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From: "Jorge More'" <more@mcs.anl.gov>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:22:07 -0500
Subject: Wilkinson Fellow in Scientific Computing
I am delighted to announce that Jaydeep Bardhan will
be the next Wilkinson Fellow on Scientific Computing.
Jaydeep was the #1 choice among a list of extremely
qualified applicants for the Wilkinson Fellowship. He
was praised by the innovative aspects of his research,
and by his ability to give crystal-clear presentations.
The committee was also impressed by the highly
multi-disciplinary aspects of his work.
Jaydeep is a graduate of MIT, with a PhD in Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science. His work on "Molecular
Analysis and Design" is an important contribution to an
area of significant scientific interest.
Jay is currently the holder of a DOE Computational
Science Graduate Fellowship.
Jorge
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From: Gene H Golub <golub@sccm.stanford.edu>
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 20:40:49 -0700 (Pacific Standard Time)
Subject: The Digest
Colleagues,
The Digest is getting to be a little dull. Note, this last week contains a
bunch of msgs by publishers and a few job openings. How about some
exciting news! Or let's have a bit of controversy. At any rate, we don't
want to see the Digest to degenerate into an outlet for commercial
announcements. Any suggestions?
Gene
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From: "Charles Lawson" <clawson301@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:25:15 -0700
Subject: A collection of SIAM and ACM periodicals.
Is there a person or institution that would like to have some or all of my
back issues of ACM Computing Surveys, SIAM Review, SIAM J Numer Anal, SIAM J
Sci & Stat Comput and SIAM J Sci Comput for the cost of shipping them from
San Clemente, CA? I have not inventoried them in detail but if all were put
in one stack they would reach nine feet toward the moon.
Chuck Lawson
clawson301@earthlink.net
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From: "Faith Singer-Villalobos" <faith@tacc.utexas.edu>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:57:58 -0500
Subject: TACC releases GotoBLAS software
TACC releases GotoBLAS software
AUSTIN, Texas, April 12, 2006-The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)
at The University of Texas at Austin today announced it has released
software for industry, academia and the scientific community that helps
supercomputers run more efficiently.
The software, named GotoBLAS, contains routines that provide standard
building blocks for performing basic vector and matrix operations. These
microkernel implementations are highly optimized for individual
architectures and the GotoBLAS library provides extremely efficient
implementations that can be used in the development of high quality
scientific software.
The software library speeds up a key linear algebra component frequently
used during the supercomputing process and has been used to greatly
increase the performance of a variety of scientific applications. It has
increased the speed of some applications by as much as 50 percent.
The technology is available to commercial users for a licensing fee. A
portion of proceeds from commercial licenses will be reinvested in
future development of the software. TACC also is offering licenses at no
charge and will make the source code available to accelerate development
to the academic and scientific communities.
Goto's development approach is to focus on writing the critical
mathematical operations in assembly language to extract the highest
floating-point performance possible. This process requires intimate
knowledge of the underlying processor architectures. Because Goto's
programs can more efficiently solve complex linear equations, they can
offer decreased solution times to a range of computational science and
engineering problems. The software is generally applicable to any
scientific computing discipline which requires BLAS and the need for
highly-optimized libraries is paramount for achieving high performance
on modern microprocessors.
The software is designed for all levels of chipset architecture
including the Power 4, Power 5, Opteron, Blue Gene/L architectures, the
Pentium 4/Xeon (32bit and 64bit), and Itanium 2 architectures.
To download a copy of GotoBLAS for academic, research, or personal use,
please visit http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/resources/software/. For
additional information on how to obtain a commercial license, please
contact: software@otc.utexas.edu.
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From: Daniel Potts <potts@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:01:42 +0200
Subject: Summer school on on Applied Analysis, Chemnitz, Germany, Sep 06
Summer school on on Applied Analysis
September 25-29, 2006, Chemnitz, Germany
Description:
The summer school is devoted to applied Analysis. The courses, focusing on
different aspects of Applied Analysis, will take place every morning
Monday-Friday during the entire week, and will be followed by exercises in
the afternoons. It is meant for training of undergraduate students, Ph.D.
students and young post-doc researchers. The registration is free, but we may
limit the number of participants, if necessary.
There will be five general lectures given by the following speakers.
