Today's Editor:
Alex Townsend
Cornell University
townsend@cornell.edu
Today's Topics:
New Book, Computational Methods in Optimal Control: Theory and Practice
13th IMA International Conference on Modelling in Industrial Maintenance and Reliability (MIMAR)
AQuA25 Conference, Sardinia, Italy
Bath-RAL NA Day, UK, Apr 2025
EECI Course on Dissipativity in Optimal Control, 12-16 May 2025
Mathematical Modelling and Analysis Conference 2025, May 2025
SIAM UKIE Annual Meeting, April 11 2025
Sparse Days at CERFACS. 2-3 June 2025
Workshop on Mathematical Methods for Wave Problems, Jun 25, Leicester
4 PhD positions in Computational and Data Science at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
New MSc program in Environmental Meteorology and Climate Physics
Postdoc opportunity in Computational Fluid Dynamics - University of Sao Paulo- Brazil
Postdoc position in Dynamic Networks at University of São Paulo - Brazil
Visiting Assistant Professor position at CU Boulder
Contents, Iranian J Numerical Analysis and Optimization, 15 (1)
See this issue of NA Digest on the web at:
https://na-digest.coecis.cornell.edu/na-digest-html/25/v25n8.html
Submissions, FAQs, and archives:
https://na-digest.coecis.cornell.edu/
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From: Mitchell Graham mgraham@siam.org
Date: February 21, 2025
Subject: New Book, Computational Methods in Optimal Control: Theory and Practice
Computational Methods in Optimal Control: Theory and Practice by William W.
Hager
Using material from many different sources in a systematic and unified way, this
self-contained book provides both rigorous mathematical theory and practical
numerical insights while developing a framework for determining the
convergence rate of discrete approximations to optimal control problems.
Elements of the framework include the reference point, the truncation error, and
a stability theory for the linearized first-order optimality conditions.
Within this framework, the discretized control problem has a stationary point
whose distance to the reference point is bounded in terms of the truncation
error. The theory applies to a broad range of discretizations and provides
completely new insights into the convergence theory for discrete approximations
in optimal control, including the relationship between orthogonal collocation and
Runge–Kutta methods.
Throughout the book, derivatives associated with the discretized control problem
are expressed in terms of a back-propagated costate. In particular, the objective
derivative of a bang-bang or singular control problem with respect to a switch
point of the control are obtained, which leads to the efficient solution of a class
of nonsmooth control problems using a gradient-based optimizer.
2025 / xiv + 160 pages / Softcover / 978-1-61197-825-4 / List $62.00/ SIAM
Member $43.40 / CB100
Bookstore link:
https://epubs.siam.org/doi/10.1137/1.9781611978261
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From: Pamela Bye conferences@ima.org.uk
Date: February 21, 2025
Subject: 13th IMA International Conference on Modelling in Industrial Maintenance and Reliability (MIMAR)
13th IMA International Conference on
Modelling in Industrial Maintenance and Reliability (MIMAR)
Dates: Tuesday July 8th – Thursday July 10th 2025
Université de Lorraine, France
https://ima.org.uk/24805/13th-ima-international-conference-on-modelling-in-
industrial-maintenance-and-reliability-mimar2025/
Call for Papers (extended deadline) – Registration now open
MIMAR is the premier maintenance and reliability modelling conference. It is
an excellent international forum for disseminating information on the state-of-
the-art research, theories and practices in maintenance and reliability
modelling and offers a platform for connecting researchers and practitioners
from around the world.
Presentations are encouraged on theory or application of maintenance and
reliability:
• Maintenance and reliability modelling
• Reliability and maintenance engineering
• Degradation modelling and reliability assessment
• Digital twin for reliability and maintenance
• Predictive maintenance modelling and application
• Machine learning and data analysis in reliability and maintenance engineering
• Reinforcement learning for maintenance decision-making and optimization
• Prognostics and health management
• Awareness health control
• Safety, Security and Risk and management
• Fault detection and diagnosis
• Expert elicitation
• Operational research
• Production planning and control
• Quality control and management
• Resilience engineering
• Sustainability
• Systems modelling and simulation
• Life cycle/performance analysis
Submissions via easy chair - https://easychair.org/account2/signin?
l=8384700202694675023
Conference Proceedings: all full paper submissions will be peer reviewed and
accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings. The conference
proceedings will be indexed by DOI system.
Special Issue: delegates are invited to submit papers to a Special Issues in
journal of management mathematics and journal of safety and reliability, guest
edited by the conference chairs. Papers will be subject to the standard peer
review processes of the journal. A paper submitted to the Special Issue cannot
be the same as a paper published in the conference proceedings.
