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From: eal@aueb.gr
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 16:02:41 +0300
Subject: Honorary Degree for Prof. Sir Roger Penrose
It is with great pleasure that we inform you that
Professor Sir Roger PENROSE
University of Oxford, England,
received a Honorary Doctorate of Science from the Department of
Informatics of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)
on September 26th, 2005, in Athens, Greece.
The citation for the degree is as follows: "For pioneering work and
fundamental contributions to Mathematical Physics, Quantum Mechanics,
Cosmology and Computing Sciences, in particular Theory of Twistors,
Spin Networks, Geometry in Space-Time in loop quantum gravity and
Theory of Black Holes, and their significant Applications in Quantum
Theory and Science of Consciousness.
Please join us in congratulating Professor Sir Roger Penrose on his
seminal contributions to Sciences.
Professor Elias A. Lipitakis
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From: Yvan Notay <ynotay@ulb.ac.be>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 14:37:23 +0200
Subject: One day meeting in the honor of Robert Beauwens
On September 9, we organized a one day meeting to honor Robert Beauwens who
retired by September 30 from our University (but will still be active in
research and as president of IMACS).
The meeting was informal but quite funny, and a big surprise for Robert who
was unaware of the event till the last moment. The program and some photos
can be found at http://www.ulb.ac.be/polytech/metronu/index_14.html
To preserve the surprise, the meeting was not announced in NA Digest, but many
email where sent. Sorry for those that would have like to come and missed the
information. Many people answerred that they were unfortunately not able to
come and ask to transmit their greetings to Robert. I am not sure I kept
trace of all of them, so, since secret is no more needed, I suggest that you
express now your greetings again directly to Robert (rbeauwen@ulb.ac.be).
Yvan Notay
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
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From: "J. M. Littleton" <Littleton@siam.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:50:22 -0400
Subject: Call for Nominations - W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize
Call for Nominations - W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize
SIAM will present the W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize at the 2006 SIAM
Annual Meeting to be held July 10-14, 2006, in Boston, Massachusetts.
The award will be given for research in, or other contributions to, the
broadly defined areas of differential equations and control theory. The
prize may be given either for a single notable achievement or for a
collection of such achievements. Committee Chair H. T. Banks wishes to
stress the breadth of the eligible fields.
Description of the Award: The award consists of an engraved medal and
a $10,000 cash prize. The prize winner is requested to present a
lecture at the meeting.
Nominations: A letter of nomination, including a description of
achievement(s), should be sent to the address below. Nominations must
be received in the SIAM office by December 31, 2005.
W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize
Professor H. T. Banks, Chair
c/o J. M. Littleton
SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688
USA
E-mail: littleton@siam.org
Telephone: +1-215-382-9800 ext. 303
Fax: +1-215-386-7999
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From: "J. M. Littleton" <Littleton@siam.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:46:25 -0400
Subject: Call for Nominations - George Polya Prize
Call for Nominations - George Polya Prize
The George Polya Prize honors the memory of George Polya and is given
in even-numbered years for notable contributions in two alternating
categories: (1) for a notable application of combinatorial theory; (2)
for a notable contribution in another area of interest to George
Polya, such as approximation theory, complex analysis, number theory,
orthogonal polynomials, probability theory, or mathematical discovery
and learning. The 2006 award will be given in the second category
listed above, a notable contribution in another area of interest to
George Polya. The award will be presented at the 2006 SIAM Annual
Meeting scheduled for July 10-14, 2006, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Eligibility: There are no restrictions except that the prize is
broadly intended to recognize specific recent work. Strong preference
will be given to selecting one person as the prize winner.
Description of Award: The award will consist of an engraved medal and
a $20,000 cash prize. ravel expenses to the award ceremony will be
provided by the prize fund.
Nominations: A letter of nomination, including a description of
achievement(s) should be sent by December 31, 2005, to:
George Polya Prize Selection Committee
Professor Peter D. Lax, Chair
c/o J. M. Littleton
SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688
USA
Telephone: +1-215-382-9800 ext. 303
Fax: +1-215-386-7999
E-mail: littleton@siam.org
Selection Committee: The members of the selection committee are: Peter
Lax (Chair), NYU-Courant Institute; George Andrews, Pennsylvania State
University; Carl de Boor, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jean
Taylor, NYU-Courant Institute; Craig A. Tracy, University of
California, Davis.
