Subject: NA Digest, V. 95, # 09 NA Digest Sunday, February 26, 1995 Volume 95 : Issue 09 Today's Editor: Cleve Moler The MathWorks, Inc. moler@mathworks.com Today's Topics: Travel Support for ICIAM 95 Computational Science Course Material Sabbatical Address for Hans Stetter RCM Ordering Algorithm Subroutine for Weber Function Hyperbolic PDE Solver Wanted Looking for Out-of-print Books Memorial Dedicated to Gabor Szego Advances and Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics Workshop on Matrix Methods for Statistics Meeting of the DSS/2 User Group Winter School on Iterative Methods Optimization Conference in Capri Biomathematical Conference in Bulgaria 17th SPEEDUP Workshop Chair in Applied Mathematics at UMIST Position at University of Surrey Position at University of Notre Dame Postdoc Position at University of Tennessee Position at Bristol University Postdoctoral Positions at Argonne National Laboratory Position at University of Edinburgh Position at University of British Columbia Contents, Math of Control, Signals, and Systems Contents, Linear Algebra and its Applications Contents, Journal of Approximation Theory Contents, International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics Submissions for NA Digest: Mail to na.digest@na-net.ornl.gov. Information about NA-NET: Mail to na.help@na-net.ornl.gov. URL for the World Wide Web: http://www.netlib.org/na-net/na_home.html ------------------------------------------------------- From: Alison Bogardo Date: Tue, 21 Feb 95 12:47:08 EST Subject: Travel Support for ICIAM 95 SIAM is administering a travel grant program for ICIAM 95 -- the third International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics -- to be held in Hamburg, Germany, July 3-7. The grants, which are funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, will provide partial travel support to qualified applicants. The awards are intended primarily for young researchers and graduate students; women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply. APPLICANTS MUST BE AFFILIATED WITH U.S. INSTITUTIONS. Awards will be based on merit. Preference will be given to participants in the ICIAM 95 program and to applicants who do not have other travel support for the meeting. Typical anticipated awards will range from $800 to $1000. Travel costs will be reimbursed up to the amount of the award on submission of a signed travel expense from to SIAM. The cutoff date for applications is March 15, and final decisions will be made no later than April 15. Early submission of applications is encouraged; whenever possible, SIAM will make decisions and notify applicants as the applications are received. [Editor's Note: Ordinarily, we don't include forms like this in the NA Digest. I'm making an exception because it's a meeting of broad interest to NA Net and because the application deadline is very near. The form requires a signature, so it can't be e-mailed. -- Cleve] Return to: ICIAM 95 Coordinator c/o SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 Travel Grant Application ICIAM 95 Hamburg, Germany July 3-7, 1995 Name____________________________________________________________ Last First Middle Mailing Address__________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Telephone #_____________ E-mail___________________________ Rank or Title ___________________________________________________ Institution or Organization______________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Highest Degree ______________ Institution________________________ Date of Degree_____________(graduate students enter expected date) Mathematical or Computational Specialties: Primary _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Secondary ___________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Participation in ICIAM 95 (please check all applicable categories) Invited Speaker ______ Minisymposium Organizer _______ Minisymposium Speaker _____ Contributed Session Speaker______ Research Support (list all sources within the last 5 years): Research Proposals Pending: Bibliography: (Optional. Attach a bibliography of not more than one page, listing your recent publications that are most relevant to the themes of ICIAM 95). Letters of Reference: (Optional, but strongly suggested for graduate students and young faculty. Provide the names and institutions of no more than two senior professional mathematicians or computational scientists who have agreed to write on your bahalf concerning your ability and the benefits you may derive from attending ICIAM 95. These letters of support should be sent c/o ICIAM 95 Coordinator at the address listed above (if sent by e-mail, a signed hard copy MUST follow). Signature: I understand that an award under this program may not be supplemented by other NSF funds. ________________________________________________ Date _______________ ------------------------------ From: Jack Dongarra Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 10:58:36 -0500 Subject: Computational Science Course Material As part of the National High-Performance Software Exchange, (see http://www.netlib.org/nse/), we would like to collect URLs that contain information on courses or course material dealing with various aspects of high-performance computing and/or computational science. If you have course material on-line and would like to share this material with others, please send me the URL. I will post what has been collected in a few weeks. Thanks, Jack ------------------------------ From: Hans Stetter Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 08:43:20 -0500 Subject: Sabbatical Address for Hans Stetter Until 20 June, my address is: Department of Computer Science Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 e-mail: stetter@cs.cornell.edu Fax: 607 - 255-4428 Phone: 607 - 255-9196 ------------------------------ From: Bharat Kumar Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 18:46:13 -0500 (EST) Subject: RCM Ordering Algorithm Hi, I'm looking for an implementation of the RCM algorithm for ordering sparse matrices. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Bharat Kumar Dept. of CIS, The Ohio State University ------------------------------ From: Donglei Chen Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 16:00:50 -0500 (EST) Subject: Subroutine for Weber Function Hi, everybody. I am looking for a subroutine to compute Weber function which is used in uniform approximation with two turning points. Is there anyone who knows where I can find it? If yes, please let me know. My e-mail address is "chen@canlon.physics.uwo.ca" Thank you for your help. Donglei Chen Dept of Physics The University of Western Ontario London,Ontario,Canada N6A 3K7 chen@canlon.physics.uwo.ca ------------------------------ From: Lisette de Pillis Date: Thu, 23 Feb 95 19:00:39 "PST Subject: Hyperbolic PDE Solver Wanted Numerical PDE Solver Wanted I am looking for a higher-order numerical solver to handle simple linear hyperbolic differential equations (ideally, a solver which is 4th order in both space and time). In particular, I would like to get hold of code that can handle both the first and second order wave equation, both on a periodic domain, and on an infinite domain with radiating boundary conditions. (Even code that can handle one of these 4 cases would be a good start.) I believe an implementation of a spectral method would be well suited to these problems (with RK4 in time, eg.). My sense is that this would be preferable to a 4th order finite difference in space scheme, as there could be problems with the boundary conditions. I am looking at all options, however. Thank you in advance for all possible leads. L.G. de Pillis Assistant Professor of Mathematics Department of Mathematics Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA 91711 (909) 621-8975 depillis@math.hmc.edu ------------------------------ From: Franz Glaus Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 16:49:34 -0800 Subject: Looking for Out-of-print Books I am looking for the following books: "Trigonometric Novelties" by William Ransom (1959) "Pictorial Mathematics" by Herman Barravalle "Spirus in Nature and Art" by T.A. Cook (1903) "Designs in Nature" by J.B. Pettigrew (1908) Can you help me w/ these, or direct me to a source? Thank you much in advance, Franz Glaus. ------------------------------ From: Paul Nevai Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 14:41:32 -0500 (EST) Subject: Memorial Dedicated to Gabor Szego Request for Donations for a Memorial Dedicated to G\'abor Szeg\H{o} Dear Friends: F.Y.I. G\'abor Szeg\H{o} was born one hundred years ago on January 20, 1895, in Kunhegyes, Hungary. This is to solicit your generous donations for some type of a memorial (most likely a bronze relief to be set up in Kunhegyes in front of the city library) dedicated to G\'abor Szeg\H{o}. I understand that such a memorial will cost in the neighborhood of three to five thousand US dollars. Please send me whatever you can afford, say, $10 or $25 or $100 or more (perhaps in cash but preferably by checks payable to Paul Nevai, Dept Math - OSU, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1174, U.S.A.) and I will make sure that all the money collected will be used for that purpose. If you send me $25 or more, you will get a photograph of this memorial signed by a selected mathematician such as Dick Askey or Paul Erd\H{o}s or Samuel Karlin or Peter Lax or Lee Lorch or Gilbert Strang or Harold Widom or one of the children of G\'abor Szeg\H{o}. Depending on the money collected, I promise to add a substantial amount from my own resources. My final goal is in the neighborhood of 5K. Sincerely, Paul Nevai P.S. This message has been endorsed by Professors Dick Askey, Paul Erd\H{o}s, Samuel Karlin, Peter Lax, Lee Lorch, Gilbert Strang, and Harold Widom. P.P.S. Please send copies of this message to your colleagues and friends all over the world. Paul Nevai pali+@osu.edu Department of Mathematics nevai@math.ohio-state.edu The Ohio State University nevai@ohstpy.bitnet 231 West Eighteenth Avenue 1-614-292-3317 (Office) Columbus, Ohio 43210-1174 1-614-292-5310 (Answering Machine) The United States of America 1-614-292-1479 (Math Dept Fax) ------------------------------ From: Pat Bozeman Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 07:37:29 -0600 Subject: Advances and Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics Symposium on Advances and Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics April 20-22, 1995 Austin, Texas The Symposium on Advances and Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics, sponsored by the Texas Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, will be held April 20-22, 1995 in Austin, Texas. The symposium will focus on interdisciplinary topics that bring together