Subject: NA Digest, V. 15, # 10 NA Digest Tuesday, March 10, 2015 Volume 15 : Issue 10 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs [log in to unmask] Today's Topics: FEATool v1.2 released, 3D FEM Toolbox for Octave and Matlab IMA Maths 2015, UK, Mar 2015 Mid-Atlantic Regional Student Conference, USA, Mar 2015 Combustion Instabilities, Italy, Apr 2015 Mathematics of Lattices and Cybersecurity, USA, Apr 2015 SIAM Data Mining (SDM15), Canada, Apr 2015 10 Years Shifted Laplacians, Germany, May 2015 AMMCS-CAIMS Congress, Canada, Jun 2015 Sparse Days, France, Jun-Jul 2015 ARAMSC 2015, China, Jul-Aug 2015 Computational and Analytical Aspects of Image Reconstruction, USA, Jul 2015 Domain Decomposition Methods, DD23, Korea, Jul 2015 ICERM’s IdeaLab for Early Career Researchers, USA, Jul 2015 Mathematical Imaging Workshop, UK, Jul 2015 Mathematics in Data Science, USA, Jul 2015 Uncertainty Quantification in Materials Modeling, USA, Jul 2015 Numerical Methods for Large-Scale Nonlinear Problems, USA, Aug 2015 Dolomites Research Week on Approximation, Italy, Sep 2015 Postdoc Position, Vibro-acoustic Simulations using C++ Postdoc Positions, RWTH Aachen Univ, Germany PhD Position, Applied and Computational Mathematics, KTH Stockholm PhD Position, Optimal Control of Energy Storage, Sussex, UK Contents, Journal of Scientific Computing, 63 (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: J.S. Hysing [log in to unmask] Date: March 03, 2015 Subject: FEATool v1.2 released, 3D FEM Toolbox for Octave and Matlab FEATool - an easy to use multiphysics Finite Element Analysis Toolbox for Octave and Matlab, version 1.2 is now available. The new version is a significant update and brings the following changes: - Full 3D modeling (as well as 2D and 1D) - Octave GUI support (available with Octave 4.0) - New implicit geometry modeling engine (based on distance functions and level sets) - Automatic unstructured grid generation using DistMesh by P. O. Persson - New equation parser which allows editing equations and entering user specified custom equations - Extensibility, allowing users to call external grid generators, solvers, or postprocessing scripts and tools directly - Improved and optimized finite element assembly Please feel free to visit http://www.precisesimulation.com for more information and to download FEATool 1.2 Lite edition with a license for personal use. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Pamela Bye [log in to unmask] Date: March 04, 2015 Subject: IMA Maths 2015, UK, Mar 2015 IMA Mathematics 2015 Date: Thursday 19 March 2015 Location: Mary Ward House, London Mathematics 2015 is the ninth in the series of annual IMA conferences to promote mathematics. This series aims to demonstrate to both mathematicians and non-mathematicians the many uses of modern mathematics. One of the themes at the 2015 conference will be software and Mathematics. We hope that the audience will have mathematicians, those who work with mathematicians in policy forming roles, and anyone who has an interest in developments in the applications of mathematics. To register and for further details, please visit the conference website: http://ima.org.uk/conferences/conferences_calendar/mathematics_ 2015.html Or please contact Lizzi Lake, Conference Officer, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Catherine Richards House, 16 Nelson Street, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS1 1EF, e-mail: [log in to unmask], tel: +44 (0) 1702 354020. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Padmanabhan Seshaiyer [log in to unmask] Date: March 03, 2015 Subject: Mid-Atlantic Regional Student Conference, USA, Mar 2015 The 2015 Fifth Annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint Mathematics Conference will be held at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia on March 20th and 21st, 2015. The goals of the conference are to (a) bring together students and experts in industry and academia; (b) provide undergraduate and graduate students as well as post-doctoral and new doctoral degree holders an opportunity to present their research in a similar setting to professional conferences such as SIAM, MAA and AMS meetings; (c) foster interdisciplinary collaboration with research groups from both academia and industry; (d) encourage networking between students and industry professionals and; (e) increase student awareness of, and interest in, U.S. Government and private industry careers. The keynote speaker for the conference will be Dr. Carlos Castillo Chavez. Undergraduates, Graduate Students and Junior scientists including post-docs who are interested in presenting on recent advances in areas of mathematics