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From: "Henrichs, Nicole" <nicole_henrichs@icerm.brown.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 11:09:47 -0400
Subject: Ricardo Cortez Awarded Blackwell-Tapia Prize
Ricardo Cortez Awarded Blackwell-Tapia Prize
The National Blackwell-Tapia Committee recently announced Ricardo
Cortez, Tulane University's Pendergraft William Larkin Duren Professor
of Mathematics, was awarded the 2012 Blackwell-Tapia Prize. The prize
recognizes a mathematical scientist who has contributed significantly
to research in his or her field of expertise and who has served as a
role model for mathematical scientists and students from
underrepresented minority groups or has contributed in other
significant ways to addressing the problem of the underrepresentation
of minorities in mathematics. Dr. Cortez is internationally regarded
as a leading researcher in fluid dynamics and mathematical
modeling. He has also been a leader in undergraduate mentoring and the
development of training opportunities for underrepresented minority
students in the mathematical sciences. Dr. Cortez will be the guest of
honor at the Seventh Blackwell-Tapia Conference at ICERM on November
9–10, 2012.
Click here for the full announcement:
http://icerm.brown.edu/html/programs/events/blackwell_tapia_2012/includes
/blackwell-tapia_announcement_2012.final__0.pdf
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From: Joseph Traub <traub@cs.columbia.edu>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 11:22:33 -0400
Subject: Journal of Complexity 2011 Best Paper Award
Thomas Daun, Leszek Plaskota, Greg W. Wasilkowski
Win the Journal of Complexity 2011 Best Paper Award
The Award Committee -- Aicke Hinrichs, FSU Jena, Fakultaet fuer
Mathematik und Informatik, Germany and Stephen Joe, University of
Waikato, Faculty of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, New Zealand -
determined that the following two papers exhibited exceptional merit
and therefore awarded the prize to:
Thomas Daun, for the paper "On the randomized solution of initial
value problems", which appeared in June-August, 2011, vol. 27, pp
300-311
Leszek Plaskota, Greg W. Wasilkowski, for their paper "Tractability of
infinite-dimensional integration in the worst case and randomized
settings", which appeared in December, 2011, vol. 27, pp 505-518
The $3000 prize will be divided between the authors.Each author will
also receive a plaque at an award ceremony at the Schloss Dagstuhl
Seminar on Algorithms and Complexity for Continuous Problems in
September, 2012.
Erich Novak, Ian H. Sloan, Joseph F. Traub, Henryk Wozniakowski
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From: Tim Davis <DrTimothyAldenDavis@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 07:58:06 -0400
Subject: Google Ceres Solver, Nonlinear Least Squares
Reposting for NA Digest readers from
http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2012/05/introducing-ceres-solver-nonlinear.html
Sameer Agarwal/Keir Mierle, Geo Software Engineers, Google, 5/1/2012:
Solving non-linear least squares problems comes up in a broad range of
areas across science and engineering - from fitting complicated curves
in statistics, to constructing 3D models from photographs in computer
vision. Today we're happy to announce the release of a solver we use
at Google.
Ceres Solver is a portable C++ library that allows for modeling and
solving large complex nonlinear least squares problems. The notable
features are:
- A simple, expressive API
- Automatic differentiation
- Robust loss functions
- Local parameterizations
- A threaded Jacobian evaluators and linear solvers
- Dense QR factorization (using Eigen) for small problems
- Sparse Cholesky factorization for large sparse problems
- Specialized solvers for problems in 3D computer vision
- A liberal license (New BSD)
- Scales from servers to cell phones
We use Ceres Solver at Google to estimate the pose of Street View
cars, aircrafts, and satellites; to build 3D models for PhotoTours; to
estimate satellite image sensor characteristics, and more.
Download: http://code.google.com/p/ceres-solver/
Mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/ceres-solver
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From: "J. M. Littleton" <littleton@siam.org>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 11:22:44 -0400
Subject: Call for nominations, SIAM/ACM Prize in CS&E
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - SIAM/ACM Prize in CS&E
The SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering is awarded
biennially in the area of computational science in recognition of
outstanding contributions to the development and use of mathematical
and computational tools and methods for the solution of science and
engineering problems. It is intended to recognize either one
individual or a group of individuals for outstanding research
contributions to the field of CS&E. The contribution(s) for which the
award is made must be publicly available and may belong to any aspect
of computational science in its broadest sense.
The prize will be awarded at the SIAM Conference on Computational
Science and Engineering (CSE13), to be held February 25 - March 1,
2013, in Boston, Massachusetts.
