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From: Joseph Traub <traub@cs.columbia.edu>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 13:27:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Nominations for Information-Based Complexity Young Researcher Award
NOMINATIONS FOR 2008 INFORMATION-BASED COMPLEXITY
YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD
This annual award is for significant contributions to information-based
complexity by a young researcher. The prize consists of $1000
and a plaque which will be awarded at a suitable location.
Any researcher who has not reached their 35th birthday by
September 30th the year of the award is eligible.
The members of the Award Committee,Jakob Creutzig, TU Darmstadt,
Germany; Andreas Neuenkirch, University of Frankfurt, Germany;
Dirk Nuyens, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium; Friedrich
Pillichshammer, University of Linz, Austria; Joseph F. Traub,
Columbia University, USA; and Henryk Wozniakiowski, Columbia University
and University of Warsaw, Poland, would appreciate nominations.
However, a person does not have to be nominated to win the award.
The deadline for nominations for the award is September 30, 2008.
Nominations should be sent to Joseph Traub. The award can be for
work done in a single year or a number of years. The work can be
published in any journal, number of journals or monographs.
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From: Jennifer Scott <j.a.scott@rl.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 09:15:28 -0400
Subject: HSL 2007: free academic access worldwide
The internationally renowned mathematical software library HSL has long been
known as a source of high quality, robust and efficient mathematical software.
Among the Library's best known software packages are those for the solution of
sparse linear systems of equations, optimization, and sparse eigenvalue
problems. HSL is developed, supported and maintained by the STFC Numerical
Analysis Group at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
(http://www.cse.scitech.ac.uk./nag). The Group is very pleased to be able to
announce that, starting with the current release (HSL 2007), versions of the
individual library packages are now available without charge to individual
academic users worldwide for their personal (non-commercial) research and for
teaching. Full details of the terms and conditions are given at
http://hsl.rl.ac.uk/hsl2007/hsl20074researchers.html No support is offered to
academic users and STFC makes no warranty as to its use or performance.
Access to the library is by means of a short-lived individual
password-controlled account. Potential users need an email address at a
recognised academic institution and are asked to provide brief details of
the use they intend to make of the package(s) they want to download;
this data is important as it will help us to evaluate the relevance of our
software to academia. Applications to use HSL software are assessed by the
HSL team. STFC reserves the right not to grant a licence.
Commercial licences are available and a separate licence is required to
incorporate any HSL package into a software product that is to be distributed
or sold to third parties.
Jennifer A. Scott
Group Leader, Numerical Analysis Group
Computational Science & Engineering Dept.
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Chilton, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX England.
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From: Tim Davis <davis@cise.ufl.edu>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 11:15:53 -0400
Subject: Graph visualization of UF sparse matrix collection
Yifan Hu (AT&T) has applied his graph-drawing program to generate some truly
beautiful pictures of all square matrices in the UF Sparse Matrix Collection.
It computes coordinates for each node in the graph, based solely on the
connectivity. I've updated my collection to include links to his drawings of
each matrix. A few of the matrix problems come with geometric coordinates
from the problem itself, which makes for a nice comparison. See, for example:
http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/matrices/Pothen/commanche_dual.html
If you'd like to submit matrices to the collection, use:
http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~web-gfs
Of particular current interest are large rank-deficient least squares
problems, and *unassembled* finite-element problems. For the latter, a file
with one number per line is simplest (assuming symmetric nonzero pattern but
perhaps unsymmetric values):
write n
write nel, the number of elements
for each element
write r, the dimension of the element
write the r row/column indices (either 1-based or 0-based)
write the r*r numerical values, in column major order
end
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From: Rajesh Bhaskaran <bhaskaran@cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 17:07:13 -0400
Subject: Cornell Workshop on Simulation Technology, July 2008
ISTEC 2008
Integration of Simulation Technology into the Engineering Curriculum: A
University- Industry Workshop
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
July 25-26, 2008
Cornell University will be hosting a university-industry workshop on
the integration of simulation technology into the engineering
curriculum. The workshop will be held July 25-26, 2008 on the Cornell
University campus in Ithaca, NY. This workshop will be of interest to
all engineering faculty who use or would like to use simulation
technology in their courses and projects. Technology areas to be
considered include computer-aided design, finite-element analysis,
computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer, multi-body dynamics
and control, and numerical analysis. There will be significant
participation from industry including major engineering software
vendors. A wiki-based website will be unveiled at the workshop to
facilitate collaboration on the development of online materials for
the integration of simulation tools into the curriculum. More
information about the workshop is available at
http://www.mae.cornell.edu/swanson/workshop2008/
If you are interested in participating or have questions, please
contact Rajesh Bhaskaran <rb88@cornell.edu>.
