NA-Digest index for 1996

Digest for Monday, December 23, 1996

In this digest:

Babuska Prizes Awarded
A 3D Tracking Problem
Program for Convex Hull Sought
Change of Address for Brenton LeMesurier
Change of Address for Craig C. Douglas
SIAG/LA Prize Announcement
New Book on Interior-Point Methods
Guangzhou Symposium on Computational Mathematics
Technology Demonstrators on HPCN Europe
Solving Combinatorial Optimization Problems in Parallel
Euro-Par'97 Workshop Parallel Discrete Algorithms
GAMM Session on Numerical treatment of ODEs and DAEs
Faculty Positions at Columbia University
Position at Eastman Kodak
Contents, SIAM Applied Mathematics
Contents, SIAM Matrix Analysis and Applications
Contents, SIAM Numerical Analysis

Digest for Monday, December 16, 1996

In this digest:

NA Digest Top Ten List
Award for Kowalski, Sikorski, and Stenger
Change of Address for Andy Cleary
Query on Anti-symmetric, Block Toeplitz Matrices
Query on Approximation by Continued Fractions
Query on Minimization Algorithms
A Problem Involving Positive Matrices
UK and Republic of Ireland Section of SIAM
New Book: Inverse Problems in Geopysical Applications
New Book on Scientific Computing
New Book: Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints
New Book: Theory and Algorithms for Linear Optimization
Brenner-Scott Book Back in Print
Multidisciplinary Optimization Test Suite
1997 Dundee Conference Update
Deadline for Conference in Bulgaria
Conference on Matrix Analytic-Methods in Stochastic Models
Conference on Numerical Modelling in Continuum Mechanics
ENUMATH 97 Conference Announcement
Workshop on Parallel Solution of PDEs
Conference on Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling
London Mathematical Society Meeting on Numerical Analysis of PDEs
Techniques Nouvelles de Traitement des Matrices Creuses
Randomization and Approximation Techniques in Computer Science
The First International ISAAC'97 Congress
Dean Position at George Mason University
Faculty Position at Cornell University
Postdoctoral Position at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Special Issue of Linear Algebra and its Applications
Contents, Math. of Control, Signals, and System
Contents, SIAM on Scientific Computing

Digest for Sunday, December 8, 1996

In this digest:

Garrett Birkhoff
2D and 3D FFT Code Wanted
Change of Address for Augustin Dubrulle
SPAI Preconditioner Code Available
Minutes from BLAS Technical Forum
IFIP 98, World Computer Congress
Fast Algorithms for Control, Signals and Image Processing
International Algebraic Conference, 1997
Conference on Modern Group Analysis
Third Mississippi State Conference
Finite Difference Methods: Theory and Applications
Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering
Positions Available at Argonne National Laboratory
Faculty Position at Florida State University
Faculty Position at Colorado School of Mines
Research Positions at University of Manchester
Contents, SIAM Control and Optimization
Contents, Journal of Approximation Theory
Contents, Linear Algebra and Its Applications
Contents, Reliable Computing
Contents, Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications
Contents, Surveys on Mathematics for Industry
Contents, Mathematical Commmunications (Croatia)

Digest for Monday, December 2, 1996

In this digest:

NA Digest Calendar
Garrett Birkhoff
Change of Address for Alan Laub
Change of Address for Richard Brankin
Third Edition of Golub and Van Loan
New Book by Prof. V. I. Lebedev 
New Nonlinear Equations / Global Optimization Book
Free DOS Software for Linear Programming
Deadline for SIAM Geosciences Conference
Minisymposium on Preconditioned Eigenproblems at SIAM Annual Meeting
Copper Mountain Conference on Multigrid Methods
PanAmerican Workshop in Applied and Computational Mathematics
Conference on Numerical Modelling in Continuum Mechanics
Solving Irregularly Structured Problems in Parallel
Symposium on Differential-Algebraic Equations
Update on Asilomar Conference on Radial Basis Functions 
Parallel Programming with BSPlib
Scientific Computations Workshop in Bulgaria
Canadian Applied Mathematics Society
Wilkinson Fellowship in Scientific Computing
Faculty Postion at Georgetown University
Faculty Position at Columbia University
Positions at MathConsult, Linz, Austria
Scholarships at the University of Queensland
ETNA's Fall Issue
Contents, Annals of Numerical Mathematics
Contents, Transactions on Mathematical Software

Digest for Saturday, November 23, 1996

In this digest:

