NA Digest Sunday, April 18, 1998 Volume 98 : Issue 14

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From: Allison Bogardo <bogardo@siam.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 98 09:58:43 -0500
Subject: Polya and DiPrima Prize Winners Announced

SIAM will award its 1998 George Polya Prize jointly to Professors
Percy Deift (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences), Peter
Sarnak (Princeton University), and Xin Zhou (Duke University).

Deift and Zhou are recognized for their work on Riemann-Hilbert
problems; Sarnak, for his work on the discrete spectrum of the
Laplacian on curves.

The awards will be presented on Thursday, July 16, at the SIAM
Annual Meeting, which will take place at the University of
Toronto the week of July 13-17.


SIAM will award its 1998 Richard C. DiPrima Prize to Bart De
Schutter of Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven, Belgium.

De Schutter is awarded the prize for his thesis on "Max-Algebraic
System Theory for Discrete Event Systems."

The award will be presented on Thursday, July 16, at the SIAM
Annual Meeting in Toronto.


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From: Anne Morlet <morlet@mcs.anl.gov>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 21:23:44 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Math Modeling Web Page

The mathematics modeling web page that I maintain has moved to a new location

http://www.mcs.anl.gov/mathmodeling

It has information about undergraduate and graduate modeling texbooks,
reference books on mathematical modeling, and a list of conferences
and workshops on the subject. In addition, it has links to student and
professional programs in modeling.

Anne Morlet
morlet@mcs.anl.gov


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From: Randy Bank <reb@sdna1.ucsd.edu>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 15:40:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: New Edition of PLTMG Package

PLTMG 8.0 is a package for solving elliptic partial
differential equations in general regions of the plane.
It is based on continuous piecewise linear triangular finite elements,
and features adaptive local mesh refinement, multigraph iteration,
and pseudo-arclength continuation options for parameter
dependencies. The package includes an initial mesh generator
and several graphics packages. Full documentation is provided in
PLTMG: A Software Package for Solving Elliptic Partial Differential Equations
- Users' Guide 8.0 (ISBN 0-89871-409-5), available from SIAM Publications.
PLTMG is provided as Fortran (and a little C) source code, in
both single and double precision versions. The included X-Windows GUI uses the
default Athena Widget set, and makes calls to standard library routines
of the X-Windows system, which must be loaded along with the PLTMG software.
PLTMG is available from Netlib and Mgnet.


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From: Charbel Farhat <charbel@alexandra.Colorado.EDU>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 08:38:16 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Nominations for the Sidney Fernbach Award

THE 1998 SIDNEY FERNBACH AWARD

Nominations for the 1998 Sidney Fernbach Award are being solicited
by the Fernbach Award Subcommittee.

The award, which includes a certificate and a $2000 honorarium, is
presented annually by the IEEE Computer Society to an individual for
"an outstanding contribution in the application of high performance
computers using innovative approaches." The presentation of the award
will be made at the IEEE-sponsored Supercomputing '98 conference.

The Sidney Fernbach Award was established in 1992 by the Board of
Governors of the IEEE Computer Society. It honors the memory of the
late Dr. Sidney Fernbach, one of the pioneers in the development and
application of high performance computers for the solution of large
computational problems.

The deadline for submission of nominations for this year's award is
April 30, 1998. For information or instructions for submitting a
nomination, check the Web at: http://www.computer.org/awards/nomfms/Sfnomfm.htm


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From: Renato Spigler <spigler@dmsa.unipd.it>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 10:14:51 +0200
Subject: Venice Symposium on Applied and Industrial Mathematics

Venice-2/Symposium on Applied and Industrial Mathematics
June 11-16, 1998
Ateneo Veneto, Venice, Italy

Organizing Committee:
R. Spigler (U. of Roma Tre, Chairman), G. Frosali (U. of Firenze),
E. Pascali (U. of Lecce), M. Pitteri (U. of Padova), S. Venakides (Duke Univ.)

Scientific Committee:
L. L. Bonilla (U. Carlos III), M. Lavrentiev, Jr (Novosibirsk State U.), S.
Venakides (Duke Univ.)

Sponsors:
Universities of "Roma Tre", Padova, and Lecce; Duke University, and Courant
Institute of Mathematical Sciences - NYU; Italian CNR, GNAFA-CNR, GNFM-CNR,
UNESCO; with the cooperation of SIAM.

Invited Speakers:

* M. Avellaneda (Courant Institute, New York University)
* F. Brezzi (U. of Pavia)
* R. Caflisch (UCLA)
* G. Dal Maso (SISSA, trieste)
* G. Dell'Antonio (U. of Roma-"La Sapienza")
* E. Di Benedetto (Northwestern Univ. & U. of Roma-"Tor Vergata")
* B. Engquist (UCLA)
* A. Fasano (U. of Firenze)
* A. Friedman (U. of Minnesota)
* M. Herrero (Universidad Complutense, Madrid)
* M. Lavrentiev, Sr (Novosibirsk State U. and Russian Academy of Sciences)
* A. Linan (Universidad Politecnica, Madrid)
* H. P. McKean (Courant Institute, New York University)
* L. Pastur (U. of Karkov, Ukraine)
* D. Schaeffer (Duke Univ.)
* R. S. R. Varadhan (Courant Institute, New York University) - (to be
confirmed)

Place:
Ateneo Veneto, Campo San Fantin 1897, San Marco 30124 Venice, Italy.

