Subject: NA Digest, V. 14, # 36 NA Digest Friday, October 17, 2014 Volume 14 : Issue 36 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs [log in to unmask] Today's Topics: BGCE Student Paper Prize BlockIP: optimization package for large convex block-angular problems STK 2.2.0 released New Book, Integral Dynamical Models New Book, Variational Analysis in Sobolev and BV Spaces Multiscale Model Reduction, China, Dec 2014 Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Spain, Jun 2015 Sparse Days, France, Jun-Jul 2015 Chair Position, Mathematics, SMU Faculty Position, Applied Mathematics, Columbia Univ Faculty Position, UPRM Tenure Track Position, Computational Math, Wake Forest Univ Tenure Track Positions, Big Data, Univ of Nebraska at Omaha Tenure Track Positions, Leeds, UK Tenure Track Positions, Univ of Colorado Boulder Tenured Position, Rice Univ Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader Positions, Mathematical Sciences, Bath Visiting Professor Position, Applied Math, Northwestern Univ Postdoc Position, Rice Univ Postdoc Position, Scientific Computing, Brazil Postdoc Position, Statistical Mechanics of Soft Matter Postdoc Position, Texas A&M Postdoc Positions, SAMSI PhD Position, TU Dortmund Univ PhD Position, Univ of Puerto Rico PhD Positions, Sparse Matrices, Parallel Comp, Texas A&M New SMAI Journal of Computational Mathematics Special Issue, JMS on Adaptive Moving Mesh Methods Special Issue, TCS for Symbolic-Numeric Computation Contents, Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics, 14 (4) Contents, Numerical Algorithms, 67 (2) 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: Tobias Neckel [log in to unmask] Date: October 15, 2014 Subject: BGCE Student Paper Prize Let us direct your attention to the 5th BGCE Student Paper Prize to be awarded at the 2015 SIAM CS&E Conference, March 14-18, 2015, in Salt Lake City, Utah, for outstanding student work in the field of Computational Science and Engineering. Founder of the prize is the Bavarian Graduate School of Computational Engineering (BGCE, http://www.bgce.de/ ). The prize winner will be invited to spend one week (air fare and lodging expenses covered) in Bavaria, Germany, visiting BGCE sites in Erlangen and Muenchen and getting in contact with BGCE's educational and research program. The main objective is to promote excellent students in CS&E and to foster international exchange at an early career stage. Eligible for the prize will be undergraduate and graduate students prior to receiving their PhD (at date of submission). Candidates are required to summarize their work in a short paper of at most 4 pages. The prize finalists will be asked to present their work at SIAM CS&E 2015 with a talk to be given in a special "CS&E Student Prize Minisymposium" (on March 15, 2015). The papers and talks will be evaluated by an international prize committee. Excluded from the competition are only students from our own universities, FAU and TUM. Deadline for submissions to the BGCE Student Paper Prize is December 14, 2014. Submissions should be sent in pdf format via email to [log in to unmask] Since we are interested in a broad and high-level competition, as we had it in 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2013, we ask you to encourage suitable candidates in your group or department to submit a paper and to support their participation in SIAM CS&E 2015. Please see http://www.bgce.de/news/bgce_prize_5th.html for details. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Jordi Castro [log in to unmask] Date: October 10, 2014 Subject: BlockIP: optimization package for large convex block-angular problems BlockIP implements a specialized interior-point algorithm for large scale convex separable problems (linear, quadratic or nonlinear) with block-angular structure. For some classes of block-angular problems it was from one to three orders of magnitude faster than state-of-the-art standard optimization solvers. To download the package and for more information about it: http://www-eio.upc.es/~jcastro/BlockIP.html ------------------------------------------------------- From: Julien Bect [log in to unmask] Date: October 10, 2014 Subject: STK 2.2.0 released STK 2.2.0 has been released, please check it out! http://sourceforge.net/projects/kriging/ http://octave.sourceforge.net/stk/ STK is a (not so) Small Toolbox for Kriging. Its primary focus in on the interpolation / regression technique known as kriging, which is very closely related to Splines and Radial Basis Functions, and can be interpreted as a non-parametric Bayesian method using a Gaussian Process (GP) prior. The STK also provides tools for the sequential and non-sequential design of experiments. Even though it is, currently, mostly geared towards the Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments (DACE), the STK can be useful for other applications areas (such as Geostatistics, Machine Learning, Non-parametric Regression, etc.). A summary of user-visible changes is available here: http://kriging.