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From: Nick Trefethen <lnt@comlab.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 13:17:58 GMT
Subject: 100-digit Challenge Deadline May 20
I'd like to remind NA-Digest readers that the deadline for entries in
the SIAM News "Hundred-dollar, hundred-digit challenge" is Monday, May 20.
See http://www.siam.org/siamnews/01-02/challenge.pdf for details.
Nick Trefethen
Hint. The correct digits are 56403899311367472691912742241578531
42257191239544746342078343703837583797932367495263306868621433534.
(Not in this order.)
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From: Malcolm Bibby <bibby@attbi.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 09:42:22 -0400
Subject: Help with Evaluation of Green's Function
Dear all.
The free-space Green's function is an important component of much
electromagnetic theory. Its definition is G=exp(-jkr)/r, where r=sqrt(x**2
+ c**2) and k=2*pi/wavelength, which immediately reveals that it has a
potential singularity at x=0, c=0. This obviously causes problems, in
particular as it is usually found inside a double integral. When
integrating G, one way around the problem is to "regularize" G by
subtracting a 1/r term. This latter term is then resolved analytically.
However such an approach has a big problem (which is usually ignored) in
that the regularized portion of G does not rigorously satisfy the
requirements of most, if not all, integration formulae. This is so because
it is not 'smooth' - it does not have well defined, finite, high-order
derivatives.
To solve this problem, I have expanded G in a Taylor/Maclaurin series and
integrated term-by-term. So far, no problem. However, there is no real
way of knowing the accuracy of the result, as there is no analytical answer!
There are analytical answers to the integral of (x**n)*G, when n=1,3,5,7...
When the term-by-term approach is applied to these functions (and they have
value in their own right), and the answers are compared to the analytical
results, two findings emerge: 1) accuracy deteriorates as n increases and
2) the errors get worse as the upper limit of integration decreases ( the
lower limit is usually zero). This latter observation is very disturbing
as practical application often requires this.
I have applied all the "best practice" techniques that I am aware of, but I
must be missing something. It would be very helpful to me if someone
could point me to book/paper references that discuss techniques for
computing series summations accurately.
Many thanks for your interest.
Malcolm M Bibby, bibby@attbi.com
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From: Zhongxiao Jia <jiazx@tsinghua.edu.cn>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:04:36 +0800
Subject: Change of Address for Zhongxiao Jia
Dear friends and colleagues:
I have recently moved to a new place. My new contacting address is
Professor Zhongxiao Jia
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Tsinghua University
Beijing 100084
People's Republic of China
Email: zjia@math.tsinghua.edu.cn
jiazx@tsinghua.edu.cn
Thanks for your attention!
Zhongxiao Jia
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From: Peter Benner <benner@math.TU-Berlin.DE>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 19:38:02 +0200
Subject: Change of Address for Peter Benner
Dear colleagues,
As of April 1, I have taken up a new position at the Technical
University of Berlin. My new contact information is
Peter Benner
Institut f. Mathematik, MA 4-5
TU Berlin
Strasse des 17. Juni 136
D-10623 Berlin
Germany
Phone : +49-30-314-28035
Fax : +49-30-314-79706
E-mail: benner@math.tu-berlin.de
URI : http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/~benner
Best wishes,
Peter Benner
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From: Nick Gould <n.gould@rl.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 15:51:55 +0100
Subject: GALAHAD, Software for Large-Scale Nonlinear Optimization
GALAHAD V1.0
We are pleased to announce the release of GALAHAD V1.0, a library
of thread-safe Fortran 90 packages for large-scale nonlinear
optimization. GALAHAD includes two packages for nonconvex quadratic
programming (one being interior-point based, the other is of the
active/working set variety), a quadratic programming preprocessing
package, an updated version of LANCELOT, and a number of other
subsidiary optimization-related tools. Full PostScript and PDF
documentation is included, as are installation scripts for a variety
of Unix-like platforms. In addition, interfaces between the major
GALAHAD packages and the CUTEr (http://cuter.rl.ac.uk/cuter-www/)
test-set are provided. See the WWW page
http://galahad.rl.ac.uk/galahad-www/
for more details.