Hector Memorial Award for John Butcher
Nonlinear PDE Examples Needed
Mesh Generation Software
Seeking Minimum Degree Code
Conjugate Gradients for Different Right Sides
PARA'96, Proceedings
Republication of Nonlinear Parameter Estimation
New Book on Inverse Problems
Theory and Numerics of Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations 
Special Issue on Symbolic-Numeric Algebra for Polynomials
EuroPar'97 Workshop Announcement
Workshop on Matrix Methods for Statistics
Numerical Analysis and Approximation Theory Meeting
International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation
SIGSAM Bulletin
Beale-Orchard-Hays Prize
Research Engineer Position at CERFACS
Postdoctoral Position at NIST
Postdoctoral Position at Texas A&M /Univ. of Houston
Faculty Position at University of California, Santa Cruz
Faculty Position at Virginia Tech
Faculty Positions at University of South Dakota
Faculty Position at Northwestern University
Contents, Annals of Numerical Mathematics

Digest for Sunday, November 17, 1996

In this digest:

Change of Status for Gene Golub
Release of Serial Strassen Code
ScaLAPACK Software Update 
Errata for "Mathematical Control Theory"
Tucker Prize
Hypergeometric Series
ParkBenchmark Meeting at SC96
Special Issue of JCAM Dedicated to W. B. Gragg
Computational Fluid Dynamics Workshop
EuroPar'97 Workshop 
New Book Series, Algorithms and Computation in Mathematics 
Workshop on Mathematical and Computational Issues in Drug Design
Positions at Fujitsu European Centre for Information Technology
Position at CERFACS
Position at Temple University
Research Fellowship at Sandia Labs
Postdoctoral Position at University of Colorado
Position at Johannes Kepler Universitaet Linz
Position at Johannes Kepler Universitaet Linz
Positions at Cornell University
Position at Tufts University
Position at University of Michigan-Dearborn
Contents, BIT
Contents, Linear Algebra and Its Applications

Digest for Sunday, November 10, 1996

In this digest:

Positive Semidefinite Constraints
Change of Address for Edmond Nadler
Change of Address for Francoise Chatelin
Update of Handbook of Differential Equations
HPCN Conference Update
New Book on Noisy Information and Computational Complexity
Conference Report: ODE to Linear Algebra and Rational Approximation 
Workshop on Algorithm Engineering
Summer Program in Biophysical Computing and Computational Dynamics
Workshop on Large Scale Scientific Computations in Bulgaria
Numerical Evaluation of an Integral
Position at Cray Research
Professor at ETH Zurich
Position at North Carolina State
Positions at Stony Brook
Position at Kent State University
Postdoctoral Positions at University of Minnesota
Contents, Computational Science & Engineering
Contents, Numerical Algorithms
Contents, Linear Algebra and Its Applications

Digest for Sunday, November 3, 1996

In this digest:

NA Digest Calendar
Seeking Eigenvalue Routines
Unique Parameterization of a PSD Matrix
Least Squares Problem
Mathematical Programming Glossary
Special Issue of Parallel and Distributed Computing
New Address for Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum
Correction: IMA Workshop on Rational Drug Design
Correction: Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods
Conference on the Boundary Element Method
SPEEDUP Workshop
Cornell Theory Center Virtual Workshop
Deterministic and Stochastic Modelling of Biointeraction
Conference on Hyperbolic Problems
Scientific Computing, Computer Arithmetic and Validated Numerics
Position at RWTH Aachen
Positions at Berkeley National Laboratory
Position at Northern Illinois University
Positions at University of Delaware
Position at Simon Fraser University
Doctorate Position at the WIAS Berlin 
Postdoctoral Fellowship at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
Contents, SIAM Review

Digest for Sunday, October 27, 1996

In this digest:

Articles on Polynomial Preconditioning and Domain Decomposition
Benchmarks for Optimization Codes
Structured Matrix Problems
Change of Address for Cliff Addison
Student Paper Award for Reliable Computing
New Book on Subspace Identification for Linear System
Domain Decomposition Course
Special Session on Partial Differential Equations
Interface Conditions for Domain Decomposition Methods
Australian Applied Mathematics Conference
AFOSR Conference on Large Eddy Simulation
Supercomputing Program for Undergraduate Research
Position at University of Nijmegen
Position at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Position at Wayne State University
Positions at RWTH, Aachen
Contents, Journal of Approximation Theory
Contents, Computational and Applied Mathematics 
Contents, BIT

Digest for Sunday, October 20, 1996

In this digest:

P. J. Paes-Leme
Version 2.0 of Matrix Market
Feng Kang Prize 
Seeking Information on Viscous Flow in Turbomachines
New Address for Rolf Stenberg
FAQs for Linear Programming and Nonlinear Programming
New Edition of Hairer and Wanner Monograph
Release of PETSc 2.0 software
PETSc Bring Your Own Code Workshops at ICASE and Cornell
Special Issue on IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems
IMA Schedule, January - March
Meeting in Honour of Bill Gragg
EuroBen Benchmarking Group Workshop
Overset Grids Symposium
Workshop Course on Wavelets and Filter Banks
SouthEast-Atlantic Secion of SIAM
Parallel Computing Technologies in Russia
Position at CWI Amsterdam/Leiden University
Graduate School Opportunities at Purdue
Contents, SIAM Numerical Analysis
Contents, J. Approximation Theory
Contents, J. Approximation Theory
Contents, Linear Algebra and its Applications

