NA Digest Sunday, February 10, 2002 Volume 02 : Issue 06

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

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From: Sriram Vishwanath <sriram@systems.stanford.edu>
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 15:55:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject: A Matrix Minimax Problem

I have a matrix min-max problem to solve:

Max_X Min_Y log{determinant(Im + Y^{1-/2}H X H^T Y^{-1/2})}

where all matrix entries are over real numbers. H is any m-by-n matrix,
Im is the m-by-m identity and T denotes transpose. X is an n-by-n
positive semidefinite matrix satisfying: Trace(X) <= P, for P > 0. Y is an
m-by-m positive definite matrix which has the block structure:

|Ir Z^T |
Y = |Z I(m-r)| where r < m, and Ir and I(m-r) are the r-by-r and
(m-r)-by-(m-r) identities, and Z is some matrix such that Y >0.

Would you know of any good algorithms that solve this problem?
Specifically, does this Iterative algorithm converge?
Call f(X,Y) = log(det(I+Y^{1-/2}H X H^T Y^{-1/2})). First, fix
X = X0. Solve Y0 = argmin_Y f(X0,Y). Now find X1 = argmax_X f(X,Y0). In step
j+1, find Y(j+1) = argmin_Y f(Xj,Y) and X(j+1) = argmax_X f(X,Yj).
In other words, maximize with respect to X keeping Y constant and minimize
with respect to Y keeping X constant and repeat till it converges.
Practically, this algorithm is found to converge in a few minutes.

Thanks a lot for your help and patience.
Sriram


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From: Slimski <sslimski@talk21.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 10:23:25 GMT
Subject: Updating an Eigenvalue Decomposition

I am interested in efficiently solving the following problem in a
computational setting:

Matrix A is square, symmetric and positive definite; to fix ideas suppose
that the first row and column of A change (still preserving symmetry);
is there a way to compute the change in eigenvalues/vectors of A due to
the change in its first row/column?

I could do it through perturbation theory but I'd like to have some exact
and computationally feasible results. Any references welcome.


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From: Artyom Kabannik <tema@gs.nsc.ru>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 12:19:16 +0600 (NOVT)
Subject: Seeking Implementation of LSQR Algorithm

Dear NA readers,

I am looking for C/C++ implementation of LSQR algorithm, which doesn't need
store in memory the whole marix A in linear equation system Ax=b. Instead, it
should use results of linear operator A and conjugate operator A* operations.

Thanks
Artyom Kabannik


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From: Kenneth Holmstrom <hkh@telia.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 16:52:03 +0100
Subject: Mixed-Integer Quadratic Programs in MATLAB

The new Tomlab /Xpress v2.0 toolbox offers an interface to the
state-of-the-art large-scale mixed-integer linear and quadratic solver
Xpress-MP. Both barrier and simplex solvers for LP and QP are included.

Tomlab /Xpress is available on Windows, Linux, Sun and HP systems.

Advanced interaction with the Xpress-MP solver from MATLAB during the
solution process is possible using 11 different callbacks and a large
set of control variables.

Visit http://tomlab.biz for more information and download.

Professor Kenneth Holmstrom
Malardalen University, Sweden


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From: Deal <deal@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 14:25:11 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Object-Oriented Finite Element Library

Version 3.3 of the deal.II object-oriented finite element library has
been released. It is available from the deal.II home-page at

http://gaia.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/~deal

The most important improvements compared to the previous version are:
- Support for the graphical file formats used by Tecplot and OpenDX.
- An example program demonstrating the Discontinuous Galerkin Finite
Element Method (DGFEM).
- Support for subdomains, thus simplifying the creation of programs
that run on clusters of computers.

Beside these, the list of changes comprises more than 50 new
functions, classes, and bug fixes. A concise list with respect to the
previous version can be found at
http://gaia.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/~deal/news/2002/3.2.0-vs-3.3.0.html

All main features of the previous versions have been continued and
improved:
- Support for dimension-independent programming
- Extensive documentation and working example programs
- Locally refined grids
- Continuous and discontinuous elements of higher order
- Fast linear algebra
- Built-in support for symmetric multi-processing (SMP)
- Output for a variety of visualization platforms.

deal.II can be downloaded for free and is distributed under an Open
Source license.