Keynote Speakers:
Prof Shaomin Wu, University of Kent (UK)
Prof Antoine Grall, University of Technology of Troyes (France)
Dr Thomas Guillon, Senior Expert R & D, RTE (France)
Key Dates
Proposal of special sessions by 15 December 2024
Abstracts submissions by 17 February 2025 - (extended deadline: 15 March
2025)
Notification of abstract acceptance by 17 March 2025 - (extended deadline: 24
March 2025)
Optional full paper submission by 15 April 2025
Final deadline for acceptance for conference proceedings by 16 June 2025
Conference Fees
Conference Fee – IMA Member £319
Conference Fee – Non-Member £395
Conference Fee – Student IMA Member £259
Conference Fee – Student Non-Member £269
Please register for the conference via:
https://my.ima.org.uk/
The conference will be held at Université de Lorraine: 2 Av. de la Forêt de Haye,
54500 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy
Conference venue and transport information - https://cdn.ima.org.uk/wp/wp-
content/uploads/2025/02/Conference-venue-and-means-of-transport.pdf
Organising committee
Phuc Do, Chair (Université de Lorraine, France)
Rasa Remenyte-Prescott, Co-Chair (University of Nottingham, UK)
Nicolae Brinzei, Co-Chair (Université de Lorraine, France)
Scientific committee
Philip Scarf (University of Swansea, UK)
Christophe Bérenguer (Grenoble INP, France)
Programme committee
Babakalli Alkali (Glasgow Caledonian University, UK)
John Andrews (University of Nottingham, UK)
Fazel Ansari (TU Wien, Austria)
Anne Barros (CentraleSupelec, France)
David Coit (Rutgers University, USA)
Maria Dolores Berrade Ursúa (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
Emannuel Borgonovo, Bocconi University, Italy
Inma Castro (Universidad de Extremadura, Spain)
Cristiano Cavalcante (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)
Frank Coolen (Durham University, UK)
Rommert Dekker (Erasmus University, Netherlands)
Sarah Dunnett (Loughborough University, UK)
Richard Dwight (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Paolo Gardoni (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, US)
Antoine Grall (University of Technologies de Troyes, France)
Geert van Houtum (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Lisa Jackson (Loughborough University, UK)
Renyan Jiang (Changsha University of Science & Technology, China)
Abdelhakim Khatab (University of Lorraine, France)
Vytis Kopustinskas (Joint Research Centre, Italy)
Chi-Guhn Lee (University of Toronto, Canada)
Yan-Fu Li (Tsinghua University, China)
Mitra Fouladirad (Centrale Marseille, France)
Marcos Orchard (University of Chile)
Edoardo Patelli (University of Strathclyde, UK)
Ed Pohl (University of Arkansas, USA)
Elena Zaitseva (University of Žilina, Slovakia)
Adriano de Polpo (University of Western Australia, Australia)
Jin Wang (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
Ming J Zuo (University of Alberta, Canada)
Shaomin Wu (University of Kent, UK)
Vitaly Levashenko (University of Žilina, Slovakia)
Alexandre Voisin (University of Lorraine, France)
Scientific enquiries to:
Phuc Do, Université de Lorraine, France: phuc.do@univ-lorraine.fr
Further information:
Please contact the Conferences Department: conferences@ima.org.uk Institute
of Mathematics and its Applications, Catherine Richards House, 16 Nelson
Street, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 1EF, UK.
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From: Luisa Fermo fermo@unica.it
Date: February 20, 2025
Subject: AQuA25 Conference, Sardinia, Italy
We are glad to announce that the Conference "Approximation, Quadrature, and
Applications (AQuA25)" will be held in Santa Margherita di Pula (Cagliari,
Sardinia), on October 9-11, 2025.
The goal of the conference is to share knowledge and last research on the
following topics:
- approximation by linear and nonlinear operators,
- numerical integration,
- orthogonal polynomials,
- integral equations,
- inverse problem,
- applications of integral models,
- related issues in numerical linear algebra.
Detailed information can be found online at the webpage:
https://bugs.unica.it/AQuA25/
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From: Niall Bootland niall.bootland@stfc.ac.uk
Date: February 21, 2025
Subject: Bath-RAL NA Day, UK, Apr 2025
The 20th annual Bath-RAL NA Day will be held on Thursday 10th April
2025 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. The speakers are:
Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb (Cambridge)
Ben Ashby (Bath)
Andy Wathen (RAL)
Eric Hester (Bath)
Jessica Huntley (RAL)
Carlos Jerez-Hanckes (Santiago, Chile)
Refreshments will be available from 10.15am and the talks start at
10.50am. The full programme will be available shortly at
https://www.numerical.rl.ac.uk/events/bathral-day-2025/
All are welcome, and there is no registration fee for attendance.