Digest for Sunday, October 6, 1996

In this digest:

NA Digest Calendar
Seymour Cray
Thoger Busk
Orthogonal Matrices as a Product of Jacobi Rotations
Change of Address for Anthony J. Kearsley
Phone Numbers in France
Global Optimization Software Review
Sparse, Symmetric Eigenvalue Problems
New Book on Interior Point Methods
Protein Folding Survey
Gabor Digest
Trace Theorem
Numerical Differentiation by Pseudospectral Methods
International Journal of Applied Science and Computation
Conference on Computer Science Education
Computational Fluid Dynamics Workshop
Conference of the Dutch Community of Numerical Mathematicians
Workshop on Computational Science and Engineering
Parallel Benchmark Working Group
Numerical Treatment of Multi-Scale Problems
Postdoctoral Position at Courant Institute
Positions at Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, UK
Position at University of Kentucky
Position at Stanford University
Position at University of Linz
Contents, Constructive Approximation
Contents, Journal of Complexity

Digest for Sunday, September 29, 1996

In this digest:

NA-Digest Subscribers Spammed
SIAM Student Paper Prizes
Fox Prize
Change of Address for Per Christian Hansen
Web Site for Problem Solving Environments
Integration Question Solved, Thanks!
Conference on Optimization and Optimal Control
Workshop on Iterative Methods in Czech Republic
Symposium on Computer Arithmetic and Validated Numerics
Session on Fast Algorithms and Computational Complexities
Conference on Theory and Applications of Multiwavelets
Postdoctoral Postion at Rutgers University
Positions at Umea University, Sweden
Contents, SIAM Discrete Mathematics
Contents, SIAM Optimization
Contents, Approximation Theory
Contents, Computational and Applied Mathematics 

Digest for

In this digest:

SIAM Annual Meeting at Stanford, July 1997
Change of Address for B. J. Leimkuhler
New Book on Complex Analysis with Software Supplements
New Book on Stochastic Simulation
Monograph on the ADI Model Problem
Web Page on Mesh and Grid Generation 
Block Preconditioning Toolkit Available
Information on Nonacademic Mathematics Careers
IMACS Symposium on Iterative Methods in Scientific Computation
Workshop on Computational Science and Engineering in China
Householder Fellowship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Position at the Australian National University.
Positions at College of Charleston
Position at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Position at University of Maryland Baltimore County
Position at Tarleton State University
Research Studentship at RMCS Shrivenham
Contents, Numerical Algorithms
Contents, Linear Algebra and its Applications

Digest for Sunday, September 15, 1996

In this digest:

Stochastic Parbolic Differential Equations
Integration Question
New Book, Introduction to Scientific Computing
Change of Address for Timo Eirola
Parallelising Large Computational Mechanics Codes
Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis Seminar
Computer Methods in Water Resources
Workshop on System Administration of the IBM SP
Italian Workshop in Computational Linear Algebra
BLAS Technical Forum
Iterative Methods in Scientific Computation
Conference on Domain Decomposition
Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Reseach Fellowships
Position at Boeing Information and Support Services
Position at University of Florida
Positions at Concordia University
Position at University of Wyoming
Postdoctoral Position at Sao Paulo University
Positions at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
Positions at Colorado School of Mines
Postdoctoral Postion at University of California, San Diego
Postdoctoral Position at University of North Carolina
Contents, SIAM Scientific Computing
Contents, SIAM Applied Mathematics
Contents, Math. of Control, Signals, and System

Digest for Sunday, September 8, 1996

In this digest:

HotGAMS, A Java  Browser for NIST's Math Software Guide
Computing Just One Component of the Solution to a Linear System
Question about Numerical ODE Solvers
MATCOM, Matlab to C++ Compiler and Math Library, Available
Scottish Computational Mathematics Symposium
Conference in Cyprus on Computational Methods and Function Theory
Workshop on Numerical Linear Algebra and Optimization
Tutorials on Advanced Learning Methods
Two/Three Day Short Courses at RMCS, Shrivenham
Postdoctoral Position at Australian National University
Contents, Advances in Computational Mathematics
Contents, Journal of Global Optimization
Contents, East-West Journal of Numerical Mathematics 
Contents, SIAM Control and Optimization
Contents, IMA Numerical Analysis

Digest for Sunday, September 1, 1996

In this digest:

NA Digest Calendar
Change of Address for Wei Cai
Change of Address for Dave Bond
Sine-Gordon Equation
New Class of Membership at SIAM
Availability of Brenner and Scott Book
New Book Series, Computational Science and Engineering
Conference in Australia on Applications of CFD
8th Copper Mountain Conference on Multigrid Methods
Report from Workshop on Applied Parallel Computing (PARA96)
Position at ISE, University of Florida

Digest for Sunday, August 25, 1996

In this digest:

