NA Digest Sunday, February 13, 2000 Volume 00 : Issue 07

Today's Editor:
Cleve Moler
The MathWorks, Inc.
moler@mathworks.com

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From: Gene Golub <golub@sccm.Stanford.EDU>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 100 14:25:00 PST
Subject: Who was Kronrod?

Dear Colleagues,

A S. Kronrod made important contributions to numerical analysis by
his work on quadrature rules. Through the efforts of Viola Brudno,
Walter Gautschi and Vladimir Druskin a translation of "Remembering
A. S. Kronrod" by E. M. Landis and I. M. Yaglom is now available. His
life was quite complicated; he was a man of mathematical depth and
his interests were amazingly broad. You can obtain the remembrance from
http://www-sccm.Stanford.edu. The report is SCCM-00-01.

Gene


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From: Lou Ehrlich <lwe@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 17:04:09 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Text Books

Over the next few months, I will be getting rid of most, but not all, of my
text books amassed over the years, They range from elementary to advance
math , but the lion's share is numerical analysis. Is there anyone in the
Baltimore, Md, USA, area that might be interested in some of them or can
relay them to anyone who is?
Lou Ehrlich
lwe@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu
(410)922-3489


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From: Richard Kerswell <kerswell@math.ucla.edu>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 10:26:36 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Lame Functions

Hi,

On the advice of a colleague, I am sending this message in the hope
that somebody will know of a package which evaluates Lame functions.
(I need to solve Laplace's equation outside of a triaxial ellipsoid.)
Anybody got any information that could help me? Many thanks.

Rich Kerswell

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From: Arnold Neumaier <neum@cma.univie.ac.at>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 22:10:39 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Global Optimization by Multilevel Coordinate Search

Global Optimization by Multilevel Coordinate Search (MCS)

Source: http://solon.cma.univie.ac.at/~neum/software/mcs/

MCS is a Matlab program for bound constrained global optimization
using function values only, based on a multilevel coordinate search
that balances global and local search. The local search is done via
sequential quadratic programming. The search is not exhaustive; so the
global minimum may be missed. However, a comparison to other global
optimization algorithms shows excellent performance in many cases,
especially in low dimensions.

The new version 2.0 of MCS (from Feb. 8, 2000) runs under Matlab 5
and has a lot of small changes compared to the previous version.
In particular, a bug involving the option including the local solver
was removed.)

MCS now contains a driver for an easy to use version that runs without
any parameters that need to be set by the user; thus MCS can be used
as a completely black box. However, experienced users may make more
sophisticated choices, according to suggestions specified explicitly.

Waltraud Huyer
Arnold Neumaier
University of Vienna, Austria

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From: Jorge More' <more@mcs.anl.gov>
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 12:30:35 -0600
Subject: NEOS Server for Optimization

We are in the process of trying to get more funding and notice
for the NEOS Server. We need to hear from users who find this
service useful. We only need short descriptions of the work.
For example,

We are using the NEOS Server in a class on deterministic models
in decision making at University X.

We are using the NEOS Server for estimating the value at risk
of financial institutions.

Any additional details like reports or references, will be appreciated.

Please send your comments to any of the following addresses:

neos-comments@mcs.anl.gov
dolan@mcs.anl.gov
more@mcs.anl.gov

Jorge More' for the NEOS group


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From: Andrew Knyazev <andrew.knyazev@cudenver.edu>
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 00:16:55 -0700
Subject: Block Conjugate Gradient Method for Large Symmetric Eigenproblems

The most recent MATLAB revision (currently 3.2.8, 2000/2/4) of my
LOBPCG (Locally Optimal Block Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient) Method
is now publicly available at
http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~aknyazev/software/CG/

Main features:
A matrix-free iterative method for computing several extreme eigenpairs
of large symmetric positive generalized eigenproblems;
A user-defined symmetric positive preconditioner (a good preconditioner
for a stiffness matrix works well for the corresponding eigenvalue
problem, too!);
Robustness with respect to random initial approximations, variable
preconditioners, and ill-conditioning (up to 10^15) of the stiffness
matrix of the eigenproblem;
Apparently optimal convergence speed.

Numerical comparisons suggest that LOBPCG is a genuine analog for
eigenproblems of the standard
Preconditioned conjugate gradient method for symmetric linear systems.

