NA Digest Sunday, March 23, 2003 Volume 03 : Issue 12

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From: Marcin Paprzycki <marcin@cs.okstate.edu>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 19:49:12 -0600
Subject: New Book on Numerical Solution of Nonlinear Elliptic Problems

This message contains the BOOK DESCRIPTION and the TABLE OF CONTENTS of:

ADVANCES IN COMPUTATION. THEORY AND PRACTICE, Volume 11

Numerical Solution of Nonlinear Elliptic
Problems via Preconditioning Operators
by
I. Farago and J. Karatson

Content of the Preface and the Introduction as well as information about
the series (including information for the authors), can be found at:
http://www.cs.okstate.edu/~actp

CONTENT SUMMARY

This monograph is devoted to the numerical solution of nonlinear elliptic
problems. It summarizes a particular efficient framework, for which the
authors go through from the theoretical basis to algorithms for model
problems. Therefore the book is not only intended for researchers in
numerical analysis but for all those practitioners involved in any step of
the process from the mathematical modelling to computer realization for
real-life problems.

The framework of preconditioning operators means that the proposed
preconditioning matrices are the discretizations of suitable linear
elliptic operators. In other words, the preconditioner is the projection
of a preconditioning operator from the Sobolev space into the same
discretization subspace as was used for the original nonlinear problem.
This means that the preconditioning operator can be chosen for the
boundary value problem itself on the continuous level, before
discretization is executed. In this way the properties of the original
problem can be exploited more directly.

The advantages of the preconditioning operator idea appear in both areas
that are involved in the requirements of efficient preconditioners. First,
since the auxiliary systems are discretizations of suitable linear
elliptic operators, their solution relies on a highly developed background
including multigrid type algorithms and fast direct methods. Second, the
conditioning properties of the underlying operators give a mesh
independent asymptotic bound for those of the discretized problems.

The main types of iterative methods are surveyed in the book involving
various realizations of preconditioning operators. Several real-life
applications are mentioned, such as elasto-plasticity, magnetic potential
(nonlinear Maxwell equations) and flow problems, to which the discussion
in the book is suited. Numerical algorithms and computer realizations are
also included.


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From: Noel Barton <Noel.Barton@csiro.au>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 09:48:26 +1100
Subject: Update on ICIAM Annoucement

ICIAM 2003

Please allow me to update a posting that has been made twice previously.

The Fifth International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics,
ICIAM 2003, will be held in Sydney, Australia from 7-11 July 2003.

ICIAM 2003 is held under the auspices of the International Council for
Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Previous Congresses in the series were
held at Paris (1987), Washington (1991), Hamburg (1995) and Edinburgh (1999).

ICIAM 2003 will be hosted by ANZIAM, the regional professional body for
applied mathematicians. The Congress will feature
* 27 invited ICIAM speakers
* hundreds of minisymposia
* contributed papers, poster sessions
* six embedded meetings
* three special days (Industry, Education, Community)
The principal venue is the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, located
in Darling Harbour and adjacent to the central business district of Sydney.
We plan to attract 2000 delegates.

Currently we have approximately 1979 abstracts promised, including abstracts
for 282 minisymposia and 853 abstracts for contributed talks/posters.

Currently we have approximately 1350 registrations. Our data indicates that
approximately 800 people have submitted abstracts but not yet registered.

The abstract submission facility has closed for all but embedded meetings,
posters and abstracts for talks within accepted minisymposia.

Registration deadlines

The 'Regular' registration fee deadline is 31 March 2003. There is a very
nice prize for delegates who register and pay before that time. After the
end of March, there is the possibility of 'Late' registration.

Further details

www.iciam.org

Dr N G Barton
Congress Director, ICIAM 2003
tel + 61 2 9325 3270
fax + 61 2 9325 3200
Noel.Barton@csiro.au


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From: Erkki M S Heikkola <emsh@mit.jyu.fi>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 09:49:09 +0200 (EET)
Subject: Conference in Finland on Numerical Simulation of Wave Propagation

WAVES 2003
Sixth International Conference on Mathematical
and Numerical Aspects of Wave Propagation
June 30 - July 4, 2003
Jyvaskyla, Finland

The final announcement and online registration form
of the conference are now available at
http://www.mit.jyu.fi/waves2003/

Organized by
- University of Jyvaskyla
- Jyvaskyla Congresses
- INRIA

The aim of the conference is to provide a forum where mathematicians,
scientists, and engineers from academia and industry will have an opportunity
to exchange research results and ideas concerning theoretical developments
and specific applications in the domain of wave propagation.