Nick Gould (n.gould@rl.ac.uk, RAL)
Dominique Orban (orban@ece.northwestern.edu, Northwestern)
Philippe Toint (philippe.toint@fundp.ac.be, U. Namur)
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From: Janos Pinter <jdpinter@hfx.eastlink.ca>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:50:11 -0300
Subject: MathOptimizer Software for Mathematica
MathOptimizer
An Advanced Modeling and Optimization System for Mathematica Users
Technical Summary
Mathematica (www.wri.com) offers a sophisticated, fully integrated
environment for scientific and technical computing.
MathOptimizer is a native Mathematica product that enables the global and
local (numerical) solution of a very general class of optimization problems
defined by a finite number of functions over a finite n-dimensional
interval region. Formally, the model type considered is
min f(x) (objective function)
g(x) <= 0 (inequality constraint functions)
h(x) = 0 (equality constraint functions)
xl <= x <= xu (finite bound constraints)
By assumption, all arguments are real-valued; all functions are real-valued
and continuous.
A special emphasis is placed upon nonlinear models, including those that
have a - typically unknown - number of local optima. Nonlinear and global
optimization problems are ubiquitous in the sciences, engineering, and
economics. Several prominent examples are systems of nonlinear equations
and inequalities, nonlinear regression, forecasting models, data
classification, minimal energy models, various packing problems, risk
management and other stochastic decision problems, and the design and
operation of 'black box' engineering systems (possibly defined by a
complicated, numerically intensive procedure).
MathOptimizer currently consists of two core solver packages and a solver
integrator package. One of the solvers serves for (in practice, typically
approximate) global optimization on a given interval range, in the possible
presence of added constraints. This package is based on an efficient
adaptive stochastic search procedure. The second solver package is based on
a standard nonlinear (convex) programming approach: this solver can be used
for 'precise' local optimization, based on a given ('sufficiently good')
initial solution. The solver integrator package supports the individual or
combined use of the solver packages, but both of these solvers can also be
used in a stand-alone mode. (Further solver modules are under development,
and will be made available soon.)
The detailed (over 70-page) MathOptimizer User Guide includes concise
mathematical background notes and useful modeling tips; it also discusses a
number of test problems and several non-trivial application examples. The
User Guide can be directly invoked through Mathematica's on-line help system.
MathOptimizer Licensing
In addition to professional licenses, fully functional MathOptimizer
versions with educational and non-profit research discounts are offered to
professors and their student groups, and to qualifying researchers.
Individual instructor and student licenses, department and site licenses
are also available. Professional users are also entitled to quantity
discounts.
MathOptimizer is developed and supported by
Pinter Consulting Services, Inc.
129 Glenforest Drive, Halifax, NS, Canada B3M 1J2
Tel.: 1-(902)-443-5910 Fax: 1-(902)-431-5100
jdpinter@hfx.eastlink.ca http://is.dal.ca/~jdpinter
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From: Heinz Engl <engl@indmath.uni-linz.ac.at>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:10:51 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Special Semester at IPAM on Inverse Problems
First Announcement of a Special Semester on
Inverse Problems: Computational Methods and Emerging Applications
(September 8 - December 13 , 2003)
at IPAM, UCLA, Los Angeles
The Special Semester at IPAM will focus on new challenges that have appeared
recently in the field of inverse problems:
1.) New application fields:
2.) Methodological challenges
- Numerical methods for large-scale inverse problems
- Level set methods for inverse problems
During the proposed Special Semester, special emphasis will be laid on some
of these and other emerging challenges, although more classical topics will
not be neglected. The Special Semester is intended to bring together
scientists and engineers with applied and pure mathematicians interested
in inverse problems.
