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From: Ken Atkinson, Weimin Han, Florian Potra <atkinson@oak.math.uiowa.edu>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 14:49:26 -0600
Subject: Midwest NA Day
PRELIMINARY MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
We are considering whether to hold a Midwest Numerical Analysis Day. It
would be on Saturday, April 15 or 29, depending on the response we receive
to this message. If you are tentatively interested in attending such a
meeting, please send a message to
whan@math.uiowa.edu
We are interested in any suggestions you have regarding this meeting. Also,
please state if you would be willing to give a talk at such a meeting.
Please respond as soon as possible, so that we can know whether to go ahead
with our planning. If there is a sufficient response, we will post a
another announcement, giving further information.
The University of Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa. It is conveniently
reached by car on Interstate I-80, or by flying into the Cedar Rapids
airport, 20 miles to the north of Iowa City.
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From: Ulrich Ruede <ruede@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 17:15:17 +0100
Subject: Announcement of the GSCI Digest
Announcement of the GSCI Digest
GSCI is the monthly newsletter of the special interest group
'Scientific Computing' of the Deutsche Mathematikervereinigung (German
Mathematical Association). However, GSCI is of course completely open
to anyone who is interested in scientific computing.
GSCI will accept and and distribute information which is of interest to
the scientific computing community, including announcements of books
and papers, workshops and conferences, job opportunities, mathematical
software and tools. Unlike other newsletters (like NaNet, Wavelet
Digest, MgNet, Opt-Net, SIAM's SC-Net, etc) the scope of GSCI is
scientific computing in general, including mathematics, applications
and computer science. Like the Belgian SCME digest, GSCI focuses on
topics of regional (German) interest. It will therefore accept
contributions in English or in German.
To be included in the permanent distribution list (which will
replace the present preliminary one), please send a message to
scicomp@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Anyone interested, in particular also students and colleagues in
industry are invited to participate and subscribe to the GSCI digest.
If you have information which may be of interest to the
scientific computing community, please do not hesitate to send it to
the address given above.
Finally, please note that the German Scientific Computing Pages at URL
http://www5.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/sci-comp/home.html
provide a companion archive service in the World Wide Web,
including an archive of GSCI digests.
Uli Ruede
Institut fuer Informatik, Technische Universitaet,
D-80290 Muenchen, Germany, e-mail: ruede@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Tel: +49 89 21058238, Fax: +49 89 21052022
URL: http://www5.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/persons/ruede.html
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From: Igor Kaporin <kaporin@sci.kun.nl>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 95 18:42:01 +0100
Subject: Change of Address for I.Kaporin
Dear na-netters,
please note my new addresses (valid since 13 Jan 1995 till 1 Mar 1995):
Igor Kaporin
Department of Mathematics
University of Nijmegen
Toernooiveld 1
6525 ED Nijmegen
THE NETHERLANDS
Phone: 31.80.65.29.87
Fax: 31.80.65.21.40
E-mail: kaporin@sci.kun.nl
On my new addresses in Russia since 3 March 1995 I will inform later.
Sincerely, I.Kaporin
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From: John K. Prentice <john@quetzalcoatl.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 17:07:47 -0700
Subject: Collecting Information about Simulation Codes
I am writing a chapter on simulation tools for a book on computational
science (part of the D.O.E. CSEP project). This chapter deals with
the use of computer simulation codes for doing science. For example,
codes such as GAUSS, Spice, and DYNA. Part of the chapter will be
a survey of the simulation codes that are widely used in different
fields. Toward that end, I am collecting information from scientists
about what simulation codes they regularly use in their own research.
If you know of or use simulation codes in your research, I would much
appreciate a note about what code or codes you use. How do these
codes fit into your research and how important are they to your work?
Do they take the place of having to write your own simulation codes,
or merely supplement codes you develop yourself? Also, any information
about who produces the code and a contact name and phone number
(or e-mail address) would be very valuable. If you have information
about the codes I mentioned (GAUSS, Spice, and DYNA), I would appreciate
that too since I am not personally that familiar with them.
To clarify what I mean by simulation codes, I am thinking of codes
for modeling physical phenomena in a general way but targeted at
a specific field. For example, codes for doing general molecular
structure calculations, codes for modeling the structural response
of arbitrary solids (buildings, bridges, cars, whatever), or
codes for modeling groundwater flow. I am excluding from this
definition codes such as MATLAB, Maple, and Mathematica which
are not really physical simulation codes but rather general
mathematical tools.
Thanks!
John
John K. Prentice
Quetzal Computational Associates
3701 San Mateo N.E., Suite I, Albuquerque, NM 87110-1249 USA
Phone: 505-883-3706 E-mail: john@quetzalcoatl.com
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From: Kearfott R. Baker <rbk5287@interval.usl.edu>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 19:05:39 -0600
Subject: Some Bibliographies in Interval Computation
George Corliss has contributed several bibliographies of research papers
concerning various aspects of interval computations, as well as some related
Maple worksheets and technical reports, to the anonymous FTP site at:
interval.usl.edu
You are welcome to browse these. Please contact me at rbk@usl.edu if you
have any questions.