Tom Hull
Computer Pioneers Book
Math Programming Glossary
Mathematics Subject Classification for Optimization
Department Chairs Colloquium
SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing
SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science
Colloquium to Honor Lothar Collatz
Workshop on Parallel Programming on the IBM RS/6000 SP
Meeting on Radial Basis Functions
Workshop on Computational Issues in Drug Design
Confereence on Modeling in Biochemical Engineering
International Meshing Roundtable Registration
Positions at NAG Ltd, Oxford, UK
Positions at The University of Iowa
Positions at DoD MSRCs
Postdoctoral Position at UMIST
Revised Contents, Linear Algebra and its Applications
Contents, SIAM Matrix Analysis

Digest for Sunday, August 18, 1996

In this digest:

2-D Lame Solver Needed
Change of Address for Zhiqiang Cai
Change of Address for David Stewart
Preprint by Dahmen, Kunoth and Urban
Algorithms for Macromolecular Modelling
Workshop on Scalable Computing
Postdoctoral Position at University of Texas at Austin

Digest for Monday, August 12, 1996

In this digest:

Small Correction for Last Week's Digest
Call for Nominations for Wilkinson Prize
Change of Address for Joel Storch
Numerical Linear Algebra Preprint Available
Spheroidal Wave Functions
Evaluation of an Exponential Integral
MANPAK and DAEPAK, FORTRAN Packages
New Book on Dynamical Systems and Numerical Analysis
New Book on Inverse Problems
New Book on Iterative Methods 
New Book on Parameter-Free Iterative Linear Solvers
Reprint of Numerical Linear Algebra Book
Seeking Collaborator or Position
PARA96, The Final Call for the Registration and Hotel Reservation
Two Conferences in Kyoto, Japan
Report on NA Workshop in Rousse, Bulgaria
SIAM Conference on Sparse Matrices 
Scalable Parallel Libraries Conference
Conference Honoring Bill Gragg
Conference on Optimization Software
Report on Workshop on Accurate Eigensolving and Applications
Position at University of Heidelberg
Position at University of Minnesota
Position at Cornell Theory Center
Positions at Technical University in Clausthal, Germany
Postdoctoral Positions at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Postdoctoral Position at New York University
Contents, Linear Algebra and its Applications
Contents, SIAM Review
Contents, SIAM Numerical Analysis

Digest for Sunday, August 4, 1996

In this digest:

NA Digest Calendar
Trefethen ODE/PDE Textbook
Parallel Linear Algebra Package, PLAPACK
Numerical Analysis Frequently Asked Questions
Printed Circuit and Semiconductor Simulation Code Needed
High Performance Optimization Techniques
SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing
International Conference on Parallel Computing
Workshop on Evolutionary Algorithms
Position Available at NOAA in Boulder, Colorado
Contents, SIAM Applied Mathematics
Contents, Transactions on Mathematical Software

Digest for Sunday, July 23, 1996

In this digest:

Web Application, The Informant
Triangle Mesh Generator Available
Mathematical Programming Glossary
Special Issue of SIAM Numerical Analysis
Sparse Matrices and Pictures on the WWW
Contribution to Global Optimization Software Survey
Short Course in Semiconductor Simulation
Regional Modelling of Air Pollution in Europe
The PARA96 Program and Booklet of Abstracts
Position at Oxford University
Position at the University of Utah
Position at J. Gutenberg-University of Mainz
Position at Johannes Kepler Universitaet
Position at the University of Karlsruhe
Contents, Linear Algebra and its Applications

Digest for Friday, July 18, 1996

In this digest:

Bauer Remembers Householder and the Gatlinburg Meetings
Numerical Analysis in the CS Curriculum
Applied Numerical Linear Algebra Book
Email for Bell Labs' Scientific Computing
Least Squares Fits of Spherical Harmonics
Web Site for the Electromagnetics Communmity
Sparse Matrix Ordering and Graph Partitioning Software
Proceedings of a Conference on Spectral Methods
Overset Grids Symposium
Boundary Integral Methods Conference
ICASE/LaRC Industry Roundtable
Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems 
Materials Studies Workshop
Position at the RWTH Aachen
Position at University of Kiel
Graduate Student Positions at Los Alamos
Contents, Reliable Computing
Contents, Applications of Mathematics

Digest for Thursday, July 11, 1996

In this digest:

Subroutine On Demand Service
Bibliography on Numerical Algorithms
NIST Sparse BLAS
IEEE arithemetic and F2C
Double Precision Version of FISHPAK
WWW Server for Preprints on Conservation Laws
Numerical Differentiation by Pseudospectral Methods
New Book, Domain Decomposition
New Book, ATLAST Computer Exercises for Linear Algebra
Materials from Computational Fluid Dynamics Short Course
Special Meeting Honoring Bill Mortin
Banquet for Gene Golub's 65th Birthday
Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis Seminar
Symposium on Operations Research
Scientific Computing and Differential Equations
Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming 
Report from CERFACS Iterative Methods Workshop
Position at University of Akron
Position at the University of Kiel
Positions at University of Karlsruhe
Position at Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil
Positions at the University of Waterloo
Contents, SIAM Optimization
Contents, SIAM Control and Optimization
Contents. Optimization Methods and Software
Contents, Constructive Approximation