You are cordially invited to attend the WAVES 2003 conference.
In addition to the nine distinguished invited speakers, the conference
program consists of 139 oral presentations and 13 poster presentations.
Themes of the conference include, for example, acoustic, electromagnetic
and elastic waves, scattering and diffraction problems, inverse problems,
and various numerical solution techniques.

The proceedings of WAVES 2003 will be published by Springer-Verlag.
It will include articles on the invited lectures, contributed talks,
and posters. The proceedings will be distributed to the participants
at the conference site.

Important dates:

- 30 April, 2003: early registration
- 31 May, 2003: hotel reservations


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From: Francois Bereux <francois.bereux@fr.thalesgroup.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 15:45:20 +0100
Subject: Conference in Paris honoring Jean-Claude Nedelec

Future Directions in Applied Mathematics
"International Conference on the Occasion of Jean-Claude Nedelec's 60th
Birthday"
Institut Henri Poincare (Paris), June 18-20, 2003

On the occasion of the 60th birthday of Jean-Claude Nedelec, a conference
entitled "Future Directions in Applied Mathematics" will be held in Paris
at Institut Henri Poincare on June 18-20, 2003, to commemorate his significant
achievement. The main purpose of this international conference will go far
beyond a birthday celebration, rather it will review recent developments
and explore exciting new directions in Scientific Computing, Partial
Differential Equations and Integral Equations. This conference will bring
together many of the leading applied mathematicians of today working on
these and related area, to point the way for exciting directions for
future research. An emphasis of this conference will be the strong
interaction of significant mathematics with advanced algorithms applicable
to physical, engineering, and industrial worlds.

Additional information can be found at the meeting's website:

http://www.cmap.polytechnique.fr/conf-JCNedelec

Registration is performed on line at the same address.
For any problem, contact : comite_jcn@cmapx.polytechnique.fr

We hope to see you there!

Best Regards,

The organizing committee.


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From: Paul de Haas <haas@win.tue.nl>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 22:28:35 +0100
Subject: Conference in Eindhoven on Mathematics for Industry

EUROPEAN CONFERENCE on MATHEMATICS for INDUSTRY
June 21-25, 2004, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Text:

The 13th ECMI conference will take place from 21-25 June 2004 in
Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The conference will be devoted to
mathematical modelling, analysis and simulation of problems arising in a
practical context. In particular the following application areas have
been chosen: Aerospace, Electronic industry, Chemical technology, Life
sciences, Materials, Geophysics, Financial mathematics, Water flow.

The conference is intended for mathematicians, scientists and engineers,
both from industry and academia. ECMI conferences have a long-standing
tradition of bringing together researchers from various disciplines, who
work on often only seemingly different disciplines. The transversality
of mathematics makes it a versatile tool in a large variety of
applications, in particular when using it in computational modeling.

On each of the main topics there will be invited lectures by
distinguished researchers. Besides, the conference will have
minisymposia on these topics, both invited and contributed ones.
Moreover there will an opportunity to give a contributed paper and a
poster. A topic will typically be concentrated to period of 1-2 days, to
accommodate attendees with less available time. Herwith we invite you to
submit proposals on a topic in line with the themes of the conference.
Minisymposia: A minisymposium has a slot of 2 hours and will typically
consist of 4 speakers. A proposal should consist of a two page
abstract, with names and affiliations of potential speakers. The details
are left to the organizer/proposer.
Contributed papers: A contributed oral paper will have 20 minutes. A
proposal should contain a one page abstract and include full address.
Posters: There will be a number of poster sessions throughout the week.

There will be refereed conference proceedings, to be published by
Springer Verlag.

Invited Plenary Speakers:
Among the speakers who have already accepted an invitation are
S. Bisgaard, A. Friedman, R. Helmig, J. Hinch, J. Hunt, B. Schrefler, M.
Trowbridge, M. Waterman

Programme Committee:
R. Caflisch (Los Angeles,CA) M. Davies (London) A. Friedman (Columbus,
OH), A. Frigessi (Oslo), T. Gimse (SINTEF, Oslo), P. androck (Aarhus),
R. Mattheij (Eindhoven), E. Onate (Barcelona), J. Periaux (Dassault,
Paris), O. Pironneau (Paris), M. Primicerio (Firenze)
W. Schilders (Philips, Eindhoven), K. Sigmund (Vienna), H. Ockendon
(Oxford), H. Holden(Trondheim), V. Capasso (Milano), A. Neubauer (Linz)

