From na-net@patience.stanford.edu Sun Mar 25 12:53:29 1990 Received: from crfsun.EPM.ORNL.GOV by cs.utk.edu with SMTP (5.61++/2.3-UTK) id AA11186; Sun, 25 Mar 90 12:53:14 -0500 Received: from msr.epm.ornl.gov by crfsun.EPM.ORNL.GOV (4.1/1.34) id AA10131; Sun, 25 Mar 90 12:53:00 EST Received: from beauty.Stanford.EDU by msr.epm.ornl.gov (5.61/1.34) id AA20867; Sun, 25 Mar 90 12:51:59 -0500 Received: from patience.stanford.edu by beauty.stanford.edu (4.0/inc-1.5) id AA01256; Sun, 25 Mar 90 09:41:23 PST Received: from bravery.stanford.edu by patience.stanford.edu (4.0/inc-1.5) id AA03099; Sun, 25 Mar 90 07:29:05 PST Received: by bravery.stanford.edu (4.0/inc-1.5) id AA18549; Sun, 25 Mar 90 07:34:07 PST Date: Sun, 25 Mar 90 07:34:07 PST From: na-net@patience.stanford.edu Message-Id: <9003251534.AA18549@bravery.stanford.edu> Return-Path: Subject: NA-NET distribution message Maint-Path: maintainer@na-net.stanford.edu To: na-net@patience.stanford.edu Reply-To: na-net@patience.stanford.edu Comment: requests, comments or problems to nanet@na-net.stanford.edu Comment: submissions to na@na-net.stanford.edu Status: R NA Digest Sunday, March 25, 1990 Volume 90 : Issue 12 Today's Editor: Cleve Moler Today's Topics: Cholesky Support for Visitors to Japan Fifth Leslie Fox Prize Professorship at Deakin University, Australia Professur C4 Mathematik, Aachen Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computation and Ground Water Modeling ICIAM 91 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Gerard Meurant Date: Sun, 18 Mar 90 18:10:46 -0100 Subject: Cholesky My dear American friends, It seems to me that as Cholesky was a French citizen (as his first name Andre-Louis shows), it is likely that his name must be pronunced in the French way, that is Cholesky with the beginning like the French word ''chaud'' or the English ''show''. Anyway, thanks for all this interest about a French applied mathematician. Gerard Meurant ------------------------------ From: David Kahaner Date: Wed, 21 Mar 90 16:17:03 +0900 Subject: Support for Visitors to Japan Support for Visitors to Japan from ONRFE The Office of Naval Research (ONR) maintains an office in Tokyo where I am presently working while on sabbatical from NIST (formerly NBS). My job is to learn and report on research that is of interest to ONR in the area of scientific computing, and more specifically high performance computing. The offical vehicle for this is a journal (Far East Bulletin) produced quarterly in this office that has a subscription list of about 7,000. Reports are also circulated informally; some of you have already been recipiants via email, of a few of mine. If you have research interests that coincide with ONR's and if you are willing to write an interpretive report describing the scientific activities here we may agree to partially support a visit. The idea would be that if you are planning a Japan trip for a meeting, or for personal reasons, we could support you for about a week. This could be the time period of the meeting or an additional period, during which time you would presumably write most of your report. This represents a good way to amortize the high costs of such a trip by extending it somewhat, and at the same time perform an important service to the scientific community. Interested individuals should contact me directly via email or by letter. My addresses are kahaner@xroads.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp David K. Kahaner ONRFE APO San Francisco, 96503-0007 [First class postage gets letters to Tokyo via this address from the USA.] An excellent report on woking at a Japanese university was recently published by Prof. David M. Coleman (Wayne State University) "A Perspective on University Research and Graduate Studies in Japan", in Applied Spectroscopy, Vol 43, Number 8, pp 1298-1310, (1989). Sayonara, David Kahaner ------------------------------ From: J. C. Mason Date: Thu, 22 MAR 90 13:46:10 GMT Subject: Fifth Leslie Fox Prize FIFTH LESLIE FOX PRIZE Call for Entries Entries are invited for the fifth Leslie Fox prize competition. Any person who is less than 31 years old on January 1 1991 and has not already won a first prize is eligible. Each entry should consist of three copies of a paper, describing some of the candidate's research, that is suitable for a 40 minute lecture at a numerical analysis symposium. Whether or not the work has been published or accepted for publication is irrelevant, but no person may submit more than one paper. Unsuccessful candidates from previous competitions are encouraged to enter. A joint paper may be