Sincerely,
R. Baker Kearfott, rbk@usl.edu (318) 482-5346 (fax)
(318) 482-5270 (work) (318) 981-9744 (home)
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From: Alexander Semenov <SEMENOV@iisnw.iis.nsk.su>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 14:22:37 NSK-7
Subject: UniCalc Solver
In the Russian Institute of Artificial Intelligence a mathematical
problem solver UniCalc is developed, based on a combination of
interval mathematics and an artificial intelligence field called
"constraint propagation". It is designed to handle arbitrary systems
of algebraic and algebraic-differential equations and inequalities,
possibly with imprecise or interval data. Important features of
UniCalc are that it does not require transforming the initial problem
to an another form more easy to solve and specifying an initial
approximation for systems of arbitrary complexity. UniCalc can handle
both real-valued and integer-valued problems, as well as problems
involving variables of both types. UniCalc is a multi-windowed
integrated environment including an editor, setup facilities, interval
graphics, symbolic differentiation subsystem, and a set of built-in
methods for solving differential equations.
The following types of problems can be solved with UniCalc: linear
and nonlinear systems of equations and inequalities, problems with
imprecise or interval data, integer-valued problems, optimization
problems, systems of differential and algebraic-differential
equations.
At present, versions of UniCalc have been implemented for IBM PC
compatible computers running MS DOS or MS Windows.
The demo-version of UniCalc (without graphics and differential
equations) for MS DOS is placed in the anonymous ftp area of site
ftp.rus.uni-stuttgart.de
in the directory
pub/systems/pc/windows/education
The software and additional information are compressed with:
PKZIP -P -R.
Please contact me if you have any questions or problems with UniCalc.
Alexander Semenov
Novosibirsk Division of
the Russian Research Institute of Artificial Intelligence
pr. Lavrent'eva 6, Novosibirsk, Russia, 630090
e-mail: semenov@iisnw.iis.nsk.su
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From: Levent Gurel <lgurel@ee.bilkent.edu.tr>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 18:02:14 +0200
Subject: YSMP and Sparse Solvers
(1) Is the Yale Sparse Matrix Package (YSMP) in public domain?
Pointers on how to obtain YSMP will be appreciated.
(2) Need a Fortran-callable solver (either iterative or direct) for
sparse, complex, double precision (COMPLEX*16), symmetric and
nonsymmetric systems. Any favorites that you would like to suggest?
Thank you for your help.
Levent GUREL, Ph.D. e-mail: gurel@ee.bilkent.edu.tr
Assistant Professor Work: (90) (312) 266-4307
Bilkent University Fax: (90) (312) 266-4126
Dept. of Electrical and Home: (90) (312) 266-4778
Electronics Eng.
TR-06533 Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey
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From: Jacques de Swart <Jacques.de.Swart@cwi.nl>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 16:05:35 +0100
Subject: Test Problems for ODEs and DAEs
Dear Colleagues,
A few weeks ago we posted a call for test problems for
testing new software for numerically solving IVPODEs
and IVPDAEs. Until now, 7 problems have been collected.
The test set has been made available by anonymous
ftp at the site ftp.cwi.nl in the directory pub/IVPtestset.
The directory contains Fortran 77 codes of several problems.
Drivers for the RADAU5 code by Hairer & Wanner are also
included. A paper describing the problems can be found in the
(compressed) file testset.ps.Z.
If you have any remarks, suggestions and/or other testproblems,
please write to one of the authors:
Jacques de Swart (jacques@cwi.nl)
Wolter van der Veen (wolter@cwi.nl)
Ben Sommeijer (bsom@cwi.nl)
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From: Allison Bogardo <bogardo@siam.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 95 15:09:02 EST
Subject: SIAM Student Paper Prizes
The annual SIAM Student Paper Prizes will be awarded during the
1995 SIAM Annual Meeting.
If you are a student or know of a student who would like to take
part in the competition, here are the details:
The authors of the three best papers in applied and computational
mathematics written by students and submitted to SIAM will be
invited to attend the 1995 annual meeting in Charlotte, North
Carolina, October 23-26. Each winner must present his/her paper
at the meeting and will receive a $750 cash award as well as
gratis registration for the meeting. Winners will be awarded
calligraphed certificates at a special prize ceremony at the
meeting. Papers must be singly authored and not previously
published or submitted for publication to be eligible for
consideration. To qualify, authors must be students in good
standing who have not received their PhDs at the time of
submission.
In submitting their work for publication, authors are asked to
consider SIAM journals.
Submissions must be received by SIAM on or before June 15, 1995.
Submissions, which must be in English, can be sent by regular
mail or fax. Each submission must include (1) an extended
abstract NOT LONGER THAN 5 PAGES (including bibliography); (2)
the complete paper, which will be used solely for clarification
of any questions; (3) a statement by the student's faculty
advisor that the paper has been prepared by the author indicated
and that the author is a student in good standing; (4) a letter
by the student's faculty advisor describing and evaluating the
paper's contribution; and (5) a short biography of the student.
Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, and
quality of exposition.
The winners will be notified by September 1, 1995.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Allison Bogardo
SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688
Telephone: (215) 382-9800
E-mail to bogardo@siam.org
Fax to (215) 386-7999
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From: Allison Bogardo <bogardo@siam.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 95 15:24:57 EST
Subject: EPA Graduate Student Fellowships
1995 Graduate Student Fellowships
Sponsored by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites
applications for graduate fellowships in academic disciplines at
the forefront of environmental science and technology: the
physical, biological, and social sciences; mathematics and
computer science; and engineering. These fellowships are
intended to help defray costs associated with advanced
environmentally-oriented study leading to the masters or doctoral
degree. EPA expects to award approximately 100 new multi-year
graduate fellowships in 1995.
BACKGROUND
The mission of the EPA is to provide leadership in the nation's
environmental science, research, education, and assessment
efforts; make sound regulatory and program decisions; and carry
out effective programs and policies to improve and preserve the
quality of the national and global environment. Science and
technology are central to virtually every aspect of environmental
protection and seem certain to take on progressively greater
importance during the foreseeable future.
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must be citizens of the United States or its
territories or possessions, or lawfully admitted to the United
States for permanent residence.
EPA graduate fellowships are intended for students already
enrolled into a full-time graduate program at an accredited U.S.
college or university.
Women, minorities, and disabled students who are pursuing
graduate degrees in one of the eligible fields are especially
encouraged to apply.
TENURE
The term of a graduate fellowship is negotiated with students and
ordinarily covers a period of 9 to 12 months for each fellowship
year; funds for unutilized months are forfeited. Students
seeking a masters degree are supported for a maximum period of
two years; students seeking doctoral degrees are supported for a
maximum period of three years.
STIPENDS AND ALLOWANCES
The Graduate Fellowship Program provides up to $34,000 per year
of support. A maximum of $68,000 will be provided for masters
fellows (2 years) while doctoral fellows can receive up to
$102,000 in support (3 years). Individuals accepting this
support may not concurrently hold other Federal scholarships,
fellowships, or traineeships. The $34,000 annual support covers
stipend, tuition, and expenses as follows:
Stipends during 1995-96 will be $17,000 for 12-month
tenures and prorated monthly at a maximum of $1,417
for shorter periods. Stipends are paid directly to
the Fellow. At its discretion, each fellowship
institution may supplement a Fellow's stipend from
institutional funds in accordance with the supple-
mentation policy of the fellowship institution.
Tuition support will be up to $12,000 per year,
depending upon the policies of the fellowship
institution, paid directly to the institution.
An expense allowance of up to $5,000 (paid to the
institution) will be provided for the direct benefit
of the Fellow, e.g., for health insurance, books,
supplies, and travel to scientific meetings.
EVALUATION AND SELECTION
Each applicant will be evaluated in terms of his/her potential
for successful graduate study, as evidenced by academic records,
faculty recommendations, and career goals and objectives.
Applicants pursuing a masters degree will be evaluated further on
their outlined plan of study and/or proposed thesis research.
Applicants pursuing the doctoral degree will be evaluated further
on the technical merit of their plan of proposed dissertation
research and its relevance to the EPA mission. Panels of
scientists, mathematicians, and engineers selected by EPA will
perform the reviews.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested students may request an initial application from the
following sources:
Campus offices of Graduate Deans, Deans of Mathematics,
Science, and Engineering Departments, and Multi/Inter-
disciplinary Studies
or
Virginia E. Broadway
Attn: Graduate Fellowships
Office of Exploratory Research (8703)
Room 3102, NEM
401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20460
E-mail: broadway.virginia@epamail.epa.gov
Fax: 202-260-0211
DEADLINE
Deadline for receipt of application is FEBRUARY 13, 1995.
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From: Heloisa Helena Marino Silva <HSILVA@nimitz.ibilce.unesp.br>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 16:20:01 GMT-03
Subject: Conference on Computational and Applied Mathematics
First Announcement
XVIII CNMAC-
CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS
To be held at
THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANA AT CURITIBA - BRAZIL
Monday 28 August - Friday 1 September, 1995
The CNMAC is a national conference in the area of Computational and
Applied Mathematics organized by the Brazilian Society of Computational
and Applied Mathematics (SBMAC). This conference brings together every year
about 700 participants amongst researchers and students. The aim of
the conference is to present and discuss the new scientific and technological
developments in related areas of Computational and Applied Mathematics.
The conference will consist of invited lectures from brazilians and
foreigns researchers together with contributed papers, undergraduate
minicourses and workshops.
CALL FOR PAPERS: Persons wishing to contribute a paper for consideration
at the conference should send a copy of an extended resume, with
identification of the author(s), and 2 copies of complete work (or Technical
Report in case the work has not been published yet), without identification
of the author(s), to:
SECRETARIA EXECUTIVA DA SBMAC - RJ
Rua Lauro Muller, 455, Botafogo
CEP 22290-160, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
BRASIL
Phone: (021) 541.21.32 XT: 116
e-mail: sbmac@brlncc.bitnet
no later than April 15, 1995.
