NA Digest Sunday, May 28, 2000 Volume 00 : Issue 22

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From: Daniil Sarkissian <sarkiss@math.niu.edu>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 17:50:00 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Computing Part of the Spectrum of Large, Sparse Systems

Dear Readers of NA-Digest,

I would very much appreciate if you could give me some references for
the state-of-the art methods to solve the following "partial" eigenvalue
problem for large and sparse matrices. I would like to check them
against the method that I try to develop for my Ph.D. thesis.
Complicated methods are OK, especially if computer codes are available.

Problem:
Find the invariant subspace (or eigenvalue-eigenvector pairs) of the
large and sparse matrix A that correspond to the eigenvalues in the
given region.

For example:
Given "c" and "b > 0";
Find all "a" and "x =!= 0" such that

A*x = a*x (a - eigenvalue, x - eigenvector)
and
| a - c | < b or | a - conjugate(c) | < b
(c and b define the region)

Thank you very much in advance.

Best Regards,
Daniil Sarkissian
Department of Mathematics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 60115
e-mail: sarkiss@math.niu.edu, phone: (815) 754-5787, fax: (815) 753-1112


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From: Pascal Frey <Pascal.Frey@inria.fr>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 10:58:03 +0200
Subject: New book, Mesh Generation

A new book on mesh generation and adaptation.
Mesh Generation
Pascal Jean FREY and Paul Louis GEORGE
Hermes Science Publishing, Oxford, Paris
814 pages, 23 chapters

The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive survey of the
different algorithms and data structures useful for triangulation
and meshing construction. In addition, several aspects will also be
described, for instance mesh modification tools, mesh evaluation
criteria, mesh optimization, including even adaptive mesh
construction as well as parallel meshing techniques.

book will be available in stores or can be ordered directly from
the editor:
http://www.editions-hermes.fr

Pascal


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From: Carlo Nardone <cmn@roma.quadrics.com>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 21:31:43 +0200
Subject: CAMELot, A Tool for Cellular Automatic

In the framework of the ESPRIT-IV programme the European Commission
has sponsored COLOMBO, a R&D project which resulted in the development
of a tool, CAMELot, for the development, parallelization and monitoring
of Cellular Automata and similar models. More info about the project
are available at the URL http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/~colombo or
http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/industry/COLOMBO/index.html

The European Commission requested the project partners to assess the
market potential for the CAMELot tool. Anyone willing to collaborate
can point its browser to the URL
http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/~colombo/questionnaire.html
to fill-in the on-line questionnaire form.

The project partners thank in advance for the collaboration.


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From: Antonio Ismael F. Vaz <aivaz@aleixo.ci.uminho.pt>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 15:07:40 +0100
Subject: SIPAMPL, Software for Semi-indefinite Programming Problems

We would like to announce the SIPAMPL software package. The SIPAMPL package
is an extension to the AMPL modelling language environment that allows the
codification of semi-infinite programming (SIP) problems.
SIPAMPL includes:
1) A database with 71 SIP problems, coded in AMPL;
2) An interface that allows the connection between AMPL and any SIP solver
(namely, for the MATLAB solver);

The SIPAMPL software package is freely available as well as a Technical Report
that explain on how one should use the database and the interface.

See http://www.eng.uminho.pt/~dps/aivaz .

Feel free to forward this message to anyone potentially interested in this
subject.

Comments and contributions are welcome.

Sincerely,
Ismael Vaz


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From: Edmond Chow <chow@iona.llnl.gov>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 15:07:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ParaSails, Parallel Sparse Approximate Inverse Preconditioner

ParaSails, Parallel Sparse Approximate Inverse Preconditioner
available at http://www.llnl.gov/casc/parasails

ParaSails is a parallel sparse approximate inverse preconditioner for
the iterative solution of large, sparse systems of linear equations.

ParaSails has been used to solve finite element elasticity problems
inside a Lawrence Livermore simulation code with more than 4 million
equations on 1000 processors of ASCI Blue-Pacific (IBM SP). It has
also been demonstrated on anisotropic diffusion problems with 216
million equations.

ParaSails uses least-squares (Frobenius norm) minimization to compute a
sparse approximate inverse. The sparsity pattern of the approximate
inverse is the pattern of a power of a sparsified matrix. ParaSails
also uses a post-filtering technique to reduce the cost of applying the
preconditioner. The pattern of the preconditioner can be reused to
generate preconditioners for different matrices in a sequence of linear
solves.