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From: "Laub, Alan" <laub@ats.ucla.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:45:28 -0700
Subject: Change of address for Alan Laub
I've moved (effective April 1, 2005). I'm now the Director of UCLA's
new Institute for Digital Research and Education and have faculty
appointments in the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Mathematics.
Alan J. Laub
UCLA, Electrical Engineering / Mathematics
56 - 125B Engineering IV
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1594
phone: 310-825-4245 (math); 310-825-7221 (elec engrg)
fax: 310-825-7126
e-mail: laub@ucla.edu
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From: "Elizabeth Greenspan" <Greenspan@siam.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:29:34 -0400
Subject: New book: Approximation of Large-Scale Dynamical Systems by Athanasios C. Antoulas
SIAM would like to draw your attention to the publication of a new book:
Approximation of Large-Scale Dynamical Systems
Athanasios C. Antoulas
Advances in Design and Control 6
Mathematical models are used to simulate, and sometimes control, the
behavior of physical and artificial processes such as the weather and
very large-scale integration (VLSI) circuits. The increasing need for
accuracy has led to the development of highly complex models. However,
in the presence of limited computational, accuracy, and storage
capabilities, model reduction (system approximation) is often necessary.
Approximation of Large-Scale Dynamical Systems provides a comprehensive
picture of model reduction, combining system theory with numerical
linear algebra and computational considerations. It addresses the issue
of model reduction and the resulting trade-offs between accuracy and
complexity. Special attention is given to numerical aspects, simulation
questions, and practical applications.
Audience
This book is for anyone interested in model reduction. Graduate students
and researchers in the fields of system and control theory, numerical
analysis, and the theory of partial differential equations/computational
fluid dynamics will find it an excellent reference.
2005 / xxvi + 481 pages / Hardcover / ISBN 0-89871-529-6
For more information: http://ec-securehost.com/SIAM/DC06.html
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From: Hans Schneider <hans@math.wisc.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:17:20 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: LAA Special Issue Call for Papers
LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Special Issue on
LINEAR AND NONLINEAR MODELS AND ALGORITHMS IN
INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT)
Call for Papers
Linear Algebra and its Applications (LAA) is pleased to announce a
special issue on "Linear and Nonlinear Models and Algorithms in
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)".
IMRT is revolutionizing radiation therapy by putting at the disposal of
the medical profession powerful tools to deliver higher radiation doses to
tumors and lower radiation doses to critical organs in more accurate ways.
The scientific effort is a multidisciplinary one in which radiation
oncologists, other medical specialists, medical physicists,
mathematicians, computer scientists and engineers collaborate to study
many outstanding problems in treatment planning and delivery. The goal is
to merge this expertise and discover IMRT solutions that can produce
meaningful benefits to patients and consistent results to practitioners.
In view of the ever-increasing role of mathematics, particularly linear
algebra, optimization theory, operations research, and other applied
branches in IMRT, we look forward to first-class original research
submissions on all relevant aspects of IMRT, including image-guided
radiation therapy (IGRT) which uses online imaging capabilities to reduce
uncertainties in organ localization and allows response to changes in
treatment geometry over time.
We welcome papers for the special issue within the entire scope of
IMRT; topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Algorithm
engineering, Aperture weight optimization, Automated structure
delineation, Column-generation methods for large problem formulations,
Dose-volume constraints handling, Gantry angle optimization,
Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), Large-scale matrix reduction
and sparsing techniques, Mathematical programming and operations
research methods in IMRT, Optimization of the segmentation process,
Rigid and deformable registration, Sensitivity analysis for revised
constraints or changed geometry, Sampling techniques over constrained
volumes Variance at risk methods for dose-volume modeling
The deadline for submission of papers is July 31, 2006. Papers should be
sent to any one of the four special editors, listed below, preferably PDF
files as attachments to e-mail, and will be subject to normal refereeing
procedures according to LAA standards. Go to:
http://authors.elsevier.com/JournalDetail.html?PubID=522483&Precis=&popup=
and click on: "Guide for Authors" (but do not use the online submission
for this special issue).