Please register using the registration form on the website above.
We will go for dinner in Didcot in the early evening, please indicate
whether or not you'd like to join us when registering. Any queries
can be emailed to niall.bootland@stfc.ac.uk - we look forward to
welcoming you at RAL
Note that this event runs back-to-back with the SIAM UKIE Annual
Meeting on Friday 11th April, also at RAL
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From: Lars Gruene lars.gruene@uni-bayreuth.de
Date: February 19, 2025
Subject: EECI Course on Dissipativity in Optimal Control, 12-16 May 2025
From 12 until 16 May 2025, Timm Faulwasser and Lars Grüne will hold the course
"Dissipativity in Optimal Control - Turnpikes, Predictive Control, and Uncertainty"
within the EECI International Graduate School on Control 2025 in Paris-Saclay. More information is available on https://www.tuhh.de/ics/workshops-seminars/eeci-international-graduate-school-on-control-2025 and for registration please visit https://eeciigsc.web-events.fr . Early registration with reduced fee is available until 15 March 2025.
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From: Raimonds Ciegis rc@vgtu.lt
Date: February 15, 2025
Subject: Mathematical Modelling and Analysis Conference 2025, May 2025
The Second Announcement
28th International Conference
Mathematical Modelling and Analysis (MMA2025)
May 26 - 29 2025, Druskininkai, Lithuania
Conference organizer
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry
https://mmaconference.vilniustech.lt
Aims
The Conference focuses on various aspects of mathematical modelling and
usage of numerical methods in solving modern problems of science and
engineering. It aims, in particular, at fostering a cooperation among
practitioners and theoreticians in this field.
Main topics
Modelling and analysis of problems of mathematical physics and engineering
Application of numerical methods to industrial and engineering problems;
Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems;
Financial mathematics and mathematics in economics;
Parallel algorithms and parallel computing;
Applied linear algebra and number theory
AI, Deep learning and Big Data applications
Registration and abstract submission deadline: April 10, 2025.
The selected papers of the MMA2025 conference will be published in Vol. 31
of "Mathematical Modelling and Analysis" (The Baltic Journal on Mathematical
Applications, Numerical Analysis and Differential Equations),
https://mma.vilniustech.lt. All papers will be peer-reviewed according to
standard rules of the journal.
Information about the conference MMA2025 can be found also on the
conference website
https://mmaconference.vilniustech.lt
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From: Hussam Al Daas hussam.al-daas@stfc.ac.uk
Date: February 17, 2025
Subject: SIAM UKIE Annual Meeting, April 11 2025
The 2025 SIAM UKIE Annual Meeting will take place on 11th April at Rutherford
Appleton Laboratory near Didcot. We are pleased to announce that the invited
speakers are
* Sven Leyffer (Argonne National Laboratory)
* Claire Gormley (University College Dublin)
* Patrick Farrell (Oxford University)
* Genoveva Burca (Diamond Light Source)
Local information and a provisional timetable for the meeting are available here:
https://www.numerical.rl.ac.uk/events/siam-ukie-annual-meeting-2025/
Talks will start at 10am and finish at 5pm. The day will include a Business
Meeting, a poster session for students, and a tour of the local facilities.
Some limited financial support will be available to support travel for students
from the UK and Ireland. Students wishing to apply for support should indicate
this on the registration form.
For those unable to join in person, it will be possible to join the talks online (i.e.,
the meeting will take place in a hybrid format, apart from the posters and tour).
There is no registration fee but registration is compulsory. If you'd like to attend
the event, please register as soon as possible at the link below:
https://forms.gle/LcxPCTbTZBE15hRGA
In person attendees may also be interested in the Bath-RAL Numerical Analysis
Day taking place at RAL on 10th April. Details can be found here
https://www.numerical.rl.ac.uk/events/bathral-day-2025/
If you have any questions, please contact the Section Secretary at
m.fasi@leeds.ac.uk.
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From: Iain Duff duff@cerfacs.fr
Date: February 21, 2025
Subject: Sparse Days at CERFACS. 2-3 June 2025
Registration is now open for this year's Annual Sparse Days meeting at
CERFACS in Toulouse, France on 2nd and 3rd June 2025. The website is
https://sparsedays.cerfacs.fr/en/home/.
The deadline for registering is 2nd May but it would greatly help our
planning if you could register well before that. Even today!
When you register, you should indicate whether you want to give a talk
and whether you want to attend our traditional conference dinner on the
evening of Monday 2nd June which will be held in the restaurant Au Gascon.