with emphasis on computational aspects of problem solving are invited to participate. Funding for travel and accommodation is available through a grant recommended by the National Science Foundation. To learn more, register and to apply for financial support, go to: https://sites.google.com/site/siammidatlantic/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Schmid [log in to unmask] Date: March 05, 2015 Subject: Combustion Instabilities, Italy, Apr 2015 A workshop for doctoral students and postdocs, sponsored by ERCOFTAC, will take place in Montestigliano, Italy (Tuscany) from 12-18 April 2015. This is the 7th workshop in this series, and this year's topic will be "Modelling and control of combustion instabilities". The guest speaker is Prof. Aimee Morgans from Imperial College London, U.K. As in previous years, the workshop is intended as a hands-on learning experience with interactive lectures and group work, in close contact with the orgnanizers and the invited speaker. For details, please refer to the web page http://www.ercoftac.org/ercoftac_news/ercoftac_montestigliano_spring_school_2015/ and do not hesitate to contact us by email if you have any questions. Applications (including a motivation letter and CV) should be sent to the organizers before March 12, 2015. A reference letter from the applicant's advisor should be arranged. ------------------------------------------------------- From: ICERM [log in to unmask] Date: March 09, 2015 Subject: Mathematics of Lattices and Cybersecurity, USA, Apr 2015 Lattices are abstractly very simple objects, yet their concrete realizations contain beautifully intricate problems that are stubbornly difficult even in low dimensions. For example, our present day understandings of densest lattice packings and reduction theory are still plagued with large gaps. In the 1970's and 1980's lattices entered the world of cryptography as tools used to break certain crypto systems, particularly those based on the subset sum problem, and since the 1990's they have become increasingly important in the building of other types of crypto systems (thanks to the difficulty in the underlying mathematics). Their significance has recently been bolstered by average-case complexity bounds and their present resistance to quantum computing attacks. Currently the theory of lattices is a lively research topic among mathematicians, computer scientists, and experts in cybersecurity. However, to this date, there has been little to no interaction between these communities. The goal of this workshop is to stimulate activity between these different groups interested in lattice problems. Topics to be covered include, but are not restricted to, recent results on densest lattice packings, the geometry of lattice moduli space and its connections with automorphic forms and algebraic number theory, cryptographic applications of lattices, and the state of the art of lattice reduction in high dimensions. For more information, and to apply: http://icerm.brown.edu/topical_workshops/tw15-7-mlc/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Nicole Erle [log in to unmask] Date: March 06, 2015 Subject: SIAM Data Mining (SDM15), Canada, Apr 2015 2015 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM15) Pinnacle Vancouver Harbourfront Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 30 – May 2, 2015 Invited Speakers: - Surajit Chaudhuri, Microsoft Research, USA - Ashish Goel, Stanford University, USA - Steven Jones, BC Cancer Agency, Simon Fraser University and University of British Columbia, Canada - Bin Yu, University of California, Berkeley, USA Registration is Now Available! Pre-Registration Deadline: April 2, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT Hotel Reservation Deadline: March 31, 2015 Preliminary program for this conference is available at: http://www.siam.org/meetings/sdm15/program.php and registration is available at http://www.siam.org/meetings/sdm15/reginfo.php For additional information, contact the SIAM Conference Department at [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Domenico Lahaye [log in to unmask] Date: March 03, 2015 Subject: 10 Years Shifted Laplacians, Germany, May 2015 The Helmholtz equation appears in a wide range of science and engineering disciplines in which wave propagation is modeled. Solving this equation numerically is notoriously difficult. A landmark contribution in reducing the computational complexity is the publication of the Complex Shifted Laplace preconditioner by the TU Delft 10 years ago. In recent work the TU Delft group has developed an algorithmic extension that further reduces the computational burden. On Monday, May 18th, the TU Delft