THE EXTENDED RESUME SHOULD HAVE:
. A maximum of 5 pages in A4 format, typed using single spacing, including
figures and references;
. Margins of 2,54 cm at all edges;
. A simple column of type pich 12;
. All pages should be numbered overleaf, with pencil.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Departamento de Matematica
CP 19081
CEP 881531-990
Curitiba-PR-BRASIL
Phone: (041) 366.23.23 XT 126/141
FAX: (041) 267.42.36
e-mail: rsbmac@inf.ufpr.br
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From: mgkurs@gmd.de (Barbara Steckel)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 12:40:44 +0100
Subject: Multigrid Course 1995
GMD - Multigrid Course 1995
April 24 - 28, 1995
Bad Honnef near Bonn, Germany
The GMD (The German National Research Center for Computer Science)
will give a multigrid course on April 24 - 28, 1995 at Bad Honnef near Bonn,
Germany.
The principal lecturer is Professor Achi Brandt from the Weizmann
Institute, Rehovot, Israel, one of the pioneers of multigrid.
The other lecturers are members of the GMD multigrid research group.
The topics of this course will cover the basic principles of
multigrid, recent developments and applications.
The main scope of the course is to provide with an understanding of multigrid.
The visitor will, at the end of the course, be able to write a multigrid
program for model problems. Additionally, the course will supply with an
overview of multigrid application and recent research activities.
The course is especially designed for all those which have to solve partial
differential equations in practice.
For scalar linear elliptic model problems the efficiency of multigrid
algorithms was established at the very beginning of multigrid research.
These methods turned out to be the most efficient techniques for
solving elliptic partial differential equations. The theory states that
a multigrid solution is generally obtained in a time directly proportional
to the number of unknowns on serial computers.
The inherent locality of the multigrid components allows a very efficient
parallelization with nearly optimal speed up.
Multigrid, or more general multilevel computational methods
have evolved into an independent discipline by itself,
interacting with numerous engineering application areas and impacting
fundamental developments in several sciences. The recent past
shows an increased development of multilevel solvers for various areas,
including: aerodynamics, atmospheric and oceanic research, structural
mechanics, quantum mechanics and VLSI-Design.
For further information, please contact:
Barbara Steckel, Wolfgang Joppich
Gesellschaft fuer Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (GMD)
Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing
Schloss Birlinghoven
53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany
Phone: (0)2241 14 2768 or - 2748
Fax: (0)2241 14 2460
E-mail: mgkurs@gmd.de
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From: Petr Prikryl <PRIKRYL@earn.cvut.cz>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 95 20:56:29 MET
Subject: I. Babuska Prize Awarded
I. BABUSKA PRIZE AWARDED
In December 1994, the Czech Association for Mechanics and the
Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists first time awarded
the I. Babuska Prize for the best work in computer science
submitted by students and young scientists.
The Prize winner for 1994 is Dr Jan Chleboun from the
Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech
Republic in Prague. The work honored was his paper Hybrid
variational formulation of an elliptic state equation applied to
an optimal shape problem published in Kybernetika 29 (1993),
231--248, and his research report Primal hybrid formulation of
an elliptic equation in smooth optimal shape problems written
jointly with Dr R. M\"akinen from the University of
Jyv\"askyl\"a (Finland).
At the same time, two diplomas of honor were delivered to
Jaroslav Kruis from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the
Czech Technical University in Prague for his diploma work
Solution of plate constructions by the $p$-version of the finite
element method and to Milan Sedlar from the Research Institute
of Pumps in Olomouc for his thesis Numerical solution of
incompressible viscous fluid in parts of a hydraulic machine by
the finite element method.
The prize as well as the diplomas will be awarded every year and
they are connected with a financial support.
The prize was established by an outstanding Czech mathematician
Ivo Babuska. He was born in Prague in 1926 and after
graduating from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech
Technical University in Prague he started his work in the
Mathematical Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.
He was appointed professor at the Charles University in Prague
in 1968 and since fall 1968 he has been working at the
University of Maryland, College Park, MD (U.S.A.) where he was
appointed professor.
His scientific work is focused on numerical and applied
mathematics and computational mechanics, and their use in
practice. His results in the finite element method belong to
the fundamentals of the method. He is the author of several
monographs and has initiated several famous scientific meetings
both in Europe and the United States. He established the
journal Applications of Mathematics (formerly Aplikace
matematiky) in 1956. Last year he was awarded the G. Birkhoff
Medal. He was also awarded the degree of Doctor of Science
Honoris Causa by the University of Westminster in London in
1994.
