Subject: NA Digest, V. 13, # 36 NA Digest Monday, October 28, 2013 Volume 13 : Issue 36 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs [log in to unmask] Today's Topics: Edinburgh Mathematical Laboratory 100th Anniversary Call for Nominations, Stephen Smale Prize 14th European AD Workshop, UK, Dec 2013 Bay Area Scientific Computing Day, USA, Dec 2013 Stanford SVG70 Meeting, USA, Jan 2014 Engineer Position, HPC Scientist, MSC Software Professor Position, Applied Mathematics, Purdue Professor Position, Statistics, Arizona State Univ Faculty Position, Applied Mathematics, UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Position, Mathematical Biology, Iowa State Univ Postdoc Fellowship, Univ College London Postdoc Position, Mathematics, Imperial College London Postdoc Position, NA/Scientific Computing, Warwick, UK Postdoc Positions, HPC for Life Sciences PhD Position, Finite Element Simulation, Univ of Guelph, Canada PhD Positions, KU Leuven Contents, Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics, 13 (4) Contents, Journal of Complexity, 30 (1) Subscribe, unsubscribe, change address, or for na-digest archives: http://www.netlib.org/na-digest-html/faq.html Submissions for NA Digest: http://icl.cs.utk.edu/na-digest/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Joseph Grcar [log in to unmask] Date: October 22, 2013 Subject: Edinburgh Mathematical Laboratory 100th Anniversary This month is the 100th anniversary of what was likely the earliest academic program in Computational Science and Engineering, the Edinburgh Mathematical Laboratory (EML). EML was established when Edmund Whittaker took the mathematics chair at Edinburgh in 1913. As the former royal astronomer of Ireland, Whittaker's appointment illustrates the dominance of astronomy in mathematics though the turn of the 20th century. Whittaker's interest in astronomy, and the need for calculation in astronomy, fit well with a faculty who had recently lost both Peter Guthrie Tait, the collaborator of William Thomson (the two were known as T and T'), and also Edward Sang, a calculator of mathematical tables (to 26 places, unpublished). The mathematics laboratory was inaugurated in October, 1913 at a colloquium of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society. Whittaker demonstrated a calculation for astronomy in the laboratory's large classroom, which seated eighty people at special computing desks. The next colloquium in 1914 coincided with the tercentenary of the invention of logarithms by arguably Edinburgh's most famous son, John Napier. His logarithms are the oldest modern mathematics, and note, they are computational mathematics. The exhibition catalog describes a huge collection of computing paraphernalia with some items from the EML that suggest what else may have been in the computing classroom: books of tables, calculating machines (Brunsviga, Millionaire, etc.), computing forms for harmonic analysis, models of curves and surfaces, and a pantograph. Edinburgh University made an effort to promote the EML. A curriculum emphasizing calculations in astronomy was announced in at least one foreign (German) journal. The laboratory invited researchers, solicited students, and offered degrees up to the D.Sc. Six EML books including four texts for courses were published in 1915 to positive reviews. There is no further mention of the EML, which may have been an indirect casualty of the first World War. A course entitled "mathematical laboratory" was taught at Edinburgh from about 1920 until 1960 when the name was changed to "numerical analysis". ------------------------------------------------------- From: Antonella Zanna [log in to unmask] Date: October 24, 2013 Subject: Call for Nominations, Stephen Smale Prize The second Stephen Smale Prize will be awarded in the meeting Foundations of Computational Mathematics (FoCM) in Montevideo in December 2014, http://www.fing.edu.uy/~jana/www2/focm_2014.html Nominations should be sent to FoCM secretary Antonella Zanna at: [log in to unmask] Deadline: 24:00 (GMT), March 10, 2014 Full announcement of prize here: http://focm-society.org/smale_prize.php . The Society for the Foundations of Computational Mathematics was created in the summer of 1995, following the month-long meeting in Park City, Utah, which was principally organized by Steve Smale. The Park City meeting aimed, in Smale's words from the preliminary announcement, “to strengthen the unity of mathematics and numerical analysis, and to narrow the gap between pure and applied mathematics." Smale's vision has been the Society's inspiration for all these years. The journal Foundations of Computational Mathematics was created, several colloquia and research semesters were organized and international conferences are held every three years. After fifteen years of existence, with an established and recognized position in the scientific community, the Society has created the "Stephen Smale Prize" whose objective is to recognize the work of a young mathematician in the areas at the heart of the society's interests and to help to promote his or her integration among the leaders of the scientific community. The first Stephen Smale Prize was awarded at the Budapest meeting in 2011 to Snorre H. Christiansen. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Patrick Farrell [log in to unmask] Date: October 25, 2013 Subject: 14th European AD Workshop, UK, Dec 2013 The 14th European AD Workshop Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, UK December 9--10, 2013 http://www.autodiff.org/?module=Workshops&submenu=EuroAD/14/main This two day workshop is the fourteenth in the series of the EuroAD Automatic Differentiation workshops, which take place twice a year. These workshops provide a forum for the presentation of theoretical developments in and applications of Automatic Differentiation (AD) and adjoint methods. The workshop is informal and presentations on subjects such as work in progress, problem areas for AD, or possible application areas, as well as completed work are welcome. We particularly encourage PhD students and those new to the field to attend and present their work. The workshop is hosted by the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford. Registration: If you are willing to present or participate, please register on http://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/browse/product.asp? compid=1&modid=1&catid=2056 If you would like to give a 25-minute talk, please send a title and abstract to [log in to unmask] by November 25th, 2013. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Bert de Jong [log in to unmask] Date: October 25, 2013 Subject: Bay Area Scientific Computing Day, USA, Dec 2013 We are pleased to announce that the Bay Area Scientific Computing Day (BASCD) will be hosted by LBNL on December 11, 2013. BASCD is an annual one-day meeting focused on fostering interactions and collaborations between researchers in the fields of scientific computing and computational science and engineering from the San Francisco Bay Area. The event provides junior researchers a venue to present their work to the local community, and for the Bay Area scientific and computational science and engineering communities at large to interchange views on today’s multidisciplinary computational challenges and state-of-the-art developments. The speakers at this year’s meeting are Kevin Carlberg (Sandia), Erin Carson (UC Berkeley), Lixin Ge (SLAC), Jeff Irion (UC Davis), Lex Kemper (LBNL), Christian Linder (Stanford University), Ding Lu (UC Davis), Ali Mani (Stanford University), François-Henry Rouet (LBNL), Cindy Rubio-Gonzalez (UC Berkeley), Khachik Sargsyan (Sandia) and Samuel Skillman (SLAC). This year we will have a combined lunch and poster session. If you are interested in presenting a poster, please indicate this during registration.The schedule, registration, and the title and abstract of the speakers are available on the BASCD website: https://sites.google.com/a/lbl.gov/bay-area-scientific-computing-day/ Please distribute this announcement to others who may be interested. Looking forward to seeing you all at the 2013 Bay Area Scientific Computing Day on December 11, 2013 at LBNL. ------------------------------------------------------- From: David Gleich [log in to unmask] Date: October 27, 2013 Subject: Stanford SVG70 Meeting, USA, Jan 2014 The SVG70 Meeting, Stanford University January 25, 2014 - All day. Registration is now open for the SVG70 Meeting, which will celebrate the birthdays and accomplishments of Michael Saunders, Jim Varah, and Alan George. The one-day workshop on numerical linear algebra and optimization will be followed by a banquet dinner. Space is limited and registration closes on December 15th. For registration and other details, see https://sites.google.com/site/svgmeeting2014/ Confirmed invited speakers: Iain Duff (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) John Gilbert (UC Santa Barbara) Philip Gill (UC San Diego) Joseph Grcar Anne Greenbaum (University of Washington) Scott MachLachlan (Tufts University) Dominique Orban (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal) Michael Overton (New York University) Chris Paige (McGill University) ------------------------------------------------------- From: Travis Austin [log in to unmask] Date: October 25, 2013 Subject: Engineer Position, HPC Scientist, MSC Software MSC Software, based in Newport Beach, CA, has an opening for a Development Engineer 3 and/or 4 - HPC Scientist. The HPC Scientist will create innovative parallel methods and implementations providing an overall speedup to company-wide products. We are particularly interested in job candidates with experience in solving large complex eigenvalue problems. This role is part of a distributed and highly collaborative team of motivated HPC Scientists driven to create the fastest HPC solutions possible. The successful candidate will be involved in reviewing parallel method proposals from fellow group members for merit and estimating time for development. Initial focus will be on the development of innovative eigenvalue solvers with additional focus on assisting in accelerating existing sparse direct and iterative solution methods. Please go to http://www.mscsoftware.com/careers/job-listings and refer to Job ID 1652. ------------------------------------------------------- From: JIE SHEN [log in to unmask] Date: October 22, 2013 Subject: Professor Position, Applied Mathematics, Purdue The Department of Mathematics at Purdue University invites applications for an appointment at the rank of tenured full professor to fill the newly endowed Andris A. Zoltners Professorship in Mathematics. A Ph.D. (or its equivalent) in mathematics or a closely related field is required. The target area is applied mathematics. We are expecting applications from candidates with an outstanding record of research accomplishment, internationally recognized stature, credentials suitable for immediate nomination as a Distinguished Professor, and great potential for future work. Direct all inquiries to [log in to unmask] Review of applications will begin immediately, and applications will be considered on a continuing basis until the position is filled. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Kyle Rader [log in to unmask] Date: October 22, 2013 Subject: Professor Position, Statistics, Arizona State Univ Associate or full Professor (JOB# 10571) School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Arizona State University The School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (SoMSS) at Arizona State University invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track position as associate or full professor in statistics or applied statistics beginning in fall 2014. Rank and tenure will be commensurate with experience. The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in the mathematical or statistical sciences with a research emphasis in statistics and/or its applications to other disciplines and an outstanding record of excellence in research and teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Applications must be submitted online through https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/5265 All applications must include the following: 1. Cover letter 2. Curriculum vitae 3. Personal statement addressing the candidate's research program 4. Statement of teaching and service/administrative experience 5. At least four names and e-mail addresses of experts who would be willing to serve as referees on the candidate's research, teaching and service (the referees will be contacted later for letters for those candidates who pass through an initial screening). The application deadline is December 10, 2013; if not filled, every two weeks thereafter until the search is closed. Informal inquiries may be sent to Al Boggess, Director of SoMSS ([log in to unmask]). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Boyce Griffith [log in to unmask] Date: October 25, 2013 Subject: Faculty Position, Applied Mathematics, UNC-Chapel Hill The Department of Mathematics of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a tenure track position in applied mathematics at the assistant professor level starting on July 1, 2014. Candidates are sought to enhance the interdisciplinary focus of the applied mathematics research group. We specifically seek applicants who will work to establish an externally funded research program that actively collaborates with researchers in the biological, computer, environmental, medical, physical, or social sciences. A Ph.D. or equivalent degree is required, and some postdoctoral experience, outstanding research promise, and dedication to excellent teaching are expected. To be considered for this position, applicants must apply online by December 1, 2013 both at: http://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/5240 and also at: http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/33233 Further information is available at http://www.math.unc.edu, and specific questions can be referred to Roberto Camassa at [log in to unmask] The University of North Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Smiley [log in to unmask] Date: October 23, 2013 Subject: Faculty Position, Mathematical Biology, Iowa State Univ The Department of Mathematics at Iowa State University invites applications for a position at the assistant or associate professor level beginning August 16, 2014. The Department is seeking a candidate with research expertise in the application of mathematics to the biological sciences, and demonstrated excellence in teaching. For more detailed information about the position and application requirements, interested candidates should consult the Department's web page: http://www.math.iastate.edu/pdfs/MathBio2014.pdf ------------------------------------------------------- From: Timo Betcke [log in to unmask] Date: October 22, 2013 Subject: Postdoc Fellowship, Univ College London The Department of Mathematics at University College London invites applications from outstanding postdoctoral researchers for the Clifford Fellowship in Mathematics. This is a new 3-year developmental research fellowship at UCL available from August 2014 for talented mathematicians. Candidates should, allowing for career and other breaks, have less than four years postdoctoral research experience in an academic environment. The successful candidate is expected to undertake high standard research in pure or applied mathematics leading to conference presentations and publications in leading journals, and to contribute to the research environment of the department through interaction with staff and students. A limited amount of teaching at undergraduate level will be expected. Application closing date is 1 December 2013. Interviews are planned for January 2014. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor Robb McDonald, Head of Department tel. +44 (0)20-7679-2853, email: [log in to unmask], Professor Valery Smyshlyaev, Head of Applied Mathematics tel. +44 (0)20-7679-3854, email: [log in to unmask], or Professor Leonid Parnovski, Head of Pure Mathematics tel. +44 (0)20-7679-2847, email: [log in to unmask] Further details are available at: https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi? owner=5041178&ownertype=fair&jcode=1372052 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Colin Cotter [log in to unmask] Date: October 28, 2013 Subject: Postdoc Position, Mathematics, Imperial College London A three year postdoc position is available at the Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, under the supervision of Dr Colin Cotter who has recently been appointed there. The position is funded from a NERC-funded project on understanding how discretisation error and model error around under-resolved fronts can effect the prediction of the large scale circulation in numerical weather prediction models. This project is in collaboration with Prof Mike Cullen at the UK Met Office. This project is at the interface between numerical analysis and geophysical fluid dynamics and we are inviting candidates with expertise in one or (preferably) both of these areas. A link to the application form, together with a detailed job description and person specification, for the position is given below: https://www4.ad.ic.ac.uk/OA_HTML/OA.jsp? page=/oracle/apps/irc/candidateSelfService/webui/VisVacDispPG&akRegionApplicationId =821&transactionid=804774554&retainAM=Y&addBreadCrumb=S&p_svid=42319&p_spi d=1639014&oapc=19&oas=cvpJW1Hlt8kWEkd4rJO3HA.. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Andreas Dedner [log in to unmask] Date: October 27, 2013 Subject: Postdoc Position, NA/Scientific Computing, Warwick, UK Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Numerical Analyis/Modelling/Scientific Computing to work with Dr. A. Dedner (University of Warwick, Mathematics), Prof S. Arridge (UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing) and Dr T. Betcke (UCL Mathematics) on schemes for coupling finite element and boundary element methods (FEM+BEM) with applications to medical imaging. The aim is to combine two existing packages (DUNE and BEM++), building a powerful software platform for solving a wide range of problems involving discretizations on surfaces and in bulk domains using HPC facilities. This is part of a large interdisciplinary group, researching finite element and boundary element methods, their application and implementation. The group involves both experts in FEM/BEM and in Electrical Impedance Tomography, Ultrasound and Optical Tomography, including industrial collaboration. Key Requirements: The Research Associate will contribute to the development of the methods and their implementation for large-scale problems on high performance computing facilities. A strong background in mathematics, scientific computing or related areas is required. In particular, candidates should have experience with finite and/or boundary element methods. Software development experience in C++ is essential. Further Details: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/jobs ------------------------------------------------------- From: Karl Meerbergen [log in to unmask] Date: October 27, 2013 Subject: Postdoc Positions, HPC for Life Sciences KU Leuven (Karl Meerbergen) and University of Antwerp (Wim Vanroose) have three postdoctoral research positions for a joint research project on high performance computing for Life Sciences. The project is funded in part by Intel and Johnson&Johnson pharmaceuticals. The topic of the research is the development of HPC algorithms for the solution of ODEs/PDEs with stochastic parameters with the aim to improve the efficiency of parameter estimation problems from the pharmaceutical industry. The successful candidate should be interested in high performance computing, inverse problems, high dimensional numerical integration and parametric model order reduction and is expected to have expertise in at least one of these themes. In addition, the interested candidate should be willing to develop code in C++. The researchers will work in close collaboration with both teams from Leuven and Antwerp and scientists from Johnson&Johnson and Intel. Part of the time will be spent in the ExaScience lab in Leuven, an interdisciplinary lab on software, bio-statistics, bio-informatics and hardware simulation. The initial contract is for one year with a possible extension after positive evaluation. Candidates should send their CV with full list of publication to [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Marcus Garvie [log in to unmask] Date: October 24, 2013 Subject: PhD Position, Finite Element Simulation, Univ of Guelph, Canada A PhD position is offered in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Guelph, Ontario Canada, see http://www.mathstat.uoguelph.ca/ The application area is mathematical ecology, in particular, metapopulation dynamics, which will combine theoretical techniques from Reaction Diffusion Equations (systems of Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)), the Finite Element Method (a numerical method for solving PDEs), and Scientific Computing. The project will involve the modeling, simulation and analysis of fully spatially structured metapopulation dynamics, with the ultimate goal of contributing to our understanding of the conservation of species in fragmented habitats. The PhD researcher will work in a department of applied mathematicians with outstanding expertise in mathematical biology. The PhD position offers excellent opportunity to gain expertise in computational mathematics (e.g. the Finite Element Method), scientific