NA Digest Sunday, May 8, 2004 Volume 04 : Issue 19

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From: Joanna Littleton <littleton@siam.org>
Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 17:28:28 -0400
Subject: SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering

The SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering will be awarded
for the second time at the SIAM Conference on Computational Science and
Engineering to be held February 12-15, 2005, in Orlando, Florida.

The prize was established in 2002 and first awarded in 2003. It is awarded
every other year by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in the area of computational
science in recognition of outstanding contributions to the development and use
of mathematical and computational tools and methods for the solution of
science and engineering problems.

Eligibility

The prize is intended to recognize either one individual or a group of
individuals for outstanding research contributions to the field of
computational science and engineering. The contribution(s) for which the
award is made must be publicly available and may belong to any aspect of
computational science in its broadest sense.

Description of the prize

The award will include a total cash prize of $5,000 and a certificate
containing the citation. SIAM will reimburse reasonable travel expenses to
attend the award ceremony.

Nominations

A letter of nomination, including a description of the contribution(s) should
be sent by July 31, 2004, to:

Chair, SIAM/ACM Prize in CS&E
c/o Joanna Littleton
SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688

Selection Committee

Members of the selection committee are: Wayne H. Enright (chair),
University of Toronto; Steve McCormick, University of Colorado at Boulder;
and John B. Bell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.


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From: Janos Pinter <jdpinter@hfx.eastlink.ca>
Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 16:56:08 -0300
Subject: INFORMS Annual Meeting, Global Optimization Sessions

2004 INFORMS Annual Meeting
Denver Oct 24-27, 2004
http://www.informs.org/Conf/Denver2004/

Dear Colleagues,

I have been asked by INFORMS to organize Global Optimization Sessions for
the Annual Meeting.

The submission deadlines are as follows:

* May 17, 2004: session information, including abstract title and
presenting author/co-author information.

* June 18, 2004: complete information, presenting authors (speakers),
abstracts, and paper titles entered in the on-line system.

If you wish to give a topical presentation, then please send along the
relevant information that is due by May 17 (at your earliest convenience,
so that I can summarize it for INFORMS). Help and coordination by Session
Chair volunteers will be much appreciated.

Thanks and best regards,
Janos


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From: Steffen Boerm <sbo@mis.mpg.de>
Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 10:58:20 +0200
Subject: New Website for Hierarchical Matrices

There is a new website, http://www.hmatrix.org/, on the topic of
hierarchical matrices.
Hierarchical matrices were introduced by Hackbusch in 1999 and have
since evolved into an efficient method for

- compressing integral operators,
- computing the inverses of elliptic partial differential operators,
- constructing very robust preconditioners for integral and partial
differential equations,
- solving large matrix equations and
- evaluating matrix functions like the matrix exponential efficiently.

All of these applications are covered by the HLib package by Grasedyck
and Boerm, a C library that provides routines for matrix creation,
arithmetics, compression and conversion. It also contains a number of
basic routines for the discretization of elliptic differential operators
and boundary integral operators.

The website contains a (by no means complete) list of articles on
hierarchical matrices and related topics, including links to a number
of introductory papers and the lecture notes of the popular winter school
on this subject, a list of frequently asked questions and a description
of the HLib package.


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From: Ramani Duraiswami <Ramani@umiacs.umd.edu>
Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 20:09:53 -0400
Subject: Presentations from Workshop on Fast Multipole Methods

A meeting on the Fast Multipole Method and Related Approximation Algorithms
was held at the Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling
at the University of Maryland over April 19-30, 2004. The meeting was
organized by Ramani Duraiswami (UMIACS, UMD), Bjorn Engquist (PACM,
Princeton), Dennis Healy (Math, UMD), Eitan Tadmor(CSCAMM, UMD), and Peter
Teuben (Astronomy, UMD).

Presentations and tutorials from the meeting have been posted at the
workshop website, http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/programs/fam04/index.htm and may
be of interest to the community.

- Ramani Duraiswami


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From: Peter Deuflhard <deuflhard@zib.de>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 09:58:07 +0200
Subject: New Book, Newton Methods for Nonlinear Problems

Dear Colleagues,

May I draw your attention to my recent book

Newton Methods for Nonlinear Problems.
Affine Invariance and Adaptive Algorithms

that has just appeared as Springer Series Computational Mathematics
(SCM), vol. 35.

