Subject: NA Digest, V. 17, # 11 NA Digest Monday, May 08, 2017 Volume 17 : Issue 11 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs [log in to unmask] Today's Topics: Developing Countries Online Resources (IFORS) Call for Nominations, 2017 ICS Prize BBComp: Black-Box Optimization Competition, Call for participation Finite Element Modelling with FreeFem++, Scotland, Jun 2017 IMA Nonlinearity and Coherent Structures, UK, Jun 2017 Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and Applications, UK, Jul 2017 Reliable Methods of Mathematical Modeling, Germany, Jul-Aug 2017 Deadline extended, FGI Conference on Optimization, Germnay, Sep 2017 Imaging Sciences, USA, Oct 2017 Generative models, parameter learning and sparsity, UK, Oct-Nov 2017 CFP, SC17, USA, Nov 2017 Professor Position, Applied Analysis, Univ Osnabrueck Postdoc Position, Georg-August-Univ Göttingen Postdoc Position, MCMC Methods, Heriot-Watt Univ, Edinburgh, UK PhD Position, Computational Physiology, Univ of Zurich, Switzerland MSc/PhD Position, Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing, McMaster Subscribe, unsubscribe, change address, or for na-digest archives: http://www.netlib.org/na-digest-html/faq.html Submissions for NA Digest: http://icl.utk.edu/na-digest/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber [log in to unmask] Date: May 04, 2017 Subject: Developing Countries Online Resources (IFORS) Dear colleagues and friends, Regarding IFORS Developing Countries OR Resources Website, its regular updates - and your possible own submission of "free" (not copyright protected) material, you might occasionally visit http://ifors.org/developing_countries/index.php?title=Main_Page ------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeff Linderoth [log in to unmask] Date: May 05, 2017 Subject: Call for Nominations, 2017 ICS Prize The INFORMS Computing Society (ICS) Prize is an annual award for the best English language paper or group of related papers dealing with the Operations Research/Computer Science interface. The award is accompanied by a certificate and a $1,000 honorarium. The award will be presented at the ICS Business Meeting that will take place during the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Houston from October 22-15, 2017. The goals of the prize are: - To promote the development of high-quality work advancing the state of the art in the operations research/computer science interface; - To publicize and reward the contributions of those authors/researchers who have advanced the state of the art; and - To increase the visibility of excellent work in the field. Conditions for eligibility: - Published in the open literature; - Pertinent to the interface of operations research and computer science; - Written in English. The nomination package should consist of a cover letter and a copy of each nominated work. The cover letter should provide the title, author's name, place and date of publication as well as a justification for the nomination. Self-nominations are allowed but discouraged. All nominations should be submitted electronically to [log in to unmask] by midnight EDT, July 15, 2016. All submissions will be acknowledged by the committee chair. ICS Prize Awards Committee Jon Lee, University of Michigan Jeff Linderoth, University of Wisconsin-Madison (chair) Jean-Paul Watson, Sandia National Lab ------------------------------------------------------- From: Ilya Loshchilov and Ilya Loshchilov [log in to unmask] Date: May 08, 2017 Subject: BBComp: Black-Box Optimization Competition, Call for participation The Black Box Optimization Competition (BBComp, http://bbcomp.ini.rub.de/) has just opened FIVE NEW TRACKS in the domains of single- and multi-objective optimization. The competition is organized in the scope of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO'2017, http://gecco-2017.sigevo.org/) BBComp is the first competition platform in the continuous domain where test problems are truly black boxes to participants. The only information known to the optimizer and participant is the dimension of the problem, bounds on all variables, and a budget of black box queries. The competition is also the first web/online optimization competition in evolutionary computation domain, it aims at attacking a growing impact of over-fitting of optimization algorithms to a narrow set of existing benchmark problems. The competition was run four times so far, attracting more than 100 unique submissions, including some state-of-the-art commercial solvers. All the material including the source code in C/C++, MATLAB, Python and Java is available at http://bbcomp.ini.rub.de . The results of the competition will be announced during GECCO'2017. Participants do not need to attend the conference or submit papers, they can even choose to be anonymous to the other participants. Organizers: Ilya Loshchilov, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Germany Tobias Glasmachers, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany ------------------------------------------------------- From: Victorita Dolean [log in to unmask] Date: May 03, 2017 Subject: Finite Element Modelling with FreeFem++, Scotland, Jun 2017 I would like to draw the attention of colleagues, PhD students and young researchers to the FreeFem++ (www.freefem.org) Introductory Course, "Finite Element Modelling with FreeFem++", taking place in Glasgow, Scotland on Friday 30th June; This workshop is lead by Ionut Danaila, Victorita Dolean and Frederic Hecht. This event may be of interest in particular to those attending the 27th Biennal Numerical Analysis Conference (taking place at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, from 27th to 30th June 2017) as it follows immediately after the conference, exactly in the same place. For details and registration see: http://www.strath.ac.uk/science/mathematicsstatistics/workingwithus/freefem/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Pamela Bye [log in to unmask] Date: May 03, 2017 Subject: IMA Nonlinearity and Coherent Structures, UK, Jun 2017 2ND IMA CONFERENCE ON NONLINEARITY AND COHERENT STRUCTURES Monday 19 - Wednesday 21 June 2017 University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK Nonlinearity plays an important role in many fields of Science, Engineering and Technology. The aim of this conference is to bring together researchers working on aspects of nonlinear phenomena and to encourage interaction between experts from different areas such as Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Analysis, Fluid Dynamics, Engineering and Physics. Recent theoretical developments, new computational methods and experimental findings will be presented and discussed. We plan to avoid parallel sessions and foster as much as possible communication across the different communities. Conference topics: Integrable systems; Nonlinear waves in fluids; Soliton theory; Nonlinear evolution PDEs; Orthogonal polynomials; Mathematical biology; Coherent structures in shear flows and transition to turbulence. Early Bird Fees must be paid by Monday 22 May 2017 otherwise a higher price will be implemented. Further information: http://ima.org.uk/conferences/conferences_calendar/2nd-ima-conference-nonlinearity-coherent-structures.html For scientific queries please contact Dr. Emilian Parau: [log in to unmask] For general conference queries please contact Lizzi Lake, Conference Officer: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Ana Loureiro [log in to unmask] Date: May 02, 2017 Subject: Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and Applications, UK, Jul 2017 The 14th International Symposium on Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and Applications (OPSFA-14) will take place 3rd-7th July 2017 at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK -- for further details see http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/opsfa/. The conference is the first one in the OPSFA series to take place in the UK. The symposium will take place in the Sibson Building at the University of Kent, which is the new home of the School of Mathematics, Statistics & Actuarial Science, opened in March 2017. Registration and call for talks and posters is at: https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/opsfa/registration/ A number of bursaries for Research Students and Early Career Researchers (PhD in 2014 or later) will be available (deadline for applications: 15 May 2017). Priority will be given to those from developing countries. Talk/Poster submission: deadline 15 May 2017 An award for the best poster will be given at OPSFA14, the prize is sponsored by Cambridge University Press. This symposium is an event of the SIAM Activity Group on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions. The activity group promotes research in orthogonal polynomials and special functions; furthers the application of this subject in other parts of mathematics, and in science and industry; and encourages and supports the exchange of information, ideas, and techniques between workers in this field and other mathematicians and scientists. The activity group awards the Gabor Szego Prize every two years to an early-career researcher for outstanding research contributions in the area of orthogonal polynomials and special functions. For further enquiries, please contact [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Carsten Carstensen [log in to unmask] Date: May 07, 2017 Subject: Reliable Methods of Mathematical Modeling, Germany, Jul-Aug 2017 First announcement RMMM 8 in Berlin, Germany, on Reliable Methods of Mathematical Modeling in July 30 - August 03, 2017 https://www2.mathematik.hu-berlin.de/~rmmm2017/ The biennial RMMM conferences bring together scientists developing reliable methods for mathematical modeling. The range from applied and numerical analysis, methods for the control of modeling and numerical errors, algorithmic aspects to challenging applications is covered and especially novel discretization methods for the numerical approximation of PDEs are included. Topics include mesh-adaptive numerical methods in various applied problems, a posteriori error control and verification of numerical solutions, validation of mathematical models used in computer simulation, nonlinear computational partial differential equations, novel discretization methods for the numerical approximation of PDEs. Registration is online until mid of May and the conference fee is 150 Euros. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Andrea Walther [log in to unmask] Date: May 03, 2017 Subject: Deadline extended, FGI Conference on Optimization, Germnay, Sep 2017 This is the final call for submissions for 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] Deadlines 23 May '17: Submission deadline for abstracts (extended) 12 Jun '17: Notification of abstract acceptance 1 Jul '17: Early registration deadline ------------------------------------------------------- From: Eric Miller [log in to unmask] Date: May 03, 2017 Subject: Imaging Sciences, USA, Oct 2017 Houston Imaging Sciences Symposium This is the first call for abstracts/pre-registration for a two-day Imaging Sciences symposium to be held in Houston, TX on October 2nd-3rd, 2017. Main focus for symposium: - A two-day symposium to bring together experts and practitioners of imaging sciences in various industry, including but not limited to oil and medical industries. - Focus on the mathematical and numerical aspects of imaging, bringing in more detail than what we can see at SEG or other industry conferences. At the same time, the focus will also be on how to apply the mathematics to solve industry problems of today. - Take a look at what the future holds for imaging, find intersection between imaging and all the fantastic improvements in machine learning, reduced order models, compressive sensing, etc. There are no tracks at this symposium, the talks will be attended by all participants. We plan to have four sessions, each with one plenary speaker followed by talks. Each talk can be 45 mins long, followed by 10 mins for Q&A. Please submit a short abstract (1 page or less), including your name, affiliation. Also, please indicate which of the four sessions your talk will best fit into: - Tomographic imaging: Lead by Dr. Eric Miller, Tufts - Reflection imaging: Lead by Dr. Bill Symes, Rice - Image Processing: Lead by Dr. David Fuentes, MD Anderson - Future of Imaging: Lead by Dr. Maarten DeHoop, Rice Talks that fit well within the focus described above will be more likely to be picked. Please submit abstracts by June 30th, 2017 to [log in to unmask] At the time, we would also like those who plan to attend to pre-register so that we can get an idea of the number of attendees for planning our logistics. Please respond using the Google form ASAP https://goo.gl/forms/HddqmsraT9guK7513 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Siences [log in to unmask] Date: May 03, 2017 Subject: Generative models, parameter learning and sparsity, UK, Oct-Nov 2017 Attend this workshop at the Isaac Newton Institute and interact and engage while working on the review, exchange and promoting of recent advances in generative models, parameter learning and sparsity. A key issue in image reconstruction, and in inverse problems as a whole, is the correct choice of image priors (or regularisation functionals) and data models (or fidelity terms) in a variational or Bayesian reconstruction model. Depending on the setup of the model, very different qualitative image reconstruction results are obtained. This workshop will cover many topics around this - Read more here. This is the second event and part of the activities for a long term programme on Variational methods and effective algorithms for imaging and vision (1 Sept-- 31 Dec 2017) organised by Ke Chen, Andrew Fitzgibbon, Michael Hintermuller, Carola-Bibiane Schonlieb, and Xue-Cheng Tai. List of invited and confirmed speakers includes (to expand): F Bach, R Baraniuk, J Calder, J Chung, J Delon, M Figueiredo, E Haber, A Hansen, L Horesh, P Milanfar, M Peyrera, B Plemmons, L Ruthotto, P Weiss, R Willett. This workshop is organised by: Simon Arridge (University College London), Martin Burger (Universitat Munster), Michael Hintermuller (Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin), Nick Kingsbury (Trinity College, Cambridge), Gabriel Peyre (CNRS - Ecole Normale Superieure Paris), Guillermo Sapiro (Duke University), Carola Schonlieb (University of Cambridge). This workshop is open