submitted by an individual candidate if accompanied by a statement by that individual detailing his or her contribution to the paper, which should be the major contribution. The entries will be considered by an Adjudicating Committee, its members being J.C. Mason (Shrivenham), N. Nicholls (Reading) and C.M. Elliott (Sussex). Particular attention will be given to the originality and quality of each paper, and to the suitability of the material for a 40 minute talk to a general audience of numerical analysts. About 5 papers will be selected by the Committee for presentation at a symposium that will be held at the University of Dundee on Monday, June 24, 1991 (the day prior to the Dundee Biennial Conference in Numerical Analysis on June 25-28). Only the papers that are presented at the symposium will be eligible for awards, but subject to this restriction, the Adjudicating Committee may award any number of first and secondary prizes. Entries should reach Professor J.C. Mason (Applied and Computational Mathematics Group, RMCS, Shrivenham, Swindon, Wilts. SN6 8LA, England) not later than January 15, 1991. Each candidate should include a statement that his or her year of birth is not earlier than 1960, and should indicate whether he or she would be available to present his or her paper at the symposium. The Adjudicating Committee may allow a deputy to present a paper in a case of exceptional merit. The receipt of all entries will be acknowledged. It is unlikely that travel funds will be available to assist candidates who attend the symposium. Any questions on this notice should be addressed to a member of the Adjudicating Committee. ------------------------------ From: Anthony D. Klemm Date: Sun, 18 Mar 90 17:22:00 +1000 Subject: Professorship at Deakin University, Australia DEAKIN UNIVERSITY Professor of Mathematics Applications are invited for appointment to the foundation Chair of Mathematics in the Department of Computing and Mathematics within the School of Sciences. The University has grown rapidly since its establishment in 1977 and this presents challenging opportunities for educational innovation and development. The University is seeking a Professor to provide academic leadership in mathematics and/or statistics, and to play a major role in the expansion of research and graduate studies, in the growth of external funding initiatives, and in academic development. The successful applicant is likely to hold a Ph.D. and will have strong research interests preferably in applied mathematics, statistics or operations research together with a commitment to link theoretical development and industrial applications. The appointment, at a salary of (A)$65,837 is for a fixed term of five years which may be renewed for further five year terms. Additional establishment benefits to facilitate the Professor's and the Department's research will be negotiated. The University reserves the right to fill the post by invitation or not make an appointment. Enquiries of an academic nature should be directed to the Chair of the Department, Dr. I. Collings, telephone (052) 47 1324. Further information about the University, conditions of employment, and method of application may be obtained from the Personnel Manager, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, 3217, AUSTRALIA, with whom applications close on 18 May 1990. Equal Opportunity is University Policy. Anthony D. Klemm UUCP: ..!uunet!munnari!aragorn.oz!tony Department of Computing & Mathematics , ..!decvax!mulga!aragorn.oz!tony Deakin University, CSNET: tony@aragorn.cm.deakin.oz.au Geelong, Victoria, 3217 . AUSTRALIA. BITNET: tony AT aragorn.oz.au Phone: +61 52 471392 ARPA: tony@aragorn.oz.au ------------------------------ From: Rolf Jeltsch Date: Wed, 21 Mar 90 11:33:51 MEZ Subject: Professur C4 Mathematik, Aachen RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN In der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultaet ist am Institut fuer Geometrie und Praktische Mathematik eine P R O F E S S U R C 4 F U E R M A T H E M A T I K ====================================================== (Nachfolge R. Jeltsch) wieder zu besetzen. Erwartet wird die Vetretung des Faches Mathematik in Forschung und Lehre und die Mitwirkung an der Ausbildung von Studierenden der Mathematik, Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften. Zu den Aufgaben des Institutes gehoert das Vorlesungsangebot in Numerik sowie Darstellender Geometrie. Erwuenscht ist ein Forschungsgebiet aus der Numerischen Analysis, das Bezug zu Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften hat, z.B. Numerische