The book deals with the efficient numerical solution of challenging
nonlinear problems in science and engineering, both in finite
dimension (algebraic equations) and in infinite dimension (ordinary
and partial differential equations). Its focus is on local and global
Newton methods for direct problems or Gauss-Newton methods for
inverse problems. The term 'affine invariance' means that the
presented algorithms and their convergence analysis are invariant
under one out of four subclasses of affine transformations of the
problem to be solved. Compared to traditional textbooks, the
distinguishing affine invariance approach leads to shorter theorems
and proofs and permits the construction of fully adaptive algorithms.
A software list is included.

On one hand, this book is a textbook addressing itself to graduate
students of mathematics and computational sciences -- with lots of
numerical illustrations, comparison tables, and exercises. On the
other hand, the book is a research monograph addressing itself to
numerical analysts and computational scientists working on the
subject -- containing a lot of otherwise unpublished material and
opening many directions for possible future research.

CONTENTS:

1. Introduction

PART I: ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS
2. Systems of Equations: Local Newton Methods
3. Systems of Equations: Global Newton Methods
4. Least-Squares Problems: Gauss-Newton Methods
5. Parameter Dependent Systems: Continuation Methods

PART II: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
6. Stiff ODE Initial Value Problems
7. ODE Boundary Value Problems
8. PDE Boundary Value Problems

More information -- the Preface, the detailed Contents, and an
Outline of Contents -- can be downloaded from

http://www.zib.de/deuflhard/pub/newton.html

Writing the book has been fun.
Hopefully reading will be fun, too!

Best regards,
Peter Deuflhard


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From: Alexandre Ern <ern@cermics.enpc.fr>
Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 10:34:53 +0200
Subject: New Book on Finite Elements

Dear colleagues,

It is our pleasure to announce the publication of our book:

Theory and Practice of Finite Elements
Vol. 159 of Applied Mathematical Series
Alexandre Ern and Jean-Luc Guermond
Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004
ISBN 0-387-20574-8
http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/
0,10735,5-40109-22-17673507-0,00.html

SUMMARY

This book presents the mathematical theory of finite elements, starting
from basic results on interpolation and approximation theory and
building up to more recent research topics, such as discontinuous
Galerkin methods, subgrid viscosity stabilization, and a posteriori
error estimation.

One of the main objectives of the book is to go beyond the Lax-Milgram
paradigm and coercive settings by emphasizing the fundamental role of inf-sup
conditions. The book also covers implementation issues needed to write or
understand a finite element code.

Written at the graduate level, the text contains numerous examples
and exercises. It is intended to serve as a graduate textbook and
to be used by researchers in mathematics, computer science, and
engineering.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I. Theory
1. Finite element interpolation
2. Approximation in Banach spaces by Galerkin methods

Part II. Approximation of PDEs
3. Coercive problems
4. Mixed problems
5. First-order PDEs
6. Time-dependent problems

Part III. Implementation
7. Data structuring and mesh generation
8. Quadratures, assembling, and storage
9. Linear algebra
10. A posteriori error estimates and adaptive meshes

Appendices
A. Banach and Hilbert spaces
B. Functional analysis


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From: Fred Doolittle <fdoolittle@vni.com>
Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 15:17:35 -0600
Subject: IMSL Thread Safe Fortran Numerical Library

Dear Colleagues,

Visual Numerics is pleased to announce the availability of the IMSL(TM)
Thread Safe Fortran Numerical Library

The IMSL Thread Safe Fortran Numerical Library is a fully thread safe
edition of the IMSL Fortran Numerical Library and includes all algorithms
from the IMSL Fortran Numerical Library. Routines have been checked and
tested to ensure that multi-threaded, parallel applications can rely on the
entire library. The IMSL Thread Safe Fortran Numerical Library is available
on selected platforms that support thread safety.

Like the IMSL Fortran Numerical Library, the IMSL Thread Safe Fortran
Library allows programmers to utilize optional arguments of the modern
Fortran syntax for every relevant algorithm throughout the library.
Programmers can opt for simplified code, while maintaining full control in
cases where detailed arguments are required.

For more information on the IMSL Thread Safe Fortran Numerical Library,
please visit:

http://www.vni.com/products/imsl/index.html

The IMSL Libraries include coverage of a broad range of mathematics and
statistics algorithm topics, ranging from linear algebra and transforms to
optimization and multivariate analysis. The IMSL math and statistics
libraries are available in pure Fortran, C, and Java versions.