Date:
June 11-16, 1998


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From: Gavin J Pringle <gavin@epcc.ed.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 18:12:34 +0100
Subject: Seminar on Simulation of Fluid Flow on Parallel Machines

EPCC is organising a one day HPCI Seminar on
Simulation of Fluid Flow on Parallel Machines
Monday 8th June 1998, Lecture Theatre LT1
Chemical Engineering Department, Imperial College, London

As part of the High Performance Computing Initiative, HPCI, EPCC will
be holding a one-day seminar entitled `Simulation of Fluid Flow on
Parallel Machines'.

This multi-disciplinary seminar is aimed at researchers who have an
interest in fluid flow or techniques in Computational Fluid Dynamics
who would like to find out more about their implementation on parallel
systems.

The list of speakers includes senior researchers from the UK working in
areas as diverse as: combustion, applications in aerodynamics, vortex
methods, and oceanography. The speakers and the talk titles for this
seminar will be:

o Prof. William P. Jones,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Imperial College.
Title to be announced.

o Prof. Nigel P. Weatherill,
Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Wales Swansea.
`Parallel Computations for Aerospace Applications using Unstructured Grids'.

o Dr. Owen R. Tutty,
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
University of Southampton.
'Parallel Vortex Methods for Viscous Flow Simulation'

o Dr. David Webb,
Southampton Oceanography Centre,
University of Southampton.
`Running a Global Ocean Model on the T3D'.

o Mr. Paul Burton,
UK Met Office.
`Running the UK Met. Office's Unified Model on the Cray T3E'.

The seminar will be held in Lecture Theatre LT1 of the Chemical Engineering
Department at Imperial College on Monday 8th June 1998. There will be space
available for posters. The seminar is free, however, people wishing to
attend are requested to register beforehand.

The will be space available for posters.

Talk abstracts and further details, including a registration form, can be
found at the following URL:

http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/hpci/cfd_seminar.html

or by contacting the organising committee directly at t3d@epcc.ed.ac.uk.

Postal address: CFD Seminar Committee
Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre,
James Clerk Maxwell Building,
The Kings Buildings,
The University of Edinburgh,
Mayfield Road,
Edinburgh EH9 3JZ,
Scotland

Telephone: 0131 650 5030 (UK)
+44 131 650 5030 (international)
Fax: +44 131 650 6555


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From: Max Gunzburger <gunzburg@iastate.edu>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 16:51:11 -0500
Subject: Conference in Honor of Olga Ladyzhenskaya

First announcement and call for contributed papers

Conference in honor of Olga Ladyzhenskaya
Recent Trends and Advances in PDEs and Numerical PDEs

August 2-5, 1998
Iowa State Univeristy
Ames, Iowa

Conference web site
http://www.math.iastate.edu/pdeconaug.html

Supported by the National Science Foundation, the Iowa State University
Miller Lecture Fund and the Department of Mathematics


Partial differential equations (PDEs) is the language of much of
science and engineering so that advances in PDEs and their approximate
solution are of continuing importance to applications. The conference
has as one of its goals to foment cross-fertilization by bringing
together a variety of researchers in the wide, wide world of PDEs. We
plan to facilitate individual and small group interactions. The
conference will have a general theme of recent advances and trends in
the theory and computation of PDEs, especially nonlinear ones. We will
focus on models and theoretical and computational results that are of
importance in applications. The inclusion of a wide variety of
theoretical and computational topics in the conference will provide
for an exchange of information between researchers working on
different problems who may ordinarily not interact with each other or
who might not learn about new developments that could help their own
research programs. This aspect of the conference may especially
benefit junior mathematicians who will be exposed to the great variety
of approaches and models that the general PDE community has developed.


Partial list of speakers who have accepted invitations to speak (please
check the conference web page periodically for updates)

Particia Bauman (Purdue U.)
Jerry Bona (U. of Texas at Austin)
Giovanni Galdi (U. of Pittsburgh)
Tom Hou (Cal Tech)
Barbara Keyfitz (U. of Houston)
David Kinderlehrer (Carnegie Mellon U.)
Nicolai Krylov (U. of Minnesota)
Olga Ladyzhenskaya (Steklov Institute, St. Petersburg)
Fang-Hua Lin (Courant Institute)
Konstantin Lurie (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Roy Nicolaides (Carnegie Mellon U.)
Gregory Seregin (Steklov Institute, St. Petersburg)
James Serrin (U. of Minnesota)
Roger Temam (Indiana U.)

Contributed talks are welcome. Please fill out the form in the
conference web site or send the information requested (name, title,
e-mail address, postal address, title and abstract of talk) to:
Max Gunzburger
Department Of Mathemtics
Iowa State University
Ames IA 50011-2064
515-294-1752
Fax: 515-294-5454
gunzburg@iastate.edu

We also have some funds available to help pay the costs of attending
the meeting for junior researchers (graduate students and recent
Ph.D.s.) If you would like to be considered for such funds, please
contact Max Gunzburger at the above address (preferably via e-mail.)

The conference program, hotel information, and other details will
appear on the conference web site as soon as they become available.