The award will include a total cash prize of $5,000 and a certificate
containing the citation. SIAM will reimburse reasonable travel
expenses to attend the award ceremony.
Past recipients of the prize are: John B. Bell and Phillip Colella;
Achi Brandt; Chi-Wang Shu; Cleve Moler; and J. Tinsley Oden.
A letter of nomination, including description of the contribution(s),
and a CV of the candidate(s) should be addressed to Dr. Christopher
Johnson, Chair, SIAM/ACM Prize in CS&E Committee, and sent by JUNE 1,
2012 to cse_prize@siam.org. The call for nominations can be found at
http://www.siam.org/prizes/nominations/nom_cse.php.
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From: "Hartman-Baker, Rebecca J." <hartmanbakrj@ornl.gov>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 12:50:18 -0400
Subject: George Michael HPC Fellowship
The Supercomputing Conference George Michael HPC Fellowship committee
invites applications for the George Michael HPC Fellowship. Winners
receive an honorarium, travel and registration for SC12 and SC13, and
the opportunity to present their research at SC13. Awardees must have
completed at least one year of doctoral study. The online submission
system is open now, and closes 1 July, 2012.
For more details, please see
http://sc12.supercomputing.org/sites/default/files/SC12GeorgeMichaelFellowship2.pdf
Please direct questions to
hpc-fellowship-questions@info.supercomputing.org .
Sincerely,
Rebecca Hartman-Baker
George Michael HPC Fellowship Deputy Chair
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From: Elisabeth Larsson <Elisabeth.Larsson@it.uu.se>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 17:13:08 -0400
Subject: Uncertainty Quantification, Sweden, Jun 2012
The Centre for Interdisciplinary Mathematics at Uppsala University,
Sweden is organizing a two day workshop June 4-5, 2012 on the topic
Complex modeling, Convergence, and Uncertainty Quantification
Invited speakers are
Susie Bayarri, University of Valencia, Spain
Pietro Congedo, INRIA Bordeaux Sud-Ouest, France
Fritjof Fagerlund, Uppsala University, Sweden
Gianluca Iaccarino, Stanford University, USA
Thomas Schon, Linkoping University, Sweden
Anders Szepessy, KTH, Sweden
For registration (free of charge) and more information see
http://www.math.uu.se/CIM/UQWorkshop/
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From: Alison Murfin <shortcourses@csc.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 09:09:59 -0400
Subject: A First Course on Level Set Methods, UK, Jul 2012
Lecturer:Dr Tariq Aslam (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Location: University of Cambridge
Web: http://www.csc.cam.ac.uk/academic/courses/ls-july12/index.shtml
The course will provide a solid foundation in the mathematics and
applications of level-set methods, which are used in computational
fluid dynamics to capture interfaces between distinct materials.
Working Plan: The morning lectures on the theory will be complemented
by hands-on computational practicals during the afternoons. The
participants will work on numerical exercises as individuals and as
members of a team, and present their results to the rest of the class.
There will also be seminars by established researchers on application
of CFD to contemporary science and technology topics.
Who should attend: The course will aim to introduce newcomers to
level-set methods, their mathematical basis, and their
applications. It will also provide the foundation for existing users
who would like to become more involved with algorithm and code
development. A strong background in an applied science or/and
mathematics is recommended.
At the end of the course the participants will be qualified to start
building their own code from scratch, or to further develop existing
packages.
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From: Alison Murfin <shortcourses@csc.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 09:02:35 -0400
Subject: A First Course on Computational Fluid Dynamics, UK, Jul 2012
Lecturer: Professor P Roe (Aerospace, Michigan)
Location: University of Cambridge.
Web: http://www.csc.cam.ac.uk/academic/courses/cfd-july12/index.shtml
The course will provide a solid foundation on traditional and advanced
numerical discretisation techniques for the solution of the various
partial differential equations which govern fluid flow, showing how
successful numerical methods are rooted both in mathematical
properties of those equations and in notions of computational
efficiency.
Working Plan: The morning lectures on the theory will be complemented
by hands-on computational practicals during the afternoons. The
participants will work on numerical exercises as individuals and as
members of a team, and present their results to the rest of the class.
Who should attend: The course will aim to convey a "CFD literacy"
enabling newcomers to understand the literature and to select methods
that are effective for their applications. It will also provide the
foundation for existing users who would like to become more involved
with algorithm and code development. A strong background in an applied
science or/and mathematics is recommended.
At the end of the course the participants will be qualified to start
building their own code from scratch, or to further develop existing
packages.