Wolfgang Bangerth, Ralf Hartmann, Guido Kanschat, the deal.II team


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From: Nick Higham <higham@maths.man.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 13:43:32 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Nominations for Householder Award

HOUSEHOLDER AWARD XI - Final Announcement
Deadline: February 15, 2002

Nominations are solicited for the Alston S. Householder Award XI
(2002). The award will be presented to the author of the best
dissertation in numerical algebra submitted by the recipient of a
PhD earned between January 1, 1999, and December 31, 2001.

The term numerical algebra is intended to describe those parts of
mathematical research that have both algebraic aspects and numerical
content or implications. Thus, for example, the term covers linear
algebra that has numerical applications and the algebraic aspects of
ordinary differential, partial differential, integral, and nonlinear
equations. To qualify, the dissertation must have been submitted to
fulfill requirements for a degree at the level of a United States
Ph.D. Candidates from countries in which a formal dissertation is not
normally written at that level may submit an equivalent piece of work.

The Householder Award, given every three years, was established at the
1969 Gatlinburg Symposium (now renamed the Householder Symposium) to
recognize the outstanding contributions of Alston S. Householder,
1904--1993, to numerical analysis and linear algebra.

Entries will be assessed by an international committee consisting of
James Demmel (University of California, Berkeley), Ludwig Elsner
(University of Bielefeld), Volker Mehrmann (TU Berlin), Charles Van Loan
(Cornell University) and Olof Widlund (Courant Institute, New York
University).

The candidate's sponsor (the supervisor of the candidate's research)
should submit five copies of the dissertation (or qualifying work),
together with an appraisal by the sponsor and at least one additional
letter of recommendation supporting the nomination, by February 15, 2002, to

Professor Ludwig Elsner
Fakultaet fuer Mathematik
Universitaet Bielefeld
Postfach 10 01 31
33501 Bielefeld
Germany
email: elsner@Mathematik.Uni-Bielefeld.DE

The award will be presented at the Householder Symposium XV, to be
held June 17-21, 2002 at the Peebles Hotel Hydro, Scotland
(http://www.maths.strath.ac.uk/~matrix/).
Candidates on the short list will receive invitations to the meeting.

Previous Householder Award winners were F. Robert (Grenoble) in 1971,
Ole Hald (New York University) in 1974, Daniel D. Warner (University
of California, San Diego) in 1977, E. Marques de S{\'a} (Coimbra) and
Paul Van Dooren (K. U. Leuven) in 1981 (shared), Ralph Byers (Cornell
University) and James M. Demmel (University of California, Berkeley)
in 1984 (shared), Nicholas J. Higham (University of Manchester) in
1987, Alan Edelman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Maria
Beth Ong (University of Washington) in 1990 (shared), Hong-Guo Xu
(Fudan University) and Barry Smith (New York University) in 1993
(shared), Ming Gu (Yale University) in 1996, and J\"org Liesen (Bielefeld)
in 1999.


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From: Richard Brent <rpb@comlab.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 17:21:02 GMT
Subject: Reprinted Book, Algorithms for Minimization

My book "Algorithms for Minimization without Derivatives"
(Prentice-Hall, 1973), which has been out of print for many years, has
just been republished by Dover (paperback, $9.95), ISBN 0-486-41998-3

The book describes and analyzes some practical methods for finding
approximate zeros and minima of functions, using only function (not
derivative) evaluations. Contents include algorithms with guaranteed
convergence for finding a zero of a function of one variable,
a local minimum of a function of one variable, and a global minimum
given an upper bound on the second derivative.

Despite progress since 1973, much of the book is still relevant.

For more information, including the Preface to the Dover edition, see
http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/work/richard.brent/pub/pub011.html

Richard Brent


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From: Jane Cullum <cullumj@c3.lanl.gov>
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 12:57:59 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Cullum and Willoughby Books on Lanczos Algorithms

Dear Colleagues,

In the July 30, 2001 issue of Na-Digest I indicated that I would
be putting the two-volume book, Lanczos Algorithms for Large
Symmetric Eigenvalue Computations, Vol. 1, Theory: Vol. 2,
Programs, which Ralph Willoughby and I co-authored, on my LANL
website.

Since then, however, SIAM has decided to republish Volume 1
in the SIAM Classics Series. Consequently, I will be putting
only Volume 2 on my website.