Yair Censor, D.Sc., Department of Mathematics, University of Haifa,
Mt. Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel. yair@math.haifa.ac.il
James M. Galvin, D.Sc., Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas
Jefferson University 111 South 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA. 19107,
USA. james.galvin@mail.tju.edu
Mark Langer, MD, Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University
School of Medicine 535 Barnhill Dr., RT-041, Indianapolis, IN. 46202,
USA. mlanger@iupui.edu
Ying Xiao, Ph.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson
University 111 South 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA. 19107, USA.
ying.xiao@mail.tju.edu
The editor-in-chief responsible for this special issue is Hans Schneider.
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From: BoKgstrm <bokg@cs.umu.se>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 12:38:22 +0200
Subject: Conf. on Least Squares and Optimization in honour of Per-Ake Wedin, Nov 16-17
"Conference on Least Squares and Optimization"
November 16-17, 2005, Umea University, Sweden
Our dear friend and colleague professor Per-Ake Wedin
turns 67 years young on Nov. 7 this year. We celebrate this
occasion by organizing a conference in honour of Per-Ake for
his many important scientific contributions in numerical linear
algebra, least-squares and optimization.
Read more at http://www.cs.umu.se/research/ConferencePAW.html
You are most welcome to register!
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From: Ali Pinar <APinar@lbl.gov>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:47:47 -0700
Subject: Conference on Grid and Pervasive Computing
GPC'2006
The First International Conference on
Grid and Pervasive Computing
Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, May 3-5, 2006
http://hpc.csie.thu.edu.tw/gpc2006
*** Submission Deadline: November 1 2005 ***
*****Paper Submission Site:*****
http://sslab.cs.nthu.edu.tw/GPC2006/CRP/
***The selected best papers will be published by the JPCC***
PDF Version CFP is available at:
http://hpc.csie.thu.edu.tw/gpc2006/cfp/GPC2006_CFP.pdf
The International Conference on Grid and Pervasive Computing (GPC) is
an annual international conference on the emerging areas of merging
grid and pervasive computing, aimed at providing an exciting platform
and paradigm for all the time, everywhere services. Grid and Pervasive
Computing (GPC) is a forum for scientists, engineers, and
practitioners throughout the world to exchange ideas and research
results related to the design, use, analysis, and application in the
field of grid computing and pervasive computing.
Topics: Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) the
following: Cluster computing, High performance computing, Grid
computing, Semantic web and semantic grid, Service-oriented computing,
Peer-to-peer computing, Pervasive computing, Mobile computing, Network
storage, Grid and pervasive related applications
For further information, please send your e-mail to PC Co-Chair
Dr. Yeh-Ching Chung (ychung@cs.nthu.edu.tw)
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From: Biswa Datta <dattab@math.niu.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:25:50 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Workshop on Computations Methods and Software, Spain
A One-Day Workshop on ``State of the Art Computational Methods and
Software for Computer-Aided Control Systems Design and Software" at
the Joint 44th IEEE CDC and ECC, Seville, Spain, December 11, 2005.
Organizer : Biswa Nath Datta
Lecturers : Biswa Nath Datta and others (TBA).
This one-day workshop is designed to give a complete overview of of
the state-of-the-art computational methods and the associated software
for control systems design and analysis.
The lectures will be organized to clearly explain the algorithms in a
manner that is suitable for easy implementations on computers. The
mathematical jargon that are often distractive to learn these
technique will be avoided as much as possible. The minimal amount of
numerical linear algebra background that are absolutely essential to
understand the material will be presented in the workshop itself.
The workshop will be of interests to students, researchers and
practicing engineers working on control theory and its wide variety of
applications. The workshop will also be of equally interests to linear
and numerical linear algebraists, desirous of learning how the
state-of-the-art numerical linear algebra techniques and software for
matrix computations can be used in solutions of fundamental linear
algebra problems arising in control systems design and analysis.