ParaSails solves symmetric positive definite problems using a
factorized preconditioner. ParaSails can also solve general
(nonsymmetric and/or indefinite) problems with a nonfactorized
preconditioner. The software available to be downloaded includes
parallel CG and GMRES solvers, a parallel matrix data structure and a
test driver. It is implemented with MPI message passing.

The software is freely available for research and development
purposes. Commercial use is possible with a licensing agreement.

The software avilable at: http://www.llnl.gov/casc/parasails

Edmond Chow
Center for Applied Scientific Computing, LLNL


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From: Dave Sloan <dms@maths.strath.ac.uk>
Date: 24 May 2000 12:27:41 +0100
Subject: Scottish Computational Mathematics Symposium

SCOTTISH COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM 2000
First Announcement
Friday 22 September 2000 at University of Strathclyde

The ninth annual Scottish Computational Mathematics Symposium will
be held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, on Friday 22
September 2000.

SPEAKERS

Roger Fletcher University of Dundee
Ben Leimkuhler University of Leicester
Gabriel Lord Heriot-Watt University
Sean McKee University of Strathclyde
Endre Suli University of Oxford

Details will be circulated later.

REGISTRATION FEE: 20 pounds (covers tea/coffee/lunch)

CONTACTS:
Dugald Duncan Heriot-Watt University dugald@ma.hw.ac.uk
Dave Sloan University of Strathclyde d.sloan@strath.ac.uk


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From: Darrell Ross <ross@siam.org>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 13:06:28 -0400
Subject: SIAM/ACM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms

Twelfth Annual SIAM/ACM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA)

Important Dates:

Long form abstracts in electronic form are due July 10, no later than 5:00
PM EDT. Instructions and information about electronic submissions will be
posted later at: http:/www.siam.org/meetings/da01/ .

Short form abstracts in electronic form are due no later than August 2,
5:00 PM EDT. Instructions and information about electronic
submissions will be posted later at: http:/www.siam.org/meetings/da01/ .

To know more about this conference, visit:

http://www.siam.org/meetings/da01/

or contact SIAM by:
e-mail: meetings@siam.org
phone: 215-382-9800
fax: 215-386-7999


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From: Paolo Foschi <paolo.foschi@info.unine.ch>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 18:35:02 +0200
Subject: Computational Methods in Decision-Making & Finance

Computational Methods in Decision-Making & Finance (CMDMF)
16th of August 2000, Neuchatel, Switzerland
http://iiun.unine.ch/matrix/seminars/CMDF2000/3ec2000b.html

This meeting will emphasize both practical and theoretical,
state-of-the-art applications of computational technology to solve
financial and decision-making problems. The panel of speakers is made
up of internationally respected experts:

o Anna Nagurney, University of Massachusetts, USA
Financial networks

o Berc Rustem, Imperial College, London, UK
Worst-case design algorithms and risk management

o Stavros Siokos, Portfolio Construction Group, Salomon Smith Barney,
London, UK
Portfolio construction, index tracking and optimization:
computational issues

o Patrick Burns, Global Quantitative Research, Salomon Smith Barney,
London, UK
Multivariate GARCH: solving hard maximum likelihood problems using a
genetic algorithm

o Manfred Gilli and Evis Kellezi, Department of Econometrics,
University of Geneva, Switzerland
A global optimization heuristic for portfolio choice with VaR and
expected shortfall

o Olivier V. Pictet, Dynamic Asset Management, Geneva, Switzerland;
Oliver Masutti and Gilles Zumbach, Olsen & Associates, Zurich,
Switzerland
Volatility forecasting using genetic programming

o Cyril Godart, Paribas, London, UK
Swarm and huscarls: a case-study in high-performance computing in
financial institutions

o Panos M. Pardalos University of Florida, USA; and
M.G.C. Resende AT&T Labs Research, USA.
Parallel Metaheuristics for Combinatorial Optimization Problems
(pending)

Authors wishing to present a paper are invited to submit an abstract
(maximum two pages), by e-mail to:

Erricos John Kontoghiorghes
Institut d'informatique,
Universite de Neuchatel,
Emile-Argand 11,
CH-2007 Neuchatel,
Switzerland.