computing (e.g., MATLAB, commercial PDE solvers), Partial Differential Equations, and Applied Mathematics in general. The candidate must have an MSc degree in an appropriate area of Applied Mathematics, or Computational Mathematics / Numerical Analysis. The candidate should be a landed immigrant of Canada (i.e. Permanant Resident) or be fully self funded, have excellent writing skills, and be willing to learn some rigorous mathematics in addition to applications. Good programming skills is an advantage. Interested candidates will need to make a formal application via https://www.uoguelph.ca/graduatestudies/apply . Further information about the application procedure can be obtained from the graduate secretary Susan McCormick ([log in to unmask]). The advisor is Prof. M.R. Garvie, see http://www.uoguelph.ca/~mgarvie/ from whom further details can be obtained concerning the research project. Closing date: February 15, 2014. Please apply as soon as possible. Starting date: Fall 2014 (early September). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Wim Michiels [log in to unmask] Date: October 26, 2013 Subject: PhD Positions, KU Leuven PhD positions "Computational methods for nonlinear eigenvalue problems and eigenvalue optimization, with applications in control and structural dynamics" Nonlinear eigenvalue problems of a high current interest,primarily in numerical linear algebra and scientific computing (e.g. in the context of solving partial differential equations). Important developments have also taken place in engineering, in particular systems and control, and in physics. The Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics Section of KU Leuven has recently gained key expertise on iterative methods for solving eigenvalue problems that are nonlinear in the eigenvalue parameter. The aim of the PhD research is to advance the state-of-the-art in two complementary direction. The first one is on eigenvalue optimization. The optimization problems stem from the analysis of eigenvalue problems with uncertainty and from the synthesis of controller or design parameters. Applications are mainly envisaged in systems and control and in structural dynamics, in the framework of the Optimization in Engineering Centre OPTEC. The second direction is on computing and optimizing eigenvalues where the nonlinearity is not only in the eigenvalue but also in the eigenvector. The eigenvector nonlinearity can be inherent to the problem, as in quantum physics problems, but may also arise in computational schemes for solving matrix distance problems. More information about the positions and application instructions can be found at http://people.cs.kuleuven.be/wim.michiels/vacancy-eig.pdf ------------------------------------------------------- From: Piotr Matus [log in to unmask] Date: October 24, 2013 Subject: Contents, Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics, 13 (4) COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS Vol. 13 (2013), No. 4 The Contribution of Piotr Matus to Computational Mathematics, Lemeshevsky, Sergey / Sherbaf, Almas / Vabishchevich, Petr; pp. 363-368 On 3D DDFV Discretization of Gradient and Divergence Operators: Discrete Functional Analysis Tools and Applications to Degenerate Parabolic Problems, Andreianov, Boris / Bendahmane, Mostafa / Hubert, Florence; pp. 369-410 Rolf Dieter Grigorieff. Applications of Functional Analysis, Emmrich, Etienne / Hoppe, Ronald H. W. / Kornhuber, Ralf; pp. 411- 414 Sparse Optimal Control of the Schlögl and FitzHugh–Nagumo Systems, Casas, Eduardo / Ryll, Christopher / Tröltzsch, Fredi; pp. 415-442 Operator Differential-Algebraic Equations Arising in Fluid Dynamics, Emmrich, Etienne / Mehrmann, Volker; pp. 443-470 A Second Order Approximation for Quasilinear Non-Fickian Diffusion Models, Ferreira, José A. / Gudiño, Elias / de Oliveira, Paula; pp. 471-494 A Short Theory of the Rayleigh–Ritz Method, Yserentant, Harry; pp. 495-502 For more information, please, visit http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/cmam . All CMAM ahead of print papers can be viewed at http://www.degruyter.com/printahead/j/cmam . ------------------------------------------------------- From: Joseph Traub [log in to unmask] Date: October 25, 2013 Subject: Contents, Journal of Complexity, 30 (1) Journal of Complexity Volume 30, Issue 1, February 2014 CONTENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS - Christoph Aistleitner Wins the 2013 Information-Based Complexity Young Researcher Award - Nominations for 2014 Information-Based Complexity Young Researcher Award REGULAR ARTICLES Compressed sensing with sparse binary matrices: Instance optimal error guarantees in near-optimal time, M. Iwen A Lower Bound for the Discrepancy of a Random Point Set, B. Doerr The Cost of Deterministic, Adaptive, Automatic Algorithms: Cones, Not Balls, N. Clancy, Y. Ding, C. Hamilton, F. Hickernell, Y. Zhang Level permutation method for constructing uniform designs under the wrap-around L2 discrepancy 1, G. Xu, J. Zhang, Y. Tang Quasi-Polynomial Tractability of Linear Problems in the Average Case Setting, X. Guiqiao Weighted discrepancy and numerical integration in function spaces, H. Triebel On lower bounds for integration of multivariate permutation-invariant functions, M. Weimar Construction of Uniform Designs Without Replications, B. Jiang, M. Ai ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************