The algorithm of LOBPCG is described in
Andrew Knyazev, Toward the Optimal Preconditioned Eigensolver: Locally
Optimal Block Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Method, Tech. Report,
UCD-CCM 149, Jan. 2000, see
http://www-math.cudenver.edu/ccmreports/rep149.ps.gz

The paper above also introduces Preconditioned Eigensolvers Benchmarking
and presents some benchmarking results for LOBPCG. All benchmarking
m-files are available at
http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~aknyazev/software/CG/

The LOBPCG code is supported. Please contact me ASAP if you find any bugs,
or have any suggestions on further numerical testing. Feel free to email
directly, or to use an Interactive HyperNews group on eigensolvers at
http://www-math.cudenver.edu/cgi-bin/HyperNews/get/eigensolvers.html

Best regards, Andrew Knyazev
Director, Center for Computational Mathematics
P.O. Box 173364, Campus Box 170, Denver, CO 80217-3364.
Street Address: 1250 14th St.., Room 644, Denver CO 80202
Phone: (303) 556-8442. Fax: (303) 556-8550


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From: AOH Axelsson <axelsson@sci.kun.nl>
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 17:48:26 +0100
Subject: Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications

Dear na-digest readers,

The journal of Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications (NLA)
is printed by Wiley&Sons Inc since 1994.
You can find more details, for instance at
http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/1070-5325/

It is my pleasure to announce that the journal reached the
impact factor 0.741 in 1998 , compared to 0.550 in 1997.
NLA's cited half-life is 3.3, which is also said to be very good.
This means that more than 50% of the over 100 yearly cited articles
from the NLA journal are cited in less then 3.3 years time.
Most mature engineering journals are closer to 10 years.

This is of course thanks to interesting papers being submitted,
and also due to the voluntarily highly qualified work of referees
from and outside the NLA Editorial Board.

It is strived for a short turnaround time of submitted papers.
The shortest has been 8 months from submission to publication.

In order to facilitate the submission and handling of papers
in such a timely fashion, Dr. Panayot Vassilevski (Lawrence
Livermore Nat.Lab.) has been appointed as a co-editor and you
are welcome to submit papers either to him or to me.

Sincerely,
Owe Axelsson, general editor of NLA


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From: Richard Brualdi <brualdi@math.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 10:09:08 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Special Issue of Linear Algebra and its Applications

Linear Algebra and its Applications is pleased to announce a special
issue in honor of Professor T. Ando in recognition of his many and
diverse, very important contributions to linear algebra, matrix
theory, and operator theory, and in celebration of his seventieth
birthday on February 1, 2002.

The deadline for submission of papers is February 1, 2001 with
publication expected in late 2001 or early 2002. We invite you to
submit a paper in the areas mentioned above for this special issue
to any of its special editors:

Professor Rajendra Bhatia
Indian Statistical Institute
New Delhi 110 016
India
rbh@isid.ac.in

Professor Chi-Kwong Li
Dept. of Mathematics
The College of William and Mary
P. O. Box 8795
Williamsburg VA 23187-8975
USA
ckli@math.wm.edu

Professor Kazuyoshi Okubo
Mathematics Laboratory
Sapporo College
Hokkaido University of Education
Sapporo 020
Japan
okubo@atson.sap.hokkyodai.ac.jp

Michael J. Tsatsomeros
Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Regina
307.14 College West
Regina Sask SAS 0A2
Canada
tsat@math.uregina.ca


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From: A.J.W.v.d. Boom <A.J.W.v.d.Boom@tue.nl>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 16:06:19 +0100
Subject: NICONET Newsletter

NICONET Newsletter 4, dated 31 January 2000, is now available
and can be downloaded as compressed postscript file from the
World Wide Web URL:

http://www.win.tue.nl/niconet/ and choose: Newsletters

or from the WGS ftp site:

ftp://wgs.esat.kuleuven.ac.be (directory pub/WGS/NEWSLETTER/)
( filename: issue-1-00.ps.Z)

Contents:
1. Editorial
2. New developments in the SLICOT benchmark library
3. Basic numerical SLICOT tools for control
4. SLICOT tools for model reduction
5. SLICOT tools for subspace identification
6. SLICOT tools for robust control
7. SLICOT tools for nonlinear systems in robotics
8. SLICOT: a useful tool in industry?
9. Highlights of the second NICONET workshop at INRIA-Rocquencourt, France
10. NICONET information corner

NICONET is an acronym for Numerics in Control Network. NICONET promotes the
development and evaluation of numerically reliable software in control
engineering and its implementation in production technologies.


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From: Wolfgang Wall <wall@statik.uni-stuttgart.de>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 17:23:51 +0100 (MET)
Subject: New MSc Programme at University of Stuttgart, Germany

New international, interdisciplinary Graduate Study Programme
"MSc in Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures"

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to draw your attention to the new international and
interdisciplinary Graduate Study Programme COMMAS. This Master of Science
programme on Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures will start in
October 2000 at the University of Stuttgart and has a duration of three
semesters. Despite the international claim and the high quality of this
programme - according to the official German university system - no tuition
fees have to be paid. In addition the University of Stuttgart offers
All-Inclusive Packages for international students.

We would very much appreciate if you could directly approach potential
candidates and inform them about this new programme.

