Subject: NA Digest, V. 15, # 20 NA Digest Monday, May 18, 2015 Volume 15 : Issue 20 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs [log in to unmask] Today's Topics: Linear Algebra MOOC starts June 3 Summer School on Uncertainty Quantification, USA, Aug 2015 IMA Maths of Robotics, UK, Sep 2015 CSESSP Challenges Workshop, USA, Oct 2015 Temporary Developer Position, MUMPS solver, Lyon (France) Computational Science Department Head Position, Berkeley Lab Chair and Head of Department Position, Brunel Univ Postdoc Position, Memorial Univ of Newfoundland Postdoc Position, Stochastic Integer Programming. Postdoc Positions, Scientific Computing, Fields Institute SISC Special Section for CSE15, Software and Big Data Contents, Information and Inference, 04 (2) Contents, Statistics, Optimization and Information Computing, 3 (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: Robert van de Geijn [log in to unmask] Date: May 15, 2015 Subject: Linear Algebra MOOC starts June 3 In Spring 2014 and Spring 2015, we offered the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled "Linear Algebra: Foundations to Frontiers" (LAFF) via the edX platform. While it covers the same topics as do traditional introductory college linear algebra courses, we try to link abstraction in the mathematics to abstraction in algorithms and implementations. For the NA Digest community, this is most easily explained as that we tie the abstractions in the mathematics to the layering of the functionality of the Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS). The creation of this course was a massive undertaking that included the writing of a 900+ page set of notes (including detailed solutions to problems), more than 270 short videos, and programming assignment in with IPython Notebooks (Spring 2014) and Matlab (Spring 2015). This summer (starting June 3), we will again offer this course. We will again use MATLAB. (The IPython Notebooks are still available from the first offering for those who prefer them.) MathWorks has again graciously offered licenses for MATLAB to participants for the duration of the course. It is our hope that by offering it during the summer we will reach new audiences. Information, with pointers to edX and reviews of the course, can be found at http://www.ulaff.net. Offering this course in summer was a last minute decision. Please help us by spreading the news to interested parties. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Roger Ghanem [log in to unmask] Date: May 12, 2015 Subject: Summer School on Uncertainty Quantification, USA, Aug 2015 The Fourth QUEST UQ Summer School will take place at on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles from August 19-21 2015. The summer school brings together researchers in UQ from academia, industry, and government labs to explore new ideas at the forefront of UQ research. This year's speakers will be Eric Phipps (Sandia), Heriberto Cabezas (US-EPA), Howman Owhadi (Caltech) and Youssef Marzouk (MIT). The agenda for this year's summer school, as well as lodging and registration information can be be found on the Summer School's website at: http://cadmus.usc.edu/UQ-SummerSchool- 2015/. For additional information, please contact [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Pamela Bye [log in to unmask] Date: May 15, 2015 Subject: IMA Maths of Robotics, UK, Sep 2015 IMA Conference on the Mathematics of Robotics 9 – 11 September 2015 St Anne’s College, University of Oxford Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Topology. Kinematics. Algebraic topology of configuration spaces of robot mechanisms. Topological aspects of path planning and sensor networks. Differential topology and singularity theory of robot mechanism and moduli spaces. Algebraic Geometry. Varieties generated by linkages and constraints. Geometry of stiffness and inertia matrices. Rigid-body motions. Computational approaches to algebraic geometry. Dynamical Systems and Control. Dynamics of robots and mechanisms. Simulation of multi-body systems, e.g. swarm robots. Geometric control of robots. Optimal control and other optimisation problems. Combinatorial and Stochastic Methods. Rigidity of structures. Path planning algorithms. Modular robots. Statistics. Stochastic control. Localisation. Navigation with uncertainty. Statistical learning theory. Cognitive Robotics. Mathematical aspects of Artificial Intelligence, Developmental Robotics and other Neuroscience based approaches To register for this conference, please download, complete and return the application form available on the conference webpage: http://ima.org.uk/conferences/conferences_calendar/mathematics_of_robotics.html For technical queries please contact Dr. W. Holderbaum ([log in to unmask]) ------------------------------------------------------- From: Mike Heroux [log in to unmask] Date: May 16, 2015 Subject: CSESSP Challenges Workshop, USA, Oct 2015 The Computational Science & Engineering Software Sustainability and Productivity Challenges (CSESSP Challenges) Workshop will provide an opportunity for multi-agency collaboration on the common software challenges the CSE community faces. The organizers encourage submission of short, thoughtful white papers. Meeting details are below and available https://www.nitrd.gov/csessp. Computational Science & Engineering Software Sustainability and Productivity Challenges (CSESSP Challenges) An inter-agency workshop sponsored by the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) / Software Design and Productivity (SDP) Coordinating Group (CG). October 15th-16th 2015, Washington DC, USA The CSESSP Challenges workshop will identify the unique issues around software productivity and sustainability faced by the NITRD computational science and engineering (CSE) communities, bringing together experts from academia, industry, government, and national laboratories. The workshop will focus on general issues and challenges of software systems sustainability and productivity with the aim of making software a first-class issue in the specification, design, cost and lifecycles management of science and engineering infrastructures. In this context, the workshop will discuss technical issues that impact software sustainability, such as software requirements engineering, high-productivity software engineering, reproducibility, software maintenance processes, and scalable, reusable, and portable software system architectures, to name a few. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Chiara [log in to unmask] Date: May 12, 2015 Subject: Temporary Developer Position, MUMPS solver, Lyon (France) The MUMPS solver (http://mumps-solver.org) is a free software for the solution of large sparse systems of linear equations on high performance parallel computers. It implements a direct method and is used in various fields of numerical simulation. A Consortium of users has recently been created to support the software and ensure its sustainability. Led by Inria, the Consortium recruits a new scientific software engineer. In the context of the MUMPS software library and project, the engineer will support the researchers in transferring research into the software. He/she will both participate to the developments and work to ensure the quality of the code and of its documentation. We are looking for a person with: - Background in linear algebra and familiarity with algorithms commonly used in sparse direct methods - Demonstrable experience in developing C and Fortran codes with MPI and/or OpenMP on Linux/Unix parallel computers - Good communication skills in scientific English - Good ability to work in a team The position is open for 1 year starting September 2015, with possibility of extension. Further details can be found here: http://mumps-consortium.org/open-positions/ Please apply by sending an email to Chiara Puglisi ([log in to unmask]) with a cover letter, a detailed curriculum vitae and the reference (name and contact information) of at least two persons who can be contacted. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Esmond G. Ng [log in to unmask] Date: May 13, 2015 Subject: Computational Science Department Head Position, Berkeley Lab The Computational Science Department in the Computational Research Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is looking for a Department Head. The successful candidate will join the Computational Research Division as a career staff scientist or senior scientist, depending on qualifications, and will manage a department that currently has four research groups. The successful candidate will also have excellent opportunities in conducting research and development in computational sciences, with an emphasis on high-performance computing on forthcoming extreme-scale computer architectures. The mission of the Computational Science Department is to perform innovative research that enhances high performance computational science application codes used in scientific discovery across a broad range of scientific disciplines. Members of the Department collaborate broadly across Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the DOE National Laboratory community, and with academic, government and industrial institutions internationally to enable breakthrough scientific discoveries that make essential use of high-performance computing capabilities. Information on the Computational Science Department is available at http://crd.lbl.gov/departments/computational-science/. Full posting of the position can be found at https://lbl.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=80290 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Simon Shaw [log in to unmask] Date: May 17, 2015 Subject: Chair and Head of Department Position, Brunel Univ The Department of Mathematics at Brunel University London, England, is seeking to appoint a Chair and Head of Department. Mathematics is expected to play a key role in enabling Brunel's recently implemented strategic plan to increase recruitment in STEM subjects and to further enhance both its multidisciplinary research, and its research within the College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences (CEDPS). The appointee will provide leadership and strategic direction as the Department of Mathematics enters this crucial new phase and, for the appropriate candidate, the University will consider recruiting a group of staff. Further details of this opportunity can be found here: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ALA572/professor-and-head-of-department-of-mathematics The closing date is: 9am (BST) on 1 June 2015 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Scott MacLachlan [log in to unmask] Date: May 17, 2015 Subject: Postdoc Position, Memorial Univ of Newfoundland Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research position within the Computational and Applied Geophysics Group (CAGG) and the Memorial University of Newfoundland Centre for Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Ronald Haynes and other CAGG faculty (as appropriate). The research focus will be the development of novel optimization approaches to find the location of wells to best locate and characterize micro-seismic events. Duties will include the development of an appropriate objective function whose maxima correspond to the best location for monitoring wells. The postdoc will be responsible for the investigation and implementation of both gradient-based and derivative-free optimization methodologies to solve the problem. Optimization approaches designed to take advantage of available high performance computing resources will be desirable. A desired, but flexible, start date of September 1, 2015 is expected. For full details, see http://www.math.mun.ca/~smaclachlan/postdoc_ad_Husky_Geo.pdf ------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeff Linderoth [log in to unmask] Date: May 16, 2015 Subject: Postdoc Position, Stochastic Integer Programming. Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research position working on a project funded by the Australian Research Council, titled "Decomposition and Duality: New Approaches to Integer and Stochastic Integer Programming". The project is a collaboration of Professors Andrew Eberhard (RMIT, Australia), Natashia Boland (Georgia Institute of Technology) and Jeff Linderoth (University of Wisconsin, Madison). The position is based at RMIT University, School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences, in Melbourne, Australia, under the supervision of Prof. Eberhard, in collaboration with Profs Boland and Linderoth. The Postdoctoral Fellowship will be paid under ARC Discovery Project DP140100985. The successful candidate will be employed at a level in the range A6-B1, depending on experience and career stage, which comes with remuneration of $75,172-$84,934 per annum. The appointment is initially for 1 year. Funding is available for an additional year by mutual agreement. To view the position description and find instructions as to how to lodge your application, go to http://yourcareer.rmit.edu.au/caw/en/job/550585/post-doctoral-research-fellow Applications close on Sunday 7th June 2015. Applicants are requested to provide a separate document that briefly addresses each of the key selection criteria as outlined in the Position Description. For enquiries, please contact Prof. Andrew Eberhard [log in to unmask], +61 3 9925 2616 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Bartosz Protas [log in to unmask] Date: May 14, 2015 Subject: Postdoc Positions, Scientific Computing, Fields Institute Applications are invited for postdoctoral fellowship positions with the Thematic Program "Multiscale Scientific Computing: from Quantum Physics and Chemistry to Material Science and Fluid Mechanics" which is being proposed for the Fields Institute during January-April 2016. The fellowships provide for a period of engagement in research and participation in the activities of the Institute. They may be offered in conjunction with partner universities, through which a further period of support may be possible. Applicants are requested to list on the application cover sheet any faculty members at universities affiliated with the Fields Institute, with whom they share research interests. They are encouraged to apply directly to these other institutions as well. There may also be a number of two-year positions available through the Fields-Ontario Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. These fellowships involve one semester at Fields and three semesters at one of Fields' Principal Sponsoring Universities (PSU). To apply for the two-year fellowship, applicants should indicate their interest on the cover sheet and include the names of faculty members at Fields Principal Sponsoring Universities who may be appropriate as supervisors. The Fields PSU's are: Carleton University, McMaster University, the University of Ottawa, the University of Toronto, the University of Waterloo, Western University, Queen's University and York University. Eligibility: Qualified candidates who will have a recent PhD in the area of the Program or a related area of the mathematical sciences are encouraged to apply. The new deadline to apply is June 8, 2015. Applications will be accepted until all postdoctoral positions are filled. Fellowship positions are conditional on funding for the Program. All applications must be submitted via www.mathjobs.org (Fellowship ID: FIELDS-SCIENTIFICCOMPUTING [#7067]). Interested candidates may contact Dr. Bartosz Protas (bprotas[at]mcmaster.ca) for further information. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Hans De Sterck [log in to unmask] Date: May 16, 2015 Subject: SISC Special Section for CSE15, Software and Big Data Final Call for Papers - Extended Deadline: Special Section of the SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (SISC) in association with the 2015 SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE15). Extended deadline: June 15, 2015. The Special Section will focus on two themes – CSE Software and Big Data in CSE – and will feature high-quality scientific computing papers in either of these two areas (or their intersection). Please check out the call for papers at http://www.siam.org/journals/sisc/sisc_special.php which gives detailed information about the scope of the Special Section (CSE Software and Big Data in CSE). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Suzanne Eves [log in to unmask] Date: May 18, 2015 Subject: Contents, Information and Inference, 04 (2) Contents, Information and Inference: A Journal of the IMA, 04(2) Information and Inference: A Journal of the IMA All Content Free in 2015 For articles in this issue and in our archive: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/page/6469/1 Compressed subspace matching on the continuum, William Mantzel and Justin Romberg http://www.oxfordjournals.org/page/6469/2 Riemannian metrics for neural networks I: feedforward networks, Yann Ollivier http://www.oxfordjournals.org/page/6469/3 Riemannian metrics for neural networks II: recurrent networks and learning symbolic data sequences, Yann Ollivier http://www.oxfordjournals.org/page/6469/4 ------------------------------------------------------- From: David G. Yu [log in to unmask] Date: May 12, 2015 Subject: Contents, Statistics, Optimization and Information Computing, 3 (2) Statistics, Optimization & Information Computing Vol 3, No 2, June 2015 Table of Contents http://www.iapress.org/index.php/soic/current Chi Zhang, Guoliang Tian, Xifen Huang, Two new bivariate zero-inflated generalized Poisson distributions with a flexible correlation structure (pp. 105-137) Vadim Demichev, Judith Sarah Olszewski, A Central Limit Theorem for the Volumes of High Excursions of Stationary Associated Random Fields (pp. 138-146) V S Vaidyanathan, R Vani Lakshmi, Parameter Estimation in Multivariate Gamma Distribution (pp. 147-159) Maksym Luz, Mikhail Moklyachuk, Minimax-robust prediction problem for stochastic sequences with stationary increments and cointegrated sequences (pp. 160-188) Seifedine Kadry, Armen Bagdasaryan, New MLFQ Scheduling Algorithm for Operating Systems Using Dynamic quantum (pp. 189-196) Xijian Wang, Tonghua Zeng, Solve thermal explosion model by central difference and Newton iteration method (pp. 197-205) ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************