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From: Paul Clifford <p.clifford@warwick.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 13:57:52 -0400
Subject: Workshop, Computational Methods for Exotic Options, July 2008
Conference: Computational Methods for Pricing and Hedging Exotic Options
Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick: 11th & 12th July 2008
The conference focuses on the use of modern computational methods for the
pricing and hedging of exotic options.
Keynote Speakers:
Nasir Afaf, Commerzbank
Claudio Albanese, Level3Finance
Jesper Andreasen, Bank of America
Pat Hagan, JP Morgan Chase
Nick Webber, Warwick Business School
Uwe Wystup, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and MathFinance AG
We are now also accepting abstracts for talks in the afternoon sessions for
both July 11th and 12th.
Conference Web Page:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/research/events/2007_2008/options/
1-day PhD Workshop:
In addition to the main conference on July 11th and 12th, there is a one-day
workshop for PhD students on July 10th. Places are limited to 20 and more
information can be found on the website
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/research/events/2007_2008/options/phd
workshop/
Contact Details:
For more information, contact Paul Clifford at p.clifford-at-warwick.ac.uk
or the Mathematical Research Centre(MRC) at
http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/mrc/index.html
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From: manjos@uwaterloo.ca
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 23:04:54 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Modeling an Optimization: Theory and Applications (MOPTA), Aug 2008
SECOND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: The 8th Annual MOPTA Conference
Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications 2008
August 18 - 20, 2008, University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
http://www.mathstat.uoguelph.ca/mopta
The 8th annual MOPTA Conference (MOPTA 08) will be held at the campus of
the University of Guelph. It will be hosted by the Department of
Mathematics and Statistics in the College of Physical Engineering and
Science and is co-sponsored by the Fields Institute, MITACS, and the
University of Waterloo. This year's event will include special sessions
and a banquet celebration in honour of the 60th birthday of Henry
Wolkowicz.
SCOPE
The conference attracts a diverse group of people from both discrete
and continuous optimization. We aim to bring together researchers
from the theoretical and applied communities who do not usually get the
chance to interact in the framework of a medium-scale event.
PLENARY SPEAKERS
-- Florian Jarre, Mathematical Institute, University of Dusseldorf
-- Don Jones, General Motors
-- Joaquim Judice, Dept. Mathematics, University of Coimbra
-- Jean Lasserre, LAAS-CNRS
-- Panos Pardalos, Dept. Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Florida
-- Georgia Perakis, Sloan School of Management, MIT
-- Yves Smeers, Dept. Mathematical Engineering, Catholic University of Louvain
PARTICIPATION
This is an invitation for organized sessions as well as contributed
talks and posters. Participants interested in organizing an invited
session should contact the chair of the organizing committee (Miguel
Anjos, manjos(at)uoguelph.ca). Authors wishing to present their
research in the form of a contributed talk or poster are encouraged to
submit their abstract (in PDF format) by June 6, 2008 via the
conference web page at
http://www.mathstat.uoguelph.ca/mopta/abstracts.php
A cash prize will be awarded for the best poster presented by a graduate
student or postdoctoral fellow.
Notification of acceptance/rejection will be sent shortly after the
submission deadline of June 6, 2008.
The up-to-date program and registration information are available at
http://www.mathstat.uoguelph.ca/mopta/program.php
http://www.mathstat.uoguelph.ca/mopta/registration.php
We are looking forward to welcoming you at MOPTA 08!
On behalf of the Organizing Committee
Monica Cojocaru, mcojocar(at)uoguelph.ca (Chair, U. Guelph)
Miguel Anjos, manjos(at)uoguelph.ca (Chair program committee, U. Waterloo)
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From: Gabriel Wittum <wittum@techsim.org>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 06:50:56 +0200
Subject: European Multigrid Conference & Hackbusch's 60th, Germany, Oct 2008
Ninth European Multigrid Conference EMG 2008
in Honour of Wolfgang Hackbusch's sixtieth birthday
October 20 - 23, 2008
Bad Herrenalb, Germany
Chairmen: W. Hackbusch (MPI Leipzig), G. Wittum (Universität Heidelberg)
Organizing Committee: W. Hackbusch (MPI Leipzig), P.W. Hemker (CWI
Amsterdam), C.W. Oosterlee (TU Delft), P. Wesseling (TU Delft), G.
