Subject: NA Digest, V. 17, # 3 NA Digest Thursday, February 02, 2017 Volume 17 : Issue 3 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs [log in to unmask] Today's Topics: Research Trends in NA New MOOC on deriving algorithms to be correct Student Cluster Competition at SC17, deadline Apr 2017 MFEM version 3.3 PLASMA release New Book, Encyclopedia of Applied and Computational Mathematics New Book, Intelligent Comparisons II: Operator Inequalities And Approximations Domain Decomposition (Honoring Olof Widlund), USA, Feb 2017 Gene Golub Memorial Day, Hong Kong, Feb 2017 Quantitative Biomedicine for Health and Disease, Spain, Feb 2017 SAMSI Statistics and Optimization, live-streaming, Feb 2017 UQ and Data-Driven Modeling, USA, Mar 2017 Wave propagation in complex domains, UK, Mar 2017 Winter School on Hierarchical Matrices, Germany, Apr 2017 A Posteriori Error Analysis and Adaptivity, France, May 2017 European Finite Element Fair, Italy, May 2017 Large Scale Computational Physics, Switzerland, Jun 2017 Santiago Numerico III, Chile, Jun 2017 eXtended Discretization MethodS, Sweden, Jun 2017 Boundary Integral Methods, UK, Jul 2017 EUROPT 2017, Canada, Jul 2017 Innovations in Wave Modelling, UK, Jul 2017 Conference on Optimization, Germany, Sep 2017 Optimization 2017, Portugal, Sep 2017 Developer Position, Mathematical Optimization, Oxford/Manchester UK Vacancy Software Accelerator Engineer, Oxford/Manchester UK Faculty Position, Optimization, Purdue Univ Professor Position, High Performance Computing, Umea Univ, Sweden Tenure-Track Position, Rive Univ Research Associate Position, Complex Heterogeneous Multiphase Systems Postdoc Position, Applied Math and Statistics, Chalmers Univ Postdoc Position, Data Science, AIMS-South Africa Postdoc Position, Exascale Software for Hyperbolic PDE Solvers Postdoc Positions, NA, Alexander Grothendieck Institute in Montpellier MS/PhD Position, Bioinformatics and CompBio, Univ of Memphis PhD Positio, Modelling, Analysis, and Computation of Complex Systems PhD Position, Formal methods in control, Munich, Germany PhD Position, Univ Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands PhD Positions, Computational analysis/atrial fibrillation PhD position within the BioTechMed Graz funded flagship project ILEARNHEART Special I, EURO J Transportation and Logistics Special Issues on Distance Geometry Contents, IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis, 37 (1) Contents, J Scientific Computing, 70 (1) Contents, J Scientific Computing, 70 (2) Contents, Numerical Algorithms, 74 (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: Joseph Grcar [log in to unmask] Date: January 24, 2017 Subject: Research Trends in NA I have surveyed NA articles over the decade 2002 to 2012. In that time, NA has increased from 6% to 9% of all math publications annually. Hopefully the number of NA faculty also has increased by 50%! All the growth in NA comes in just two areas: (1) computing for statistics, and (2) computing for time-dependent partial differential equations. American (USA) authors publish half the articles about (1) computing for stat, followed by Chinese (PRC) authors and then European (EU) authors. The order reverses for (2) computing for t-d PDEs, where China and Europe each publish a quarter of the articles followed by America with an eighth. Finally, the leading journals for each topic are J. Stat. Plann. Inference and J. Comput. Phys., respectively. The published survey is here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03610918.2015.1056356 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Robert van de Geijn [log in to unmask] Date: January 20, 2017 Subject: New MOOC on deriving algorithms to be correct In the late 1990s, we wrote a number of papers on different algorithms for the parallelization of important linear algebra operations. But how did we find these new algorithms? The answer was that (subconsciously) we derived families of algorithms, from which we then picked the one that parallelized well. Instead of keeping the secret sauce to ourselves, we made the process systematic and shared it with undergraduates, graduate students, and seasoned HPC contributors. We will offer a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled "LAFF- On Programming for Correctness" to bring these techniques to a broad audience. The seven week course is scheduled to start April 11. Details can be found at https://www.edx.org/course/laff-programming-correctness- utaustinx-ut-p4c-14-01x. LAFF-On builds upon almost two decades of research and development into the systematic derivation and implementation of dense linear algebra software as part of our FLAME project (http://shpc.ices.utexas.edu), generously funded by a sequence of NSF grants. Funding for this course is provided by MathWorks and the National Science Foundation. Free access to MATLAB Online is also graciously provided by MathWorks for the duration of the course. We recommend that those who are less familiar with manipulating matrices by submatrices, key to the systematic derivation of many matrix computations, look at the first five weeks of ``Linear Algebra: Foundations to Frontiers" (LAFF). This introductory linear algebra MOOC is offered again on edX starting Jan 25: https://www.edx.org/course/linear-algebra- foundations-frontiers-utaustinx-ut-5-05x. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Kris Garrett [log in to unmask] Date: February 02, 2017 Subject: Student Cluster Competition at SC17, deadline Apr 2017 SC17 is excited to hold a fun, spirited Student Cluster Competition (SCC), now in its eleventh year. The SCC is designed to introduce undergraduate college and high school students to the challenge and excitement of working in the high-performance computing (HPC) field, and to introduce the next generation of students to the HPC community. Over the years, the competition has drawn teams from across the United States and around the world. Teams of six undergraduate and/or high school students work with their advisor and vendor partners to design and build a cutting-edge, commercially available cluster constrained only by a 3000-watt power limit. The competition itself is a nonstop, 48-hour competition, where the teams assemble their HPC cluster on the SC17 exhibit floor and race to complete a real-world workload across a series of applications and impress HPC industry judges. Team submission are due Friday Apr 7th, 2017 (Anywhere on Earth). You can find more information about the competition, starting a team, applicable rules, and applying at: http://www.studentclustercompetition.us/ If you have any questions please contact us at: [log in to unmask] or tweet @SCCompSC ------------------------------------------------------- From: Tzanio Kolev [log in to unmask] Date: February 01, 2017 Subject: MFEM version 3.3 Version 3.3 of MFEM, a lightweight, general, scalable C++ library for finite element methods, is now available at http://mfem.org. The goal of MFEM is to enable high-performance scalable finite element discretization research and application development on a wide variety of platforms, ranging from laptops to exascale supercomputers. It has many features, including: - 2D and 3D, arbitrary order H1, H(curl), H(div), L2, NURBS elements. - Parallel version scalable to hundreds of thousands of MPI cores. - Conforming/nonconforming adaptive mesh refinement (AMR), including anisotropic refinement, derefenement and parallel load balancing. - Galerkin, mixed, isogeometric, discontinuous Galerkin, hybridized, and DPG discretizations. - Support for triangular, quadrilateral, tetrahedral and hexahedral elements, including arbitrary order curvilinear meshes. - Scalable algebraic multigrid, time integrators, and eigensolvers. - Lightweight interactive OpenGL visualization with the MFEM-based GLVis tool. Some of the new additions in version 3.3 are: - Comprehensive support for the linear and nonlinear solvers, preconditioners, time integrators and other features from the PETSc and SUNDIALS suites. - Linear system interface for action-only linear operators including support for matrix-free preconditioning and low-order-refined spaces. - General quadrature and nodal finite element basis types. - Scalable parallel mesh format. - Thirty six new integrators for common families of operators. - Sixteen new serial and parallel example codes. - Support for CMake, on-the-fly compression of file streams, and HDF5-based output following the Conduit mesh blueprint specification. MFEM is being developed in CASC, LLNL and is freely available under LGPL 2.1. For more details, see the documentation at http://mfem.org/examples and the full description at http://bit.ly/295WMnz. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Jack Dongarra [log in to unmask] Date: January 21, 2017 Subject: PLASMA release PLASMA 17.01 has been released. This is the first release of PLASMA based solely on OpenMP multithreading directives. This release focuses on linear systems and least squares and includes: linear systems solvers (LU, Cholesky); mixed precision iterative refinement (LU, Cholesky); matrix norms (fast, multithreaded); full set of multithreaded BLAS 3; matrix inversion (LU, Cholesky); least squares with QR/LQ (including fast tall and skinny routines); band linear solvers (LU, Cholesky). This release includes "support" for the Knights Landing Xeon Phi (in reality, PLASMA works out of the box on the KNL). In all 4 precisions, the current PLASMA contains: 115,000 lines of code, plus another 37,000 lines of testing code 400 API functions Besides porting PLASMA from QUARK to OpenMP, the teams at UTK/ICL and Manchester's NLAFET group also developed: new LU factorization with internally blocked and multithreaded panel factorization new QR/LQ factorization routines offering a couple of different tree reduction patterns new mixed precision iterative refinement routines - reimplemented to follow LAPACK's procedure new matrix norms routines - reimplemented to allow for increased multithreading band linear systems routines for LU and Cholesky factorizations and solves new testing/timing harness - to allow for easy inner/outer iteration over the parameter space new build system - heavily borrowing from MAGMA new precision generation system - heavily borrowing from MAGMA Thanks to all the people from UTK/ICL and Manchester's NLAFET project for their hard work. Special thanks to those who went beyond the call of duty to deliver new exciting capabilities. Get the code by cloning the Mercurial repository on Bitbucket: hg clone ssh:[log in to unmask] or by downloading the tarball: https://bitbucket.org/icl/plasma/downloads?tab=tags Stay in touch by joining the plasma-user forum: https://groups.google.com/a/icl.utk.edu/forum/#!forum/plasma-user (Apply to join group) ------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Peters [log in to unmask] Date: January 19, 2017 Subject: New Book, Encyclopedia of Applied and Computational Mathematics This is an offer you cannot reject: A softcover edition of Engquist (ed): Encyclopedia of Applied and Computational Mathematics ISBN 978-3-662-52872-3, two volumes, has just been published. The content is identical to the hardcover edition published in the year 2015. Many NA digest readers will qualify -- if you are a Springer book author, book contribution or journal article author -- for the 40 per cent authors discount. See https://www.springer.com/gp/help/discounts-for-authors/510 for information on how to receive this discount. ------------------------------------------------------- From: GEORGE A ANASTASSIOU [log in to unmask] Date: January 24, 2017 Subject: New Book, Intelligent Comparisons II: Operator Inequalities And Approximations Intelligent Comparisons II: Operator Inequalities And Approximations This short monograph is regarding self adjoint operator well-known named inequalities and approximation theory of Korovkin type both in a Hilbert space environment. These are studied for the first time in the literature, and chapters are self-contained and can be read independently. An extensive list of references is given per chapter. This concise monograph is suitable to be used in related graduate classes and research projects. The book's results are expected to find applications in many areas of pure and applied mathematics. As such this monograph is suitable for researchers, graduate students, and seminars of the above disciplines, also to be in all science and engineering libraries. SPRINGER, ISBN: 978-3-319-51474-1 (Print) 978-3-319-51475-8 (Online) ------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Overton [log in to unmask] Date: January 25, 2017 Subject: Domain Decomposition (Honoring Olof Widlund), USA, Feb 2017 Olof B. Widlund, Silver Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at New York University, has recently retired after nearly 50 years as a faculty member at the Courant Institute. A workshop on domain decomposition will be held in New York on Feb 24-25, 2017, in honor of Olof on this occasion. All are welcome to participate in this workshop which will celebrate his many contributions in numerical analysis and scientific computing, including advising 32 doctoral students. For more information, please see http://cims.nyu.edu/conferences/olof- retirement/index.html ------------------------------------------------------- From: Walter Gander [log in to unmask] Date: January 20, 2017 Subject: Gene Golub Memorial Day, Hong Kong, Feb 2017 The CS and the Math Departments of the Baptist University in Hong Kong organize on February 25, 2017 a Gene Golub Memorial Day. Speakers are Franklin Luk, Michael Ng, Felix Kwok all HKBU, Dianne O'Leary, University of Maryland (keynote), Tony Chan HKUST and Walter Gander, ETH Zurich. The program is available on http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/golub/ Everybody is welcome to attend. No registration is necessary. ------------------------------------------------------- From: BCAM - BASQUE CENTER FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS [log in to unmask] Date: January 18, 2017 Subject: Quantitative Biomedicine for Health and Disease, Spain, Feb 2017 The Third Workshop on "Quantitative Biomedicine for Health and Disease" will take place in BCAM -Bilbao on 21st and 22nd February 2017 to discuss recent investigations bringing the human health and its pathologies onto the language and methods of quantitative sciences, like mathematics and engineering. The main goal of this workshop is to create cross talk between these two research fields, and engage in a debate on the potential compatibilities, advantages and disadvantages of one approach over the other in combination with their potential to address important biomedical questions. The third edition will focus on cardiac and brain modeling, and the main lecturers will be: Oscar Camara Rey (U. Pompeu Fabra); Marina de Tommaso (U. Bari); Adelaide de Vecchi (King's College); Luca Faes (U. Trento); Jean Frederic Gerbeau (INRIA); Plamen Ivanov (Boston U.); Daniele Marinazzo (U. Ghent); Pandelis Perakakis (U. Granada); Jose Luis Pons (Inst. Cajal, CSIC); Mark Potse (U. Bordeaux); Javier Saiz Rodriguez (U. Politecnica Valencia); Mariano Vazquez (Barcelona Supercomputing Center). Abstracts for short communications (20 minutes) can be submitted, in a one-page .pdf format, by February 10th. Registration: Inscription is required by email at [log in to unmask] For more information: http://www.bcamath.org/en/workshops/qbio2017 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Ilse Ipsen [log in to unmask] Date: January 28, 2017 Subject: SAMSI Statistics and Optimization, live-streaming, Feb 2017 Livestreaming SAMSI WISO workshop February 8-10, 2017 The SAMSI Workshop on the Interface of Statistics and Optimization brings together pioneers in statistics and optimization. In one-hour lectures they will discuss the breadth and depth of advances, computational challenges, and cutting-edge applications. Speakers: Larry Biegler (CMU), John Burns (Virginia Tech), Jack Dongarra (Tennessee), Yonina Eldar (Technion), Jianqing Fan (Princeton), Michael Jordan (UC Berkeley), Arkadi Nemirovski (Georgia Tech), Alex Shapiro (Georgia Tech), Bernd Sturmfels (UC Berkeley & MPI Leipzig), Martin Wainwright (UC Berkeley), Margaret Wright (NYU Courant), Steve Wright (Wisconsin) The workshop will be live-streamed at http://www.samsi.info/opt-wiso The final schedule is still under construction. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim Stewart [log in to unmask] Date: February 01, 2017 Subject: UQ and Data-Driven Modeling, USA, Mar 2017 The USACM Thematic Workshop on Uncertainty Quantification and Data- Driven Modeling will be held March 23-24 in Austin, TX. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together leading experts and early-career researchers in uncertainty quantification, statistics, computer science, and computational science to discuss new research ideas in data-driven modeling. To register for the workshop and to reserve a hotel room at the special block rate, visit the workshop website: http://uqpm2017.usacm.org. The speakers have been confirmed and are listed on the website. However, all attendees are invited to contribute a poster. We very much encourage the participation of postdocs and students, and we have a limited number of travel grants available. To qualify, the postdoc or student must present a poster. Applications for these grants (due February 22, 2017) can be found on the website: http://uqpm2017.usacm.org/travel_grant. ------------------------------------------------------- From: David Hewett [log in to unmask] Date: January 17, 2017 Subject: Wave propagation in complex domains, UK, Mar 2017 Wave propagation in complex domains Thursday 30 March 2017 University College London A one-day workshop on the mathematical analysis and numerical simulation of wave propagation in complex domains. The workshop will have a special focus on scattering problems involving non-Lipschitz scatterers, including fractals. Speakers: Timo Betcke (UCL); Annalisa Buffa (EPFL); James Christian (Salford); Xavier Claeys (UPMC); David Hewett (UCL); Ralf Hiptmair (ETH); Andrea Moiola (Reading); Euan Spence (Bath); Chris