Karel Segeth
segeth@earn.cvut.cz
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From: Petr Prikryl <PRIKRYL@earn.cvut.cz>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 95 21:01:18 MET
Subject: Prague Mathematical Conference 1996
PRAGUE MATHEMATICAL CONFERENCE 1996
in honor of the 70th birthdays of
Ivo Babuska, Miroslav Fiedler, Jaroslav Kurzweil, and Vlastimil
Ptak,
to be held in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 8 -- 12, 1996
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT
The Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Sciences, the
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University,
the Institute of Computer Science of the Academy of Sciences and
the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists, in cooperation
with the Patriae Foundation, will organize a Prague Mathematical
Conference in July 1996.
The aim of the conference is to bring together people from
different disciplines who work in the fields of ordinary and
partial differential equations, linear algebra, and functional
analysis and people who are interested in the numerical
treatment of problems from these fields and their applications.
Invited lectures will be given in honor of Professor Ivo
Babuska, Professor Miroslav Fiedler, Professor Jaroslav
Kurzweil, and Professor Vlastimil Ptak, who laid the foundations
of several branches of modern mathematics, on the occasion of
their 70th birthdays.
The five-day program will consist of invited lectures, short
communications in parallel sessions, and poster sessions. The
Organizing Committee headed by K. Segeth will distribute further
information in the spring of 1995.
Contact address:
Prague Mathematical Conference 1996, Mathematical Institute of
the Academy of Sciences, Zitna 25, CZ-115 67 Praha 1, Czech
Republic
Phone: (+42 2) 2421 3973 Fax: (+42 2) 2422 7633
E-mail: pmc96@earn.cvut.cz
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From: Gradimir V. Milovanovic <milovanovic@iprvs1.univ-pau.fr>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 23:19:07 EST
Subject: New Journal, Yugoslav Journal of Operations Research
YUGOSLAV JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH -- YUJOR
An international journal dealing with theoretical and computational aspects
of operations reseach, systems science and management science.
YUJOR is published semiannually, two numbers in one volume, approximately
150 pages per issue, i.e., 300 pages per volume
Editors: J. Petric, R. Petrovic and J. Vuleta
Aims & Scope
YUJOR publishes refereed papers describing significant results in OR,
systems and management sciences, whether theoretical or empirical,
mathematical or descriptive. The international editorial board particularly
welcomes manuscripts devoted to applications involving novel ideas and
relations with future information technologies.
YUJOR publishes contributed papers, survey papers, tutorial exposition
and technical notes. The Journal also has papers devoted to book reviews,
calendars of the forthcoming events and short messages about the related
activities in the professional fields.
A selection of papers from Volumes 1-4/1991-1994
S. ZLOBEC: Characterizing Optimality in Nonconvex Optimization,
Vol.1 (1991) 3-14.
P. HANSEN, and N. MLADENOVIC: A Comparison of Algorithms for the Maximum
Clique Problem, Vol.2 (1992) 3-11.
V. BURKOV, and M. RUBINSTEIN: Combinatorial Methods for Portional Resource
Distribution, Vol.2 (1992) 13-32.
E. JOHNSON, and G. NEMHAUSER: Recent Developments and Future Directions in
Mathematical Programming, Vol.2 (1992) 143-162.
C. PAPPIS, and G. ADAMOPOULOS: Scheduling Under the Due Date Criterion
with Varying Penalties for Lateness, Vol.3 (1993) 189-198.
B. PAPATHANASSIOU, and F. N. PAVLIDOU: Optimal Location of Production Centers,
Interconnected Materials and Products Allocation, Vol.4 (1994) 19-26.
Subscription information
Price per volume 60 USD for Volumes 1-4, 1991-1994, YU ISSN 0354-0243,
in 2 issues, postage/handling included. For subscriptions or for a free
sample copy kindly contact
YUJOR Editorial Office
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
11000 Belgrade, Jove Ilica 154, Yugoslavia
Tel + 38111-465855 Fax +38111-461221
E-mail: petric@fon.fon.bg.ac.yu
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From: Jens Burmeister <jb@informatik.uni-kiel.d400.de>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 11:30:01 +0100
Subject: 11th GAMM Seminar Kiel
Dear colleagues,
if you are interested in the programme of the
11th GAMM-Seminar Kiel
Numerical Treatment of Coupled Systems
January 20th to 22nd, 1995,
Kiel, Germany,
(Chairmanship: W. Hackbusch (Kiel, Germany), G.Wittum (Stuttgart))
please send a short message to jb@informatik.uni-kiel.d400.de .
Greetings from Kiel, Jens Burmeister
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From: Jack Dongarra <dongarra@cs.utk.edu>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 09:09:46 -0500
Subject: Templates Workshop
WORKSHOP CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
TEMPLATES: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR PORTABLE PARALLEL APPLICATIONS
February 6, 1995
FRONTIERS '95
The Fifth Symposium on the Frontiers of Massively Parallel Computing
sponsored by the IEEE
McLean Hilton, McLean, VA
ORGANIZED BY:
Jack Dongarra/Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville
Robert Ferraro/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Geoffrey Fox/Syracuse Univ.
WORKSHOP THEME
The term "Templates" has recently gained attention in the parallel
processing community, yet is an evolving concept with several definitions.