applied mathematics, numerical analysis, computational sciences, physics, and engineering in order to solve major problems in science and engineering. Among the invited speakers who will be presenting lectures are: Ivo Babuska, University of Maryland Randy Bank, University of San Diego, La Jolla Ted Belytschko, Northwestern University Jerry Bona, University of Texas at Austin Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee Bjorn Engquist, University of California, Los Angeles Richard Ewing, Texas A&M University Roland Glowinski, University of Houston Gene Golub, Stanford University T.J.R. Hughes, Stanford University Claes Johnson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden P. Netaanmaki, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Steven Orszag, Princeton University John Whiteman, Brunel University, United Kingdom Mary Wheeler, Rice University The two and one half day symposium will also feature contributed talks presented in parallel sessions. There will be a registration fee of $125 with a discounted registration for students. In order to obtain a registration form and a list of hotels for accommodations, please contact Ruth Hengst at (512) 471-4708, e-mail at ruth@ticam.utexas.edu, or US mail TICAM, TAY 2.400, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712. Registration deadline is March 27, 1995. ------------------------------ From: George Styan Date: Wed, 22 Feb 95 18:57:54 EST Subject: Workshop on Matrix Methods for Statistics Fourth International Workshop on Matrix Methods for Statistics Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Saturday, July 15-Sunday, July 16, 1995 The Fourth International Workshop on Matrix Methods for Statistics will be held in Montreal, on Saturday, July 15 and Sunday, July 16, 1995, the weekend immediately following the Joint Annual Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). This Workshop is co-sponsored by the International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS). The International Organizing Committee comprises R. William Farebrother (Univ. of Manchester, England), Simo Puntanen (Univ. of Tampere, Finland), George P. H. Styan (McGill University, Canada; chair), and Hans Joachim Werner (Universitaet Bonn, Germany). The Workshop venue, Le Centre Sheraton Hotel (1201 Boulevard Rene-Levesque West, Montreal), is the same as for the Joint Annual SSC/IMS Meeting that precedes it. The purpose of this Workshop is to stimulate research and, in an informal setting, to foster the interaction of researchers in the interface between matrix theory and statistics. This Workshop will provide a forum for statisticians and mathematicians working in the areas of linear algebra and matrix theory to become better informed of the latest developments and newest techniques and to interchange ideas with researchers from a wide variety of countries. Invited guest speakers are expected to come from 20 countries. Funding for non-Canadian guest speakers' travel and local expenses has been requested from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). It is expected that papers from the workshop will be published a special issue of Linear Algebra and Its Applications. This Workshop is the fourth in a series. The previous three Workshops were held as follows: (1) Tampere, Finland: August 1990, (2) Auckland, New Zealand: December 1992, and (3) Tartu, Estonia: May 1994. The 5th Workshop in this series is scheduled to be held in Dunedin, New Zealand, in late August 1995 (as a satellite to the A. C. Aitken Centenary Conference) and the 6th in Shrewsbury, England, August 1996. Requests for more information concerning the scientific program, as well as any organizational questions, should be directed to: George P. H. Styan, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Burnside Hall, 805 ouest, rue Sherbrooke, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2K6; MT56@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA or STYAN@MATH.MCGILL.CA, FAX (1-514) 398-3899 (e-mail preferred). ------------------------------ From: Nicolas Point Date: Thu, 23 Feb 95 14:57:58 +0100 Subject: Meeting of the DSS/2 User Group ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS : MEETING OF THE DSS/2 USER GROUP The software package DSS/2 is a common tool for solving problems in partial differential equations using the method of lines. A first meeting of users will take place at the Control and Mathematics Departments of the Faculte Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium, June 28-30, 1995. The aim of the meeting is to provide a platform for discussions and presentations of DSS/2 applications and related problems. Plenary lectures will be given by Professor W.E. Schiesser (Lehigh University) who has developed DSS/2. Participants are invited to submit papers on DSS/2 applications and extensions. For further information please contact: Dr. Alain Vande Wouwer Laboratoire d'Automatique Faculte Polytechnique de Mons Boulevard Dolez 31 B-7000 Mons, Belgium Tel: +32-(0)65-374141 Fax: +32-(0)65-374300 E-mail: vdw@autom.fpms.ac.be ------------------------------ From: Tony Chan Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 19:27:35 -0800 (PST) Subject: Winter School on Iterative Methods Winter School on Iterative Methods in Scientific Computing and Their Applications The Institute of Mathematical Sciences The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, Hong