Subject: NA Digest, V. 15, # 36 NA Digest Monday, October 12, 2015 Volume 15 : Issue 36 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs [log in to unmask] Today's Topics: Blaze 2.5 Released Industrial Mathematics Funding Call for Chapters, Holistic Optimization Techniques New book, Data Assimilation, A Mathematical Introduction Autumn School and Workshop, Portugal, Nov 2015 GPU Training Course on CUDA and OpenCL, The Netherlands, Nov 2015 Biological Membranes, UK, Jan 2016 Conference on Data Analysis (CoDA), USA, Mar 2016 Nature of Computation and Communication, Vietnam, Mar 2016 Hausdorff School Low-rank Tensor Techniques, Germany, Apr 2016 Nonlinear Optimization, Canada, Jun 2016 PDESoft 2016, UK, Jul 2016 BAIL 2016 Conference, China, Aug 2016 Applied and Numerical Linear Algebra, Germany, Sep 2016 Numerical methods for PDEs, France, Sep-Dec 2016 Faculty Positions, Economical/Financial Mathematics, TU Chemnitz Faculty Positions, Heriot-Watt Univ, Edinburgh Tenure Track Position, Machine Learning, Uppsala Univ Two Tenure Track Positions, Scientific Computing Multiple Positions, AMS, Colorado School of Mines Lectureship Positions, Mathematics, Aston Univ, UK Alston S. Householder Fellowship, Oak Ridge National Laboratory John von Neumann Fellow Position, Sandia National Labs Luis W. Alvarez Postdoc Fellowship Position, Berkeley Lab Research Fellowship Positions, Strathclyde Postdoc Position, Applied Mathematics, Sao Paulo Univ Postdoc Position, X-ray Imaging, Tufts Univ Postdoc Positions, Geomathematics, Univ of Alberta PhD Position, Applied Mathematics and Computer Sciences, IFPEN PhD Position, FEM/SPH Coupling, Brunel Univ London PhD Position, Geomathematics, Univ of Vienna PhD Position, Klagenfurt, Austria PhD Positions, Cambridge Centre for Analysis Internship Positions, IMR, Bergen, Norway Call for Papers, Learning and Inverse Problems Contents, Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics, 15 (4) Contents, Mathematical Modelling and Analysis, 20 (5) Contents, Numerical Algorithms, 70 (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: Klaus Iglberger [log in to unmask] Date: September 30, 2015 Subject: Blaze 2.5 Released After some month of hard work we finally release version 2.5 of the Blaze C++ math library! This version comes with a fair amount of new features, many of them focused on computations with complex numbers: Hermitian matrices, the conj(), ctrans(), real(), and imag() operations, and the vectorization of integral complex numbers. In addition, we are particularly proud about the performance improvements of several dense matrix/sparse matrix multiplication and sparse matrix/dense matrix multiplication kernels. Furthermore, to extend the support for special environments, we have enabled the customization of the error reporting mechanism. Enjoy! Blaze 2.5 is now available for download at http://bitbucket.org/blaze-lib/blaze ------------------------------------------------------- From: Filipa Vance [log in to unmask] Date: October 08, 2015 Subject: Industrial Mathematics Funding As part of the new EU COST Action, MI-NET (Mathematics for Industry Network), funding calls for workshops, study groups, modelling weeks, and research visits are now open! Deadline 20th October 2015. Please visit MI-NET’s website for more details http://mi-network.org ------------------------------------------------------- From: P. Vasant [log in to unmask] Date: October 01, 2015 Subject: Call for Chapters, Holistic Optimization Techniques CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: December 15, 2015 Holistic Optimization Techniques in the Hospitality, Tourism, and Travel Industry A book edited by Pandian Vasant (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia) and Kalaivanthan (Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa and Golden Sands Resort , Malaysia) http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1950 Introduction Holistic optimization techniques are well known in the research areas of engineering, science and technology. The current trends on application problems in engineering, science and technology are expanded in the areas of hotel, tourism and travel industry across the globe. This book chapter focuses on the best and high quality selected papers on the following research topics. The well-known and new methodologies on the holistic optimization techniques have been used to solve some of the complicated and hard problems in the areas of hotel, tourism and travel industry. Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before December 15, 2015, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by January 10, 2016 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by February 28, 2016. http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1950 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Kody Law [log in to unmask] Date: October 01, 2015 Subject: New book, Data Assimilation, A Mathematical Introduction Title: Data Assimilation, A Mathematical Introduction. Authors: Law, Kody, and Stuart, Andrew, and Zygalakis, Konstantinos Publisher: Springer Texts in Applied Mathematics http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319203249 Springer has generously allowed us to post the first half of the book on the arxiv, here http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.07825 The matlab code which produced the images in the book provides simple examples of the fundamental algorithms. That code is available at the following link, and each program is executable within seconds http://tiny.cc/damat ------------------------------------------------------- From: Adelia Sequeira [log in to unmask] Date: September 30, 2015 Subject: Autumn School and Workshop, Portugal, Nov 2015 An Autumn School on Data Driven Computations in the Life Sciences (November 9-13, 2015) and one day Workshop on Innovative Modeling Techniques for Predictive Medicine (November 12, 2015) will take place at Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon. The aim of the School and the Workshop is to bring together doctoral candidates, postdoctoral scientists and graduates in applied mathematics, bioengineering and medicine, interested in computational modeling of physiological problems and in interacting with recognized experts. Autumn School Speakers: - Miguel Ángel Fernández (INRIA, Paris – Rocquencourt, France) - Alessandro Reali (Università di Pavia, Italy) - Alessandro Veneziani (Emory University, Atlanta, USA). Workshop Speakers: - Chandrajit Bajaj (ICES/UT Austin, USA) - Antonio Fasano (Univ. Firenze, Italia) - Shaolie Hossain (Texas Heart Inst/Houston and ICES/UT Austin, USA) - Willi Jäger (Univ. Heidelberg, Germany) - Paula Oliveira (Univ. Coimbra, Portugal) - Maria Neuss-Radu (Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany) - Michael Sacks (ICES/UT Austin, USA) - Alessandro Veneziani (Emory University, Atlanta, USA). There is no registration fee. Financial support for local expenses is available to graduate and postgraduate students. Curriculum Vitae, Motivation and Recommendation Letters, are requested for evaluation. Interested participants should register by sending an email to [log in to unmask] Deadline for applications and abstract submission: October 15, 2015. All the information is available at http://cemat.