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Subject: NA Digest, V. 14, # 31 NA Digest Wednesday, September 10, 2014 Volume 14 : Issue 31 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs [log in to unmask] Today's Topics: Course notes/videos for Numerical Linear Algebra, graduate level New Book, Nonlinear parameter optimization using R tools Numerical Simulation in Energy Storage, USA, Sep-Oct 2014 Bilevel Optimal Control, Germany, Oct 2014 Nanoscience and Mathematics, Spain, Oct 2014 FSI Workshop, France, Nov 2014 Conference Honoring L. Halpern, France, Jan 2015 High Performance Scientific Computing, Vietnam, Mar 2015 High Performance Computing, USA, Apr 2015 Approx Meth/Modeling in Env/Natural Resources, France, Jun 2015 Large-Scale Scientific Computations, Bulgaria, Jun 2015 Chair Position, Mathematics, Univ of Alabama Postdoc Position, Big Data, UQ, ICES, UT Austin Postdoc Position, Numerical Analysis, Aalto Univ Postdoc Positions, Modelling in Systems and Synthetic Biology Contents, Information and Inference, 3 (3) Contents, Journal of Scientific Computing, 61 (1) Contents, Siberian Journal of Numerical Mathematics, 17 (3) 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: Robert van de Geijn [log in to unmask] Date: September 05, 2014 Subject: Course notes/videos for Numerical Linear Algebra, graduate level This semester, I am video taping my lectures and posting my notes for "Numerical Analysis: Linear Algebra", an introductory graduate level course on numerical linear algebra. The course follows topics roughly in the same order as does the book "Numerical Linear Algebra" by Trefethen and Bau. Some students of my course have in the past found the alternative explanations and notation that we use insightful. The material also links to the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled "Linear Algebra: Foundations to Frontiers" (LAFF), an introductory undergraduate course in linear algebra that we presented last Spring (and will offer again this coming Spring) on the edX platform. Materials for that course can be found at http://www.ulaff.net. The materials are a work in progress. Every week, I race with the clock to write notes and edit the videos. Sometimes I forget to turn on the microphone, and the videos don't turn out... Whoever uses these materials does so at his/her own risk. Feel free to point your students to http://wiki.cs.utexas.edu/rvdg/CS383Fall2014, which is where the materials can be found by clicking on the "Calendar" link. Obviously I am not in a position to answer questions of students via e-mail, but there are instructions so that students can use a piazza forum to help each other. ------------------------------------------------------- From: John Nash [log in to unmask] Date: September 02, 2014 Subject: New Book, Nonlinear parameter optimization using R tools Wiley UK recently published my new book "Nonlinear parameter optimization using R tools". I'm happy they've kept the price in the affordable range (circa $80) for a hardback. The aim is to help mostly non-numerical-analyst users choose and use methods for estimating nonlinear parameters using tools available in R. R now has over 6000 official add-in packages and a very wide user base (figures of the order of 2 million users are quoted). R is available for most platforms and is open-source. NA News readers may find the book useful in illustrating and discussing strategies for providing computational tools to users that are powerful and flexible but still tolerably easy to use. NA Digest readers may be also interested that the book was developed with Yihui Xie's knitR, which is set up to allow R code to be embedded in LaTeX source of the book and produce the relevant code blocks and graphics as a completed pdf ready for printing. For non-R users, at the recent UseR!2014, he and I added a Fortran language engine to knitR (http://yihui.name/knitr/demo/engines/). These allow similar functionality for other programming languages. I'll be happy to provide more information off-list. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Dr. R. Bradley Shumbera [log in to unmask] Date: September 05, 2014 Subject: Numerical Simulation in Energy Storage, USA, Sep-Oct 2014 The Institute for Scientific Computation at Texas A&M University, in collaboration with Texas A&M's Department of Mechanical Engineering and the College of Engineering at DHBW (Baden- Württemberg Cooperative State University) Mannheim, Germany, is pleased to host a one-week international summer school on numerical simulation with emphasis on energy storage. Fundamental physicochemical transport mechanisms in rechargeable lithium-ion battery electrodes and relevant mathematical modeling and analysis will be discussed. Venue: Texas A&M University, Mechanical Engineering Room 501 Dates: Sept. 29 - Oct. 3, 2014 If interested, contact: Dr. Volker P. Schulz, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, DHBW Mannheim, Germany ([log in to unmask]) Dr. Partha P. Mukherjee, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M ([log in to unmask]) Dr. Yalchin Efendiev, Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Institute for Scientific Computation, Texas A&M ([log in to unmask]) This international summer school is supported by the President and Vice President of DHBW Mannheim, the Institute for Scientific Computation at Texas A&M, and Texas A&M's Department of Mechanical Engineering. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Kathrin Hatz [log in to unmask] Date: September 10, 2014 Subject: Bilevel Optimal Control, Germany, Oct 2014 Workshop on Bilevel Optimal Control - Combining Theoretical and Numerical Approaches, October 20-22, 2014 Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Germany http://www.mathcomp.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php?id=274 Please register for participation by sending an email to [log in to unmask] Topics include - Optimality conditions for bilevel optimal control problems - Numerical methods for solving bilevel optimal control problems - Relations to MPECs, bilevel programming and parametric optimization - Discussion of open questions and challenges - Challenging applications from science and industry Confirmed Speakers: - Matthias Gerdts (München) - Christian Kanzow (Würzburg) - Christian Kirches (Heidelberg) - Todd Munson (Argonne National Laboratory) - Rüdiger Schultz (Duisburg-Essen) - Sonja Steffensen (Aachen) - Oliver Stein (Karlsruhe) - T. M. Surowiec (Berlin) - Jane Ye (Victoria) - Alain Zemkoho (Birmingham) ------------------------------------------------------- From: Juan Montijano [log in to unmask] Date: September 05, 2014 Subject: Nanoscience and Mathematics, Spain, Oct 2014 Second Workshop on Nanoscience and Mathematics (NanoMath 2014) October 1st to 3rd, 2014 Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain http://iuma.unizar.es/es/actividades/nanomath2014 Nanotechnology is a truly interdisciplinary subject, a field of rapidly growing importance in the last years. Research in this field is dominated by experiment and computation, whilst the associated theory required to advance development is lagging behind. Here, mathematics can play an important role. "Nanomath 2014" is the second of a series on this topic, intended to bring together mathematicians, chemists, physicists, engineers to explore the potential for mathematicians and experimental scientists to gain a better insight into the workings of the nanoworld. The meeting will be held at the Instituto de Investigación en Matemáticas y Aplicaciones of the University of Zaragoza (IUMA). It will be primarily educational, with an emphasis on recent developments in Applied Mathematical Modelling, consisting of lectures of a general, expository nature related to nanotechnology and interspersed with related research presentations. For further information, including the list of speakers, and details about poster or communication submissions, please visit the website http://iuma.unizar.es/es/actividades/nanomath2014 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Miguel A. Fernández [log in to unmask] Date: September 08, 2014 Subject: FSI Workshop, France, Nov 2014 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON NUMERICAL METHODS AND APPLICATIONS IN FLUID- STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS November 24-25, 2014, Grenoble, France The workshop will focus on new research trends in fluid-structure interaction and is intended to provide an up-to-date view of recent results based on different modeling and computational aspects (ALE, Fully Eulerian, Lagrangian, fitted/unfitted meshes, coupling schemes, etc.) Invited speakers: E. Burman (University College London, UK) S. Canic (University of Houston, USA) L. Gastaldi (Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy) A. Iollo (Université de Bordeaux, France) A. Lozinski (Université de Franche-Comté, France) B. Maury (Université Paris-Sud XI, France) T. Richter (Universität Heidelberg, Germany) C. Vergara (Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy) W. van Rees (ETH Zürich, Switzerland) W. Wall (Technische Universität München, Germany) Web site: http://sites.google.com/site/grenoblefsi14 Organizers: G.-H. Cottet, M.A. Fernández, J.-F. Gerbeau, E. Maitre ------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin J. Gander [log in to unmask] Date: September 05, 2014 Subject: Conference Honoring L. Halpern, France, Jan 2015 We organize a conference in applied mathematics in honor of Laurence Halpern's birthday at the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris, January 20-22, 2015. Invites speakers: M. Amara (Université de Pau) P. Joly (INRIA) A. Bendali (CERFACS) J.J.Marigo (École Polytechnique) Y. Brenier (École Polytechnique) F. Nataf (UPMC) O. Ciobanu (Paris 13 et Onera) J.C. Nédélec (Polytechnique) G.H. Cottet (Univ. Joseph-Fourier) J. Rauch (Univ. of Michigan) P. Degond (Imperial Col. London) M. Schoenauer (INRIA) B. Engquist (University of Texas) J. Szeftel (UPMC) J.C. Guillot (École Polytechnique) N. Trefethen (Oxford) A detailed program and further information is available at https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/conferenceDisplay.py?ovw=True&confId=553 The registration deadline is 19.12.2014, at https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/confRegistrationFormDisplay.py/display?confId=553 A limited number of posters can be proposed until 19.12.2014 at https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/conferenceCFA.py?confId=553 Organizers: F. Caetano, M.J. Gander, F. Hubert, C. Japhet, S. Labbé, O. Lafitte, V. Martin, J. Ryan, K. Santugini, J. Szeftel Contact: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Phan Thanh An [log in to unmask] Date: September 03, 2014 Subject: High Performance Scientific Computing, Vietnam, Mar 2015 6th International Conference on High Performance Scientific Computing Date: 03/16/2015 - 03/20/2015 Location: Hanoi, Vietnam URL: hpsc.