Subject: NA Digest, V. 14, # 46 NA Digest Wednesday, December 31, 2014 Volume 14 : Issue 46 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs [log in to unmask] Today's Topics: 2014 Babuska Prize Awarded Computational Physiology, Norway/USA, Jun/Aug 2015 Postdoc Positions, Computational Optimization, Cornell 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: Karel Segeth [log in to unmask] Date: December 29, 2014 Subject: 2014 Babuska Prize Awarded In December 2014, the Czech Association for Mechanics and the Unionof Czech Mathematicians and Physicists again awarded the I. Babuska Prize for the best work in computational mechanics and computational mathematics submitted by students and young scientists. The Prize winner for 2014 is Dr Petr Havlasek from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague. The work honored is his PhD thesis Creep and shrinkage of concrete subjected to variable environmental conditions. Further winners were delivered diplomas of honor. The second position was awarded to Dr Karel Tuma from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague for his PhD thesis Identification of rate type fluids suitable for modeling geomaterials. The third position belongs to Dr Jan Simak from the same faculty who presented his PhD thesis Solution of inverse problem for a flow around an airfoil. Further diplomas of honor were delivered to MS theses. The first position in this category was taken by Filip Roskovec from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague. The second was Jan Havelka from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague and the third position was shared by Eliska Janouchova and Eva Mysakova from the same faculty. The Prize was established in 1994 by an outstanding Czech mathematician Ivo Babuska, now at the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX. He is well-known for his fundamental results in the finite element method. He obtained the Neuron Award for Life Achievement by the Neuron Foundation in Prague in December 2014. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Lena Korsnes [log in to unmask] Date: December 30, 2014 Subject: Computational Physiology, Norway/USA, Jun/Aug 2015 The 2015 Summer School in Computational Physiology: Models, Tools, and Techniques for Cardiac Applications Oslo, Norway, 15-26 June 2015 La Jolla, CA, USA 10-14 August 2015 Motivation and description: The University of California San Diego has promoted long-standing research collaborations with the University of Oslo and Simula Research Laboratory (Oslo, Norway) focused around multiple aspects of computational physiology. This joint summer school includes targeted research lectures and a practical project portion. This course teaches the fundamental principles of mathematical modeling used in cardiac electrophysiology and biomechanics simulation. The course focuses on modeling the cellular-scale biophysical processes responsible for electrical activation and contraction of cardiac muscle cells, modeling frameworks for tissue scale electrical signal propagation, as wel as cellular- and tissue-level mechanics. Although the main focus is on heart physiology, many of the derived models have a general applicability in biomedical modeling. Since the final part of the course will be a small research project, the students will also be introduced to required and useful numerical methods and software tools for computational modeling based on differential equations. The applicant pool is open to interested graduate students (Master's/early PhD level); students from third-party institutions as well as both host Universities are encouraged to apply. Course enrollment will be limited to 10 participants in 2015. Simula will offer stipends designed to fully cover costs associated with travel to/from Oslo and/or San Diego to all accepted applicants. Accommodation and meals will also be provided free of charge. APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 31st, 2015 http://www.simula.no/education/educational-collaboration/simula-summer- school/2015-summer-school ------------------------------------------------------- From: Christine Shoemaker [log in to unmask] Date: December 29, 2014 Subject: Postdoc Positions, Computational Optimization, Cornell We are searching for two Post-Doctoral Associates to develop innovative stochastic optimization algorithms and software for operating a large multi-reservoir hydropower system. Candidates are expected to have a Ph.D.in a technical area such as Operations Research, Systems Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Civil Engineering or related fields. Candidates must have substantial background in computational optimization algorithms and be experienced Matlab programmers. A background in some of the following is desirable: nonlinear or dynamic programming, watershed hydrology and /or statistics. Previous knowledge of hydropower operations is not required. Applicants should apply and provide required information through the Cornell job website https://www.hr.cornell.edu/jobs/positions.html for position 26147, which has a longer job description. Direct questions can be sent to Professor Stedinger via e-mail [log in to unmask], with “BPA Postdoc” in the subject line. Review of applications is immediate and will continue until the positions are filled. Professors Stedinger and Shoemaker (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Cornell University) are supervising this DOE project. ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************