For further information on the COMMAS-programme please see our evolving webpage:
http://www.msc.commas.uni-stuttgart.de

Thanks for your effort.

Wolfgang A. WALL


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From: Esmond Ng <EGNg@lbl.gov>
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2000 23:09:53 -0800
Subject: Bay Area Scientific Computing Day

This is the final announcement of the Bay Area Scientific Computing Day. Please
refer to the posting in NA Digest, Volume 00, Issue 01, and the web page at
http://www.nersc.gov/research/SCG/bascd.html for further information.

Date: February 26, 2000 (Saturday)
Place: Building 66, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA
Time: 8:45 - 17:30

Speakers:

Lenny Oliker (LBNL)
Implementation of Unstructured Mesh Computations
on Leading Parallel Systems

Brian Miller (LLNL)
Level Set Methods on Composite Grids

Chen Greif (Stanford)
Solving Indefinite Systems

Helen He (LBNL)
Using Accurate Arithmetics to Improve Numerical
Reproducibility and Stability in Parallel Applications

Rasmus Munk Larsen (Stanford)
Iterative Algorithms in Helioseismology: Probing the
Interior of the Sun using Lanczos Bidiagonalization
with Partial Reorthogonalization

Luc Machiels (LLNL)
Output Bounds for Reduced-Order Approximations of
Elliptic Partial Differential Equations

Doron Levy (LBNL)
Optimal Prediction for Nonlinear PDEs

Pem Williams (SNL)
Advanced Automatic Train Control Optimization

Petri Fast (LLNL)
An Overset Grid Method for Interface Dynamics in
Non-Newtonian Hele-Shaw Flow

Brian McCandless (SLAC)
Large Scale Accelerator Simulations at SLAC: Current
Status and Future Directions

Parry Husbands (LBNL)
On the Use of the SVD for Large Scale Text Retrieval

Tamara Kolda (SNL)
Asynchronous Parallel Pattern Search

Kwan-Liu Ma (UC Davis)
Parallel Scientific Visualization


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From: Rob Corless <Rob.Corless@uwo.ca>
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 12:15:45 -0500
Subject: Southern Ontario Numerical Analysis Day and Hans Stetter

SOUTHERN ONTARIO NUMERICAL ANALYSIS DAY 2000
joint meeting with East Coast Computer Algebra Day 2000 and
the 70th Birthday Celebration for Professor Hans J. Stetter
ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

The 18th Southern Ontario Numerical Analysis Day will be held on
Friday, May 12, 2000. It will be hosted by the Ontario Research
Centre for Computer Algebra at The University of Western Ontario in
London, Ontario, Canada.

This meeting will be immediately followed by East Coast Computer
Algebra Day (ECCAD) on Saturday, May 13, 2000, at the same location.

You can register and get more information by looking at our World Wide
Web site at http://orcca.on.ca/events. Alternatively, send
e-mail to one of the organizers listed below, and registration
information will be sent to you.

There is no registration fee for either conference, and limited travel
support may be available on request.

ORGANIZERS

* Rob Corless http://www.apmaths.uwo.ca/~rcorless (Chair, SONAD 2000)
* Mark Giesbrecht http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~mwg (General Chair, ECCAD 2000)
* George Labahn http://daisy.uwaterloo.ca/~glabahn (Program Chair,
ECCAD 2000)

TIME AND LOCATION

Friday, May 12, 2000, 8:30am
Middlesex Theatre, Middlesex College
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada

Reception in The Grad Club Lounge (Middlesex College) on
Friday, May 12, 6:00pm-8:00pm.

THEMES

* Initial-Value Problems for ODE and DAE
* Interval Mathematics
* Hybrid Symbolic-Numeric Computation

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

* Gilles Villard, LMC-IMAG / Equipe Calcul Formel, Grenoble, France.
* Grant Stephenson, Honeywell Hi-Spec, London, Canada
* Lawrence F. Shampine, Southern Methodist University, Texas.

SHORT PRESENTATIONS

In keeping with tradition, the bulk of the day will be used for
short talks on current research topics. Graduate students are
especially invited to give such talks. If you wish to give a talk,
please send a title and abstract by April 28, 2000 to Rob Corless at
Rob.Corless@uwo.ca.

ECCAD has a similar philosophy, except that the format is posters,
not talks. See the ECCAD announcement for details of that day's
invited speakers.

Even if you are not planning to give a talk, please mark the dates
on your calendar as you are encouraged to participate.


CONFERENCE DINNER IN CELEBRATION OF THE 70th BIRTHDAY OF PROFESSOR HANS J.
STETTER

Professor Stetter has been a founding contributor to many of the
themes of these Days; his work on initial-value problems in the
70's, on interval methods in the 80's, and current work on hybrid
symbolic-numeric computation is of lasting value. In celebration of
his 70th birthday, we are pleased to ask you to join us for a dinner
in Professor Stetter's honour at the Great Hall, University of
Western Ontario, at 7:00pm on Saturday, May 13 (after ECCAD).