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From: Achraf Jabeur Telmoudi <achraf_telmoudi@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 08:30:27 -0400
Subject: Deadline extended, CCCA'12, France, Sep 2012
The 2nd International Conference on Communications, Computing and
Control Applications (CCCA’12) will be held on September 12-14, 2012
at Marseilles, France. http://www.hypersciences.org/ccca12/ CCCA'12 is
Technical co-sponsored by IEEE (IEEE Contrel Systems Society)
On behalf of the CCCA'12 Organizing Committee, this is to advise you
that due to author's demand, the deadline for Contributed (full)
Papers to the CCCA'12 has been extended to May 31st, 2012.
We are looking forward to your submissions.
Proceedings of the Conference will be published on CD-ROM through IEEE
and electronically via IEEE Xplore.
CCCA’12 aims to provide an overview of academic research in field of
Control, Communications/Information Technology and Computer
Sciences. The goal of this scientific conference is to propose both
theoretical as well as/or methodological papers which present
practical cases where they are efficiently used.
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From: Jaime Lloret Mauri<jlloret@dcom.upv.es>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 00:15:05 +0200
Subject: Extended deadline, WiMob 2012, Spain, Oct 2012
IEEE WiMob 2012: The 8th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and
Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications
8 - 10 October 2012, Barcelona, Spain
http://conferences.computer.org/WiMob2012
The IEEE WiMob conference is an international forum for the exchange
of experience and knowledge among researchers and developers concerned
with wireless and mobile technology. For seven years, the
International IEEE WiMob conference has provided unique opportunities
for researchers to interact, share new results, show live
demonstrations, and discuss emerging directions in Wireless
Communications, Mobile Networking and Ubiquitous Computing.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Extended Paper Submission Deadline: June 1, 2012
Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2012
Camera Ready Papers Due: July 20, 2012
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From: "Henrichs, Nicole" <nicole_henrichs@icerm.brown.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 11:16:35 -0400
Subject: 4th Workshop, ICERM Semester Program, USA, Nov 2012
ICERM is happy to announce that we are now accepting applications for
a 4th workshop that has been added to our Fall 2012 Semester
Program. Application forms can be found on the ICERM website at
(http://icerm.brown.edu/register ).
ICERM's Fall 2012 semester program, "Computational Challenges in
Probability" runs from September 5 - December 7, 2012.
The 4th workshop that will take place during this Fall Semester
Program:
Performance Analysis of Monte Carlo Methods
November 28-30, 2012
http://icerm.brown.edu/sp-f12-w4
Please use the online application listed above to apply. Any
questions can be directed to Lauren Barrows,
lauren_barrows@icerm.brown.edu
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From: "Henrichs, Nicole" <nicole_henrichs@icerm.brown.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 11:08:25 -0400
Subject: Upcoming Events at ICERM, USA, Jan-May 2013
ICERM is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications
for our Spring 2013 semester programs and workshops. Application forms
can be found on the ICERM website at http://icerm.brown.edu/register .
ICERM's Spring 2013 semester program, "Automorphic Forms,
Combinatorial Representation Theory and Multiple Dirichlet Series"
runs from January 28 - May 3, 2013.
Three workshops will take place during this Spring semester program:
Sage Days: Multiple Dirichlet Series, Combinatorics, and
Representation Theory
February 11-15, 2013
http://icerm.brown.edu/sp-s13-w1
Whittaker Functions, Schubert calculus and Crystals
March 4-8, 2013
http://icerm.brown.edu/sp-s13-w2
Combinatorics, Multiple Dirichlet series and Analytic Number Theory
April 15-19, 2013
http://icerm.brown.edu/sp-s13-w3
Please use the online application listed above to apply. Any
questions can be directed to Lauren Barrows,
lauren_barrows@icerm.brown.edu
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From: Greg Fasshauer <fasshauer@iit.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 17:32:39 -0400
Subject: Approximation Theory, USA, Apr 2013
14th International Conference in APPROXIMATION THEORY
San Antonio, Texas
April 7-10, 2013
http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~at14
approx14@gmail.com
This conference is a continuation of the earlier conferences on
approximation theory held in Austin (1973, 1976, 1980, 1992), College
Station (1983, 1986, 1989, 1995), Nashville (1998), St. Louis (2001),
Gatlinburg (2004), and San Antonio (2007, 2010).
