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Subject: NA Digest, V. 15, # 23 NA Digest Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Volume 15 : Issue 23 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs [log in to unmask] Today's Topics: John Francis to receive Honorary Degree Leibniz System Software Professor Position, Stochastics, Univ Graz Lecturer Positions, Applied Mathematics, UK, Jun 2015 Postdoc Position, Mathematics/Biostatistics/Epidemiology Postdoc Position, Numerical modeling of the electro-mechanics of the heart PhD/Postdoc Positions, Discovering Structure in Complex Data PhD Position, Applied Mathematics and Computer Sciences, France Master in High Performance Computing @ SISSA/ICTP 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: Frank Uhlig [log in to unmask] Date: June 04, 2015 Subject: John Francis to receive Honorary Degree John Francis is to receive an Honorary Doctor of Science degree for his achievements in Numerical Analysis from the University of Sussex in Brighton, England this summer. The ceremony will take place at the Brighton Dome on Thursday July 16, 2015 at 10 am during Summer Graduation exercises. John is being honored for (co-)inventing the QR algorithm and also for the Implicit Q Theorem 55 years ago that simplified eigenvalue computations tremendously. This is his second academic degree after receiving his first, a Bachelor of Science from the Open University in 2011. For a short biography and the history of how John was found after 5 decades of oblivision, see G. Golub and F. Uhlig: "The QR algorithm: 50 years later; its genesis by John Francis and Vera Kublanovskaya, and subsequent developments", IMA J. Num. Anal., vol. 29 (2009), p. 467-485. http://www.dm.unibo.it/~guerrini/html/an_09_10/QR_50_years_later.pdf And also F. Uhlig : "Finding John Francis who found QR fifty years ago", IMAGE Bull. Int. Lin. Alg. Soc., 43 (2009), p. 19-21. http://www.ilasic.org/IMAGE/IMAGES/image43.pdf ------------------------------------------------------- From: Klaus Truemper [log in to unmask] Date: June 05, 2015 Subject: Leibniz System Software After a development and programming effort spanning 25 years, the entire Leibniz System software is ready for distribution. It is available from http://www.utdallas.edu/~klaus/Leibnizprogram/leibnizmain.html The software covers - logic computation, including solution of quantified propositional formulas - computation of separating logic formulas - discretization of continuous data - subgroup discovery - dimension reduction of models - decomposition of graphs and matrices - parallelized algorithm for solution of multiobjective optimization problems where function and constraint values are computed by black boxes The software runs under Linux and has been tested on CentOS and Ubuntu, and most likely will run on systems derived from CentOS or Ubuntu, such as Debian. The software is distributed in source code form free of charge under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), which seems to be the most flexible license arrangement and allows for commercial usage, including insertion into other commercial code. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Prof. Klemens Fellner [log in to unmask] Date: June 10, 2015 Subject: Professor Position, Stochastics, Univ Graz Institute of Mathematics and Scientific Computing is filling an Professor (f/m) of Stochastics (40 hours a week; permanent employment according to the Austrian Law on Salaried Employment (AngG); Expected starting date June 1st 2016) For more information follow the link: http://jobs.uni-graz.at/de/PR/14/99/2373 ------------------------------------------------------- From: ke chen [log in to unmask] Date: June 05, 2015 Subject: Lecturer Positions, Applied Mathematics, UK, Jun 2015 We are seeking to appoint Lecturers (assistant professors) in the areas of - Applied Mathematics (including imaging, multi-scale modelling) - Actuarial and Financial Mathematics as the initial stage of a large investment programme into Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Details can be found from https://www.liv.ac.uk/working/jobvacancies/currentvacancies/academic/a-588061/ https://www.liv.ac.uk/working/jobvacancies/currentvacancies/academic/a-588060/ Note the deadline of Fri, 03 Jul 2015 17:00 BST. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Olav Reksen [log in to unmask] Date: June 08, 2015 Subject: Postdoc Position, Mathematics/Biostatistics/Epidemiology The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) currently has a three- year 100 % position as Post-doctoral research fellow within surveillance and prediction of reproductive performance and health parameters in cattle. The position is located at the Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences. See http://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/114975/post-doctoral- research-fellow-in-mathematics-biostatistics-epidemiology-refnr-15-02198 for more information. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Christian Vergara [log in to unmask] Date: June 05, 2015 Subject: Postdoc Position, Numerical modeling of the electro-mechanics of the heart Profile: Possible candidates should have a PhD in applied mathematics or related subjects, as well as a consolidated knowledge in the field of numerical analysis of PDEs, finite elements and C++ programming. Where: MOX, Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano Brief description: The study of the coupling between electrical and mechanical activity in the heart is very important for several clinical applications and poses numerous modelling and computational challenges. We are looking for a person with a PhD in applied mathematics or related fields with experience on numerical methods for PDEs, numerical analysis and scientific computing. The applicant will join a group at the MOX Laboratory well renown for the mathematical and numerical modelling of the cardiovascular system. More information on the group and on the MOX Lab may be found at htttp://bio.mox.polimi.it and http://mox.polimi.it. For more information about the position please contact [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Gerlind Plonka-Hoch [log in to unmask] Date: June 05, 2015 Subject: PhD/Postdoc Positions, Discovering Structure in Complex Data The Research Training Group RTG 2088 "Discovering Structure in Complex Data: Statistics meets Optimization and Inverse Problems" (Speaker: Prof. Gerlind Plonka-Hoch) at the Georg- August-University Göttingen offers positions for 13 Ph.D. candidates and one PostDoc beginning on October 1st, 2015. The salary is in accordance with the German public service salary scale (E13 TV-L) with 75 % of the regular working hours (currently 29.85 hours per week) for up to three years for the PhD candidates and 100 % (E13 TVL) for two years for the PostDoc. The research projects in this RTG focus on new mathematical concepts for the efficient reconstruction and classification of relevant structural information in data sets, without reconstructing the entire information inherent in the data. One f the guiding principles of this RTG consists of discovering and rigorously exloiting structural a priori information in order to obtain the desired information. Methodologically, specific emphasis will be laid upon the interplay between approaches in statistics, optimization, and inverse problems. Detailed information on the application process and the research projects are available at http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/open-positions/515220.html Closing date is the 30th of June, 2015. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Ani Anciaux-Sedrakian [log in to unmask] Date: June 08, 2015 Subject: PhD Position, Applied Mathematics and Computer Sciences, France A position as research fellow (PhD candidate) in computer science and applied mathematics is available at IFPEN Rueil Malmaison (FRANCE) . The full announcement for the position can be found at: http://www.ifp-school.com/jcms/r_14936/en/efficient-resolution-of-sparse-linear- systems-with-an-adaptive-choice-of-preconditioners (English version) http://www.ifp-school.com/jcms/r_14936/fr/efficient-resolution-of-sparse-linear- systems-with-an-adaptive-choice-of-preconditioners (French version) The position is open for three years starting october 1st 2015. Candidates should have a university master degree in HPC or numerical analysis. For more information about the position or send CV, grades of the last two years and two reference letters please contact [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Luca Heltai (MHPC Director) [log in to unmask] Date: June 04, 2015 Subject: Master in High Performance Computing @ SISSA/ICTP Applications to the Master in High Performance Computing organized by SISSA and ICTP are opened. Several fellowships are available. Deadline is July 6 2015. A full description of the master together with the application procedure can be found at http://www.mhpc.it/ The Master in High Performance Computing (MHPC) hosted and organized by SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies) and ICTP (Abdus Salam International center for theoretical physics) is an innovative degree program devoted to training students in the booming field of HPC. SISSA and ICTP are well known first rank institutions in applied and theoretical mathematics and physics. The the mutual effort pursued by the two institutions results in a stimulating and motivating environment. The program combines lectures with hands-on tutorials. Tutorial sessions are strongly application oriented. A final thesis defence completes the program. During the thesis development, students collaborate with both industrial and academic personnel, addressing frontier applications of HPC. ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************