NA Digest Monday, March 31, 2003 Volume 03 : Issue 13

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

Submissions for NA Digest:

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From: Arnold Neumaier <Arnold.Neumaier@univie.ac.at>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 15:09:44 +0100
Subject: A Matrix Problem

Let F be a Hermitian matrix. Is there always an antisymmetrix matrix A such
that G = exp(-A) F exp(A) is block diagonal with prescribed block sizes,
and the entries of A vanish in the corresponding diagonal blocks?

(Clearly, the answer is yes if there is only one block or if all blocks have
size 1.)

To which extent are G,A uniquely determined by F?
To which extent do G,A depend continuously on F?

Arnold Neumaier


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From: Gil Strang <gs@math.mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 12:42:39 -0500 (EST)
Subject: New Edition, Introduction to Linear Algebra

Dear NA Digest readeers:

Here is my announcement about a new edition of Introduction to Linear
Algebra. I am hoping that readers who care about this subject will
encourage math departments to realize what this course can be
(and how important it is). It is often taught by people who
have no direct knowledge of its applications -- they just learned it
as a math subject -- and without help they just offer a course
for pure math majors.

I really think that the undergraduate course is the key to the future
of the subject in all directions. This is the time when departments
decide about courses. I am proud of this new edition and happy if it is
known.

Very best regards, Gil


New Edition: Introduction to Linear Algebra, Gilbert Strang (March 2003)

This is the new Third Edition of Gil Strang's highly popular textbook.
It has 100 Worked Examples to connect the basic ideas of linear algebra
to the applications and exercises. In every direction this book aims to
help students and faculty:

** A new Glossary of key definitions and properties
** Short conceptual questions to review the essential ideas
** A one-page outline: Linear Algebra in a Nutshell
** A new section on Matrices in Engineering
** Videos of the full course (with syllabus and exams) on the web

The web page http://web.mit.edu/18.06/ and MIT's OpenCourseWare page
http://ocw.mit.edu both have all the material we can provide to make this
an outstanding undergraduate course. It can attract students to the whole
range of computational science and mathematics.
We want desk copies to go to faculty who teach linear algebra! The best
contact is directly to: gs@math.mit.edu. If you could send names/addresses/
email contacts we will ask permission to offer a desk copy.
The publisher is Wellesley-Cambridge Press (ISBN 09614088-98), to maintain
reasonable cost to students. We ask your help to make this new edition widely
known. Thank you.


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From: Julie Haenisch <Julie_Haenisch@pupress.princeton.edu>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:25:32 -0500
Subject: New Book, Four Colors Suffice

Below you will find a brief description of a new title published by
Princeton University Press. We hope that you will find this title of
interest to your members and will post our message to your discussion list.

Four Colors Suffice:
How the Map Problem Was Solved

Robin Wilson

On October 23, 1852, Professor Augustus De Morgan wrote a letter to a
colleague, unaware that he was launching one of the most famous mathematical
conundrums in history--one that would confound thousands of puzzlers for
more than a century. This is the amazing story of how the "map problem" was
solved.

Cloth | 2003 | $24.95 | ISBN: 0-691-11533-8
280 pp. | 5 x 8 | 24 halftones. 173 line illus.

To read a sample chapter, click here:
http://pup.princeton.edu/titles/7495.html

Thank you for your time.
Julie F. Haenisch
Text Promotion Manager
Princeton University Press
<http://pup.princeton.edu>


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From: Biswa Datta <dattab@math.niu.edu>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:54:25 -0600 (CST)
Subject: A Control Software Package for Mathematica

A New Control Software Package: Advanced Numerical Methods

I am pleased to announce the release of a new control software
package called "Control System Professional - Advanced Numerical Methods".

Advanced Numerical Methods is a new Mathematica application package
that I and my former student Daniil Sarkissian, currently with
Mississippi State University, developed in collaboration with Wolfram
Research. The package is a part of Control System Professional Suite,
which provides an object-oriented environment with symbolic, numeric,
and arbitrary precision tools for modeling, analysis, design, and
simulation of control systems.

Advanced Numerical Methods adds an extensive collection of numerical
algorithms for each problem. Users can select the most appropriate
tool for a given task or have the package choose a suitable method
automatically based on the size of data and the required accuracy.