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/HPSCHanoi2015 Description: The conference is jointly organized by Heidelberg Institute of Theoretical Studies (HITS), Institute of Mathematics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), University of Heidelberg, and Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics. Topics: mathematical modeling, numerical simulation, methods for optimization and control, parallel computing (architectures, algorithms, tools and environments), software development applications of scientific computing (in physics, mechanics, hydrology, chemistry, biology, medicine, transport, logistics, site location, communication, scheduling, industry, business, finance...) The conference proceedings with selected high-quality contributions will be published by Springer. Deadline for registration and submission of abstracts: September 29, 2014. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Karl Rupp [log in to unmask] Date: September 04, 2014 Subject: High Performance Computing, USA, Apr 2015 23rd High Performance Computing Symposium (HPC'15) Part of the SCS Spring Simulation Multiconference (SpringSim'15) April 12-15, 2015 | Alexandria, VA, USA http://hosting.cs.vt.edu/hpc2015/ Paper submission due: November 22, 2014 Notification of acceptance: January 9, 2015 Revised manuscript: February 10, 2015 The 2015 Spring Simulation Multiconference will feature the 23rd High Performance Computing Symposium (HPC 2015), devoted to the impact of high performance computing and communications on computer simulations. Topics of interest include: - High performance/large scale application case studies - GPU for general purpose computations (GPGPU) - Multicore and many-core computing - Power aware computing - Cloud, distributed, and grid computing - Asynchronous numerical methods and programming - Hybrid system modeling and simulation - Large scale visualization and data management - Tools and environments for coupling parallel codes - Parallel algorithms and architectures - High performance software tools - Resilience at the simulation level - Component technologies for high performance computing ------------------------------------------------------- From: Amaziane [log in to unmask] Date: September 05, 2014 Subject: Approx Meth/Modeling in Env/Natural Resources, France, Jun 2015 6th International Conference on Approximation Methods and Numerical Modeling in Environment and Natural Resources (MAMERN VI-2015) June 1-5, 2015, Pau, France http://mamern15.sciencesconf.org/ Contact: [log in to unmask] Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1st February, 2015 Topics: Approximation and modeling applied to environment sciences and natural resources; New applications and developments in approximation methods; Mathematics and computation in geosciences; Modeling of ecosystems; Oceanographic and coastal engineering; Numerical modeling of flow and transport in porous media; Mathematical analysis of models in porous media; Multi-Scale Modeling of Flow and Transport in Porous Media; Statistical modeling in geosciences; Stochastic partial differential equations Selected papers from MAMERN VI-2015 will be published, after a refereeing process, as a Special Issue of the Journal MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS IN SIMULATION ------------------------------------------------------- From: Svetozar Margenov [log in to unmask] Date: September 03, 2014 Subject: Large-Scale Scientific Computations, Bulgaria, Jun 2015 The 10th International Conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computations will take place in June 8-12, 2015, Sozopol, Bulgaria. LSSC'15 is organized by the Department of Scientific Computations, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. A detailed information is available at: http://parallel.bas.bg/Conferences/SciCom15/ Following the tradition, the topics of interest include: Hierarchical, adaptive, domain decomposition and local refinement methods; Robust preconditioning algorithms; Monte Carlo methods and algorithms; Numerical linear algebra; Control systems; Parallel algorithms and performance analysis; Large-scale computations of environmental, biomedical and engineering problems. Applications for organizing special sessions are welcome till the end of September. Conference chairman: Prof. Svetozar Margenov Conference secretary: Mrs. Silvia