Organizing committee
Max Gunzburger (Iowa State University)
L. Steven Hou (Iowa State University)
Janet Peterson (Iowa State University)
James Turner (Arizona State University)


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From: Jennifer Mueller <muellj2@rpi.edu>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:01:46 -0400
Subject: Workshop on Nonlinear and Improperly Posed Problems

International Workshop on Nonlinear and Improperly Posed Problems
August 15-13, 1998
International Hotel Sapanaca
Kocaeli - Turkey

Main Topics:
Nonlinear equations of mathematical physics, nonclassical boundary
conditions and new inverse and improperly posed problems.
Special emphasis will be placed on:
1. Theory and analysis of nonlinear and improperly posed problems.
2. Numerical solutions and applications.

Submissions:
Presentations will be a maximum of 30 minutes with discussions taking
place at the end of each session.
Authors should e-mail LATEX files (with spacing 1.5) of their proposed
papers by no later than 31 May, 1998 to Prof. A. Hasanov,
kcluniv2@turnet.net.tr
Notification of acceptance will be forwarded within one month of the
above date to the author's e-mail address. The proceedings will be
available at the time of the workshop.

Location:
The workshop will be held in the International Hotel ``Sapanca'' (around
the lake Sapanca), which is 25 minutes from Izmit (Kocaeli State Center).

Honorary Chairman of the conference:
Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences, Prof. A.A. Samarskii

International Programme Committee:
S. Cohn (USA), P. DuChateau (USA), A. Hasanov (Turkey),
M.Idemen (Turkey), W. Rundell (USA), T.Shores (USA)

Organizing Institutions:
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Institute of Mathematical Modelling, Moscow
Colorado State University
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Kocaeli, Turkey
Isik University, Turkey

Sponsors:
Kocaeli State Adminstration,
Kocaeli University Association,
Izmit Municipality , International Black Sea Club,
Arcelik A.S.,
Kocaeli Fair

Turkish Organizing Committee:
M. Oguz (Governer of Kocaeli State) - Honorary Chairman
S. Sirmen (Mayor of Izmit Municipality) - Honorary Chairman
A. Ural (President of Kocaeli University)- Chairman
A. Gunel (Vice President of Kocaeli University)
A. Hasanov (Chair of Appl. Math. Sciences Research Center,
University of Kocaeli)
M. Idemen (Trustee Member of Isik University, Istanbul)
S. Ozbay (Director of Kocaeli Fair)

For more information, please see the web page
http://web.turnet.net.tr/~kcluniv2/workshop


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From: David Kincaid <kincaid@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 11:05:24 -0500
Subject: Symposium on Iterative Methods

Second Announcement --- Call for papers

FOURTH IMACS INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
ITERATIVE METHODS IN SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION

October 18-20, 1998
University of Texas at Austin

SPECIAL EVENT
Banquet celebrating 75th birthday of Professor David M. Young, Jr.

REGISTRATION & ADDITIONAL DETAILS
Check-out the URI site

http://www.ticam.utexas.edu/dmy98/

or send email to get on the mailing list

dmy98@ticam.utexas.edu


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From: Richard Brualdi <brualdi@math.wisc.edu>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:51:25 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: ILAS Conference in Honor of Hans Schneider

The Program for the ILAS Conference in honor of Hans Schneider:

June 3-6, 1998, UW-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

is now available for viewing on the WEB:

http://math.wisc.edu/~brualdi/program.ps


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From: Christoph Helmberg <helmberg@zib.de>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 18:26:50 +0200
Subject: ICM '98 Early Registration Deadline

ICM'98 early registration deadline is May 1

Dear Colleague:

Please note that

May 1 : deadline for early registration and submission of abstracts

for ICM'98 is quickly approaching. We are looking forward to receiving your
registration (by WWW, fax, or surface mail) for

THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MATHEMATICIANS
BERLIN, August 18-27, 1998
http://elib.zib.de/ICM98

The International Congress of Mathematicians, taking place about every
four years since 1897, belongs to the most important mathematical events
in the world. One distinguished feature, among others, is the awarding
of the Fields Medals (the "mathematical Nobel Prize") and the Nevanlinna
Prize during the Opening Ceremony.

The Congress is held under the auspices of the International Mathematical
Union (IMU). Mathematicians from all countries gather to discuss recent
developments in mathematics that are presented by leading scientists from
all mathematical fields. Responsibility for the scientific program lies
with the Program Committee appointed by IMU. There will be 21 one-hour
Plenary Lectures covering the major areas of mathematics and about
160 forty-five-minute Invited Lectures in nineteen sections
(see http://elib.zib.de/ICM98/B for the full invited program).

In addition to the distinct scientific program we have made strong
efforts to set up a rich and rewarding by-program for you and your
company. There will be:

- exhibitions, concerts, talks, and discussions:
http://elib.zib.de/ICM98/C/1/urania

- the VideoMath Festival:
http://www-sfb288.math.tu-berlin.de/VideoMath/

- Footloose Tours:
http://elib.zib.de:88/pub/IMU/ICM98-TEST/E/5/

- Sessions on Special Activities
http://elib.zib.de/ICM98/B/7

- Many important conferences have been arranged around ICM'98:
http://www.exp-math.uni-essen.de:80/Events/around_icm.html

We are looking forward to seeing you in Berlin.