The implemented algorithms include:

- The Schur and Hessenberg-Schur methods for the Lyapunov and
Sylvester matrix equations
- The Schur, Newton, matrix-sign function, and inverse-free methods
for solving the algebraic Riccati equations
- The block-Hessenberg forms and Cholesky factors of the
controllability and observability Gramians
- The recursive, explicit QR, Schur, and other algorithms for pole
assignment, as well as the projection technique for the partial
pole assignment
- Constrained feedback stabilization using the pole assignment and
Lyapunov algorithms
- The design of the reduced-order state estimator and model reduction
via an extensive library of algorithms
- System identification using the Markov parameters, the subspace
identification method, and the frequency-domain methods
- Algorithms for the generalized matrix eigenvalue problem, the
generalized Schur decomposition, and the ordered Schur and
generalized Schur decompositions

The package is integrated with the Mathematica Help Browser and
includes a 137-page manual. Examples are provided for applications in
the aeronautic, chemical, mechanical and electrical engineering disciplines, and
other fields. The entire documentation is also available online at
http://documents.wolfram.com/applications/anm/ and is free for
classroom use by students and researchers.

More details about the package and Control System Professional Suite
are available at http://www.wolfram.com/products/applications/anm/
and http://www.wolfram.com/products/applications/csps/


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From: Victor Eremeyev <eremeyev_victor@mail.ru>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 20:23:48 +0400
Subject: Special Issue on Nonlinear Problems of Continuum Mechanics

CALL for PAPERS
2nd special issue "Nonlinear Problems of Continuum Mechanics"

The deadline for submitting of papers for second special issue of journal
"Notices of Universities. South of Russia. Natural sciences.
Nonlinear Problems of Continuum Mechanics" moved to May 15, 2003.

The journal will be published in September-October 2003 (the details are below
or on the site http://www.math.rsu.ru/mexmat/mathmodel/eva/npcm/).
The journal publishes original papers in all areas of nonlinear mechanics.
High quality overviews and the discussion of perspectives in nonlinear
mechanics are considered as well.


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From: David Voss <d-voss1@wiu.edu>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 16:31:54 -0500
Subject: Midwest Numerical Analysis Day

Midwest Numerical Analysis Day 2003 will be held at Western Illinois
University in Macomb on Saturday, April 26. We are soliciting contributed
30 minute talks. Information about Midwest NA-Day 2003 (submission of talks,
accommodations, etc.) are available on the the Department of Mathematics
home page
http://www.wiu.edu/mathematics/
and click Midwest NA Day.


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From: Ned Nedialkov <ned@kula.cas.mcmaster.ca>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:17:21 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Southern Ontario Numerical Analysis Day

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT for SONAD 2003

The 21st Southern Ontario Numerical Analysis Day (SONAD) will take
place at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, on May 2, 2003.

The program includes plenary lectures by

o Michael Overton, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
and
o Tony Chan, UCLA,

20-minute contributed talks, and a poster session.

If you would like to present your work, please send an abstract,
preferably in LaTex format, to Ned Nedialkov at nedialk@mcmaster.ca by
April 4th. The final program will be announced in the beginning of April.

There is no registration fee for this event. However, to facilitate
catering and to help us prepare a list of participants, we encourage
participants to register in advance at the Web site of SONAD at

www.cas.mcmaster.ca/~oplab/SONAD

Organizing Committee:
Ned Nedialkov (nedialk@mcmaster.ca)
Tamas Terlaky (terlaky@mcmaster.ca)
Jiming Peng (pengj@mcmaster.ca)


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From: Mac Hyman <hyman@lanl.gov>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:23:34 -0700
Subject: Conference in Sante Fe on Networks: Structure, Dynamics and Function

The Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory
is pleased to announce its 23rd Annual Conference on


Networks: Structure, Dynamics and Function
May 12 - 16, 2003, Hotel La Fonda, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
http://cnls.lanl.gov/networks

Our world is a complex mesh of interacting elements, both natural and
man-made. Recent observations suggest that the formation of such complex
networks is not random, but rather follows fundamental organizing principles.
The 2003 CNLS Annual Conference focuses on the search for underlying
principles in the structure, dynamics, and function of complex networks.