INVITED SPEAKERS
Peter Binev, University of South Carolina, USA
Annalisa Buffa, University of Pavia, ITALY
Mike Floater, University of Oslo, NORWAY
Kai Hormann, University of Lugano, SWITZERLAND
Gitta Kutyniok, Technical University of Berlin, GERMANY
Grady Wright, Boise State University, USA
Yuan Xu, University of Oregon, USA
POPOV PRIZE: The seventh Vasil A. Popov Prize will be awarded at the
conference. See the conference website for the Call for Nominations.
Nominations for Popov Prize ... November 15, 2012
Abstract Submission: ... March 10, 2013
Online Registration: ... March 20, 2013
For details on the conference proceedings, contributed lectures,
travel support (especially for students, postdocs, and members of
under-represented groups), and other information about the conference,
please visit the conference website.
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From: "Cropley, Jeannine" <Jeannine.Cropley@cgrb.oregonstate.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 08:56:26 -0700
Subject: 3 Faculty Positions, Oregon State Univ
THREE FACULTY POSITIONS IN BIOINFORMATICS AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
Oregon State University is conducting three open rank searches for
collaboratively-minded faculty who demonstrate enthusiasm for research
and teaching at the interface of the quantitative and life sciences,
to join our strong growing genomics and systems biology community.
NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BIOINFORMATICS
The appointee will execute a strong research and teaching program at
the interface of computer and life sciences that advances the use of
nucleic acid sequence data to understand the functions of biological
systems at any scale. This is a tenure-track, 9-month, full-time
faculty position at any rank that will reside jointly in the School of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and in a life science
unit depending on the appointee’s expertise and interest.
SYSTEMS BIOLOGY OF HOST-MICROBE INTERACTIONS
The appointee will conduct research addressing host-microbe
interactions through integrating experimental life science and
quantitative methods. The context of the research may be infectious
disease, allergic or chronic disease in humans, animals or plants, or
mutualistic interactions at the level of individuals or
communities. This is a tenure-track, 9-month, full-time faculty
position at any rank that will reside jointly in a life science
department and in a quantitative science department depending on the
appointee’s expertise and interest.
APPLIED DISCRETE MATHEMATICS IN SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
The appointee will execute a strong research and teaching program at
the interface of applied discrete mathematics and molecular, cellular
or organismal systems biology. The context of research may include,
but is not limited to, areas of discrete mathematics centered around
data integration, network inference, or modeling in systems
biology. This is a tenure-track, 9-month, full-timefaculty position
(Associate or Full Professor) that will reside jointly in the
Department of Mathematics, and in a life science unit depending on the
appointee’s expertise and interest.
More information and application procedures can be found at
http://www.cgrb.oregonstate.edu/faculty-positions
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From: Xing Cai <xingca@simula.no>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 04:30:48 -0400
Subject: Postdoc Position, HPC, Simula Research Lab, Norway
Simula Research Laboratory invites applicants for an open post-doc
position in the field of high-performance scientific computing.
The position is for two years, but with possibility for extension.
The post-doc is expected to carry out internationally leading research
activities on automated GPU code translation and optimization, with
applications to challenging scientific problems.
For detailed information, please visit
http://simula.no/jobs/opportunity.2012-02-08.5269217451
Deadline for applications: June 12th, 2012.
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From: Peter Arbenz <arbenz@inf.ethz.ch>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 21:29:37 +0200
Subject: Postdoc Position, Paul Scherrer Institut / ETH Zurich
A PostDoc position is available in the area of High Performance
Computing, within the project "Efficient and Precise Simulation of
Particle Accelerators using Adaptive Meshes" that conducted at both
ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI).
The task of the PostDoc will be to incorporate AMR techniques into a
very powerful and highly scalable software tool for the simulation of
particle accelerators on regular grids to enhance accuracy and
efficiency of the code.
A successful applicant holds a PhD from a leading university with
excellent grades in applied mathematics, computational science, or
engineering. Familiarity with modern C++ is prerequisite.
The position is for 2 years, with the possibility to extend it by
another 2 years. The candidate will be employed by PSI, and will have
offices at both ETH Zurich and PSI.
The PostDoc position is part of a project of the European Research
Council. For more details see
http://people.inf.ethz.ch/arbenz/projects/cofund-abstr.pdf.
Kindly send inquiries and applications with the usual documents (CV,
statement of purpose, pdf files of grades) to
Andreas Adelmann, Paul Scherrer Institut, andreas.adelmann@psi.ch
Peter Arbenz, ETH Zurich, arbenz@inf.ethz.ch
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From: Gilles Villard <Gilles.Villard@ens-lyon.fr>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 11:37:09 +0200
Subject: Postdoc Position, ENS de Lyon, France
LIP computer science research department at École Normale Supérieure
de Lyon (http://www.ens-lyon.fr/LIP) is offering a postdoctoral
position for the academic year 2012-2013.