E-mail: erricos.kontoghiorghes@info.unine.ch
Fax: +41 32 718 27 01
Tel: +41 32 718 27 38


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From: Bernhard Schmitt <schmitt@Mathematik.Uni-Marburg.de>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 17:21:57 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: Faculty Position at Universitaet Marburg

Philipps-Universitaet Marburg, Germany
Am Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik ist zum 01.10.2001 eine
Professur (C4) fuer Mathematik (Numerik)
zu besetzen. Erwuenscht ist, dass die Stelleninhaberin/der Stelleninhaber
ein aktuelles Gebiet der Numerischen Mathematik (z.B. Numerik von
Differentialgleichungen, nicht-lineare Probleme, numerische
Approximation) in Forschung und Lehre vertritt.
Erwartet wird, dass sich die Stelleninhaberin/ der Stelleninhaber an
der Grundausbildung im Fachbereich sowie der Ausbildung im Hauptstudium
Mathematik und Wirtschaftsmathematik engagiert beteiligt.
Fuer die Ernennung zum Professor oder zur Professorin sind
paedagogische Eignung und - als Nachweis der Befaehigung zu
wissenschaftlicher Arbeit - neben der Promotion zusaetzliche
wissenschaftliche Leistungen (z.B. Habilitation) erforderlich. Die
paedagogische Eignung ist durch geeignete Unterlagen, beispielsweise
ueber durchgefuehrte Lehrveranstaltungen, Leistungen in der Lehre,
hochschuldidaktische Aktivitaeten etc. nachzuweisen.
Der Frauenfoerderplan der Philipps-Universitaet verpflichtet zur
Erhoehung des Frauenanteils. Frauen sind deshalb ausdruecklich zur
Bewerbung aufgefordert. Unter den Voraussetzungen nach Paragraph 85a HBG
ist grundsaetzlich eine Reduzierung der Arbeitszeit moeglich.
Schwerbehinderte Bewerber/Bewerberinnen werden bei gleicher Eignung
bevorzugt.
Bewerbungen sind mit den ueblichen Unterlagen bis zum 07. Juli 2000 an
den Praesidenten der Philipps-Universitaet, Biegenstrasse 10,
D-35032 Marburg, zu richten.


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From: Joyce Aitchison <J.M.Aitchison@rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 20:17:33 +0100
Subject: Lectureship Position at RMCS, Shrivenham

Applied Mathematics & Operational Research Group
Cranfield University - Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham.

LECTURER in COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS or STATISTICS

Applications are invited for a post of Lecturer in Computational Mathematics
or Statistics in the Applied Mathematics and Operational Research Group of
Cranfield University at the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham.

The group is responsible for all the Mathematics, Statistics & Operational
Research teaching within RMCS which includes input to all the undergraduate
and postgraduate degrees and various short courses. The group also runs a
suite of modular full and part-time MSc degrees.

The appointee will contribute to the teaching of mathematics or statistics
to the specialist MSc and short course programmes. He/she will also provide
service teaching to non-specialist courses and must be prepared to work with
a wide range of students.

Applicants should have an established record in an appropriate research area
or clear research potential. The successful candidate will be expected to
develop his/her research activities and to supervise postgraduate students.

The group has an active research programme including EPSRC and other
externally and internally funded PhD students. The current research
activities of the group include industrial mathematics, numerical methods,
scientific computing and applied statistics.

Applications are invited from candidates with compatible research interests,
although experience relevant to the computational mathematics or statistics
activities of the group would be particularly welcome. Flexibility and
willingness to work with other members of staff and a variety of students
are essential.

Informal enquiries may be made to Joyce Aitchison on (01793) 785276 or email
J.M.Aitchison@rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk or see our website at

http://www.rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk/departments/dois/amorg/

Application forms and further details may be obtained from the Personnel
Office, Cranfield University, RMCS Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8LA. Tel:
(01793) 785758 quoting reference: R/DIS 21.

Completed applications should be sent to the Personnel Office before the
closing date of 23 June 2000.