I have received a few responses to my earlier request for

(1) any errors which need to be corrected

(2) any appropriate new citations (An annotation which summarizes
the contribution in the work cited would be greatly appreciated)

(3) the existence and availability of any updated versions
of the codes which are currently available from Netlib under
the heading 'lanczos'.

http://www.netlib.org/

However, if you intended to send some comments and have not yet
done so, please get them to me before Feb 24th. Please send to
either cullumj@lanl.gov using the subject heading 'Lanczos Book',
or by fax to 505-665-4972.

Thanks very much,

Jane K. Cullum
MS B250
Computer and Computational Sciences Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM 87545
Email: cullumj@lanl.gov
Fax: 505-665-4972


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From: George Corliss <George.Corliss@Marquette.edu>
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 07:48:08 -0600
Subject: New Book, Automatic Differentiation of Algorithms

Announcing a new book:
Automatic Differentiation of Algorithms: From Simulation to Optimization
Edited by George Corliss, Christele Faure, Andreas Griewank,
Laurent Hascoet, Uwe Naumann
Springer 2002, ISBN: 0-387-95305-1
http://www.springer-ny.com/detail.tpl?ISBN=0387953051

Automatic Differentiation (AD) is a maturing computational
technology and has become a mainstream tool used by practicing
scientists and computer engineers. The rapid advance of hardware
computing power and AD tools has enabled practitioners to
quickly generate derivative-enhanced versions of their code
for a broad range of applications in applied research and
development.

"Automatic Differentiation of Algorithms" provides a comprehensive
and authoritative survey of all recent developments, new techniques,
and tools for AD use. The book covers all aspects of the subject:
mathematics, scientific programming (i.e., use of adjoints in
optimization) and implementation (i.e., memory management problems).
A strong theme of the book is the relationships between AD tools and
other software tools, such as compilers and parallelizers. A rich
variety of significant applications are presented as well, including
optimum-shape design problems, for which AD offers more efficient
tools and techniques.

Topics and features:
* introductory AD survey chapter for brief overview of AD
* extensive applications chapters
* comprehensive bibliography
* performance issues
* optimal control sensitivity analysis
* AD use with object oriented software tool kits


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From: Giuliano Antoniol <icsmif@serg.ing.unisannio.it>
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 22:35:03 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Conference in Montreal on Software Maintenance

IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance 2002
Sponsored by IEEE
ICSM-2002, Montreal, Canada, 3-6 October 2002
http://www.icsm2002.org
icsm2002.info@unisannio.it
Call for Papers
Theme: Maintaining distributed heterogeneous systems

ICSM is the major international conference in the field of software and
systems maintenance, evolution, and management. This year's theme
elaborates on last year's theme of "systems and software evolution in the
era of the internet". Standalone legacy applications of yesterday and
novel applications using today's technologies are rapidly becoming
integrated as part of enterprise-wide and industry-wide systems. The need
for rapid integration has led to many distributed heterogeneous systems
that are very challenging to maintain and evolve.

ICSM 2002 will address these new scenarios and the major challenges of
maintenance and evolution. The focus of the conference will be on the new
challenges that heterogeneous systems pose for software maintenance, and
the new opportunities for researchers and practitioners. A main goal of
ICSM is to promote interaction between researchers and practitioners. ICSM
2002 will bring together researchers, practitioners, developers and users
of tools, technology transfer experts, and project managers.

Jon Pincus (Microsoft) will describe how Microsoft handles software
enhancements. Other outstanding Keynote speakers are being arranged. Past
conferences have had Parnas, Rombach, McCabe, and Jacobson.

ICSM-2002 will offer technical presentations and demonstrations from
academia and industry. We are particularly interested in exchanging
concepts, prototypes, research ideas, and other results that could
contribute to the academic arena and also benefit business and the
industrial community. ICSM 2002 will be participatory, with working
collaborative sessions and presentations of industry projects.