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/NEWS.html STK is fully compatible with both GNU Octave (from release 3.2.4 onwards) and Matlab (from release R2007a onwards). It is brought to you under the GNU Public Licence v3 (GPLv3). Julien Bect & Emmanuel Vazquez (Supelec, France) ------------------------------------------------------- From: Denis Sidorov [log in to unmask] Date: October 15, 2014 Subject: New Book, Integral Dynamical Models Integral Dynamical Models: Singularities, Signals and Control, by Denis N. Sidorov Integral dynamical models. Singularities, signals and control. (English) World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science Series A 87. Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific (ISBN 978-981-4619-18-9/hbk; 978-981-4619-20-2/ebook) 260 p. £ 63.00/hbk; £ 47.00/ebook (2014). This volume provides a broad introduction to nonlinear integral dynamical models and new classes of evolutionary integral equations. It may be used as an advanced textbook by postgraduate students to study integral dynamical models and their applications in machine learning, electrical and electronic engineering, operations research and image analysis. To order or for more about this book, including links to its table of contents, foreword, preface, and bibliography, please visit http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9278 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Bruce Bailey [log in to unmask] Date: October 09, 2014 Subject: New Book, Variational Analysis in Sobolev and BV Spaces Variational Analysis in Sobolev and BV Spaces: Applications to PDEs and Optimization, Second Edition, by Hedy Attouch, Giuseppe Buttazzo, and Gérard Michaille xii + 793 pages / Hardcover / 978-1-611973-47-1 / List Price $141.00 / SIAM/MOS Member Price $98.70 / Order Code MO17 This volume is an excellent guide for anyone interested in variational analysis, optimization, and PDEs. It offers a detailed presentation of the most important tools in variational analysis as well as applications to problems in geometry, mechanics, elasticity, and computer vision. The new edition features more than 150 pages of new and revised material, including an entirely new and comprehensive chapter devoted to gradient flows and the dynamical approach to equilibria. The book is intended for Ph.D. students, researchers, and practitioners who want to approach the field of variational analysis in a systematic way. To order or for more about this book, including links to its table of contents, preface, and index, please visit http://bookstore.siam.org/MO17. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Eric Chung [log in to unmask] Date: October 16, 2014 Subject: Multiscale Model Reduction, China, Dec 2014 2014 Winter School on Multiscale Model Reducation Date: Dec 8-12, 2014 Place: Hunan University, The College of Mathematics and Econometrics Main lecturer: Yalchin Efendiev, Texas A&M University Website: http://math.hnu.cn/winter_school/hnu_winter_school.html In this lecture series, we will give an overview of multiscale methods and discuss their applications and algorithms. The course will consist of lectures in the mornings and exercise sessions in the afternoons. We will discuss the following topics: 1. General introduction to multiscale problems. 2. Homogenization and numerical homogenization. Basic concepts and applications. 3. Global model reduction techniques. 4. Multiscale finite element methods and local model reduction. Linear and nonlinear problems. 5. Applications and algorithms. We intend the lectures for both graduate and undergraduate students, and particularly encourage graduate students and young researchers to participate in this course. Main Instructor: Professor Yalchin Efendiev is a leading expert in multiscale modeling and simulation. He currently serves as Mobil Chair in Computational Science, Director of the Institute for Scientific Computation (ISC), and Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M University. He is also the Director of the Numerical Porous Media SRI Center (NumPor) at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Financial support: We will provide free board and accommodations for selected graduate students during the winter school. Please contact Lijian Jiang ([log in to unmask]) for further information. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Mari Paz Calvo [log in to unmask] Date: October 09, 2014 Subject: Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Spain, Jun 2015 School “New Perspectives in Markov Chain Monte Carlo” June 8-12, 2015 Univerisity of Valladolid, Spain Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods are undoubtedly among the most important algorithms in science. The school “New Perspectives in Markov Chain Monte Carlo” is aimed at providing a survey of several recent developments in MCMC. There will be three courses of lectures taught by leading researchers; additionally, some participants will be given the opportunity of presenting their own results. The school is addressed to mathematicians, statisticians, and scientists interested in MCMC. PhD students and postdoctoral researchers attending the school may be financially supported by the organization. Further information can be founded at http://wmatem.eis.uva.es/npmcmc ------------------------------------------------------- From: Iain Duff [log in to unmask] Date: October 12, 2014 Subject: Sparse Days, France, Jun-Jul 2015 This is to announce that there will be a sparse days conference in St Girons, Ariege, France (one hour from Toulouse) from 29th June to 2nd July 2015. This conference can be thought of as a sequel to the meetings in St Girons in 1994 and 2003 and will be held in the context of a CIMI (http://www.cimi.univ-toulouse.fr/-What-is-CIMI-?lang=en) funded semester that includes four workshops and the conference. Because this is a longer and larger event, there will be no Sparse Days at CERFACS next year. There will shortly be more information about both the conference and the workshops. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Tom Hagstrom [log in to unmask] Date: October 09, 2014 Subject: Chair Position, Mathematics, SMU Applications are invited for the Clements Chair of Mathematics to begin in the fall semester of 2015. The department is searching for senior scholars with outstanding records of research in computational and applied mathematics as well as a strong commitment to teaching, including an established history of advising doctoral students. We are seeking candidates whose interests align with those of the department and who would contribute in a substantial way to the university’s initiatives in high performance computing and interdisciplinary research. In addition we expect the Clements Chair to provide leadership in the further development of our graduate and undergraduate programs. The Department of Mathematics offers graduate degrees in Computational and Applied Mathematics and includes 16 tenured or tenure-track faculty researchers, all of whom work in application areas. Visit http://www.smu.edu/math/ for more information. To apply send a letter of application with a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, research and teaching statements, and the names of three references to: The Faculty Search Committee, Department of Mathematics, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750156, Dallas, Texas, 75275-0156. The Search Committee can also be contacted by sending e-mail to [log in to unmask] (Tel: (214)768-2452; Fax: (214)768-2355). Applications received by December 1, 2014 will receive full consideration, but will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. A Ph.D. in applied mathematics or a related field is required. Applicants will be notified when the search is concluded. SMU, a private university with active graduate and undergraduate programs in the sciences and engineering, is situated in a quiet residential section of Dallas. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is America's fourth largest metropolitan area, and residents enjoy access to world-class cultural and entertainment activities. SMU will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status. SMU’s commitment to equal opportunity includes nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. Hiring is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of a background check. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Qiang Du [log in to unmask] Date: October 16, 2014 Subject: Faculty Position, Applied Mathematics, Columbia Univ The Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics (APAM) at Columbia University in the City of New York invites applications for a limited term Assistant Professor faculty position in the area of applied and computational mathematics. The position begins July 1, 2015 for a term of 2 years. Salary is competitive and teaching is relatively light. Basic responsibilities focus on teaching, research and service. A recent PhD and extraordinary promise in research are required. A broad array of research groups is active in the department, with current research encompassing applied and computational mathematics, and their application to many areas of physics, biology, materials, data and image processing, earth and environmental sciences. There are also a strong cohort of activities on applied and computational mathematics within the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the affiliated Institute of Data Science and Engineering. The Department is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community. Applicants should apply on-line at the following URL: http://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=59731 They should submit electronically the following: a current vita including a list of publications, a brief description of their current research work and future research interests, no more than two pre/reprints, and three letters of recommendation. The search will close no sooner than December 1, 2014, and will remain open until the position is filled. Applicants can consult http://www.apam.columbia.edu for more information about the department. Columbia University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Wilson Rivera [log in to unmask] Date: October 14, 2014 Subject: Faculty Position, UPRM The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM) invites candidates for a tenure-track position in Computer Science and Engineering. For more information: http://home.uprm.edu/hrjobs/showjob.php?id=537 http://cise.uprm.edu ------------------------------------------------------- From: Jennifer Erway [log in to unmask] Date: October 10, 2014 Subject: Tenure Track Position, Computational Math, Wake Forest Univ Applications are invited for one tenure-track position in Computational or Applied Mathematics at Wake Forest University at the assistant professor level beginning July 2015. Hiring at the