Grozdanova E-mail: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Michele Farley [log in to unmask] Date: September 03, 2014 Subject: Chair Position, Mathematics, Univ of Alabama The University of Alabama seeks an outstanding individual at the rank of Associate or Full Professor for the position of Chair of the Department of Mathematics. The successful candidate must be nationally/internationally recognized, with an active research program that includes external funding, and with the ability to help shape a progressive thriving department within a university whose student enrollment has nearly doubled in the last ten years and whose trajectory is upwards. The applicant should possess proven leadership abilities, preferably with administrative experience, and have an understanding and enthusiasm for both the teaching and research missions. The area of expertise of the applicant is open, but should complement those of the existing faculty and future plans for growth in the Department. The University of Alabama is the flagship campus of a three-campus system. The University is located in Tuscaloosa, a city of approximately 100,000. The UA Department of Mathematics has 28 tenured/tenure track faculty, 11 full time instructors and 40 graduate students, with research programs in algebra, analysis, fluid dynamics, image processing, mathematics education, optimization, scientific computing, statistics, stochastic processes and topology. The department has an in-house Mathematics Ph. D. program and a joint Applied Mathematics Ph. D. program with the other two campuses. The UA Mathematics program places emphasis on quality education at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Applicants should apply online at https://facultyjobs.ua.edu/postings/35868; attach a curriculum vita along with a letter of application and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to [log in to unmask] Statements of administrative and leadership philosophy, research plans, and teaching philosophy and interests should also be included. Potential candidates may contact the chairperson of the search committee, Dr. Martyn Dixon, at [log in to unmask] if additional information is desired. Beginning October 15, 2014, applications and nominations will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. The position is scheduled to start on August 16, 2015, or as negotiated. The University of Alabama is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action employer and actively seeks diversity among its employees. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about the Department and the University visit our website at http://www.math.ua.edu. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Tan Bui [log in to unmask] Date: September 05, 2014 Subject: Postdoc Position, Big Data, UQ, ICES, UT Austin There is an immediate postdoc position to work on big data problems in statistical inverse problems and UQ at the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, UT Austin. The position is funded under two DOE grants,: Extreme-scale Bayesian inference for uncertainty quantification of complex simulations, and Active subspace methods for data- intensive inverse problems. The position is up to three years depending on the performance. Salary will be increased every year and the increasing amount depends again on performance. Candidates are invited to contact Tan Bui-Thanh at [log in to unmask] for more details. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Antti Hannukainen [log in to unmask] Date: September 05, 2014 Subject: Postdoc Position, Numerical Analysis, Aalto Univ The numerical analysis and operator theory group at the Department of Mathematics and Systems analysis of Aalto University has an open postdoctoral research position. The postdoctoral researcher is expected to conduct independent research as well as to participate in a joint project with the research group of electromechanics at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation. The topic of the project is the energy balance in the finite element analysis of electrical machines. A successful candidate has a PhD in mathematics or a related area and a strong background in scientific computing, finite element simulation, linear algebra and ordinary differential equations. The position is for one year with a possible extension for another year, starting preferably in December 2014 and no later than January 2015. The deadline for the application is October 1st. For more details on how to apply, see http://www.aalto.fi/en/about/careers/jobs/view/237/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Tatiana T. Marquez-Lago [log in to unmask] Date: September 08, 2014 Subject: Postdoc Positions, Modelling in Systems and Synthetic Biology We are looking for two enthusiastic scientists to helps us develop novel analysis tools and stochastic/multiscaled methods, widely applicable to gene expression and cell biology. The ideal candidates will have a strong background in mathematical modelling (ideally some numerical analysis and probability), a PhD in a related field, and a strong