The primary motivation for constructing templates is to rapidly infuse
into common usage state-of-the-art algorithms in a form which can be
adapted to specific application requirements. This implies that the
template retains the desired numerical properties but is cast in a form
which is independent of parallel architecture, data layout, and programming
language. Many users would like to see templates go beyond pseudo-code,
which can be found in textbooks and research papers, to become objects
which are directly compilable on multiple architectures. This workshop will
explore the issues involved in constructing an algorithm template which is
portable, scalable, and adaptable to application requirements, yet retains
the numerical properties which make the algorithm desirable in the first
place.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The success of this workshop will depend on the participation of a mix of
scientists who write parallel applications, parallel numerical algorithms
researchers, and parallel programming environments researchers. Persons from
these communities with an interest in portability, pedagogy, and maximizing
reusability of parallel algorithms are invited to attend. Computational
scientists are particularly encouraged to voice their requirements.
AGENDA
This is a half-day workshop in conjunction with Frontiers '95, consisting
of invited presentations and an open discussion among all participants.
To properly explore the workshop theme, the organizers have invited experts
in certain topics to address the problems applications writers face in
1) constructing portable parallel applications, 2) using "state of the art"
parallel algorithms, and 3) reusing "state of the art" numerical methods
developed by others or for different applications. The invited presentations
are:
Traditional Libraries Lennart Johnsson Harvard U & Thinking Machines Corp.
Benchmarks/Kernels Tony Hey University of Southampton
Algorithm Templates James Demmel UC Berkeley
Class Libraries Roldan Pozo NIST
Archetypes Dan Meiron Caltech
REGISTRATION
The facilities will limit attendance to approximately 60 participants, so
advanced registration for the workshop is required. To register for this
workshop, send email to
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Also, be sure to check the Templates Workshop on your Frontiers '95
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or via anonymous FTP at
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There is no additional fee for registering for the Templates Workshop.
So advance register for the Templates Workshop, and Frontiers '95 today!
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From: R. G. Anisko <abushuma@bettis.gov>
Date: Jan 9,1995
Subject: Position at Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory
We have a position at Bettis for a creative mathematician or numerical
analyst with a strong potential and a strong background in computational
methods (Iterative Methods) for very large linear and non-linear systems.
The candidate should have experience in preconditioned conjugate gradient
methods, multigrid methods, or domain decomposition methods. The candidate
should also be able to interact well with others and will participate in
developing and applying state-of-the-art methods for effective solution of
large problems on advanced computer architectures.
We currently have state-of-the-art supercomputers and are investigating
the next generation.
The Mathematics Section at Bettis currently has two numerical analysts
and over 40 programers, some with Ph.D.'s. The position is for a
numerical analyst with a PH.D. Our numerical analysts provide mathematical
consultation and needed support to our programing groups and to various
engineers and scientists in the Laboratory. They also develop numerical
methods and computational algorithms to solve practical problems in
the nuclear, structural, fluid flow and other areas. We are looking for the
best recent Ph.D. we can find who would match these needs.
Bettis is a national laboratory operated by Westinghouse for the U.S.
Department of Energy. We are 10 miles from downtown Pittsburgh, PA.
Bettis is an equal opportunity employer.
U.S. Citizenship is required.
The potential candidate may call Bob Anisko (800-296-5002 ext. 5723).
Please send or Fax resume (FAX 412-476-6466) to the following address:
Mr. R. G. ANISKO
Bettis Atomic Power Laboratoy
P. O. Box 79, ZAP 22A
W. Mifflin, PA 15122-0079
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From: Tim Kelley <Tim_Kelley@ncsu.edu>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 95 08:10:46 EST
Subject: Position at NC State University
North Carolina State University
Department of Mathematics
The Department of Mathematics at North Carolina State University
expects to make an faculty appointment at the level of assistant
professor or higher in computational fluid dynamics
starting July 1, 1995 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Applicants for a junior level position should have research
experience beyond the Ph. D. Applicants for a senior position
should have an outstanding research record and a well established
research program.
The intellectual climate for applied mathematics and
numerical analysis at NCSU is lively and challenging. Our group
consists of over thirty faculty members (within a Department of
over sixty faculty) and many graduate students and
postdocs.
The group has research programs in biomathematics, differential algebraic
equations, integral equations, numerical linear algebra, numerical
optimization/nonlinear equations, ordinary and partial differential
equations, control, and parallel computing.
The successful applicant will have the opportunity to interact with
active groups in control of fluids, simulation of granular flow,
and flow through porous media, and to become a member of the
Center for Research in Scientific Computation which facilitates
interaction between the faculty in the Mathematics Department and
other research institutions and industry.
Faculty in the NCSU Mathematics Department have access to the high
performance computing and visualization facilities at the North
Carolina Supercomputing Program.
Applicants should send a vita and have three letters of recommendation
sent to
C. T. Kelley
Department of Mathematics, Box 8205,
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8205.
Phone: 919-515-7163.