The Conference will be held in conjunction with:

WESS -- Workshop on Empirical Studies of Software Maintenance.
SCAM -- Source Code Analysis and Manipulation
WSE -- Workshop on WEBsite Evolution

Topics of interest include but are not restricted to the following aspects
of maintenance and evolution:

- Methods and theories - Maintenance and/or productivity metrics
- Organizational frameworks - Preventive maintenance
- Design for maintenance - Tools and environments
- Life cycle and process control - Models/methods for error prediction
- User interface evolution - Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)
- Third party maintenance - Freeware and open source applications
- Program comprehension - Software and system visualisation
- Knowledge based systems - Measurement of software
- Formal methods - Legal aspects and standards
- Software reusability - Internet and distributed systems
- Empirical studies - Testing and regression testing
- Remote, tele-work - Version and configuration management
- Processes and strategies - Management and organisation
- Co-operative applications - Source code analysis and manipulation
- Processes and strategies - Impact of new software practices
- Programming languages - Reengineering and reverse engineering
- Multimedia systems

IMPORTANT DATES

Research Papers: 18 March 2002 mailto:icsm2002.full@unisannio.it
Fast Track Papers: 1 May 2002 mailto:icsm2002.short@unisannio.it
Dissertation Forum: 1 May 2002 mailto:icsm2002.thesis@unisannio.it
Industrial Applications: 1 May 2002 mailto:icsm2002.industry@unisannio.it
Tutorials: 18 March 2002 mailto:icsm2002.tutorial@unisannio.it


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From: Pierre Kuonen <pierre.kuonen@hevs.ch>
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 09:55:47 +0100
Subject: SPEEDUP Workshop in Switzerland

Dear colleagues,

The 31th SPEEDUP Workshop will be held at Leukerbad, Wallis,
Switzerland on March 4, 2002.

The topic of this year's workshop is "Data Intensive Computing".
Please note that workshop participation is also possible for non SPEEDUP
members.

For further information on the 31st SPEEDUP workshop and for registration
please see: http://www.sos.vsnet.ch/speedup31
Registration deadline: 22nd of February

For more information on SPEEDUP society see: http://www.speedup.ch

See you soon in Leukerbad.

Pierre Kuonen


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From: Dominique Chapelle <Dominique.Chapelle@inria.fr>
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 13:37:36 +0100
Subject: Course at INRIA-Rocquencourt on Geophysical Flows

In the framework of the "CEA-EDF-INRIA Schools on Applied Non-Linear
Problems" we are pleased to announce the advanced course: "Data Assimilation
for Geophysical Flows", March 25-28, 2002 - INRIA-Rocquencourt (Paris area),
France

APPLICATION FIELDS:

- Meteorology
- Hydrology and Geosciences
- Oceanography
- Air Pollution and Atmospheric Chemistry

MAIN LECTURERS:

- Philippe COURTIER, Meteo France
- Fran=E7ois-Xavier LE DIMET, Univ. Joseph Fourier & INRIA
- Olivier TALAGRAND, LMD, Paris
- Bruno SPORTISSE, ENPC, Marne la Vallee

ORGANISERS:

- Fran=E7ois-Xavier LE DIMET, Univ. Joseph Fourier & INRIA
- Bruno SPORTISSE, ENPC, Marne la Vall=E9e

For more information, see
http://www.inria.fr/actualites/colloques/2002/pnla/

You can also directly contact us at mailto:symposia@inria.fr

The Organising Committee


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From: Sankar Basu <sbasu@us.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 10:16:24 -0500
Subject: NATO Advanced Study Institute on Learning Theory and Practice

NATO Advanced Study Institute
on
Learning Theory and Practice (LTP 2002)
July 8-19 2002 - K.U. Leuven Belgium
http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/sista/natoasi/ltp2002.html

-Organizing committee-

Sankar Basu (IBM T.J. Watson, USA)
Gabor Horvath (T.U. Budapest, HUN), Co-director partner country
Charles Micchelli (SUNY Albany, USA)
Johan Suykens (K.U. Leuven, BEL), Director
Joos Vandewalle (K.U. Leuven, BEL)

-General Objective-

This NATO Advanced Study Institute on Learning Theory and
Practice aims at creating a fascinating interplay between
advanced fundamental theory and several application areas
such as bioinformatics, multimedia/computer vision, e-commerce
finance, internet search, textmining and others. It offers an
interdisciplinary forum for presenting recent progress and
breakthroughs in learning theory with respect to several areas
as neural networks, machine learning, mathematics and statistics.