Kong December 14--20, 1995 Objectives: To provide an intensive one week training course in state-of-the-art iterative methods in scientific computing for senior graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and lecturers in universities and practitioners in industry. It is hoped that after the course, the attendees will be familiar with the basic theories and algorithms, as well as potential application areas and the vast and fast developing literature. Main Invited Lecturers: Tony Chan (USA) Jack Dongarra (USA) Howard Elman (USA) Gene Golub (USA) Franklin Luk (USA) David Silvester (UK) Gilbert Strang (USA) Henk van der Vorst (Netherland) Andy Wathen (UK) Jinchao Xu (USA) School Model: It will be a seven-day school with 10 main invited speakers. Each main speaker will give three 40-min lectures. There will also be several other lectures given by speakers from the Asian region. There will be 5-6 lectures per day except for the fourth day which will be reserved for excursion or social activities. Demonstration and exercise sessions will be at the end of each day. Topics to be covered include: Basic theory, parallel algorithms and applications. Lecture notes of the School will be distributed to attendees. Polished version of the lecture notes will be published later for general international distribution. General Co-Chairmen: Tony Chan (UCLA), Raymond Chan (CUHK) Program Chairman: Gene Golub (Stanford) Registration fee is US$100 which includes all lecture notes to be distributed at the School. To receive the registration form, please send a note by postal or electronic mail to Dr. K.M. Yeung at the address listed below. A latex file of the form can also be obtained by anonymous ftp to ims.cuhk.hk. The file name is conf/winter/regis.tex. Detail information of the School can be obtained by anonymous ftp to ims.cuhk.hk. The file name is conf/winter/info.ps. World-wide web users can access to http://euler.math.cuhk.hk/conference/dec95/info.html. For enquiry, please contact: Dr. K.M. Yeung, Department of Mathematics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong. E-Mail: kmyeung@cuhk.hk, Fax: +(852) 2603-5154. ------------------------------ From: Gerardo Toraldo Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 16:50:07 -0600 Subject: Optimization Conference in Capri SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT Short Conference on ``High Performance Software for Nonlinear Optimization: Status and Perspectives''. On June 22-23 1995 (following the Workshop in Erice on Nonlinear Optimization) the CPS will host a short conference on ``High Performance Software for Nonlinear Optimization: Status and Perspectives''. The conference, which will be held in the island of Capri (near Naples) will focus on the current state of optimization software, mainly referring to the high performance computing aspects. The presentations will be an authoritative overview of the field, including its algorithmic developments, current software and applications and future perspectives. There will be a series of longer lectures given by invited speakers (availability as been already given by Dr. P.Matstoms, Prof J. J. More', Prof. P.M. Pardalos, and Prof. P.L. Toint), as well as a selection of contribution papers will be presented. The conference will be an informal forum for researchers on the field of numerical optimization to present their results. The conference Committee includes Prof. Jorge More' (Argonne National Laboratory) , Prof. Almerico Murli (Univerity of Naples), Prof. Panos Pardalos (University of Florida) Anyone who is currently working on Numerical Optimization Software or on a related field, or would like to learn about the area, should not miss this Conference! Further details about the conference will be given in a second announcement in few weeks. For information or for registration, send an e-mail message to hpsno@matna2.dma.unina.it or send a fax to +39-81-7662106 (Prof. A.Murli) or send a letter to: Prof. Almerico Murli (Head of the CPS) Universita` di Napoli "Federico II" Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni, Complesso Monte S.Angelo, ed. T, Via Cintia 80126, Napoli - ITALY . E-MAIL murli@matna2.dma.unina.it ------------------------------ From: Svetoslav Markov Date: Sat, 25 Feb 95 14:23:47 BG Subject: Biomathematical Conference in Bulgaria CALL FOR PAPERS International Symposium and Young Scientists School on Mathematical Modelling and Information Systems in Biology, Ecology and Medicine BIOMATH-95 August 23 - 27, 1995 Sofia, Bulgaria Co-organized by: Bulgarian Academy of Science, Institut for Informatics, University of Basel IMACS/Bulgaria, The Biomathematical Society Co-sponsored by: IMACS Conference Themes: - biomathematics, bioinformatics, biostatistics, biomechanics, bioautomatics; - mathematical problems from biophysics, biochemistry, biotechnology, bioengineering; - mathematical modelling in biology, ecology and medicine; - information systems, knowledge based systems, knowledge engineering and intelligent data processing, program packages and problem solving environments supporting biological and medical applications; - mathematical immunology, mathematical neurophysiology, mathematical ecology, population dynamics, enzyme kinetics; - mathematical models, involving uncertain (set-valued, interval-valued, fuzzy set-valued etc.) input data, validated