Deadlines:
Submission of interest: now
Deadline for submission of proposals for minisymposia: January 30, 2004
Deadline for papers and posters: February 25, 2004
Notification of acceptance: March 25, 2004
For further information, please consult the web page
http://www.ecmi2004.tue.nl

Address:
ECMI 2004 Conference Secretariat
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
PO Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
The Netherlands

Tel: +31 40 2472753
Fax: +31 40 2442489

ecmi2004@tue.nl


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From: Jan Hesthaven <jansh@cfm.brown.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:04:15 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Workshop at Brown on Time Stepping PDE's

2003 AFOSR Workshop

Advances and Challenges in Time-Integration of PDE's
www.dam.brown.edu/AFOSR03Workshop.html

August 18-20, 2003
Brown University, RI, USA

As methods for spatially representing solutions to partial
differential equations mature, the current methods for temporal
integration emerge as a bottleneck in many areas of large scale
computational science. This is of particular concern as the
emphasis in many applications and recent technologies requring
fully dynamic modeling over extended time periods.

It is the purpose of the workshop to focus on the above mentioned
issues=0Din more detail and, by bringing together experts in various
fields, initiate a discussion on how to effectively address these
significant challengdes.

The format of the workshop will be as a number of invited lectures.
These lecture are intended to delineate the problems encountered
as well as presenting a variety of existing and emerging time-
integration techniques. It will be a priority to attempt to
understand the advantages and limitation of the=0Ddifferent
techniques to suggest directions in which research should be
directed.

The workshop will close with a round-table discussion in an
attempt to identify important open questions and interesting
emerging techniques.

The invited speakers are chosen to cover a wide range of
expertize, ranging from numerical methods for ordinary and
partial differential equations to very large scale applications.

A prelimenary list of invited speakers include

U. Ascher (UBC Canada), M. Carpenter (NASA Langley)
P. Colella (LBL) (Not confirmed) H. Elman (UMBC)
S. Gottlieb (UMass Dartmouth) B. Gustafsson (Uppsala, Sweden)
E. Hairer (U. Geneve Switerland), A. Jameson (Stanford)
Z. Jackiewicz (ASU) C. Kennedy (Sandia Nat. Lab)
Y. Kevrekidis (Princeton) D. Knoll (Los Alamos Nat. Lab)
M. Minion (UNC) H. Najm (Sandia Nat. Lab)
L. Petzold (UCSB)(Not confirmed) L. Shampine (SMU)
H. Elman (UMBC) S. Gottlieb (UMass/Dartmouth)
J. Shang (Wright State/WPAFB) R. Teman (U. Indiana; Paris, France)
S. Thomas (NCAR) J. Verwer (CWI, The Netherlands)

CONTACT AND FURTHER INFORMATION -

Further information can be obtained from the webpage
given above or by contacting the workshop secretary

Ms. Janice D'Amico
2003 AFOSR Workshop Secretary
Division of Applied Mathematics
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Phone: (401) 863 2358
Email: damico@cfm.brown.edu

Best regards

The organizing committee
M. Carpenter (NASA Langley), David Gottlieb (Brown)
Jan S. Hesthaven (Brown), Chi-Wang Shu (Brown)


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From: Arieh Iserles <A.Iserles@damtp.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 16:20:41 +0000
Subject: Meeting in Cambridge on Geometric Integration

An informal meeting on numerical geometric integration and its
applications will be held at DAMTP, Centre for Mathematical Sciences,
University of Cambridge, on 23-25 April 2003. The main purpose is to
bring together colleagues currently working in the subject, many of
whom just happen to be around or nearby - whether the very active UK
GI community or the participants of the current special year on
geometric integration at the Center for Advanced Studies of Norwegian
Academy of Sciences, Oslo.

Speakers to date include

Chris Budd (Bath) Elena Celledoni (SINTEF, Trondheim)
Arieh Iserles (Cambridge) Stein Krogstad (Bergen)
Ben Leimkuhler (Leicester) Simon Malham (Heriot-Watt)
Liz Mansfield (Kent) Robert McLachlan (Massey)
Brynjulf Owren (NTNU, Trondheim) Reinout Quispel (LaTrobe)
Sebastian Reich (Imperial College) Will Wright (CAS, Oslo)
Claudia Wulff (Surrey) Antonella Zanna (Bergen)

Participation is free. Please let me know until 10th April if you wish
to present a talk.

