vanderbilt.edu
This conference will mark the official opening of
the Special Year in Approximation Theory.
INVITED SPEAKERS
J. Benedetto (Univ. of Maryland)
L. Bos (Univ. of Calgary)
K. Kopotun (Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg)
K. McLaughlin (Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill)
G. Plonka (Gerhart-Mercator Univ., Germany)
M. Putinar (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
V. Totik (Univ. South Florida and Univ. of Szeged)
J. Ward (Texas A \& M Univ., College Station)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Mike Neamtu, Edward Saff, Larry Schumaker
(Vanderbilt Univ.)
SCOPE OF THE SYMPOSIUM
Our aim is to bring together researchers from diverse areas of approximation
theory, to stimulate international collaboration, and to promote interaction
and the exchange of ideas. We welcome the participation of both pure and
applied mathematicians working in approximation theory from all around the
world. We especially encourage young mathematicians and graduate students to
attend.
CONFERENCE TOPICS
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Abstract approximation
Approximation with constraints
Classical approximation
Complex approximation
Extremal problems
Interpolation and smoothing
Curves and surfaces
Multiresolution analysis
Nonlinear approximation
Orthogonal polynomials
Radial basis functions
Shift-invariant spaces
Splines
Subdivision and refinable functions
Image and signal processing
Wavelets
CONTRIBUTED TALKS ETC.
We invite you to contribute a talk in any area of approximation theory and
its applications. The duration of contributed talks will depend on the
number of participants and will be announced later. We expect to publish a
proceedings containing survey papers by the invited speakers and refereed
contributed papers. We are currently applying for funding to be able to
partially support the expenses of graduate students and other mathematicians
without support.
ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON APPROXIMATION THEORY
May 19-22, 2004
http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~at04
at04@math.vanderbilt.edu
This conference is the eleventh in the well-established series of "Texas
meetings in Approximation Theory" (the previous two meetings were in
St. Louis, 2001, and Nashville, 1998). We will provide more information
about this event at a later date.
For more information regarding the special year or the planned
conferences, contact cca@math.vanderbilt.edu
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From: Willy Govaerts <Willy.Govaerts@rug.ac.be>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 08:13:47 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Workshop at Gent on Modelling in the Life Sciences
On November 28 - 29, 2002 a workshop
"Mathematical and Numerical methods for modelling in the life sciences"
is organized by the Flemish Research Community
"Advanced numerical methods for mathematical modelling"
at the University of Gent, Belgium. Organizers are
E. Dick (Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, University of Gent),
W. Govaerts (Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, University
of Gent) and D. Roose (Computer Science Department, University of
Leuven, Belgium).
More complete information, a provisional list of invited
speakers and participants, as well as details on
participation and registration can be found at
allserv.rug.ac.be/~ajdhooge/workshop.html
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From: Kirsten Wilden <wilden@siam.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 09:52:26 -0400
Subject: SIAM Conference on Geosciences
SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences
(SIAG/GS) (GS03)
Location: Radisson Hotel and Suites Austin, Austin, Texas
Dates: March 17-20, 2003
The Call for Presentations for this conference is available at:
http://www.siam.org/meetings/gs03/
Deadlines:
Deadline for submission of minisymposium proposals: August 20, 2002
Deadline for minisymposium speaker abstracts: September 17, 2002
Deadline for submission of contributed abstracts: September 17, 2002
For additional information, contact SIAM Conference Department at
meetings@siam.org.
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From: IMACS Administration <imacs@cs.rutgers.edu>
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 17:00:56 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: IMACS Conference on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Waves
First Announcement July 2, 2002
THE Third IMACS International Conference on
"Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Wave Phenomena:
Computation and Theory":
April 7-10, 2003
Sponsored by
The International Association for Mathematics and Computers in
Simulation (IMACS),
the President's Venture Fund at the University of Georgia,
and the Computer Science Department at the University of Georgia
to be held at The University of Georgia Center for Continuing
Education, Athens, Georgia, USA
PURPOSE
The conference will focus on computational and theoretical aspects of
nonlinear wave phenomena. Interdisciplinary aspects of the subject will
be emphasized, as well as the interaction between computation, theory and
applications.
GENERAL CHAIRS:
R. Vichnevetsky(USA),( President of IMACS)
G. Biondini(USA)
J. Bona(USA)
T. Taha(USA), (Program Chair and Conference Coordinator)
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE:(tentative list)
Mark Ablowitz (USA)
Robert Anderson (USA)
Gino Biondini (USA)
Jerry Bona (USA)
Jared Bronski (USA)
Roy Choudhury (USA)
Walter Craig (Canada)
Toby Driscoll (USA)
Pedro Jordan (USA)
William Kath (USA)
David Kaup (USA)
Yuji Kodama (USA)
Nathan Kutz (USA)
Xiaowu Lu (USA)
Andy Ludu (USA)
Peter Miller (USA)
Catherine Sulem (Canada)
Constance Schober (USA)
Thiab Taha (USA)
Robert Vichnevetsky (USA)
Otis Wright (UAE)
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (tentative):
1. A. Fokas (UK)
2. C. Menyuk (USA)
3. C. Sulem (Canada)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Send all correspondence (except registration and lodging) to:
Professor Thiab R. Taha
Computer Science Department
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-7404 USA
Email: thiab@cs.uga.edu
Tel: 706 542 3477
Fax: 706 542 2966
For further information regarding the Georgia Center contact:
Joseph Allen
Room 289, Georgia Center for Continuing Education
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-3603
U.S.A.