Helmholtz organizes a seminar to celebrate the Complex Shifted Laplace preconditioner, to put its development in perspective, to showcase recent development and to look into the future. Three speakers from academia (Prof. Livshits from Ball State Indiana, Dr. Stolk from UvA Amsterdam and Prof C. Vuik from TU Delft) and two from industry (Dr. Tournour from Siemens International and Dr. Plessix from Shell) will share their unique insights into this field. The workshop should therefore appeal to both computational scientists as well as engineers in e.g. acoustics, seismics and vibrational engineering. More information on the workshop can be found on the website http://ta.twi.tudelft.nl/nw/users/domenico/ten_years_shifted_laplacians/index.html The participation is free of charge. Registration via the website however is mandatory. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Roderick Melnik [log in to unmask] Date: March 03, 2015 Subject: AMMCS-CAIMS Congress, Canada, Jun 2015 This is the final call for abstract submission to the 2015 AMMCS- CAIMS Congress with the deadline of March 13th, 2015. It is a major international event in Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Computational Science with several embedded meetings. The 2015 AMMCS-CAIMS Congress will take place in Waterloo, Canada, June 7-12, 2015 (http://www.ammcs-caims2015.wlu.ca/). You can submit your abstract by going directly to the submission page at http://www.ammcs-caims2015.wlu.ca/submit-abstracts/ The Congress features twelve world distinguished plenary speakers, semi-plenary speakers, over 40 special and contributed sessions, minisymposia, and scientific themes. Plenary speakers at the Congress include R. Albert (Penn State), T. Bielecki (Illinois Institute of Technology), C. Budd (University of Bath), Wing Kam Liu (Northwestern University), S. Mallat (Ecole Normale Superieure), K. Oosterlee (Delft University of Technology and CWI), S. Schreiber (University of California, Davis), E. Vanden- Eijnden (Courant Institute, New York University), Y. Yi (University of Alberta), N. Zabaras (University of Warwick). Refereed proceedings papers will be published by Springer. Several Prizes for students and young researchers will be awarded at the Congress, including the Kolmogorov-Wiener Prize. Travel scholarships for students are available on a competitive basis. We are looking forward to welcoming you in Waterloo this June. The website of the Congress is at http://www.ammcs-caims2015.wlu.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Iain Duff [log in to unmask] Date: March 03, 2015 Subject: Sparse Days, France, Jun-Jul 2015 Registration is now open for the conference Sparse Days in St Girons III that will be held in St Girons near Toulouse from 29 June to 2 July 2015. Previous conferences were held in 1994 and 2003 and a similar pattern will be followed for this meeting. You are invited to attend or to give a talk on any area relevant to the title of the conference. There will also be poster sessions. Registration is available from the website http://cimi-semester-hpc.fr/ by clicking on the Registration flag for the Conference. The deadline for registering is 24 May 2015 although, if you are planning to give a talk or a poster, it would help us if you entered this data well before that date. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Zhen Gao [log in to unmask] Date: March 03, 2015 Subject: ARAMSC 2015, China, Jul-Aug 2015 The Third Summer Workshop on Advanced Research in Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing 2015 (ARAMSC-2015) will be held from July 1st, 2015 to August 30th, 2015 (dates subject to change) at the School of Mathematical Sciences of Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China. We are inviting qualified, motivated applicants to apply for the Workshop. We are seeking junior faculty, outstanding graduate students and exceptional undergraduate students who are interested in interdisciplinary research in applied mathematics and scientific computing. Applicants are also invited to submit a research proposal if they have a particular area of research they would like to pursue. Prior experience in high level programming, such as FORTRAN, C and Matlab in the solution of partial differential equations is preferred. A tutorial in object oriented programming with Fortran95 in a Linux OS will be given at the beginning of the Workshop. The pace of Workshop is intensive with daily progress briefing and discussions. A full commitment of efforts and time by the participants throughout the Workshop is strongly expected. Only a limited number of positions are available for qualified applicants. If interested, please