The conference will facilitate cross-disciplinary interactions by bringing
together researchers from a diverse set of fields. The emphasis will be
analysis of real-world data from information networks (internet, www, data
networks), biological networks (in proteomics, gene networks, metabolic
networks), social networks (including epidemiological networks) and
infrastructure networks (power grid, transportation networks).

Speakers include:
Alan Frieze, Albert-L=E1szl=F3 Barab=E1si, Alessandro Vespignani,
Andreas Wagner, Andrei Z. Broder, Anil K. Seth, Arnold Levine,
Bernardo Huberman, Byungnam Kahng, Christos Papadimitriou,
David Aldous, Eric D. Siggia, Eric Davidson, Eugene H. Stanley,
Fan Chung Graham, Fred MacKintosh, Geoffrey West,
Guido Caldarelli, J=E1nos Kert=E9sz, Jean-Pierre Changeux,
John Doyle, John Hopfield, Jon Kleinberg, Jos=E9 F.F. Mendes,
Kurt Kohn, Lada A. Adamic, List of Invited Speakers, Marc Vidal,
Mark E.J.=A0 Newman, Miguel Aubouy, Paul Krapivsky,
Peter Wolynes, Prabhakar Raghavan, R=E9ka Albert,
R=E9mi Monasson, Ricard V. Sol=E9, Robert Axtell, Shlomo Havlin,
Sidney Redner, Steven Strogatz, Susan Taylor, Tam=E1s Vicsek,
Tony Hunter, Uri Alon, William R. Cheswick, Zolt=E1n Oltvai,


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From: Chang-Ock Lee <colee@amath.kaist.ac.kr>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:37:07 +0900 (KST)
Subject: Conference in Korea on Industrial Mathematics Initiative

Industrial Mathematics Initiative 2003, Korea
July 1-3, 2002

The basic aim of the initiative is to foster contacts between Korean
industry and applied mathematics community for mutual cooperation and
benefit.
The initiative is intended to facilitate the holding of full
problem-solving workshops in the region whereby the many powerful tools of
mathematics are brought to bear on problems arising in industry, including
the biological and financial areas. Illustrative case studies from
previous successful interactions will be used.

Keynote Speakers include:
- S.J. Chapman (OCIAM Oxford Univ., UK)
- E. Cumberbatch (Claremont Graduate Univ., USA)
- L. Forbes (Univ. of Tasmania, Australia)
- F. T. Luk (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
- M. McGuinness (KAIST & Victoria Univ. of Wellington, New Zealand)
- R. McKibbin (Massey Univ., New Zealand)
- J. K. Seo (Yonsei Univ., Korea)
- B. Van-Brunt (Massey Univ., New Zealand)
- G.C. Wake (KAIST & Univ. of Canterbury, New Zealand)

Full conference details, registration and the call for talks are available
at http://amath.kaist.ac.kr/imi

The organizers (G. Wake, Kil Hyun Kwon, J. Donaldson, Chang-Ock Lee,
and Joohwan Chun) look forward to seeing you there.


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From: Peter Matus <cmam@im.bas-net.by>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:50:25 +0200
Subject: Conference in Belarus on Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics:
CMAM-1
July 20-24, 2003, Minsk, BELARUS
THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT
(March, 2003)

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
- Institute of Mathematics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk
- Dalhea Trading Co., Ltd., Cyprus

TOPICS
The Conference will be held under the aegis of the journal Computational
Methods in Applied Mathematics (CMAM). It focuses on various aspects of
numerical methods in applied mathematics and its scope coincides with the scope
of the journal: subject areas include initial and boundary value problems for
ordinary and partial differential equations and integral equations, appearing
in applied mathematics and mathematical physics.

MINI-SYMPOSIUM: Singularly perturbed and related problems.
Organizers
Prof. G. Shishkin, Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Ural Branch of RAS,
Russia,
Prof. P. Hemker, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, The Netherlands,
Prof. J. Miller, Mathematics Department, Trinity College, Ireland.

Working language of the conference is English.