In addition to our core of numerical linear algebra, talks in optimization,
data assimilation, and scientific machine learning, for example are welcome.
The maximum length for the talk and questions is 30 minutes but you are
welcome to request a shorter slot. As usual we will not be having parallel
sessions so talk times are negotiable.
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From: Alberto Paganini admp1@le.ac.uk
Date: February 19, 2025
Subject: Workshop on Mathematical Methods for Wave Problems, Jun 25, Leicester
Dear all,
on Tuesday the 10th and Wednesday 11th of June 2025 the Research Group on
Scientific Computing and Geometry at the University of Leicester will host the
2-day workshop "Mathematical Methods for Wave Problems". All details are at
the following link:
https://sites.google.com/view/mathematical-methods-for-waves/home
This meeting will bring together researchers working on mathematical aspects
of wave problems to share expertise and explore possibilities for future
collaborations. The event will host six plenary talks by invited speakers and
contributed talks, with ample time for discussions. The workshop will also host
an IMA East Midlands Branch dinner event on the 10th of June at 7pm.
We look forward to meeting you in Leicester.
Best regards,
Alberto Paganini
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From: Angela Hühnerfuß angela.huehnerfuss@kit.edu
Date: February 20, 2025
Subject: 4 PhD positions in Computational and Data Science at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
KIT Graduate School Computational and Data Science (KCDS) is a graduate school at KIT Center MathSEE that offers an interdisciplinary training program for doctoral researchers in the field of model-driven and data-driven computational science.
We are offering two DAAD Graduate School Scholarships (for candidates with residency outside of Germany in the last 15 months, so especially for international candidates!) and two doctoral researcher positions (no restriction regarding residency).
Find out more and apply:
https://www.kcds.kit.edu/72.php
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From: Michael Dumbser michael.dumbser@unitn.it
Date: February 19, 2025
Subject: New MSc program in Environmental Meteorology and Climate Physics
The new Master of Science (MSc) in Environmental Meteorology and Climate Physics, a joint program of the Universities of Trento, Italy and Innsbruck, Austria, prepares qualified graduates for careers in different fields related to atmospheric and climate processes and their interactions with
environmental systems. Students will learn various approaches to the study of weather, climate, and the environment, encompassing experimental techniques, theoretical analysis and numerical simulations.
Link to the official course website:
https://corsi.unitn.it/en/environmental-meteorology-and-climate-physics
Link to the official documents for the open call:
https://corsi.unitn.it/sites/cds/files/2025-01/bando-ammissione-lm-env-meteo-climate-it-25-26.pdf
Link to the online application form:
https://webapps.unitn.it/Apply/en/Web/Home/master
Application deadline: 6th of March 2025, 12:00 CET.
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From: Fabrício Simeoni de Sousa fsimeoni@icmc.usp.br
Date: February 21, 2025
Subject: Postdoc opportunity in Computational Fluid Dynamics - University of Sao Paulo- Brazil
The Center for Mathematical Sciences Applied to Industry (CeMEAI), a Research, Innovation, and Dissemination Center based at the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of São Paulo (ICMC-USP) in São Carlos-SP, Brazil, offers a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the area of High-Performance CFD. The fellowship is for 12 months.
The aim is to develop preconditioners for iterative Krylov subspace methods, based on multiscale domain decomposition methods and their implementation in a high-performance computing environment for the direct numerical simulation of incompressible flow in porous media. Candidates must have obtained their Ph.D. within the last five years and should have authored at least two scientific articles on the subject. They must demonstrate experience in developing and implementing numerical methods in C and/or C++ for high-performance computational environments.
To apply, please email (PDF only) the following items to Prof. Dr. Fabricio S. Sousa (F.S.Sousa@usp.br) by 23/03/2025:
1. Letter of interest, including complete contact information, year of Ph.D. completion and contact information of 2 references;
2. Curriculum Vitae: Please indicate "Postdoc – Preconditioners" in the subject line of the email. The selected candidate will receive a Postdoctoral Fellowship funded by FAPESP of R$ 12,000.00 monthly. For more information, visit www.icmc.usp.br/~fsimeoni.
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From: Francisco Aparecido Rodrigues francisco@icmc.usp.br
Date: February 18, 2025
Subject: Postdoc position in Dynamic Networks at University of São Paulo - Brazil
12-month Postdoctoral Fellowship to study complex brain networks, based on brain imaging and electroencephalogram data, focusing on the analysis of patterns and signatures associated with altered states of consciousness. The project is part of the Research Center for Mathematical Sciences Applied to Industry (CeMEAI), a Research, Innovation, and Dissemination Center (CEPID) funded by FAPESP and hosted by ICMC-USP.