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From: Kengo Nakajima <nakajima@eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 09:57:03 +0900
Subject: Change of Address for Kengo Nakajima

Dear Colleagues,

My new address is as follows:

Kengo Nakajima
Department of Earth and Planetary Science
The University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bonkyo-ku
TOKYO 113-0033, JAPAN.

FAX: +81-3-5841-8791
e-mail: nakajima@eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Thanks.


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From: European Finite Element Fair <EFEF@math.hu-berlin.de>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 12:50:06 +0200
Subject: Second European Finite Element Fair in Berlin

Dear colleagues,

it is a pleasure to call your attention to the

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT for the

The SECOND EUROPEAN FINITE ELEMENT FAIR in Berlin, 4-5 June 2004

[following EFEF 1 held in 2003 at the Newton Institute in Cambridge:
http://users.comlab.ox.ac.uk/endre.suli/cpdw05.html ]

The local hosts of this Forum/Fair/Marketplace of ideas,

Eberhard Baensch (WIAS)
Carsten Carstensen (HUB)
Peter Deuflhard (ZIB)
Ralf Kornhuber (FU) and
Harry Yserentant (TUB),

would like to invite interested colleagues to present informal
contributions between Friday 13:30, 4th June, and Saturday 17:00, 5th June,
in Berlin.

The Fair's format is similar to that of earlier informal finite
element gatherings in the US (e.g. the FE Circus and FE Rodeo).

The focus of the meeting is the numerical treatment of PDEs, and
any aspect of finite elements and their mathematical foundation
interpreted in a broad sense. One of our principles is that
everybody may speak without advance notice. However, it will make
the Fair somewhat more predictable and enjoyable (from the organisers'
point of view!) if you do register a.s.a.p., preferably at least one week in
advance, on the webpage:

http://www.math.hu-berlin.de/~efef/

where we keep up-to-date information of all kinds, including travel and
participation.

We look forward to seeing you in Berlin in June!


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From: Beatrice Meini <meini@dm.unipi.it>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 10:03:33 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Conference in Pisa on Matrix Analytic Methods in Stochastic Models

FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MATRIX ANALYTIC METHODS
IN STOCHASTIC MODELS
Pisa (Italy), June 21-24, 2005

After the meetings in Flint (1995), Winnipeg (1998), Leuven (2000),
and Adelaide (2002), the fifth edition of the international conference
on Matrix Analytic Methods (MAM5) will be organized by the University
of Pisa in June of 2005.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Conference Chair:
Dario A. Bini, University of Pisa, Italy

Programme Co-Chairs:
Guy Latouche, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Beatrice Meini, University of Pisa, Italy

SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE:

The conference will provide an international forum for:

-- presenting recent results on theory, algorithms and applications
concerning matrix-analytic methods in stochastic models;
-- discussing methodologies and the related algorithmic analysis;
-- improving collaborations among researchers in applied
probability, engineering and numerical analysis;
-- tracing the current state of the art and the lines of the future
research, pointing out the main topics of interest.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Full paper submission: September 13, 2004;
Notification of acceptance/revision/rejection: January 10, 2005;
Revised version due: March 14, 2005;
Final notification for papers with delayed decision: April 4, 2005.

FURTHER INFORMATION:

Further information is published on the conference web page at
www.dm.unipi.it/~mam5

Queries should be addressed to mam5@dm.unipi.it


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From: Jerzy Wasniewski <jw@imm.dtu.dk>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 11:09:39 +0200 (METDST)
Subject: PARA'04 Conference Registration Deadlines

PARA'04
WORKSHOP ON STATE-OF-THE-ART
IN SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
June 20-23, 2004
http://imm.dtu.dk/~jw/para04/

To all PARA'04 participants:

The conference fees will be increased for registration after May
15, as shown at

http://www.imm.dtu.dk/~jw/para04/fees/

On behalf of the PARA'04 Organizing Committee,

Jerzy Wasniewski
Email: jw@imm.dtu.dk


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From: Michael Ng <kkpong@hkusua.hku.hk>
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 10:39:21 +0800 (HKT)
Subject: Symposium in Toulouse on Computational Science and Engineering

CALL FOR PAPERS

International Symposium on High Performance Computational Science and
Engineering (HPCSE-04)
Toulouse, France, August 22-27, 2004

http://juliet.stfx.ca/~lyang/hpcse-04/

Scope and Interests:

Computational Science and Engineering is increasingly becoming an
emerging and promising discipline in shaping future research and
development activities in academia and industry ranging from
engineering, science, finance, economics, arts and humanitarian fields.