-Invited Lecturers-

Peter Bartlett (Australian National University Canberra, AUS)
Sankar Basu (IBM T.J. Watson, USA)
Kristin Bennett (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute New York, USA)
Chris Bishop (Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK)
Nello Cristianini (Royal Holloway London, UK)
Luc Devroye (McGill University Montreal, CAN)
Lazlo Gyorfi (T.U. Budapest, HUN)
Gabor Horvath (T.U. Budapest, HUN)
Rudolf Kulhavy (Honeywell Technology Center Prague, CZ)
Vera Kurkova (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ)
Joerg Lemm (University of Muenster, GER)
Charles Micchelli (SUNY Albany, USA)
Tomaso Poggio (MIT, USA)
Massimiliano Pontil (University of Siena, IT)
Bernhard Schoelkopf (Max-Planck-Institute Tuebingen, GER)
Yoram Singer (Hebrew University Jerusalem, IS)
Steve Smale (U.C. Berkeley, USA)
Johan Suykens (K.U. Leuven, BEL)
Vladimir Vapnik (AT&T Labs Research, USA)
Mathukumalli Vidyasagar (Tata Consultancy Services, IND)

-Program and participation-

According to the NATO rules http://www.nato.int/science the number of
ASI students will be limited to 80. All participants will obtain a *free*
registration (including welcome reception, lunches, banquets,
refreshments and a NATO-ASI Science Series book to be published
with IOS Press). Limited additional funding will be available to
cover attendance costs. All interested participants should fill
out an application form, taking into account the NATO restrictions.

Application form and preliminary program are available at
http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/sista/natoasi/ltp2002.html

-Important Dates-

Deadline submission of application form: March 18, 2002
Notification of acceptance: April 30, 2002
NATO-ASI LTP 2002 meeting: July 8-19, 2002


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From: Taoufik Nouri <Taoufik.Nouri@fhso.ch>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 19:55:13 +0100
Subject: Data Mining Day in Switzerland

Dear Sir;
You are cordially invited to participate in a day on
Data Mining: Tools, Techniques and Applications
The program of this day is available on our website:
http://www.fhso.ch/wb/tagungen/_tagungen.htm

Date: Monday, 11 March 2002

Location: Fachhochschule Solothurn Nordwestschweiz, Bittertenstrasse 15,
CH-4702 Oensingen

Registration: www.fhso.ch/wb/tagungen/frame_datamining.htm
E-mail: weiterbildung.hst@fhso.ch

Scheduling: The program includes a Tutorial, Conferences and a Technical
Exhibition.

Tutorial, High Performance Data Mining, Prof. Dr. M. Zaki, Computer Sciences
Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.

Conf. Data Mining live with Clementine of SPSS, Dr. D. Schloeth, Senior
Data Analyst, SPSS, Zurich, Switzerland.

Conf. Data Mining Applications at Credit Suisse, Dr. A. Nippe, Head Data
Mining/Data Analysis, Credit Suisse.

DataEngine - Computational Intelligence in Business and Technique,
Dr. A. Joerenssen, MIT GmbH, Aachen, Germany.

Conf. Data Mining for Protein Structure Prediction, Prof. Dr. M. Zaki,
Computer Sciences Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.

Haben Sie vielen Dank, Thank you
T. Nouri


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From: Song Wang <swang@maths.uwa.edu.au>
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 08:42:21 +0800
Subject: Conference in Perth on Boundary and Interior Layers

BAIL2002

An International Conference on Boundary and
Interior Layers - Computational & Asymptotic Methods

8-12 July, 2002, Perth, Western Australia

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

Dear Colleagues,

The deadline for paper submissions has now been extended to 1st March
2002. For details, please look at

http://thysanotus.maths.uwa.edu.au/general/BAIL2002/

Regards,
BAIL Organizers


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From: Manlio Gaudioso <gaudioso@deis.unical.it>
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 12:37:49 +0100
Subject: Workshop in Sicily on Mathematical Diagnostics

Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture
International School of Mathematics "G. Stampacchia"
Erice - Sicily, Italy