The workshop will also provide motivation and practical guidance to
the instructors design graduate level courses in control theory with
emphasis on numerical aspects.
The details of the workshop can be found in the web site:
http://www.math.niu.edu/~dattab
with a link to the conference and workshop web sites.
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From: Arnd Scheel <scheel@ima.umn.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:28:09 -0500
Subject: IMA Membership Opportunities
The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) at the
University of Minnesota announces membership opportunities in
connection with its 2006-2007 thematic program on
Applications of Algebraic Geometry
Individuals may apply for four classes of membership at the IMA in
connection with the 2006-2007 thematic program:
* IMA Postdoctoral Memberships
* IMA Industrial Postdoctoral Memberships
* IMA General Memberships
* IMA New Directions Visiting Professorships
Application forms and instructions are available at
www.ima.umn.edu/docs/membership.html . More information on the IMA is
available at www.ima.umn.edu, and information on the 2005-2006 thematic
program is at www.ima.umn.edu/imaging . Questions may be directed to
applications@ima.umn.edu for postdoctoral fellowships and general
membership applications or to ndprof@ima.umn.edu for New Directions
professorships.
The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.
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From: "Sun Defeng" <matsundf@nus.edu.sg>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:39:04 +0800
Subject: Faculty positions at National University of Singapore
NUS is a research intensive university that provides quality
undergraduate and graduate education. The Department of Mathematics,
which is one of the largest in the University, will continue to build
upon its strength in pure and applied mathematics and to develop
mathematical expertise in emerging areas of applications. We seek
promising young scholars or candidates with outstanding track records
in any field of pure and applied Mathematics. The Department offers
competitive salaries with start-up grants for research, attractive
teaching load for young scholars, a conducive research environment and
opportunities for development.
Research areas which the Department plans to expand in the near future
include (but are not limited to)
* Nonlinear Analysis/Applied Analysis
* Probability
* Financial Mathematics/Quantitative Finance
Application materials should be sent to
Search Committee
Department of Mathematics
National University of Singapore
2 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117543
Republic of Singapore
Fax: +65 6779 5452
and should include:
1. an American Mathematical Society Standard Cover Sheet;
2. a detailed CV including publications list;
3. a statement of research accomplishments and plan;
4. a statement (max. of 2 pages) of teaching philosophy and methodology.
Please attach evaluation on teaching from faculty members or students of
your current institution, where applicable;
5. at least three letters of recommendation including one which
indicates the candidate's effectiveness and commitment in teaching.
Inquiries may be sent via email to search@math.nus.edu.sg
Review of applications will begin December 15, and will continue until
positions are filled. For further information about the department,
please see http://www.math.nus.edu.sg
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From: Guntram Berti <berti@ccrl-nece.de>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:16:08 +0200
Subject: R&D position in Circuit Simulation at NEC C&C Research Lab. (Germany)
NEC Europe Ltd., a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, operating world-wide
and providing comprehensive IT-Network integrated solutions, has an opening
for an R&D position in its C& Research Laboratory, located near Bonn, Germany
(http://www.ccrl-nece.de).
The primary mission of this laboratory is to carry out research and
development in Parallel and Distributed Computing. The lab pursues
research issues related to the efficient programming and deployment of
High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems and is extensively involved
in HPC applications and support technology. Application areas of
interest include many areas of scientific numerical modelling.
We are looking for a highly motivated candidate who is interested in
investigating new approaches to circuit simulation and their practical
application in VLSI design tools. The successful candidate will be involved
in the further development of our in-house circuit simulator and will
take part in related research activities.
Applicants must have expertise in:
- VLSI circuit simulation
- Software development under UNIX/Linux
Preference will be given to applicants with prior experience in the
following areas:
- Use and/or development of some variant of the SPICE code
- Numerical solution of differential algebraic equations
- Model order reduction methods
- Direct and iterative methods for sparse systems of linear equations
- Scientific and/or parallel and distributed computing
- Programming languages C and/or Fortran
- Digital and analogue circuit design
Good oral and written communication skills in English are a must. The
minimum required qualification is a Master's degree in a related
field; applicants would typically be expected to have a doctorate or
several years research experience.