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From: J. Molenaar <J.Molenaar1@tue.nl>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 15:57:59 +0200
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at Eindhoven University of Technology

At the department of Mathematics and Computing of the Eindhoven University
of Technology is a vacancy for a

POST-DOC position Applied Mathematics
(V 32848)

THE PROJECT
Eindhoven University of Technology participates in the European Union
project "Postpone Polymer Processing Instabilities (3PI)". The 3PI is
a common enterprise of 10 partners: 5 universities and 5 companies, all
active in polymer research.

When polymer melts are extruded, the extrudate may show instable
behaviour:
instead of a smooth appearance surface distortions or even volumetric
distortions of the extrudate are observed if the extrusion rate is
increased.
These instabilities are commonly referred to as 'polymer melt fracture'.
They phenomena seriously limit production rates. The object of the 3PI
project is to develop models which link to the appearance of the flow
instabilities, the viscoelastic properties of the polymer, the boundary
conditions at the die wall and the processing conditions.

The contribution of Eindhoven University is to provide modelling tools
from
mathematics. The Eindhoven research focusses on the modelling of the
interaction between the melt and the die wall.
It is believed that the complexity of this interaction is one of the main
reasons that melt fracture is not yet fully understood since its first
detection about half a century ago.

Eindhoven is located in the south of The Netherlands. Polymers are a topic
of intense research at this university. The present project requires
regular
contacts with the other 3 PI partners. Funding for travelling and visiting
conferences is available.
Information about Eindhoven University and Department of Mathematics and
Computing Science can be found on the web site:
http://www.win.tue.nl/~anwww

THE CANDIDATE
The candidate should have a Ph.D. degree in mathematics or physics or
have a similar level, and be able and motivated to develop and apply
mathematical models in the field of polymer melt dynamics (rheology).
Experience in fluid mechanics and/or reptation theories is an advantage.
Numerical evaluation of the developed models is part of the task.

EMPLOYMENT
The candidate gets a temporary position as a staff member for at most 3.5
years. The salary is according to the 'collective employment agreement
dutch universities'. Depending upon education and experience the salary
will be up to a maximum of Dfl. 7694,00 gross a month.

INFORMATION
Concerning the project: Prof. Dr. J.Molenaar
Tel. : 00-31-40-2474757(2474760)
E-mail: j.molenaar1@tue.nl
Internet: http://www.win.tue.nl/~jaapm/vacancies

About the job conditions: W.C.J. Verhoef, Personnel Officer,
tel. 00-31-40-2472321. E-mail: w.c.j.verhoef@tue.nl

HOW TO APPLY
You can send a written application, together with your CV and a list of
publications, before June 22th, 2000 to drs S. Udo, managing director of
the faculty of Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of
Technology, HG 6.22, P.O.Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, mentioning the number
of the vacancy V32848.


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From: Manuel Salas <salas@icase.edu>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 14:31:09 -0400
Subject: Research Position at ICASE

Senior Research Position in Computer Science
ICASE
Hampton, VA

The Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering
(ICASE) is seeking a senior researcher to lead the institute's
Computer Science research effort. In recent years, CS research at
ICASE has focused on enhancing the performance and utility of parallel
and distributed computing systems. This research is driven by the
needs of multidisciplinary scientific applications of interest to NASA
and related industries. In the area of parallel computing, the research
focuses on the development of algorithms, methodologies and tools for
efficient porting of scientific applications to contemporary and future
parallel architectures with deep and heterogeneous memory hierarchies.
In the area of distributed computing, the aim of the research is to
utilize new technologies such as the Web and Java, to provide integrated
environments for scientists and engineers to exploit a distributed
network of heterogeneous resources for large-scale distributed
scientific applications.

ICASE is seeking a person who can provide the technical and managerial
expertise to lead and enhance the program. This position will require
conducting in-house research on problems of interest to NASA in addition
to forming leading edge collaborative research efforts with NASA
scientists and engineers and researchers from universities and national
labs.

Compensation will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.
U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens are preferred, but foreign
nationals are not excluded. Applications from women and minorities are
also encouraged.

ICASE is a non-profit research institute located at the NASA Langley
Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The institute conducts research
in a wide range of topics of interest to NASA. In addition to computer
science, research topics include formal methods, fluid mechanics,
applied and numerical mathematics, structures and materials and
multidisciplinary optimization. ICASE researchers have access to an
in-house PC-cluster comprised of 64 compute nodes and large data storage.
They also have access to all of NASA's parallel computers and many other
parallel systems at government labs.