FAX: 919-515-3798.
E-mail: Tim_Kelley@ncsu.edu
North Carolina State University is an equal opportunity and
affirmative action employer. In its commitment to diversity and
equity, North Carolina State University seeks applications from
women, minorities, and the disabled.
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From: Shirley Day <Shirley.Day@comlab.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 08:41:01
Subject: Position at Oxford University
Oxford Parallel Research Officer
Oxford University Computing Laboratory consists of three main groups,
the Programming Research Group, the Numerical Analysis Group and
Oxford Parallel. It is a full academic department of the University and
at the present time there are twenty-seven academic staff, forty-five
research officers and sixty-five doctoral students, engaged in teaching
and carrying out research in computing science and numerical analysis.
Oxford Parallel, the Parallel Applications Centre of the University of
Oxford, has developed a parallel time domain electromagnetic code
which is capable of delivering broadband RCS predictions on
unstructured meshes for scatterers with complex geometries and is about
to begin new work aimed at improving the handling of boundary
conditions in such problems.
We seek someone with strong mathematical ability and some experience
in one or more of the following areas:
* electromagnetic computations
* numerical solution of pde's
* finite element or finite volume methods on unstructured
tetrahedral meshes
* absorbing boundary conditions.
The ideal candidate will already be a good Fortran programmer with
experience of parallel programming, but we will provide training in
these aspects if necessary.
We seek a Research Officer, preferably with a PhD or MSc in some
aspect of computation, who is able to express the fruits of their research
in practical form.
Salary be on the experience related RS1A scale, currently #13,941 to
#20,953 per annum.
Applications, stating the post being applied for, should be in the form of
a full curriculum vitae together with the names of two referees. They
should be sent to arrive before the closing date of 25th January 1995, to:
The Administrator, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Wolfson
Building, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QD.
Oxford University is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
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From: Y. F. Hu <Y.F.Hu@dl.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 11:52:35 GMT
Subject: Positions at Daresbury Laboratory, UK
Vacancies: Computational Scientists and Engineers
Daresbury Laboratory, DRAL, Warrington, UK.
The Theory and Computational Science Division at Daresbury Laboratory has
vacancies for three computational scientists/engineers to work in the areas of
- Chemical Reactions and Energy Exchange Processes
- Combustion Modelling using direct simulations and detailed chemical kinetics
- Large Eddy Simulation in complex geometries
The Laboratory has a world-wide reputation in the scientific application of
novel architecture computing, operating a UNIX network with local access to
Intel iPSC/860-64 and Meiko CS1-10 parallel processors, IBM and HP workstation
clusters with Ethernet, FDDI and ATM local area networks, and advanced
workstations including IBM, Silicon Graphics, DEC and SUN.
The successful candidates will work within consortia set up to exploit the
256-processor CRAY T3D computer recently installed at the University of
Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre as part of the national
High Performance Computing Initiative. They will be responsible for the optimal
implementation of computer codes, mainly written in the Fortran-77 language,
and parallelisation of codes belonging to the consortia for the T3D.
This will involve working with other consortium
members based at leading University sites
and also support staff at Daresbury and EPCC.
Candidates should have a good degree in either the physical sciences, engineering,
mathematics or computer science, and
preferably a Ph.D. in a subject related to one of the above areas or in
molecular electronic structure theory.
Experience of working with large-scale computer codes,
preferably on parallel UNIX systems, would be an advantage. A knowledge
of PVM, MPI, C, C++, Fortran-90 or HPF is desirable.
These post-doctoral appointments will be made at the Higher Scientific Officer
level for a period of two years on a performance-related salary scale
starting at 13,025 pounds to
18,911 poundsdepending on experience and qualifications. There is a non-
contributory superannuation scheme, a generous leave allowance and
a flexible working hours scheme. The possibility for job extension or
permanent recruitment exist at the end of the fixed term.
Further information can be obtained from Dr. R. J. Allan on 0925 603207
or Dr. D. R. Emerson on 0925 603221.
Application forms quoting reference DL303 may be obtained from the Personnel
Officer, Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, WA4 4AD, telephone 0925 603467
(24 hour answering service).
Closing date: 13/1/1994
In view of the urgency of the closing date please e-mail CV and application
letter to either r.j.allan@dl.ac.uk or d.r.emerson@dl.ac.uk. Please indicate
which if the three areas you would like to work in. The deadline may
be slightly extended due to the Christmas period.
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From: Sherry Tellam <Sherry.Tellam@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 11:44:44 PST
Subject: Position at Stanford University
Applicants may contact Professor Peter W. Glynn via email at:
glynn@leland.stanford.edu
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (RESEARCH)
Department of Operations Research
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
The Department of Operations Research, Stanford University, is
seeking applications for the position of Associate Professor
(Research) in connection with modeling and algorithm development work
in the Systems Optimization Laboratory. The successful candidate
will collaborate with a small group conducting research on planning
under uncertainty. The appointment may be held for a period of up to
six years, depending on performance and the availability of research
funding. This is a non-tenure track, externally-funded position,
which is not renewable. Initial external funding to support this
position is in place at the moment.