associate professor level may be considered. We seek highly qualified candidates who have a commitment to excellence in both teaching and research. A Ph.D. in Mathematics or a related area is required. The department has twenty-one members and offers both a B.A. and a B.S. in Mathematics, a B.A. and a B.S. in Mathematical Statistics, a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Mathematics, and a B.S. in each of Mathematical Business and Mathematical Economics. The department has a graduate program offering an M.A. in Mathematics. The (non- tenured) tenure-track teaching load is two courses per semester. A complete application will include a letter of application, curriculum vitae, teaching statement, research statement, graduate transcripts and three letters of recommendation. The application deadline is December 1, 2014. Applicants are encouraged to post materials electronically at http://www.mathjobs.org. Hard copy can be sent to Dr. Edward Allen, Wake Forest University, Department of Mathematics, P.O. Box 7388, Winston-Salem, NC 27109. ([log in to unmask], http://www.math.wfu.edu) AA/EO employer. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Sanjukta Bhowmick [log in to unmask] Date: October 09, 2014 Subject: Tenure Track Positions, Big Data, Univ of Nebraska at Omaha The College of Information Science and Technology (IS&T) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha invites applications for two tenure-track/tenured positions as a part of the college wide big data recruitment initiative for a series of hires across several departments with opportunities for joint and inter-disciplinary collaborations. Candidates may apply as appropriate for their research interests to one or both of the following positions. Computer Science: Candidates particularly interested in the large scale data applications pertaining to learning analytics, social networking, and network sciences are highly encouraged to apply at http://bit.ly/2014CS_BD . Information Systems: Candidates particularly interested in big data management and decision support, big data quality, and the impact of big data on organizations and societies are highly encouraged to apply at http://bit.ly/2014ISQA_BD. To apply, please visit one of the links above or the UNO careers web site at http://careers.unomaha.edu/, create your account and apply for this position. Cover letter, curriculum vita and list of references must be attached to the electronic application. If you have any additional questions, please contact: Dept. of Computer Science Dr. Mahadevan Subramaniam, [log in to unmask], (402) 554-4984 Dept. of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Dr. Peter Wolcott, [log in to unmask], (402)-554-3158 The university and college have a strong commitment to achieving diversity among faculty and staff. We are particularly interested in applicants from underrepresented groups and strongly encourage women and persons of color to apply. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Jimack [log in to unmask] Date: October 12, 2014 Subject: Tenure Track Positions, Leeds, UK The University of Leeds is seeking to recruit up to 250 exceptional early career academics to tenure track equivalent Academic Fellowships, leading to Associate Professor positions, over the next three years. In the first round of recruitment (closing date 16th November 2014) a large number of posts have been advertised, including: - Complexity Science (School of Mathematics); - Computational Aspects of Geophysical or Environmental Fluid Dynamics (School of Mathematics); - Methods and Tools for Big Data Analytics (School of Computing); - Real-Time Engineering Simulation (School of Mechanical Engineering). Further details of these, and the other posts, are available at: http://250greatminds.leeds.ac.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Xiao-Chuan Cai [log in to unmask] Date: October 13, 2014 Subject: Tenure Track Positions, Univ of Colorado Boulder he Department of Computer Science (CS) at the University of Colorado Boulder seeks outstanding candidates for multiple tenure-track positions. The openings are targeted at the level of Assistant Professor, although exceptional candidates at higher ranks may be considered. Research areas of particular interest include secure and reliable software systems, numerical optimization and high-performance scientific computing, and network science and machine learning. The Department’s research and education efforts interact broadly with many interdisciplinary programs and collaborators in the Boulder area, including national labs at NIST, NOAA, NREL, and NCAR, and CU-Boulder research institutes including the BioFrontiers Institute and the Institute for Cognitive Science. The Department also has extensive ties with the thriving local tech community and inhabits a desirable and picturesque location in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Applications must be submitted on-line at: https://www.jobsatcu.com/postings/89652 The University of Colorado is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Fran Moshiri [log in to unmask] Date: October 10, 2014 Subject: Tenured Position, Rice Univ The Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics (www.caam.rice.edu) at Rice University in Houston, Texas, seeks outstanding candidates