Christoph Helmberg (for the ICM'98 Organizing Committee)


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From: Yair Censor <yair@mathcs2.haifa.ac.il>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 14:30:59 +0300 (IDT)
Subject: Faculty Positions at the University of Haifa

The Department of Mathematics at the University of Haifa is anticipating
two or three tenure-track positions at any level for scientists in
applied mathematics and/or computer science. Candidates must hold a
Ph.D. in mathematics or computer science, and have an excellent research
and other achievements record.

Since these positions are dedicated to teaching of computer science
courses in our BA program "Mathematics with Computer Science", which is
run by the Department of Mathematics, the candidate MUST have proven
record of teaching a variety of computer science courses at all levels,
must be ready to commit him/herself to teaching only such courses, and
must reasonably command the Hebrew language.

Starting Date: October 1, 1999 (Outstanding candidates might apply for
earlier start).

Candidates should apply even if some of the requirements mentioned above
(except for the computer science teaching ability) do not hold for them to
discuss with us various alternatives.

Remark: the University of Haifa has an independent Department of
Computer Science which is not part of the above mentioned program and of
this announcement.

Please send complete CV, list of publications, names and addresses (and
electronic addresses) of four persons who can supply an evaluation to:

Professor Dan Butnariu, Chairman
Department of Mathematics
University of Haifa
Mt. Carmel, Haifa 31905, ISRAEL.


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From: Barry Koren <Barry.Koren@cwi.nl>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 09:40:44 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at CWI/GMD

In a joint research project of the Dutch Center for Mathematics and Computer
Science (CWI) and the German National Research Center for Information
Technology (GMD), there is an open two- to three-year position for a

POST-DOC.

The aim of the research is to extend an existing PDE-software package (LiSS)
with sparse-grid and overlapping-grid techniques.
The extension will be directed towards 3D fluid-flow applications.
Sparse-grid techniques will be applied to reduce the number of grid points with
as little loss of accuracy as possible. The overlapping-grid techniques will
be used to fit curved boundaries, in particular free-surface boundaries.

Candidates are expected to have done their PhD-research in numerical mathematics
or computational fluid dynamics. (Applications from candidates who are about
to finish their PhD-work are also welcome.)

Working periods and places will probably be: first or last half of the project
duration at CWI (Amsterdam), other half at GMD (near Bonn).

Further information can be obtained from:
at CWI: Prof. P.W. Hemker (P.W.Hemker@cwi.nl, 020-5924108),
Dr. B. Koren (Barry.Koren@cwi.nl, 020-5924114),
at GMD: Prof. U. Trottenberg (trottenberg@gmd.de),
Dr.C.W. Oosterlee (oosterlee@gmd.de) or
Dr. A. Schueller (schueller@gmd.de).

Written applications with curriculum vitae and list of publications to be
sent to:
Mrs. M.J. Godin
Personnel Department
CWI
P.O. Box 94079
1090 GB Amsterdam
The Netherlands
mentioning: "Sparse Grids and Overlapping Grids in LiSS".


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From: Claus Fuhrer <claus.fuhrer@dna.lth.se>
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 11:56:55 +0200
Subject: Faculty Position at Lund University

Associate Professor in Computer Science at Lund University (Sweden)

Duties: Undergraduate and graduate education and research in computer
science.

The department of computer sciences and numerical analysis, which has
about 50 employees, serves both the School of Mathematical and Natural
Sciences and the School of Engineering. Today, the most developed
research areas are algorithm theory and programming environments.
Our goal with this position, officially placed at the School of Mathematics
and Natural Sciences, is to broaden the research at the department.

The applicant we are looking for should be a dedicated teacher, with good
communication skills in Swedish or English and a strong researcher with
capacity to get external funding. The applicant should be prepared to
initiate a new research group, preferably with application-oriented research.

Experience from industry is a merit.

For further information about this position, please contact department
chair Arne Andersson, phone +46 46 2228036 or e-mail
Arne.Andersson@dna.lth.se.

Information about this position and our department is also available at
our website - http://www.dna.lth.se.


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From: Steve Campbell <slc@math.ncsu.edu>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 08:46:55 -0500
Subject: Faculty Position at North Carolina State University

Professor and Head, Department of Mathematics
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

The Department of Mathematics at North Carolina State University
invites applications for the position of Professor and Head of the
Department. The Department has 65 full time faculty, 12 visiting
faculty and post docs, 106 graduate students, and 250 undergraduate
majors, with annualized research expenditures in excess of $2 million.
The Department has modern computing and communication facilities
supporting research and instruction. It has strong research programs i
n both pure and applied mathematics, and collaborations with other
departments and institutions. The Center for Research in Scientific
Computation housed in the Department fosters research in scientific
computing and provides a focal point for research in computational
science, engineering and applied mathematics. For more information
about the department see: http://www.math.ncsu.edu

The Head is expected to establish high standards for the teaching and
research programs of the Department, to maintain a vigorous program
of scholarship and professional activity, and to have a balanced
appreciation for teaching, pure and applied research, and outreach. The
Head reports to the Dean of the College of Physical and Mathematical
Sciences and is responsible for departmental administrative,
budgetary, and personnel matters.

NCSU offers unique research opportunities for industrial-academic
collaboration on the new Centennial Campus, a 700-acre site housing
both university and industrial research facilities. Mathematics enjoys
extensive interaction with other departments within the university and
with nearby facilities in the Research Triangle Park. The Park is home
to numerous industrial research campuses, the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences, a major Environmental Protection
Agency complex, the NC Microelectronics Center, and the NC
Biotechnology Center. NCSU and the Research Triangle Park are located
in a region regularly acclaimed in national publications as a great
place to live.