Westbrook (Reading) Registration is free. Limited travel funding is available for students and young researchers without their own funding. Further details: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucahdhe/WaveScatteringWorkshop.htm ------------------------------------------------------- From: Steffen Boerm [log in to unmask] Date: February 02, 2017 Subject: Winter School on Hierarchical Matrices, Germany, Apr 2017 We would like to announce the next winter school on hierarchical matrices. Date: 3rd to 7th of April 2017 Place: Kiel University, Kiel, Germany Organizers: Wolfgang Hackbusch, Lars Grasedyck, Steffen Boerm Hierarchical matrices offer an efficient approach to handling non-local operators resulting, e.g., from the discretization of an integral equation or the inversion of a partial differential equation. They rely on a decomposition of a matrix into sub-matrices of low numerical rank that can be represented in factorized form. Using this representation, we can perform operations like the matrix-vector multiplication, matrix multiplication, inversion, factorization, or the evaluation of matrix functions or the solution of certain matrix equations in almost linear complexity. The winter school is split into two parts: lectures present the fundamental concepts and algorithms, while practical exercises allow the participants to experience the methods first-hand and discuss specific questions and applications with experts in the field. Participation is free of charge. Please address questions and registration requests to [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Iain Smears [log in to unmask] Date: January 25, 2017 Subject: A Posteriori Error Analysis and Adaptivity, France, May 2017 We are pleased to announce a workshop on A POSTERIORI ERROR ANALYSIS, ADAPTIVITY AND ADVANCED APPLICATIONS, to be held on Thursday 4th May and Friday 5th May 2017, at the Inria Paris research centre in Paris. The core topics include a posteriori error estimation and adaptive methods for nonlinear partial differential equations and evolutionary problems, for a broad range of numerical methods including high-order methods. For the full details on the workshop, we invite you to look at our dedicated webpage https://project.inria.fr/gatipor/events/workshop/ where you may find a list of speakers and some further information. Registration is free but compulsory, and it gives access to the talks and coffee breaks. You may register directly by emailing your name and institution to the organisers at [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Andreas Veeser [log in to unmask] Date: February 01, 2017 Subject: European Finite Element Fair, Italy, May 2017 The European Finite Element Fair (EFEF) is an annual series of completely informal small workshops throughout Europe. The 15th edition will take place in Milan, Italy, on May 26-27, 2017. Please visit http://www.mat.unimi.it/users/efef2017/ for further information. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Elise DE DONCKER [log in to unmask] Date: January 23, 2017 Subject: Large Scale Computational Physics, Switzerland, Jun 2017 Authors are invited to submit original contributions to the Workshop on Large Scale Computational Physics (LSCP) 2017, organized in conjunction with the International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS) (http://www.iccs-meeting.org), which is held in Z\374rich, Switzerland, 12-14 June, 2017. Scope. The LSCP workshop will focus on symbolic and numerical methods and simulations, algorithms and tools (software and hardware) for developing and running large-scale computations in physical sciences. Special attention will go to parallelism, scalability and high numerical precision. System architectures are also of interest as long as they are supporting physics related calculations, such as: massively parallel systems, GPUs, many-integrated-cores, distributed (cluster, grid/cloud) computing, and hybrid systems. Topics will be chosen from areas including: theoretical physics (high energy physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, cosmology, quantum physics, accelerator physics), plasma physics, condensed matter physics, chemical physics, molecular dynamics, bio-physical system modeling, material science/engineering, nanotechnology, fluid dynamics, complex and turbulent systems, climate modeling. Proceedings. Accepted papers will be printed in the ICCS conference proceedings published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series. Deadlines: Paper submission: 17th February, 2017; Author notification: 10th March, 2017; Camera ready papers: 31st March , 2017 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Norbert Heuer [log in to unmask] Date: January 18, 2017 Subject: Santiago Numerico III, Chile, Jun 2017 SANTIAGO NUMERICO III 9th Meeting on Numerical Analysis of Partial Differential Equations June 28-30, 2017 Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile This is the Ninth Meeting on Numerical Analysis of Partial Differential Equations in Chile. The workshop is open to all researchers working or interested in the field, and you are invited to contribute a presentation on your current work. There are no parallel sessions, i.e., the number of speakers is limited. Invited speakers are Tan Bui-Thanh, Austin, TX, USA Erik Burman, London, UK Jens Markus Melenk, Vienna, Austria Serge Nicaise, Valenciennes, France Maxim A. Olshanskii, Houston, TX, USA Ivan Yotov, Pittsburgh, PA, USA website: http://www.ci2ma.udec.cl/SN-III contact: mailto:[log in to unmask] deadline for registration: April 31, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Andre Massing [log in to unmask] Date: January 18, 2017 Subject: eXtended Discretization MethodS, Sweden, Jun 2017 The ECCOMAS thematic and IACM special interest conference on "eXtended Discretization MethodS (X-DMS 2017)" will be held on 19-21 June 2017 in Umea, Sweden, see http://www.xdms2017.org for more information. Please note that for organizational reasons, our official website has been moved to a new provider/new website. ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS: Upon popular request, the deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended until February 5, 2017. Instructions including LaTeX and Word templates can be found following the "Abstract submission" entry in the navigation menu or via the direct link http://www.trippus.se/web/Presentation/web.aspx?evid=6+bdyyyhjv/oiEYyTHpfVg==&ecid=BwQltcox94Qo5Lj5MB7OwA==&ln=eng&emid=aCvQaTb6AAQiIRmPGBep6A==&view=infopage&template=desktop You can find an overview over all organized minisymposia by following the "Minisymposia" entry in navigation menu on xdms2017.org or via the direct link http://www.trippus.se/web/Presentation/web.aspx?evid=6+bdyyyhjv/oiEYyTHpfVg==&ecid=BwQltcox94Qo5Lj5MB7OwA==&ln=eng&emid=C4mlVd0qACb2koYKwM1GJQ==&view=infopage&template=desktop Please contact the conference organizers at [log in to unmask] if you have any questions concerning the conference. ------------------------------------------------------- From: David Chappell [log in to unmask] Date: January 31, 2017 Subject: Boundary Integral Methods, UK, Jul 2017 UKBIM11: The 11th UK Conference on Boundary Integral Methods 10th-11th July 2017, Nottingham, UK http://nottinghamconferences.net/ukbim/ Mathematicians, scientists and engineers who are interested in the theory and application of boundary integral methods are invited to submit papers relating to all aspects of boundary integral methods for presentation at the conference. The deadline for the submission of abstracts has been extended to Monday 13th February 2017. More information can be found on the conference website http://nottinghamconferences.net/ukbim/ For general enquiries please e-mail: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Sebastien Le Digabel [log in to unmask] Date: January 30, 2017 Subject: EUROPT 2017, Canada, Jul 2017 The 15th EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization will be held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on July 12-14, 2017: https://www.gerad.ca/colloques/europt2017/ The EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization is the annual event of the EUROPT continuous optimization working group of EURO (The Association of European Operational Research Societies). This 15th edition will take place in Montreal just before the 21st IFORS conference that will be held in Quebec City. The workshop will take place during Montreal's 375th anniversary celebrations. Activities and special events are advertised at http://www.375mtl.com/en/programming/ Plenary Speakers: Shabbir Ahmed (Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.); Timothy C.Y. Chan (University of Toronto, Canada); Francisco Facchinei (University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy) Special Sessions In Memoriam: The scientific program will include special sessions in memory of Jonathan M. Borwein, Roger Fletcher, and Christodoulos A. Floudas. Abstract Submission is online and is already open at https://symposia.gerad.ca/europt2017/en/submit Abstract submission deadline: *** March 15, 2017 *** Abstract acceptance: March 31, 2017 Early bird registration deadline: May 1st, 2017 Please see the workshop webpage https://www.gerad.ca/colloques/europt2017/ for more information. ------------------------------------------------------- From: David Chappell [log in to unmask] Date: January 17, 2017 Subject: Innovations in Wave Modelling, UK, Jul 2017 InnoWave 2017: Innovations in Wave Modelling 2017 12th-14th July 2017, Nottingham, UK http://nottinghamconferences.net/innowave/ Call for abstracts: Mathematicians, scientists and engineers who are interested in the theory and application of numerical modelling tools for complex wave dynamics are invited to submit an abstract for a contributed talk at InnoWave 2017. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is Friday 3rd March 2017. The conference is sponsored by the EU through the Marie Skiodowska-Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways FP7 grant Mid-to-High Frequency Modelling of Vehicle Noise and Vibration (MHiVec), and will include a number of invited plenary talks as detailed on the conference website. More information can be found on the conference website http://nottinghamconferences.net/innowave/ For general enquiries please e-mail: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Andrea Walther [log in to unmask] Date: January 31, 2017 Subject: Conference on Optimization, Germany, Sep 2017 We would like to draw your attention to the 18th French-German-Italian Conference on Optimization being held at Paderborn University, Germany, on September 25th-28th, 2017. The conference will address all aspects of optimization and its applications, including optimization theory and algorithm design, robust and stochastic optimization, variational inequalities and convex analysis as well as applications in control theory, energy, finance, operations management and engineering. More information about the conference series, which started in Oberwolfach in 1980, can be found at https://math.uni-paderborn.de/fgi-2017/ Enquiries can also be sent to [log in to unmask] In addition to contributed talks, the programme committee of FGI 17 strongly supports the organization of minisymposia dedicated to specific topics of interest, and organized by individuals who are well positioned within the respective fields. A minisymposium comprises four talks, each with a 30 minutes slot (including discussion). Prospective minisymposium organizers are asked to send a proposal consisting of a title and a description (not to exceed 150 words), as well as contact information to [log in to unmask] Deadlines 30 Jan '17: Extended abstract submission opening 30 Apr '17: Submission deadline for abstracts 12 Jun '17: Notification of abstract acceptance 1 Jul '17: Early registration deadline ------------------------------------------------------- From: Miguel Constantino [log in to unmask] Date: February 01, 2017 Subject: Optimization 2017, Portugal, Sep 2017 Optimization 2017 Lisboa, Portugal, September 6-8, 2017 School of Sciences, University of Lisboa Optimization 2017 is the ninth edition of a series of Optimization international conferences held every three or four years, in Portugal. This meeting aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from different areas and with distinct backgrounds, but with common interests in optimization. This conference series has international recognition as an important forum of discussion and exchange of ideas, being organized under the auspices of APDIO (the Portuguese Operations Research Society). In this edition, we feel honored to celebrate the 60th anniversary of our dear colleague Luis Gouveia (Univ. of Lisbon). Confirmed plenary speakers: Immanuel Bomze, Marco Campi, Donald Goldfarb, Jacek Gondzio, Martine Labbe, Giovanni Rinaldi Deadline for abstract submission - May 15, 2017 Notification of acceptance - June 15, 2017 Early registration - before June 30, 2017 Additional information regarding registration, contributed talks, deadlines, and accommodation will be available from the conference web site: http://optimization2017.fc.ul.pt For any questions regarding Optimization 2017, please contact: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Karen Lewis [log in to unmask] Date: January 19, 2017 Subject: Developer Position, Mathematical Optimization, Oxford/Manchester UK The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) provides expertise in numerical engineering, by delivering high-quality computational software, consulting services and high performance computing services. For over four decades NAG have collaborated with world software, consulting services and high performance computing services. For over four decades NAG have collaborated with world-leading researchers in academia and industry to create powerful, reliable and flexible software covering not only a wide range of optimization solvers but also statistics, linear algebra and other areas of mathematics. This software is relied on by tens of thousands of individual users, as well as numerous independent software vendors. NAG leading researchers in academia and industry to create powerful, reliable and flexible software covering not only a wide range of optimization solvers but also statistics, linear algebra and other areas of mathematics. This software is relied on by tens of thousands of individual users, as well as numerous independent software vendors. NAG's customers come from a wide range of areas including mathematical finance, energy, engineering, manufacturing, the life sciences and education. As a not-for-profit company, NAG reinvests surpluses into the research and development of its products, services, staff staff and its collaborations. NAG is seeking a developer of mathematical optimization software to joi join its optimization development team. The role will be located in Oxford, UK (preferable) or alternatively Manchester, UK. Remuneration will be commensurate with your experience and skills. NAG offers many benefits to its employees, including an excellent pension scheme, private health insurance, generous holiday allocation and flexible working. A more comprehensive list can be found here: http://www.nag.co.uk/content/nag-employee-benefits-uk If you have the skills that the team is looking for, and want to be make a difference to NAG's on-going mission to advance the use of mathematical optimization, please send us your CV/resume with a c covering letter of application to [log in to unmask] The closing date for applications is 28th February 2017, the closing date may be extended if the right candidate isn't found. Applicants should state clearly that they are currently eligible to work in t the United Kingdom without obtaining any additional permit or a authorisation. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Karen Lewis [log in to unmask] Date: January 19, 2017 Subject: Vacancy Software Accelerator Engineer, Oxford/Manchester UK The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) provides expertise in numerical engineering, by delivering high-quality computational software, consulting services and high performance computing services. For over four decades NAG have collaborated with world-leading researchers in academia and industry to create powerful, reliable and flexible software covering a broad range of mathematics and statistics. This software is relied on by tens of thousands of individual users, as well as numerous independent software vendors. NAG leading researchers in academia and industry to create powerful, reliable and flexible software covering a broad range of mathematics and statistics. This software is relied on by tens of thousands of individual users, as well as numerous independent software vendors. NAG's customers come from a wide range of areas including mathematical finance, energy, engineering, manufacturing, the life sciences and education. As a not-for-profit company, NAG reinvests sur surpluses into the research and development of its products, services, sta staff and its collaborations. NAG is looking to recruit an Accelerator Software Engineer to join its wo worldwide team of technical experts. The successful candidate will ha have experience developing software that runs on GPUs and, ideally, ot other types of accelerator, and will undertake a mixture of projects. Th These will include delivering services to NAG customers, developing ex existing and new NAG products, and supporting our sales and ma marketing activities. Although based in one of our UK offices, the role wi will involve travel to customer sites, conferences and trade shows, both na nationally and internationally. The successful candidate will have the following: A degree in a mathematical, scientific or computer science. Programming experience in CUDA and OpenMP. An appreciation of good practice in software engineering. Willingness to work in a geographically distributed team and to t travel nationally and internationally as required. Good presentation skills (both spoken and written). Additional, desirable qualities could include some of the