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
P. Matus (Belarus - the chairman),
P. Hemker (The Netherlands - the vice chairman),
R. Lazarov (USA - the vice chairman),
P. Vabishchevich (Russia - the vice chairman),
V. Agoshkov (Russia), G. Akrivis (Greece), G. Alefeld (Germany), A. Buikis
(Latvia), R. Ciegis (Lithuania), M. Crouzeix (France), M. Dryja (Poland),
I. Gaishun (Belarus), I. Gavrilyuk (Germany), M. Griebel (Germany),
B. Gustafsson (Sweden), A. Hasanoglu (Turkey), A. Iakoubenia (Belarus),
B. Jovanovich (Yugoslavia), A. Knyazev (USA), V. Korneev (Russia), L. Krukier
(Russia), A. Lapin (Russia), V. Makarov (Ukraine), G. Meladze (Georgia),
J. Miller (Ireland), R. Nochetto (USA), P. Oswald (USA), C. Palencia (Spain),
J. Pasciak (USA), V. Shaidurov (Russia), Zh.-C. Shi (China), G. Shishkin
(Russia), I. Sloan (Australia), G. Vainikko (Finland), O. Widlund (USA),
R. Winther (Norway), A. Zlotnik (Russia).

DEADLINES
Registration until April 30, 2003
Abstracts should be sent before April 30, 2003
Notification of acceptance May 15, 2003
Papers should be submitted before August 1, 2003

For further information, please, visit the web-site of the Conference
http://www.cmam.info/cmam-1.shtml

CONTACT INFORMATION
The Chairman of the Conference Conference Secretary
Prof. Peter Matus Mr. Denis Sharai
matus@im.bas-net.by cmam@im.bas-net.by

CMAM-1
Institute of Mathematics NASB
11 Surganov Str.
220072 Minsk, BELARUS
Phone: +375 17 2841958 Fax: +375 17 2840915
E-mail: cmam@im.bas-net.by


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From: Henryk Wozniakowski <onk62@hydra.mimuw.edu.pl>
Date: 25 Mar 2003 12:06:50 -0000
Subject: Conference in Poland on Modern Computational Methods

First Announcement
Stefan Banach International Mathematical Center
MCM2004
International Conference
Modern Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics
June 14-19, 2004
Bedlewo/Poznan, Poland

The aim of this international conference is to present the state of the
art of computational methods in applied mathematics. The following topics
will be thoroughly discussed:

1. tractability of multivariate problems,
2. quantum computation for continuous problems,
3. modern discretization of partial differential equations,
4. parallel algorithms for solving systems of linear and nonlinear
algebraic equations,
5. ill-posed problems.

The meeting will consist of plenary, semi-plenary and contributed talks.
The following speakers have agreed to present plenary talks so far:

- Nikolai S. Bahkvalov, Moscow State University,
- Zbigniew Ciesielski, Polish Academy of Sciences,
- Lars Elden, Linkoping University,
- Heinz W. Engl, Johannes-Kepler-Universitaet in Linz,
- Greame Fairweather, Colorado School of Mines,
- Wolfgang Hackbush, Max-Planck-Institut in Leipzig,
- Stefan Heinrich, Universitat Kaiserlautern,
- Fred J. Hickernell, Hong Kong Baptist University,
- Rolf Jeltsch, ETH Zurich, (tentatively),
- Raytcho D. Lazarov, Texas A&M University,
- Yvon Maday, Univerite Pierre et Marie Curie,
- Harald Niederreiter, National University of Singapore,
- Erich Novak, Universitat Jena,
- Ian H. Sloan, University of New South Wales,
- Vladimir M. Tikhomirov, Moscow State University,
- Grzegorz W. Wasilkowski, University of Kentucky,
- Art Werschulz, Fordham and Columbia University, (tentatively),
- Olof Widlund, Courant Institute.

Conference Location

The conference will be held at the Mathematical Center in Bedlewo,
Poznan, Poland. Additional information about the conference can be found at
http://www.impan.gov.pl/~MCM2004 and http://www.impan.gov.pl/Bedlewo.

Call for Abstracts

Everybody interested in modern computation mathematics is warmly invited
to attend the meeting and present a contributed talk. The deadline for
abstracts within one page is by December 1, 2003. The notification
of acceptance is by February 1, 2004. Please send by e-mail the pdf
file of your abstract to Dr. Jan K. Kowalski at MCM2004@impan.gov.pl

Accommodation

All participants will be staying on the premises of the Conference Center
at Bedlewo, Poznan, Poland. The estimated total cost is about 250 Euros.
This includes the stay for 6 days, all meals and the registration fee.