Applicants should send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the
names of at least three references to Dr. Thomas M. Gerig, Chair,
Mathematics Head Search, Box 8203, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC 27695-8203. Questions may be directed to
gerig@stat.ncsu.edu. Review of applications will begin July 15, 1998
and continue until the position is filled. North Carolina State
University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and
especially solicits applications from women, under-represented
minorities and persons who are physically challenged.


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From: Madhava Syamlal <MADHAVA.SYAMLAL@fetc.doe.gov>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:05:42 -0400
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at Federal Energy Technology Center

Postdoctoral position in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering (or
equivalent ) with an emphasis in Computational Fluid Dynamics/
Computational Mechanics


The Federal Energy Technology Center (FETC), Morgantown, West
Virginia, has an immediate opening for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the
Simulation and Modeling Team. The Postdoctoral Fellow will work on a
project to add the capability to simulate dense granular flow to an
existing multiphase flow model. The project will include developing
theory and numerical algorithms for a continuum description of dense
granular flow, implementing the algorithms into an existing code,
conducting simulations, and comparing results with experimental data.
The Fellow will be expected to work with other members of the
Simulation and Modeling Team, and with researchers from university,
national labs, and industry. U.S. citizenship is required.

A candidate should possess a Ph.D. in chemical, mechanical or civil
engineering or equivalent with an emphasis on Computational Fluid
Dynamics (CFD) or Computational Mechanics. The candidate sholud
have demonstrated expertise in formulating, implementing, and testing
numerical algorithms. Expertise in Fortran programming is required.
Good oral and written communication skills is required. Experience with
large finite volume CFD models, numerical linear algebra, and granular
flow theory are desirable.

FETC, a Fossil Energy field organization whose mission is solving
national energy and environmental problems, is federally owned and
operated. FETC implements a broad range of energy and environmental
programs for the U. S. Department of Energy.

If you meet the qualifications for this position, in order to apply please
send a letter of introduction, resume, and list of publications to:

Ms. Kay Ball
Postgraduate Research Programs
Education and Training Division
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
P.O. Box 117
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0117
(423) 576-8807

For technical question about the postion, contact:

Dr. Thomas J. O'Brien
U.S. Department of Energy
Federal Energy Technology Center (FETC)
Morgantown, WV 26507-0880
(304) 285-4571
(304) 285-4403 Fax
tobrie@fetc.doe.gov


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From: Tony Humphries <A.R.Humphries@sussex.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 18:33:26 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Lectureship Position at University of Sussex

UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
School of Mathematical Sciences
Centre for Mathematical Analysis and Its Applications

Lectureship in Mathematics Grade A or B (Ref: 322)

Applications are invited for a permanent Lectureship in Mathematics.
The research interest of the successful candidate should be in
the general areas of applied mathematics and numerical
analysis. Candidates must have a proven record of excellence in
research and will be expected to teach at undergraduate and
postgraduate level. The Lectureship is associated with the
Centre for Mathematical Analysis and its Applications and in
particular, the applied mathematics group led by Professor C M
Elliott, whose focus for research is the analysis and numerical
analysis of partial differential equations and their
applications. The successful candidate will have expertise on
one or more of modelling, applied analysis and computation, and
be willing to collaborate with other members of the Centre. The
post is available from September 1998.

Salary scales:
Lecturer Grade A/Tutorial Fellow: 16,045 to 21,016 GBP per annum.
Lecturer Grade B: 21,894 to 27,985 GBP per annum.
Senior Lecturer: 29,380 to 33,202 GBP per annum.

Application forms and further details are available from and
should be returned to Staffing Services, University of Sussex,
Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 9RH, United Kingdom. For
information packs please call +44 (1273) 606755 and ask for
extension 3768, 8201 or 8202. Requests may be sent via email
to S.Jenks@sussex.ac.uk.

For further information about the University, please refer to
the relevant school (http://www.maths.susx.ac.uk) or subject
group (http:/www.maths.susx.ac.uk/CMAIA) web pages, or begin
at the Sussex Home Page (http://www.susx.ac.uk).

WHEN REQUESTING DETAILS, PLEASE QUOTE THE RELEVANT REFERENCE
NUMBER.

Closing date for applications: Friday 15 May 1998.

This is an abridged version of an announcement posted by the
University of Sussex Information Service on the WWW on 8th
April 1998. See http://www.susx.ac.uk/Units/personnel/vac53.html
for the full text. See also http://www.maths.susx.ac.uk/advert.html.