Digest for Monday, July 1, 1996

In this digest:

NA Digest Calendar
Request for Math-Related URLs
HotGAMS: A Java Enabled Browser for NIST's Math Software Guide
A. R. Mitchell Birthday Book
New Book, Linear and Nonlinear Conjugate Gradient-Related Methods
New Book, High Performance Computing in Fluid Dynamics
Workshop on Parallel Programming on the IBM RS/6000 SP
Advanced Mathematical Tools in Metrology
Lecture Series in Computational Fluid Dynamics
Workshop on Total Least Squares
Circus on Numerical Dynamics and Elasticity.
Workshop on Scientific Computing in Hong Kong
Positions at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Postdoctoral Position at University of Durham, England
Position at University of Strathclyde
Contents, SIAM Scientific Computing

Digest for Monday, June 23, 1996

In this digest:

Correlation Matrices of Sparse Datasets
Query on How to Discretize a Poisson Equation
WWW Site for Math Programming Society
New Book on Least Squares Problems
Determinant Maximization and Semidefinite Programming
Nominzations for Dahlquist Prize
Workshop on Modern Software Tools 
Italian Conference on Algorithms and Complexity
High Performance Algorithms for Structured Matrix Problems
Three Upcoming SIAM Meetings
International Meshing Roundtable
Workshop on Advanced Topics in High Performance Computing
Workshop on Scientific Computing
Conference of the International Linear Algebra Society
PARA96, Workshop on Applied Parallel Computing
Workshop on Computational Science and Engineering
Postdoctoral Position at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Position at Cornell Theory Center
Positions at National Security Agency
Positions at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Position at Schlumberger Cambridge Research
Position at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Contents, SIAM Numerical Analysis
Contents, SIAM Discrete Mathematics
Contents, Transactions on Mathematical Software
Contents, IEEE Computational Science & Engineering
Contents, J. Approximation Theory

Digest for Friday, June 14, 1996

In this digest:

Hans Munthe-Kaas Receives Froberg Prize
Numerical Linear Algebra Preprints Available
Israel Association for Computational Methods in Mechanics
Adaptive Grid Generation
Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Transition Probabilities
Query on the Square Root Function
Postdoctoral Position at George Washington University
Position at Computational Mechanics, Austin, Texas
Position at University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Position at University of Bergen, Norway
Position at Beam Technologies, Ithaca, NY
PhD Studentship at Liverpool, UK
Contents, IMA J. Numerical Analysis
Contents, Computational and Applied Mathematics

Digest for Thursday, June 6, 1996

In this digest:

NA Digest Calendar
The Effect Matrix Size on Condition
Maximizing a Determinant Subject to Constraints
Web Resource and New Book on Level Set Methods
Spin Glass Server Using a Branch and Cut Algorithm
PARA96, Call for Abstracts and Registration
Workshop on Theoretical and Numerical Fluid Dynamics
Stieltjes Workshop on High Performance Optimization Techniques
Advances in Computational Fluid Dynamics
Structured Matrices in Filtering and Control
Position at University of the Witwatersrand
Postdoctoral Position at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Postdoctoral Position at Carnegie Mellon University
Position at Sandia National Laboratories
Position at United Technologies Research Center
Position at University of Tennessee
Contents, SIAM Applied Mathematics
Contents, SIAM Matrix Analysis and Applications

Digest for Tuesday, May 28, 1996

In this digest:

NA Digest Publication Schedule
Survey of Problem-Solving Environments
Change of Address for Carlos A. de Moura
Workshop on Advanced Topics in High Performance Computing 
Approximation and Optimization in the Caribbean
Numerical Treatment of Multi-Scale Problems
Contents, J. Approximation Theory
Contents, Math. of Control, Signals, and System

Digest for Sunday, May 19, 1996

In this digest:

Library for Spectral Differentiation
Statistics on Circles
High Order Runge-Kutta Method
Change of Address for Apostolos Hadjidimos
NEOS Guide to Optimization Software
Proceedings of Copper Mountain Conference
ScaLAPACK Software Update
Numerical Modelling in Solid Mechanics
European Multigrid Conference
Summer Seminar Plates and Shells
Workshop on Modern Software Tools 
Workshop on Applied Parallel Computing
Position at University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Positions at University of Bremen, Germany
Postdoctoral Position at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Contents, SIAM Control and Optimization
Contents, Consttructive Approximation
Contents, Acta Numerica

Digest for Sunday, May 12, 1996

In this digest:

What Is the Best Set of Independent Rows?
Georgian Group Seeking Research Partners
Notes on Convex Optimization with Engineering Applications
Dutch Numerical Mathematics Conference
Symposium on Networks and Information Management
Wavelet Seminars at IBM Tokyo
1997 Copper Mountain Multigrid Conference
New Book Series: Computational Economics and Finance
Positions Available in Saudia Arabia
Contents, Constructive Approximation
Contents, SIAM Scientific Computing

Digest for Sunday, May 5, 1996

In this digest:

MPI in SIAM
Multimedia Presentation of NA
Solving Large Eigenvalue Problem
Oxford University Press Monograph Series
IMANA Newsletter
Summer School "Diskrete Optimierung"
Scottish Computational Mathematics Symposium
Julia Robinson Celebration of Women in Mathematics
Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences
Update on Brazil Interval Conference
Iterative Methods Workshop in Toulouse
Position at CWI/Utrecht University
Postdoctoral Position at Rice University
Research Position at Parallab in Bergen, Norway
Contents, SIAM Numerical Analysis

Digest for Sunday, April 28, 1996

In this digest:

NA Digest Calendar
Dense Numerical Linear Algebra Survey Paper
Error Estimator for Diffusion-reaction Equation
Fellowships to Attend CERFACS Workshop
New Book on Singular Perturbation Problems
New Book on Scientific Computing
Workshop in Bulgaria
European Multigrid Conference
Computational Fluid Dynamics Workshop
Computer-Aided Molecular Design Workshop
Algebraic Multilevel Iteration Conference
Postdoctoral Position at Brunel University
Position at University of Huddersfield
Position at Cornell University Theory Center
Postdoctoral Fellowships at Los Alamos Laboratory
Position at the RWTH-Aachen, Germany
Position at University of Maryland Baltimore County
Contents, SIAM Review

Digest for Sunday, April 21, 1996

In this digest:

l(infinity) Algorithm
Elliptic PDE Solver 
Question on Kronecker Products
Object Oriented MPI, OOMPI
New Book on Total Positivity
New Book on Linear-Quadratic Optimization
New Book on Singularly Perturbed Diffferential Equations
Midwest Numerical Analysis Day
IMACS Seminar on Monte Carlo Methods
SIAM Conference on Sparse Matrices
Modeling Workshop Using GAMS
Faculty Position at Technische Univ. Dresden
Positions at Auto-trol Technology
European Community Research Training Grant
Positions at Australian National University
Hans Lewy Postdoctoral Fellowship at LBNL
Contents, SIAM Optimization

Digest for Sunday, April 14, 1996

In this digest:

Software for 3D Diffusion-reaction Equations
Identifying Non-efficient Vectors
Addendum to SciTools'96 announcement
ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms
SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics 
International Meshing Roundtable
Julia Robinson Celebration of Women in Math
Conference of the ILAS
Workshop on Optimal Control, Dynamic Games and Nonlinear Dynamics
European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences
ISSAC'96 Registration Announcement
Building GUIs for FORTRAN programs with Tcl/Tk
Report on "State of the Art in Numerical Analysis" Conference
Positions Available at Apple Computer
Postdoctoral Position at Rice University
Postdoctoral Position at Sandia Laboratories, Livermore
Research Position at Newcastle upon Tyne
Position at ABB Corporate Research in Switzerland
Graduate Research Assistantships at Marquette
Contents, BIT
Contents, Applications of Mathematics
Contents, SIAM Discrete Mathematics
Contents, SIAM Applied Mathematics
Contents, J. Approximation Theory
Contents, Reliable Computing

Digest for Sunday, April 7, 1996

In this digest:

Query: Finding All Relative Maxima
Condition of Random Matrices
Fast ODE solvers
Request for Papers on Optimization
Software to Accompany Nagle and Saff ODE Book
New Book on Visualization and Optimization
Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia 
Computational Finance Workshop
Conference on Theoretical and Computational Acoustics
High Performance Computing in Europe on IBM Platforms
Workshop Paralleles und Verteiltes Rechnen
Southern Ontario NA-Day '96
Theme Issue of the Arabian Journal for Science & Engineering
Postdoctoral Position at Cornell Medical School
Positions at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg
Contents, IMA Numerical Analysis
Contents, IMACS Applied Numerical Mathematics
Contents, Linear Algebra and its Applications

Digest for Sunday, March 31, 1996

In this digest:

NA Digest Calendar
Cosmic NA Net
Submission Tool for Optimization Problems
Electronic Service of Linear Algebra and Its Applications
SYNODE Home Page
New Package for Global Optimization
Reading MPS Files into MATLAB
Benchmark Collection for Riccati Equations
New Book on Inverse Problems
Memorial Conference D.S. Mitrinovic
Interval '96
AMS-Benelux Meeting
CAMS Annual Meeting and Canadian Symposium on Fluid Dynamics 
Numerical Linear Algebra Minisymposium at FOCM
IMACS Conference on Numerical Solution of ODEs
Industrial Mathematics Modeling Workshop for Graduate Students
Workshop on Modern Software Tools 
Grid Adaptation Conference
Workshop on Total Least Squares
1997 Dundee NA Conference
Post Doc or Research Associate Position at Stanford
Postdoctoral Position at Claremont Graduate School
Position at University of Bergen