Tickets for the dinner are $40CDN ($20CDN for students) and
registration for the dinner must be made by Friday, May 5.


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From: K. Strehmel <numdiff@mathematik.uni-halle.de>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 09:19:25 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Numerical Solution of Differential and D-A Equations

Dear Colleagues,

The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Martin-Luther-
University Halle-Wittenberg and CWI, the Center for Mathematics and Computer
Science in Amsterdam, organize the

9th Seminar ``NUMDIFF''
on
Numerical Solution of Differential and Differential-Algebraic Equations

Organizers: K. Strehmel, R. Weiner (Halle), P.J. van der Houwen,
B.P. Sommeijer, J.G. Verwer (Amsterdam)
Date: 4. - 8. September 2000
Location: University of Halle (Germany)
Topics: The conference is devoted to all numerical aspects of time
dependent differential equations and differential algebraic
equations.

Further information and registration:
Please visit the conference web pages at
http://www.mathematik.uni-halle.de/~numdiff
which provide further information (plenary lectures, minisymposia
including list of speakers, accommodation). There you can also find
forms for conference registration (fee DM 200, students free of charge)
and abstract submission. Important deadlines are:
* May 31, 2000 - receipt of registration if you would like to
contribute a talk
* June 30, 2000 - receipt of abstracts
* July 31, 2000 - receipt of registration

We look forward to seeing you in Halle.
Best regards,

K. Strehmel and R. Weiner.

Address: NUMDIFF, FB Mathematik und Informatik, Martin-Luther-Universitaet
Halle-Wittenberg, Postfach, 06099 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Email : numdiff@mathematik.uni-halle.de
WWW : http://www.mathematik.uni-halle.de/~numdiff


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From: Trini Flores <flores@siam.org>
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 09:13:29 -0500
Subject: Pacific Rim Dynamical Systems Conference

2000 PACIFIC RIM DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS CONFERENCE
AUGUST 9-13, 2000
Maui Marriott Resort
Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii

The deadline for submission of minisymposium proposals HAS BEEN EXTENDED
TO MARCH 1, 2000.

Beat the deadline! Send your minisymposium proposals to meetings@siam.org
on or before MARCH 1.

For more information about the conference, please visit
www.siam.org/meetings/ds00/.

Thank you!


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From: Bernt Wennberg <wennberg@math.chalmers.se>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 09:03:25 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Workshop on Applications of Kinetic Theory

TMR Workshop on
New Applications of Kinetic Theory
Gothenburg
18 - 21 June 2000

Granular media and biological modelling are two new interesting
applications of kinetic theory. This meeting will bring together
specialists in these fields with mathematicians specialised in kinetic
theory.

The meeting will take place at
Mathematics Centre
Chalmers University of Technology
Gothenburg, Sweden.

One day of the meeting will be devoted to granular media, and one to
biological applications. The remaining time is open for the more
traditional topics of the TMR-network "Asymptotic Methods in Kinetic Theory".

Scientific Committee:

A. Arnold, C. Bardos, N. Ben Abdallah, A. Majorana, H. Neunzert,
M. Pulvirenti, J. Soler, B. Wennberg

Organising Committee: The Kinetic Theory Group, Gothenburg.

Conference Secretary: M. B=F6rgesson.

Invited speakers (confirmed as of Dec 1999):

Isaac Goldhirsch
Bob Eisenberg
Karl Sigmund

You register most easily by email
tmr-workshop@math.chalmers.se
or by sending a fax to
TMR Workshop, M. B=F6rgesson: (int) 46-31 16 19 73

For information, please contact:

M. B=F6rgesson (tmr-workshop@math.chalmers.se) or
B. Wennberg (wennberg@math.chalmers.se)

An updated version of this page can be found at:
http://www.md.chalmers.se/Math/Research/Kinetics/TMR2000.html


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From: Petr Knobloch <knobloch@karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 14:24:27 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Numerical Modelling in Continuum Mechanics

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS
NUMERICAL MODELLING IN CONTINUUM MECHANICS
(Theory, Algorithms, Applications)
The Fourth Summer Conference
PRAGUE (Czech Republic), July 31 - August 4, 2000

organized by Charles University Prague
Czech Technical University Prague
Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Chairmen: Miloslav Feistauer,
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Numerical
Mathematics, Charles University Prague

Karel Kozel,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of
Technical Mathematics, Czech Technical University Prague

Rolf Rannacher,
Institute of Applied Mathematics, Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet
Heidelberg

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

L. Benes, V. Dolejsi, J. Felcman, A. Klikova, P. Knobloch, J. Kofron,
S. Kracmar, E. Plandorova, M. Rokyta, J. Segethova, O. Ulrych