Applicants should display excellence in research through publications
in the stochastic mathematical programming area. In addition, they should
possess extensive experience in modeling and the implementation of
large-scale algorithms.
Letters of application and resumes should be addressed to:
Chairman
SOL Search Committee
Department of Operations Research
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4022
The deadline for receipt of applications is May 1, 1995. Stanford
University is an affirmative action / equal opportunity employer
and especially welcomes applications from women and minorities.
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From: J. C. Mason <SCOMJCM@pegasus.hud.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 11:44:12 +0000
Subject: Graduate Study in Scientific Computing at Huddersfield, UK
HUDDERSFIELD MSc in SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING - IMMEDIATE VACANCIES
Funding is anticipated for a number of UK and European full-time
students able to start a one-year MSc in Scientific Computing in the
period Jan 23- Feb 6 , 1995 at University of Huddersfield, England.
Applicants need a first degree in a numerate discipline and some
programming experience.
The course involves 8 modules and a project/dissertation. Planned
modules are:
Numerical computing, Data approximation, Finite elements,
Software design, Software engineering approach, Computer graphics,
and a choice of 2 from
Neural networks, Formal specification of software,
Human computer interaction, Languages for artificial intelligence.
Those interested and available should immediately phone
Sue Forrester on 44+(0)484-472049 or John Mason on 44+(0)484-472680 ,
or Email to j.c.mason@hud.ac.uk
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From: Baltzer Science Publishers <publish@baltzer.nl>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 15:33:35 +0100
Subject: Contents, Advances in Computational Mathematics
Contents:
Advances in Computational Mathematics, Volume 2, No. III-IV, 1994 and
Volume 3, No. I-II, 1995 ISSN 1019 7168 Editors-in-Chief: John C. Mason &
Charles A. Micchelli
Contents Volume 2, No. III, 1994
pp 261-277: A parallel implementation of the restarted GMRES iterative
algorithm for nonsymmetric systems of linear equations
R. Dias da Cunha and T. Hopkins
pp 279-317: Time-marching numerical schemes for the electric field integral
equation on a straight thin wire
P.J. Davies and D.B. Duncan
pp 319-341: Acceleration property for the E-algorithm and an application to
the summation of series
M. Privost
pp 343-355: Hankel operators and best Hankel approximation on the half-plane
X. Li
Contents Volume 2, No.IV, 1994
pp 357-373: Parallel globally adaptive quadrature on the KSR-1
J.M. Bull and T.L. Freeman
pp 375-391: A planar minimax algorithm for analysis of co-ordinate measurements
D. Zwick
pp 393-405: The solution of orthogonal Procrustes problems for a family of
orthogonally invariant norms
G.A. Watson
pp 407-436: Numerical methods for eighth-, tenth- and twelfth-order
eigenvalue problems arising in thermal instability
E.H. Twizell, A. Boutayeb and K. Djidjeli
pp 437-459: Convexity of parametric Bezier surfaces in terms of Gaussian
curvature signatures
Z. Cheng and C.K. Chui
pp 461-477: A general extrapolation procedure revisited
C. Brezinski and M. Redivo-Zaglia
pp 479-491: On local and global sigma-pi neural networks. A common link
B. Lenze
Contents Volume 3, No. I-II, 1995
pp1-22: Two-scale symbol and autocorrelation symbol for B-splines with
multiple knots
G. Plonka
pp 23-40: Perturbed collocation and symplectic RKN methods
G. Ramaswami
pp 41-58: An algebraic approach to approximate evaluation of a polynomial
on a set of real points
V.Y. Pan
pp 59-88: An introduction to second degree forms
P. Maroni
pp 89-100: A unified approach to B-spline recursions and knot insertion,
with application to new recursion formulas
G. Walz
pp 101-113: A mixed finite element for the Stokes problem using
quadrilateral elements
M. Farhloul and M. Fortin
pp 115-135: Evaluation of a boundary integral representation for the
conformal mapping of the unit disk onto a simply-connected domain
S.N. Chandler-Wilde, J. Levesley and D.M. Hough
pp 137-145: Characterization of compactly supported refinable splines
W. Lawton, S.L. Lee and Z. Shen
pp 147-170: Curve design with rational Pythagorean-hodograph curves
H. Pottmann
Submissions of articles and proposals for special issues are to be
addressed to the Editors-in-Chief:
John C. Mason
Applied & Computational Mathematics Group, Royal Military College of
Science (Cranfield University) Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8LA, England
E-mail: mason@rmcs.cran.ac.uk
or
Charles A. Micchelli
Mathematical Sciences Department
IBM Research Center
P.O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA E-mail: cam@yktvmz.bitnet
Requests for FREE SPECIMEN copies and orders for Advances in Computational
Mathematics are to be sent to: E-mail: publish@baltzer.nl
Baltzer Science Publishers
Asterweg 1A
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The Netherlands
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fax. +31 - 20 - 6323651
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