for registration but closes shortly. Deadline for Oral/Poster presentation: 30 June 2017. Deadline for participation (only): 31 July 2017. Participation remotely is possible. Register today http://www.newton.ac.uk/event/vmvw02 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Kengo Nakajima [log in to unmask] Date: May 06, 2017 Subject: CFP, SC17, USA, Nov 2017 CFP: SC17 Reserch Posters November 12-17, 2017, Denver, CO, http://sc17.supercomputing.org/ Submission Deadline: July 31, 2017 Notification Sent: September 1, 2017 Posters: http://sc17.supercomputing.org/submitters/research-posters/ Submission Site: https://submissions.supercomputing.org SC17 is soliciting submissions for posters that display cutting-edge research and work in progress in high performance computing, storage, networking and analysis. Posters provide an excellent opportunity for short presentations and informal discussions with Conference attendees. SC17 will also host the ACM Student Research Competition (SRC). This competition will feature posters from undergraduate and graduate students showcasing original student research. A SRC poster may be authored by exactly one student (optionally with the advisor(s)). Student authors must be an active ACM member. Further information can be found at http://sc17.supercomputing.org/submitters/research-posters/ All posters can be submitted within up to two of the following categories: Algorithms; Applications; Architectures and Networks; Clouds and Distributed Computing; Data Analytics, Visualization and Storage; Performance; Programming Systems; State of the Practice; System Software; and Education. Email Contact and Questions: posters(at)info.supercomputing.org ------------------------------------------------------- From: Stefan Kunis [log in to unmask] Date: May 04, 2017 Subject: Professor Position, Applied Analysis, Univ Osnabrueck The Institute of Mathematics at the University of Osnabrueck invites applications for a Professorship of Applied Analysis (W3) to take up appointment on 1st April 2018. The successful applicant is expected to represent this field in both research and teaching. Cooperation with the existing research groups of the institute of mathematics as well as experience in externally funded research projects is expected. Please send your application (preferably in electronic version as one PDF-file) to the Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics/ Computer Science of the University of Osnabrueck, [log in to unmask], by June 5th, 2017. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Gerlind Plonka-Hoch [log in to unmask] Date: May 08, 2017 Subject: Postdoc Position, Georg-August-Univ Göttingen The Research Training Group RTG 2088 "Discovering Structure in Complex Data: Statistics Meets Optimization and Inverse Problems" (Speaker: Prof. Gerlind Plonka-Hoch) at the Georg-August University Gottingen offers a PostDoc Position from August 1, 2017-March 31, 2020. The salary is in accordance with the German public service salary scale (E13 TV-L) with 100% of the regular working hours (currently 39.8 hours per week). The research projects in this RTG focus on new mathematical concepts for the efficient reconstruction and classification of relevant structural information in data sets, without reconstructing the entire information inherent in the data. One of the guiding principles of this RTG consists of discovering and rigorously exploiting structural a priori information in order to obtain the desired information. Methodically, specific emphasis will be laid upon the interplay between approaches in statistics, optimization, and inverse problems. Most of the proposed PhD projects arise from signal or image processing applications in biology, medicine or engineering. We are looking for a postdoc having strong expertise related to at least one of the fields inverse problems, optimization, mathematical statistics, data analysis, probability theory, computational topology or mathematical signal and image processing, but showing considerable breadth in her/his previous research and a willingness to explore new topics. Candidates should fulfill the following requirements: An excellent doctorate in mathematics and a strong publication record; A strong background in one of the mathematical disciplines covered by the RTG; Very good English skills (written and spoken); Willingness to work in interdisciplinary teams; Good programming skills are beneficial. The University of Gottingen is an equal opportunities employer and places particular emphasis on fostering career opportunities for women. Qualified women are therefore strongly encouraged to apply in fields in which they are underrepresented. The university has committed itself to being a family-friendly institution and supports their employees in balancing work and family life.The mission of the University is to employ a greater number of severely disabled persons. Applications from severely disabled persons with equivalent qualifications will be given preference. Please send your application with the usual documents until June 5, 2017 either per letter mail to, Georg-August-University Gottingen, Prof. Gerlind Plonka-Hoch, Lotzestr. 