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

D. Braess, L. Demkowicz, M. Feistauer, P. Fraunie, K. Kozel, R. Rannacher

INVITED PLENARY SPEAKERS:

I. Babuska (USA), J. W. Barrett (Great Britain), D. Braess (Germany),
L. Demkowicz (USA), P. Fraunie (France) R. Glowinski (USA), T. Hou (USA),
K. Kunisch (Austria), Yu. Kuznetsov (USA/Russia),
M. A. Leschziner (Great Britain)

TOPICS:

Fluid Dynamics
Structural Mechanics
Material, Structures and Optimization
Environmental Problems

CALL FOR PAPERS:

The program of the conference will include invited 50 minute lectures
and 20 minute communications. All invited lectures and communications
can be published in the conference proceedings after a reviewing process.

FEES:

The basic fee is 450 US $, which covers Conference Fee, Welcome Party,
Concert, accomodation in double room (4 nights), meals (4x breakfast and
lunch) and refreshment during the conference. It also entitles
participants to receive a copy of the Conference Program, Abstract
Booklet and Proceedings.

The basic fee for accompanying persons is 200 US $, which includes
accomodation + breakfast (4x), Concert and Welcome Party.

Some reduction of the conference fee will be possible for a limited
number of PhD students and participants from East European countries.

IMPORTANT DATES:

February 29, 2000: Submittance of the Registration Form
April 15: Notification of acceptance of the communication
May 15: Payment of the Conference Fee
July 30: Arrival, registration
July 31-August 3: Scientific program
August 3 or 4: Departure

CONTACT ADDRESS:

Prof. Dr. Miloslav Feistauer, DrSc.
Charles University Prague
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Institute of Numerical Mathematics
Sokolovska 83
186 00 Praha 8
Czech Republic

E-mail: nmicm@karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Phone: +420 2 21911111, +420 2 21914223
Fax: +420 2 535229, +420 2 23233994

www.page: http://www.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/katedry/knm/nmicm2000

Kindly inform your colleagues interested in this field.


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From: Daniel Andresen <dan@cis.ksu.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 17:59:18 -0600
Subject: Workshop on Scalable Web Services

Call for Papers and Participation
Workshop on Scalable Web Services (SWS 2000)
http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~dan/icpp00-sws.htm

in conjunction with
The 29th International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP 2000)
Toronto, Canada, August 21-24, 2000

The importance and ubiquity of the World Wide Web for research and
commerce is increasing rapidly. With this growth comes the inevitable
strain on services provided through the Web, from limited metacomputing
resources to domain name competition. High performance computing both
benefits from the high degree of connectivity, while significantly
impacting resource availability. Technologies such as agents,
metacomputing systems, distributed caching systems, and enhanced
scheduling methodologies are all advancing to meet the information
distribution needs of a wired world. The proposed workshop intends to
bring together the researchers and practitioners working on diverse
aspects of this important emerging area in order to identify current
status, fundamental issues, future problems and applications. We invite
papers describing both theoretical and experimental research as well as
experience reports and position papers. Of particular interest are
experiences with parallel computing techniques and applications within the
Web domain.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Impact of high performance computing on Web services
How high performance computing can benefit from the Web
Metacomputing/the Computational Grid
Caching/load balancing on the Web
Infrastructures Issues
Security and Authentication Issues
E-commerce systems
Service Issues: Interface and Semantics, Discovery/Advertisement
and Applications Resource Discovery and Utilization
User Interfaces
Software agents
Resource brokers
Object-based distributed computing
Digital libraries
Web Monitoring
All other aspects and applications relating to scalable Web services

Papers describing ongoing or completed research and development efforts
are sought. Submissions must not exceed 6 pages in length. The accepted
papers will be published in the workshop proceedings. Interested authors
should electronically mail a PDF file or a Postscript (ghostviewable) file
of the paper to:

Daniel Andresen
Department of Computing and Information Sciences
Kansas State University
234 Nichols Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506 USA
Voice: + 785 532-6350
Fax: + 785 532-7353
Email: dan@cis.ksu.edu
WWW: www.cis.ksu.edu/~dan

If electronic submission is not possible, please send five hardcopies.

Important dates:

March 31, 2000 Paper Due
May 1, 2000 Author Notification
May 22, 2000 Camera-Ready Copy

Program Chair: Daniel Andresen, Kansas State University, USA


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From: Volker Schulz <schulzv@wias-berlin.de>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 13:09:07 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Workshop on Fast Solution of Discretized Optimization Problems

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT of the

WORKSHOP
"FAST SOLUTION OF DISCRETIZED OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS"

at the
Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics
(WIAS)

Berlin, Germany, May, 8 - 12, 2000.