Further details are available from
http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/na/GeoInt/ or by email from
na@damtp.cam.ac.uk.

Arieh Iserles


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From: Filipe da Silva <fsilva@fe.up.pt>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:21:02 -0000
Subject: Meeting in Valencia on High Performance Computing

VECPAR'2004
6th International Meeting on High Performance Computing
for Computational Science
Universidad Politecnica de Valencia,
Valencia, Spain

June 28-30, 2004

VECPAR'2004 web site:
http://vecpar.fe.up.pt/2004/

TOPICS OF INTEREST
* Cluster and Grid Computing
* Computing in Biosciences
* Concurrent Engineering
* Data Processing
* Educational Issues in Computational Science and Engineering
* Large Scale Simulations in all areas of Engineering and Science
(e.g., Computational Fluid Dynamics, Crash and Structural Analysis)
* Numerical Methods (PDE, Linear and Non-linear Algebra, etc.)
* Parallel and Distributed Computing
* Problem Solving Environments
* Scientific Visualization

SUBMISSIONS (Deadline, October 31, 2003)
SUBMISSION OF TUTORIALS (Deadline, October 31, 2003)

PROCEEDINGS
Proceedings, including full text of all presentations will be available
during the meeting. Additionally, a book will be published by Springer
in its Lecture Notes in Computer Science series
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/index.html) and
distributed after the conference.

You may access the URL address http://vecpar.fe.up.pt/2004/ for
information on: committees, abstract and tutorial format and evaluation,
instructions for electronic submission, proceedings, registration fees,
tourist information and social programme.


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From: Jacob White <white@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 15:41:11 -0500
Subject: Faculty Position at MIT

FACULTY POSITION, COMPUTATIONAL ENGINEERING
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Send electronic applications only to cefs@MIT.edu

MIT's School of Engineering has created a new junior tenure-track
faculty position in the general area of Computational Engineering.
The individual will reside in one of three engineering departments
(Aeronautics & Astronautics, Electrical Engineering & Computer
Science, or Mechanical Engineering). Applicants should have a
doctoral degree in a field such as engineering, computational
mathematics, or computer science, and research interests relevant to
one of the above departments.

Computational Engineering is being interpreted broadly, including
computation (theory and/or practice) associated with modeling,
simulation, design, optimization, control, and visualization of
engineering systems. It includes modeling and simulation of physical
phenomena and product behavior (Engineering Science); and modeling
and design of complex systems to achieve maximum operational
performance (Systems Optimization). The holder of this position should be
able to teach graduate level subjects in his or her field of
expertise and undergraduate subjects within his or her home
department, and will be expected to engage in multidisciplinary
research. This new faculty position is designed to make a long-term
investment in the important field of Computational Engineering.

We actively seek qualified minority and women candidates because of
our strong commitment to diversity in engineering education,
research, and practice.

Electronic applications are strongly preferred and must include a cover
letter, a statement of interest of at least two pages and a c.v. with
the names and addresses (including e-mail addresses) of three individuals
who will provide letters of recommendation.
Send to: Chair, Computational Engineering Search Committee,
School of Engineering, MIT by electronic mail to cefs@mit.edu
(MS Word, PDF, or plain text). For further information,
visit these sites:
http://web.mit.edu/engineering/
http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/www/index.html
http://www-me.mit.edu/
http://www.eecs.mit.edu/

MIT is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer


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From: Per L|tstedt <perl@tdb.uu.se>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:30:47 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Research Position at a Swedish University

Senior Research Position at a Swedish University

The Swedish Research Council announces grants for
senior research positions at Swedish universities
or research institutes. A grant is intended
primarily for an independent, established researcher
who is in an active research career. The intention
is that nearly all the time should be spent on research.
The position is financed for a maximum of six years.

One of the grants is for a position in

Multiscale methods in Mathematics, Science and Engineering

Construction and analysis of methods for representation
and computer solution of phenomena with many scales
such as turbulent flow, composite materials, high
frequency waves and image analysis. Homogenization,
multigrid and multipole methods, multiresolution
regression, wavelet and scale-space analysis are
examples of such methods.

Requirements: Qualified to apply for this position
are those holding a Ph.D.-degree or corresponding
scientific qualifications and who have displayed
pedagogical proficiency. Particular emphasis will
be placed on scientific ability.

Location: The applicant should indicate which Swedish
university (or research institute) he or she wants to
be appointed to. A requirement is that the chosen
university agrees to employ the applicant.