16-18, 37083 Gottingen, Germany or directly per e-mail to Prof. Plonka-Hoch: [log in to unmask] goettingen.de. Electronical applications are preferred. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Gabriel Lord [log in to unmask] Date: May 03, 2017 Subject: Postdoc Position, MCMC Methods, Heriot-Watt Univ, Edinburgh, UK The position is part of the EPSRC funded EQUIP project between Warwick University, Imperial College and Heriot-Watt. The key academic staff in EQUIP are Professors Andrew Stuart (now at CalTech), Charlie Elliot and Gareth Roberts (Warwick), Mark Girolami (Imperial) and Mike Christie (Heriot-Watt). The goal of the EQUIP project is to make significant advances in methodology for uncertainty quantification that can be applied to realistic large engineering problems. The difficulty in handling the computational challenges involved in large engineering problems is driving advances in techniques such as Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods. Applications must have considerable experience in mathematical modelling and MCMC techniques. Experience of multilevel and multi-fidelity approaches will be an advantage. Please see https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/work/jobs/job_SVJDOTgzMA.htm for full details. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Diane de Zelicourt [log in to unmask] Date: May 02, 2017 Subject: PhD Position, Computational Physiology, Univ of Zurich, Switzerland A funded doctoral position in the general areas of computational physiology and biomedical engineering is available at the Interface Group of the Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland: http://interfacegroup.ch/ Combining clinical meta-analysis and computational modeling, this project aims at refining our understanding of the coupling between cardiovascular and renal function in health and diseases, accounting for its complex hormonal and biomechanical inter-regulations. Of specific interest is the understanding of the evolution in renal and cardiac function in patients undergoing renal transplant. The Ph.D. student will work within the Swiss national flagship project NCCR Kidney.CH (www.nccr-kidney.ch) and in tight collaboration with the University Hospitals of Bern, Geneva and Zurich; at the interface between fundamental physiology and clinical applications. The ideal candidate will have expert knowledge in numerical methods and in systems and controls with emphasis on their application to physiological systems. Knowledge of the cardiovascular and renal anatomy and physiology is of advantage. A master's degree in engineering, computational sciences or a related field and excellent English language skills are mandatory. The Interface Group offers a creative, international work environment, outstanding computational infrastructure, integration into a large research network and access to experimental and clinical data for model parametrization. Candidates are encouraged to apply to Dr. Diane de Zelicourt, [log in to unmask], with a motivation letter, CV, transcripts and contact information of two references. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Bartosz Protas [log in to unmask] Date: May 04, 2017 Subject: MSc/PhD Position, Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing, McMaster An opening for a graduate student (Master's or Ph.D.) is anticipated in Dr. Protas' research group at McMaster University with a start date of September 1, 2017 (preferred), or January 1, 2018. The focus of the position will be research on mathematical and computational modeling of nonequilibrium electrochemical and thermodynamic processes occurring in Li-ion batteries. This position is intended for a student with mathematics background interested in exploring a rapidly developing application area, or for a mathematically-minded chemist or chemical engineer with a solid background in theoretical and computational chemistry. The student will be enrolled in the interdisciplinary School of Computational Science and Engineering. Details concerning application procedures are available at the web address https://computational.mcmaster.ca/graduate-studies/application-process.html Interested candidates may also contact Dr. Bartosz Protas Department of Mathematics & Statistics McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA L8S 4K1 Email: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/bprotas for additional information. ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************