Organizers:

Karl-Heinz Hoffmann (Caesar, Bonn)
Ronald Hoppe (Univ. Augsburg)
Volker Schulz (WIAS Berlin)

The intention of the workshop is to foster the development
of efficient numerical solution methods for large-scale
optimization problems resulting from discretizations of
differential equations.

The list of invited speakers includes

H. G. Bock (IWR Heidelberg, Germany)
M. Heinkenschloss (Rice University, Houston)
K. Kunisch (University of Graz)
U. Langer (Univ. Linz, Austria)
B. Mohammadi (University of Montpellier)
J. Peterson (Linkoeping)
E. Sachs (Univ. Trier, Germany)
F. Troeltzsch (TU Chemnitz, Germany)

For more information as well as for a registration form,
please visit

http://www.wias-berlin.de/ws-opt

The final registration deadline is February 28, 2000.


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From: Ivan Graham <graham@mis.mpg.de>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 15:27:56 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Conference on Boundary Integral Methods

Second IMA International Conference on
Boundary Integral Methods: Theory and Application

12 - 16 September 2000=09 University of Bath, UK

The conference will be organised under the auspices of the Institute of
Mathematics and its Applications (UK) in association with the
University of Bath

CALL FOR PAPERS AND APPLICATION FORM
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: 17th March 2000

Following the success of the first conference in this series at the
University of Salford in September 1997, the next meeting will be held
in Bath in September 2000. The conference will start at lunch-time on
Tuesday 12 September and finish at lunch-time on Saturday 16 September.

The following have agreed to give invited talks at the conference:
W.C. Chew (University of Illinois),
C. Constanda (Strathclyde University),
W. Hackbusch (Max-Planck-Institute, Leipzig),
T. Hou (California Institute of Technology),
A. Kirsch (University of Karlsruhe),
A. Rathsfeld (Weierstrass Institute, Berlin),
S.A. Sauter (University of Zuerich),
I.H. Sloan (University of New South Wales, Sydney),
S.P. Walker (Imperial College, London),
W.L. Wendland (University of Stuttgart),
L. Wrobel (Brunel University, London).

Organising and Scientific Committee: Ivan Graham (Bath, Chair),
Sia Amini (Salford), Simon Chandler-Wilde (Brunel), Ke Chen (Liverpool),
Penny Davies (Strathclyde), Paul Martin (Colorado School of Mines).

Boundary integral methods are now an established technique for the solution
of partial differential equations in science and engineering, with
applications in many diverse areas including fluid mechanics, fracture
mechanics, acoustics, electromagnetics, inverse problems and free- and
moving-boundary problems.

Future announcements about the conference can also be found at the website:
http://www.ima.org.uk/mathematics/confboundary.htm


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From: Dave Sloan <dms@maths.strath.ac.uk>
Date: 8 Feb 2000 14:35:13 +0000
Subject: Chair Position at University of Strathclyde

UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

CHAIR IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS

Applications are invited for a Professorship in the Department of Mathematics
to provide leadership in Applied Mathematics. The post is a replacement for
Professor Frank M Leslie FRS, who retires on 30 September 2000. We are seeking
an individual who has established an international research reputation in a
modern branch of applications of mathematics that is compatible with existing
research activities in the Department. These activities are in Applied Analysis,
Continuum Mechanics, Industrial Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis.
Further information about research interests in the Department can be obtained
through the World Wide Web at

http://www.maths.strath.ac.uk/research

For application form (Ref: 7/2000) and further particulars (available on
request in alternative formats for any applicant with a disability) contact
Personnel Office, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ.

Telephone +44 (0) 141 553 4133.
Applications closing date: 8 March 2000.


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From: Paul Concus <concus@math.lbl.gov>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 15:09:49 -0800
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The Mathematics Department of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
has an opening for a postdoctoral fellow in applied and computational
mathematics. Current areas of emphasis include algorithms for interfacial
problems in materials science, fluid mechanics, combustion, earth sciences,
and biological sciences. We are looking for a candidate with extensive coding
skills and computational background in applied mathematics, interested in
joining several ongoing research projects. The emphasis will be on
computational and algorithmic development. For further information, please
contact:
J.A. Sethian
Head, Mathematics Department
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
University of California
Berkeley, California 94720
sethian@math.berkeley.edu


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From: Frank Knoben <frank@igpm.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 14:32:56 +0100 (MEZ)
Subject: Research Position at RWTH Aachen

The IGPM (Institut fuer Geometrie und Praktische Mathematik),
University of Technology Aachen, Germany, offers a

Research Position (BAT IIa)