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/DDCLS2015 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Nico Trost [log in to unmask] Date: October 05, 2015 Subject: GPU Training Course on CUDA and OpenCL, The Netherlands, Nov 2015 PARALUTION Labs offers a Four Days CUDA and OpenCL training. The course will take place in the SURFSara Science Park, Amsterdam (NL), Nov 30 – Dec 3, 2015. It covers all basics in both languages as well as advanced topics and libraries. Please visit our web page for details on the agenda http://www.paralution.com/cuda-and-opencl-training-nov-30-dec-3-2015 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Robert Nürnberg [log in to unmask] Date: October 07, 2015 Subject: Biological Membranes, UK, Jan 2016 Workshop "Biological Membranes: Modelling, Analysis and Numerics" 7-8 January 2016, Imperial College London, UK The workshop aims to bring together experts within the different communities - biophysics, numerics, analysis - to better understand the structure and the behaviour of biological membranes. The main goal of the workshop is to discuss recent developments, stimulate the discussions between the communities, and to initiate new collaborations. Confirmed invited speakers: - Marino Arroyo (UPC, Barcelona) - Sören Bartels (University of Freiburg) - Klaus Deckelnick (University of Magdeburg) - Charles Elliott (University of Warwick) - Harald Garcke (University of Regensburg) - Mourad Ismail (UJF, Grenoble) - Timm Krüger (University of Edinburgh) - Reinhard Lipowsky (MPIKG, Potsdam) - John Lowengrub (UCI, Irvine) - Moritz Mercker (University of Heidelberg) - Chaouqi Misbah (UJF, Grenoble) - David Salac (University at Buffalo) - Pierre Saramito (LJK, Grenoble) - Björn Stinner (University of Warwick) A limited number of places are available at this workshop. Registration for the workshop is now open and will close on December 4, 2015. Detailed informed about the meeting in on the webpage: http://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/~rn/bm2016/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Constantine [log in to unmask] Date: September 30, 2015 Subject: Conference on Data Analysis (CoDA), USA, Mar 2016 CoDA 2016, the Conference on Data Analysis Exploring Data-Focused Research across the Department of Energy March 2-4, 2016 | Santa Fe, NM Website: http://cnls.lanl.gov/coda We invite you to present your data-focused work at the poster session of the third Conference on Data Analysis, CoDA 2016. CoDA highlights data- driven problems of interest to the Department of Energy. Talks and posters will feature research from the Department of Energy national laboratories, academia, and industry. The CoDA 2016 invited program explores six themes: - Really Expensive Data - Power Grid Data - Multisource Data - Cybersecurity - Subsurface Modeling - Data Analysis at Exascale We welcome posters on these and other data-driven topics. Poster abstracts are due February 3, 2016. Our banquet speaker is Rayid Ghani, Program Director of Data Science for Social Good. Students: The American Statistical Association will sponsor a student poster prize for full-time students. Registration: $245 regular participant, $155 full-time student. Visit cnls.lanl.gov/coda to get on the CoDA mailing list and to register. ------------------------------------------------------- From: P. Vasant [log in to unmask] Date: October 01, 2015 Subject: Nature of Computation and Communication, Vietnam, Mar 2016 2nd EAI International Conference on Nature of Computation and Communication MARCH 17–18, 2016 | RACH GIA, VIETNAM http://ictcc.org/2016/show/cf-papers The ICTCC Conference is a place for highly original ideas about how the nature is going to shape computing systems of the future. Hence, it focuses on rigorous approaches and cutting-edge solutions, which encompass three classes of major methods: - Those that take inspiration from nature for the development of novel problem solving techniques; - Those that are based on the use of computers or networks to synthesize natural phenomena; and - Those that employ natural materials (e.g., molecules,) to compute or communicate. SCOPE OF TOPICS: Autonomic computing/communicating; Amorphous computing; Biologically-inspired computing/communicating; Cellular automata; Cellular computing; Collective intelligence in computing/communicating; Collision-based computing; Computation/communication based on chaos and dynamical systems; Computation based on physical principles such as relativistic, optical, spatial, collision-based computing; Context-aware computing/communicating; DNA computing; Evolutionary computing; Fuzzy computing; Hypercomputation; Massive parallel computing; Membrane computing; Molecular computing; Neural computing; Optical computing; Physarum computing; Quantum computing; Relativistic computing; Spatial computing; Swam intelligence in computing; Wetware computing ------------------------------------------------------- From: Bart Vandereycken [log in to unmask] Date: October 06, 2015 Subject: Hausdorff School Low-rank Tensor Techniques, Germany, Apr 2016 Low-rank Tensor Techniques in Numerical Analysis and Optimization at the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (University of Bonn) from April 18- 22, 2016 in Bonn, Germany This Hausdorff School is intended for graduate and postdoctoral students who are interested in classical results and recent developments in low- rank tensor approximation, and wish to acquire modern research tools. Particular focus will be on high-dimensional numerical tensor calculus, and low-rank optimization methods. More information is available at https://www.hcm.uni-bonn.de/low-rank-tensor-techniques-2016/ The lectures will be given by - Lars Grasedyck (RWTH Aachen) - Bart Vandereycken (Université de Genève) - André Uschmajew (Universität Bonn) Participation in the school is free of charge and accommodation will be reimbursed for accepted participants. There is also limited travel support available. To apply for the school, please fill out the application form on the website above. The next round of notifications will be sent out on November 31, 2015. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Overton [log in to unmask] Date: October 09, 2015 Subject: Nonlinear Optimization, Canada, Jun 2016 A workshop on Nonlinear Optimization Algorithms and Industrial Applications will be held at the Fields Institute in Toronto, June 2-4, 2016. The workshop will celebrate the 70th birthday of Andrew R. Conn, who, arguably more than anyone, has made major contributions both to the theory of algorithms for nonlinear optimization and application of algorithms through high performance software tools to solve industrial optimization problems of critical importance. A full program of invited talks will be scheduled on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Thursday will be designated as Industry Day, with all talks focused on topics relevant to industry, so participants from industry and students interested in industrial careers are especially encouraged to attend on Thursday. A poster session will be held Thursday evening and a banquet celebrating Andrew Conn's 70th birthday will take place on Friday evening. To register to attend the meeting and (optionally) submit a poster to the poster session, please see the workshop web page at http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/15-16/algorithms/ Best regards from the organizers, Michael Overton, Oleksandr Romenko, Tamas Terlaky and Henry Wolkowicz. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Andreas Dedner [log in to unmask] Date: October 04, 2015 Subject: PDESoft 2016, UK, Jul 2016 PDESoft 2016 4-8 July We are happy to announce that PDESoft 2016 will be held at the University of Warwick, UK. This main conference will run from 4-6 July and the remaining time will be dedicated to small group coding days. PDESoft 2016 provides a forum for the developers of open-source tools solving the diverse stages of the numerical PDE process to exchange the latest developments and future ideas. If you develop: - meshing tools; - HPC tools; - solvers for large systems of equations; - numerical PDE solvers ; - visualisation systems for PDE; - coupling with or user interfaces to scientific software; or any other part of the PDE toolchain, this is the workshop for you. For more details please visit http://warwick.ac.uk/pdesoft2016 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Stynes [log in to unmask] Date: October 10, 2015 Subject: BAIL 2016 Conference, China, Aug 2016 The BAIL 2016 conference will be held from 15 to 19 August 2016 in Beijing, China, at Beijing Computational Science Research Center and Tsinghua University. The conference website is http://www.csrc.ac.cn/conference/BAIL2016/homepage.html and registration is now open. Note that those participants who register and pay their conference fee by 15 May 2016 will receive substantial financial support towards their accommodation in Beijing. BAIL = Boundary And Interior Layers. The conference should be of interest to researchers working in numerical analysis, asymptotics, applied mathematics or engineering who deal with problems exhibiting layer phenomena. We continue the BAIL tradition of biennial conferences; most recently, BAIL 2014 was held in Prague, Czech Republic. The Proceedings of BAIL 2016 will appear in the Springer series Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Jens-Peter M. Zemke [log in to unmask] Date: October 06, 2015 Subject: Applied and Numerical Linear Algebra, Germany, Sep 2016 16th GAMM Workshop Applied and Numerical Linear Algebra with special emphasis on Linear Algebra Challenges in Machine Learning will take place at Hamburg University of Technology, September 15-16, 2016, Hamburg. The plenary speakers are Bart De Moor, KU Leuven, Belgium, Efstratios Gallopoulos, University of Patras, Greece, Philipp Hennig, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tuebingen, Germany. Talks related to Linear Algebra Challenges in Machine Learning and all other areas of applied and numerical linear algebra are welcome. Details of the workshop can be found at https://www.mat.tuhh.de/gamm2016 . ------------------------------------------------------- From: Chauvier [log in to unmask] Date: September 30, 2015 Subject: Numerical methods for PDEs, France, Sep-Dec 2016 It is our pleasure to announce a Trimester (3-month program) on "Numerical methods for PDEs", organized with the collaboration of the Centre Emile Borel at the Institut Henri Poincare in Paris, from September 5th to December 16th, 2016. Information on the scientific programme can be found at: http://www.i3m.univ-montp2.fr/evenements/22-evenements/134-nmpdes The registration for the programme is free but recommended: http://www.ihp.fr/en/ceb/T3-2016 The deadline to apply for financial support is March 15th, 2016. The Institut Henri Poincare can help you find a room or an apartment during your stay in Paris. 3 conferences will be organized: - Advanced numerical methods: Recent developments, analysis and applications, October 3-7 - Recent developments in numerical methods for model reduction, November 7-10 - Industry and Mathematics, November 21-25 Read more : http://www.ihp.fr/en/ceb/T3-2016 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Roland Herzog [log in to unmask] Date: October 01, 2015 Subject: Faculty Positions, Economical/Financial Mathematics, TU Chemnitz The Faculty of Mathematics of the Technische Universität Chemnitz has two openings for W2 (associate) professor positions starting October 1, 2016: - W2 Professur "Wirtschaftsmathematik" (economathematics) https://www.tu- chemnitz.de/verwaltung/personal/stellen/W2_Wirtschaftsmathematik.php - W2 Professur "Finanzmathematik" (financial mathematics) https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/personal/stellen/W2_Finanzmathematik.php Candidates should have a strong mathematical research record and a convincing research program. They should be strongly committed to excellence in teaching. The focus of the two positions differs: - economathematics should emphasize mathematical methods of operations research and/or equilibrium/game theory and may include mathematical aspects of finance, - financial mathematics should emphasize mathematical aspects of stochastic and statistic nature in financial (or insurance) applications, It is our goal to fill both positions at the same time and to form a new core area in cooperation with the Faculty of Economics, which has a further opening in "Produktionswirtschaft und Industriebetriebslehre". Candidates should therefore demonstrate a clear interest in disciplinary as well as trans-departmental collaboration. For the official announcement and the formal requirements for applications (to be submitted by November 27, 2015) please consult the respective pages above. Fluency in German is an advantage or will be required within a reasonable period of time. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Gabriel Lord [log in to unmask] Date: October 01, 2015 Subject: Faculty Positions, Heriot-Watt Univ, Edinburgh The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Heriot-Watt is advertising a new permanent position in the broad areas of Algebra and Geometry, Applied Mathematics, Computational Modelling, Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Data Science, Stochastic Modelling and Uncertainty quantification. More details can be found at the link below. http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AMB314/professors-associate-professors-professors-in- mathematics/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Lina von Sydow [log in to unmask] Date: October 07, 2015 Subject: Tenure Track Position, Machine Learning, Uppsala Univ The Department of Information Technology at Uppsala University invites applications for a tenure-track position as associate senior lecturer in Machine Learning. Machine learning is a major area of research comprising several subareas. Examples of such subareas include: probabilistic programming, approximate inference, Monte Carlo methods, numerical solution of differential equations, Bayesian nonparametric modeling, maximum likelihood estimation, Gaussian processes, graph learning, web analysis, model generation, system identification, deep learning, sensor fusion, reinforcement learning, inverse modeling , parameter estimation, optimization, big data (processing of large data sets), computerized image analysis, pattern recognition, uncertainty quantification, implementation of machine learning algorithms for modern computer architectures. The broad interpretation of the subject area makes this position relevant for readers of NA digest. For more information, see http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/details/? positionId=75817. ------------------------------------------------------- From: J.J.W. van der Vegt [log in to unmask] Date: October 11, 2015 Subject: Two Tenure Track Positions, Scientific Computing The University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands, is seeking researchers for two tenure track positions in Scientific Computing within the Department of Applied Mathematics. We are looking for two highly talented research scientists whose focus is on the development, analysis and application of computational tools, such as finite elements and multiscale methods, for models described by ordinary and partial differential equations. The successful candidate is expected to have a strong affinity with mathematical modeling and numerical mathematics. In addition, the capability to develop collaboration between mathematics and the multi-disciplinary research context at the University of Twente is crucial. Particular focus is with forging connections with the MESA+ institute for Nanotechnology and with the MIRA institute for biomedical technology and technical medicine. For more information, see please visit the website http://www.utwente.nl/vacatures/en/ or contact Prof.dr.ir. J.J.W. van der Vegt (phone +31 534895628, email [log in to unmask]) or Prof.dr.ir. B.J. Geurts (phone +31 534894125, email [log in to unmask]). ------------------------------------------------------- From: M. Ganesh [log in to unmask] Date: October 09, 2015 Subject: Multiple Positions, AMS, Colorado School of Mines The Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics (AMS) at the Colorado School of Mines (Mines) invites applications for multiple positions in three categories: Tenure Line (TL), Department Head (DH), and Teaching Faculty (TF). Information about the jobs postings are in the following three URLs. Questions about the position(s) should be directed to the chair of the respective search committees. 1. Open rank TL position(s) in Applied Mathematics search (chair: Prof. Ganesh, [log in to unmask]): https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/7812 2. AMS Department Head (chair: Prof. Navidi, [log in to unmask]): https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/7902 3. Open rank AMS TF position(s) (chair: Dr. Nicholas, [log in to unmask]) https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/7765 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Stich [log in to unmask] Date: September 30, 2015 Subject: Lectureship Positions, Mathematics, Aston Univ, UK Aston University, Birmingham UK School of Engineering and Applied Science Two Lectureship positions The Mathematics Group in the School of Engineering and Applied Science is seeking to make two new appointments at the Lecturer level. The appointments will augment our existing strengths within the newly established System Analytics Research Institute and the Nonlinearity and Complexity Research Group in statistical pattern processing, machine learning, statistical physics and dynamical modelling of complex systems (http://www.aston.ac.uk/ncrg) and would ideally be in the broad area of probabilistic data modelling. We are seeking strong enthusiastic applicants keen to develop their international research profiles and their own research teams. Applicants must have a PhD in a relevant discipline, e.g. Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or related subject, and experience of initiating, conducting and leading independent research. They should also have experience of supervising undergraduate and postgraduate projects and engaging with external individuals and groups. We are looking individuals with a proven track record of publications in internationally excellent journals and conferences. The new appointees will be joining the Mathematics team in delivering our quality applied mathematics degree programmes at undergraduate and graduate levels as well as developing their research profiles. You will have the opportunity to supervise undergraduate and postgraduate projects, be involved with our mathematics student society activities, and also to engage externally through contributing to industrial networks, masterclasses and summer schools. Information on the teaching activities can be found at http://www1.aston.ac.uk/eas/about-eas/academic-groups/mathematics/. For more information visit https://jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=R150251 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Kate Carter [log in to unmask] Date: October 02, 2015 Subject: Alston S. Householder Fellowship, Oak Ridge National Laboratory The Computational & Applied Mathematics (CAM) Group, within the Computer Science and Mathematics (CSM) Division at The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) invites outstanding candidates to apply for the Alston S. Householder Fellowship in mathematics and scientific computing. This prestigious Fellowship offers an excellent opportunity to conduct exceptional and innovative research in mathematics, statistics and scientific computing, for applications of national priority, utilizing the world’s most powerful extreme scale computing platforms, including TITAN and SUMMIT. Additional information about CAM at ORNL can be found at cam.ornl.gov. The Fellowship honors Dr. Alston S. Householder, founding director of the Mathematics Division (now CSM Division) at ORNL and recognizes his seminal research contributions to the fields of numerical analysis and scientific computing. For more details about the fellowship, see https://www.ornl.gov/careers/alston-s-householder-fellowship Finalists for the Fellowship will be invited to visit ORNL to present a seminar and visit the area. The selected Fellow must be available to begin the appointment during calendar year 2016. The application process will remain open until November 30, 2015. This appointment is offered through Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Qualified applicants must apply online at http://www.ornl.gov/careers to the the Alston S. Householder Fellowship / NB50512991 posting in order to be considered. All applicants must submit a (1) Curriculum Vitae (CV); (2) Statement of Research, that provides the significance of you current research as well as the technical background of your proposed research at ORNL; and (3) a minimum of 3 Letters of Reference, describing your contributions to your field of interest. The letters of reference may be emailed directly to [log in to unmask] and reference the position title and the applicant’s last name. Technical Questions: Contact Dr. Clayton Webster ([log in to unmask]). Please reference the position title when corresponding about this position. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Denis Ridzal [log in to unmask] Date: October 01, 2015 Subject: John von Neumann Fellow Position, Sandia National Labs The Center for Computing Research and the Computer Sciences and Information Systems Center at Sandia National Laboratories invite outstanding candidates to apply for the 2016 John von Neumann Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Computational Science. This prestigious fellowship is supported by the Applied Mathematics Research Program in the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research. The fellowship provides an exceptional opportunity for innovative research in computational mathematics and scientific computing on advanced computing architectures with application to a broad range of science and engineering problems of national importance. Applicants must have or soon receive a Ph.D. in applied/computational mathematics or related computational science and engineering disciplines. Applicants must have less than three years of postdoctoral experience. This appointment is for one year, with a possible renewal for a second year, and includes a highly competitive salary, moving expenses and a generous professional travel allowance. Applications will be reviewed upon receipt. Complete applications received by December 1, 2015 will receive full consideration; the position will remain open until filled. For more information, including application instructions, please see our web page at http://www.cs.sandia.gov/VN_Web_Page/ . Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Esmond G. Ng [log in to unmask] Date: September 30, 2015 Subject: Luis W. Alvarez Postdoc Fellowship Position, Berkeley Lab The Computational Research Division, the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) and the Scientific Networking Division at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory invite applications for the 2016 Luis W. Alvarez Fellowship in Computational Science. The fellowship allows recent graduates with a Ph.D. (or equivalent) to acquire unique scientific training at one of the leading facilities for scientific computing and to develop professional maturity for self-directed independent research. The fellowship provides opportunities to work on some of the most important research challenges in computing sciences, from the architecture and software of next generation high performance computing systems and networks, to mathematical modeling, algorithms, and applications of advanced computing to astrophysics, cosmology, chemical sciences, materials science, climate change, biology and other scientific domains. The successful candidate will be able to interact and collaborate with Berkeley Lab researchers that develop and apply the latest technologies to computational modeling, simulation, and data analytics for scientific discovery. The position offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits. Additional information on the Luis W. Alvarez Postdoctoral Fellowship can be found at http://cs.lbl.gov/careers/luis-w-alvarez-postdoctoral-fellowship- in-computing-sciences/. For application instructions, please see our web page at https://lbl.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=81412. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Des Higham [log in to unmask] Date: October 12, 2015 Subject: Research Fellowship Positions, Strathclyde The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, will award approximately 20 Chancellor's Fellowships in strategic areas, including Network Science, Health Informatics and Data Science. These research fellowships will last for five years. On completion, fellows who meet appropriate criteria will transfer to permanent academic posts. Further details: http://www.strath.ac.uk/workwithus/fellowship/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Tiago Pereira [log in to unmask] Date: October 11, 2015 Subject: Postdoc Position, Applied Mathematics, Sao Paulo Univ The Center for Mathematical Sciences Applied to Industry (CEPID- CeMEAI) a post-doc position available for starting immediately. The requirements for each of the positions are described below. The salary is R$5908,00 per month tax free. The appointed Post-doc will also get return travel from his/her country to Brazil paid by the grant. The positions are initially for one year, renewable for a second year pending on suitable performance. Post-Doctoral Research Project University of São Paulo at São Carlos ICMC — Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics Location: São Carlos – São Paulo State- Brazil Title: Stability and Synchronisation of Power-grid Networks Supervisor: Tiago Pereira Job description/Requirements: Power-grids are formed by the complex interaction structure between generators and consumers. The power stations must keep a proper synchronisation to avoid energy supply disturbances and blackouts. Because of the complex linking structure of the network predicting the stability of synchronisation and how the network structure affects the stability remains an open challenge. This project aims at understanding how the linking structure affects the overall synchronisation of the power generators. In particular, how blackouts can be avoided by manipulating the network structure. To this end, we study how the network affects the stability of the synchronised dynamics and its basin of attraction. Interested candidates should e-mail a CV and two letters of recommendation from university professors as soon as possible to: Prof. Tiago Pereira Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação Univ. de Sao Paulo Av. Trab. Sao-Carlense, 400, CEP 13560-970, Sao Carlos, SP, Brasil TEL: +55 (16) 3373-9754 [log in to unmask] 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: Brian Tracey [log in to unmask] Date: September 30, 2015 Subject: Postdoc Position, X-ray Imaging, Tufts Univ Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the Laboratory for Imaging Science Research (LaISR) in the Tufts University Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering. This appointment would be for 18 months, with an estimated start date of September 2015, for a project entitled “3D Reconstruction Methods for Novel Sparse-view Energy- discriminating Computed Tomography System.” Under this project, the fellow will work with Tufts faculty and industrial collaborators to perform research in the area of limited view, multi-energy X-ray reconstruction methods with the goal of developing next-generation airport baggage scanning systems. In particular, we are developing iterative methods that can exploit novel system geometries and can combine energy-resolved X- ray measurements from a sensors operating at varying levels of energy resolution. While previous experience in CT reconstruction would be ideal, we welcome applicants with significant experience in related fields including inverse problems, statistical signal processing, sparse signal or image processing, compressive sensing, and computational modeling. Interested applicants should send a cover letter detailing their research interests and career goals, CV, and names and contact information of 3 references to Dr. Brian Tracey ([log in to unmask]). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Wenyuan Liao [log in to unmask] Date: October 02, 2015 Subject: Postdoc Positions, Geomathematics, Univ of Alberta Applications are invited for two Postdoctoral positions in the Alberta Geomathematics Group (University of Alberta and University of Calgary, Canada). The positions are jointly funded by PIMS, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at University of Calgary and faculty members in the Alberta Geomathematics group. Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent in Mathematics or Geophysics (or expect to receive a Ph.D. by June 30, 2016) and be within three years of their Ph.D. at the time when the positions are taken. The positions are open to candidates of any nationality and selection will be based upon the candidates’ research potential and teaching experiences. The start date of the positions is July 1, 2016 and the anticipated duration of the positions will be two years with an annual salary of $45,000CAD. A complete application should include curriculum vitae, a statement about current and future research and at least three (3) reference letters, one of which should address the applicant’s teaching ability. All application materials must be submitted online at http://www.mathjobs.org/jobs. Applications should be received by December 31, 2015 to ensure full consideration. Ideal candidates should have excellent skills in applied mathematics and/or geophysics. Specific training and experience in any of the areas of partial differential equations, acoustic and elastic wave equations, numerical methods, numerical optimization, scientific computing, geophysical imaging, inverse theory, seismic data processing and signal analysis would all be assets. The postdoctoral fellows will work with one or more of the researchers in the Alberta Geomathematics group (Drs. M. Lamoureux, G. Margrave, K. Innanen, W. Liao, C. Rios, and Y. Zinchenko from University of Calgary and Dr. M. Sacchi from University Alberta) in one or more of the above mentioned research areas. In addition to conducting research, the successful applicants will teach one or two courses per year in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at University of Calgary. For inquiry please contact Dr. Wenyuan Liao at [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Ani Anciaux-Sedrakian [log in to unmask] Date: October 01, 2015 Subject: PhD Position, Applied Mathematics and Computer Sciences, IFPEN 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 november 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] and [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Simon Shaw [log in to unmask] Date: October 06, 2015 Subject: PhD Position, FEM/SPH Coupling, Brunel Univ London A PhD studentship including fees (at UK/EU rates) and generous bursary is available at Brunel University London in Mathematics and the National Structural Integrity Research Centre (Brunel). The focus of the research will be on the development of methods for the coupling of total Lagrangian SPH (Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics) methods to FEM (Finite Element Methods) in the specific case of quasi-static and dynamic elasticity. The SPH/FEM coupling should allow for more accurate modelling of: damage initiation, evolution and localisation; crack initiation, propagation, and branching. The initial focus will be on problems posed in a 2D domain, with the intention of eventual implementation into a 3D non-linear finite element/SPH code. The new computational tool will be validated and applied to selected industrial problems. For further detail please see the document at: http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~icsrsss/downloads/phd.pdf ------------------------------------------------------- From: Christian Gerhards [log in to unmask] Date: October 11, 2015 Subject: PhD Position, Geomathematics, Univ of Vienna Within the DFG-funded project ''Time-Space Multiscale Separation of Ocean Tide Generated Magnetic Signals'', we offer a PhD