Workshop
MATHEMATICAL DIAGNOSTICS
June 17 - June 25 , 2002

PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP
Stating a diagnosis is a decision making process that takes place in many
different fields of the human activities. It is, of course, a crucial step
in medicine, but also in a wide range of practical activities, such as
finance, pattern recognition, study of experimental data, astronomy,
engineering diagnostics, data mining etc. Quite often the diagnostic process
reduces to a classification process, i.e. to select exactly one set from
among several sets an individual can belong to. This is the typical case of
medical diagnosis, where for a given patient it has to be decided whether or
not he is affected by a specific pathology. In recent years effective
mathematical tools have been designed to support diagnostics. Optimization
methods as well as neural networks and decision trees have been successfully
adopted. From the mathematical point of view, diagnostics is strictly
connected to Hahn-Banach type theorems (separation properties of sometimes
inseparable sets in finite dimensional spaces). Many new and sophisticated
mathematical models are of a nonsmooth nature, in the sense that they
require to solve nonlinear optimization problems that involve
nondifferentiable functions. The workshop is intended for both people
interested in research and in applications; it is primarily aimed at
assessing the state-of-the-art of the subject, giving to the scientific
community the opportunity of comparing diverse approaches exposed by experts
coming from different fields. Additional objectives are to present the new
results that many scientists in several countries are obtaining by using
mathematical programming tools and to describe significant applications of
mathematical diagnostics. Participation of experts from application areas as
well as that of young scientists will be strongly encouraged.

TOPICS
Kernel Methods for Pattern Recognition
Support Vector Machines
Neural Networks
Inductive Inference
Foundations of Computer Learning
Bayesian Classification
Diagnostics of Dynamic Processes
Massive Data Sets
Clustering

INVITED LECTURERS
F. Archetti, University of Milano, I
K. Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, USA
V. Boltyansky, CIMAT, Guanajuato, Mex
S. Bombardieri, Universit=E0 di Pisa, I
N. Cristianini, Royal Halloway University of London, UK
R. De Leone, University of Camerino, I
A. B. Kurzhanski, Moscow State University, RU
V.N. Malozemov, St. Petersburg State University, RU
D. Pallaschke, University of Karlsruhe, D
P. Pardalos, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
E. Polak, University of California at Berkeley, USA
A. Rubinov, University of Ballarat, AUS
N. Shor, Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, Kiev, UKR
V. Vapnik, AT&T Labs-Research, Middletown, NJ, USA
R. Zoppoli, University of Genova, I

APPLICATIONS
Persons wishing to attend the Workshop should write to:

Professor Manlio Gaudioso
D.E.I.S. - Universit=E0 della Calabria
via Pietro Bucci, Cubo 41C
87036 Rende (CS), Italy
e-mail: erice2002@deis.unical.it

Application by e-mail is strongly encouraged.
Closing date for application: April 30, 2002
Participants are expected to arrive in Erice on June 16, no later 5 p.m.

V. F. Demyanov and M. Gaudioso, Directors of the Workshop
F. Giannessi, Director of the School
A. Zichichi, Director of the Centre


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From: Ernst Hairer <Ernst.Hairer@math.unige.ch>
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 12:59:27 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Conference in Geneva Honoring Gerhard Wanner

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
Conference on Scientific Computation
Geneva, June 26 - 29, 2002
celebrating Gerhard Wanner's 60th birthday

Details of the conference can be found at the conference web site:
http://www.unige.ch/math/folks/hairer/conference
Keynote speakers:
John Butcher, Peter Deuflhard, Francesco Fass=F2, Willem Hundsdorfer,
Rolf Jeltsch, Christian Lubich, Robert McLachlan, Alexander Ostermann,
Brynjulf Owren, Sebastian Reich, Peter Rentrop, Robert Skeel,
Hans Stetter, Andrew Stuart

There will be contributed talks (25 + 5 minutes) and a poster session.
For registration, please, complete the form on the conference homepage
and send it to Ernst.Hairer@math.unige.ch
This is a conference without registration fees.

Ernst Hairer, Section de Math=E9matiques
2-4 rue du Li=E8vre, CH-1211 Gen=E8ve 24
Switzerland


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From: Nick Trefethen <lnt@comlab.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 15:07:34 GMT
Subject: Faculty Position at Oxford

Oxford University seeks to hire a permanent academic in the field of
Control Engineering. The position will be a University Lecturership
(the title for most Oxford academics) combined with fellowship in
St John's College, one of Oxford's most magnificent ancient colleges.
For information go to http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk and click on Job Vacancies.
The deadline for applications is February 22.