Applications are possible until June 15th, 2012.
LIP is a joint department with CNRS, INRIA, ENS and UCBL (U. Lyon).
Our main strength is the creative interaction between long-term
fundamental research, innovative software and hardware design, and
transfer through industrial collaborations. This interaction provides
a unique research context and fosters new trends, both theoretical and
practical, with two main transverse areas:
* Mathematical computer science models, methods, and algorithms;
* Addressing the challenges of future computational and
communication architectures.
Applications will be taken into consideration until June 15th in all
areas covered by the 8 LIP research teams : Computer Arithmetic,
Algorithms and Software Architectures for Service Oriented Platforms,
Compilation and Embedded Computing Systems, Dynamic Networks, Models
of Computation and Complexity, Programs and proofs, Optimized
protocols and software for high performance networks, Resource
Optimization : Models, Algorithms and Scheduling.
The procedure to apply (see http://www.ens-lyon.fr/LIP) is the
following:
* The position will last one year, starting on september the
first, 2012. The candidate should hold a PhD at that date, or
defend her/his PhD shortly after the recruitment.
* The candidate should contact the scientific leader of one of the
8 teams, in order to check that her/his application is
sensible.
* After receiving an acknowledgment from the scientific leader,
the candidate should send an application file consisting in:
. a letter describing the scientific project, the LIP research
team the candidate is applying to should clearly appear;
. a scientific CV (3-4 pages long, a link to a web page where
publications and software is made available is welcome).
Applications should be sent to Severine Morin, cc Jean-Yves
L'Excellent, Stephan Thomasse and Daniel Hirschkoff.
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From: Neha Mistry <Neha.Mistry@oup.com>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 06:46:18 -0400
Subject: Contents, Information and Inference, First Issue
The first article from the newly launched Information and Inference: A
Journal of the IMA (editors Robert Calderbank, David L. Donoho, John
Shawe- Taylor and Jared Tanner) is now freely available online.
The masked sample covariance estimator: an analysis using matrix
concentration inequalities, Richard Y. Chen, Alex Gittens, and Joel
A. Tropp, http://www.oxfordjournals.org/page/4647/1
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From: Chi-Wang Shu <shu@dam.brown.edu>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 05:37:16 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Contents, Journal of Scientific Computing, 52(1)
Journal of Scientific Computing
http://www.springeronline.com/journal/10915
Volume 52, Number 1, July 2012
A Lattice Boltzmann Model for the Reaction-Diffusion Equations with
Higher-Order Accuracy, Jianying Zhang and Guangwu Yan, pp.1-16.
A Fourth Order Accurate Finite Difference Scheme for the Elastic Wave
Equation in Second Order Formulation, Bjorn Sjogreen and N. Anders
Petersson, pp.17-48.
Locking-Free Optimal Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for a Naghdi-Type
Arch Model, Fatih Celiker, Li Fan, Sheng Zhang and Zhimin Zhang,
pp.49-84.
Efficient Implementation of Smoothness-Increasing Accuracy-Conserving
(SIAC) Filters for Discontinuous Galerkin Solutions, Hanieh Mirzaee,
Jennifer K. Ryan and Robert M. Kirby, pp.85-112.
A Superconvergent Local Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Elliptic
Problems, Slimane Adjerid and Mahboub Baccouch, pp.113-152.
Adaptivity and a Posteriori Error Control for Bifurcation Problems
III: Incompressible Fluid Flow in Open Systems with O(2) Symmetry,
K. Andrew Cliffe, Edward J. C. Hall, Paul Houston, Eric T. Phipps and
Andrew G. Salinger, pp.153-179.
Computing the First Eigenpair of the p-Laplacian via Inverse Iteration
of Sublinear Supersolutions, Rodney Josue Biezuner, Jed Brown, Grey
Ercole and Eder Marinho Martins, pp.180-201.
Goal-Oriented Adaptivity and Multilevel Preconditioning for the
Poisson-Boltzmann Equation, Burak Aksoylu, Stephen D. Bond, Eric
C. Cyr and Michael Holst, pp.202-225.
Legendre-Gauss-Radau Collocation Method for Solving Initial Value
Problems of First Order Ordinary Differential Equations, Zhong-qing
Wang and Ben-yu Guo, pp.226-255.
Divergence-Free HDG Methods for the Vorticity-Velocity Formulation of
the Stokes Problem, Bernardo Cockburn and Jintao Cui, pp.256-270.
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