Position (3 years) at the Computational Science Center at the University of Vienna. The project focuses on the development and application of mathematical tools for the extraction of the Earth's magnetic field signal that is produced by (tidal) ocean currents and related inverse problems. In particular, the goal is to construct spherical basis functions related to the induction equation that reflect certain spatial properties and which should also be implemented and applied to magnetic field satellite data. Depending on the preferences of the candidate, the emphasis can be on the more theoretical or the more applied aspects of the problem. The project is part of DFG's priority program ''Study of Earth system dynamics with a constellation of potential field missions (DynamicEarth)''. Further information on the project can be found on the website of the Computational Science Center: www.csc.univie.ac.at/index.php?page=ocean_tides. The position is limited to 3 years and payment is according to the collective bargaining agreement for Austrian university employees (level B1, 75%). Required Qualifications: Candidates have a MSc degree (or equivalent) in Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and have an interest in interdisciplinary mathematics and geosciences. They are open minded, active, and have a good command of the English and/or German language. Applications (including letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, copies of academic certificates, and a letter of recommendation) and inquiries on the position should be send to: [log in to unmask] The vacancy will be closed whenever a qualified candidate has been found. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Franz Rendl [log in to unmask] Date: September 30, 2015 Subject: PhD Position, Klagenfurt, Austria PhD Position in Combinatorial Optimization Alpen-Adria-Universitaet Klagenfurt, Austria We are seeking outstanding PhD candidates with interest and experience in computational approaches to deal with NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems. The successful PhD candidate will pursue her/his PhD degree under the supervision of Prof. Franz Rendl as part of a research group focusing on computational approaches for NP-hard problems. Good knowledge of semidefinite optimization and computational methods from nonlinear optimization will be very useful. The candidate will be part of the Doctoral Program 'Modeling, Simulation, Optimization of discrete, continuous and stochastic systems' hosted by the Institute of Mathematics in Klagenfurt. The position is funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). Qualifications and condition of employment: - Strong track record of mathematical studies - Diploma/Master's degree or equivalent in mathematics Application documents: (1) Letter of application - describing your qualifications, academic experience, and scientific interests - specifying your earliest possible starting date (2) Curriculum Vitae (3) Transcript of courses and grades, scanned copy of Diploma or Master's degree (4) Master thesis if available All the application documents which are merged into a single PDF-file should be electronically submitted by October 20, 2015 to [log in to unmask] . One or two confidential letters of recommendation can be directly sent to [log in to unmask] See also: https://www.math.aau.at ------------------------------------------------------- From: Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb [log in to unmask] Date: October 12, 2015 Subject: PhD Positions, Cambridge Centre for Analysis The Cambridge Centre for Analysis (CCA) advertises PhD positions within a 4-year doctoral training programme at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge. The CCA offers an enhanced PhD course which covers all aspects of mathematical analysis, including: Geometric analysis; Partial differential equations; Probability; High dimensional and non-parametric statistics; Inverse problems; Image analysis; Approximation theory; Compressed sensing; and Applications. The course emphasises a breadth of knowledge, alongside teamwork, communication and a strong sense of community. Interaction across all aspects of mathematical analysis and the application of modern techniques are the foundation of all years of study. To find out more about the course see here https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/postgrad/epsrc-centre-doctoral-training-analysis For direct links to highlighted research see here https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/postgrad/cca/research-cambridge-centre-analysis And a link to potential CCA supervisors see here https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/cca-academic-staff-and-fellows For informal enquiries about the course please email Tessa Blackman [log in to unmask] Dates: Applications open on 1 September and the closing date is 15 January 2016. Open day: the CCA open day will take place on the 26th of November 2015. Please email [log in to unmask] if you would like to attend for more information. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Sam Subbey [log in to unmask] Date: October 06, 2015 Subject: Internship Positions, IMR, Bergen, Norway There are a number of openings for internship in 2016, at the Institute for Marine Research (IMR), Bergen, Norway (http://www.imr.no/en). Prospective candidates will work in a team developing parsimonious mathematical/statistical models for marine population dynamics. The internship tasks will cover aspects of mathematical/statistical modeling, parameter estimation (optimization) and uncertainty quantification, and involve computer programing (R, C++ or Matlab). Priority will be given to MSc students with good programing skills and background in mathematical/statistical modeling, population dynamics, optimization, dynamical systems or computational ecology. Students who may consider writing their thesis at the institute are especially encouraged to apply. Internship positions are unpaid, although for exceptionally good candidates and those considering a thesis at the Institute, partial funding to cover board and lodging may be considered. The start time for the internship is negotiable but a minimum of 3 months internship is expected. For consideration, send me a copy of your academic records (transcipts), a statement of intent (max. 1 paragraph) and a reference to [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: David Jones [log in to unmask] Date: October 08, 2015 Subject: Call for Papers, Learning and Inverse Problems Inverse Problems is pleased to announce the following upcoming 2016 special issue entitled ‘Learning and Inverse