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From: Luca Formaggia <Luca.Formaggia@epfl.ch>
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 10:09:23 +0100
Subject: Positions in an European Project on Human Cardiovascular System

Openings for Phd and Post-Doc positions are available in the frame of
the European Union Funded RTN project "Mathematical Modelling for
Haemodynamics" (HaeMOdel), aiming at developing research and training
young researchers on the mathematical and numerical issues related to
the simulation of the human cardiovascular system.

The Network comprises six European Institutions with a long standing
experience on different aspects of this research fields. The young
researcher is expected to participate actively to the Network
activities, which comprise Workshops, Tutorial courses and a visiting
scheme among the Network Teams.

The project expected starting date is October 1st , 2002. The deadline
for the this candidature application is March 5th, 2002.

The background required to a young pre-doc researcher wishing to
participate to the project is a degree in Mathematics or Physics or
Engineering or Computer Science, with a strong personal interest in
numerical methods and scientific computing, as well as the willingness
to learn new subjects, often not strictly related to his previous
studies.

The post-doc should have a solid experience in mathematical and
numerical modelling and/or scientific computing. A background in
medical research or bioengineering is also welcomed.

The researcher must comply with the eligibility rules for European RTN
projects (more details on http://www.cordis.lu/improving/networks).

The full text of the call for application together with the on-line
application form, the list of positions available and more details on
the HaeMOdel project are found in

http://dmawww.epfl.ch/Quarteroni-Chaire/HaeModel/Main/call.html


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From: Claire Green <Claire.L.Green@man.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 15:10:31 -0000
Subject: Staff Positions at the University of Manchester

Appointments in High Performance Computing at the University of Manchester, UK

The Manchester Research Centre in Computational Science (MRCCS) is a focus
for high performance computing activities in the University of Manchester,
bringing together research groups of international standing in Chemistry,
Engineering, Mathematics, the Centre for Novel Computing (Computer Science),
Earth Sciences, Medical School, and Manchester Visualization Centre. The
core staff of MRCCS are based in Manchester Computing, Europe's premier
university computing facility supporting world class research and teaching
in all disciplines. In conjunction with SGI and CSC we provide support to
CSAR (Computer Services for Academic Research) the flagship high performance
computing service to UK academia and commerce, based around a 512 processor
SGI Origin 3800 and a 816 processor Cray T3E-1200E system, both numbered
amongst the most powerful computers for academia in the world. In addition,
support is provided for high performance computing and visualization to the
University of Manchester, which runs a large number of other parallel
systems, including an IBM SP, numerous SGI Origin systems and a Sun E6500
and also houses a High Performance Visualization and Virtual Reality Centre.

We are now recruiting to fill these challenging positions:

Senior HPC Consultant - to join a team responsible for providing
computational support for the HPC Services.
Research Assistant or Associate in Engineering - to join an e-Science
project focused on virtual prototyping for engineering.
Grid Support Consultant - to join a team supporting the UK e-Science
programme.

For further information regarding these positions and details of how to
apply, please see:
http://mrccs.man.ac.uk/vacancies/

or contact the Director of Personnel, University of Manchester, Manchester
M13 9PL (Tel +44 161 275 2028)

The closing date for applications is 18th February 2002.


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From: Christoph Helmberg <helmberg@zib.de>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 15:02:19 +0100
Subject: Position at Universitaet Kaiserslautern

An der Universitaet Kaiserslautern ist am Fachbereich
Mathematik, Professur fuer Wirtschaftsmathematik,
ab 1. April 2002, zunaechst befristet fuer die Dauer
von 4 Jahren, die Stelle eines(r)

WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN MITARBEITERS(IN)

zu besetzen (vorbehaltlich aktueller gesetzlicher
Aenderungen; Gehalt: ca. Eingangstufe BAT IIa).

Aufgabengebiet: Wissenschaftliche Dienstleistungen zur
Organisation, Vorbereitung und Durchfuehrung von Forschung
und Lehre, einschliesslich der Mithilfe bei der Durchfuehrung
von Uebungen, Praktika und Seminaren.

In Forschung und Lehre liegt das Hauptgewicht unserer
Arbeitsgruppe im Fachgebiet OPTIMIERUNG.