for a tenured associate or full professor position beginning July 1, 2015. Exceptional candidates for appointment at the rank of assistant professor will be considered. The Department offers and excellent research environment and hosts research programs in optimization, numerical linear algebra, control and inverse problems, partial differential equations, and scientific computing. Interdisciplinary work is a fundamental aspect of the Department’s program. Candidates must have a PhD in Applied Mathematics or a related field, in addition to an exceptional record of research and teaching in Applied Mathematics. Applications consisting of a letter of application, current curriculum vitae containing a list of publications, a description of research, and a statement on teaching should be submitted via the website www.MathJobs.Org. In addition, candidates should arrange for at least three letters of recommendations, which may be submitted on the same website. To receive full consideration the complete application must be received by December 1, 2014, but the committee will continue to accept applications until the position is filled. Equal Opportunity Employer- Females/Minorities/Veterans/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity ------------------------------------------------------- From: Ivan Graham [log in to unmask] Date: October 16, 2014 Subject: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader Positions, Mathematical Sciences, Bath University of Bath Department of Mathematical Sciences Strategic expansion in Mathematical Sciences The Department is advertising four new positions in the following areas: Statistics (closing date 3rd November 2014) Scientific Computing (closing date 12th November 2014) Networks or Inverse Problems (closing date 1st December 2014) Analysis (closing date 7th December 2014) The positions will be filled at either Lecturer (roughly equivalent to Assistant Professor), Senior Lecturer or Reader (roughly equivalent to Associate Professor) Level and we welcome applications from excellent candidates. Full details with links to the application procedures can be found on the Department home page http://www.bath.ac.uk/math-sci Informal enquiries can be directed to the Head of Department, Professor Ivan Graham ([log in to unmask]) ------------------------------------------------------- From: Lori Choi [log in to unmask] Date: October 08, 2014 Subject: Visiting Professor Position, Applied Math, Northwestern Univ Visiting Assistant Professorship in Applied Mathematics Northwestern University The Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics at Northwestern University (http://www.esam.northwestern.edu) invites applications for the position of Visiting Assistant Professor in Applied Mathematics. This is a one-year, non-tenure-track position with the possibility of renewal for a second year. Duties involve teaching and research in applied mathematics with a focus on applications in engineering and/or the sciences. More information about this position can be found at: http://www.esam.northwestern.edu/job-openings/index.html. The starting date is September 1, 2015. Outstanding candidates at all levels are encouraged to apply, but preference will be given to junior level candidates. The application package should include a cover letter, curriculum vita, statement of research accomplishments and interests, and statement of teaching experience and philosophy. The application should be submitted online at: https://facultysearch.mccormick.northwestern.edu/apply/index/Njc=. In addition, the applicant should arrange for at least two, but no more than three letters of recommendation. Recommendation letters will be automatically solicited from the letter writers by email after the names are entered in the online application system. Questions may be directed to Lori Choi at [log in to unmask] (subject line: Visiting Assistant Professor Search). To ensure full consideration, applications should be received by December 1, 2014, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer of all protected classes including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Fran Moshiri [log in to unmask] Date: October 10, 2014 Subject: Postdoc Position, Rice Univ The Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics (www.caam.rice.edu) at Rice University in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a Pfeiffer Postdoctoral Instructorship. All postdoctoral instructors in the Department are appointed for two academic years, with possible extension for a third year. The term of appointment may begin at any time after July 1, 2015. Candidates must have a recent PhD in Applied Mathematics and have demonstrated potential for excellence in both research and teaching. Instructors teach one lecture course each semester, and conduct research in collaboration with a faculty mentor. The Pfeiffer Instructorships honor Professor Paul Pfeiffer (1917-2012), a founding member of the department. Applications consisting of a letter of application, current vita, and descriptions of research plans and teaching experience should be submitted via the website www.MathJobs.Org. In addition, candidates should arrange for at least three letters of recommendations, which may be submitted on the same website. To receive full consideration the