Problems’. This special issue aims at bringing together articles that discuss recent advances on analyzing and optimizing inversion models. Several strategies for conceiving optimization problems, combining prior and data information, have been considered. Let us evoke statistically grounded methods, model design under uncertainties, parameter choice rules, adaptive regularization, dictionary learning, bilevel optimization, among others. Application areas include, but are not limited to, biomedical engineering and imaging, remote sensing and seismic imaging, astronomy, oceanography, atmospheric sciences and meteorology, chemical engineering and material sciences, computer vision and image processing. The guest editors are Juan Carlos De Los Reyes (MODEMAT, EPN Quito, Ecuador), Eldad Haber (University of British Columbia, Canada) and Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb (University of Cambridge, UK). This special issue is now open for submissions. We also kindly ask you to distribute this call among all colleagues who might be interested in submitting their work. All papers will be refereed to the usual high standard of Inverse Problems, and must fall within the journal’s scope, available at http://iopscience.iop.org/0266-5611/page/Scope We invite you to submit your manuscript via http://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/ip-iop. Please make sure that you select “Special Issue Article” and “Special Issue on learning and inverse problems” from the drop-down menus on the submission page. The closing date for submissions is 18 January 2016. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Carsten Carstensen [log in to unmask] Date: October 01, 2015 Subject: Contents, Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics, 15 (4) COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS Vol. 15 (2015), No. 4 Editorial, Ulrich Langer (pp. 415-416) On Preservation of Positivity in Some Finite Element Methods for the Heat Equation, Panagiotis Chatzipantelidis, Zoltan Horváth, Vidar Thomée (pp. 417-438) An Adaptive Wavelet Method for Semi-Linear First-Order System Least Squares, Nabi Chegini, Rob Stevenson (pp. 439-464) A Deluxe FETI-DP Preconditioner for a Composite Finite Element and DG Method, Maksymilian Dryja, Juan Galvis, Marcus Sarkis (pp. 465-482) Survey of Existence Results in Nonlinear Peridynamics in Comparison with Local Elastodynamics, Etienne Emmrich, Dimitri Puhst (pp. 483-496) An Algorithm for the Numerical Solution of Two-Sided Space-Fractional Partial Differential Equations, Neville J. Ford, Kamal Pal, Yubin Yan (pp. 497-514) Estimates of the Distance to the Set of Solenoidal Vector Fields and Applications to A Posteriori Error Control, Sergey Repin (pp. 515-530) Some Open Questions in the Numerical Analysis of Singularly Perturbed Differential Equations, Hans-Görg Roos, Martin Stynes (pp. 531-550) Space-Time Finite Element Methods for Parabolic Problems, Olaf Steinbach (pp. 551-566) 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: Raimondas Ciegis [log in to unmask] Date: September 30, 2015 Subject: Contents, Mathematical Modelling and Analysis, 20 (5) MATHEMATICAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS The Baltic Journal on Mathematical Applications, Numerical Analysis and Differential Equations ISSN 1392-6292, ISSN 1648-3510 online, Electronical edition: http://www.tandfonline.com/TMMA Volume 20, Number 5, September 2015 Justyna Signerska-Rynkowska, Analysis of Interspike-Intervals for the General Class of Integrate-and-Fire Models with Periodic Drive, 529-551 Giuseppe Izzo and Zdzislaw Jackiewicz, Strong Stability Preserving Multistage Integration Methods, 552-577 Johnny Henderson and Nickolai Kosmatov, Positive Solutions of the Semipositone Neumann Boundary Value Problem, 578-584 Mrinal Jana and Geetanjali Panda, Multi-objective Geometric Programming with Varying Parameters: Application in Waste Water Treatment System, 585-603 Ravi P. Agarwal, Guotao Wang, Bashir Ahmad, Lihong Zhang, Aatef Hobiny and Shatha Monaquel, On Existence of Solutions for Nonlinear $q$-difference Equations with Nonlocal $q$-integral Boundary Conditions, 604-618 Algirdas Lan\v{c}inskas, Pilar Mart\'{i}nez Ortigosa and Julius~\v{Z}ilinskas, Parallel Optimization Algorithm for Competitive Facility Location, 619-640 Carmelo Clavero, Jose Luis Gracia, Grigorii~I.~Shishkin and Lidia P. Shishkina, Schemes Convergent $\varepsilon$-Uniformly for Parabolic Singularly Perturbed Problems with a~Degenerating Convective Term and a~Discontinuous Source, 641-657 Zhiyong Si, Yunxia Wang and Xinlong Feng, Modified Method of Characteristics Variational Multiscale Finite Element Method for Time Dependent Navier-Stokes Problems, 658-680 Suheil A. Khuri and Ali M. Sayfy, Numerical Solution of a Class of Nonlinear System of Second-Order Boundary-ValueProblems: a Fourth-Order Cubic Spline Approach, 681-700 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Claude Brezinski [log in to unmask] Date: October 02, 2015 Subject: Contents, Numerical Algorithms, 70 (2) Table of contents for Numerical Algorithms, Volume 70, Issue 2. Efficient low-error analytical-numerical approximations for radial solutions of nonlinear Laplace equations, John Haussermann, Robert A. Van Gorder Reusing Chebyshev points for polynomial interpolation, Saman Ghili, Gianluca Iaccarino conjugate gradient method with sufficient descent property, Hao Liu, Haijun Wang, Xiaoyan Qian, Feng Rao Estimating the condition number of f(A)b, Edvin Deadman Verified error bounds for singular solutions of nonlinear systems, Zhe Li, Haifeng Sang Some remarks on the paper “Strong convergence of a self-adaptive method for the spilt feasibility problem”, Haiyun Zhou, Peiyuan Wang Error bounds for linear complementarity problems of MB-matrices, Tingting Chen, Wen Li, Xianping Wu, Seakweng Vong Efficient n-point iterative methods with memory for solving nonlinear equations, Xiaofeng Wang, Tie Zhang On the semilocal convergence of a three steps Newton-type iterative process under mild convergence conditions, M. A. Hernandez-Veron, Eulalia Martinez Complexity analysis and numerical implementation of a full-Newton step interior-point algorithm for LCCO, Mohamed Achache, Moufida Goutali A key to choose subspace size in implicitly restarted Arnoldi method, S. A. Shahzadeh Fazeli, Nahid Emad, Zifan Liu The sparse cardinal sine decomposition and its application for fast numerical convolution, François Alouges, Matthieu Aussal Erratum to: “Comments on another hybrid conjugate gradient algorithm for unconstrained optimization by Andrei”, Zhifeng Dai, Fenghua Wen ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************