The initial appointment is limited to three years. An extension to five years
maximum is possible. The position is available immediately.
The candidate is expected to participate in the research project ''Robust
algebraic multigrid preconditioning for large sparse linear systems of
equations'' of the Collaborative Research Center (SFB 401,
cf. http://www.lufmech.rwth-aachen.de/sfb401) '' Modulation of flow and
fluid-structure interaction at airplane wings''. Aim of the project is the
development of algebraic multilevel preconditioners for large sparse linear
systems that can be used in the CFD solvers that are currently being
developed in the Research Center.
It is possible to obtain a PhD degree.
A masters degree or diploma in mathematics, computer science, physics or the
engineering sciences is required.
We are seeking candidates with a strong background in numerical analysis,
especially in the field of numerical methods for partial differential
equations. The successful applicant is expected to be ready to cooperate with
others in the Research Center. Good programming skills in C(++) are
advantageous.
Applications of qualified female candidates are particularly encouraged.
Among equally qualified applicants, disabled candidates will be given
preference.
Applications should be submitted by March 14, 2000, to
Prof. Dr. A. Reusken, Templergraben 55, D-52056 Aachen, Germany.
For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. A. Reusken,
phone: 0049-241-80-7972.


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From: Heribert Blum <Heribert.Blum@Math.Uni-Dortmund.DE>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 12:26:51 +0100
Subject: Position at the University of Dortmund

Am Fachbereich Mathematik der Universitaet Dortmund ist zum 1.10.2001 eine
Universitaetsprofessur C4 fuer

Angewandte Mathematik
(Nachfolge Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. M.W. Mueller)

wiederzubesetzen. Gewuenscht ist der Forschungsschwerpunkt

multivariate Approximationstheorie.

Es wird die Beteiligung an der Ausbildung der Studierenden der Mathematik,
der Wirtschaftsmathematik und anderer Fachrichtungen sowie die Mitwirkung
an Aufgaben der Selbstverwaltung erwartet. Habilitation f=FCr das Fach
Mathematik oder habilitationsadaequate Leistungen werden vorausgesetzt. Im
uebrigen richten sich die Einstellungsvoraussetzungen nach =A7 49 UG des
Landes NRW.

Die Universitaet Dortmund strebt eine Erhoehung des Anteils von Frauen in
=46orschung und Lehre an und bittet deshalb Wissenschaftlerinnen
nachdruecklich um ihre Bewerbung.
Die Bewerbung geeigneter Schwerbehinderter ist erwuenscht.

Bewerbungen werden mit den ueblichen Unterlagen bis 31.3.2000 erbeten an den

Dekan des Fachbereichs Mathematik
Universitaet Dortmund
44221 Dortmund
Tel.: (0231) 755(1) - 3050.


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From: Csendes Tibor <csendes@sol.cc.u-szeged.hu>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 15:31:53 +0100 (MET)
Subject: New Book, Developments in Reliable Computing

Developments in Reliable Computing

edited by
Tibor Csendes
Jozsef Attila University, Szeged, Hungary

The volume contains 30 articles presented at SCAN-98, Budapest, Hungary.
These papers cover all aspects of validation techniques in scientific
computing, ranging from hardware requirements, elementary operations,
high accuracy function evaluations and interval arithmetic to advanced
validating techniques and applications in various fields of practical
interest.

Audience: This book is of interest to researchers and graduate students
whose work involves validation techniques in scientific computing.

Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht

Hardbound, ISBN 0-7923-6057-5
November 1999, 400+XII pp.
NLG 290.00 / USD 154.00 / GBP 96.00

Contents and Contributors

Preface.

G.F. Corliss, R.B. Kearfott: Rigorous Global Search: Industrial
Applications.

A. Facius: Influences of Rounding Errors in Solving Large Sparse Linear
Systems.

J. Hormigo, J. Villalba, E.L. Zapata: A Hardware Approach to Interval
Arithmetic for Sine and Cosine Functions.

W. Kuehn: Towards an Optimal Control of the Wrapping Effect.

A.V. Lakeyev: On Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions of Linear
Algebraic Equations in Kaucher's Interval Arithmetic.

B. Lang: A Comparison of Subdivision Strategies for Verified Multi-
Dimensional Gaussian Quadrature.

S.M. Rump: INTLAB - INTerval LABoratory.

W. Luther, W. Otten: Verified Calculation of the Solution of Algebraic
Riccati Equation.

M. Lerch: Expression Concepts in Scientific Computing.

R. Sagula, T. Diverio, J. Netto: Performance Evaluation Technique STU
and libavi Library.

M. Schulte, V. Zelov, G.W. Walster, D. Chiriaev: Single-Number Interval
I/O.

K. Musch, G. Schumacher: Interval Analysis for Embedded Systems.

Y. Lebbah, O. Lhomme: Prediction by Extrapolation for Interval
Tightening Methods.

S. Markov, K. Okumura: The Contribution of T. Sunaga to Interval
Analysis and Reliable Computing.

E. Hubert, W. Barth: Surface-to-Surface Intersection with Complete and
Guaranteed Results.

V. Lefevre: An Algorithm that Computes a Lower Bound on the Distance
Between a Segment and Z^2.

H. Collavizza, F. Delobel, M. Rueher: Comparing Partial Consistencies.

N.S. Dimitrova, S.M. Markov: Verified Computation of Fast Decreasing
Polynomials.