submit a CV, transcripts, research proposal if any, and two letters of recommendation to Prof. Gao Zhen by email before April 12th, 2015 for full consideration. If you have any questions regarding the Workshop, please feel free to contact the Workshop organizers. If you like to talk to former participants about their past summer research experiences, you can contact Mr. Li Peng ([log in to unmask]) and Mr. Jia Felin ([log in to unmask]). ------------------------------------------------------- From: ICERM [log in to unmask] Date: March 09, 2015 Subject: Computational and Analytical Aspects of Image Reconstruction, USA, Jul 2015 Computational and Analytical Aspects of Image Reconstruction (July 13-17, 2015) http://icerm.brown.edu/topical_workshops/tw15-2-caair/ The mathematical study of image reconstruction problems can have a huge impact on human life. More efficient mathematical algorithms for X-ray tomography and more accurate mathematical models in seismic or hybrid imaging can lead to better imaging devices in fields such as medicine and remote sensing. Developing the underlying mathematics, including the analysis of reconstruction stability, regularization, singularity characterization, and efficient algorithms, may lead to fewer false positives in fields such as medical, seismic and radar imaging. This topical workshop will bring together international experts working in computational and analytical aspects of image reconstruction (including but not limited to electron- microscope tomography, hybrid imaging, radar and sonar, full waveform inversion of seismic imaging and X-ray CT) as well as postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. There will be multiple introductory-level talks for early-career researchers and non- specialists in the area on both the mathematics involved and the scientific and industrial applications. Speakers and participants from industry will be included to strengthen the practical aspects of the workshop. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Chang-Ock Lee [log in to unmask] Date: March 05, 2015 Subject: Domain Decomposition Methods, DD23, Korea, Jul 2015 The 23rd International Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods (DD23) will be held in Jeju Island, Korea during July 6-10, 2015. We are accepting contributed talks and posters until Mar 15, 2015 at http://dd23.kaist.ac.kr. Invited Speakers: Lori Badea (Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy), Yuri Bazilevs (University of California, San Diego), Clark Dohrmann (Sandia National Laboratories), Felix Kwok (Hong Kong Baptist University), Jysoo Lee (KISTI), Frederic Nataf (University Paris 6), Luca F. Pavarino (University of Milano), Sang Joon Shin (Seoul National University), Nicole Spillane (Universidad de Chile), Panayot Vassilevski (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Andrew Wathen (University of Oxford) Contact: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: ICERM [log in to unmask] Date: March 09, 2015 Subject: ICERM’s IdeaLab for Early Career Researchers, USA, Jul 2015 ICERM’s IdeaLab for Early Career Researchers: Inverse Problems and Uncertainty Quantification July 6-10, 2015 IdeaLab is a one-week summer program aimed at early career researchers (within 5 years of their Ph.D.) held at Brown University’s Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM). IdeaLab focuses on a topic at the frontier of research. Participants are exposed to a problem whose solution may require broad perspectives and multiple areas of expertise. Senior researchers introduce the topic in tutorials and lead discussions. The participants break into teams to brainstorm ideas, comprehend the obstacles, and explore possible avenues towards a solution. The teams are encouraged to develop a research program proposal. On the last day, they present their ideas to one another and to a small panel of representatives from funding agencies for feedback and advice. Inverse problems arise in an enormous variety of science and engineering applications. The goal of this IdeaLab is to lay out the fundamentals of uncertainty quantification for inverse problems in a relatively rapid but hands-on manner, so that participants can understand and fluently discuss the current state of the art. Funding Includes: Travel support, Six nights accommodations, Meal allowance More details and application can be found at: http://icerm.brown.edu/idealab/2015/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Ke Chen [log in to unmask] Date: March 04, 2015 Subject: Mathematical Imaging Workshop, UK, Jul 2015 3rd International Workshop on Image Processing Techniques and Applications, incorporating Mathematical