Wittum, (Universität Heidelberg)
Conference Topics:
- Multigrid methods (robustness, adaptivity, wavelets)
- Multiscale methods and domain decomposition
- Parallel computing
- Algebraic Multigrid
- Software and tools
- Applications
The conference provides a forum for reseachers to present and
discusses recent research in multigrid, multilevel and multiscale
methods. Previous EMG conferences were held in Cologne (1981, 1985),
Bonn(1990), Amsterdam (1993), Stuttgart (1996), Gent (1999), Hohenwart
(2002), Scheveningen (2005)
Invited Speakers (tentative): S. Attinger (Leipzig), A. Borzi (Graz),
H. Bungartz (Munich), R. Krause (Bonn), S. LeBorne (Cookeville), C.W.
Oosterlee (Amsterdam), P. Vassilievsky (Livermore), C. Wieners
(Karlsruhe)
Abstracts:
May 31, 2008: Deadline (<1 page, pdf-file),
July 15, 2008: Notification of acceptance
Conference Location: Conference center at 4**** hotel Ruland ´s
Thermenhotel at Bad Herrenalb, a spa located in the nothern part of
Black Forest in southwest Germany. http://www.rulands-thermenhotel.de
Conference office: conference@techsim.info
Conference Website: http://www.techsim.info
Registration online via http://www.techsim.info
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From: Marcin Paprzycki <marcin@amu.edu.pl>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 08:35:11 -0400
Subject: Large Scale Computations on Grids (LaSCoG), Poland, Oct 2008
4th Workshop on Large Scale Computations on Grids (LaSCoG'08)
Wisla, Poland, October 20-22, 2008
IMPORTANT NEWS:
* All accepted and presented IMCSIT papers will be included in the IEEE
Xplore Digital Library, therefore the format of the submission was
changed to 8 pages of IEEE style http://www.submit.imcsit.org/.
* New deadline for paper submission: 15.06.2008
* Paper Submission System is now open
Large Scale Computations on Grids (LaSCoG) Workshop will be organized
within the framework of the International Multiconference on Computer
Science and Information Technology and co-located with the XXIV Autumn
Meeting of the Polish Information Processing Society.
The emerging paradigm for execution of large-scale computations, whether
they originate as scientific or engineering applications, or for
supporting large data-intensive calculations, is to utilize multiple
computers at sites distributed across the Internet. In particular,
computational grids are collections of distributed, possibly
heterogeneous resources which can be used as ensembles to execute
large-scale applications. While the vision of the global computational
Grid is extremely appealing, there remains a lot of work on all levels
to achieve it. In this context the LaSCoG workshop is envisioned as a
forum to promote exchange of ideas and results aimed at addressing
complex issues that arise in developing large-scale computations on
Grids and running applications on them.
Papers Submission
* Authors should submit draft papers (as Postscript, PDF of MSWord file).
* The total length of a paper should not exceed 8 pages (IEEE
style). IEEE style templates are available here.
* Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their
scientific merit and relevance to the workshop.
* Accepted and Presented paper will be published a paper in the
Conference Proceedings and included in the IEEE Xplore® database.
* Extended versions of selected papers will be published in a
Special Issue of the Scalable Computing; Practice and Experience journal.
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From: "Neville Ford" <n.ford@chester.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 17:51:15 +0100
Subject: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at University of Chester, UK
Vacancy for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at University of
Chester, UK
£29,138 - £41,545 per annum
The Department of Mathematics is seeking to appoint a Lecturer/Senior
Lecturer to teach at all levels within the undergraduate and post
graduate curricula and to undertake research.
The post offers the successful candidate an excellent opportunity to
contribute to all aspects of the work of our compact and successful
department.
You must possess a PhD in Mathematics. Experience of teaching
University Mathematics and successful publication of research results
will be an advantage
Candidates may download further details and an application form from our
web site at www.chester.ac.uk/jobs/ or send an A4 SAE to HRM Services,
University of Chester, Parkgate Road, Chester CH1 4BJ quoting reference
number HRMS/159.