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From: Oliver Ernst <ernst@math.tu-freiberg.de>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 22:32:07 +0200
Subject: Graduate Positions at the Technical University Freiberg

Graduate Positions at the Technical University Freiberg

The graduate program in Spatial Statistics at the Freiberg University
of Mining and Technology in Freiberg, Germany, is soliciting
applications for doctoral fellowships in accordance with the
guidelines of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

Research in the Spatial Statistics graduate program is concerned with
the following subject areas:

- Statistics for inexact data sets and random sets
- Stochastic Geometry and Stereology
- Numerical Analysis
- Geostatistics and Geodesy
- Stochastic processes in distributed systems
- Statistical Physics
- Processing of geometric data

Thesis topics of current doctoral candidates in the program may be
inspected at the home page of the Department of Mathematics and
Computer Science: http://www.math.tu-freiberg.de .
Research is conducted in a small, interdisciplinary group and
doctoral candidates are supervised by faculty of the Technical
Universities in Dresden and Freiberg from the following departments:

- Mathematics, particularly Statistics
- Computer Science
- Earth Sciences
- Geodesy
- Materials Science

For further information, contact

Dr. Martina Lorenz
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
lorenz@hrz.tu-freiberg.de


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From: Marcin Paprzycki <pdcp@orca.st.usm.edu>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 21:59:49 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Papers Sought for Parallel and Distributed Computing

CALL FOR OVERVIEW PAPERS

The area of PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING has matured to the point
when it could benefit from papers providing a broader perspective on the
discipline and attempting to introduce order into the rapidly expanding
knowledge. To address this need the new journal -- Parallel and
Distributed Computing Practices (http://orca.st.usm.edu/pdcp) -- decided
to publish OVERVIEW papers.

An overview paper is expected to cover a subarea of parallel and/or
distributed computing. It is supposed to contain a historical perspective
on the developments up to date as well as information about the state of
the art. It should also contain the description of what research is
currently considered the most important and which roads are considered to
be the most promising to lead to the answers. The paper should contain
extensive bibliography. It is crucial that the paper be written in such a
way as to be accessible to computer professionals who do not have detailed
knowledge of the subject. All papers are refereed against a specially
designed set of criteria matching their special nature (see the WWW site
for more details). Due to the nature of the endeavor we expect the
overview papers to be longer than the papers typically accepted for
journal publication.

I am happy to announce that the first issue (in print now) contains an
overview paper: "Asynchrony in Parallel Computing: From Dataflow to
Multithreading" by J. Silc, B. Robic and T. Ungerer. It is a rather
extensive study (with 236 references) providing an excellent source of
information about the subject.

I would like to invite all everyone interested in contributing an overview
paper to contact the Editor-in-Chief (Marcin Paprzycki) at:
m.paprzycki@usm.edu to discuss the details of the project.


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From: George Anastassiou <ANASTASG@msci.memphis.edu>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 13:54:49 -600
Subject: New Journal, Computational Analysis and Applications

Deadlines for Contributors:1st issue May 1st,2nd issue July 1st,
3rd issue September 1st,4rth issue November 1st,1998.

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS
A quartely international publication of PLENUM publishing corporation.

EDITOR IN-CHIEF:
GEORGE A ANASTASSIOU
Department of Mathematical Sciences
The University of Memphis
Memphis,TN 38152,U.S.A.
901-678-3144(office)
901-678-2482(secretary)
901-371-9752(home)
901-678-2480(Fax).
E-Mail:anastasg@hermes.msci.memphis.edu

SCOPE OF THE JOURNAL
The main purpose of "Computational Analysis and Applications" is to publish
high quality research articles from all subareas of Computational Mathematical
Analysis and its many potential applications and connections to other areas of
Mathematical Sciences. Any paper whose approach and proofs are computational,
using methods from Mathematical Analysis in the broadest sense is suitable and
welcome for consideration in our journal, except from Applied Numerical Analysis
articles. The list of possibly connected mathematical areas with this publication
includes and is not restricted to: Applied Analysis, Applied Functional Analysis,
Approximation Theory, Asymptotic Analysis, Difference Equations, Differential
Equations,Partial Differential Equations, Fourier Analysis, Fractals, Fuzzy Sets,
Harmonic Analysis, Inequalities, Integral Equations, Measure Theory, Moment Theory,
Neural Networks, Numerical Functional Analysis, Potential Theory, Probability Theory,
Real and Complex Analysis, Signal Analysis, Special Functions, Splines, Stochastic
Analysis, Stochastic Processes, Summability, Tomography, Wavelets, any combination
of the above, etc.

Working Analytically and Computationally in Mathematical Sciences has become
a main trend in the last years, as well as mixing different branches, so we can
understand better and deeper the important and complex problems of our real and
scientific world. "Computational Analysis and Applications" will be a peer-reviewed
Journal. We are calling for papers for possible publication.

The contributor should send four copies of the contribution to the
editor in-Chief, typed in TEX, LATEX double space.

Editorial Board (short list)

G.Anastassiou (editor-in-chief)
I.Argyros (Lawton,OK)
J.M.Ash (Chicago)
M.Balas (Boulder)
J.Bona (Austin)
P.Butzer (Aachen-Germany)
L.Caffarelli (Austin)
V.Corradi (Philadelphia)
G.Cybenko (Hanover,NH)
Ding-Xuan Zhou (Hong Kong)
S.Elaydi (San Antonio)
A.Esogbue (Atlanta)
C.Floudas (Princeton)
J.Goldstein (Memphis)
H.Gonska (Duisburg,Germany)
J.Higgins (Cambridge,UK)
C.Houdre (Atlanta)
M.Ismail (Tampa)
B.Lenze (Dortmund,Germany)
H.Mhaskar (Los Angeles)
M.Z.Nashed (Newark,DE)
M.Nkashama (Birmingham,AL)
C.Pearce (Adelaide,Australia)
J.E.Pecaric (Zagreb,Croatia)
S.T.Rachev (Santa Barbara,CA)
E.Rodin (St.Louis,MO)
M.Tasche (Rostock,Germany)
G.Walter (Milwaukee)
H.White (San Diego)
Xin-long Zhou (Duisburg,Germany)
X.M.Yu (Springfield,MO)