numerics, enclosure methods involving automatic result verification and the use of parallel architectures (especially for solving typical biomathematical problems); - particular modelling situations and case studies underlying the above aspects. Deadlines: Send your electronic and postal address to epopova@bgearn.bitnet to be included in the mailing list for the second announcement (May 1995) NOW Submissions of abstracts: June 30, 1995 Pre-registration: July 31, 1995 All submissions, inquiries and information should be addressed to: Dr. Svetoslav Markov Institute of Biophysics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Acad. G. Bonchev, bldg. 21 BG-1113 Sofia, Bulgaria Tel.: (+359 2) 707 460 or 713-3704 Fax : (+359 2) 730 385 E-mail: smarkov@bgearn.bitnet or epopova@bgearn.bitnet ------------------------------ From: Karsten M. Decker Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 19:20:03 +0100 Subject: 17th SPEEDUP Workshop CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 17th SPEEDUP Workshop on Parallel and Vector Computing "Hardware and Software Trends in High-performance Computing" March 16 -- 17, 1995 Hotel Cadro Panoramica Cadro (Lugano) The dramatically increasing complexity of software for modeling and simulation of phenomena in natural and engineering sciences and in industry forces us to find new ways to cope successfully with the related software problems. The 17th SPEEDUP workshop on "Hardware and Software Trends in High-performance Computing" tries for the first time to bring together the computational and computer science communities in Switzerland. The workshop is jointly organized by the SPEEDUP society and the Special Interest group for Parallel Computing (SIPAR) of the Swiss Informatics Society (SI). PROGRAM Overview of State-of-the-art High-performance Computer Systems, F. Hofmann, University of Erlangen, Erlangen Programming Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing, T. Gross, CMU, Pittsburgh and ETHZ, Zurich Programming of Scalable HPC Systems: Tools and their Application, T. Bemmerl, RWTH, Aachen, and Intel ESDC, Munich New Trends in Computer Hardware Technology, E. Schenfeld, NEC Research Institute, Princeton Digital Hardware Architectures for Neural Networks, P. Ienne, EPFL, Lausanne Programming in Distributed Computing Environments, S. Ross, Cray Research Inc., Eagon Software Engineering in Experimental Physics: Experience, Status, and Trends, A. Daneels, CERN, Geneva Problem-solving Environments: Methodologies and Basic Techniques, K.M. Decker, CSCS, Manno Problem-solving Environments: Towards an Environment for Engineering Applications, R. Gruber, CSCS, Manno Using MPP for Decision Support in VLDB's - Transforming the Enterprise, T. Azaz, Meiko Ltd., Bristol Methods for Data Mining, R. Breckenridge, Sandoz Pharma Ltd., Basel The Future of high-performance Computing: How Can we Achieve Mutually Beneficial Collaboration between Computational and Computer Scientists ?, Discussion Session The detailed program as well as a registration form can be obtained by sending e-mail to speedup@cscs.ch, subject 17th SPEEDUP Workshop until MARCH 10, 1995 at the latest. Karsten M. Decker, CSCS ------------------------------ From: David Silvester Date: Tue, 21 Feb 95 15:01:09 GMT Subject: Chair in Applied Mathematics at UMIST Applications are invited for a Chair in Applied Mathematics within the Mathematics Department at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. The person appointed will be expected to provide academic leadership both in research and teaching, and to develop the department's growing collaborative links with science and engineering departments within UMIST. Preference may be given to candidates having interests in one or more of the following areas: either solid or fluid mechanics; dynamical systems; computational and all other aspects of PDEs. Two lectureship posts in Applied Mathematics will be available after the Chair has been filled, and the successful applicant will be expected to play an active role in making these appointments. Requests for application forms and further details, quoting reference MAT/A/195, should be sent to: The Personnel Office, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, United Kingdom, or email Professor M. J. Taylor directly: martin.taylor@umist.ac.uk. Completed applications should be returned by Monday, 3rd April 1995. ------------------------------ From: Philip Aston Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 15:59:31 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Position at University of Surrey UNIVERSITY of SURREY Dept of Mathematical and Computing Sciences Guildford Surrey U.K. LECTURER IN MATHEMATICS Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer in Mathematics, tenable from 1 September 1995. Applications will be considered from candidates with a strong research background in any branch of nonlinear pure or applied mathematics. The Department is particularly keen to strengthen and broaden the existing group of applied and numerical analysts working in dynamical systems, chaos, bifurcation theory, mathematical biology and associated computational methods. Candidates should possess, or expect to gain shortly, a PhD in an appropriate discipline. The successful applicant will be required to undertake the normal range of teaching and supervisory duties in appropriate areas of mathematics. Salary