The Special Semester will be structured as follows:
1.) Tutorials: The final list of topics has not yet been decided, a tentative
list is:
- methodology:
regularization methods for inverse problems
inverse spectral problems
statistical and wavelet methods for inverse problems
level set methods
- application fields
inverse problems in the physical sciences
inverse problems in imaging science
inverse problems in biology
inverse scattering and tomography
2.) Study group with industry
3.) Workshops: Several workshops distributed over the whole semester
focussing on the emerging challenges mentioned above.
WORKSHOP SERIES 1: Computational Methods - Level Sets - Growth Processes
WORKSHOP SERIES 2: Deconvolution and Related Inverse Problems in the
Physical Sciences - Emerging Applications of Inverse Problems Techniques
to Imaging Science - Inverse Problems in the Life Sciences
4.) Wrap-Up Meeting at Lake Arrowhead: The Special Semester will close with
a meeting in mid December at Lake Arrowhead, which will focus on reports of
the progre ss made by senior and junior long-term participants.
The Chair of the Program Committee is Prof. Heinz W. Engl (Industrial
Mathematics Institute, Johannes Kepler Universitet Linz, Austria). He would
welcome suggestions concerning topics and participants for the workshops,
contacts to industry for study group problems, and expressions of
interest for long-term participation at the Special Semester:
engl@indmath.uni-linz.ac.at
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From: Anshul Gupta <anshul@watson.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:09:42 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Conference in Bangalore on High Performance Computing
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
HiPC 2002
9th International Conference on High Performance Computing
December 18-21, 2002
Bangalore, India
http://www.hipc.org
Submission Deadline: May 03, 2002
HiPC 2002 will be held in Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India, during
December 18-21, 2002. It will serve as a forum to present current work by
researchers from around the world as well as highlight activities in Asia
in the high performance computing area. The conference has a history of
attracting participation from reputed researchers from all over the world.
HPC Asia 2002 will also be held in Bangalore during December 16-19, 2002, and
will be co-located with HiPC 2002. This will offer additional opportunities
for participants from one meeting to attend the other at a nominal cost.
Cosponsored By:
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing ACM SIGARCH
European Association for Theoretical Computer Science
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
Supercomputing Applications
Embedded Systems
Signal & Image Processing System
Programming Environments
Internet and WWW-based Computing
Multimedia and High Speed Networks
Scalable Servers
Wireless Mobile Computing
Parallel Algorithms
Scientific Computation
Computational Biology
Parallel Architectures
Visualization
Parallel Languages & Compilers
Network and Cluster Based Computing
Distributed Systems
Memory Systems
Details regarding the submission format and manuscript submission
procedures can be obtained from the HiPC website.
Proposals are solicited for workshops to be held in conjunction with
the main conference. Interested individuals should submit a proposal
by June 03, 2002 to the Workshops Chair. For additional details and
submission procedure visit http://www.hipc.org/hipc2002
Proposals are solicited for tutorials to be held at the meeting.
Interested individuals should submit a proposal by May 15,
2002 to the Tutorials Chair.