Candidates must have completed a PhD in Biology, Computer Science, or Computational Mathematics within the last 7 years. Selection criteria will include demonstrated research capability in electroencephalogram and functional magnetic resonance imaging data analysis, with a solid background in time series analysis and complex networks.
To apply, please send the following documents (PDF files only) by email to Professor Francisco Rodrigues at francisco@icmc.usp.br by 03/08/2025:
1. A letter of interest with complete contact information, graduation year, and a concise response addressing the research focus and criteria mentioned above.
2. Curriculum Vitae.
3. A cover letter including names and contact information of 3 references.
Please indicate “CEPID Postdoc” in the subject line of the email.
The position is open to both Brazilian and international candidates. The selected candidate will receive a FAPESP Postdoctoral Fellowship of R$ 12,000.00 per month, as well as a Technical Reserve equivalent to 10% of the annual fellowship amount to cover unforeseen expenses directly related to the research activity.
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From: Adrianna Gillman adrianna.gillman@colorado.edu
Date: February 14, 2025
Subject: Visiting Assistant Professor position at CU Boulder
The Applied Mathematics Department at CU Boulder has just posted a Visiting
Assistant Professor position that is renewable for up to 3 years. Additional
details can be found here: https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?
jobId=62145
Please share with anyone you think might be interested.
Adrianna Gillman
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From: Ali R. Soheili soheili@um.ac.ir
Date: February 16, 2025
Subject: Contents, Iranian J Numerical Analysis and Optimization, 15 (1)
We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of the Iranian
Journal of Numerical Analysis and Optimization (Volume 15, Issue 1,
March 2025) is now available online.
The Iranian Journal of Numerical Analysis and Optimization (IJNAO) is indexed in Scopus, has no page charges, and publishes original papers of high scientific
value in all areas of numerical analysis and optimization. All research articles accepted and published by IJNAO are immediately freely available online to read, download, and share, without any subscription charges or registration barriers.
Further information is available on the website: https://ijnao.um.ac.ir/
1. Global convergence of modified conjugate gradient methods with application in conditional model regression function,
C. Yacine; Abd Elhamid
2. Designing a sliding mode controller for a class of multi-controller COVID-19 disease model,
M. Gholami; S.M. Mirhosseini-Alizamini; A. Heydari
3. An approach of extrapolation methods for the solution of nonlinear Volterra–Fredholm integral equations of the second kind,
H. Safdari; M. Moradkhani; M.T. Dastjerdi
4. An analytical and numerical approach for the $(1+1)$-dimensional nonlinear Kolmogorov–Petrovskii–Piskunov equation,
A. Chand; J. Mohapatra
5. An efficient hybrid conjugate gradient method for unconstrained optimization and image restoration problems,
C. Souli; R. Ziadi; I. Lakhdari; A. Leulmi
6. Effect of demographic stochasticity in the persistence zone of a two-patch model with nonlinear harvesting,
D. Mondal; M. Sen; P.S. Mandal
7. Optimal control of water pollutant transmission by utilizing a combined Jacobi collocation method and mountain Gazelle algorithm,
A. Ebrahimzadeh; R. Khanduzi; R. Mirabbasi; E. Hashemizadeh
8. Smith chart-based particle swarm optimization algorithm for multi-objective engineering problems,
A. Falloun; Y. Dursun; A. Ait Madi
9. Stability of impulsive fractional stochastic integro-differential equations with state dependent delay and Poisson jumps by using Mainardi's function,
C. Mattuvarkuzhali; I. Silambarasan
10. Parameter-uniform numerical treatment of singularly perturbed parabolic delay differential equations with nonlocal boundary conditions,
W.S. Hailu; G.F. Duressa
11. Fitted tension spline method for singularly perturbed parabolic problem with a large temporal lag,
S.K. Tesfaye; T.G. Dinka; G.F. Duressa; M.M. Woldaregay
12. Analysis of the dynamics and optimal control of cutaneous Leishmania during human immigration,
H. Toufga; A. Sakkoum; L. Benahmadi; M. Lhous
13. Dynamical analysis of a nonlinear oscillator chain in the Peyrard–Bishop DNA model using residual power series and Laplace residual power series method,
D. Priyadarsini; P.K. Sahu; M. Routaray
14. Numerical simulation of nonlinear Li´enard's equation via Morgan–Voyce even Fibonacci neural network,
P. Rahimkhani; R. Moeti
15. Mathematical modeling and optimal control approaches for dengue,
M. Baroudi; H. Gourram; M. Alia; A. Labzai; M. Belam
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