complete application must be received by February 1, 2015, but the committee will continue to accept applications until the position is filled. Equal Opportunity Employer- Females/Minorities/Veterans/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Joao Luiz F. Azevedo [log in to unmask] Date: October 10, 2014 Subject: Postdoc Position, Scientific Computing, Brazil Post-doctoral Position in Scientific Computing – Brazil The Center for Mathematical Sciences Applied to Industry (CEPID–CeMEAI) has a post-doctoral position available for starting immediately. The proposed work and requirements for the position are described below. The scholarship is R$ 6.143,40 per month, tax free. The appointed post-doctoral researcher may also get return travel from his/her country to Brazil paid by the grant. CeMEAI is a consortium of several universities and research institutes in the State of São Paulo, in Brazil. The position is initially for one year, renewable for a second year pending on suitable performance. This particular position will be filled at Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço (IAE), in São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil. Title: Numerical Investigation of Hypersonic Vehicles under Thermochemical Non-Equilibrium Conditions Requirements: Candidates must hold a doctoral degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering, or in a related area, with demonstrated experience in the calculation of hypersonic flows. They should submit a comprehensive CV, which indicates their previous experience especially as it relates to the subject matter of the present proposal, and two letters of recommendation from university professors, as soon as possible. Interested Candidates Should Contact: Dr. João Luiz F. Azevedo Aerodynamics Division Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço DCTA/IAE/ALA 12228-903 – São José dos Campos – SP – Brazil E-mail: [log in to unmask] Office Phone No.: +55-12-3947-6488 Contract Condition: Grant from FAPESP under the Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers (RIDC-CeMEAI) (http://www.fapesp.br/en/17, http://www.cemeai.icmc.usp.br/ ) ------------------------------------------------------- From: Serafim Kalliadasis [log in to unmask] Date: October 10, 2014 Subject: Postdoc Position, Statistical Mechanics of Soft Matter Salary: £33,410 to £42,380 per annum Applications are invited by highly talented researchers for a 36 months Postdoctoral Research Associate position funded by the EPSRC Grant “Statistical Mechanics of Soft Matter: Derivation, analysis and implementation of dynamic density functional theories” under the joint supervision of Prof. Serafim Kalliadasis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, Prof. Grigorios A. Pavliotis, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College and Dr. Benjamin D. Goddard, School of Mathematics, The University of Edinburgh. The project concerns the development and implementation of both theoretical and computational methodologies for the description of classical fluids using elements from applied and computational mathematics, statistical mechanics and stochastic processes. The ultimate aim is the derivation, analysis and understanding of reduced, low-dimensional models which allow the systematic predictive analysis of soft matter in a wide range of physically, biologically and technologically relevant settings. This will also guide and motivate numerical experiments to validate the theoretical predictions. The successful candidate should have a PhD (or equivalent) in Mathematics, Engineering, Science, or other related area and a strong foundation on general mathematical modelling, mathematical techniques (analytical and numerical), thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. A good knowledge of density functional theory of classical fluids is highly desirable. If you would like to discuss the project, please contact Prof. Serafim Kalliadasis at [log in to unmask], Telephone: +44-(0)-20-7594-1373, postal address: Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Tim Davis [log in to unmask] Date: October 15, 2014 Subject: Postdoc Position, Texas A&M The Computer Science and Engineering Department at Texas A&M offers a postdoctoral position for research in high-performance GPU computing, under the direction of Tim Davis (formerly at the University of Florida). As a newly NVIDIA designated CUDA Research Center, we are developing new algorithms for sparse direct methods that exploit one or more GPUs. Priority will be given to candidates who have a record of developing robust and reliable high-performance mathematical software. A PhD is required. The salary is competitive. The position is for one year with possible extensions to one or two more years. Applications, including a curriculum vitae, should be sent to [log in to unmask] Applications should also arrange for at least three letters of reference to be sent to the same address, one or two of your best papers, and samples of software written. The evaluation of candidates begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Ilse Ipsen [log in to unmask] Date: October 10, 2014 Subject: Postdoc Positions, SAMSI Up to 6 postdoctoral fellowships are available at the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute for the two SAMSI