interest to collaborate with experimental biologists and theoreticians. Strong programming skills in Matlab are mandatory, while additional experience in C/C++ and Python is desirable but not essential. Additionally, experience with dynamical systems (ODEs, PDEs) is expected, while evidenced experience in biological/chemical reaction modeling and stochastic simulation will be considered a plus. Specific projects will entail constant feedback and cooperation with our home-based wet lab, and experimental and theoretical groups inside and outside Japan. Thus, the postdoc is expected to have excellent personal and communication skills, and to communicate research to interdisciplinary audiences. The successful candidate will join the Integrative Systems Biology Unit of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), and will work under the supervision of Prof. Tatiana Marquez-Lago. OIST's language of instruction is English, and a large segment of the faculty and student population is international. Details of our lab can be found in (https://groups.oist.jp/isbu), while further details of the position can be found in (http://www.oist.jp/careers/postdoctoral-scholar-integrative-systems-biology-unit). One of the positions is available immediately, and the second has a negotiable start date within the next 5 months. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Neha Mistry [log in to unmask] Date: September 10, 2014 Subject: Contents, Information and Inference, 3 (3) Information and Inference: A Journal of the IMA Links to all articles in this issue are available online at: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/page/5984/2 Articles 1-Bit matrix completion, Mark A. Davenport, Yaniv Plan, Ewout van den Berg, and Mary Wootters Living on the edge: phase transitions in convex programs with random data, Dennis Amelunxen, Martin Lotz, Michael B. McCoy, and Joel A. Tropp ------------------------------------------------------- From: Chi-Wang Shu [log in to unmask] Date: September 05, 2014 Subject: Contents, Journal of Scientific Computing, 61 (1) Journal of Scientific Computing http://www.springeronline.com/journal/10915 Volume 61, Number 1, October 2014 A Robust Adaptive Grid Method for a System of Two Singularly Perturbed Convection-Diffusion Equations with Weak Coupling, Li-Bin Liu and Yanping Chen, pp.1-16. Nonmonotone Barzilai–Borwein Gradient Algorithm for TeX -Regularized Nonsmooth Minimization in Compressive Sensing, Yunhai Xiao, Soon-Yi Wu and Liqun Qi, pp.17-41. Multi-scale Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Solving Elliptic Problems with Curvilinear Unidirectional Rough Coefficients, Yifan Zhang, Wei Wang, Johnny Guzman and Chi-Wang Shu, pp.42-60. Weighted Non-linear Compact Schemes for the Direct Numerical Simulation of Compressible, Turbulent Flows, Debojyoti Ghosh and James D. Baeder, pp.61-89. Acoustic Wave Propagation in Complicated Geometries and Heterogeneous Media, Kristoffer Virta and Ken Mattsson, pp.90-118. Partitioned and Implicit–Explicit General Linear Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations, Hong Zhang, Adrian Sandu and Sebastien Blaise, pp.119-144. Separation of Variables for Function Generated High-Order Tensors, M. Bebendorf and C. Kuske, pp.145-165. On the Galerkin/Finite-Element Method for the Serre Equations, Dimitrios Mitsotakis, Boaz Ilan and Denys Dutykh, pp.166-195. Lower Bounds for Eigenvalues of Elliptic Operators: By Nonconforming Finite Element Methods, Jun Hu, Yunqing Huang and Qun Lin, pp.196-221. A Coupled Lattice Boltzmann Method to Solve Nernst–Planck Model for Simulating Electro-osmotic Flows, Xuguang Yang, Baochang Shi, Zhenhua Chai and Zhaoli Guo, pp.222-238. ------------------------------------------------------- From: SibJNM [log in to unmask] Date: September 03, 2014 Subject: Contents, Siberian Journal of Numerical Mathematics, 17 (3) CONTENTS, Siberian Journal of Numerical Mathematics Volume 17, No. 3, 2014 For information to contributors and about subscriptions see http://www.sscc.ru/SibJNM/ Afanasyev I.V., A cellular automata model of three organisms populations in lake Baikal (in Russian), pp. 217-227 Lutsenko N.A., Tarasov G.V., Gyrnik K.A., An OpenMP version of the parallel algorithm for calculation of unsteady gas flow through porous objects with energy sources: Analysis and Application (in Russian), pp. 229-244 Orlov A.V., Malyshev A.V., The test problem generation for quadratic-linear pessimistic bilevel optimization (in Russian), pp. 245-257 Romankov A.S., Romenski E.I., The Runge--Kutta/WENO method for solving equations for small-amplitude wave propagation in a saturated porous medium (in Russian), pp. 259-271 Tripathy M., Sinha Rajen Kumar, Convergence of $H^1$-Galerkin mixed finite element method for parabolic problems with reduced regularity of initial data (in Russian), pp. 273-288 Shary S.P., On the full rank interval matrices (in Russian), pp. 289-304 Shlychkov V.A., Krylova A.I., A numerical model of density currents in estuaries of the Siberian rivers (in Russian), pp. 305-313 ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************