Imaging with Biomedical Applications: July 6-8, 2015 at Liverpool http://www.liv.ac.uk/cmit/workshop_15/ Following the success of two previous workshops (2007 and 2011), the Centre for Mathematical Imaging Techniques (CMIT) will host the next workshop to prompt exchanges on state-of-the-art image processing models and discussions on current challenges, especially in applications in medical and biomedical imaging. Topics include image segmentation, registration, blind deconvolution and algorithms. Confirmed invited speakers are as listed on the above web page. However there are a few spaces reserved for contributed talks or posters. Selected papers will be recommended to a special journal issue. Though there is no registration fee for this EPSRC funded event, places are limited due to room capacity and seating. ------------------------------------------------------- From: ICERM [log in to unmask] Date: March 09, 2015 Subject: Mathematics in Data Science, USA, Jul 2015 Mathematics in Data Science (July 28-30, 2015) Exploring the Role of the Mathematical Sciences in an Evolving Discipline http://icerm.brown.edu/topical_workshops/tw15-6-mds/ The goal of this workshop is to bring together mathematicians and data scientists to participate in a discussion of current methods and outstanding problems in data science. The workshop is particularly aimed at mathematicians interested in pursuing research or a career in data science who wish to gain an understanding of this rapidly evolving field and the ways in which mathematics can contribute. Researchers currently working in data science are also encouraged to attend, to share ideas about mathematical methodologies and challenges. A number of experienced data scientists with a variety of backgrounds from academics, national laboratories, and industry (including startups) will be invited. The program will include overview and technical talks, several panels consisting of practitioners with different experience levels, and one or more poster sessions. Panelists: Nathan Baker (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Justin Basilico (Netflix) Tom LaGatta (Splunk) Jake Vanderplass (University of Washington) For more information, and to apply: http://icerm.brown.edu/topical_workshops/tw15-6-mds/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Andrew Dienstfrey [log in to unmask] Date: March 09, 2015 Subject: Uncertainty Quantification in Materials Modeling, USA, Jul 2015 Uncertainty Quantification in Materials Modeling July 28--31, 2015 Network for Computational Nanotechnology, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN http://www.ima.umn.edu/2014-2015/SW7.28-31.15/ This workshop is aimed at (i) providing hands on uncertainty quantification (UQ) experience to scientists in materials modeling, while (ii) exposing experts in UQ to some of the unique challenges in this realm of applications. The program will feature combined lectures and labs to provide a foundation in basic UQ skills, framing the discussion in light of relevant material science models and applications. By the end of the third day, participants will have performed UQ calculations on problems across multiple length scales in materials science, with an emphasis on the multiscale nature of the phenomena. The workshop ends with a series of academic lectures on hot topics and recent advances at the intersection of both fields. All computations and analysis will be served through Purdue's nanoHub platform, enabling participants to return to their home institutions and continue to research, develop, and apply techniques learned. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, Purdue University, Air Force Research Laboratory, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Generous travel support is available. Participation will be limited. See http://www.ima.umn.edu/2014-2015/SW7.28-31.15/ for more information and to apply. Applicants will be accepted on a rolling basis until all slots are filled. Questions can be addressed to Paul Patrone ([log in to unmask]) or Andrew Dienstfrey ([log in to unmask]). ------------------------------------------------------- From: ICERM [log in to unmask] Date: March 09, 2015 Subject: Numerical Methods for Large-Scale Nonlinear Problems, USA, Aug 2015 Numerical Methods for Large-Scale Nonlinear Problems and Their Applications (August 31 - September 4, 2015) http://icerm.brown.edu/topical_workshops/tw15-5-nmlnp/ Over the last 20 years or so, Newton-Krylov methods have developed to maturity, allowing effective fully-coupled treatment of a broad range of large-scale nonlinear problems. This development has set the stage for addressing more difficult problems with more