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From: Herve Le Ferrand <leferran@u-bourgogne.fr>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 16:42:52 +0200
Subject: Journees Methodes Numeriques

Journ=E9es M=E9thodes Num=E9riques
Laboratoire Analyse Appliqu=E9e-Optimisation
D=E9partement de Math=E9matiques
Universit=E9 de Bourgogne

14-15 Mai 1998

Premi=E8re annonce

Dans le cadre de notre s=E9minaire, nous organisons =E0 Dijon trois demi-journ=E9es
d'expos=E9s sur le th=E8me ``M=E9thodes Num=E9riques". Deux demi-journ=E9es seront
consacr=E9es plus particuli=E8rement au domaine de l'Optimisation. La troisi=E8me
demi-journ=E9e sera consacr=E9e =E0 d'autres domaines ( Equations aux d=E9riv=E9es
partielles,th=E9orie du contr=F4le ...). Le but de ces demi-journ=E9es est de
faire se rencontrer des math=E9maticiens de divers horizons et de faire le
point sur certaines m=E9thodes num=E9riques.

Conf=E9renciers :

- L. Carraro, D=E9partement 3MI, Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne, France :
``Quantification de l'incertitude sur la production d'un reservoir p=E9troli=
er."

- J.C. Culioli, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France :

- J.P. Gauthier, Universit=E9 de Dijon, France :
``Une th=E9orie de l'observation d=E9terministe, et des applications."

- J.C. Gilbert, I.N.R.I.A, France :
``M=E9thodes de points int=E9rieurs pour l'optimisation non lin=E9aire de grande
taille avec application =E0 un probl=E8me de commande optimale."

- H. Gilquin, E.N.S de Lyon, France :
``Quelques m=E9thodes num=E9riques pour les lois de conservation."

- O. Lefebvre, Universit=E9 de Dijon, France :
``Sur la vitesse de convergence de la m=E9thode de l'inverse partiel."

- C. Lemar=E9chal, I.N.R.I.A, France

- P. Marcotte, Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al, Canada :
``Un mod=E8le d'=E9quilibre avec capacit=E9s rigides."

Pour des renseignements compl=E9mentaires contacter

C. Michelot (michelot@satie.u-bourgogne.fr)

et consulter la page

http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/monge/aaopt/}

pour lire en particulier les r=E9sum=E9s des conf=E9rences.


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From: Keely O'Donnell <odonnell@siam.org>
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 98 15:25:06 -0500
Subject: Contents, SIAM Journal on Optimization

CONTENTS
SIAM Journal on Optimization
Volume 8, Number 2, MAY 1998

Tilt Stability of a Local Minimum
R. A. Poliquin and R. T. Rockafellar

A Chain Rule for Essentially Smooth Lipschitz Functions
Jonathan M. Borwein and Warren B. Moors

Null Sets and Essentially Smooth Lipschitz Functions
Jonathan M. Borwein and Warren B. Moors

Primal-Dual Interior-Point Methods for Self-Scaled Cones
Yu E. Nesterov and M. J. Todd

On Extending Some Primal-Dual Interior-Point Algorithms from Linear
Programming to Semidefinite Programming
Yin Zhang

Existence and Uniqueness of Search Directions in Interior-Point
Algorithms for the SDP and the Monotone SDLCP
Masayuki Shida, Susumu Shindoh, and Masakazu Kojima

Interior Point Algorithms for Linear Complementarity Problems Based On
Large Neighborhoods of the Central Path
Gongyun Zhao

Existence of Solutions to Discrete Semicoercive Frictional Contact
Problems
Anders Klarbring and Jong-Shi Pang

An Unconstrained Convex Programming Approach to Linear Semi-Infinite
Programming
Chih-Jen Lin, Shu-Cherng Fang, and Soon-Yi Wu

The Linear l_1 Estimator and the Huber M-Estimator
W. Li and J. J. Swetits

A D.C. Optimization Algorithm for Solving the Trust-Region Subproblem
Pham Dinh Tao and Le Thi Hoai An

An Incremental Gradient(-Projection) Method with Momentum Term and
Adaptive Stepsize Rule
Paul Tseng

An Efficient Algorithm for Large-Scale Nonlinear Programming Problems
with Simple Bounds on the Variables
R. Pytlak

Cost Approximation: A Unified Framework of Descent Algorithms for
Nonlinear Programs
Michael Patriksson

Quasi-Newton Bundle-Type Methods for Nondifferentiable Convex
Optimization
Robert Mifflin, Defeng Sun, and Liqun Qi

Numerical Experience with Lower Bounds for MIQP Branch-and-Bound
Roger Fletcher and Sven Leyffer

Bicriterion Single Machine Scheduling with Resource Dependent
Processing Times
T. C. Edwin Cheng, Adam Janiak, and Mikhail Y. Kovalyov


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From: Iain Duff <I.Duff@rl.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 17:52:21 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Contents, IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis

IMA JOURNAL OF NUMERICAL ANALYSIS --- Volume 18, Number 2.