Program Chair:
Prof. Sartaj Sahni
University of Florida
E-mail: sahni@cise.ufl.edu
Program Vice-Chairs:
Oscar Ibarra (Algorithms) University of California, Santa Barbara
Vipin Kumar(Applications) AHPCRC - University of Minnesota
Michel Cosnard (Architecture) INRIA, France
Mani Srivastava (Communication Networks) UCLA
Francis Lau (Systems Software) Hong Kong University
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From: Scicom <scicom@thevinh.ncst.ac.vn>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 18:04:28 +0700
Subject: Conference in Hanoi on High Performance Scientific Computing
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH PERFORMANCE SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
Modelling, Simulation and Optimization of Complex Processes
March 10-14, 2003
Hanoi, Vietnam
TOPICS
- mathematical modelling
- numerical simulation
- methods for optimization and control
- parallel computing: architectures, algorithms, tools, environment
- symbolic computing
- software development
- applications of scientific computing in
physics, mechanics, chemistry, and biology
environmental and hydrology problems
transport, logistics and site location
communication networks, production scheduling
industrial and commercial problems
The conference is organized jointly by
Hanoi Institute of Mathematics, Vietnam NCST
SFB 359 "Reactive Flows, Transport and Diffusion", Heidelberg
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing Heidelberg (IWR)
INVITED LECTURES
- Uri Ascher (Vancouver):
Computational Methods for Large Distributed
Parameter Estimation Problems in 3D
- Roland Bulirsch (Munich):
Virtual Reality Symbiosis of Science and Art
- Zhiming Chen (Beijing):
A Posteriori Error Analysis and Adaptive Computation
for Wave Scattering by Periodic Structures
- Felix L. Chernousko (Moscow):
Simulation and Optimization of Crawling Robots
- Peter Deuflhard (Berlin):
Computational Drug Design
- Andreas Griewank (Dresden):
Automatic Analysis and Evaluation of Sparse Jacobian Matrices
- Ulrich Langer (Linz):
Robust Algebraic Multigrid Methods and Their Parallelization
- Nguyen Van Lien (Hanoi):
Electron Transport in Disordered Nano-Structures: Computer Simulation
- Masayasu Mimura (Hiroshima):
Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Far from Equilibrium States
from the Viewpoints of Chemical and Biological Systems
- Bijan Mohammadi (Montpellier):
Design and Control of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems for
Microfluidic Applications
- Michael Robert Osborne (Canberra):
Numerical Techniques in Model Selection and Parameter Estimation
with Applications to Differential Equations
- Mauricio G.C. Resende (Florham Park):
High Performance Heuristics for Routing in Telecommunication Networks
MINISYMPOSIA
- Computational Mixed Integer Programming
Organizer: Alexander Martin (Darmstadt)
- Fluid-Structure Interaction
Organizer: Rolf Rannacher (Heidelberg)
- High Performance Computing in Fluid Dynamics and Engineering
Organizers: Duong Ngoc Hai (Hanoi) and Nobuyuki Taniguchi (Tokyo)
- Modelling and Simulation in Biosciences
Organizers: Willi Jaeger (Heidelberg) and Masayasu Mimura (Hiroshima)
- Modelling and Simulation of Environmental Problems
Organizers: Otto Richter (Braunschweig) and Johannes P. Schloeder
(Heidelberg)
- Numerical Schemes for Magneto-Hydrodynamics
Organizer: Rolf Jeltsch (Zurich) and Dietmar Kroener (Freiburg)
- Optimization and PDEs
Organizers: Hans Georg Bock (Heidelberg) and Rolf Rannacher (Heidelberg)
- Parameter Estimation and Optimum Experimental Design in
Differential Equations
Organizer: Ekaterina A. Kostina (Heidelberg)
- Performance Analysis on Workstation Clusters
Organizer: Thomas Ludwig (Heidelberg)
- Scientific Computing in Mechanical Engineering
Organizer: Richard Longman (New York)
- Stochastic Programming
Organizer: Ruediger Schultz (Duisburg)
CONFERENCE WEB SITES
http://www.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/HPSCHanoi2003/
http://www.hcmut.edu.vn/hpsc/HPSCHanoi2003/
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From: AOH Axelsson <axelsson@sci.kun.nl>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 09:30:43 +0200
Subject: Conference in Nijmegen on Preconditioning
First announcement of a Conference on
PRECONDITIONING METHODS FOR OPTIMAL CONTROL
AND CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS (PMOCCO 2002)
to be held at the University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
October 24-26, 2002
A conference devoted to preconditioning methods for constrained optimization
and optimal control will be held. Problems of this type arise in applications
of quite different origin, such as in natural sciences, in optimal design
in engineering, in medical applications such as tomography, in economics etc.
The problems must in general be solved by some iterative solution method.