New challenges are in the fields of modeling of complex systems,
sophisticated algorithms, advanced scientific and engineering computing
and associated (multi-disciplinary) problem solving environments.
Because the solution of large and complex problems must cope with tight
timing schedules, the use of high performance computing including
traditional supercomputing, scalable parallel and distributed computing,
emerging cluster and grid computing, is inevitable.

This event will bring together computer scientists and engineers,
applied mathematicians, researchers in other applied fields, industrial
professionals to present, discuss and exchange idea, results, work in
progress and experience of research in the area of high performance
computational techniques for science and engineering applications.

The main topics include (but not limited to):
1. Scientific and engineering computing
2. Problem solving environments
3. Advanced numerical computation and optimization
4. Complex systems: modeling and simulation
5. Parallel and distributed computing
6. Architectures and computation models, compiler, hardware and OS issues
7. Memory system, I/O, Tools, programming environment and language supports
8. Performance modeling and evaluation
9. Artificial intelligence
10. Visualization and virtual reality
11. Hardware/software co-design and VLSI support
12. Cluster, grid and web-based computing and simulation
13. Education in Computational Science and engineering
14. Related applications
including computational fluid dynamics and mechanics, material
sciences, space, weather, climate systems and global changes,
computational environment and energy systems, computational ocean
and earth sciences, combustion system simulation, computational
chemistry, computational physics, bioinformatics and computational
biology, medical applications, transportation systems simulations,
combinatorial and global optimization problems, structural
engineering, computational electro-magnetics, data mining and
information retrieval, computer graphics, virtual reality and
multimedia, computational finance, semiconductor technology,
electronic circuits, system design, signal and image processing, and
dynamic systems, etc.

Important Deadlines:
Paper submission Due June 25, 2004
Notification of Acceptance July 25, 2004
Final camera-ready paper July 31, 2004

Conference Chairs:

Dr. Andrei Doncescu (General Co-Chair)
Lab. of Analysis and Architecture Systems
Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioprocesses
INSA, Avenue de Rangueil, Toulouse, France
Email: adoncesc@laas.fr

Prof. Laurence T. Yang (General Co-Chair)
Department of Computer Science
St. Francis Xavier University
Antigonish, B2G 2W5, NS, Canada
Email: lyang@stfx.ca

Dr. Michael Ng (Program Co-Chair)
Department of Mathematics
University of HongKong, P. R. China
Email: kkpong@hkusua.hku.hk

Dr. Tau Leng (Program Co-Chair)
Scalable Systems Group,
Dell Inc, USA
Email: tau_leng@dell.com


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From: Alexander Ostermann <alexander.ostermann@uibk.ac.at>
Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 13:24:43 +0200
Subject: Workshop in Innsbruck on Exponential Integrators

Workshop on Exponential Integrators
Innsbruck, Austria
October 20-23, 2004

First Call for Participation and Papers

The idea of exponential integrators is an old one and dates back to
the sixties of the past century. In the last few years there has been
renewed interest in these integration methods stemming from
geometric integration and parabolic problems.
The goal of the workshop is to bring together people working in the
field as well as PhD students that want to start in this area. We try to
cover both, theoretical and practical aspects of exponential integrators.
The workshop consists of a plenary talk by an invited speaker and
submitted talks.

Invited speaker: Marlis Hochbruck (University of Duesseldorf)

For further details see the workshop web site at
http://techmath.uibk.ac.at/numbau/alex/events/conference2004.html

Organizers:
Alexander Ostermann, Mechhild Thalhammer (Innsbruck)
Alfredo Bellen (Trieste)


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From: Svetozar Margenov <margenov@parallel.bas.bg>
Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 10:45:15 +0300
Subject: Conference in Sozopol on Large-Scale Scientific Computations"

Fifth International Conference on
"Large-Scale Scientific Computations"
June 6-10, 2005, Sozopol, Bulgaria

LSSC'05
The conference is organized by the Institute for Parallel Processing,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Following the traditions, two special
tracks are planned: (a) Computational Linear Algebra; (b) Large-Scale
Scientific Computations of Engineering and Environmental Problems

Topics
Specific topics of interest (but not limited to) are the following:
(a) Hierarchical, adaptive, domain decomposition and local refinement
methods; (b)Robust preconditioning algorithms; (b) Monte-Carlo methods
and algorithms; (c) Numerical linear algebra; (d) Large-scale computations
of environmental problems; (e) High-performance algorithms for engineering
problems; (f) Large-scale computations of data processing; (g) Parallel
algorithms and performance analysis.