challenging features. Additionally, applications for which state-of-the-art Newton-Krylov approaches are inapplicable have recently exposed several basic research questions. At the same time, there remain many problem-specific methods and legacy codes that are still useful and can be regarded as a resource for further development. This workshop will include mathematicians and computer scientists who work on algorithm design, implementation, and analysis, together with disciplinary scientists and engineers who use the algorithms in applications and have a working knowledge of their capabilities, weaknesses, and limitations. The major foci of the workshop will be acceleration methods, in particular Anderson acceleration; methods for nonlinear problems that have significant stochastic aspects; methods for nonsmooth problems; and various techniques for improving robustness, such as nonlinear preconditioning. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Stefano De Marchi [log in to unmask] Date: March 06, 2015 Subject: Dolomites Research Week on Approximation, Italy, Sep 2015 We are pleased to announce that the "Dolomites Research Week on Approximation 2015 (DRWA15)", will be held on September 5-8, 2015 at Alba di Canazei (Trento - Italy). For more information visit the web site http://events.math.unipd.it/drwa15/ We also inform that the "4th Dolomites Workshop on Constructive Approximation and Applications (DWCAA16)" has been postponed to September 9-13, 2016 as usual at Alba di Canazei (Trento - Italy). Further information will follow soon. ------------------------------------------------------- From: David Chappell [log in to unmask] Date: March 06, 2015 Subject: Postdoc Position, Vibro-acoustic Simulations using C++ Applicants are invited to work on the EU funded project Mid-to-High Frequency Modelling of Vehicle Noise and Vibration (MHiVec) as part of a collaboration between inuTech GmbH, the Nottingham Trent University the University of Nottingham, the University of Southampton, and CDH AG. The project involves developing improved methods for predicting wave transport properties of complex vibro-acoustic structures and testing them in an industry relevant environment together with our associate partners, Jaguar Land Rover. Giving reliable estimates for the wave energy distributions in large built-up structures is an enormous challenge in the mid-to-high frequency regime and is of immediate interest to structural engineers and the manufacturing industry. The task at hand will be to design and develop a state of the art programming tool which combines the numerical schemes devised as part of the project. The salary for the position will be determined according to the EU flat rate for a researcher with between 4 and 10 years of experience including the country correction factor for Germany. Before tax, pension and other non-wage labour cost deductions (for both employer and employee) the salary range is from €63421 to €66834, and is determined based on the family status of the applicant according to the regulations of the European Commission http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/documents/about- mca/actions/iapp/iapp_2013_-_guide_for_applicants_-_call_specific_part_en.pdf For more details and how to apply please see http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/33994722 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Paolo Bientinesi [log in to unmask] Date: March 03, 2015 Subject: Postdoc Positions, RWTH Aachen Univ, Germany The Aachen Institute for Computational Engineering Science (AICES) has immediate openings for up to two scientific positions to develop high-performance algorithms and code for large-scale Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations. The positions are part of a soon-to-be-established Intel Parallel Computing Center at RWTH Aachen. The candidates will work in a multi-disciplinary environment, as part of the "High-Performance and Automatic Computing" and "Molecular Simulations and Transformations" research groups; they will conduct research on how to exploit the potential of emerging computing architectures for MD algorithms. Applicants are invited to send a cover letter, a detailed CV, and contact info of at least three references to Prof. Paolo Bientinesi ([log in to unmask]) and Prof. Ahmed Ismail ([log in to unmask]). Responsibilities - Design and implementation of algorithms for molecular simulations for multicore architectures such as the Intel Xeon Phi - Coordination of project with industrial partners - Supervision of and collaboration with bachelor's and master's students working on the project - Dissemination of results Requirements - Master's