E. Dyllong, W. Luther, W. Otten: An Accurate Distance-Calculation
Algorithm for Convex Polyhedra.

A. Frommer, A. Weinberg: Verified Error Bounds for Linear Systems
through the Lanczos Process.

G. Heindl: A Representation of the Interval Hull of a Tolerance
Polyhedron Describing Inclusions of Function Values and Slopes.

J.-M. Muller: A Few Results on Table-Based Methods.

N.S. Nedialkov, K.R. Jackson: An Interval Hermite-Obreschkoff Method
for Computing Rigorous Bounds on the Solution of an Initial Value
Problem for an Ordinary Differential Equation.

M.J. Schulte, V. Zelov, A. Akkas, J.C. Burley: The Interval-Enhanced
GNU Fortran Compiler.

S.P. Shary: Outer Estimation of Generalized Solution Sets to Interval
Linear Systems.

A. Strzebonski: A Real Polynomial Decision Algorithm Using Arbitrary-
Precision Floating Point Arithmetic.

A Numerical Verification Method of Solutions for the Navier-Stokes
Equations; Y. Watanabe, N. Yamamoto, M.T. Nakao.

B. Kolodziejczak, T. Szulc: Convex Sets of Full Rank Matrices.

M. Lerch, J.W. von Gudenberg: Multiaspect Interval Types.

R. Dunay, I. Kollar: MATLAB-Based Analysis of Roundoff Noise.

G.F. Corliss: SCAN-98 Collected Bibliography.


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From: Lothar Reichel <reichel@mcs.kent.edu>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 13:42:58 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Contents, Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis

Table of Contents, Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis (ETNA),
vol. 8, 1999:

L. F. Pavarino,
Domain decomposition algorithms for first-order system least squares methods

R. S. Varga and A. Krautstengl,
On Gersgorin-type problems and ovals of Cassini.

A. A. Dubrulle,
An optimum iteration for the matrix polar decomposition.

A. Bjorck and J. Y. Yuan,
Preconditioners for least squares problems by LU factorization.

M. Dobrowolski, S. Graf and C. Pflaum,
On a posteriori error estimators in the finite element method on
anisotropic meshes.

I. Presson, K. Samuelsson and A. Szepessy,
On the convergence of multigrid methods for flow problems.

M. Benzi, W. Joubert and G. Mateescu,
Numerical experiments with parallel orderings for ILU preconditioners.

P. Benner, V. Mehrmann and H. Xu,
A note on the numerical solution of complex Hamiltonian and
skew-Hamiltonian eigenvalue problems.

K. Chen,
Discrete wavelet transforms accelerated sparse preconditioners for dense
boundary element systems.

V. Gradinaru and R. Hiptmair,
Whitney Elements on pyramids.


Table of Contents, Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis (ETNA),
vol. 9, 1999:

This volume contains the Proceedings of the International Workshop on
Orthogonal Polynomials held at University Carlos III de Madrid in Leganes,
Spain, 1998, organized by M. Alfaro, R. Alvarez-Nodarse, J. Arvesz and
F. Marcellan (Chair). The proceedings were edited by R. Alvarez-Nodarse and
F. Marcellan.

M. Alvarez de Morales, T. E. Pirez, M. A. Piqar and A. Ronveaux,
Non-standard orthogonality for Meixner polynomials.

G. S. Ammar, D. Calvetti and L. Reichel,
Computation of Gauss-Kronrod quadrature rules with non-positive weights.

F. Cala Rodriguez, P. Gonzalez-Vera, and M. Jimenez Paiz,
Quadrature formulas for rational functions.

C. Costa and R. Serodio,
A footnote on quaternion block-tridiagonal systems.

E. M. Garcma-Caballero, T. E. Pirez and M. A. Piqar,
Sobolev orthogonal polynomials: interpolation and approximation.

W. Gautschi,
Orthogonal polynomials and quadrature.

W. Koepf,
Software for the algorithmic work with orthogonal polynomials and special
functions.

M. Lorente,
Creation and annihilation operators for orthogonal polynomials of
continuous and discrete variables.

F. Marcellan and J. C. Medem,
q-Classical orthogonal polynomials: a very classical approach.

P. Natalini, S. Noschese and P. E. Ricci,
An iterative method for computing the eigenvalues of second kind Fredholm
operators and applications.

J. Segura and A. Gil,
Evaluation of associated Legendre functions off the cut and parabolic
cylinder functions.

Doron Zeilberger,
Proof of a conjecture of Chan, Robbins, and Yuen.


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