Currently Accepted Plenary and Invited Speakers:
Owe Axelsson(NL), Radim Blaheta(CZ), Susanne Brenner(USA), Carsten
Carstensen(DE), Stefan Heinrich (DE), Ulrich Langer (AT), Raytcho
Lazarov (USA), Zahari Zlatev(DK)

Special Sessions:
You are invited to apply to organize a Special Session (SS) within
the frame of LSSC'05. The organizing committee will encourage a
limited number of first appeared SSs in any traditional or more
advanced field of large-scale scientific computing. Please, contact
the conference secretariat for more details.

Conference WWW-cite

http://parallel.bas.bg/Conferences/SciCom05.html

Conference Secretary
Mrs. Silvia Grozdanova,
IPP-BAS, Acad. G. Bontchev, Bl. 25A,
1113 Sofia, Bulgaria;
FAX: (-359-2)-722-349;
E-mail: silvia@parallel.bas.bg <mailto:silvia@parallel.bas.bg>


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From: Mary Wall <maryw@mun.ca>
Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 16:56:25 -0230
Subject: Department Head Position at Memorial University of Newfoundland

Head, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of
Newfoundland

Memorial University of Newfoundland is seeking an exceptional individual
with vision, dedication and energy to develop and lead the Department of
Mathematics and Statistics. Applicants should have demonstrated excellence
in research and teaching in an area of mathematics or statistics, possess
excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to show
leadership and administrative ability appropriate to the post. The
appointment, effective January 1, 2005, or as soon as is mutually agreeable,
is for a 3-year renewable term and includes a tenured appointment at the
rank of Associate or Full Professor.

The department includes over 35 full-time faculty and offers undergraduate
and graduate programs at the Masters and Ph.D. levels. The department has
strong research programs in Pure and Applied Mathematics, and Statistics.
For an overview of the department or Memorial visit www.math.mun.ca or
www.mun.ca respectively.

Memorial University is the largest university in Atlantic Canada. As the
province's only university, Memorial plays an integral role in the
educational and cultural life of Newfoundland and Labrador. Offering
diverse undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 17,000 students,
Memorial provides a distinctive and stimulating environment for learning in
St. John's, a very safe, friendly city with great historic charm, a vibrant
cultural life, and easy access to a wide range of outdoor activities.

A curriculum vitae and the names of four referees, at least one of whom can
comment on leadership ability, should be sent to the address below. The
committee will begin consideration of applications on July 2, 2004.

Mathematics & Statistics Headship Search Committee
c/o Dean of Science
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL
A1B 3X7

Memorial University is committed to employment equity and encourages
applications from qualified women and men, visible minorities, aboriginal
people and persons with disabilities. All qualified candidates are
encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada
will be given priority.


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From: Gabriel Gatica <ggatica@ing-mat.udec.cl>
Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 21:57:40 +0000
Subject: Faculty Positions at University of Concepcion, Chile

UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCION, CHILE
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL ENGINEERING

FACULTY POSITIONS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS

The Department of Mathematical Engineering at the University of Concepcion
is recruiting for two tenured positions. Appointments at the rank of
Assistant Professor and Full Professor are possible. Successful
candidates are expected to pursue an active research program, perform
both graduate and undergraduate teaching, and supervise graduate students.
The Department will consider applicants active in one of the areas:

Control Theory, Numerical Analysis, Optimization,
Partial Differential Equations, Stochastic Analysis,
or related fields.

The ability of an applicant to complement and extend the existing research
strengths of the department will be an important factor in selection. A
Ph.D. or equivalent in Mathematics or related field is required. The
positions are available as of September 1, 2004. Salary will be commensurate
with experience.