The topics and speakers of the lectures will be
Albrecht Boettcher An introduction to pseudospectra;
Peter Junghanns Orthogonal polynomials and numerical methods for integral
equations
Daniel Potts Fast Fourier transform at nonequispaced knots
Bernd Silbermann Distributional versions of Szegoe limit type theorems
Peter Stollmann Quantum models between order and disorder
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Further information and online registration is
available on the website:
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~potts/cms/
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From: "Kirsten Wilden" <Wilden@siam.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:33:55 -0400
Subject: 2006 SIAM Annual Meeting & Joint Conferences, Boston, Jul 06
Registration and Programs Now Available!
Conference Names:
SIAM Annual Meeting (AN06), being held jointly with the SIAM
Conference on Financial Mathematics and Engineering (FM06) and the
SIAM Conference on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations (PD06)
Location:
Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers, Boston, Massachusetts
Dates:
AN06 - July 10-14, 2006
FM06 - July 9-12, 2006
PD06 - July 10-12, 2006
Short Courses (http://www.siam.org/meetings/pd06/shortcourses.php)
Two short courses will be held immediately preceding the conference on
Sunday, July 9, 2006 at the same location.
SC1: Constantine M. Dafermos, Brown University
Conservation Laws and Continuum Physics
SC2: Lawrence C. Evans, University of California, Berkeley
Recent Developments in Weak Convergence Methods for Nonlinear PDE
Registration is Now Available!
Pre-Registration Deadline: Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Hotel Reservation Deadline: Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Registration and the preliminary program for these conferences are
available at:
http://www.siam.org/meetings/an06/index.php
http://www.siam.org/meetings/fm06/index.php
http://www.siam.org/meetings/pd06/index.php
For additional information, contact the SIAM Conference Department at
meetings@siam.org.
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From: pavarino@mat.unimi.it
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:45:41 +0200
Subject: Cortona06, Cortona, Italy, Sep 06
We have the pleasure to announce the INdAM Workshop:
MULTISCALE PROBLEMS: MODELING, ADAPTIVE DISCRETIZATION,
STABILIZATION, SOLVERS
Cortona (Tuscany), Italy, September 18-22, 2006
Conference web site: http://www.mat.unimi.it/cortona06
The aim of the meeting is to bring together researchers in modeling,
adaptivity, stabilization and (parallel) solvers for multiscale problems,
focusing on the latest developments and fostering new research.
Confirmed speakers:
Mark Ainsworth (University of Strathclyde)
Lourenco Beirao da Veiga (Universita` di Milano)
Stefano Berrone (Politecnico di Torino)
Annalisa Buffa (IMATI - CNR)
Claudio Canuto (Politecnico di Torino)
Zhimin Chen (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Peter Deuflhard (Zuse Institute Berlin)
Zdenek Dostal (Technical University of Ostrava)
Bjorn Engquist (UCLA)
Alexandre Ern (CERMICS - ENPC)
Luca Formaggia (Politecnico di Milano)
Lucia Gastaldi (Universita` di Brescia)
Thomas J.R. Hughes (University of Texas at Austin)
Axel Klawonn (University of Duisburg - Essen)
Donatella Marini (Universita` di Pavia)
Giovanni Naldi (Universita` di Milano)
Fabio Nobile (Politecnico di Milano)
Ricardo Nochetto (University of Maryland)
Lorenzo Pareschi (Universita` di Ferrara)
Ilaria Perugia (Universita` di Pavia)
Giancarlo Sangalli (Universita` di Pavia)
Alfred Schmidt (University of Bremen)
Kunibert Siebert (University of Augsburg)
Olof B. Widlund (Courant Institute, NYU)
Enrique Zuazua (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)
Organizing Committee:
D. Boffi (Univ. di Pavia), L. Pavarino (Univ. di Milano),
G. Russo (Univ. di Catania), F. Saleri (Polit. di Milano),
A. Veeser (Univ. di Milano).
Since participation is limited, people interested in
participating to this Workshop are invited to send an
email to cortona06@mat.unimi.it
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From: "Solin, Pavel" <solin@utep.edu>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:28:22 -0600
Subject: FEMTEC 2006 - 2nd CFP, El Paso, TX, USA, Dec 06
FEMTEC 2006 - SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
Dear Colleagues,
This is just to remind everyone interested that the deadline
for abstracts for the international workshop on Finite Element
Methods in Engineering and Science (FEMTEC 2006) is April 30.