We offer a creative scientific and international environment which
will allow you to develop your skills, and a competitive salary to
suit your qualifications. Please apply in writing (in English) with
full CV and career details to:
NEC Europe Ltd., C&C Research Laboratories
Ms. Dagmar Hoffmann
Rathausallee 10
D-53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany
E-mail: hoffmann@ccrl-nece.de
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From: Oleg Burdakov <olbur@mai.liu.se>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:00:26 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Contents, Optimization Methods and Software
Table of Contents
Optimization Methods and Software (OMS),
Volume 20, Numbers 6 (December, 2005)
Soon-Yi Wu, Dong-Hui Li, Liqun Qi and Guanglu Zhou
An iterative method for solving KKT system of the
semi-infinite programming
629-643
M. Hinze and J. Sternberg
A-Revolve: An adaptive memory-reduced procedure for calculating
adjoints; with an application to computing adjoints of the instationary
Navier-Stokes system
645-663
Qiaoming Han, Wenyu Sun, Jiye Han and Raimudo Sampaio
An adaptive conic trust-region method for unconstrained optimization
665-677
M. Al-Baali and H. Khalfan
A wide interval for efficient self-scaling quasi-Newton algorithms
679-691
Massimo Roma
Dynamic scaling based preconditioning for truncated Newton methods in
large scale unconstrained optimization
693-713
Z. Dostal
Semi-monotonic inexact augmented Lagrangians for quadratic programming
with equality constraints
715-727
Osman Guler
Convergence rate estimates for thegradient differential inclusions
729-735
Li Zhang
A globally convergent BFGS method for nonconvex
minimization without line searches
737-747
Forthcoming papers and complete table of contents for the journal OMS:
http://www.mai.liu.se/~olbur/contents
Instructions for Authors and Online sample copy:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10556788.html
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From: Thomas Hogan <hogan@math.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:56:47 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Contents, J. Approx. Theory
Table of Contents: J. Approx. Theory, Volume 136, Number 1, September 2005
Online at www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/6843-2005-998639998-605276
Ilia Krasikov
On the maximum value of Jacobi polynomials
1--20
Jacek Chudziak
Approximate solutions of the Go{\l}\c{a}b-Schinzel equation
21--25
H. S. Jung
Necessary conditions of convergence of Hermite-Fej\'{e}r interpolation
polynomials for exponential weights
26--44
Vlad Timofte
Stone-Weierstrass theorems revisited
45--59
Kyungwon Park
Bivariate $n$-term rational approximation
60--83
D. Dryanov and R. Fournier
A note on Bernstein and Markov type inequalities
84--90
Leszek Skrzypczak
On approximation numbers of Sobolev embeddings of weighted
function spaces
91--107
Zhiqiang Gao and Guantie Deng
The generalized Bernstein problem on weighted Lacunary
polynomial approximation
108--114
M. I. Gil'
On variations of characteristic values of entire matrix pencils
115--128
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From: Joseph Traub <traub@cs.columbia.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:20:32 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Contents, Journal of Complexity
Volume 21, Number 5, October 2005
INVITED ARTICLE
Numerical analysis of a besection-exclusion method to find zeros of
univariate analytic functions
J.-C. Yakoubsohn
This paper is part of the proceedings of the February 2004 Dagstuhl
Seminar, Real Computation and Complexity, dedicated to Arnold Schoenhage
on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The Schoenhage Festschrift was
published in August 2005.
REGULAR ARTICLES
Bounds and construction for the star discrepancy via d-covers
Benjamin Doerr, Michael Gnewuch, Anand Srivastav
On the necessity of low effective dimension
Shu Tezuka
Optimal quadrature problems on Hardy-Sobolev Classes
Fang Gensun, Li Xuehua
Improved bounds on the randomized and quantum complexity of
initial value problems
Boleslaw Kacewicz
Lower bounds for wrap-around L2-discrepancy and constructions
of symmetrical uniform designs
Kai-Tai fang, Yu Tang, Jianxing Yin
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