Applicants should submit a vita, two letters of recommendation and selected
reprints, before July 1, to:

Director, Departamento de Ingenieria Matematica, Universidad de Concepcion,
Casilla 160-C, Concepcion, Chile

For further information contact Prof. G. Gatica at ggatica@ing-mat.udec.cl
or visit the department web site at http://www.ing-mat.udec.cl/


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From: Peter Fiske <peterfiske@raptindustries.com>
Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 00:09:02 +0000
Subject: Staff Position at RAPT Industries

Position Title: Mathematician/Software Engineer

Description: RAPT Industries, a well-funded small technology company based in
Livermore, California is searching for a candidate to fill the above position
in their Freeport, PA office (Pittsburgh area). The successful applicant will
be primarily involved in developing mathematical models and control algorithms
in support of our efforts to develop commercial applications for our novel
processes.

Requirements: Advanced degree in applied mathematics, operations research and
engineering, computer science or related field with strong interest and
experience in developing advanced mathematical algorithms and applying them
to real-world physical processes. Experience modeling physical systems is
valuable. Applicant should be able to demonstrate competence and experience
in the following areas:

- Algorithm development and prototyping in MATLAB
- Finite element modeling techniques
- Linear algebra, optimization, sparse matrices, and numerical methods
- Statistical estimation theory (e.g., maximum likelihood,
Wiener filtering, etc.)
- Deconvolution in the presence of noise and uncertainty
- Software design and development (C++ preferred)

Salary: This is a senior level position and salary will be commensurate with
experience. Compensation includes stock option package.

Benefits: Excellent medical, dental and disability. 401k program with
matching. Relocation allowance.

More details can be found at http://www.raptindustries.com/appliedmathposting/

We also welcome you to refer this advertisement to any of your colleagues who
might be interested in this position.


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From: Christian Wagner <drchristian.wagner@nexgo.de>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 14:15:45 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Staff Position at Eurohypo AG, Frankfurt

Eurohypo AG is Europes leading specialist for real estate and public
sector finance with an opportunity available with the Credit Risk
Analytics & Instruments group in Frankfurt.

Quantitative Credit Risk Analyst (Mathematical Modeler)

This position will be responsible for the development of credit risk
models and methodologies. This will include rating/scoring models for
the analysis of the credit-worthiness of corporate and personal clients
as well as portfolio models for the calculation of Expected Loss and
Economic Capital (VaR).

The candidate should have an excellent degree in mathematics or a related
field and a demonstrated ability to independent and creative project
work, e.g. through a PhD. Solid experience in an advanced programming
language (C, C++, Java) or a statistical software package (SAS, S-plus,
SPSS) is important. Good working knowledge of the German and English
language is essential.

Team players with the motivation and drive to solve real-world
mathematical problems and to introduce the resulting models in our
organisation are encouraged to send an application with CV (German or
English) via email or regular mail to:

Joerg Erlebach (joerg.erlebach@eurohypo.com)
Eurohypo AG
Junghofstrasse 5-7
D-60311 Frankfurt, Germany


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From: Alice Baker <mclauj3@rpi.edu>
Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 14:05:11 -0400
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is pleased to announce the availability
of a postdoctoral position in applied mathematics and/or mechanical
engineering with emphasis on theoretical results and/or algorithm development
for elastography problems. The position is anticipated to begin as soon
as possible.

The position is for one year, renewable for an additional year.
Travel support to attend conferences will be provided.

Applicants should submit a letter of application, a curriculum vita,
a description of research interests, and three letters of recommendation
sent directly to
Alice Baker
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY 12180
Inquires should be sent to Professor Joyce McLaughlin,
<mailto:mclauj@rpi.edu>mclauj@rpi.edu or Professor Antoinette
Maniatty, <mailto:maniaa@rpi.edu>maniaa@rpi.edu.

Review of applications will begin one month after the posting of this
announcement and will continue until the position is filled.


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From: Science Direct <sciencedirect@prod.lexis-nexis.com>
Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 07:06:19 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Contents, Linear Algebra and its Applications

Linear Algebra and its Applications Volume 384, (1 June 2004)
TABLE OF CONTENTS

The common invariant subspace problem: an approach via Grobner bases,
Pages 1-7
Donu Arapura and Chris Peterson

Bicircular projections on some matrix and operator spaces, Pages 9-20
L. L. Stacho and B. Zalar

Stieltjes continued fraction and QD algorithm: scalar, vector, and matrix cases,
Pages 21-42
Jeannette Van Iseghem

A system of matrix equations and a linear matrix equation over arbitrary
regular rings with identity, Pages 43-54
Qing-Wen Wang