will be on the Lecturer Grade A/B scale (14756 - 25735 pounds) depending on age, qualifications and experience. Applications in the form of a Curriculum Vitae (2 copies), including the names and addresses of three referees, should be sent to Personnel Office (CVC) University of Surrey Guildford Surrey GU2 5XH U.K. quoting reference number 335 by 17 March 1995. Further particulars can also be obtained by writing to the above address or by telephoning 01483-259279. Informal enquiries may be made to Prof R. Shail on 01483-259196 or by email to R.Shail@mcs.surrey.ac.uk The University is committed to an Equal Opportunities Policy. ------------------------------ From: Andrew Lumsdaine Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 15:20:05 -0500 Subject: Position at University of Notre Dame FACULTY POSITION University of Notre Dame The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. Applicants should have a doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. Research areas of particular interest within the Department are Parallel and Distributed Computing (including Parallel Languages/Compilers, Parallel Architectures, High Performance Computing, and Parallel Algorithms) and VLSI. Applicants should have abilities and interests in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, advising students, and conducting research. Salary is negotiable. Interested persons should forward a complete resume, together with the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of at least three references, to: Dr. Steven C. Bass, Chairman Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 Internet: bass@cse.nd.edu Resumes sent via e-mail to the above address are welomed. These should be in plain ASCII form. The University of Notre Dame is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. ------------------------------ From: Jack Dongarra Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 21:09:19 -0500 Subject: Postdoc Position at University of Tennessee Position available at The University of Tennessee A postdoctoral research position is available in parallel scientific software development in the Computer Science Department at the University of Tennessee. The University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory are engaged in a cooperative research and development project to develop high level techniques for programming a heterogeneous network of computers. Among the systems being developed are HeNCE (Heterogeneous Network Computing Environment), VPE (Visual Programming Environment), and PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine). This project will engage in experimental research leading to the evolution of several software tools to support general purpose concurrent computation over a network. The position requires experience in the development of X-window applications, parallel computing and scientific programming. Familiarity with network computing and parallel architectures is also desired. Benefits of the position include a competitive salary, travel opportunities, access to state-of-the-art computational facilities (including both parallel architectures and high-performance workstations), and collaborative research opportunities in a very active research program in advanced scientific computing. Inquiries should be directed to: Jack Dongarra Computer Science Department University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-1301 Phone: 615-974-8295 Fax: 615-974-8296 email: dongarra@cs.utk.edu ------------------------------ From: Andy Wathen Date: Thu, 23 Feb 95 10:54:54 GMT Subject: Position at Bristol University UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL Department of Mathematics LECTURESHIP IN NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OR SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION Active researchers in numerical analysis or scientific computation are invited to apply. Applicants who would augment our thriving research group in applied mathematics and numerical analysis, enhancing the group's cooperation with other research groups in the University and elsewhere, are especially welcome. The department encourages developments of both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. For informal information please email D.H.Peregrine@bristol.ac.uk , Tel +44 0117 928 7971 or Andy.Wathen@bristol.ac.uk , Tel +44 0117 928 7995 . For further details please telephone +44 0117 925 6450 (ansaphone after 5pm UK time) or minicom +44 0117 928 8894 or write to the Personnel Office (EO), Senate House, Bristol BS8 1TH, UK quoting reference D146. Closing date for receipt of applications: 3rd April 1995. The University of Bristol is an Equal Opportunities Employer. ------------------------------ From: Barry Smith Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 13:38:34 -0600 Subject: Postdoctoral Positions at Argonne National Laboratory Postdoctoral Positions Mathematics and Computer Science Division Argonne National Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory invites candidates to apply for two postdoctoral research positions in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division. Selected candidates will work with a team that includes Bill Gropp and Barry Smith developing application driven algorithms and software for the parallel solution of large-scale systems of nonlinear equations arising from the discretization of coupled systems of PDEs. The software developed will be built on the framework of the PETSc (http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc.html) package. Candidates are sought in either of the following two research areas: 1) to help with the design and implementation of algorithms and data structures for the direct and iterative solution of sparse linear systems. The focus will be on methods that can achieve high performance on hierarchical-memory machines including RISC workstations and distributed-memory machines such as the IBM SP2. 