Thereby it is important to use an efficient preconditioning method for the
arising linear or nonlinear systems of algebraic equations, which are
typically of indefinite (symmetric or nonsymmetric) saddle point type.
The conference aims at bringing together scientists working in the theoretical
development of preconditioning methods and scientists working with applied
problems. It will focus on the above mentioned particular topics but other
related topics such as LBB stable element pairs, stabilization methods,
adaptive mesh refinements, optimal mesh design, and mortar element methods,
may also be presented.
Conference web-page: http://www-math.sci.kun.nl/math/pmocco
Correspondence Address: Owe Axelsson
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Math.and Informatics
The University of Nijmegen,
Toernooiveld 1, NL 6525ED Nijnegen, The Netherlands
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From: Haroud <jamila.sam@epfl.ch>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 17:02:27 +0200
Subject: Workshop in Sophia Antipolis on Global Constrained Optimization
1st International Workshop on
Global Constrained Optimization and Constraint Satisfaction (Cocos'02)
Valbonne - Sophia Antipolis, France
2-4 October 2002
http://liawww.epfl.ch/Cocos02/cocos02.html
TOPICS:
Relevant topics include, but are by no means restricted to the following:
- Solution techniques for global optimization problems
- Integration of constraint programming with non-linear programming
techniques
- Linear programming enclosures of nonlinear programs
- Improved consistency techniques for continuous constraints
- Combination of symbolic methods with mathematical and constraint
programming techniques
- Solution techniques for under-constrained systems
- Adaptation of sparse matrix techniques to the non-linear case
- Enclosures by polytopes or nonlinear boundaries
- Representation and exploitation of monotonicity and convexity
properties
- Abstractions based on convex decomposition
- Partial boundary representation based on critical points and
topological abstractions.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Frederic Benhamou, Universite de Nantes, France
Christian Bliek, ILOG, France
Boi Faltings, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Arnold Neumaier, University of Vienna, Austria
Peter Spellucci, Darmstadt University, Germany
Pascal Van Hentenryck, Brown University, USA
Luis N. Vicente, University of Coimbra, Portugal
LOCATION:
The workshop will take place at the Mediathel
(http://www.mediathel.com) conference centre in Valbonne-Sophia Antipolis.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE and CONTACT ADDRESSES:
- Christian Bliek (ILOG)
ILOG
1681 HB-2, Route des Dolines
06560 Valbonne,
France
Email: bliek@ilog.com
WWW: http://www.ilog.fr
- Djamila Sam-Haroud
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Institute of Core Computing Science
School of Computer and Communication Sciences
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
IN (Ecublens), CH-1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)
e-mail: jamila.sam@epfl.ch
Fax: +4121- 693 5225
Phone: +4121- 693 5209
SPONSORS:
The workshop is organised by the partners of the COCONUT project
(IST-2000-26063)(http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~neum/glopt/coconut/)
with the financial support from the European Commission and the Swiss
Federal Education and Science Office (OFES).
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From: Wolf-Juergen Beyn <beyn@Mathematik.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 14:08:11 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Faculty Position at University of Bielefeld
UNIVERSITY OF BIELEFELD
Dept. of Mathematics
Applications are invited for
a Professorship (C3) in Mathematics.
The department is looking for a person working in the mathematics of the
Biosciences.
The person taking up the position is expected to:
* participate fully in the teaching and research duties of the Department,
* become actively involved in the Department's present and future projects,
* have an interest in mathematics not restricted to their own field of
expertise,
* be open to the possibilities of interdisciplinary cooperation.
The University of Bielefeld has set a research priority in the field of
Biosciences and is, in particular, a participant in the initiative
"Bioinformatics" of the German Science Foundation and has a Graduate School
"Bioinformatics and Genomresearch". The acitivities offer the person taking
up the position numerous opportunities for interaction with scientists
from other disciplines.
Applications received by June 30, 2002 will be assured of consideration.
These should be sent to the Chairman of the Department of Mathematics,
University of Bielefeld, Box 100 131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany.