Additional information about ICASE and its research programs is
available via the World Wide Web at "http://www.icase.edu".

Please send resumes to:

Director
ICASE, MS 132C
NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton VA 23681-2199
U.S.A.

or by e-mail to:

positions@icase.edu

ICASE is an equal opportunity employer.


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From: Thanh-Ha LeThi <LeThi@Springer.de>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 14:42:52 +0200
Subject: Contents, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering

Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, Vol. 12: U. van
Rienen "Numerical Methods in Computational Electrodynamics - Linear Systems
in Practical Applications"
2000. DM 149,-; Softcover ISBN 3-540-67629-5

This interdisciplinary book deals with the solution of large linear systems
as they typically arise in computational electrodynamics. It presents a
collection of topics which are important for the solution of real life
electromagnetic problems with numerical methods - covering all aspects
ranging from numerical mathematics up to measurement techniques. Special
highlights include a first detailed treatment of the Finite Integration
Technique (FIT) in a book - in theory and applications, a documentation of
most recent algorithms in use in the field of Krylov subspace methods in a
unified style, a discussion on the interplay between simulation and
measurement with many practical examples.

Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, Vol. 15: A. Frommer,
T. Lippert, B. Medeke, K. Schilling (Eds.) "Numerical Challenges in Lattice
Quantum Chromodynamics - Joint Interdisciplinary Workshop of John von
Neumann Institute for Computing, J=FClich and Institute of Applied Computer
Science, Wuppertal University, August 1999"
2000. DM 129,-; Softcover ISBN 3-540-67732-1

The book with contributions from the joint interdisciplinary workshop covers
important numerical bottleneck problems from lattice quantum chromodynamics:
1) The computation of Green's functions from huge sparse linear systems and
the determination of flavor-singlet observables by stochastic estimates of
matrix traces can both profit from novel preconditioning techniques and
algebraic multi-level algorithms. 2) The exciting overlap fermion
formulation requires the solution of linear systems including a matrix sign
function, an extremely demanding numerical task that is tackled by
Lanczos/projection methods. 3) Realistic simulations of QCD must include
three light dynamical quark flavors with non-degenerate masses. Algorithms
using polynomial approximations of the matrix determinant can deal with this
situation. The volume aims at stimulating synergism and creating new links
between lattice quantum and numerical analysis.

Springer Series in Computational Mathematics Vol. 28: Zhen Mei "Numerical
Bifuraction Analysis for Reaction-Diffusion Equations"
2000. DM 159,-; Hardcover ISBN 3-540-67296-6

This book provides the readers numerical tools for a systematic analysis of
bifurcation problems in reaction-diffusion equations. Emphasis is put on
combination of numerical analysis with bifurcation theory and application
to reaction-diffusion equations. Many examples and figures are used to
illustrate analysis of bifurcation scenario and implementation of numerical
schemes. The reader will have a thorough understanding of numerical
bifurcation analysis and the necessary tools for investigating nonlinear
phenomena in reaction-diffusion equations

For further information, please contact

Dr. Martin Peters
Senior Mathematics Editor Phone: *49-6221-487 185
Springer-Verlag FAX: *49-6221-487 355
Tiergartenstrasse 17 mailto:Peters@Springer.de
D-69121 Heidelberg, Germany http://www.springer.de/math/peters.html

Visit our Web site at http://www.springer.de
or http://www.springer-ny.com


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From: Oleg Burdakov <olbur@mai.liu.se>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 20:40:59 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: Contents, Optimization Methods and Software

Table of Contents
Optimization Methods and Software (OMS)
Volume 13, Number 3 (June, 2000)

M. Al-Baali
Extra updates for the BFGS method
159-179

Dong-Hui Li and Masao Fukushima
A derivative-free line search and global convergence of Broyden-like
method for nonlinear equations
181-201

M. Mongeau, H. Karsenty, V. Rouze, J.-B. Hiriart-Urruty
Comparison of public-domain software for black-box global optimization
203-226


Forthcoming papers and complete table of contents for the journal OMS:
http://www.mai.liu.se/~olbur/OMS.contents

Instructions for authors, subscription information, free sample copies:
http://www.gbhap.com/Optimization_Methods_Software/

Latex style files:
http://www.mai.liu.se/~olbur/STYLES/


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