Apply at http://www.vr.se no later than May 5, 2003.
The application form and a complete guide on
requirements and how to apply can be found at
http://www.vr.se/english/index.asp?id=3D627


Best regards,
Per Lotstedt
Department of Information Technology
Scientific Computing
Uppsala University


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From: Stephane Lanteri <Stephane.Lanteri@sophia.inria.fr>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 09:48:04 +0100
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at INRIA

Applications are invited for a one-year postdoctoral position at INRIA
Sophia Antipolis in the field of Computational ElectroMagnetism (CEM).

Electromagnetics and wave propagation play a increasing role in
industrial and domestic contexts (electromagnetic and acoustic
pollutions, etc...). Numerical simulation is usually done in the
frequency domain or in the time domain.

The Caiman team at INRIA Sophia Antipolis:
http://www.inria.fr/recherche/equipes/caiman.en.html

has been dealing with wave propagation (mainly electromagnetics) for
some years now, mainly in the time domain. Recently some promising
Computational Fluid Dynamics inspired explicit finite volume methods
(FVTD) on unstructured grids, have been proposed by the team. At the
same time, the team has also developed a high-level simulation
software of CEM in the frequency domain by integral equations. Future
research activities will be concerned with the coupling of volumic and
surfacic approaches in the time domain as well as in the frequency
domain.

This link is not the subject of this postdoctoral study, which will be
a first step in that direction. More precisely, the objectives here
are:

- to study implicit time integragtion schemes for the existing FVTD
method on unstructured grids, allowing the use of large time steps
(useful for locally refined meshes);

- to study factorization and resolution algorithms for the resulting
algebraic systems (since the focus is on linear electromagnetics,
assembled matrices are constant during the simulation, if the time
step is held constant); there is here a natural link with the studies
in the frequency domain.

Many applications of such a study are possible, for example,
electromagnetic compatibility of small but far systems~: cellular
phones in an airplane, electromagnetic waves in a human brain (with
possible heterogeneous, anistropic materials).

The candidate is expected to have or receive shortly a PhD in
mathematics or applied mathematics with a strong background in the
numerical solution of partial differential equations. Experiences in
paralle computing would be an asset.

Application file:

- a detailed scientific program written by the candidate,
- a curriculum vitae,
- a letter of candidature which includes employment prospects
following the post-doctoral period at INRIA,
- a copy of (or a pointer to en electronic version of) the doctoral
dissertation,
- if possible, doctoral committee reports and one to three,
letters of recommendation,

To be sent by April 14th to:

- Dr. Serge Piperno (Serge.Piperno@inria.fr)


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From: Elias Lipitakis <eal@aueb.gr>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 15:14:42 +0200
Subject: Contents, HERMIS Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Journal: HERMIS
ISSN: 1108-7609
Volume: 3
Date: March 2003

M.J.D. Powell
Radial basis function methods for interpolation to functions of many variables
1--24

E. G. Diakonov
Asymptotically optimal algorithms for stationary problems in energy spaces
25--50

H. Van der Vorst
Subspace acceleration and preconditioning for large sparse linear systems
51--64

E.E. Ovtchinnikov and L.S. Xanthis
On the Apodeictics of Successive Eigenvalue Relaxation for large-scale
Eigenvalue problems: Proofs of Convergence Estimates
65--90

E.G. Diakonov and L.S. Xanthis
Symmetric spectral problems and asymptotically optimal algorithms:
towards a harmony between the continuous and the discrete
91--102

E. Drandakis
Caratheodory's Theorem on constrained optimization and comparative statics
103--134

M. Burger, V. Capasso and A. Micheletti
Mathematical Modelling of the crystallization process of polymers
135--164

D. Thalmann
Why computerized models to control virtual Humans?
165--172

K.C. Zikidis and S.G. Tzafestas
Adaptive neuro-fuzzy modeling applied to policy gradient
reinforcement learning
173--180

R.C. Papademetriou and V. Pasias
NetLab- An interactive simulation environment for communication networks
181--200

P. Prikryl, P. Jelinek and R. Cerny
Laminar and turbulent melt flow in computational modeling
of crystal growth
201--208

N. Cubareni
Convergence and performance of parallel multiplicative algorithm
for image reconstruction from total image
209--216

E.N. Desyatirikova, V.G. Khromykh and A.I. Anissimov
Informatization kernel of the macroeconomics systems- informational control
system
217--224

B. Wegner
Electronic information and electronic publications in EMIS-
an updated offer supervised by EMS
225--232

Announcements
p.-233


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