The Organizers

Max Dryja, Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics,
Warsaw University,
Banacha 2, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland,
e-mail: dryja@mimuw.edu.pl

Teresa Reginska, Institute of Mathematics,
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Sniadeckich 8, 00-956 Warsaw, Poland
e-mail: reginska@impan.gov.pl

Henryk Wozniakowski, Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics,
Warsaw University, Banacha 2
02-097 Warsaw, Poland, and
Department of Computer Science
Columbia University,
New York, NY 10027, USA
e-mail: onk62@mimuw.edu.pl or henryk@columbia.edu


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From: Jerzy Wasniewski <jw@imm.dtu.dk>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 20:13:21 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Session in Poland on Large-Scale Scientific Computations

Dear Colleagues,

I am organizing a special session on "Large-Scale Scientific Computations"
during "PPAM 2003 Conference on Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics"
to be held in Czestochowa (Poland) from September 7 to September10 2003
(more details about this conference can be found in the web-site
http://ppam.pcz.pl/). All accepted papers will be published in the
conference proceedings (a volume of Springer's "Lecture Notes in Computer
Science").

I am cordially inviting you or some of your colleagues to attend the special
session and/or to present a talk at this session. If you accept this
invitation to present a paper at the special session, then I should receive
an extended abstract no later than April 30. Please, send me a notification
also in the case you want only to attend the special session on "Large-Scale
Scientific Computations".

If you have questions and/or remarks concerning the special session or the
conference, then do not hesitate to contact me.

I hope that you will be able to accept this invitation.

Yours sincerely,
Zahari Zlatev
National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark
E-mail: zz@dmu.dk
http://www.dmu.dk/AtmosphericEnvironment/staff/zlatev.htm


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From: Heiner Gonska <gonska@informatik.uni-duisburg.de>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:02:13 +0200
Subject: Minisymposium in Bulgaria on Multiscale Analysis

MINI-SYMPOSIUM
"Optimization, Approximation, and Multiscale Analysis with Applications to
Signal and Image Processing",

accompanying the INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS MASSEE 2003, a conference organized
by the Mathematical Society of SouthEastern Europe ( MASSEE ).

September 15-21, 2003, Borovez (Rila Mountains), Bulgaria.

International Organizing and Programme Committee:
Heiner Gonska(Chair), University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany;
Daniela Kacso (Secretary), University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany;
Ognyan Kounchev (Co-chair), Inst. of Mathematics and Informatics,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia;
Pekka Nettaanmaki, University of Jyv=E4skyl=E4, Finland;
Hermann Render, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany;
J=FCrgen Sprekels, Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and
Stochastics, Berlin, Germany;
Dan Tiba, Inst. of Mathematics, Romanian Academy of Sciences, Bucharest.

To the present moment the following colleagues have agreed to give invited
talks:

Aurelian Bejancu, University of Leeds, UK
Borislav Bojanov, Sofia University and Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Franz-J=FCrgen Delvos, University of Siegen, Germany
Werner Hau=DFmann, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Blagovest Sendov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Ding-Xuan Zhou, City University, Hong Kong

Further information on the MINI-SYMPOSIUM can be obtained at

http://www.math.bas.bg/~kounchev/Workshop2003.html

and on the INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS MASSEE 2003 at

http://www.math.bas.bg/massee2003/

Email inquiries should be directed to

kounchev@math.bas.bg or tiba@wias-berlin.de


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From: Michel Verhaegen <M.Verhaegen@ITS.TUDelft.NL>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 09:30:31 +0200
Subject: Ph.D. Position at Delft University of Technology

DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Delft Center for Systems and Control

Ph.D. position

The newly created center for Systems and Control headed by Prof. P. van den Hof
and Prof. M. Verhaegen has a vacancy for a Ph.D. student in the area of
nonlinear system identification.

The goal of the study is to develop numerical solutions for the identification
of various classes of nonlinear systems, such as Linear parameter varying
systems and composite local linear models. The developments need to focus on
the reliability, efficiency and userfriendliness of the algorithms. The
developed algorithms will be valied in real-life validation studies on
mechatronic macro- and microsystems. The study is embedded in the longterm
tradition of the research center in the field of algorithms and system
identification.