2) with interest and experience in distributed memory parallel computing for numerical linear algebra and/or partial differential equations, possibly including domain decomposition and/or multilevel methods. Candidates would work on the design, analysis and implementation of parallel solver methods and related issues. Applicants must have received their Ph.D. in computer science, applied mathematics or a related discipline not more than three years prior to the beginning of the appointment. The appointment is available immediately for a one-year term (renewable). Applications should be addressed to Walter McFall, Box mcs-acti3, Employment and Placement, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, and must include a resume' and the names and addresses of three references. For additional information, contact Barry Smith (bsmith@mcs.anl.gov). The Mathematics and Computer Science Division supports an excellent computational environment that includes access to high-performance scientific workstations, a scientific visualization and virtually reality laboratory, and state-of-the-art parallel computers (including a 128-node IBM SP). Argonne is located in the southwestern Chicago suburbs, offering the advantages of affordable housing, good schools, and easy access to the cultural attractions of the city. Argonne is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. ------------------------------ From: Ken McKinnon Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 21:04:09 GMT Subject: Position at University of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh, Scotland Department of Mathematics and Statistics Two permanent Lectureships in Mathematics or Statistics. Candidates with research interests in any area of pure or applied mathematics, statistics or operational research will be considered. Numerical Analysis and Operational Research are among areas of particular interest. The University wishes to appoint candidates with a high quality research record and promising research programme who will interact effectively with existing research interests and contribute actively to postgraduate and undergraduate teaching. Applicants for the recently advertised Lectureships in Mathematics (490564/5) will be automatically considered and need not re-apply. Positions available from 1 September 1995. Closing date 14 March 1995. Ref 590085. Informal enquiries to Dr J Martin, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Scotland, (tel +(44)131-650-5062, fax +(44)131-650-6553, e-mail hod@maths.ed.ac.uk). Applications, including CV, research plan and the names of three referees, quoting reference number, should be sent to the Secretary to the University, 1 Roxburgh Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9TB. Further particulars may be obtained from this address or from the Internet via the Departmental WWW home page (http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk). ------------------------------ From: Raymond Ng Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 16:51:52 -0800 Subject: Position at University of British Columbia THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA The Department of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia is recruiting for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor and Post Doctoral positions in all fields of computer science. The Department will consider outstanding applicants over a wide range of areas of Computer Science research. At the same time, the Department has particular interest in recruiting in the areas of databases, software engineering, systems, computer graphics, programming languages and scientific computation. One of the University's highest academic priorities is to build a leading centre in Computer Science and outstanding candidates are sought to participate in this effort. Junior applicants must demonstrate exceptional research potential and teaching ability. The successful candidate is expected to pursue an active research program, perform both graduate and undergraduate teaching, and supervise graduate students. A Ph.D. or equivalent in Computer Science or related area is required. The position is available as of July 1, 1995 and salary will be commensurate with experience. 