Digest for Sunday, March 24, 1996

In this digest:

What Is the Best Set of Independent Rows?
Sparse Matrix Software
Implicit Non-linear Equations
Tapia Profiled in National PBS Broadcast
Blitz++ Project Web Page Announcement
Beale-Orchard-Hays Prize
Numerical Methods for Economics and Finance
Journal for Universal Computer Sciences
ParkBench Meeting
Iterative Workshop in Toulouse
Short Course in Numerical Methods in Acoustics
Positions in European ALAPEDES Project
Contents, IMACS Journal of Computational Acoustics
Contents, Journal of Approximation Theory
Contents, SIAM Scientific Computing
Contents, IEEE Computational Science & Engineering

Digest for Sunday, March 17, 1996

In this digest:

Linpack Benchmark in Java
Definitions of Computational Science
NA Frequently Asked Questions
Oved Shisha
Parallel Implementation of Gram-Schimdt
Search for Parallel Algorithms
Object-Oriented Optimization Library
Cornell Theory Center IBM SP Workshop
Maths in Industry Study Group
AMS Special Session on Approximation Theory
SIAM Conference on Sparse Matrices
IMACS Applications of Computer Algebra Conference
Computational Electromagnetics Workshop
Position at Delft University of Technology 
Position at Oregon State University
Contents, Advances in Computational Mathematics
Contents, SIAM Control and Optimization
Contents, Reliable Computing

Digest for Sunday, March 10, 1996

In this digest:

Bessel Function Derivatives
Change of Address for Mago Magolu
Software for Generalized Lyapunov Equations
BLAST Forum
Grant for Joint USA-FSU Teams
Proceedings of AMCA-95
Reprint of Numerical Linear Algebra Book
New Book on Global Optimization
New Book on Iteative Methods in Linear Algebra
New Book on Functional Analysis Applications
Electronic Submissions to SIAM Journal on Optimization
SIAM Student Paper Prizes
Short Course in Computational Fluid Dynamics
Summer Seminar on Plates and Shells
Parallel CFD Conference
Symposium on Operations Research
Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods
Computational Fluids Dynamcis Workshop at Oxford
Workshop on Applied Parallel Computing
Southern Ontario Numerical Analysis Day
Postdoctoral Position at University of Greenwich
Position at the University of Nijmegen
Contents, SIAM Numerical Analysis
Contents, SIAM Matrix Analysis and Applications
Contents, Linear Algebra and its Applications
Contents, Transactions on Mathematical Software

Digest for Monday, March 4, 1996

In this digest:

NA Digest Calendar
W. E. Arnoldi
The Thomas Algorithm
New Area Code for East Tennessee
ICIAM Proceedings
Good News About ICIAM Proceedings
Nonlinear Data Fitting
Afternotes on Numerical Analysis
Dennis and Schnabel Republished
New Book, State of the Art in Global Optimization
Application of Interval Computations to Gravity 
Adaptive Simulated Annealing Archive
Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
Computational Mathematics and Impacts on Education
Registration for the ILAS Chemnitz Meeting
SIAM Conference on Sparse Matrices
Interval Workshop in Australia
Summer Program for Undergraduate Women
Women in Mathematics Workshop
Object Oriented Numerical Conference 
Computer Mathematics Conference in Greece
Algebraic Multilevel Iteration Methods
Position at University of Manchester
Position at University of Heidelberg
Postdoctoral Position at Stony Brook
Contents, Applications of Mathematics
Contents, Applied Numerical Mathematics

Digest for Sunday, February 25, 1996

In this digest:

NA Digest Editorial Policy
Who Invented the Thomas Algorithm?
ICIAM Proceedings Question
A Triangular, Orthogonal Matrix Factorization
Announcing the Sensational "wjat"
Symposium on Finite Volumes for Complex Applications
Computational Fluid Dynamics Workshop at Oxford
Foundations of Computational Mathematics
Structured Linear Systems -- Call for Papers
Midwest Numerical Analysis Day                  
PhD Scholarship at NTNU, Norway
Postdoctoral Position at Argonne Laboratory
Contents, Computational Optimization

Digest for Sunday, February 18, 1996

In this digest:

Variation on the Harmonic Series Question
Mathematical Model for Volterra-Fredholm Equations
A Second Order ODE
New Book of Finite-Volume Methods
1996 Copper Mountain Conference on Iterative Methods
Special Session on PDEs at AMS Sectional Meeting
Conference on Computational Modelling in Dubna, Russia
IMACS World Congress
ICASE/LaRC Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics
Workshop on Numerical Analysis in Rousse, Bulgaria
Computational Modeling Issues for Environmental Solutions
Graduate Assistantships at University of Notre Dame
Correction to Fellowship Announcement from Concordia University
Two Positions at NTNU (repost)
Contents, J. Approximation Theory
Contents, SIAM J. Applied Mathematics
Contents, SIAM Review
Contents, Numerische Mathematik
Contents, Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research
Contents, Linear Algebra and its Applications

Digest for Sunday, February 11, 1996

In this digest:

CBC Radio Quirks and Quarks Quiz
Seeking Parallel Sparse Solvers
PGAPack, Parallel Genetic Algorithm Library
Flow of Water Through a Porous Medium
New Address for Horst Simon and Positions at NERSC
Density of States of a Hamiltonian system
ACM Classification Scheme Update
New Book on Applications of Interval Computations
Reprinting of Brenan, Campbell and Petzold DAE Book
SIAM Annual Meeting
BLAS Technical Forum
Workshop on Programming Environment and Tools
NATO ASI on Large Scale Sparse Linear System Resolution
Workshop on Multivalued Eikonal Solvers
Numerical Solution of Volterra and Delay Equatiuons
Workshop in Bulgaria
Position at Kent State University
Position at University of Texas at El Paso
Position at BEAM Technologies, Ithaca, NY
Positions at Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Position at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Graduate Fellowships at Old Dominion University
Postdoctoral Positions at Concordia University, Montreal
Contents, SIAM J. on Scientific Computing

Digest for Sunday, February 4, 1996

In this digest:

NA Digest Calendar
Announcement of "Matrix Market" Web Site  
References for Block Algorithms
New Book on Numerical Methods in Applied Sciences
Address for Zhongxiao Jia
Advances in Computational Heat Transfer
Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization
ICASE/LaRC Short Course on Optimization
Operational Research Society of Italy Annual Conference
Workshop on Combinatorial Optimization
Vice-Chancellor Position at the University of Tennessee
Positions at University of New South Wales
Positions at North Carolina State
Postdoctoral Positions at North Carolina State
Postdoctoral Position at University of Groningen
Graduate Positions at Chalmers and Gothenburg
New Journal, Computational Geosciences
Contents, Monte Carlo Methods and Applications

Digest for Sunday, January 28, 1996

In this digest:

Approximate Minimum Degree Algorithm
Differential Equation in the Complex Domain
Economic and Financial Data Available
New Book on Linear and Nonlinear Programming
Workshop on Parallel Numerical Algorithms
School and Conference in Trieste on Numerical PDEs
Nonlinear Programming Conference in Beijing
Babuska Conference on Finite Element Methods
Short Courses at Royal Miltary College Shrivehmam
Workshop on Parallel BLAS and Related Interfaces
Position at AT&T Bell Laboratories
Position at CWI Amsterdam/Utrecht University
Postdoctoral Position at the University of Toronto
Summer Graduate Student Positions at Argonne
Contents, Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications
Contents, BIT
Contents, Approximation Theory
Contents, Advances in Computational Mathematics

Digest for Sunday, January 21, 1996

In this digest:

New Address for Max Gunzburger
New Book on Pseudospectral Methods
New Book on Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations
Inverse Problems in Wave Propagation
Applied Nonlinear Mathematics Spring School
Conference on the Boundary Element Method
Brazil Interval Workshop
Stockholm Optimization Days
Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods
High Performance Computational Engineering
Symposium on Operations Research
IMANA Newsletter
Postdoctoral Position at Pacific Norwest Laboratory
Position at CERFACS 
Contents, Optimization Methods and Software

Digest for Sunday, January 14, 1996

In this digest:

Harlan Mills
Riccati Equation Benchmark Collection
Computing Eigenvalues of Sturm-Liouvile Problems
New Book on Combinatories
Texas Finite Element Rodeo
Correction: Special Issue on Wavelets
Supercomputing Program for Undergraduate Research
Computational Finance Conference
Postdoc Advertisements for PARASOL Project
Contents, Applications of Mathematics
Contents, SIAM Optimization

Digest for Sunday, January 7, 1996

In this digest:

Petr Kocandrle Receives Babuska Prize
Need Kolmogorov-Smirnov Approximation
Seeking Convection Diffusion Code
Change of Address for Andy Wathen
A GUI Front-end to NAG Library
New Book on Iterative Methods
New Book on Interval Computation
New Book on Optimization in Elliptic Problems
University of Lille on the Web
Slides for Numerical Analysis Course
Nominations for 1996 Reid Prize
Conference on Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems
Computational Differentiation Workshop
Symposium on High Performance Computing
Conference Honoring N. N. Yanenko
Structured Matrices in Filtering and Control
Symposium in Beijing on Computational Physics
Contents, IMA Numerical Analysis
Contents, Computational and Applied Mathematics
Contents, SIAM Numerical Analysis