Phone: (706)542-6638
Fax: 542-6465
E-mail: allenj@gactr.uga.edu
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From: M. Ganesh <ganesh@maths.unsw.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 14:18:39 +1000 (EST)
Subject: Conference in Honour of the 65th Birthday of Professor Ian Sloan
Mathematics of Computation and Approximation
A Conference in Honour of the 65th Birthday of
Professor Ian Sloan
The School of Mathematics at University of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia will host a two day conference to
celebrate Professor Ian Sloan's 65th birthday in 2003.
The two day conference, titled "Mathematics of Computation
and Approximation", will be held on July 14 and 15, 2003, immediately
after the ICIAM 2003 conference (www.iciam.org).
The themes of the conference reflect
Professor Ian Sloan's wide research interests in computational
mathematics and approximation:
* Numerical integration and approximation in high dimensions
* Computational approaches to PDEs and boundary integral equations
* Information-based complexity
* Approximation theory
* Applications
The Scientific program will consist only of invited
45-minute lectures by leading researchers
in the field of computational mathematics and approximation.
The confirmed invited speakers at the present time are:
R. Anderssen (CSIRO)
K. Atkinson (IOWA)
G. Fairweather (COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES)
W. Freeden (KAISERSLAUTERN)
I. Graham (BATH)
T. Hou (CALTECH)
R. Kress (GOTTINGEN)
H. Niederreiter (SINGAPORE)
E. Stephan (HANNOVER)
V. Thomee (CHALMERS)
N. Trefethen (OXFORD)
L. Wahlbin (CORNELL)
W. Wendland (STUTTGART)
H. Wozniakowski (WARSAW AND COLUMBIA U, NEW YORK)
ICIAM participants, friends of Professor Ian Sloan
and others are encouraged to participate in the two day
conference to celebrate his 65th birthday, and his
presidency of ICIAM which will begin at the same time.
Interested researchers are asked to register for
the conference through the conference web site. There is a
registration fee for the conference, primarily to pay for the
celebration dinner on July 14, 2003. Please visit
http://www.maths.unsw.edu.au/conference
for registration and other details.
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From: Jacques Blanc Talon <Jacques.Blanc-Talon@etca.fr>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 09:25:34 +0200
Subject: Conference at INRIA on Computer Vision and Computer Graphics
Computer Vision / Computer Graphics
Collaboration for
Model-based Imaging, Rendering, image Analysis and
Graphical special Effects (MIRAGE 2003)
10-12 March 2003, INRIA Rocquencourt, France
http://telin.rug.ac.be/mirage2003
MIRAGE 2003 is designed as a very peculiar conference in the field of
Information Technology: it is dedicated to computer vision and
computer graphics collaboration studied as a tool for the production
of mirages of the reality. In the domain of computer vision, this
collaboration may take the form of model-based approaches with
feedback, as models are essential to process, analyze, understand and
generate complex still and animated images in a stable manner. Such
models must be comprehensive and their parameters updated according to
the difference between the expectation (real image) and the
synthesized results. In the computer graphics domain, a special
emphasis will be set upon techniques using real images as input for
realistic rendering, visualization and special effects.
MIRAGE 2003 is going to be an international conference where authors
are encouraged to submit papers on theoretical, computational,
experimental and industrial aspects of model-based image analysis and
synthesis. MIRAGE'2003 will be held in the new conference room of the
INRIA Rocquencourt research centre on March 10-12, 2003.