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The position is subject to available funding. ------------------------------ From: Eduardo Sontag Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 12:17:09 -0500 Subject: Contents, Math of Control, Signals, and Systems TABLE OF CONTENTS, Math of Control, Signals, and Systems Volume 7, Number 2 Z.P.Jiang, L.Praly, and A.R.Teel, Propagating the input to state stability property through integrators and applications, pp. 95-120. X. Kong and V. Solo, Stochastic Averaging Analysis of a Steepest Descent Type Adaptive Time Delay Estimation Algorithm, pp. 121-147. Gilead Tadmor, A Time Varying Beurling-Lax Theorem and a Related Interpolation Problem, pp. 148-166. Fabio Fagnani and Jan C. Willems, Interconnections and symmetries of linear differential systems, pp. 167-186. REMINDER: The new address for submissions is: Prof. J.H. van Schuppen Editor, MCSS CWI P.O. Box 94079 1090 GB Amsterdam, The Netherlands E-mail inquiries regarding submissions should be addressed to: mcss@cwi.nl ------------------------------ From: Richard Brualdi Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 07:30:19 -0600 (CST) Subject: Contents, Linear Algebra and its Applications LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS Contents Volume 215 Uwe Helmke (Regensburg, Germany) and Mark A. Shayman (College Park, Maryland) Critical Points of Matrix Least Squares Distance Functions 1 Johan Kos (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Hugo J. Woerdeman (Williamsburg, Virginia) Hermitian Completions of Band Matrices and Applications 21 F. O. Farid (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) Criteria for Invertibility of Diagonally Dominant Matrices 63 Ji-guang Sun (Umea, Sweden) On Perturbation Bounds for the QR Factorization 95 Janez Mrcun (Ljubljana, Slovenija) Lipschitz Spectrum Preserving Mappings on Algebras of Matrices 113 J. P. Crouzeix (Aubiere, France), J. E. Martinez-Legas, and A. Seeger (Barcelona, Spain) An Alternative Theorem for Quadratic Forms and Extensions 121 Jin-Hsien Wang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China) The Length Problem for a Sum of Idempotents 135 Vlastimil Ptak (Praha, The Czech Republic) Decomposition of the Infinite Companion and Interpolation 161 Miroslav Fiedler (Prague, Czech Republic) and Thomas L. Markham (Columbia, South Carolina) An Observation on the Hadamard Product of Hermitian Matrices 179 Nader H. Bshouty (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) Multiplicative Complexity of Direct Sums of Quadratic Systems 183 Krzysztof C. Kiwiel (Warsaw, Poland) Block-Iterative Surrogate Projection Methods for Convex Feasibility Problems 225 Moody T. Chu (Raleigh, North Carolina) Scaled Toda-like Flows 261 Dursun Tasci (Kampus-Konya, Turkey) On a Conjecture by Goldberg and Newman 275 Author Index 279 ------------------------------ From: Marilyn Radcliff Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 11:42:30 -0500 (EST) Subject: Contents, Journal of Approximation Theory Table of Contents Journal of Approximation Theory, Volume 80, Number 2, Feb. 1995 Mariana Mar\u{c}okov\'a Equiconvergence of two Fourier series 151--163 Wu Li Convergence of P\'olya algorithm and continuous metric selections in space of continuous functions 164--179 Frank Deutsch, Vasant A. Ubhaya, and Yuesheng Xu Dual cones, constrained $n$-convex %L_p$-approximation, and perfect splines 180--203 Yingkang Hu, Dany Leviatan, and Xiang Ming Yu Copositive polynomial and spline approximation 204--218 A.L. Levin and D.S. Lubinsky Orthogonal polynomials and Christoffel functions for $\exp(-|x|^\alpha)$, $\alpha\le1$ 219--252 Noli N. Reyes An asymptotic formula in best approximation 253--266 J.C. Sevy Lagrange and least-squares polynomials as limits of linear combinations of iterates of Bernstein and Durrmeyer Polynomials 267--271 G. Derfel, N. Dyn, and D. Levin Generalized refinement equations and subdivision processes 272--297 Journal of Approximation Theory, Volume 80, Number 3, Mar. 1995 Table of Contents Lars-Erik Andersson, Tommy Elfving, Georgy Iliev, and Krassimira Vlachkova Interpolation of convex scattered data in $R^3$ based upon an edge convex minimum norm network 299--320 Fernanado Cobos, Pedro Fern\'andez-Mart\'inez, and Tomas Schonbek Norm estimates for interpolation methods defined by means of polygons 321--351 Leonid Golinskii On second kind measures and polynomials on the unit circle 352--366 Rasul A. Khan Reverse martingales and approximation operators 367--377 Yuichi Kanjin and Ryozi Sakai Convergence of the derivatives of Hermite-F\'ejer interpolation polynomials of higher order based at the zeros of Freud polynomials 378--389 Erich Novak Optimal recovery and $n$-widths for convex classes of functions 390--408 R. Getsadze On a problem of N. Kirchoff and R.J. Nessel 409--422 Vasant A. Ubhaya and Yuesheng Xu Constrained $L_p$-approximation by generalized $n$-convex functions induced by ECT-Systems 423--449 Author Index for Volume 80 450 ------------------------------ From: Grant Guevremont Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 14:56:43 -0500 Subject: Contents, International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics Contents INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS Vol. 2, No. 3-4, 1994 Numerical Study on Cut-and-Connect of Two Vortex Rings Along Parallel Axes H. Chen, M. Hinada and K. Oshima A Predictive Control Method to Operate Water Gate of Dam M. Kawahara and Y. Shimada Finite Analytic Numerical Solution of Navier-Stokes Equations D. Xu and G. Wu An Artificial Dissipation Formulation for a Semi-Implicit, Pressure Based Solution Scheme for Viscous and Inviscid Flows A. H. Basson and B. Lakshminarayana The Birth of Open Separation on a Prolate Spheroid T. Cebeci and W. Su Simulation of Experimental Visualization Methods for Computational Fluid Dynamics Research Y. Tamura and K.Fujii ------------------------------ End of NA Digest ************************** -------