Mathematik der Differentialgleichungen oder/und numerisch-geometrische Verfahren fuer hoeher dimensionale Probleme. Habilitation oder gleichwertige wissenschaftliche Leistungen werden vorausgesetzt. Die Bewerbung geeigneter Schwerbehinderter ist erwuenscht. Bewerbungen mit Lebenslauf, Schriftenverzeichnis und wissenschaft- lichem Werdegang sowie Angaben ueber Lehrerfahrungen sind bis zum 15.5.1990 zu richten an den Dekan der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultaet der RWTH Aachen Templergraben 64 D-5100 Aachen. Auch Hinweise auf geeignete Persoenlichkeiten sind erwuenscht. ------------------------------ From: Bruce Simpson Date: Thu, 22 Mar 90 11:22:54 EST Subject: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computation and Ground Water Modeling The Waterloo Centre for Groundwater Research (WCGWR) and the Scientific Computation project (Scicom) of the Information Tech- nology Research Centre (ITRC) jointly announce: A Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Numerical Techniques for Simulation of Subsurface Contaminant Flow. The award provides a salary of $31,200 per year for two years commencing at date suitable to the fellow in the period June through November, 1990. The fellow will be jointly appointed in the department of Computer Science and the department of Earth Sciences of the University of Waterloo. The WCGWR and Scicom are collaborating on research, particularly in sparse matrix tech- niques and their application to numerical simulators for hydro- geological contamination transport. The fellowship holder will be expected to: - carry out individual research - contribute to the collaborative research of WCGWR and Scicom - provide operational support to these two groups with roughly equal emphases. Candidates will be considered who: - have a strong background in numerical solution of partial differential equations and numerical linear algebra. - a knowledge of transport phenomena in porous media would be desireable. - show strong research potential - expect to fulfill the requirements for a PhD degree in a related subject during the commencement period for the award. Candidates may apply by sending CV's, including identification for three references, to Professor R B Simpson Department of Computer Science University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada , N2L 3G1 I will be happy to provide further information from this address, or by telephone (519)-888-4469 , or electronic mail - rbsimpson@waterloo.edu ------------------------------ From: Michelle Jones Date: Mon, 19 Mar 90 10:09 EDT Subject: ICIAM 91 International Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics ICIAM 91 July 8-12, 1991 Sheraton Washington, Washington, D.C. Eighteen hundred applied mathematicians and computational scientists from 52 countries met in Paris in June 1987 to take part in the First International Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Their enthusiastic response reflected both the large size and the broad interests of the international applied mathematical and computational community. In addition to the 16 invited presentations, there were 68 minisymposia, many comprised of representatives from several countries, and more than 1,000 contributed papers. ICIAM 87 was truly a significant international event. Now is the time to begin planning your participation in ICIAM 91. Organize a minisymposium...contribute a paper...and most important, contact SIAM to make sure you are on our ICIAM 91 mailing list. ICIAM 91--July 8-12, 1991, Washington, D.C., USA Invited Presentations Dynamic Energy Minimization and Phase Transformations in Solids John M. Ball Department of Mathematics Heriot-Watt University, Scotland Intermediate Asymptotics in Micromechanics Grigorii I. Barenblatt Institute of Oceanology USSR Academy of Sciences, USSR Mathematical and Computational Models of Vision Michael Brady Department of Engineering Science University of Oxford, Great Britain Aspects of Constrained Optimization Andrew R. Conn Department of Combinatorics and Optimization University of Waterloo, Canada Modulation Equations Arising in the Mechanics of Continuous Media Wiktor Eckhaus Mathematisch Instituut Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht, The Netherlands Some Industrial Problems Solved in the Framework of the European Consortium of Mathematics in Industry Antonio Fasano Istituto Mathematico "U. Dini" Universita Degli Studi (Firenze), Italy Numerical Solution of Linear Algebraic Equations Arising from Convection-Diffusion Equations Gene H. Golub Department of Computer