Cardenal J, Duff I S, and Jimenez J M
Solution of sparse quasi-square rectangular systems by Gaussian elimination.
pp 165-177

El-Gebeily M A and Abu-Zaid I T
On a finite difference method for singular two-point boundary value problems.
pp 179-190

Ganesh M and Spence A
Orthogonal collocation for a nonlinear integro-differential equation.
pp 191-206

Oswald P
An optimal multilevel preconditioner for solenoidal approximations of the
two-dimensional Stokes problem.
pp 207-228

Feng X
Analysis of a domain decomposition method for the nearly elastic wave equations
based on mixed finite element methods.
pp 229-250

Wang S, Sloan I H, and Kelly D W
Computable error bounds for pointwise derivatives of a Neumann problem.
pp 251-271

Poullikkas A, Karageorghis A, and Georgiou G
The method of fundamental solutions for Signorini problems.
pp 273-285

Barrett J W and Blowey J F
Finite element approximation of a model for phase separation of a
multi-component alloy with a concentration-dependent mobility matrix.
pp 287-328

Stein O
Bifurcations of hyperbolic fixed points for explicit Runge-Kutta methods:
Erratum
pp 329-330


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From: Lisa Dougherty <tschoban@siam.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 98 09:51:47 -0500
Subject: Contents, SIAM Journal on Computing

CONTENTS
SIAM Journal on Computing
Volume 27, Number 3, June 1998

Listing All Minimal Separators of a Graph
T. Kloks and D. Kratsch

Efficient Self-Embedding of Butterfly Networks with Random Faults
Hisao Tamaki

Splittings, Robustness, and Structure of Complete Sets
Harry Buhrman, Albrecht Hoene, and Leen Torenvliet

Constructing Levels in Arrangements and Higher Order Voronoi Diagrams
Pankaj K. Agarwal, Mark de Berg, Jiri Matousek, and Otfried Schwarzkopf

A Constant Time Optimal Parallel Algorithm for Two-Dimensional Pattern Matching
Maxime Crochemore, Leszek Gasieniec, Ramesh Hariharan, S. Muthukrishnan, and
Wojciech Rytter

Improved Randomized On-Line Algorithms for the List Update Problem
Susanne Albers

Computing the Additive Complexity of Algebraic Circuits with Root Extracting
Dima Grigoriev and Marek Karpinski

An Omega((D log (N/D)) Lower Bound for Broadcast in Radio Networks
Eyal Kushilevitz and Yishay Mansour

Optimal On-Line Search and Sublinear Time Update in String Matching
Paolo Ferragina and Roberto Grossi

Introduction to Special Section on Probabilistic Proof Systems
Shafi Goldwasser

On the Power of Finite Automata with Both Nondeterministic and Probabilistic
States
Anne Condon, Lisa Hellerstein, Samuel Pottle, and Avi Wigderson

A Parallel Repetition Theorem
Ran Raz

Free Bits, PCPs, and Nonapproximability---Towards Tight Results
Mihir Bellare, Oded Goldreich, and Madhu Sudan


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From: Oleg Burdakov <burdakov@ime.unicamp.br>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 17:22:10 -0300 (EST)
Subject: Contents, Optimization Methods and Software

Table of Contents
Optimization Methods and Software (OMS)
Volume 9, Numbers 1-3 (March, 1998)
Special Issue Celebrating the 60th Birthday of Professor Naum Shor

A.M. Bagirov
A method for minimizing convex functions
based on continuous approximations to the subdifferential
1-17

V.F. Demyanov, G. Di Pillo and F. Facchinei
Exact penalization via Dini and Hadamard conditional derivatives
19-36

A.S. El-Bakry
Convergence rate of primal-dual reciprocal barrier Newton
interior-point methods
37-44

Yu.G. Evtushenko
Computation of exact gradients in distributed dynamic systems
45-75

I.V. Konnov
On the convergence of combined relaxation methods
for variational inequalities
77-92

T. Larsson, M. Patriksson and A.-B. Str\"{o}mberg
Ergodic convergence in subgradient optimization
93-120

C. M\'esz\'aros
On free variables in interior point methods
121-139

Yu. Nesterov
Semidefinite relaxation and nonconvex quadratic optimization
141-160

F.A. Potra and R.Q. Sheng
On homogeneous interior-point algorithms for semidefinite programming
161-184

A. Quist, E. de Klerk, C. Roos and T. Terlaky
Copositive relaxations for general quadratic programming
185-208

M. Wechs
The analyticity of interior-point-paths at strictly complementary
solutions of linear programs
209-243


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From: Petr Prikryl <PRIKRYL@MATH.CAS.CZ>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:48:29 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Contents, Applications of Mathematics

CONTENTS
APPLICATIONS OF MATHEMATICS
Volume 43, Number 3, 1998

Dominant eigenvalue problem for positive integral operators
and its solution by Monte Carlo method
J. Kyncl

Temperature-dependent hysteresis in one-dimensional
thermovisco-elastoplasticity
P. Krej\v{c}\'{\i}, J. Sprekels

Hysteresis operators in phase-field models of
Penrose-fife type
P. Krej\v{c}\'{\i}, J. Sprekels

Reliable solution of an elasto-plastic Reissner-Mindlin beam
for Hencky's model with uncertain yield function
I. Hlav\'a\v{c}ek

Book reviews


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