Closing date: 21st May 2008
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From: "M. Rothfuss / Secretary H. G. Bock" <scicom@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:01:27 +0200
Subject: 2 Junior Professorships in Scientific Computing
Subject: 2 Junior Professorships in Scientific Computing with
Applications in the Humanities and the Cultural Sciences
In the context of the German Excellence Initiative, the Ruprecht Karl
University of Heidelberg invites applications for
2 Junior Professorships in Scientific Computing
With Applications in the Humanities and the Cultural Sciences,
to be filled for a duration of 5 years. They should have a focus on
identification of patterns in scripts and (symbolic) text documents,
respectively, on algorithms for analysis and interpretation of
pictorial documents.
The Junior Professorships are an integral part of the
interdisciplinary research area "Transcultural Studies" within the
Institutional Strategy of the University. They are established to
strengthen the cooperation between Scientific Computing, the
Humanities and the Cultural Sciences by an interdisciplinary
investigation of advanced computational methods for accessing and
preserving the world cultural heritage, with an emphasis on script,
historical text and pictorial documents.
Candidates are excellent junior scientists of applied mathematics and
computer science that develop and apply methods of scientific
computing in the humanities and cultural sciences. They are expected
to actively contribute to research projects on the analysis and
interpretation of script and text documents (cuneiform writing,
Buddhist stone inscriptions, medieval manuscripts), respectively, on
the reconstruction and presentation of monuments of the world
cultural heritage.
The associated research groups each include 1 W1 position for the
junior professor, scholarships for 2 doctoral positions, funding of
consumables and small investments. They will be integrated into the
newly founded Heidelberg Graduate School "Mathematical and
Computational Methods for the Sciences" (mathcomp.uni-hd.de) and will
have full access to all facilities and infrastructure of the Graduate
School, which includes an extensive international collaboration,
guest scientists, and conference program.
The candidates are expected to build up and competently lead their
group and to cooperate with research groups of both the Humanities
and the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR,
www.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de). The teaching load will be 4 hours per
week during the teaching period, at least 1 teaching unit to be
addressed to the training of scholars of the humanities and cultural
sciences, in relevant mathematical and computational methods.
Candidates should have a profound background in applied mathematics
and computer science and expertise in one or several relevant
research topics. Examples are document analysis and text
interpretation, pattern recognition and machine learning,
mathematical methods in data mining, design of information systems.
Applications should be written in English and include a research plan
(max. 10 pages), a CV, a list of publications, names of 4 possible
referees, and should be sent until
May 23, 2008
to Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Georg Bock, Director, Interdisciplinary
Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) of the University of
Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 368, DE-69120 Heidelberg
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From: Michael Winckler <Michael.Winckler@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 15:18:06 +0200
Subject: 2 Junior Professorships: Scientific Computing in the Humanities
2 Junior Professorships in Scientific Computing With
Applications in the Humanities and the Cultural Sciences
The positions to be filled for a duration of 5 years. They should have a
focus on identification of patterns in scripts and (symbolic) text
documents, respectively, on algorithms for analysis and interpretation
of pictorial documents.
Candidates are excellent junior scientists of applied mathematics and
computer science that develop and apply methods of scientific computing
in the humanities and cultural sciences.
The associated research groups each include 1 W1 position for the junior
professor, scholarships for 2 doctoral positions, funding of consumables
and small investments. They will be integrated into Heidelberg Graduate
School Mathematical and Computational Methods for the Sciences and will
have full access to all facilities and infrastructure of the Graduate
School, which includes an extensive international collaboration, guest
scientists, and conference program. They are also an integral part of
the interdisciplinary research area "Transcultural Studies" within the
Institutional Strategy of the University.
For full details of the job offer, please refer to our web site at
http://www.mathcomp.uni-heidelberg.de/positions/
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From: Nick Trefethen <Nick.Trefethen@comlab.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 10:28:04 +0100
Subject: New academic, postdoctoral, and studentship positions at Oxford
I write to bring the attention of NA Digest readers to
four 5-year OCCAM Research Fellow positions, seven 2-
and 3-year postdoctoral research positions, and four PhD
studentships in applied and computational mathematics that
have just become available at Oxford. These 15 new posts
offer opportunities for people ranging from students in
the final year of university to experienced researchers at
the very highest level in the case of the OCCAM Research
Fellows.
This exceptional collection of opportunities represents
the creation of OCCAM, the Oxford Centre for Collaborative
Applied Mathematics, which will begin operation on October 1.
The primary funding for OCCAM will come from the Global
Research Partnership of the new university currently being
established in Saudi Arabia, the King Abdullah University
of Science and Technology (KAUST).