Further information can be obtained from
http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/ (homepage of the Department)
dekan@mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de (e-mail address of the Chairman).
The starting date for the position is provisionally set for October 1,
2003.
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From: Fred Wubs <wubs@math.rug.nl>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 15:48:00 +0200
Subject: Faculty Position at University of Groningen
Assistant professor in Computational Mechanics and Numerical Mathematics
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Department of Mathematics and
Computing Science
The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences is offering young, talented
researchers positions which are on the same level as those of assistant
professor via the tenure-track system. Researchers are given the
opportunity to develop their own line of research within a particular field.
The faculty's career policy is characterised by flexible personnel
management with a focus on the individual. Academic achievements are seen
as being central to the academic career, and ample opportunities for
professional development and supplementary training and education are
offered. Arrangements for training in the area of teaching will be made
with all new employees.
The policy is directed at increasing the number of women in academic staff
positions. Career advancement policies for women will also be improved, and
women will be actively encouraged to develop their careers.
The tenure track appointment will be for a maximum of 6 years. On completion
of 5 years of employment there will be an assessment of performance based
on established criteria. If the outcome of the assessment is positive, the
assistant professor will be given a tenure appointment as associate
professor with the authority to supervise doctoral students. There will be
another assessment at the end of a further 5-year period during which a
full professorial appointment will be discussed.
The research programme in Computational Mechanics and Numerical Mathematics
concentrates on numerical simulation of fluid dynamics and transport
phenomena (Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD). Research is focussed on basic
advancement of numerical algorithms. Through extensive cooperation with
external research groups these methods are made available to advance knowledge
in other (applied) areas of science and technology.
Profile:
* A PhD in the field of Computational Mechanics and Numerical Mathematics
and have had a two or more of years of experience abroad in a
post-doctoral capacity or experience as a postdoc or with industry At
least one of these years should have been spent abroad
* Excellent research, teaching and management abilities, and a good list
of publications
* The potential to attract external financing for your research
The University of Groningen can offer you:
* A salary dependent on qualifications and work experience up to a
maximum of EUR 4325,- gross per month for a full-time job (12 monthly
payments), an 8 % holiday allowance, participation in a pensionscheme
for government employees.
For information, please contact: prof dr AEP Veldman, Professor in
Computational Mechanics and Numerical Mathematics:
tel +31-503633988
fax +31-503633800
email: veldman@math.rug.nl
URL: http://www.math.rug.nl/~veldman
Applications accompanied by a curriculum vitae, list of publications and 3
references should be sent (before 19 June 2002) to the
Head of the Personnel Department, University of Groningen,
P.O. Box 72, 9700 AB Groningen, The Netherlands.
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From: Sivabal Sivaloganathan <ssivalog@sumathi.uwaterloo.ca>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 16:31:39 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at University of Waterloo
NSERC funded postdoctoral fellow/visiting research assistant professor
(depending on research experience)
Mathematical and Computational Modelling for Brain Biomechanics.
An individual with expertise in scientific computation and continuum/fluid
mechanics is sought. The project is concerned with the analysis and
development of mathematical/computational models of the clinical condition
known as hydrocephalus. The project involves both theoretical and
computational work although the primary focus will be on the eventual
development of a 3-D software package to aid the neurosurgeon in the
effective placement of shunts which is the treatment of choice in the
management and control of hydrocephalus. The position is for one year in
the first instance but renewable up to a maximum of three years. It will
be based in the Fluid Mechanics/Biomechanics group of the Department of
Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo and will involve significant
interaction with the Neurosurgical Unit, Hospital for Sick Children,
University of Toronto. To apply for the position or for further
information, please contact:
Siv Sivaloganathan
Dept. of Applied Mathematics,
University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Canada
Tel: (519) 885 1211 x3248
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From: Chandrika Kamath <kamath@cliff.llnl.gov>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:31:40 -0700
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
The Sapphire data mining project in the Center for Applied
Scientific Computing at the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory is looking for post-doctoral candidates in advanced
image processing. The research focus will include topics in
image and video processing such as robust techniques for
identification of objects, extraction of features from image
and mesh data, change detection in image and video, etc.