or Ph.D. in computer science, computational science, engineering, or a related field, within the last 5 years and with strong focus on computational aspects - 5+ years of experience in parallel programming and high-performance architectures - Demonstrated ability to develop high-quality software in one or more of the following: MPI, Intel Xeon Phi, OpenMP - Advanced knowledge of C++ - Excellent oral and written English communication skills - Ability to work productively both independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team ------------------------------------------------------- From: Sara Zahedi [log in to unmask] Date: March 04, 2015 Subject: PhD Position, Applied and Computational Mathematics, KTH Stockholm We are looking for candidates for a PhD student position on the topic of "Cut Finite Element Methods for Multiphase Flow Simulations" in the Numerical Analysis group at KTH. Additional information and application details are given here: https://www.kth.se/en/om/work-at-kth/lediga-jobb/what:job/jobID:58017/where:4/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Max Jensen [log in to unmask] Date: March 03, 2015 Subject: PhD Position, Optimal Control of Energy Storage, Sussex, UK A fully funded PhD studentship is available for a project in applied mathematics at the University of Sussex, England. The project is concerned with the rigorous analysis of electrical networks with random energy production and consumption as well as electrical energy storage. Given processes characterising energy production and consumption, a key question is which strategy will optimally drive an electrical energy storage facility. The projects aims (A) to extend the existing dynamic programming models for electrical networks with storage, (B) to numerically study the resulting Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation with semi-Langrangian numerical methods, (C) to prove well-posedness of the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation and the convergence of the semi-Langrangian methods. Candidates should have a strong background in at least one of the areas of Optimal Control, PDEs, Numerical Analysis or Power Systems. The project will be supervised by Dr Max Jensen Possible start dates are May 2015 and September 2015. The project includes a tax free maintenance bursary of £13863 per year, plus a waiver of UK/EU fees for 3.5 years. If you have questions concerning the vacancy, please contact Dr Max Jensen ([log in to unmask]). Additional information is available at http://www.sussex.ac.uk/maths/pgstudy/scholarships/2015/view/458 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Chi-Wang Shu [log in to unmask] Date: March 04, 2015 Subject: Contents, Journal of Scientific Computing, 63 (1) Journal of Scientific Computing http://www.springeronline.com/journal/10915 Volume 63, Number 1, April 2015 On the Spectrum Computation of Non-oscillatory and Highly Oscillatory Kernel with Weak Singularity, Can Huang and Zhimin Zhang, pp.1-22. Efficient GPU-Implementation of Adaptive Mesh Refinement for the Shallow-Water Equations, Martin L. Saetra, Andre R. Brodtkorb and Knut-Andreas Lie, pp.23-48. A Spectral Study on the Dissipation and Dispersion of the WENO Schemes, Feilin Jia, Zhen Gao and Wai Sun Don, pp.49-77. A Stable Parametric Finite Element Discretization of Two-Phase Navier–Stokes Flow, John W. Barrett, Harald Garcke and Robert Nurnberg, pp.78-117. A Matched Alternating Direction Implicit (ADI) Method for Solving the Heat Equation with Interfaces, Shan Zhao, pp.118-137. Discretely Exact Derivatives for Hyperbolic PDE-Constrained Optimization Problems Discretized by the Discontinuous Galerkin Method, Lucas C. Wilcox, Georg Stadler, Tan Bui-Thanh and Omar Ghattas, pp.138-162. Simple and Efficient Determination of the Tikhonov Regularization Parameter Chosen by the Generalized Discrepancy Principle for Discrete Ill-Posed Problems, Fermin S. Viloche Bazan, pp.163-184. Fast Methods for Computing Centroidal Voronoi Tessellations, James C. Hateley, Huayi Wei and Long Chen, pp.185-212. Image Decomposition using a Local Gradient Constraint, Seungmi Oh and Myungjoo Kang, pp.213-232. Runge–Kutta Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Traffic Flow Model on Networks, Suncica Canic, Benedetto Piccoli, Jing-Mei Qiu and Tan Ren, pp.233-255. Topological Derivative for the Inverse Conductivity Problem: A Bayesian Approach, J. Rocha de Faria and D. Lesnic, pp.256-278. Redistancing Dynamics for Vector-Valued Multilabel Segmentation with Costly Fidelity: Grain Identification in Polycrystal Images, Matt Elsey and Benedikt Wirth, pp.279-306. ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************