Topics include (but are not limited to)
* Model-based imaging and analysis
* Model-based vision approaches
* Model-based indexing and database retrieval
* Model-based object tracking in image sequences
* Image-based rendering and inverse rendering techniques
* New trends in model-based (and intrinsic) video compression techniques
* Virtual and augmented reality
* Generation of special effects
* Model-based evaluation of computer vision techniques, Image quality
* Applications
o Human-computer interaction, haptics
o Virtual prototyping
o Post-production, computer animation
o Multimedia applications (including face and gesture recognition),
multimedia databases
o Military applications
o Medical and biomedical applications
o Applications of fractals and multifractals
Important deadlines
November 12, 2002 Full paper submission
December 20, 2002 Notification of acceptance
February 10, 2003 Camera-ready papers due
Conference Chair
Jacques Blanc-Talon, CTA, Arcueil, France
Andre Gagalowicz, INRIA, Rocquencourt, France
Honorary Chair
Hojjat Adeli, Ohio State University, Colombus, USA
Program committee
Ruzena Bajcsy, UC Berkeley, USA
Philippe Bolon, ESIA, Annecy, France
Mike Brooks, University of Adelaide, Australia
Knut Conradsen, IMM, Denmark Technical University, Denmark
Kostas Daniilidis, U-Penn, USA
Charles R. Dyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Andrew Glassner, Coyote Wind, Seattle, USA
Cedric Guiard, Duran Duboi, France
Adrian Hilton, University of Surrey, UK
David Hogg, University of Leeds, UK
Xiaoyi Jiang, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Denis Laurendeau, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
Franz Leberl, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Ales Leonardis, Ljubljana University, Slovenia
Vittorio Murino, Verone University, Italy
Jean-Claude Paul, LORIA, France
Hichem Sahli, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Mubarak Shah, University of Central Florida, USA
Gilles Simon, LORIA, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France
Franck Solina, Ljubljana University, Slovenia
Seah Hock Soon, NTU, Singapore
Geoff West, Curtin University, Australia
Geoff Wyvill, University of Otago, New Zealand
Luc Van Gool, ESAT, Leuven, Belgium (ETH, Zurich, Switzerland)
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From: Carl Ollivier-Gooch <cfog@mech.ubc.ca>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 17:26:16 -0700
Subject: Conference in Vancouver on Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFD 2003
Vancouver, BC
May 28-30, 2003
Sponsored by the Societe canadienne de CFD Society of Canada
ANNOUNCEMENT AND FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE
>From its origins as a tool primarily for use in aerodynamics, usage of
computational fluid dynamics has spread to a wide range of other fields,
such as biofluid mechanics, geophysics, atmospheric flows, and so
on. Each subspecialty has made its own advances on the state of the art,
but these advances do not necessarily propagate to other application
areas. This year's conference seeks to build from our historical solid
base in "traditional" applications of CFD to also include users in other
areas, laying the groundwork for future cooperation and collaboration.
Contributions from all sectors are solicited, across the full spectrum
of CFD research and applications.
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
The format of the conference will be similar to that in past
years, including (in addition to contributed papers)
* Four keynote lectures (topics and speakers TBA)
* Hardware and software vendor exhibits
* Code validation challenge
* Student paper competition
* Short course (topic TBA)
* Reception and banquet
The official languages for CFD 2003 will be English and French.
Papers and presentations will be accepted in either language.
Papers will be accepted on the basis of reviewed abstracts,
which should be between 500 and 1000 words in length. Figures
and tables can be added. Deadline for submission of abstracts
is December 16, 2002. Submissions can be made either by
hardcopy or electronically through email attachment (PDF
or Postscript format, please), and should include the author
name(s), affiliation and email contact information. Please
send abstracts to:
By email: cfd03@mech.ubc.ca
By hardcopy:
Carl Ollivier-Gooch, CFD2003 Secretariat
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
University of British Columbia
2324 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
KEY DATES
December 16, 2002 Abstract submission
January 27, 2003 Notification of acceptance
mid-March, 2003 Submission of final manuscripts
April 25, 2003 Advanced registration and hotel bookings
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Email: cfd03@mech.ubc.ca
Website: http://cfd03.mech.ubc.ca
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From: Mike Christie <Mike.Christie@pet.hw.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:46:10 +0100
Subject: Research Position at Heriot Watt University
The Heriot-Watt Uncertainty project is an industry funded consortium at the
Institute of Petroleum Engineering at Heriot-Watt University. The Institute
of Petroleum Engineering has been ranked 5* in both the 1996 and 2001
Research Assessment Exercises, and is internationally recognised for the
quality of its research.
The goal of the Uncertainty Project is to develop methods of quantifying the
uncertainty in predicting the performance of oil reservoirs. This
uncertainty arises both from our lack of knowledge of the detailed geology
of the reservoir and from our inability to solve the equations describing
flow of oil through the reservoir exactly. The work will involve
demonstration of the ideas developed on field problems.
A vacancy exists at postdoctoral level for a highly motivated individual to
join the group. You must have a PhD and should have excellent
numerical/computational skills, and a background in applied mathematics,
statistics, physics or engineering. Knowledge of the oil industry,
geostatistical methods, and demonstrated programming skills will be an
advantage. The post is available for two years.
For additional information please contact Prof M A Christie (
mike.christie@pet.hw.ac.uk <mailto:mike.christie@pet.hw.ac.uk>).
For application details please contact the Personnel Office, Heriot-Watt
University Edinburgh EH14 4AS tel +44 (0) 131 451 3475 (24 hours)
personnel@hw.ac.uk quoting Ref 125/02/J. Closing date: 30 August
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From: Vladik Kreinovich <vladik@cs.utep.edu>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 13:07:38 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Contents, Reliable Computing
Reliable Computing
Volume 8, issue 5, 2002
Mathematical Research
A New Technique in Systems Analysis under Interval Uncertainty and Ambiguity
Sergey P. Shary
321-418
Information
SIAM Conference on Optimization, Validated Computing 2002, and the
Fields Institute Informal Working Group on Validated Optimization
419-424
Interval-Related Talks at the Annual Conference of the North American
Fuzzy Information Processing Society NAFIPS'02
425-426
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