US citizenship is required.
More details on the position are at
http://www.llnl.gov/jobs/postings.jsp?jobID=10096
Information on the Sapphire project is available at
http://www.llnl.gov/casc/sapphire
Chandrika Kamath (Sapphire project lead)
kamath2@llnl.gov
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From: Bartholomew-Biggs <M.Bartholomew-Biggs@herts.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 11:33:11 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Research Studentship at the University of Hertfordshire
LIGHT SCATTERING - CLOUDS AND CLIMATE
University of Hertfordshire in collaboration with UK Met Office
A PhD studentship is available to investigate new models describing light
scattering from small crystals such as ice crystals in cirrus clouds. The
project is part of a larger programme aimed at new methods of studying and
modelling the Earth's atmosphere and climate as well as fundamental
scattering theory.
Applicants should have, or expect to obtain, a first or upper second class
degree in physics, mathematics or related discipline: programming
experience would also be an advantage.
Further details, including application procedure, can be found on
http://strc.herts.ac.uk/ls/phd.html or by contacting
Z.Ulanowski@herts.ac.uk
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From: Shaun Forth <S.A.Forth@rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:59:22 +0100
Subject: Research Position at Cranfield University, RMCS Shrivenham
CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY - RMCS Shrivenham Campus
Applied Mathematics & Operational Research Group
Engineering Systems Department
Research Officer
- Automatic Differentiation Applied to Computational Engineering
pounds 18,441 - 23,564
Dr Shaun Forth has recently secured 3 year's funding from the EPSRC's
Computational Engineering Mathematics Programme to investigate the use
of Automatic Differentiation (AD) software tools and mathematical
techniques in engineering applications supplied by collaborators:
* Prof. A Keane (Southampton Univ.):
Optimal design for response of satellites structures.
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~ajk
* Prof. M. Giles (Oxford Univ.):
Adjoint methods in aerospace design.
http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/work/mike.giles/index.html
* Prof. N. Qin (Cranfield Univ.):
Adjoint solvers for supersonic vehicle design and Newton solvers
for compressible, turbulent flows.
http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/coa/tech-cfd/cfd-1.htm
Additionally the project is enthusiastically supported by industrial
partners AIRBUS U.K. ltd. and ROLLS-ROYCE plc. To enable this research
we wish to recruit a Post-Doctoral Research Officer with experience of
developing finite-element/volume PDE solvers and who will work closely
with the above collaborators, under the guidance of Dr Forth.
In addition to working on the 4 engineering applications listed above
other duties will include: organizing UK AD Workshops to communicate
research outcomes to industrial partners and the academic community,
liaison with AD tool developers in the U.S. and France (necessitating
foreign travel), developing proof of concept AD tools as required,
preparing publications and presenting work at international conferences.
The successful candidate will have:
* A PhD and preferably postdoctoral/industrial experience in development
of Finite-Volume CFD solvers and/or Finite-Element structural dynamics
solvers.
* Excellent mathematical and programming skills.