Science Stanford University, USA Discrete Mathematics in Manufacturing Martin Groetschel Institut fuer Mathematik Universitaet Augsburg, West Germany Computational Methods for Chemically Reacting Flow Thomas J.R. Hughes Division of Applied Mechanics Stanford University, USA Interior Point Methods in Optimization Narendra K. Karmarkar Mathematical Sciences Research Center AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA Forced Nonlinear Surface Waves Klaus W. Kirchgassner Institut fuer Mathematik Universitaet Stuttgart, West Germany Optimal Control and Viscosity Solutions Pierre-Louis Lions Universite de Paris Dauphine, France Wavelets and Applications to Numerical Analysis Yves F. Meyer CEREMADE Universite de Paris Dauphine, France Dynamics of Patterns, Waves and Interfaces from the Reaction-Diffusion Aspect Masayasu Mimura Department of Mathematics Hiroshima University, Japan Generation of Biological Pattern and the Formulation of Morphogenetic Flows James D. Murray Center for Mathematical Biology, University of Oxford, Great Britain, and Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, USA Radar Architectures--From Microwave Processing to Computational Power Gabriel Ruget Defense and Control Systems Division Thomson CSF, France Advances in Strongly Polynomial Linear Programming Algorithms Eva Tardos School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering Cornell University, USA Applications of Massively Parallel Computing David J. Wallace Department of Physics University of Edinburgh, Scotland Computational Modeling of Flows in Porous Media Mary F. Wheeler Department of Mathematics University of Houston, USA Hierarchical Finite Elements and Related Preconditioners for Elliptic Partial Differential Equations Harry Yserentant Fachbereich Mathematik Universitaet Dortmund, West Germany (*Titles of presentations tentative.) Minisymposia Proposals The ICIAM 91 Program Committee invites you, as a potential organizer, to submit a proposal for a minisymposium. A minisymposium is a session of 3-5 speakers focusing on a single topic. Sessions may be scheduled for two or three hours. The organizer of a minisymposium invites the speakers and decides on the topics they are to address. If you would like to organize a minisymposium, you must submit a proposal on an ICIAM minisymposium form. Acceptance of proposals will be by decision of the ICIAM 91 Program Committee. To obtain a form and guidelines for submitting a minisymposium proposal, please contact SIAM. Deadline date for minisymposium proposals: July 31, 1990 Contributed Papers/Poster Presentations Participate in ICIAM 91 by submitting a paper, which you may present in a contributed paper session or as a poster presentation. Authors will have approximately 15 minutes to present contributed papers, with an additional 5 minutes for questions. Alternatively, they may elect poster presentations, interactive discussions with individuals interested in their work illustrated with flip charts and/or other visual aids. If you desire to contribute a paper or a poster presentation, you must submit a summary not exceeding 75 words on an ICIAM 91 contributed paper/poster presentation form. Papers will be reviewed by the program committee. Depending on the number of papers submitted, scheduling considerations may necessitate that some contributed papers be presented as posters. Everyone who submits a paper will be notified by mail as to whether it was accepted or not. To obtain a form and guidelines for submitting a paper, please contact SIAM. Deadline date for submission of contributed paper/poster presentation forms: September 30, 1990 Exhibitor Information Booths and combined exhibits will be available to companies wishing to display their products and/or services. Sponsoring Societies Gesellschaft fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (GAMM) Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA) Societa Italiana di Matematica Applicata e Industriale (SIMAI) Societe de Mathematiques Appliquees et Industrielles (SMAI) Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) With the cooperation of: Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA) Hosted by SIAM To obtain future announcements as well as ICIAM 91 abstractt and proposal forms, please write to: ICIAM 91 Conference Manager c/o SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688, USA E-MAIL: iciam@wharton.upenn.edu FAX (TELECOPY): (215) 386-7999 PHONE: (215) 382-9800 Michelle Jones, Marketing Manager, SIAM ------------------------------ End of NA Digest ************************** -------