On the graded identities and cocharacters of the algebra of 3 x 3 matrices,
Pages 55-75
Daniela La Mattina

Tridiagonal normal forms for orthogonal similarity classes of symmetric
matrices, Pages 77-84
Dragomir . okovi and Kaiming Zhao

Inertia sets of two classes of symmetric sign patterns, Pages 85-95
Yanling Shao, Liang Sun and Yubin Gao

Linear preservers of rank permutability, Pages 97-108
Anna A. Alieva and Alexander E. Guterman

Probabilistic analysis of complex Gaussian elimination without pivoting,
Pages 109-134
Man-Chung Yeung

-solutions to linear systems over , Pages 135-154
Pilar Pison-Casares and Alberto Vigneron-Tenorio

Sharp lower bounds on the Laplacian eigenvalues of trees, Pages 155-169
Kinkar Ch. Das

Elasticities of Krull domains with finite divisor class group, Pages 171-185
K. Kattchee

Quadratic Gauss sums on matrices, Pages 187-198
Mitsuru Kuroda

Complementary basic matrices, Pages 199-206
Miroslav Fiedler

On formal solutions to matrix version of a reduced Kac-van Moerbeke equation,
Pages 207-214
David Bradshow and Alexander Tovbis

Darboux transformation and perturbation of linear functionals, Pages 215-242
M. I. Bueno and F. Marcellan


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From: Chi-Wang Shu <shu@smtp.dam.brown.edu>
Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 17:02:42 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Contents, Journal of Scientific Computing

Journal of Scientific Computing
Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/0885-7474

Volume 20, Number 3, June 2004

Nonet-Cartesian Grid Method for Shock Flow Computations
K. Li and Z.-N. Wu, pp.303-329.

Adaptive Iteration to Steady State of Flow Problems
K. Hornell and P. Lotstedt, pp.331-354.

Spectral Discretizations of the Stokes Equations with Non
Standard Boundary Conditions
J.M. Bernard, pp.355-377.

Simulation Study of Aspects of the Classical Hydrogen Atom
Interacting with Electromagnetic Radiation: Elliptical Orbits
D.C. Cole and Y. Zou, pp.379-404

Unstructured Grid-Based Discontinuous Galerkin Method for
Broadband Electromagnetic Simulations
A.V. Kabakian, V. Shankar and W.F. Hall, pp.405-431.

Parameter Optimization and Reduction of Round Off Error
for the Gegenbauer Reconstruction Method
A. Gelb, pp.433-459.


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From: Elias Lipitakis <eal@aueb.gr>
Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 13:52:22 +0300
Subject: Contents, HERMIS Journal

Journal: HERMIS- An International Journal of
Computer Mathematics and its Applications
Volume: 4
Date: May 2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS

T. Y. Hou, H. Kim, B. Rozovskii and H.-M. Zhou
Wiener chaos expansions and numerical solutions randomly
forced equations of fluid mechanics
1--14

K. Zhang, F. Sun, M.S. Waterman and T. Chen
Dynamic programming algorithms for partitioning sequence
variation in human chromosomes
15--26

V. Korneev, U. Langer and L. Xanthis
Fast adaptive domain decomposition algorithms for hp-discretizations
of 2D and 3D elliptic equations: recent advances
27--44

A. S. Fokas and V. Marinakis
Reconstruction algorithm for the Brain Imaging Techniques of
PET and SPECT
45--62

T. E. Tezduyar
Finite element computational methods for moving boundaries
and interfaces
63--88

T. Yabe
Challenge of CIP as a universal solver for solid, liquid and gas
89--108

D. K. Gartling
Finite element solution methods for electromagnetics
109--120

Ming Yu and Jian Ren
A shock capturing method on divergent detonation in
condensed explosives
121--130

J.W.P. Ng and A. Manikas
A Space-Diffused Spatial-Temporal ARray (STAR) Receiver for
DS-CDMA System
131--152

D.A. Karras and R.C. Papademetriou
Wavelet based low error probability digital image watermarking
by integrating spread spectrum modulation techniques
153--162

J. Kontos, I. Malagardi and J. Peros
The Simulation subsystem of the AROMA system
163--174

G. Spyrou, K. Koufopoulos, S. Vassilaros and P. Ligomenides
Computer Aided Image Analysis and Classification Schemes for
the Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
175--182

I.C. Demetriou and E.A. Lipitakis
Quadratic Programming Methods for Least Squares Data Fitting by
Nonnegative Differences
183--198


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From: Peter Olver <olver@math.umn.edu>
Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 15:55:33 -0500
Subject: Contents, Foundations of Computational Mathematics

Volume 4 Number 2 of Foundations of Computational Mathematics is now
available on the SpringerLink web site at http://springerlink.metapress.com.