The meeting takes place at the University of Texas at El Paso
(UTEP) on December 11 - 15, 2006, and it is focused (but not
limited to) verification and validation of FEM, uncertainty
and reliability, interval FEM, higher-order methods, extended
and enriched methods, and advanced applications of FEM.
Invited plenary speakers include Ivo Babuska (ICES, UT Austin),
Ted Belytschko (Northwestern University), Pavel Bochev (Sandia
National Labs), Roland Glowinski (University of Houston), Weimin
Han (University of Iowa), George Karniadakis (Brown University),
Rafi Muhanna (Georgia Tech), and Arnold Neumaier (University of
Vienna).
Proceedings of the workshop will be published in J. Comput.
Appl. Math. (subject to standard review process).
More information as well as on-line registration and abstract
submission forms can be found on the workshop web page
http://www.math.utep.edu/femtec_2006. Color flyer can be
downloaded from http://hpfem.math.utep.edu/femtec2006.pdf.
With best regards,
Pavel Solin, Vladik Kreinovich, Jack Chessa
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From: "LAI, Choi-Hong" <C.H.Lai@gre.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:11:06 +0100
Subject: CFP: Journal of Algorithms and Computational Technology
Journal of Algorithms and Computational Technology
ISSN 1748-3018
Multi-Science Publishing Company
www.multi-science.co.uk
First issue: March 2007
Editor
C.-H. Lai
School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
University of Greenwich, UK
Email: C.H.Lai@gre.ac.uk
Tel: +44 20 8331 8712
Fax: +44 20 8331 8665
Editorial Board
Europe representative:
F. Magoul่s, Universit้ Henri-Poincar่, France
Asia representative:
T. Tao, The Hong Kong Baptist University, China
North America representative:
V. Voller, University of Minnesota, USA
Board members:
T. Alexandra, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
X.-C. Cai, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
S. Cox, University of Southampton, UK
C. C. Douglas, Yale University, USA
M. S. Espedal, University of Bergen, Norway
Q. Guo, Wuhan University of Technology, China
T. Kako, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
G. Lube, University of G๖ttingen, German
Y. Maday, Universit้ Paris VI, France
L. Pavarino, University of Milano, Italy
K. A. Pericleous, University of Greenwich, UK
S. Vandewalle, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
A.E.P. Veldman, Groningen University, the Netherlands
A. Y. Zomaya, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Aims
====
The journal aims to serve an interdisciplinary community which
needs to use mathematical techniques in the development of
computational analysis and engineering methodology, in order to
better solve real life problems in areas including engineerng,
science, noise, vibration, energy, business and finance, etc.
It also aims to bridge the subject areas of mathematics, classical
computer science, engineering, and future generation computational
analysis.
Scope
=====
The journal is fundamentally different from many journals of
numerical analysis, computational analysis, and algorithms.
The acceptance of papers is judged on the use of mathematical
techniques and/or engineering methodology in the computational
analysis, and in the engineering of the solutions and simulations
of complex industrial and real life systems.
Articles describing carefully tested computational techniques,
including post-processing visualisation, for real life systems
are welcome on the basis of the above criteria.
Articles dealing with mathematical models, computational analysis,
and computational processes, must be driven by applications with
industrial and real life relevance and are judged on the basis of
the above criteria.
Longer papers which survey recent progress in the field of
computational technology and algorithms are also published.
Articles dealing with numerical analysis or mathematical analysis
alone will not be accepted.
The journal will be published quarterly. The first issue will
appear in Spring 2007.
Call for papers
===============
Manuscripts for the founding issue and further issues should be
sent as a single pdf file to the editor, C.H.Lai@gre.ac.uk, for
review. Instructions to authors may be found in
www.multi-science.co.uk/gen_authors.htm
Subscription form and a pdf leaflet are temporary located in
http://cms-stu-iis.gre.ac.uk/lc01/editorial_office/jact/JACTleaflet-170206.pdf
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From: Guus Segal <a.segal@tudelft.nl>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:37:51 +0200
Subject: Full professor in numerical analysis, Delft University
Delft University of Technology is a multifaceted institution offering education
and carrying out research within the technical sciences at an internationally
recognised level. Education, research and designs are strongly oriented towards
social applicability. TU Delft develops technologies for future generations,
focusing on sustainability, safety and economic vitality.
At TU Delft you will work in an environment where technical sciences and
society converge. TU Delft comprises 8 faculties, the TU Delft Library,
unique laboratories, research institutes and schools.
