Subject: NA Digest, V. 15, # 45 NA Digest Thursday, December 31, 2015 Volume 15 : Issue 45 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs [log in to unmask] Today's Topics: Heinz-Otto Kreiss, 1930-2015 2014 Charles Broyden Prize 2015 Babuska Prize Awarded New Book, Adaptive Treatment Strategies in Practice New Book, An Introduction to Domain Decomposition Methods New Book, An Introduction to Numerical Computation New Book, Electrical Transmission System Cascades and Vulnerability New Book, Intelligent Numerical Methods New Book, Rational Bases and Generalized Barycentrics New Book, Stochastic Systems Call for Chapters, Holistic Optimization Numerical Algebra, Algorithms, and Analysis, Japan, Jan 2016 Georgia Scientific Computing Symposium, USA, Feb 2016 Scientific Software Days, USA, Feb 2016 New Deadline, MORML 2016, Germany, Mar 2016 SANUM, South Africa, Mar 2016 ESSAM-MASC School, Czech Republic, May 2016 AMiTaNS'16, Bulgaria, Jun 2016 EngOpt 2016, Brazil, Jun 2016 New Deadline, ICOSAHOM'16, Brazil, Jun 2016 Sparse Days 2016, France, Jun 2016 SIAM Network Science, USA, Jul 2016 SIMAI 2016, Italy, Sep 2016 Math Congress of the Americas, Canada, Jul 2017 Assistant Professor Position, Applied Mathematics, UC Merced Assistant Professor Positions, New Mexico Tech Open Rank Position, Concepcion, Chile University Lectureship Position, Mathematics of Information Postdoc Position, Computational Systems Biology, Univ of California, Irvine Postdoc Position, Math Modelling and Scientific Computing, McMaster Postdoc Position, Scientific Computing, Simula Research Laboratory Postdoc Position, UQ for Nonlocal Mechanics, ORNL PhD Position, Geometric Integration PhD Position, NA or Computational Engineering, Edinburgh PhD Positions, Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computing PhD Positions, Scientific Computing, Uppsala Univ Contents, BIT Numerical Mathematics, 55 (4) Contents, Dolomites Res Notes on Approx, 8 Contents, Information and Inference: A Journal of the IMA, 04 (4) 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: Olof B. Widlund [log in to unmask] Date: December 20, 2015 Subject: Heinz-Otto Kreiss, 1930-2015 Heinz-Otto Kreiss, one of greats of our community, passed away quietly in Stockholm, Sweden on December 16 after a long illness. He was born into a family of teachers of mathematics in Hamburg, Germany. After working as a part-time farmhand during the war, he became an undergraduate in Hamburg in 1950. In 1955, with his diplom, he left for Stockholm where he very soon started his work on finite difference approximations which would make him famous. The best known of his results from these early times are the two variants of Kreiss' matrix theorem. He served on the faculty of Chalmers Institute of Technology and Uppsala University before joining CalTech. At the time of his retirement, he was a member of the mathematics department of UCLA. He was a very successful advisor and has at least 450 mathematical descendants. He cowrote a several textbooks of which the last appeared just last year. On a personal note, I was very fortunate to meet Heinz in the early nineteen-sixties and to become his first doctoral student. He generously shared his knowledge of promising, open problems and he became a model for all my own work with students. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Oleg Burdakov [log in to unmask] Date: December 29, 2015 Subject: 2014 Charles Broyden Prize The Charles Broyden prize for the best paper published in Optimization Methods and Software (OMS) in 2014 was awarded to the papers: "Level bundle methods for oracles with on-demand accuracy" by W. de Oliveira and C. Sagastizábal. OMS Volume 29, Issue 6, pp. 1180-1209. "Augmented Lagrangian alternating direction method for matrix separation based on low-rank factorization" by Y. Shen, Z. Wen and Y. Zhang. OMS Volume 29, Issue 2, pp. 239-263. The award was established by the OMS Editorial Board and Taylor & Francis in 2009, with a cash prize of £500. http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/est/charles-broyden-prize The Broyden Prize Committee: Frederic Bonnans, Michael Ferris (chair), Masao Fukushima, Nickolaos Sahinidis and Ya-xiang Yuan ------------------------------------------------------- From: Karel Segeth [log in to unmask] Date: December 29, 2015 Subject: 2015 Babuska Prize Awarded In December 2015, the Czech Association for Mechanics and the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists again awarded the I. Babuska Prize for the best work in computational mechanics and computational mathematics submitted by students and young scientists. The Prize winner for 2015 is Dr Jiri Kopal from the Faculty of Mechatronics of the Technical University in Liberec. The work honored is his PhD thesis Generalized Gram-Schmidt process: its analysis and use in preconditioning. Further winners were delivered diplomas of honor. The second position was awarded to Dr Lukas Pospisil from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of VSB-Technical University of Ostrava for his PhD thesis Development of algorithms for solving minimizing problems with convex quadratic function on special convex sets and applications. The third position belongs to Dr Jiri Had from the Faculty of Machine Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague who presented his PhD thesis Design of numerical models of 3D composite structures and evaluation of their limit states. Further diplomas of honor were delivered to MS theses. The first position in this category was taken by Karel Mikes from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague. The second was Eva Bezchlebova from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague and the third position belongs to Radim Sojka from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of VSB-Technical University of Ostrava. The Prize was established in 1994 by an outstanding Czech mathematician Ivo Babuska, now at the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX. A conference at Austin to celebrate Ivo Babuska's 90th birthday is scheduled for March 2016. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Bruce Bailey [log in to unmask] Date: December 22, 2015 Subject: New Book, Adaptive Treatment Strategies in Practice Adaptive Treatment Strategies in Practice: Planning Trials and Analyzing Data for Personalized Medicine, edited by Michael R. Kosorok and Erica E. M. Moodie xvi + 348 pages / Softcover / 978-1-611974-17-1 / List Price $74.00 / ASA/SIAM Member Price $51.80 / SA21 Personalized medicine is a medical paradigm that emphasizes systematic use of individual patient information to optimize that patient's health care, particularly in managing chronic conditions and treating cancer. In the statistical literature, sequential decision making is known as an adaptive treatment strategy (ATS) or a dynamic treatment regime (DTR). The field of DTRs emerges at the interface of statistics, machine learning, and biomedical science to provide a data-driven framework for precision medicine. The authors provide a learning-by-seeing approach to the development of ATSs, aimed at a broad audience of health researchers. All estimation procedures used are described in sufficient heuristic and technical detail so that less quantitative readers can understand the broad principles underlying the approaches. At the same time, more quantitative readers can implement these practices. To order or for more about this book, including links to its table of contents, preface, and index, please visit http://bookstore.siam.org/SA21/. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Bruce Bailey [log in to unmask] Date: December 22, 2015 Subject: New Book, An Introduction to Domain Decomposition Methods An Introduction to Domain Decomposition Methods: Algorithms, Theory, and Parallel Implementation by Victorita Dolean, Pierre Jolivet, Frédéric Nataf x + 238 pages / Softcover / ISBN 978-1-611974-05-8 / List Price $79.00 / SIAM Member Price $55.30 / Order Code OT144 The purpose of this book is to offer an overview of the most popular domain decomposition methods for partial differential equations (PDEs). These methods are widely used for numerical simulations in solid mechanics, electromagnetism, flow in porous media, etc., on parallel machines from tens to hundreds of thousands of cores. The appealing feature of domain decomposition methods is that, contrary to direct methods, they are naturally parallel. The authors focus on parallel linear solvers. The authors present all popular algorithms, both at the PDE level and at the discrete level in terms of matrices, along with systematic scripts for sequential implementation in a free open-source finite element package as well as some parallel scripts. Also included is a new coarse space construction (two-level method) that adapts to highly heterogeneous problems. To order or for more about this book, including links to its table of contents, preface, and index, please visit http://bookstore.siam.org/OT144/. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Qi Ng [log in to unmask] Date: December 30, 2015 Subject: New Book, An Introduction to Numerical Computation An Introduction to Numerical Computation by Wen Shen (Penn State University) This book serves as a set of lecture notes for an introductory course on numerical computation, at the senior undergraduate level. Key Features: - Class-tested through 5 semesters at Penn State University, with top reviews from students - Supplementary videos available - consisting of lectures and tutorials - Set of homework problems is included at the end of each chapter. - Complete set of solutions is available for instructors, upon request. More information available at http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9844 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Bruce Bailey [log in to unmask] Date: December 21, 2015 Subject: New Book, Electrical Transmission System Cascades and Vulnerability Electrical Transmission System Cascades and Vulnerability: An Operations Research Viewpoint by Todd Kapitula viii + 294 pages / Softcover / 978-1-611974-15-7 / List Price $93.00 / MOS/SIAM Member Price $65.10 / Order Code MO22 The power grid can be considered one of twentieth-century engineering's greatest achievements, and as grids and populations grow, robustness is a factor that planners must take into account. Power grid robustness is a complex problem for two reasons: the underlying physics is mathematically complex, and modeling is complicated by lack of accurate data. This book sheds light on this complex problem by introducing the engineering details of power grid operations from the basic to the detailed; describing how to use optimization and stochastic modeling, with special focus on the modeling of cascading failures and robustness; providing numerical examples that show "how things work"; and detailing the application of a number of optimization theories to power grids. To order or for more about this book, including links to its table of contents, preface, and index, please visit http://bookstore.siam.org/MO22/. ------------------------------------------------------- From: George Anastassiou [log in to unmask] Date: December 15, 2015 Subject: New Book, Intelligent Numerical Methods Intelligent Numerical Methods: Applications to Fractional Calculus George A. Anastassiou and Ioannis K. Argyros, Springer, New York, Heidelberg, 2016 In this monograph the authors present Newton-type, Newton-like and other numerical methods, which involve fractional derivatives and fractional integral operators, for the first time studied in the literature. All for the purpose to solve numerically equations whose associated functions can be also non-differentiable in the ordinary sense. That is among others extending the classical Newton method theory which requires usual differentiability of function. Chapters are self-contained and can be read independently and several advanced courses can be taught out of this book. An extensive list of references is given per chapter. The book's results are expected to find applications in many areas of applied mathematics, stochastics, computer science and engineering. As such this monograph is suitable for researchers, graduate students, and seminars of the above subjects, also to be in all science and engineering libraries. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Eugene Wachspress [log in to unmask] Date: December 14, 2015 Subject: New Book, Rational Bases and Generalized Barycentrics Springer has published a second edition of my 1975 book on A Rational Finite Element Basis titled Rational Bases and Generalized Barycentrics. Recent theoretical innovations and MATLAB implementation are included This work contains application of significant concepts in Algebraic Geometry to construction of barycentric coordinates for a broad class of elements. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Bruce Bailey [log in to unmask] Date: December 22, 2015 Subject: New Book, Stochastic Systems Stochastic Systems: Estimation, Identification, and Adaptive Control by P. R. Kumar and Pravin Varaiya xviii + 358 pages / Softcover / 978-1-611974-25-6 / List Price $74.00 / SIAM Member Price $51.80 / CL75 Since its origins in the 1940s, the subject of decision making under uncertainty has grown into a diversified area with application in several branches of engineering and in those areas of the social sciences concerned with policy analysis and prescription. These approaches required a computing capacity too expensive for the time, until the ability to collect and process huge quantities of data engendered an explosion of work in the area. This book provides succinct and rigorous treatment of the foundations of stochastic control; a unified approach to filtering, estimation, prediction, and stochastic and adaptive control; and the conceptual framework necessary to understand current trends in stochastic control, data mining, machine learning, and robotics. To order or for more about this book, please visit http://bookstore.siam.org/CL75/. ------------------------------------------------------- From: P. Vasant [log in to unmask] Date: December 26, 2015 Subject: Call for Chapters, Holistic Optimization Call for Chapters Proposals Submission Deadline: January 15, 2016 Full Chapters Due: February 28, 2016 Submission Date: June 30, 2016 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. This book chapter project will be open for interested authors in hotel management, social science, hospitality management areas to submit their manuscripts. It would also cover the best chapters from the research areas of information technology and computer science which are related to hotel, tourism and travel industry. The book chapter mainly focuses on new development and contribution of the current research to the body of the knowledge in the areas of hotel, tourism and travel industry which are related to internet and computer technology. Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before January 15, 2016, 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 25, 2016 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by February 28, 2016, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at http://www.igi- global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Keiichi Morikuni [log in to unmask] Date: December 18, 2015 Subject: Numerical Algebra, Algorithms, and Analysis, Japan, Jan 2016 Workshop on Numerical Algebra, Algorithms, and Analysis January 11-12, 2016 Rooms 1208 and 1210, National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan This workshop is dedicated to Professor Ken Hayami (National Institute of Informatics and SOKENDAI) on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Academic researchers in numerical algebra, analysis, algorithms have a face-to-face discussion about current problems in the research fields. You are invited to attend the workshop. Registration for the workshop is free of charge and is not mandatory. See http://www.cs.tsukuba.ac.jp/~morikuni/WNA3KH/ for the lists of invited speakers and the program. Organizing Committee Xiaoke Cui (U. of Tokyo), Keiichi Morikuni (U. of Tsukuba) Kota Sugihara (SOKENDAI), Ning Zheng (SOKENDAI) For additional information, please contact Keiichi Morikuni, Ph.D., [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Nagy [log in to unmask] Date: December 24, 2015 Subject: Georgia Scientific Computing Symposium, USA, Feb 2016 Georgia Scientific Computing Sympoisum February 20, 2016 Emory University The Georgia Scientific Computing Symposium (GSCS) is a forum for professors, postdocs, graduate students and other researchers in Georgia to meet in an informal setting, to exchange ideas, and to highlight local scientific computing research. The symposium has been held every year since 2009 and is open to the entire research community. This year, the symposium will be held on Saturday, February 20, 2016, at Emory University. The format of the day-long symposium is a set of invited presentations, poster sessions and a poster blitz, and plenty of time to network with other attendees. Invited Speakers: Michele Benzi, Emory University Steven Hamilton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Alexandra Smirnova, Georgia State University Phanish Suryanarayana, Georgia Institute of Technology Molei Tao, Georgia Institute of Technology Qing Zhang, University of Georgia For more information, including registration information, see: http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~nagy/GSC2016 If you have questions, please contact Jim Nagy, [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Damon McDougall [log in to unmask] Date: December 16, 2015 Subject: Scientific Software Days, USA, Feb 2016 The 7th Annual Scientific Software Days Conference (SSD) targets users and developers of scientific software. The conference will be held at the University of Texas at Austin Thursday Feb 25 - Friday Feb 26, 2016 and focuses on two themes: a) sharing best practices across scientific software communities; b) sharing the latest tools and technology relevant to scientific software. This year's list of speakers include: Brian Adams (Sandia, Dakota); Iain Dunning (MIT, Julia Project); Victor Eijkhout (TACC); Robert van de Geijn (keynote, UT Austin, libflame); Jeff Hammond (Intel, nwchem); Mark Hoemmen (keynote, Sandia, Trilinos); James Howison (UT Austin); Fernando Perez (Berkeley, IPython); Cory Quammen (Kitware, Paraview/VTK); Ridgway Scott (UChicago, FEniCS); and Roy Stogner (UT Austin, LibMesh). In additional, we solicit poster submissions that share novel uses of scientific software. Please send an abstract of less than 250 words to [log in to unmask] Limited travel funding for students and early career researchers who present posters will be available. More details, including how to register, will appear on the website in the coming weeks: http://scisoftdays.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Bernard Haasdonk [log in to unmask] Date: December 17, 2015 Subject: New Deadline, MORML 2016, Germany, Mar 2016 Please note that the deadline for submission of abstracts for the workshop on "Data-driven Model Order Reduction and Machine Learning (MORML 2016)" from 30.3.-1.4.2016 at the University of Stuttgart, has been extended to December 31, 2015, 24:00h (Central European Time). More Information can be found at http://www.morepas.org/morml2016 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Nick Hale [log in to unmask] Date: December 17, 2015 Subject: SANUM, South Africa, Mar 2016 Registration is now open for the 2016 South African Symposium on Numerical and Applied Mathematics (SANUM2016) at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, on 22nd to 24th March. Confirmed plenary speakers include: - Mapundi Banda (University of Pretoria) - Folkmar Bornemann (TU Munich) - Nick Higham (University of Manchester) - Elizabeth Mansfield (University of Kent) - Beatrice Pelloni (University of Reading) - Daya Reddy (University of Cape Town) - Nick Trefethen (University of Oxford) - Walter Van Assche (KU Leuven) and three special sessions: - Orthogonal polynomials, special functions, and applications - Machine learning and computer vision - Modelling ecological and evolutionary dynamics Further details and a link to the registration page can be found at the conference webpage: http://sanum.github.io Note: If you plan to attend, we recommend booking accommodation and flights as soon as possible since the proximity of the conference to the Easter weekend (and hopefully the popularity of the conference!) will result in a high demand. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Miro Rozloznik [log in to unmask] Date: December 22, 2015 Subject: ESSAM-MASC School, Czech Republic, May 2016 ESSAM European School on Mathematical Modelling, Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing to be held in Kacov, Czech Republic, in May 29 - June 3, 2016. The aim of the school is to promote the interconnection of mathematical modeling, analysis, and computational methods used in solving complex (real-world) problems. The lectures will be prepared with a broad multidisciplinary audience in mind, and at each school a broad scope, ranging from modeling to scientific computing, will be covered. Usually four main speakers deliver a series of three lectures. Ample time within the school is allocated for the promotion of informal scientific discussions among the participants. Speakers and topics of the 2016 school are: - Peter Bastian (Universität Heidelberg, Germany), /Simulation of Multiphase Flows in Porous Media/. - Jörg Liesen (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany), /Krylov subspaces. Classical mathematics, iterative methods, and surprising links/. - Jan Mandel (University of Colorado at Denver, USA), /Probability on spaces of functions, with applications to inverse problems and data assimilation/. - Richard Katz (University of Oxford, UK), /Two-phase fluid dynamics of partially molten rock: fundamentals and application to the Earth/. The school is organized under the auspices of the European Mathematical Society (EMS) and Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague (MFF UK), as an activity of the Nečas Center for Mathematical Modeling. Participants will have a possibility to present a short communication (maximally 10 minutes in the dependence on the number of participants contributing to this kind of activity). The deadline for registration and submission of abstracts is May 2, 2016. More information at http://essam-masc.cuni.cz/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Michail Todorov [log in to unmask] Date: December 19, 2015 Subject: AMiTaNS'16, Bulgaria, Jun 2016 Eight Conference of the Euro-American Consortium for Promoting the Application of Mathematics in Technical and Natural Sciences (AMiTaNS'16), June 22-27 2016, Black Sea resort of Albena, Bulgaria, Conference website: http://2016.eac4amitans.eu The conference is organized by The Euro-American Consortium for Promotion of the Application of Mathematics in Technical and Natural Sciences in cooperation with Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The conference will be scheduled in plenary and keynote lectures followed by special and contributed sessions. The accents of the conference will be on Mathematical Physics, Solitons and Transport Processes, Numerical Methods, Scientific Computing, Continuum Mechanics, Applied Analysis, Applied Physics, Biomathematics, which can be complemented by some specific topics in contributed special sessions. You are welcomed to announce and organize special sessions that should be within the general topic of the conference. Preliminary list of speakers: C. Schober (USA), A. Kurganov (USA), A. Aceves (USA), I. Tsukerman (USA), P. Radeva (Spain), A. Freundlich (USA), V. Levin (Russia), E. Karabut (Russia), E. Zhuravleva (Russia), B. LeMesurier (USA), A. Calini (USA), P. Daripa (USA), I. Stamova (USA), Yu. Dimitrov (Bulgaria) ------------------------------------------------------- From: Jean R. Roche [log in to unmask] Date: December 21, 2015 Subject: EngOpt 2016, Brazil, Jun 2016 EngOpt 2016, the 5th International Conference on Engineering Optimization will take place at Iguassu Falls, Brazil, from 19th to 23rd June 2016. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION is now open. Please submit your abstract in our site: http://www.engopt.org 15th January 2016 - Deadline for the short abstract, to be included in the proceedings book of the conference (Up to 3200 characters including spaces, written in plain text, without mathematical formulas). Notification for paper acceptance: 15 days after submission ------------------------------------------------------- From: Marco Bittencourt [log in to unmask] Date: December 15, 2015 Subject: New Deadline, ICOSAHOM'16, Brazil, Jun 2016 ICOSAHOM'16, International Conference on Spectral and High-Order Methods 2016 June 27- July 01 2016, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL http://www.icosahom2016.org/ Minisymposium Proposal: Submission Deadline, January 5 2016 The 11th International Conference on Spectral and High-Order Methods, will be hosted by the University of Campinas and Pontifical University of Rio de Janeiro in city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 27 - July 01, 2016. The purpose of this conference series is to bring together researchers and practitioners with an interest in the theoretical, computational and applied aspects of high-order and spectral methods for the solution of differential equations. Plenary speakers: Paola F. Antonietti, Georges-Henri Cottet David Kopriva, Gianluigi Rozza, Li-Lian Wang, Beth Wingate, Erik Burman, Abimael Loula All interested participants are encouraged to submit a minisymposium proposal. For submission guidelines as well as additional conference information, please vist the conference webpage: http://www.icosahom2016.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Iain Duff [log in to unmask] Date: December 20, 2015 Subject: Sparse Days 2016, France, Jun 2016 The 2016 Sparse Days meeting will be held at CERFACS in Toulouse on 29 and 20 June. Further information on the meeting will be posted on nadigest early in the new year. ------------------------------------------------------- From: John Gilbert [log in to unmask] Date: December 15, 2015 Subject: SIAM Network Science, USA, Jul 2016 Fourth SIAM Workshop on Network Science (NS'16) July 15 - 16, 2016 Boston, Massachusetts, USA Network science has a rich history, tracing its roots back through sociology, chemistry, biology, electrical engineering, computer science, and topology all the way to Euler and the Königsberg bridges nearly 300 years ago. Network science studies the mathematical structure of the graphs that arise in these diverse fields, and the design, analysis, and applications of algorithms that compute with and on them. The goal of the SIAM Network Science workshop is to promote cross-fertilization among the communities that study and apply networks and graphs, both inside and outside SIAM. NS'16 will be co-located in Boston with