following: Experience programming Xeon Phi systems. Experience with OpenCL. Experience with MPI or other parallel programming paradigms. Experience programming in Fortran, C, C++, Python or Java. Knowledge of numerical analysis. Knowledge of mathematical finance. Please send a CV to [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Alex Pothen [log in to unmask] Date: January 29, 2017 Subject: Faculty Position, Optimization, Purdue Univ We are looking for a faculty member in large-scale optimization in the computer science department at Purdue University. The successful candidate is expected to work with a multi-disciplinary cluster of faculty on research issues related to Next Generation Manufacturing. Purdue University has identified Next Generation Manufacturing as a major thrust for cross-disciplinary research and education. Our effort is in consonance with the national initiative to re-invigorate American manufacturing industry, stimulate economic development, and accelerate innovation. We are currently accepting applications for tenure-track and tenured positions at the Assistant/Associate/Full Professor levels in areas related to next generation manufacturing and enabling methodologies. This effort builds on Purdue's core strengths in the Colleges of Engineering and Science, the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, the Krannert School of Management, and Discovery Park, and leverages its participation in federal manufacturing initiatives. We invite applications from candidates with research and teaching interests aligning with this initiative. Specific research fields of interest in the cluster include i) large-scale optimization; ii) cyber-enabled experimentation; iii) multi-scale predictive modeling, among others. Successful candidates will join a strong manufacturing faculty group on campus, and will have a unique opportunity to help shape Purdue's vision and research/education agenda in manufacturing. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in a field of Science, Engineering, Management, Technology or areas related to manufacturing. They should have a distinguished academic record, exceptional potential for world-class research, and a commitment to teaching and collaborative interdisciplinary activities. The successful candidates will conduct original research, will advise graduate students, will teach undergraduate and graduate level courses, and will perform service both at the School and University levels. Candidates with experience working with diverse groups of students, faculty, and staff and the ability to contribute to an inclusive climate are particularly encouraged to apply. The primary faculty appointment will be in the Colleges of Engineering or Science, or the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, or the Krannert School of Management, and will depend on the candidate's qualifications; cross-department/school/college appointments are anticipated. Submit applications online at https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/AboutUS/Employment/Applications, including curriculum vitae, teaching and research plans, and names of four references. For information / questions regarding applications contact the Office of Academic Affairs, College of Engineering at [log in to unmask] Review of applications will begin immediately, and will continue until positions are filled. A background check will be required for employment in this position. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Bo Kagstrom [log in to unmask] Date: January 24, 2017 Subject: Professor Position, High Performance Computing, Umea Univ, Sweden Umea University welcomes applications for a permanent position as full Professor in High Performance Computing at the Department of Computing Science. We are seeking a strong academic leader with a clear strategic vision, that will have an important role and large freedom in developing the area of HPC at the department. The position includes research (at least 75% of full-time during the first six years of employment) as well as teaching and supervision at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level. Collaboration with or an active role in leadership within the High Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N, www.hpc2n.umu.se ), is also an opportunity. Link to complete add: http://umu.mynetworkglobal.com/what:job/jobID:127859/ A high-profile extreme-scale computing research project funded by the European Commission within the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) program under Horizon 2020 is NLAFET (www.nlafet.eu ). For further information contact Head of Department Pedher Johansson ([log in to unmask]) or Professor Bo Kagstrom ([log in to unmask]). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Fran Moshiri [log in to unmask] Date: January 17, 2017 Subject: Tenure-Track Position, Rive Univ Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics (CAAM) Rice University The Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics (www.caam.rice.edu) at Rice University in Houston, Texas, seeks outstanding candidates for a tenure-track professorship beginning January 1, 2018 or later. Candidates at the associate professor level are preferred, although outstanding candidates at the assistant level will be considered. The Department offers an excellent research environment and hosts research programs in optimization, numerical linear algebra, control and inverse problems, numerical methods for partial differential and integral equations, and large scale computing. Interdisciplinary work is a fundamental aspect of the Department's program. Preference will be given to candidates who are engaged in at least one of the following areas: (i) applied analysis/inverse problems; (ii) data-driven decision making/numerical optimization; and (iii) numerical linear-multilinear algebra/solvers. Candidates must have a PhD in Applied Mathematics or a related field, in addition to an exceptional record of research and teaching in Applied Mathematics. Applications consisting of a letter of application, current curriculum vitae containing a list of publications, a description of research, and a statement on teaching should be submitted via the website www.MathJobs.Org. In addition, candidates should arrange for at least three letters of recommendations, which may be submitted on the same website. To receive full consideration, the complete application must be received by March 15, 2017, but the committee will continue to accept applications until the position is filled. Equal Opportunity Employer: Females / Minorities / Veterans / Disabled / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Markus Schmuck [log in to unmask] Date: January 17, 2017 Subject: Research Associate Position, Complex Heterogeneous Multiphase Systems Transport and Reactions in Complex Heterogeneous Multiphase Systems Summary: The goal of this project is to develop a reliable, theoretical, and computational framework for transport and reactions in Complex Heterogeneous Multiphase Systems (CHMSs) based on mathematical, physical, and thermodynamic principles. The project consists of two main Themes with cross-linking throughout: 1. Modelling and analysis of novel eff computational analysis as well as optimization of CHMSs with the goal of reducing material costs and of increasing longevity by a novel and general computational multiscale framework. As a consequence, the results from the proposed work shall guide experiments for gaining fundamental understanding of the underlying chemical, physical, and thermodynamic processes but shall ultimately recommend new design rules, materials, geometries, processes and operation strategies, as well as novel measurement techniques. Finally, this project builds the fundamental basis for the subsequent theoretical and computational investigation of random CHMSs which naturally occur in many applications. Collaborations: The project is expected to foster national and international collaborations with Imperial College (London), ETH (urich), Simon Fraser University (Vancouver), University of Alberta, and Educational background: We are looking for a Research Associate with a PhD in Mathematics (Analysis, Probability, Numerics & Computations), Computational Science, or any other equivalent field. Interested candidates should be enthusiastic to learn and understand new concepts and preferably have a fundamental understanding in one or more of the following fields: analysis, electrochemistry/thermodynamics & physics, finite element methods (preferably with experience with Python), and probability theory. Project duration, funding source, and research group: This project is fully funded for 15 months by EPSRC and Heriot-Watt University. Opportunities for extending the contract beyond the 15 months are anticipated in another EPSRC or collaborative grants/projects. A Ph.D. project is closely linked to this research. There are two more Ph.D. students in the group which are part of the Maxwell Institute Graduate School in Analysis and its Applications. If you are interested, please contact me (Dr. Markus Schmuck) by email ([log in to unmask]), and send your application as a pdf file (CV, motivation letter, BSc, MSc, and PhD theses, three recommendation letters, and brief research statement outlining your future interests) until April 24, 2017. For additional information about the group, see http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~ms713/index.html. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Stig Larsson [log in to unmask] Date: February 02, 2017 Subject: Postdoc Position, Applied Math and Statistics, Chalmers Univ The Department of Mathematical Sciences at Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg invites applications for a postdoctoral position in Applied Mathematics and Statistics: http://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/vacancies/?rmpage=job&rmjob=4740 Closing date: 2017-02-27 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Bubacarr Bah [log in to unmask] Date: January 25, 2017 Subject: Postdoc Position, Data Science, AIMS-South Africa The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) - South Africa, is searching for a postdoc in Data Science, see https://www.aims.ac.za/en/opportunities/postdoctoral-fellow-in-data-science ------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Bader [log in to unmask] Date: January 22, 2017 Subject: Postdoc Position, Exascale Software for Hyperbolic PDE Solvers PostDoc position: Exascale Software for Hyperbolic PDE Solvers (at Technische Universitat Munchen, University of Trento and Durham University) ExaHyPE (www.exahype.eu) is a project funded by the European Horizon 2020 initiative. ExaHyPE's mission is to develop a novel simulation engine for hyperbolic PDE problems at exascale. Within the four-year project period, we tackle grand-challenge simulations in Seismology and Astrophysics. The underlying simulation engine will be based on high-order discontinuous Galerkin discretization on dynamically adaptive Cartesian grids. To strengthen our project team, we are looking for a postdoc researcher to coordinate the project's joint research, software development and outreach. We offer an exciting perspective of early-career research in an excellent international environment: ideally, the project coordinator will work at all involved research groups - at Technical University of Munich, Durham University and University of Trento. We are looking for an individual with strong expertise in the development of simulation software for latest supercomputing hardware, ideally also having experience with high-order finite-element or finite-volume-type methods for hyperbolic PDE systems. Applications will be considered until the positions are filled. Please send your application to the ExaHyPE team (preferably as a single PDF document, to [log in to unmask]). The position is open immediately and scheduled to run until September 2019. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Daniele Di Pietro [log in to unmask] Date: January 25, 2017 Subject: Postdoc Positions, NA, Alexander Grothendieck Institute in Montpellier The Alexander Grothendieck Institute in Montpellier (IMAG, http://imag.edu.umontpellier.fr) has an opening for a postdoctoral researcher in Numerical Analysis. The goal is to extend the recently developed Hybrid High-Order technology [1,2] to advanced problems in fluid mehcanics. The successful candidate has a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics or related subjects and a strong theoretical background on standard and new generation discretization methods for PDEs. Implementation and numerical testing on scientific platforms will also be required. The initial duration of the post-doc is 12 months. Should the obtained results exceed the expectations, a prolongation may be envisaged. To apply, please send a CV including a full list of publications along with a motivation letter to Daniele A. Di Pietro ([log in to unmask]). This address can also be used for inquiries. [1] D. A. Di Pietro, A. Ern, and S. Lemaire, An arbitrary-order and compact- stencil discretization of diffusion on general meshes based on local reconstruction operators, Comput. Meth. Appl. Math., 2014, 14(4):461- 472. DOI: 10.1515/cmam-2014-0018 [2] D. A. Di Pietro and A. Ern, A hybrid high-order locking-free method for linear elasticity on general meshes, Comput. Meth. Appl. Mech. Engrg., 2015, 283:1-21. DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2014.09.009 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Bernie J. Daigle, Jr. [log in to unmask] Date: January 18, 2017 Subject: MS/PhD Position, Bioinformatics and CompBio, Univ of Memphis Supervisor: Dr. Bernie Daigle, Jr., Assistant Professor, Departments of Biological Sciences and Computer Science Assistantships are available for students interested in pursuing a Master's or Ph.D. in bioinformatics and/or computational biology. In the first area, active research projects in my lab involve mining publicly available biological datasets to facilitate the characterization and classification of human disease. Specifically, we are interested in developing more effective supervised and unsupervised machine learning approaches for high-throughput data, using models such as Bayesian networks and artificial neural networks. In the second area, our research involves developing computational methods for inferring the underlying structure and behavior of biological systems. Recent work by our lab in this area includes combining stochastic simulation and optimization techniques to characterize promoter architecture from single-cell gene expression data. More information can be found at http://daiglelab.org. The successful candidate should be highly motivated and have some computer programming experience (R, MATLAB, Perl, Python, C, or C++). Prior research experience in bioinformatics and/or computational biology is desirable. Details about admission and degree requirements can be found at http://www.memphis.edu/bioinformatics/requirements (MS, Bioinformatics) and http://www.memphis.edu/biology/graduate (MS/PhD, Biological Sciences). Applicants must apply to both The University of Memphis Graduate School and the corresponding graduate program. To ensure full consideration, applications should be completed by February 15. Accepted students will be supported through a graduate assistantship. If interested, please contact Dr. Daigle ([log in to unmask]) for further information. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Markus Schmuck [log in to unmask] Date: January 17, 2017 Subject: PhD Positio, Modelling, Analysis, and Computation of Complex Systems PhD Project: Transport and Reactions in Complex Heterogeneous Multiphase Systems Summary: The goal of this project is to systematically and reliably derive a framework for transport and reactions in Complex Heterogeneous Multiphase Systems (CHMSs) based on mathematical, physical, and thermodynamic principles. The project consists of two main Themes with cross-linking throughout: 1. Modelling and analysis of CHMSs such as deriving novel effthe systematic and predictive theoretical and computational analysis as well as optimization of CHMSs with the goal of reducing material costs and of increasing longevity by a novel and general computational multiscale framework. As a consequence, the results from the proposed work shall guide experiments for gaining fundamental understanding of the underlying chemical, physical, and thermodynamic processes but shall ultimately recommend new design rules, materials, geometries, processes and operation strategies, as well as novel measurement techniques. Finally, this project builds the fundamental basis for the subsequent theoretical and computational investigation of random CHMSs which naturally occur in many applications. Educational background: We are looking for a PhD student in Mathematics (Analysis, Probability, Numerics & Computations), Computational Science, or any other equivalent field. Interested candidates should be enthusiastic to learn and understand new concepts and preferably have a fundamental understanding in one or more of the following fields: analysis, electrochemistry/ thermodynamics & physics, finite element methods (preferably with experience with Python), and probability theory. Project duration, funding source, and research group: The PhD project is funded by a prestigious James Watt scholar ship. This Ph.D. position is closely linked to a EPSRC funded project and to an industrial partner (Denchi Power Ltd). There will be a postdoc and two more Ph.D. students in the group which is part of the Maxwell Institute with its own Graduate School in Analysis and its Applications (MIGSAA). If you are interested, please contact me (Dr. Markus Schmuck) by email ([log in to unmask]), and send your application as a pdf file (CV, motivation letter, BSc and MSc theses, three recommendation letters, and a brief research statement outlining your future interests) until February 4, 2017. For additional information about the group, see http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~ms713/index.html. The successful candidate will be based at the Maxwell Institute and the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at Heriot-Watt University. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Gunthher Reissig [log in to unmask] Date: January 26, 2017 Subject: PhD Position, Formal methods in control, Munich, Germany We invite applications for a doctoral researcher position in the field of formal methods in control. Required qualifications: - MSc degree (or equivalent, giving access to doctoral studies) in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field. Students about to complete their MSc will also be considered. - Excellent academic record, showing a strong theoretical/mathematical background and a strong interest in dynamical systems. - Proficiency in programming (C or Ada/SPARK). - Excellent communication skills in English (CEFR level C1). For details, see: http://www.reiszig.de/gunther/Jobs/index.html Priv.-Doz. Dr. habil. Gunther Reissig http://www.reiszig.de/gunther/ University of the Armed Forces Munich, Germany Department of Aerospace Engineering Institute of Control Engineering The position is open to applicants worldwide; no special security clearance necessary. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Alessandro Sbrizzi [log in to unmask] Date: January 31, 2017 Subject: PhD Position, Univ Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands Job description Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly used in applications where motion/deformation fields are most important. The project "3D MRI Action Camera", on which you will be working, directly targets the transformation of the moving anatomy over time. Using this principle, the 3D motion field can be directly reconstructed from minimal MRI data and numerical tests indicate that obtaining fifty 3D frames per second is possible; a much higher temporal scale than standard techniques. You will be responsible for applying the 3D MRI Action Camera in realistic in-vivo and more sophisticated scenarios. This challenging task will include designing better data acquisition strategies, robust (nonlinear) reconstruction algorithms and experimental implementation on clinical MRI scanners. The synergy between Mathematics and MRI Physics will be fundamental. The project will be carried out at the internationally renowned Center for Image Sciences at the UMC Utrecht in a team of image scientists (image processing and analysis), mathematicians and radiologists. You should have a master's degree in Mathematics, Physics or Electrical Engineering and should also be strongly motivated to acquire deep knowledge of MRI physics and hardware. A strong affinity with mathematical modeling and numerical methods is required. For this 100% post, the salary will start at 2.244 Euros,- the maximum salary will be 2.874 Euros,- corresponding with the salary scale for PhD candidates (OIO). This will be a temporary appointment for 4 years. More information: https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UMCU/vacancy/38360/lang/en/ Dr. Alessandro Sbrizzi, [log in to unmask], +31 88 75 50288. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Jichao Zhao [log in to unmask] Date: January 18, 2017 Subject: PhD Positions, Computational analysis/atrial fibrillation Principal Supervisor: Dr. Jichao Zhao, Ph.D, Senior Research Fellow, Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, email: [log in to unmask] We have research funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand that will cover tuition fees and provide support (an annual tax-free allowance) for two PhD students. Funding is for three years in the first instance, with possible extension for a further year. The successful candidates will work with Dr Jichao Zhao and the ABI cardiac group to investigate mechanisms underlying atrial fibrillation (AF) and the optimal treatment by developing novel signal analysis approaches and image-based computer models. AF, leading to an irregular and rapid heart rate in the smaller/upper chambers of the heart, is the most common sustained heart rhythm disturbance. AF is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. However, the current clinical treatment for persistent/permanent AF or AF with concurrent cardiac diseases, is suboptimal. The main reasons behind the poor performance of current clinical treatments for AF are: 1) lack of effective signal processing approaches to analyse patterns of AF; and 2) need for quantitative tools to investigate optimal ablation strategies. The two PhD students will work on developing computational tools and use them to aid our understanding of AF and the proposed projects are part of an international collaboration. The research topics of the two PhD students are: 1. To develop novel signal processing tools, such as wavelet approach and phase mapping, to effectively analyse atrial recordings obtained using basket catheters from patients with AF. The goal is to increase our understanding of the substrates which directly sustain AF in patients and to aid accurately targeted ablation performed in clinics. 2. To develop atrial cellular kinetics models by including the most up-to-date measured human cellular data and image-based 3D computer models to investigate the basic mechanisms behind AF and effective ablation strategy for AF termination. The ideal candidates will have a Masters' or a Bachelors' degree with Honours (Second Class Honours, Division One or better) in Engineering or Mathematics, and are good at least one computer language (Matlab/C/C++/Fortran). Experience in scientific/numerical computing would be an advantage. The candidate needs to be passionate about research. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Zhao (Email: [log in to unmask]). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Thomas Russold [log in to unmask] Date: January 19, 2017 Subject: PhD position within the BioTechMed Graz funded flagship project ILEARNHEART Starting I Q1, 2017 there is one open PhD position (3 years) within the BioTechMed Graz funded flagship project Image-based Learning in Predictive Personalized Models of Total Heart Function (ILEARNHEART) hosted at the Karl Franzens University Graz (KFU), the Graz University of Technology (TUG) and the Medical University Graz (MUG). The projects incorporates three interdisciplinary research groups headed by scientists from Applied Mathematics, form Medical Engineering and from Computer Science. Position WP2 - Numerical methods for hemodynamics and FSI problems: Supervisors: Prof. Gundolf Haase (Scientific Computing) & Prof. Gernot Plank (Computational Cardiology) For this position we are looking for a candidate holding a diploma or master degree in either Applied Mathematics/Numerical Mathematics/Scientific Computing or similar disciplines that provide a suitable background for developing and implementing methods for the fluid dynamics and for fluid-structureinteraction (FSI) in a parallel computing context. Software engineering skills and experience in code development are desirable. The candidate has to work in two areas: - Solver development: integrative CFD solver components for the non-linear FSI problem have to be derived and implemented based on the existing code framework - Accelerator support: Use of a hybrid MPI+OpenXX (OpenMP 4.5 and OpenACC 2.5) parallelization to support GPUs as well as Intel KNL. The position is currently financed for three years with a chance for prolongation depending on the further funding success. The yearly salary will by 21300 EUR with estimated monthly living costs of 900 EUR in Graz. To apply for this position, please send your application by email to [log in to unmask] Your email should contain a pdf file as an attachment with the following information: - Curriculum Vitae (CV) - a short description of your qualifications and experience (i.e. list of courses, Diploma or Master thesis) - a letter describing your scientific interests within the desired project - names and email-addresses of at least two scientists willing to provide a reference ------------------------------------------------------- From: Chefi Triki [log in to unmask] Date: January 24, 2017 Subject: Special I, EURO J Transportation and Logistics EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics Special issue on: Models and Methods for the Supply Chain and Logistics Management Deadline to submit manuscripts: May 15, 2017 Guest editors: Chefi Triki and Teodor Gabriel Crainic Topics covered include: Supply chain design and control; Transportation, vehicle routing and fleet management; Manufacturing & warehousing operations; Sustainable development; Decision Making in Industry and Services; Maritime and Port logistics; Modelling & simulation of logistics systems; Planning and scheduling; IT for Supply Chain Management and logistics; Reverse and green logistics; Design and management of logistic infrastructure and networks; Heuristic and meta-heuristic implementation in logistic- related models; Smart city logistics; Strategies and operations of logistic service providers Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor being currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed through a peer review process. All papers must be submitted online. In order to submit a paper for a Special Issue: 1. Log on www.editorialmanager.com/ejtl/default.aspx 2. Select Submit New Manuscript in the main menu. 3. In the drop down list associated with Choose Article Type, select the entry corresponding to "S.I.: Models and Methods for the Supply Chain and Logistics Management" ------------------------------------------------------- From: Nathan Krislock [log in to unmask] Date: January 30, 2017 Subject: Special Issues on Distance Geometry Following the Distance Geometry Theory and Applications (DGTA16) workshop, organized at DIMACS last July 2016 (http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/Distance/), we are calling for contributions to two special journal issues dedicated to the topics of the workshop, but open to everyone: one in Discrete Applied Mathematics (DAM) and the other in the Journal of Global Optimization (JOGO). The DAM special issue is especially suitable to papers with elements of combinatorics, or purely theoretical papers. The JOGO special issue is more suitable to papers in nonlinear optimization, particularly if they involve many (or mainly) continuous decision variables, and if they have a computational section. The extended submission deadline is 1st April 2017, Submissions are made through the respective web editorial managers: - DAM (Elsevier): http://ees.elsevier.com/dam - JOGO (Springer): http://www.editorialmanager.com/jogo When submitting you must select "DGTA16 special issue" as the paper type. Feel free to get in touch with any of us if you want to ask us for advice on your submission. In general, a heads up about a paper you want to submit to these issues is welcome! Farid Alizadeh ([log in to unmask]) Douglas Goncalves ([log in to unmask]) Nathan Krislock ([log in to unmask]) Leo Liberti ([log in to unmask]) ------------------------------------------------------- From: Katy Roberts [log in to unmask] Date: January 20, 2017 Subject: Contents, IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis, 37 (1) IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis Links to all articles in this issue are available online at: http://bit.ly/2iJIAdi Numerical analysis of parabolic problems with dynamic boundary conditions, Balazs Kovacs and Christian Lubich Arbitrary-order mixed methods for heterogeneous anisotropic diffusion on general meshes, Daniele A. Di Pietro and Alexandre Ern Nonconforming FEM for the obstacle problem, C. Carstensen and K. Kohler A posteriori analysis of a nonlinear Gross-Pitaevskii-type eigenvalue problem, Genevieve Dusson and Yvon Maday A cut discontinuous Galerkin method for the Laplace-Beltrami operator, Erik Burman, Peter Hansbo, Mats G. Larson, and Andre Massing Numerical methods for piecewise deterministic Markov processes with boundary, Christiane Cocozza-Thivent, Robert Eymard, Ludovic Goudenege, and Michel Roussignol Numerical methods for the 2-Hessian elliptic partial differential equation, Brittany D. Froese, Adam M. Oberman, and Tiago Salvador Boundary and coupled boundary-finite element methods for transient wave-structure interaction, George C. Hsiao, Tonatiuh Sanchez-Vizuet, and Francisco-Javier Sayas Galerkin-finite element methods for the shallow water equations with characteristic boundary conditions, D. C. Antonopoulos and V. A. Dougalis A mixed virtual element method for the pseudostress-velocity formulation of the Stokes problem, Ernesto Caceres and Gabriel N. Gatica Multilevel interpolation of divergence-free vector fields, Patricio Farrell, Kathryn Gillow, and Holger Wendland Optimal L2 velocity error estimate for a modified pressure-robust Crouzeix-Raviart Stokes element, A. Linke, C. Merdon, and W. Wollner Galerkin variational integrators and modified symplectic Runge-Kutta methods, Sina Ober-Blobaum A stabilized SQP method: global convergence, Philip E. Gill, Vyacheslav Kungurtsev, and Daniel P. Robinson An unfitted hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin method for the Poisson interface problem and its error analysis, Haixia Dong, Bo Wang, Ziqing Xie, and Li-Lian Wang An error estimate for structure-preserving finite difference scheme for the Falk model system of shape memory alloys, Shuji Yoshikawa Optimal order quasi-Monte Carlo integration in weighted Sobolev spaces of arbitrary smoothness, Takashi Goda, Kosuke Suzuki, and Takehito Yoshiki Trivariate polynomial approximation on Lissajous curves, L. Bos, S. De Marchi, and M. Vianello ------------------------------------------------------- From: Chi-Wang Shu [log in to unmask] Date: January 21, 2017 Subject: Contents, J Scientific Computing, 70 (1) Journal of Scientific Computing http://www.springeronline.com/journal/10915 Volume 70, Number 1, January 2017 Suboptimal Feedback Control of PDEs by Solving HJB Equations on Adaptive Sparse Grids, Jochen Garcke and Axel Kroner, pp.1-28. A Robust Inversion Method for Quantitative 3D Shape Reconstruction from Coaxial Eddy Current Measurements, Houssem Haddar, Zixian Jiang and Mohamed Kamel Riahi, pp.29-59. Optimal Quadrilateral Finite Elements on Polygonal Domains, Hengguang Li and Qinghui Zhang, pp.60-84. Unconditional Superconvergence Analysis for Nonlinear Parabolic Equation with EQ^rot_1 Nonconforming Finite Element, Dongyang Shi, Junjun Wang and Fengna Yan, pp.85-111. An Unconditionally Stable Quadratic Finite Volume Scheme over Triangular Meshes for Elliptic Equations, Qingsong Zou, pp.112-124. Superconvergent Two-Grid Methods for Elliptic Eigenvalue Problems, Hailong Guo, Zhimin Zhang and Ren Zhao, pp.125-148. Local and Parallel Finite Element Algorithm Based on Oseen-Type Iteration for the Stationary Incompressible MHD Flow, Qili Tang and Yunqing Huang, pp.149-174. The Highest Superconvergence Analysis of ADG Method for Two Point Boundary Values Problem, Jiangxing Wang, Chuanmiao Chen and Ziqing Xie, pp.175-191. Galerkin Method for the Scattering Problem of a Slit, Yujie Wang, Fuming Ma and Enxi Zheng, pp.192-209. Performance and Scalability Improvements for Discontinuous Galerkin Solutions to Conservation Laws on Unstructured Grids, S.R. Brus, D. Wirasaet, J.J. Westerink and C. Dawson, pp.210-242. Large-Scale Optimization-Based Non-negative Computational Framework for Diffusion Equations: Parallel Implementation and Performance Studies, J. Chang, S. Karra and K.B. Nakshatrala, pp.243-271. Uniform Convergent Tailored Finite Point Method for Advection-Diffusion Equation with Discontinuous, Anisotropic and Vanishing Diffusivity, Min Tang and Yihong Wang, pp.272-300. On Second Order Semi-implicit Fourier Spectral Methods for 2D Cahn-Hilliard Equations, Dong Li and Zhonghua Qiao, pp.301-341. A New Finite Element Analysis for Inhomogeneous Boundary-Value Problems of Space Fractional Differential Equations, Jingtang Ma, pp.342-354. High-Order Accurate Local Schemes for Fractional Differential Equations, Daniel Baffet and Jan S. Hesthaven, pp.355-385. A Galerkin Finite Element Method for a Class of Time-Space Fractional Differential Equation with Nonsmooth Data, Zhengang Zhao, Yunying Zheng and Peng Guo, pp.386-406. Two Mixed Finite Element Methods for Time-Fractional Diffusion Equations, Yanmin Zhao, Pan Chen, Weiping Bu and Xiangtao Liu, pp.407-428. Accuracy of Finite Element Methods for Boundary-Value Problems of Steady-State Fractional Diffusion Equations, Hong Wang, Danping Yang and Shengfeng Zhu, pp.429-449. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Chi-Wang Shu [log in to unmask] Date: January 29, 2017 Subject: Contents, J Scientific Computing, 70 (2) Journal of Scientific Computing http://www.springeronline.com/journal/10915 Volume 70, Number 2, February 2017 Optimal Spectral Schemes Based on Generalized Prolate Spheroidal Wave Functions of Order -1, Jing Zhang, Li-Lian Wang, Huiyuan Li and Zhimin Zhang, pp.451-477. Subspace Methods with Local Refinements for Eigenvalue Computation Using Low-Rank Tensor-Train Format, Junyu Zhang, Zaiwen Wen and Yin Zhang, pp.478-499. Error Estimates of Mixed Finite Element Methods for Time-Fractional Navier-Stokes Equations, Xiaocui Li, Xiaoyuan Yang and Yinghan Zhang, pp.500-515. Stability of Nonlinear Convection–Diffusion–Reaction Systems in Discontinuous Galerkin Methods, C. Michoski, A. Alexanderian, C. Paillet, E.J. Kubatko and C. Dawson, pp.516-550. Radial Basis Function ENO and WENO Finite Difference Methods Based on the Optimization of Shape Parameters, Jingyang Guo and Jae-Hun Jung, pp.551-575. Stability Analysis of the Inverse Lax-Wendroff Boundary Treatment for High Order Central Difference Schemes for Diffusion Equations, Tingting Li, Chi-Wang Shu and Mengping Zhang, pp.576-607. A Uniform Additive Schwarz Preconditioner for High-Order Discontinuous Galerkin Approximations of Elliptic Problems, Paola F. Antonietti, Marco Sarti, Marco Verani and Ludmil T. Zikatanov, pp.608-630. On Geodesic Curvature Flow with Level Set Formulation Over Triangulated Surfaces, Zheng Liu, Huayan Zhang and Chunlin Wu, pp.631-661. 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