Research Programs for 2015-16: Challenges in Computational Neuroscience (CCNS) and Statistics and Applied Mathematics in Forensic Science (Forensics). Appointments up to 2 years, will begin in August 2015, and will offer competitive salaries, travel stipend, health insurance. Challenges in Computational Neuroscience (CCNS): The CCNS program will develop mathematical and statistical methods for neuroscience applications to understand the underlying mechanisms that bridge multiple spatial and temporal scales, linking the activity of individual components (e.g., molecular biology, genetics, and neuron networks), and their interactions to the complex dynamic behavior of the brain and nervous system. Statistics and Applied Mathematics in Forensic Science (Forensics): In response to the NRC, White House, and congressional call for forensic reform, that includes a greater statistical and mathematical presence, SAMSI announces a yearlong program in forensic science. The central goal is to strengthen the statistical and applied mathematical bases of forensic science. Application to SAMSI: Go to mathjobs.org, SAMSIPD2015 Job #6133. In your cover letter, please indicate your interest in one of the two programs (CCNS or Forensics). Criteria for selection of SAMSI Postdoctoral Fellows include demonstrated research ability in statistical and/or applied mathematical sciences, computational skills along with good verbal and written communication abilities, and finally, a strong interest in the SAMSI program areas. The deadline for full consideration is December 15, 2014, although later applications will be considered as resources permit. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Dmitri Kuzmin [log in to unmask] Date: October 10, 2014 Subject: PhD Position, TU Dortmund Univ The FEATFLOW group at TU Dortmund University (Germany) is looking for candidates to fill several PhD student / researcher positions in DFG-funded projects on numerical simulation of multiphase flows. A M.Sc. degree in applied mathematics or computational engineering is required. The applicants are expected to have strong programming skills (Fortran and/or C++) as well as practical experience with advanced numerical methods for partial differential equations and Computational Fluid Dynamics. Please send your application and CV to Prof. Dmitri Kuzmin ([log in to unmask]). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Wilson Rivera [log in to unmask] Date: October 14, 2014 Subject: PhD Position, Univ of Puerto Rico The Doctoral Program in Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM) is seeking outstanding candidates for PhD student positions in the following areas: -Parallel Computing -Bioinformatics -Virtualization and Cloud Computing -Computer Privacy and Security -Scientific Computing The positions are open for January 2015. Potential candidates are encouraged to apply to the UPRM Graduate Studies Office at http://grad.uprm.edu. More information about the program at http://cise.uprm.edu ------------------------------------------------------- From: Tim Davis [log in to unmask] Date: October 15, 2014 Subject: PhD Positions, Sparse Matrices, Parallel Comp, Texas A&M I have several openings for funded PhD positions in my new position at Texas A&M University. I'm looking for students who love to work in the interplay of applied math, combinatorics and graph algorithms, and reliable high-performance software. If you're interested, or know of anyone interested, please contact me. Tim Davis [log in to unmask] http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/davis ------------------------------------------------------- From: Douglas Arnold [log in to unmask] Date: October 08, 2014 Subject: New SMAI Journal of Computational Mathematics SMAI, the French society of applied and industrial mathematics, is launching a new journal for computational mathematics. The journal will publish high quality research articles in numerical analysis and scientific computation. Peer review, production, and dissemination will be similar to the best traditional journals, but there is a major difference: all papers will be COMPLETELY FREE TO BOTH READERS AND AUTHORS, thanks to the guaranteed financial support of the journal from SMAI, CNRS, and INRIA. Comparable commercial journals charge many thousands of dollars per annum for subscription and/or for author fees, so this new model may prove very important for our community. Please help by sending strong papers in computational mathematics to the journal. More information can be found at the journal web page at https://ojs.math.cnrs.fr/index.php/SMAI-JCM ------------------------------------------------------- From: Ronald Haynes [log in to unmask] Date: October 17, 2014 Subject: Special Issue, JMS on Adaptive Moving Mesh Methods We are pleased to announce an upcoming special issue of the Journal of Mathematical Study (http://www.global-sci.org/jms/) on Adaptive Moving Mesh Methods. Adaptive moving mesh methods attempt to redistribute the underlying physical mesh in a continuous manner, automatically adapting to the physical solution features while keeping the number of mesh nodes or elements and mesh topology fixed. We invite authors to submit their original, full length research articles using the article submission at http://www.global-sci.org/jms/ by December 31, 2014. Please indicate AMMM special issue in the memo during submission. All articles will undergo a rigorous refereeing process by experts in the field. Please feel free to contact us should you have questions. Dr. Ronald Haynes ([log in to unmask]) Department of Mathematics and Statistics Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Dr. Weizhang Huang ([log in to unmask]) Department of Mathematics University of Kansas, USA ------------------------------------------------------- From: Stephen M. Watt [log in to unmask] Date: October 13, 2014 Subject: Special Issue, TCS for Symbolic-Numeric Computation THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE Special Issue on Symbolic-Numeric Computation SNC 2014, Call For Papers This special issue of Theoretical Computer Science (TCS) will include selected enhanced papers on Symbolic Numeric Computation presented at the SNC 2014 conference held 28-31 July 2014 in Shanghai, China, http://symbolic-numeric-computation.org/snc-2014 as well as other relevant papers in this subject area. Specific topics include, but are not limited to: Hybrid symbolic-numeric algorithms in linear, polynomial and differential algebra; Approximate polynomial GCD and factorization; Symbolic-numeric methods for solving polynomial equations and systems of equations; Resultants and structured matrices for symbolic-numeric computation; Differential equations for symbolic-numeric computation; Symbolic-numeric methods for geometric computation; Symbolic-numeric algorithms in algebraic geometry; Symbolic-numeric algorithms for nonlinear optimization; Implementation of symbolic-numeric algorithms; Model construction by approximate algebraic algorithms; Applications of symbolic-numeric computation. Authors are encouraged to submit articles by Email to all Guest Editors (listed below) as .pdf file attachments. Submission Deadline: Dec 15, 2014 Notification: May 30, 2015 Camera Ready: July 15, 2015 Guest Editors: Victor Y. Pan, [log in to unmask] Jan Verschelde, [log in to unmask] Stephen M. Watt, [log in to unmask] Lihong Zhi, [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Piotr Matus [log in to unmask] Date: October 10, 2014 Subject: Contents, Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics, 14 (4) COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS Vol. 14 (2014), No. 4 Error Analysis for the Finite Element Approximation of Transmission Eigenvalues, Cakoni, Fioralba / Monk, Peter / Sun, Jiguang, Pp. 419-428 Space-Time Residual-Based A Posteriori Estimators for the A−ϕ Magnetodynamic Formulation of the Maxwell System, Creusé, Emmanuel / Nicaise, Serge / Tittarelli, Roberta, Pp. 429-460 An Arbitrary-Order and Compact-Stencil Discretization of Diffusion on General Meshes Based on Local Reconstruction Operators, Di Pietro, Daniele A. / Ern, Alexandre / Lemaire, Simon, Pp.461-472 Finite Volume Methods for Well-Driven Flows in Anisotropic Porous Media, Dotlić, Milan, Pp.473-484 Convergence of Adaptive BEM and Adaptive FEM-BEM Coupling for Estimators Without h-Weighting Factor, Feischl, Michael / Führer, Thomas / Mitscha-Eibl, Gregor / Praetorius, Dirk / Stephan, Ernst P., Pp.485-508 Adaptive Nonconforming Finite Element Approximation of Eigenvalue Clusters, Gallistl, Dietmar, Pp. 509-536 Superfast Wavelet Transform Using Quantics-TT Approximation. I. Application to Haar Wavelets, Khoromskij, Boris N. / Miao, Sentao, Pp. 537-554 On Two Optimal Control Problems for Magnetic Fields, Nicaise, Serge / Stingelin, Simon / Tröltzsch, Fredi, Pp. 555-573 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: Claude Brezinski [log in to unmask] Date: October 08, 2014 Subject: Contents, Numerical Algorithms, 67 (2) Table of contents for Numerical Algorithms, Volume 67, Issue 2. The split common fixed point problem for infinite families of total quasi-asymptotically nonexpansive operators, Wei-Qi Deng Some new error bounds for linear complementarity problems of H-matrices, Wen Li, Hua Zheng A note on the Geronimus transformation and Sobolev orthogonal polynomials, Maxim Derevyagin, Francisco Marcellan A Newton-like method for generalized operator equations in Banach spaces, D. R. Sahu, Krishna Kumar Singh, Vipin Kumar Singh Numerical solutions to singular Phi-Laplacian with Dirichlet boundary conditions, Petru Jebelean, Constantin Popa A heuristic verification of the degree of the approximate GCD of two univariate polynomials, Zhe Li, Qi Liu Comparison of the EM algorithm and alternatives, Theresa Springer, Karsten Urban Semilocal convergence of a family of iterative methods in Banach spaces, Jose L. Hueso, Eulalia Martínez Efficient algorithms for multivariate and inf-variate integration with exponential weight, L. Plaskota, G. W. Wasilkowski Modified Euler’s method with a graded mesh for a class of Volterra integral equations with weakly singular kernel, Hassan Majidian A meshless method based on the moving least squares (MLS) approximation for the numerical solution of two-dimensional nonlinear integral equations of the second kind on non-rectangular domains, Pouria Assari, Hojatollah Adibi, Mehdi Dehghan An almost second order uniformly convergent scheme for a singularly perturbed initial value problem, Zhongdi Cen, Fevzi Erdogan, Aimin Xu ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************