Numerical Analysis is one of the key academic chairs at the Delft Institute of
Applied Mathematics (DIAM), which is part of the Faculty of Electrical
Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS). The Chair plays the
central role in mathematical research and teaching activities related to
Numerical Analysis. We are looking for a
Full Professor Numerical Analysis
(38 hours a week) maximum salary per month: euro 6.500 - 7.000
In addition to research and teaching responsibilities, the professor will be
charged with strengthening the important role played by the Numerical Analysis
Group in the Delft Centre for Computational Science and Engineering and various
BSc and MSc programmes.
The successful candidate will have a proven track record in Numerical Analysis,
with specific emphasis upon the numerical solution of partial differential
equations arising from technical problems. He or she will hold a PhD in
Mathematics or a related discipline and will have published pioneering
contributions in leading research journals. He or she will also be an
enthusiastic team player who is willing to make a solid contribution in the
realms of research and education, possesses excellent teaching skills, an
inquiring mind and good managerial capabilities.
For more information about the job and the procedure you can visit our website
www.vacaTUresinDelft.nl/international
Applications
Please send your letter of application, CV, and list of publications prior to
1 June, 2006, quoting Vacancy Number EWI 2006.21 to Professor J. van Katwijk,
Dean, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science,
Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD, Delft, the Netherlands or mail to
w.a.maertens@ewi.tudelft.nl.
For more details, please call Professor A.W. Heemink at + 31 15 2785813 or send
an email to: a.w.heemink@ewi.tudelft.nl.
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From: <C.Wulff@surrey.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 23:57:47 +0100
Subject: Postdoc position at the University of Surrey
University of Surrey
SCHOOL OF ELECTRONICS AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Department of Mathematics
Research Fellow -
Symmetric Hamiltonian Systems: Bifurcation Theory and Numerics
(Ref. 5401)
Salary up to ฃ24,886 per annum
(subject to qualifications and experience)
Applications are invited for an EPSRC-funded postdoctoral position in the
Department of Mathematics on the project "Symmetric Hamiltonian Systems:
Bifurcation Theory and Numerics". Broad expertise in dynamical systems,
numerics and programming will be an advantage.
The successful candidate will join a vibrant mathematics research group at
Surrey, whose interests focus on themes in applied and nonlinear mathematics
with particular emphasis on the interface between pure and applied mathematics.
The research covers a broad range including more theoretical aspects of
mathematics, the development of methods for solving physical problems,
modelling of physical and biological systems, and a variety of
interdisciplinary collaborations.
Research in applied mathematics at Surrey was rated 5A in the 2001 RAE.
Further information and details of current
projects can be found at http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/research/
The post is available from 1st September 2006 for a period of up to 2 years.
Informal academic enquiries are welcome and may be made to Dr. Claudia Wulff
(C.Wulff@surrey.ac.uk).
Apply online or download application documents and further information at
www.surrey.ac.uk `Working at UniS'. If you are unable to apply on-line please
contact Miss A Colebrook on A.Colebrook@surrey.ac.uk or +44 (0)1483 689135.
The closing date for applications is 12th May 2006.
The University is committed to an Equal Opportunities Policy.
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From: Adrian Sandu <asandu7@cs.vt.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:35:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Postdoc in inverse problems, data assimilation at Virginia Tech
We invite applications for an open postdoctoral researcher position in
data assimilation. The overall goal of the project is to develop general
computational tools, and associated software, for assimilation of
atmospheric chemical and optical measurements into chemical transport
models. Key technologies include adjoint modeling, optimization, parallel
computing, and advanced numerical methods.
The applicants should have expertise and research interests in
computational science, numerical analysis, parallel computing. Experience
with inverse problems is a strong plus. Review of applications will begin
immediately and continue until the position is filled. Virginia Tech is an
equal opportunity employer.
For more information please contact:
Adrian Sandu, Assoc. Prof. Phone: (540) 231-2193
Department of Computer Science Fax: (540) 231-6075
Virginia Tech Email: sandu@cs.vt.edu
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0106 URL: http://www.cs.vt.edu/~asandu
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From: Erik Elmroth <elmroth@cs.umu.se>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:56:38 +0200
Subject: Postdoc in Grid Computing at Umeๅ University, Sweden
The Department of Computing Science, Umeๅ University, Sweden, is seeking
qualified candidates for a post doctoral position in Grid computing.