Interested students are invited to send their cv, accompagnied with 3 letters
of reference, a summary of their M.Sc thesis and publications to the address
below before May 1st, 2003.

Prof. dr. ir. Michel Verhaegen
M.Verhaegen@its.tudelft.nl
Chairman Control Systems Engineering Laboratory
Faculty of Information Technology Systems
Mekelweg 4, NL-2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 15 2785204
Fax. +31 15 2786679


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From: Valeriu Damin-Iordache <Valeriu.2.Damian-Iordache@gsk.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:08:48 -0500
Subject: Summer Student Positions at GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is a world leading research-based pharmaceutical
company with a powerful combination of skills and resources to provide a
platform for delivering strong growth in today's rapidly changing
healthcare environment. GSK's mission is to improve the quality of human
life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. GSK has
over 100,000 employees worldwide and over 16,000 are in R&D. GSK R&D is
based at 24 sites in seven countries. The company has a leading position
in genomics/genetics and new drug discovery technologies.

The Scientific Computing and Mathematical Modeling group has three summer
student positions available in our state-of-the-art facilities in Upper
Merion (near Philadelphia), PA and in Research Triangle Park (RTP), NC.
The Scientific Computing and Mathematical Modeling group applies
mathematical and computational techniques to a variety of challenging
problems in pharmaceutical research.

Position 1 (REQ# 9056), parallel programming (Upper Merion, PA). Develop
parallel programming tools for a Beowulf cluster. Develop parallel versions
for various simulation and optimization algorithms. Minimum requirements:
Master/PhD student in Computer science or related field with experience in
parallel programming and scientific computing. Experience with large C/C++
programs and knowledge of MPI is required. Experience with Matlab is a plus.

Position 2 (REQ# 9061), biochemical pathway reconstruction
(Upper Merion, PA). Experiment with
existing algorithms and develop new ones for pathway reconstruction from
expression data. Minimum requirements: Master/PhD student in Numerical
Analysis/Scientific Computing with experience in optimization algorithms,
knowledge of dynamical systems, inverse problems and regularization
techniques. Good programming skills, preferably in Matlab. Knowledge of
biology is not required but is a plus.

Position 3 (REQ# 9063), animation/scientific visualization (RTP, NC).
Develop tools for
animating dynamical systems such as biochemical pathways or chemistry
kinetics. The animated movies created using these tools should help
demonstrate some of the complex interactions and nonlinear behaviors of
the dynamical system studied. Minimum requirements: Master/PhD student in
Computer Science, Scientific Computing or related field. Experience with
animation and/or scientific visualization. Knowledge of VRML or Matlab is
a plus.

We are looking for individuals who can successfully integrate
sophisticated mathematics and computer software with biological problems.
We seek someone who has the motivation to solve real-world problems.
Interactions will often be with a larger team composed of other
computational scientists and R&D researchers. Excellent communication
skills are required. Exceptionally talented undergraduate students also
will be considered for all three positions.

You can apply by visiting our website: http://www.gsk.com/careers and
reference the appropriate REQ#.


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From: Lothar Reichel <reichel@mcs.kent.edu>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 23:24:12 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Contents, Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis

Table of Contents, Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis (ETNA),
vol. 15, 2002. This volume contains papers from the 10th Copper Mountain
Conference on Multigrid Methods. ETNA is available at http://etna.mcs.kent.edu
and at several mirror sites, as well as on CDROM.

U. M. Ascher and E. Haber, A multigrid method for distributed parameter
estimation problems, pp. 1-17.

C. C. Douglas, G. Haase and M. Iskandarani, An additive Schwarz preconditioner
for the spectral element ocean model formulation of the shallow water
equations, pp. 18-28.

S. R. Fulton, On the accuracy of multigrid truncation error estimates,
pp. 29-37.

A. V. Knyazev and K. Neymeyr, Efficient solution of symmetric eigenvalue
problems using multigrid preconditioners in the locally optimal block
conjugate gradient method, pp. 38-55.