Etwa ein Drittel der Arbeitszeit steht zur eigenstaendigen
wissenschaftlichen Forschung zur Verfuegung und soll der
Arbeit an einer Dissertation dienen.

Anforderungen:
* Abschluss eines geeigneten Universitaetsstudiums
* Kentnisse in Optimierung (diskreter, konvexer oder
kontinuierlicher) sind erwuenscht

Bewerbungen mit den ueblichen Unterlagen sind
zur Zeit noch zu richten an:

Dr. Christoph Helmberg
Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik Berlin
Takustrasse 7
D-14195 Berlin-Dahlem

Fragen beantworte ich gerne unter
Tel : ++49 (30) 84185 -294
email: helmberg@zib.de


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From: Roland Masson <roland.masson@ifp.fr>
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 18:50:27 +0100
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at the Institut Francais du Petrole

Postdoctoral position in statistics at the Institut Francais du Petrole.

The objective is to build a methodology to quantify the uncertainties
associated with predictions given by non-linear model in the field of refining
processes. We are in the case of EIV problems (Errors In Variables) and
the main difficulties come from the hight number of parameters in the model
and the CPU time required. This work will be carried out at the Institut
Francais du Petrole, CEDI Rene Navarre, in Solaize near Lyon and within the
Applied Mathematics Departement. Candidate should have a solid background
in statistics as well as experience in scientific programming. Join
Francois Wahl at francois.wahl@ifp.fr for more informations and application.

Roland MASSON
Institut Francais du Petrole
1 et 4 av. de Bois-Preau, BP 311
92852 Rueil-Malmaison Cedex tel : +33 1 47 52 71 33
FRANCE fax : +33 1 47 52 70 22


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From: Uno Navert <uno@fcc.chalmers.se>
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 23:53:11 +0100
Subject: Research Position in Goteborg, Sweden

On http://www.fcc.chalmers.se is a short presentation of the recently
formed Fraunhofer-Chalmers Research Centre for Industrial Mathematics.
The Centre is a result of the co-operation between FhG-ITWM
http://www.itwm.fhg.de/ in
Kaiserslautern and Chalmers University of Technology
http://www.chalmers.se/HyperText/hlg.html in G=F6teborg.

On http://www.fcc.chalmers.se/FCC_SSF_011217.pdf is the advertisement of
a position as a future scientific leader at the Centre. The position is
for a young (30-40 years old, say) scientist to build a research team at
the Centre, to develop her or his field, and advance to a scientific
leader. The holder will control a budget of one million Euro in total
for a period of five to six years. The final date of application is
February 28, 2002.

Uno Navert
FCC, Fraunhofer-Chalmers Research Centre for Industrial Mathematics
Chalmers Science Park
S-412 88 G=F6teborg
Sweden


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From: Jane Cullum <cullumj@c3.lanl.gov>
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 13:03:26 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Summer Jobs at Los Alamos National Laboratory

I am looking for two graduate students who would be interested
in working together this summer at the Los Alamos National
Laboratory on the parallelization of several Lanczos-based
algorithms for solving large-scale eigenvalue/singular value
problems.

This summer experience would entail taking existing uni-processor,
Lanczos-based eigenvalue/singular value algorithms and converting
them into corresponding parallel algorithms which take advantage
of the functionality of various parallel computers.

The resulting software will be packaged and put on the web for
public distribution.

Desired Skills:

Some experience working on parallel numerical algorithms and in
writing software, some knowledge of MPI, and an interest in working
on/devising new parallel algorithms.

Completion of at least one year of graduate school. Some knowledge of
linear algebra, sparse matrix manipulations and operations, and some
experience coding in Fortran 90.

To Apply:

You must submit your application electronically through LANL Human
Resources. For details on the application process, please go to the
following website.

http://www.hr.lanl.gov/EmploymentResources/jobs/howto_students.stm.

In order for me to be aware of your application, simultaneously
send an electronic copy of your application to me at cullumj@lanl.gov.
Please include names of professional references in the information which
you send to me, along with any other additional information which you
feel would be valuable. Please note that LANL requires copies of
college transcripts, past and current. See additional details
on the above website.

Jane K. Cullum
MS B250
Computer and Computational Sciences Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM 87545
Email: cullumj@lanl.gov
Fax: 505-665-4972


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