Tractability of Approximation for Weighted Korobov Spaces on Classical
and Quantum Computers
by Erich Novak, Ian H. Sloan, Henryk Wozniakowski
p. 121

Rigorous Numerics for Dissipative Partial Differential Equations II.
Periodic Orbit for the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky PDE A Computer-Assisted Proof
by Piotr Zgliczynski
p. 157

A Variational Complex for Difference Equations
by Peter E. Hydon, Elizabeth L. Mansfield
p. 187


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From: Ed Saff <esaff@math.vanderbilt.edu>
Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 14:59:49 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Contents: Constructive Approximation

Constructive Approximation
Vol. 20 No. 3 2004
Table of Contents

"Pairs of Dual Wavelet Frames from Any Two Refinable Funtions"
I. Daubechies and B. Han
Pages 325-352

"Matrix Christoffel Functions"
A.J. Duran and B. Polo
Pages 353-376

"On the Zeros of Orthogonal Polynomials: The Elliptic Case"
F. Peherstorfer
Pages 377-396

"Normal Multiresolution Approximation of Curves"
I Daubechies, O. Runborg, and W. Sweldens
Pages 399-463


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From: Nina Shokina <shokina@hlrs.de>
Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 10:36:24 +0200
Subject: Contents, Journal of Computational Technologies

Contents
Journal of Computational Technologies
Volume 8
Special Issue: Proceedings of the Russian-German Advanced Research Workshop
on Computer Science and High Performance Computing

Part 1, 2003

Shokin Y.I. Introduction, Pages 3 - 4

Shokin Y.I., Chubarov L.B. Information and telecommunication systems for
emergency management, Pages 5 - 26

Resch M. High performance computing in engineering and science, Pages 27
- 43

Shaydurov V.V., Rude U., Kireev I.V. Completely splitting method for the
Navier-Stokes problem, Pages 44 - 66

Kuropatenko V.F. Methods of shock wave calculation, Pages 67 - 81

Lang U. Distributed and collaborative visualization of simulation
results, Pages 82 - 96

Moskvichev V.V. Safety problems of technical objects, Pages 97 - 105

Pagella A., Rist U. Direct numerical simulations of shock-boundary layer
interaction at M=6, Pages 106 - 123

Rychkov A.D., Shokina N.Y. Mathematical models of filtration combustion
and their applications, Pages 124 - 144

Sofronov I.D. Computer simulation at VNIIEF, Pages 145 - 152

Part 2

Fedoruk M.P. Mathematical modeling of optical communication lines with
dispersion,
Pages 3 - 17

Frank A.M. Method of particles for simulation of incompressible flows
with free surface, Pages 18 - 32

Golushko S.K. Direct and inverse problems of mechanics of composites,
Pages 33 - 52

Grigoryev Y.N., Gorobchuk A.G. Numerical simulation of plasma-chemical
reactors, Pages 53 - 73

Holtwick S., Ruder H. Simulation of diesel-injection with smoothed
particle hydrodynamics, Pages 74 - 86

Laevsky Y.M. Some features of modern computational mathematics: problems
and new generation of algorithms, Pages 87 - 100

Zeiser T., Durst F. Efficient Flow Simulation on High Performance
Computers, Pages 101 - 120

Part 3

Afanasiev K.E., Stukolov S.V. Simulation of problems with free surfaces
by a boundary element method, Pages 3 - 33

Goede E. Simulation and optimisation for hydro power, Pages 34 - 42

Gorshkov V.V. The analysis of behaviour of multilayered conic shells on
the basis of nonclassical models, Pages 43 - 50

Huber N.A. Simulation of the motion and heating of an irregular plasma,
Pages 51 - 58

Kroener D. Numerics and simulations for convection dominated problems,
Pages 59 - 71

Styvrin A.V. Modified finite volume method for calculation of oceanic
waves on unstructured grids, Pages 72 - 76

Mix H., Nagel W.E. Performance aspects on high performance computers -
from microprocessors to highly parallel SMP systems, Pages 77 - 84


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