J. Mandel, Local approximation estimators for algebraic multigrid, pp. 56-65.

M. Silva, Cache aware data laying for the Gauss-Seidel smoother, pp. 66-77.

L. Stals, Comparison of non-linear solvers for the solution of radiation
transport equations, pp. 78-93.

J. Martikainen, T. Rossi and J. Toivanen, Multilevel preconditioners for
Lagrange multipliers in domain imbedding, pp. 94-105.

G. Poole, Y.-C. Liu and J. Mandel, Advancing analysis capabilities in ANSYS
through solver technology, pp. 106-121.

M. Bader and C. Zenger, A robust and parallel multigrid method for convection
diffusion equations, pp. 122-131.

B. Chang and B. Lee, A multigrid algorithm for solving the multi-group,
anisotropic scattering Boltzmann equation using first-order system
least-squares methodology, pp. 132-151.

S. Nagele and G. Wittum, Large-eddy simulation and multigrid methods,
pp. 152-164.

C. W. Oosterlee, On multigrid for linear complementarity problems with
application to American-style options, pp. 165-185.

P. B. Bochev, J. J. Hu, A. C. Robinson and R. S. Tuminaro, Towards robust
3D Z-pinch simulations: Discretization and fast solvers for magnetic diffusion
in heterogeneous conductors, pp. 186-210.

P. A. Farrell and H. Ong, Factors involved in the performance of computations
on Beowulf clusters, pp. 211-224.

There will be a conference in Kent on May 29-31, 2003, on Scientific Computing
on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of ETNA. For more details, see the
conference web site http://lanczos.cwru.edu/~etna10


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From: Francesca Bonadei <bonadei@springer.it>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 12:13:14 +0100
Subject: Contents, CALCOLO

CALCOLO Volume 40 Issue 1: Table of Contents

http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/10092/tocs/t3040001.htm

V. Girault, L. R. Scott:
A quasi-local interpolation operator
preserving the discrete divergence
CALCOLO 40 (2003) 1, 1-19

Zheng-Jian Bai, Xiao-Qing Jin, Li-Li Song:
Strang-type preconditioners for solving linear systems from neutral delay=20
differential equations
CALCOLO 40 (2003) 1, 21-31

V. Maz'ya, G. Schmidt, W. Wendland:
On the computation of multi-dimensional
single layer harmonic potentials
via approximate approximations
CALCOLO 40 (2003) 1, 33-53

Isabel Gimenez, Jose Mas, Cristina Corral:
Low-density incomplete LDL<SUP>T</SUP> factorizations
CALCOLO 40 (2003) 1, 55-69
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From: Vladik Kreinovich <vladik@cs.utep.edu>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:11:13 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Contents, Reliable Computing

Reliable Computing
Volume 9, issue 3, 2003

Mathematical Research

Higher Order Convergence for Multidimensional Functions with a New
Taylor-Bernstein Form as Inclusion Function
Paluri S. V. Nataraj, Ketan Kotecha
185-203

Diagrammatic Analysis of Interval Linear Equations.
Part II: The Two-Dimensional Case and Generalization to n Dimensions
Zenon Kulpa
205-228

Computation of Sharp Rigorous Componentwise Error Bounds
for the Approximate Solutions of Systems of Linear Equations
Takeshi Ogita, Shin'ichi Oishi, Yasunori Ushiro
229-239

Letter to the editor

Finding All Solution Sets of Piecewise-Trapezoidal Equations Described
by Set-Valued Functions
Kiyotaka Yamamura
241-250


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From: Ron Boisvert <boisvert@nist.gov>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:58:56 -0500
Subject: Contents, ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software

Table of Contents
ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
March 2003, Volume 29, Number 1

For more information, including abstracts and access
to full text, see http://www.acm.org/toms/V29.html.

Digital filters in adaptive time-stepping
Gustaf Soderlind
1-26

Scalar fused multiply-add instructions produce floating-point matrix
arithmetic provably accurate to the penultimate digit
Yves Nievergelt
27-48

Remark on algorithm 659: Implementing sobol's quasirandom sequence
generator
Stephen Joe, Frances Y. Kuo
49-57

Object-oriented software for quadratic programming
E. Michael Gertz, Stephen J. Wright
58-81

Induced well-distributed sets in Riemannian spaces
Lothar Wenzel, Ram Rajagopal, Dinesh Nair
82-94



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