Details of these opportunities have been posted,
or in some cases are about to be posted, at
www.maths.ox.ac.uk/notices/vacancies/. Many of the
deadlines are very soon: late May or early June. If you
have questions, feel free to contact me.
- Nick Trefethen, Oxford University
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From: gunilla kreiss <gunilla.kreiss@it.uu.se>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 03:01:39 -0400
Subject: Two postdocs in Interdisciplinary Mathematics at Uppsala University
Applications are invited for two postdoctoral research positions at the
Center for Interdiciplinary Mathematics, Uppsala University, Sweden.
The Center for Interdiciplinary Mathematics (CIM) in Uppsala
facilitates novel and exciting joint research between the
mathematical sciences and other disciplines and industry, Its main
aim is to engage mathematics directly in science by using mathematics
to understand real world systems. More information can be found on
www.math.uu.se/cims/index.html.
Each postdoctoral researcher will work on an interdisciplinary
mathematics problem with two supervisors. At least one supervisor
will be from the centre's core members: the mathematics department,
the scientific computing group, or the systems and control group. The
other should preferably come from another department at Uppsala
University.
For further information about the positions and instructions on how
to apply, see www.personalavd.uu.se/ledigaplatser/780forsk_eng.html
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From: MichaelGnther <guenther@math.uni-wuppertal.de>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 12:23:35 -0400
Subject: Postdoc position at University of Wuppertal
The numerical analysis group at the University of Wuppertal, Germany,
offers a postdoc position at A13 level ("Akademischer Rat auf Zeit")
for 3+3 years. We are looking for individuals with a strong background
in numerical analysis of differential equations (ODEs, DAEs, SDEs, PDEs).
The candidate should take much pleasure in application-oriented research,
preferably in the area of computational electronics, computational finance
and/or computational physics.
Teaching duties comprise four hours per semester in numerical analysis and/or
financial mathematics, depending on the background of the candidate. We expect
an active involvement in some of our third-party research projects, ranging
from computational electronics (EU-RTN COMSON, EU-IP COMSON), computational
finance (banks and insurrance companies) and computational
physics in the future.
More information (in German only) can be found at
http://www.verwaltung.uni-wuppertal.de/stellen/welcome.html#08038
Salary is according to the wage group A13 in the German state of
Nordrhein-Westfalen. Applications will be accepted until the position is
filled. Applicants should send a concise Curriculum Vitae (noting the
reference number 08038) to
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Günther
Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Fachbereich C
Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Mathematik/Numerische Analysis
Gaußstraße 20
D-42119 Wuppertal
Tel.: ++49 202 439 2668
Fax ++49 202 439 3668
Email:guenther@math.uni-wuppertal.de
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From: Lieven De Lathauwer <Lieven.DeLathauwer@esat.kuleuven.ac.be>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 05:48:24 -0400
Subject: PhD and post-doc position at K.U.Leuven Campus Kortrijk
The K.U.Leuven Campus Kortrijk, Belgium, seeks candidates for a PhD and a
post-doc position in the broad area of tensor-based signal processing and
computing.
By higher-order tensors we mean arrays of numbers characterized by more than
two indices. In this sense, tensors are the higher-order equivalent of vectors
(first order) and matrices (second order). The interest of tensor algebra has
been rapidly increasing in recent years. Tensors have found important
applications in signal processing, telecommunication, psychometrics,
chemometrics, biomedical engineering, statistics, (blind) system
identification, data mining, complexity theory, numerical analysis, among others.
Successful candidates will have a strong background in mathematics, physics,
electrical engineering or computational engineering and are able to work in an
interdisciplinary team of researchers. They will have a strong interest in the
mathematical aspects of signal processing.
The PhD project will be funded for a period up to four years. The post-doc
position is for a period of one year, and can be extended with another year.
To apply, please send a CV and cover letter to
Prof. Dr. Ir. Lieven De Lathauwer
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
E-mail: Lieven.DeLathauwer@kuleuven-kortrijk.be
Web: http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~delathau/home.html
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From: "Bernard J. Geurts" <b.j.geurts@utwente.nl>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 07:52:42 -0400
Subject: 3 PhD positions in the field of computational multiscale modeling
In the chair Multiscale Modeling and Simulation (MMS) at the
University of Twente there are openings for
3 PhD positions in the field of computational multiscale modeling
The University of Twente (UT) is an enterprising research-oriented
university, established in Enschede, the Netherlands. UT currently has
over 7000 students and 2700 staff. As a young and innovative
university, UT is internationally respected in the physical and
engineering sciences. UT is the only Dutch campus university with many
sports and cultural facilities.