The Grid computing research at the department is currently focusing on
the design and analysis of methods, algorithms and software for Grid
resource brokering, Grid accounting, Grid-wide fairshare scheduling,
Grid portals, and data replication systems. Software is contributed to
NorduGrid/ARC and the Globus Toolkit, the latter as a member of the
Globus Academic Affiliate Program. The project is partly funded by the
Swedish Research Council (VR). (See http://www.cs.umu.se/research/grid/
for project overviews.)
The research is performed in close collaboration with the High
Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N). HPC2N is a member center of
the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC), providing
competence and computing resources, including grid resources. HPC2N
actively takes part in Swegrid, NorduGrid and EGEE.
The current position is aimed to strengthen and broaden our current
research. The successful candidate will join the existing research group
and conduct joint research on Grid computing topics of mutual interest.
Such topics include, but are not restricted to general middleware
components, tools, environments, and applications.
The candidate should have earned a PhD in an area relevant for this
research, and have documented experience in software development for
Grid environments using state-of-the-art tools and techniques. The
applicant should also propose a research plan.
The appointment is for a period of one year, with possibility for
renewal. It includes a competitive tax-free stipend and a professional
travel allowance.
The application should include a Curriculum vitae, copies of degree
certificates, relevant publications, and a research plan. For further
information, please contact Associate Professor Erik Elmroth
(elmroth@cs.umu.se) or Professor Bo Kๅgstr๖m (bokg@cs.umu.se).
See http://www.cs.umu.se/openpos/postdoc_grid.html for instructions.
Your complete application, marked with reference number 315-789-06
should be sent to jobb@umu.se or to the Registrar, Umeๅ University,
SE-901 87 Umeๅ, Sweden to arrive May 15, 2006 at the latest.
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From: Axel Ruhe <ruhe@nada.kth.se>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:40:12 +0200
Subject: Contents, BIT 46:1
BIT Numerical Mathematics URL: http://www.nada.kth.se/BIT/
J. C. Butcher and A. T. Hill
Linear Multistep Methods as Irreducible General Linear Methods
5-19
Walter Gautschi
Computing the Kontorovich-Lebedev Integral Transforms and their Inverses
21-40
P. C. Hansen, M. E. Kilmer, and R. H. Kjeldsen
Exploiting Residual Information in the Parameter Choice for Discrete Ill-Posed
Problems
41-59
Thomas Huckle and Jochen Staudacher
Multigrid Methods for Block Toeplitz Matrices with Small Size Blocks
61-83
Zhiping Li
The Mesh Transformation Method and Optimal Finite Element Solutions
85-95
Andreas R๖฿ler
Runge-Kutta Methods for It\^o Stochastic Differential Equations with Scalar
Noise
97-110
Tony Shardlow
Modified Equations for Stochastic Differential Equations
111-125
Ralf Siewer
Martensen Splines
127-140
Sanja Singer
Indefinite QR Factorization
141-161
Yiorgos-Sokratis Smyrlis
The Method of Fundamental Solutions: A Weighted Least-Squares Approach
163-194
J๖rg Waldvogel
Fast Construction of the Fej\'er and Clenshaw-Curtis Quadrature Rules
195-202
W. Xu, Y. Wei, and S. Qiao
Condition Numbers for Structured Least Squares Problems
203-225
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From: badih@futureintech.net
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 21:58:50 -0700
Subject: Contents, International Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science
International Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science
(ISSN 1814-0424, Print; ISSN 1814-0432, Electronic)
Vol. 1, no. 2, 2006:
Luigi Accardi, Andreas Boukas, Optimal Hamiltonian of Fermion Flows
151
Mahdi Hassani, Identities by L-summing Method
165
Arafa H. Aly, Attia A. AwadAlla, Adel H. Phillips, Ayman S. Atallah,
Mesoscopic Fluctutations in Transport through Ballistic Double Quantum
Dots
173
Goutam Kumar Saha, Software Based Transient-Fault Tolerance
179
Cristian-Paul Danet, A note on Maximum Principles for Equations
of Nondivergence form
191
Xijuan Guo, Fang Cheng, Lili Wang, Inverse M-matrix Completions
of Double Cycles
203
Radouen Ghanem, Hocine Sissaoui, Residual a Posteriori Error Estimates
for an Elliptic Optimal Control Problem
227
Robert E. Bradley, The Curious Case of the Bird's Beak
243
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