* Good communication skills and the ability to work with collaborators
Experience in Automatic Differentiation or adjoint methods, though
desirable, is not essential
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From: Sever Dragomir <sever@matilda.vu.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 08:55:04 +1000
Subject: Contents, Journal of Mathematical Inequalities & Applications
Volume 3, Issue 2, 2002
17. An Error Estimate for Finite Volume Methods for the Stokes Equations
A. Alami-Idrissi and M. Atounti
18. On Some Retarded Integral Inequalities and Applications
B.G. Pachpatte
19. Littlewood's Inequality for p-Bimeasures
Nasser Towghi
20. Monotonicity Properties of the Relative Error of a Pad Approximation
for Mills' Ratio
Iosif Pinelis
21. Integral Inequalities of the Ostrowski Type
A.Sofo
22. Multidimensional Extension of L.C. Young's Inequality
Nasser Towghi
23. Inequalities for Lattice Constrained Planar Convex Sets
Poh Wah Hillock and Paul R. Scott
24. Some Results Concerning Best Uniform Coapproximation
Geetha S. Rao and R. Saravanan
25. Strongly Elliptic Operators for a Plane Wave Diffraction
Problem in Bessel Potential Spaces
L.P. Castro
26. Some Integral Inequalities Involving Taylor's Remainder
Hillel Gauchman
27. On Multidimensional Gr=FCss Type Inequalities
B.G. Pachpatte
28. Two Remarks on the Stability of Generalized Hemivariational Inequalities
Mohamed Ait Mansour
29. Note on the Perturbed Trapezoid Inequality
Xiao-liang Cheng and Jie Sun
30. On a Noncoercive System of Quasi-Variational Inequalities
Related to Stochastic Control Problems
M. Boulbrachene, M. Haiour and B. Chentouf
31. An Inequality Improving the First Hermite-Hadamard
Inequality for Convex Functions Defined on Linear Spaces and Applications
for Semi-Inner Products
S.S. Dragomir
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From: Ronald F Boisvert <boisvert@nist.gov>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 09:12:41 -0400
Subject: Contents, ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
Table of Contents
ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
June 2001, Volume 27, Number 2
For more information, including abstracts and access
to full text, see http://www.acm.org/toms/V27.html.
W. N. Everitt and A. Zettl
Algorithm 810: The SLEIGN2 Sturm-Liouville Code.
143-192
Ladislav Luksan and Jan Vlcek
Algorithm 811: NDA: Algorithms for Nondifferentiable Optimization.
193-213
Bjarne S. Andersen, Fred G. Gustavson, and Jerzy Wasniewski
A Recursive Formulation of Cholesky Facorization of a Matrix in Packed Storage.
214-244
J. R. Cash, G. Moore, and R .W. Wright
An Automatic Continuation Strategy for the Solution of Singularly Perturbed
Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems.
245-266
Yi-Feng Tsai and Rida T. Farouki
Algorithm 812: BPOLY: An Object-Oriented Library of Numerical Algorithms for
Polynomials in Bernstein Form.
267-296
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Table of Contents
ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
September 2001, Volume 27, Number 3
Jacek Kierzenka and Lawrence F. Shampine
A BVP Solver Based on Residual Control and the Matlab PSE.
299-316
Dow-Yung Yang, Ananth Grama, Vivek Sarin, and Naren Ramakrishnan
Compression of Particle Data from Hierarchical Approximate Methods.
317-339
Ernesto G. Birgin, Jose Mario Martinez, and Marcos Raydan
Algorithm 813: SPG -- Software for Convex-Constrained Optimization.
340-349
David-Olivier Azulay and Jean-Fran=E7ois Pique
A Revised Simplex Method with Integer Q-matrices.
350-360
Steven J. Benson, Lois Curfman McInnes, and Jorge J. More'
A Case Study in the Performance and Scalability of Optimization Algorithms.
361-376
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Table of Contents
ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
December 2001, Volume 27, Number 4
David M. Smith
Algorithm 814: Fortran 90 Software for Floating-Point Multiple Precision
Arithmetic, Gamma and Related Functions.
377-387
Patrick R. Amestoy, Iain S. Duff, Jean-Yves L'Excellent, and Xiaoye S. Li
Analysis and Comparison of Two General Sparse Solvers for Distributed Memory
Computers.
388-421
John A. Gunnels, Fred G. Gustavson, Greg M. Henry, and Robert A. van de Geijn
FLAME: Formal Linear Algebra Methods Environment.
422-455
Paola Festa, Panos M. Pardalos, and Mauricio G. C. Resende
Algorithm 815: Fortran Subroutines for Computing Approximate Solutions of
Feedback Set Problems using GRASP.
456-464
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