Background of the projects:
The PhD positions focus on multi-phase transport of heat and mass in
complex media. This involves the dynamics of large ensembles of small
droplets in a gas flow through a domain with complex shape. The
droplets undergo phase transition, i.e., evaporation and condensation,
and chemical transformations. In addition, the droplets mutually
collide, leading to break-up or coalescence. The individual projects
share a mathematical-physical multiscale modeling strategy, which is
at the heart of research at the MMS group. Separate projects are:
• PhD1: Multiscale heat and mass transport in porous plugs
• PhD2: Aerosol dynamics in complex domains
• PhD3: Control of aerosol migration with temperature gradients
These projects will be conducted in a collaboration with international
industrial partners. For more information, contact
prof.dr.ir. B.J. Geurts at b.j.geurts@utwente.nl or visit
http://wwwhome.math.utwente.nl/_geurtsbj/MMS/Welcome.html
Requirements: You have an MSc degree in Applied Mathematics, Physics
or an Engineering Science, with interest in computational modeling and
simulation.
Offer: You will be appointed for a period of four years. After one
year a project evaluation will take place, and a decision will be made
about the continuation of the project. The salary starts at 2000 EUR
gross per month increasing to 2558 EUR gross per month in the fourth
year.
Applications: You are invited to send your application to
b.j.geurts@utwente.nl before June 1, 2008. Please include a letter
describing your personal motivation, your CV, names and addresses of
referees, a list of courses you completed and the grades you obtained.
The chair MMS is part of the Applied Analysis and Computational
Sciences (AACS) cluster at the Department of Applied Mathematics of
EEMCS, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer
Sciences. The research at MMS is embedded in the mechanics institute
IMPACT at UT, in the J.M. Burgers Center for Fluid Mechanics in the
Netherlands and in the recently established Dutch Center of Excellence
‘Fluids and Solids’. In the MMS group pioneering research is conducted
in mathematics, physics and computational science. This is applied to
fluid mechanics problems in nature and technology both at very large
and very small scales. Emphasis is on problems related to energy,
environment and health.
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From: Petra Hildebrand <petra.hildebrand@uni-ulm.de>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 08:37:05 +0200
Subject: PhD-Scholarships available
Announcement of scholarships
Within in the DFG (German Science Foundation) Research Training Group
(Graduiertenkolleg) „Modeling, Analysis and Simulation in Economic
Mathematics“ at the Faculty of Mathematics and Economics of the
University of Ulm there are
6 PhD Scholarships
available for three years starting at September 1st 2008.
The scope of the research training group is the investigation of
economic questions by means of mathematical modeling, analysis and
simulation. These questions are developed in cooperation with partners
from outside the University and arise from the following areas:
1. Evaluation of complex financial products
2. Risk analysis und management
3. Optimal Strategies
4. Econometric analysis und strategies
5. Knowledge discovery and data mining
To solve such problems, the scholarship holders will work in the
following mathematical disciplines:
1. Stochastical models, their analysis and simulation
2. Statistical inference und data analysis
3. Stochastical control and optimization
4. Partial differential equations and functional analysis
5. Financial mathematical modeling and analysis
6. Numerical analysis and simulation
7. Methods in the development and quality management of software
Further information is found on:
http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/gradkoll/
The amount of the scholarships is based on the guidelines of the DFG:
http://www.dfg.de/forschungsfoerderung/formulare/download/1_30a_w.pdf
Candidates must already be authorized to work in the EU and must be
Germany based. Alumni’s of mathematical based courses of studies are
asked to send their significant application documents (copies of
certificates, CV, photo) up to June 30th 2008 to the speaker:
Prof. Dr. Karsten Urban
University of Ulm
Institut for Numerical Analysis
Helmholtzstrasse 18
89069 Ulm
Phone: +49-731-502-3535
Fax: +49-731-502-3548
email: petra.hildebrand@uni-ulm.de
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From: "LAI, Choi-Hong" <C.H.Lai@gre.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 13:54:32 +0100
Subject: Contents, Journal of Algorithms and Computational Technology