the 2016 SIAM Annual Meeting (July 11-15) and the SIAM Conference on Life Sciences (July 11-14). Submissions deadline: February 25, 2016 Notification: March 31, 2016 Preregistration and hotel deadline: June 13, 2016 SIAM NS'16: July 15-16, 2016 For additional information: http://www.siam.org/meetings/ns16/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Luca Formaggia [log in to unmask] Date: December 18, 2015 Subject: SIMAI 2016, Italy, Sep 2016 The 2016 edition of the bi-annual congress of the Italian Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIMAI) will take place from the 13th to the 16th of September 2016, hosted by Politecnico di Milano. The aim of the conference is: to bring together researchers and professionals from academia and industry who are active in the study of mathematical and numerical models as well as their application to industrial and in general real life problems; to stimulate interdisciplinary research in applied mathematics and to foster interactions of the scientific community with industry. https://www.eko.polimi.it/index.php/SIMAI2016/SIMAI2016 [log in to unmask] Minisimposia submission will open on the 10th of January 2016. Minisimposia are organized in slots of 2.30 hour for 6 talks of 20 minutes + 5 minutes discussion. Alternatively, one may propose a keynote of 50 minutes + 4 talks. The organizer(s) must provide the following information using the conference web site Title Organizer(s) Affiliation and Contact Information of the Organizer(s) Short description Motivation/Relevance to SIMAI Confirmed speakers Other proposed speakers ------------------------------------------------------- From: Daniel B Szyld [log in to unmask] Date: December 15, 2015 Subject: Math Congress of the Americas, Canada, Jul 2017 The second Mathematical Congress of the Americas (MCA) will take place on July 24-28, 2017, at Centre Mont-Royal and McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Wide participation of mathematicians and students from North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean is expected. The goals of the MCA are to highlight the excellence of mathematical achievements of the Americas in the international arena and to foster collaboration between the continents' mathematical communities. Proposals of special sessions at MCA 2017 are welcomed by the Special Sessions Subcommittee. Early submission of proposals is encouraged: good proposals will be approved on a regular basis before the deadline, so that session speakers may be invited in plenty of time to make travel and funding arrangements. A proposal should include: - the names, affiliations and contact information (including email addresses) of all the organizers, with one organizer designated as "contact organizer", -a brief presentation of the topic and scope (up to one page), -a preliminary list of the expected speakers. The topics should be broad and fairly well represented throughout the Americas. The list of organizers must include at least two mathematicians from different countries in the Americas. Preference will be given to proposals whose list of suggested speakers represents diversity in all aspects. Each special session will consist of two 4-hour periods. Proposals should be sent to [log in to unmask] before July 31, 2016. For more details see: https://mca2017.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Juan C Meza [log in to unmask] Date: December 16, 2015 Subject: Assistant Professor Position, Applied Mathematics, UC Merced The University of California is creating a dynamic new university campus and campus community in Merced, California, which opened in September 2005 as the tenth campus of the University of California and the first American research university built in the 21st century. In keeping with the mission of the University to provide teaching, research and public service of the highest quality, UC Merced will be providing new educational opportunities at the undergraduate, masters and doctoral levels through three academic schools Engineering; Natural Sciences; and, Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts. The School of Natural Sciences at UC Merced (http://naturalsciences.ucmerced.edu) invites applications for a new faculty in the area of Applied Mathematics (http://appliedmath.ucmerced.edu) starting July 1, 2016 at the rank of tenure-track Assistant Professor. We are seeking exceptionally qualified candidates with expertise in scientific computing, data-enabled science, mathematical modeling, or related areas. Special attention will be paid to applicants who participate in interdisciplinary research, and who will contribute to developing the applied mathematics curriculum and to one or more of the campus research initiatives in the natural sciences, engineering and/or social sciences. A Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics or a related scientific field, demonstrated excellence in research, teaching and strong interpersonal communication skills are required, including the ability to teach at the undergraduate and graduate level. Postdoctoral research and teaching experience are preferred. The University of California, Merced is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity amount its faculty, students and staff. The University is supportive of dual career couples. Salary is commensurate with education, experience, and UC academic salary scales. Deadline: Review of applications will begin on January 4, 2016 with a final closing date of January 20, 2016. Applications must be submitted via this website, and must include (1) a cover letter stating area of interest, (2) curriculum vitae (3) research statement, (4) teaching statement, (5) diversity statement, and (6) four letters of reference, including one addressing teaching, submitted online. After an application is submitted, the letters of reference should be electronically uploaded by the letter writers (instructions will be provided by the application system). For additional information or to apply, visit https://aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/apply/JPF00279 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Borchers [log in to unmask] Date: December 14, 2015 Subject: Assistant Professor Positions, New Mexico Tech New Mexico Tech has two open tenure track positions in applied mathematics. See the advertisement and apply online at: https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/8352 ------------------------------------------------------- From: David Mora [log in to unmask] Date: December 30, 2015 Subject: Open Rank Position, Concepcion, Chile UNIVERSIDAD DEL BÍO-BÍO, Departamento de Matemática The Department of Mathematics is seeking applicants for three open rank positions, to begin in March 1st, 2016; however, we are flexible with respect to this date. The candidates should possess a doctoral degree in Mathematics. Candidates should have a distinguished research record and a strong commitment to excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching in Spanish (intermediate level). The normal department duties include twelve hours per week (two courses) of undergraduate or postgraduate teaching. The University of Bío-Bío funds research projects, supports the participation in Congresses and economic incentives for ISI publications (US$ 1.700 each) and SCIELO publications (US$ 550 each). Also, Postdoctoral stayings will be supported. For further information, visit our web site: http://dmat.ciencias.ubiobio.cl/?page_id=536 Please send the documents to: Director Departamento de Matemática Universidad del Bío-Bío Av. Collao 1202 Concepción, CHILE Phone: +56-41- 3111732 Email: [log in to unmask] Deadline: January 12th, 2016. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Doris Allen [log in to unmask] Date: December 21, 2015 Subject: University Lectureship Position, Mathematics of Information Applications are invited for a University Lectureship in the Mathematics of Information at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) to commence on 1 September 2016 or by agreement. Appointment will be made at an appropriate point on the University scale (£38,896-£49,230) and will be for a probationary period of five years with appointment to the retiring age thereafter, subject to satisfactory performance. Candidates should hold a PhD or equivalent in mathematics or a closely related subject, and have an outstanding record of research in the mathematics of data science. Preference will be given to experts in applied and computational analysis. Willingness to engage in an interdisciplinary and cross-cutting research is very desirable. This Lectureship is affiliated with the new Cantab Capital Institute for Mathematics of Information which is hosted within the Faculty of Mathematics. It accommodates research activity on fundamental mathematical problems and methodology for understanding, analysing, processing and simulating data. Data science research performed in the Institute is at the highest international level, aiming to extract the relevant information from large- and high-dimensional data with a predictable certainty. For further information on the position as well as instructions on how to apply please go to the Cambridge University Job Opportunities page at http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/8736/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Qing Nie [log in to unmask] Date: December 14, 2015 Subject: Postdoc Position, Computational Systems Biology, Univ of California, Irvine One to two postdoctoral researcher openings are available in the area of Computational Systems Biology in University of California, Irvine. The successful candidates will work with Professor Qing Nie on several NIH-funded projects that include, but not limited to, "Stochastic Dynamics and Noise Control in Patterning Systems", "Spatial Dynamics of Tissue and Organ Size Control", and "Defining an Integrated Signaling Network That Patterns the Craniofacial Skeleton". The postdoctoral fellows, whose primary responsibility is on modeling and computations, are expected to closely work with experimentalists in an interdisciplinary research environment on one or more of these three projects. The position is renewable up to three years based upon availability of funding and performance of the postdoctoral fellow. Applicants must possess a PhD in Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Biology or related fields. The review process is ongoing, and will continue until positions are filled. Appointments can start as early as July 1, 2016. For further inquiry on the positions, please contact Qing Nie ([log in to unmask]). Please Reference Job #JPF03218 in subject line of all correspondence. Completed applications must be submitted electronically through https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF03218 and must contain: (1) Cover letter (2) Curriculum Vitae (3) Research statement (4) Statement of Contributions to Diversity: Statement addressing how past and/or potential contributions to diversity will advance UCI's Commitment to Inclusive Excellence. (5) Two reference letters should submitted through https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/ or emailed to [log in to unmask] by the referee. The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Bartosz Protas [log in to unmask] Date: December 21, 2015 Subject: Postdoc Position, Math Modelling and Scientific Computing, McMaster Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellowship position in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McMaster University. This fellowship provides an opportunity to engage in research in close collaboration with Dr. Protas and his group (more information available at http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/bprotas ) with a limited amount of teaching. The focus of this industry-cofunded position will be research on mathematical and computational modelling of nonequilibrium electrochemical and thermodynamic processes occurring in Li-ion batteries. This position is intended for an applied mathematician interested in exploring a rapidly developing application area, or for a mathematically-minded chemist with a solid background in theoretical and computational chemistry. In either case, knowledge of multiscale modelling (especially homogenization), electrochemistry, PDEs and scientific computing will be an asset. This research project also involves close collaboration with chemists and material scientists as well as research scientists with our Industrial Partner. The duration of the position will be initially one year with extension for the second year contingent on satisfactory performance and availability of funding. The fellowship is open to candidates of any nationality and selection will be based on the candidate's research potential and fit with Dr. Protas' research group. The fellowship starts on September 1, 2016 or earlier, and provides an annual stipend salary of $42,000 CAD. Candidates are required to apply for this fellowship by using the MathJobs website (see our advertisement with ID McMaster-PDFMMSC [#8225] at www.mathjobs.org). We will begin reviewing applications on January 11, 2016. Applications received after this date will be accepted until the position is filled, but to ensure full consideration applicants are advised to submit all supporting materials by the above deadline. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Marie E. Rognes [log in to unmask] Date: December 17, 2015 Subject: Postdoc Position, Scientific Computing, Simula Research Laboratory Applications are invited for a Postdoc position in the Biomedical Computing Department at Simula Research Laboratory, with the Automated Uncertainty Quantification for Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations (AUQ-PDE) project. The position is initially for 2 years. The official announcement with full details of the position and online application instructions can be found here: https://www.simula.no/about/available-jobs The AUQ-PDE project aims to develop and integrate generic software featuring a high degree of automation for uncertainty quantification in computational models governed by partial differential equations and to apply the developed tools to a select set of research questions stemming from the in silico study of physiological processes. For more details on the AUQ-PDE project, see https://www.simula.no/research/projects/auq-pde. The application deadline is January 15 2016, and starting date as early as appropriate in 2016. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Pablo Seleson [log in to unmask] Date: December 30, 2015 Subject: Postdoc Position, UQ for Nonlocal Mechanics, ORNL Postdoctoral Research Associate in Uncertainty Quantification Methods for Nonlocal Mechanics The Computer Science and Mathematics Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is seeking an applied mathematician and computational scientist to aid in the development of uncertainty quantification methods within the context of nonlocal theories (particularly, peridynamics). Important to this position is also the implementation of such methods to fracture dynamics and multiscale problems, including applications in corrosion, fatigue, and impact. The position requires collaboration within a multi-disciplinary research environment consisting of mathematicians, computational scientists, computer scientists, experimentalists, and engineers/physicists conducting basic and applied research in support of the Laboratory's missions. Specific responsibilities include participating in the development of uncertainty quantification tools for nonlocal theories, design and implementation of multiscale algorithms for uncertainty propagation across materials scales, and numerical simulation of fracture dynamics problems. The applicant is also expected to collaborate with experts from various disciplines, and follow team planning, goals, and quality processes. Application areas of particular interest include computational mechanics and computational materials science, specifically with connections to impact, fatigue, and corrosion processes. The minimum required education is a Ph.D., in applied mathematics and/or computational science, or a related field. U.S. citizenship is not required. Technical Questions: Contact Clayton Webster ([log in to unmask]). Please reference the position title and number (NB50533731) when corresponding about this position. Applications can be submitted through MathJobs (including letters of recommendation) at https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/8426 To be considered for the position, applicants must also fill an application directly at the ORNL website. A direct link to the job posting is: https://recruiting.ornl.gov/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_posting_apply? PARAM=cG9zdF9pbnN0X2d1aWQ9MDA1MDU2QjQzOTc3MUVENUFCR EZDQTlDMkI5MzE0NDAmY2FuZF90eXBlPUVYVA%3d%3d&sap- client=010&sap-language=EN# ------------------------------------------------------- From: Robert McLachlan [log in to unmask] Date: December 15, 2015 Subject: PhD Position, Geometric Integration PhD Scholarship in Mathematics Massey University, New Zealand The Institute of Fundamental Sciences of Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, invites applications for a PhD scholarship in mathematics in the applied dynamics group. Research will be concerned with geometric numerical integration, supervised by Professor Robert McLachlan. The scholarship covers all tuition fees for international and domestic students and includes a tax-free stipend of NZ$25,000 p.a. A branch of numerical analysis that emerged in the 1990s, geometric numerical integration is a way of simulating dynamical systems that preserves key properties of the system exactly; sometimes this leads to startling improvements in performance. The research combines a study of the geometric properties of the system with numerical analysis and simulation, and the methods are widely used in computational physics and chemistry. For example, modern geometric integrators were used in 2004 in a large simulation of the solar system that resulted in a major re- calibration of the geological epochs of the Earth. See web site dynamics.massey.ac.nz for further information. Applicants should have or expect to receive a BSc(Hons) or MSc degree or equivalent in mathematics; coursework and project work in numerical analysis or computational science is highly desirable. Starting date to be determined. Applications including a CV, academic transcript, and cover letter should be sent to Professor Robert McLachlan, Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand or by email to [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Heiko Gimperlein [log in to unmask] Date: December 26, 2015 Subject: PhD Position, NA or Computational Engineering, Edinburgh The Department of Mathematics and the Institute for Infrastructure and the Environment at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, are looking for a Ph.D. candidate for a fully funded IIE scholarship at the interface of numerical analysis and computational engineering. The proposed project will investigate generalized space-time and spectral stochastic finite element methods for the wave equation in the presence of uncertainties, such as an unknown wave speed. Engineering applications include the environmental impact of ground vibrations caused by high-speed trains or vibration-based subsurface imaging to detect oil reservoirs. Depending on interests of the applicant, the emphasis could be either on the numerical analysis of finite element methods, computational aspects or on applications. The student will join an ambitious research group between the mathematics and engineering of generalized finite element methods in time and frequency domain. Applications are invited at http://www.hw.ac.uk/schools/energy-geoscience-infrastructure- society/research/postgraduate/opportunities/institute-for-infrastructure-and- environment.htm See also the project description of "Simulation of ground borne vibrations using efficient finite element methods" there. For more information, please contact Dr. Heiko Gimperlein ([log in to unmask], mathematics) or Dr. Shadi Mohamed ([log in to unmask], computational engineering). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Sam Subbey [log in to unmask] Date: December 16, 2015 Subject: PhD Positions, Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computing There are two PhD openings to work on a cross-disciplinary, collaborative research project between the Bergen University College (BUC) and the Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Bergen, Norway. The principal area of research will include mathematical modeling, and the development of numerical algorithms to space-time ordinary (ODEs) and partial differential equations (PDEs), with specific application in marine science. Applicants must have excellent grades in any field of numerical computations (mathematics, applied/industrial mathematics/computational biology). Familiarity with numerical solutions to ODEs and PDEs is a requirement, as well as good mathematical programming skills, preferably in Matlab, C or Python. Experience with predictive modeling and computational simulation techniques will be advantageous. For more information contact: Talal Rahman ([log in to unmask]), or Sam Subbey ([log in to unmask]). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Stefan Engblom [log in to unmask] Date: December 26, 2015 Subject: PhD Positions, Scientific Computing, Uppsala Univ The Division of Scientific Computing at Uppsala University is a leading center for research and education in Scientific Computing. The research has a broad scope, ranging from numerical analysis over software development and high-performance computing to collaborative projects in Computational Science and Engineering, and industrial applications. The research is organized in two research programs (Computational Science and Numerical Analysis) with a common, rather extensive graduate (PhD) education program in Scientific Computing. Many of the PhD student projects include collaboration and joint supervision with other partners, both at Uppsala Univesity and e.g. at Stanford University, USA and ETH, Zürich. More information on the research at the Division is found at http://www.it.uu.se/research/scientific_computing. The Division hereby announces up to two new PhD student positions. The application should include a letter with a description of the candidate's research interests and earlier experience. Candidates are encouraged to indicate which project(s) that interests them. Please see http://www.it.uu.se/research/scicomp/PhD-positions-2016 for more information. Apply via the web interface found at http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join- us/details/?positionId=85255 Application deadline the 28th of February 2016. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Lars Elden [log in to unmask] Date: December 21, 2015 Subject: Contents, BIT Numerical Mathematics, 55 (4) Volume 55, Issue 4, December 2015 Preface to BIT 55:4 Lars Elden Spectral method for solving high order nonlinear boundary value problems via operational matrices, Mahmoud Behroozifar Order conditions for G-symplectic methods, John C. Butcher, Gulshad Imran Fast computation of orthonormal basis for RBF spaces through Krylov space methods, Stefano De Marchi, Gabriele Santin Local discontinuous Galerkin methods for fractional ordinary differential equations, Weihua Deng, Jan S. Hesthaven One-sided direct event location techniques in the numerical solution of discontinuous differential systems, Luca Dieci, Luciano Lopez On the relation between the randomized extended Kaczmarz algorithm and coordinate descent, Bogdan Dumitrescu A posteriori error analysis for finite element methods with projection operators as applied to explicit time integration techniques, J. B. Collins, D. Estep, S. Tavener The multivariate Horner scheme revisited, Johannes Czekansky, Tomas Sauer Weak backward error analysis for Langevin process, Marie Kopec An efficient collocation method for a Caputo two-point boundary value problem, Natalia Kopteva, Martin Stynes Multilevel Monte Carlo for the Feynman-Kac formula for the Laplace equation, Stefan Pauli, Robert Nicholas Gantner, Peter Arbenz Tikhonov regularization via flexible Arnoldi reduction, Lothar Reichel, Xuebo Yu An optimal a priori error estimate in the maximum norm for the Il´in scheme in 2D, H.-G. Roos, M. Schopf A compact finite difference method for solving a class of time fractional convection-subdiffusion equations, Yuan-Ming Wang Faster SDC convergence on non-equidistant grids by DIRK sweeps, Martin Weiser A type of multi-level correction scheme for eigenvalue problems by nonconforming finite element methods, Hehu Xie ------------------------------------------------------- From: Stefano De Marchi [log in to unmask] Date: December 30, 2015 Subject: Contents, Dolomites Res Notes on Approx, 8 Research Articles André Camargo, Stefano De Marchi, A few remarks on "On certain Vandermonde determinants whose variables separate" Special Issue for the "10 years of the Padua points" Jesús Carnicer, Carmen Godé, Lagrange polynomials of lower sets Jean-Paul Calvi, Phung Van Manh, On the approximation of multivariate entire functions by Lagrange interpolation polynomials László Szili, Péter Vértesi,tesi On polynomial and barycentric interpolations Wolfgang Erb, Christian Kaethner, Peter Dencker, Mandy Ahlborg, A survey on bivariate Lagrange interpolation on Lissajous nodes Marc Van Barel, Matthias Humet, Good point sets and corresponding weights for bivariate discrete least squares approximation P. G. Boyvalenkov, P. D. Dragnev, D. P. Hardin, E. B. Saff, M. M. Stoyanova, Universal upper and lower bounds on energy of spherical designs Len Bos, Marco Caliari, Application of modified Leja sequences to polynomial interpolation Thomas Bloom, Norman Levenberg, Federico Piazzon, Franck Wielonsky, Bernstein-Markov: a survey Gowri Suryanarayana, Ronald Cools, Dirk Nuyens, Integration and Approximation with Fibonacci lattice points Mirosław Baran, Agnieszka Kowalska, Beata Milówka, Paweł Ozorka, Identities for a derivation operator and their applications ------------------------------------------------------- From: Suzanne Eves [log in to unmask] Date: December 14, 2015 Subject: Contents, Information and Inference: A Journal of the IMA, 04 (4) Contents, Information and Inference: A Journal of the IMA, 04(4) Information and Inference: A Journal of the IMA All Content Free in 2015 For articles in this issue and in our archive: www.oxfordjournals.org/page/6469/8 CGIHT: conjugate gradient iterative hard thresholding for compressed sensing and matrix completion, Jeffrey D. Blanchard, Jared Tanner, and Ke Wei Jian-Feng Cai and Weiyu Xu, Guarantees of total variation minimization for signal recovery Laurent Gilquin, Clémentine Prieur, and Elise Arnaud, Replication procedure for grouped Sobol' indices estimation in dependent uncertainty spaces ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************