Journal of Algorithms and Computational Technology
Multi-Science Publishing
ISSN 1748-3018
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mscp/jact
http://cse.gre.ac.uk/jact/table%5Fof%5Fcontents/
Volume 2 · Number 1
Special issue: On applications of image processing to industrial
and real life problems
Guest Editors: M. Wang and X. He
Am improved morphology connective criterion based on complete lattice
for lane detection
H Cai, J Cai, G Zhang, Z Zhou ..................................... 1
An algorithm for total variation inpainting based on nonlinear multigrid
methods
F Chen, M Wang, C-H Lai ........................................... 15
A coloue image denoising and enhancement model based on CB colour model
N-P Chen, Y-D Zeng ................................................ 35
A new colourisation algorithm based on dynamic neighbour-relevant
chromatic channel information
Z Chen, D Ye, X zhan .............................................. 49
Edge detection on hexagonal structure
X He, Q Wu, W Jia, T Hintz ........................................ 61
Fractal image compression on hexagonal structure
H Wang, X He, T Hintz, Q Wu ....................................... 79
Image denoise by fourth-order PDE based on the changes of the Laplacian
L Lü, M Wang, C-H Lai ............................................. 99
Research and applications of a novel adaptive 3-D medical image
interpolation method using ROI
J-L Ma, J Wu, Q Wang, F Ye, S-Y Luo ............................... 111
The latest MPEG standards and industrial requirements for media streaming
M Ali ............................................................. 127
A blind watermarking algorithm for digital image based on DMWT and CBWT
Z Shu, Y Lian ..................................................... 145
Evaluation and enhancement on medical images
L Sun, C Wang, S Wang ............................................. 154
Image processing and interactive visualisation of confocal miscroscopy
images
m Tang, H-N Wang .................................................. 165
Texture feature analysis of coke slice image
P Wang, Q Wang, S Gao ............................................. 175
The image retrieval and relevance feedback methods based on region
W-H C, S-Z Ye ..................................................... 185
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From: Martin Berzins <mb@cs.utah.edu>
Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 17:19:07 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Contents, Applied Numerical Mathematics, Vol. 58, Iss. 5, 2008
Applied Numerical Mathematics, Vol. 58, Iss. 5, Pages 525-742 (May 2008)
1. J.M. Urquiza, D. N'Dri, A. Garon and M.C. Delfour
Coupling Stokes and Darcy equations Pages 525-538
2. I. Alonso-Mallo, B. Cano and M.J. Moreta
Optimal time order when implicit Runge-Kutta-Nystroem methods solve
linear partial differential equations Pages 539-562
3. C.A. Dorao and H.A. Jakobsen
hp-adaptive least squares spectral element method for population
balance equations Pages 563-576
4.Rick Archibald, Anne Gelb and Jungho Yoon
Determining the locations and discontinuities in the derivatives of
functions Pages 577-592
5.Maria G. Armentano and Claudio Padra
A posteriori error estimates for the Steklov eigenvalue problem Pages
593-601
6.Yuying Shi and Qianshun Chang
Acceleration methods for image restoration problem with different
boundary conditions Pages 602-614
7.K. Djadel and S. Nicaise
A non-conforming finite volume element method of weighted upstream
type for the two-dimensional stationary Navier-Stokes system Pages
615-634
8. D. Barrera, M.A. Fortes, P. Gonzalez and M. Pasadas
Minimal energy surfaces on Powell-Sabin type triangulations Pages
635-645
9. Tianhe Zhou, Danfu Han and Ming-Jun Lai
Energy minimization method for scattered data Hermite interpolation
Pages 646-659
10. Matthias Ehrhardt
Discrete transparent boundary conditions for Schroedinger-type
equations for non-compactly supported initial data Pages 660-673
11. A.A.I. Peer, A. Gopaul, M.Z. Dauhoo and M. Bhuruth
A new fourth-order non-oscillatory central scheme for hyperbolic
conservation laws Pages 674-688
12. Zi-Cai Li, Hsin-Yun Hu, Song Wang and Qing Fang
Superconvergence of solution derivatives of the Shortley-Weller
difference approximation to Poisson's equation with singularities on
polygonal domains Pages 689-704
13. J.C. Mandal and J. Subramanian
On the link between weighted least-squares and limiters used in
higher-order reconstructions for finite volume computations
of hyperbolic equations Pages 705-725
14, Robert Schaback
Recovery of functions from weak data using unsymmetric meshless
kernel-based methods Pages 726-741
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