Subject: NA Digest, V. 17, # 24 NA Digest Monday, September 11, 2017 Volume 17 : Issue 24 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs [log in to unmask] Today's Topics: Rembering Ivo Marek New Book, Tensor Analysis and Spectral Tensors Finite Element Circus, USA, Oct 2017 High Performance Scientific Computing, Vietnam, Mar 2018 Faculty Position, Univ of Colorado Faculty Positions, Colorado School of Mines Faculty Positions, Cornell Univ Assistant Professor Position, Computational and Applied Math, SMU Lectureship Position, Applied Mathematics, Univ of Bath Junior Professorship Position, Mathematical Optimization Postdoc Fellowship Position, Sandia National Laboratories Postdoc Position, HPC, Sandia National Laboratories, California Postdoc Position, Machine Learning for Cognitive Sciences Postdoc Position, Numerical Analysis, Juelich Supercomputing Centre Postdoc Position, Scientific Computing, Univ of Manchester Contents, Bulletin of Computational Applied Mathematics, 5 (1) 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: Daniel B Szyld [log in to unmask] Date: September 07, 2017 Subject: Rembering Ivo Marek With deep sorrow we inform the community that Ivo Marek, Professor Emeritus at Charles University and at the Czech Technical University in Prague, passed away on August 18, 2017 at the age of 84. Ivo Marek was an outstanding mathematician, who contributed over 170 papers and 3 monographs on a wide range of topics. Among those we highlight neutron transport theory and related problems of nuclear reactor theory, numerical methods for many types of iterative methods for linear and non-linear operator equations, and especially for singular problems, including stochastic matrices. His knowledge was remarkably broad and deep, and this can be glanced for example in his use of functional analysis tools in applied linear algebra problems. He served as editor of several journals. Among his honors we mention that he was the recipient of the Czechoslovak National Prize in Science and the Bolzano Medal (Mathematical Sciences). Two conferences were organized in his honor, and three special issues of Numer. Linear Algebra Appl. (10) 2003, (16) 2009, and (22) 2015, were dedicated to him. His colleagues and friends will remember him for his extraordinary enthusiasm for science and education, for his friendly and generous personality, his sense of humor, his important role in integrating Czech computational mathematicians into the international community, and for his love of music, especially Mozart. Ivo will be sorely missed. We remember him with gratitude and respect. Radim Blaheta, Zdenek Strakos, and Daniel Szyld ------------------------------------------------------- From: Changqing Xu [log in to unmask] Date: September 07, 2017 Subject: New Book, Tensor Analysis and Spectral Tensors We are very pleased to announce a new book "Tensor Analysis: Spectral Theory and Spectral Tensors" published by SIAM (Authors: Liqun Qi and Ziyan Luo). It is the first book on the spectral theory of tensors and the theory of special tensors, including nonnegative tensors, positive semidefinite tensors, completely positive tensors, and copositive tensors; and the spectral hypergraph theory via tensors. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Andrei Draganescu [log in to unmask] Date: September 10, 2017 Subject: Finite Element Circus, USA, Oct 2017 The Fall 2017 Finite Element Circus will be held at the University of Baltimore County (UMBC) on October 20-21, 2017. For registration and further details please visit http://circus2017.umbc.edu . ------------------------------------------------------- From: Phan Thanh An [log in to unmask] Date: September 10, 2017 Subject: High Performance Scientific Computing, Vietnam, Mar 2018 7th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH PERFORMANCE SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Complex Processes March 19-23, 2018 Hanoi, Vietnam Detailed information can be found at the conference websites http://www.math.ac.vn/HPSCHanoi2018/ and http://hpsc.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/HPSCHanoi2018/ (Participants can register, reserve hotel and submit data needed for applying for a Vietnamese visa by using these conference websites.) DATES TO REMEMBER Deadline for registration and submission of abstracts: September 29, 2017. Notification of acceptance for presentation: December 22, 2017. Deadline for applying a business visa through the organizers: January 19, 2018. Deadline for hotel reservation: January 19, 2018. Contact address: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Stephen Becker [log in to unmask] Date: September 07, 2017 Subject: Faculty Position, Univ of Colorado The Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Colorado at Boulder invites applications for a tenure track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2018. The position is in the area of high dimensional data analysis (big data), with possible areas of emphasis including nonlinear optimization, analysis in high-dimensional spaces, randomized projections, probabilistic numerics, harmonic analysis, theoretical deep learning, and related areas. However, exceptional candidates in all fields of Applied Mathematics may be considered. For the full advertisement as well as instructions on how to apply, please see: https://tinyurl.com/APPMCU2017 We start considering applications October 16, 2017, so the deadline is coming up quickly. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Greg Fasshauer [log in to unmask] Date: September 08, 2017 Subject: Faculty Positions, Colorado School of Mines The Applied Mathematics and Statistics Department at the Colorado School of Mines is looking to fill several tenure-track/tenured faculty positions. We are especially interested in people whose research interests lie at or near the interface of computational and applied mathematics with statistics. To find out more or to apply for one of the positions, please use MathJobs: https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/10656. The deadline to ensure full consideration is December 1, 2017. Given this unique opportunity to hire multiple people at once we are keeping our eyes open for candidates who have a personal, professional or research connection with another candidate. If you have such a connection, please let us know about it in your application. If you have any questions about these positions please don't hesitate to contact Paul Martin ([log in to unmask]) or Greg Fasshauer ([log in to unmask]). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Joinel Flores [log in to unmask] Date: September 08, 2017 Subject: Faculty Positions, Cornell Univ Cornell University's School of Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE) seeks to fill multiple tenured/tenure-track faculty positions for its Ithaca campus. We will primarily consider applicants with research interests in the areas of integer programming and financial engineering, though we welcome strong applicants from all research areas represented within ORIE, especially those in resonance with the College of Engineering Strategic Areas: www.engineering.cornell.edu/research/strategic. Requisite is a strong interest in the broad mission of the School, exceptional potential for leadership in research and education, an ability and willingness to teach at all levels of the program, and a Ph.D. in operations research, mathematics, statistics, or a related field by the start of the appointment. Salary will be appropriate to qualifications and engineering school norms. Cornell ORIE is a diverse group of high-quality researchers and educators interested in probability, optimization, statistics, simulation, and a wide array of applications such as e-commerce, supply chains, scheduling, manufacturing, transportation systems, health care, financial engineering, service systems and network science. We value mathematical and technical depth and innovation, and experience with applications and practice. Ideal candidates will have correspondingly broad training and interests. Please apply online at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9654 with a cover letter, CV, statements of teaching and research interests, sample publications, at least three reference letters and, for junior applicants, a doctoral transcript. We strongly encourage applicants attending the INFORMS annual meeting to submit all application materials by October 15, 2017. All applications completed by November 15, 2017 will receive full consideration, but we urge candidates to submit all required material as soon as possible. We will accept applications until we fill the positions. ORIE and the College of Engineering at Cornell embrace diversity and seek candidates who can contribute to a welcoming climate for students of all races and genders. Cornell University seeks to meet the needs of dual career couples, has a Dual Career program, and is a member of the Upstate New York Higher Education Recruitment Consortium to assist with dual career searches. Visit www.unyherc.org/home to see positions available in higher education in the upstate New York area. Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell's heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities. We strongly encourage qualified women and minority candidates to apply. Apply Here: http://www.Click2apply.net/myvrrksmkz4fb4nk PI99325457 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Daniel Reynolds [log in to unmask] Date: September 08, 2017 Subject: Assistant Professor Position, Computational and Applied Math, SMU Southern Methodist University Department of Mathematics Position No. 00006031: Applications are invited for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Computational and Applied Mathematics to begin in the fall semester of 2018. The department is searching for junior scholars with outstanding records of research in computational and applied mathematics, with a commitment to interdisciplinary research and teaching. We are seeking candidates whose interests align with those of the department and who would contribute in a substantial way to the university's initiatives in high performance computing, data science and interdisciplinary research. Our faculty are currently working in emerging areas such in computational applied mathematics, neuroscience and electric power grid. The Department of Mathematics offers graduate degrees in Computational and Applied Mathematics and includes 17 tenured or tenure-track faculty researchers, all of whom work in application areas. Visit http://www.smu.edu/math/ for more information. Interested applicants need to submit a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, research and teaching statements, and request three references to be addressed to the Faculty Search Committee, Department of Mathematics, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750156, Dallas, Texas, 75275-0156. Additional information regarding the position, as well as details on the application process are available at https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/10610. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Melina Freitag [log in to unmask] Date: September 07, 2017 Subject: Lectureship Position, Applied Mathematics, Univ of Bath The Department of Mathematical Sciences at Bath is advertising a Lectureship (roughly equivalent to Assistant Professor) in Applied Mathematics to strengthen the activities in its Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistical Applied Mathematics at Bath (SAMBa). We particularly encourage applications from within the fields of control theory, imaging, inverse problems, multi-scale problems, networks and their applications, optimisation, uncertainty quantification, as well as from those working in the application driven areas of mathematical biology, mathematical geosciences, nonlinear mechanics and other interdisciplinary or industrial areas. For more details see https://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.aspx?ref=SF5138 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Petra Trapp [log in to unmask] Date: September 08, 2017 Subject: Junior Professorship Position, Mathematical Optimization The Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Georg August University Gottingen, Germany, invites applications for a Junior-professorship for Mathematical Optimization (salary W1 NBesO) to begin on April 1st, 2018 on a temporary basis, at the Institute for Numerical and Applied Mathematics. Qualified candidates will be recruited as a civil servant on temporary basis for the initial period of three years with an extension for another three years based on positive evaluation. The Institute is seeking candidates with a profile in an area of mathematical, in particular, continuous, optimization that provides links to research groups throughout the Faculty of Mathematics. Applicants are expected to demonstrate excellence in their research activities and experience in teaching. Experience in winning third party funding will be viewed as an advantage. The duties include research and teaching in the fields of expertise as well as participation in teaching within the scope of the mathematical bachelor's / master's programme. The general duties and responsibilities and preconditions for recruitment are prescribed by Section 30 of the current Lower Saxony Higher Education Act. The period being employed as graduate assistant or research assistant before or after the doctorate should not exceed a total of six years. For further information, please contact the office of the Institute for Numerical and Applied Mathematics, phone 0551/39-4502, [log in to unmask] . Applications with pertinent documentation like CV, list of publications, research grant activities, research and teaching records are to be sent to the Institute for Numerical and Applied Mathematics of the Georg-August University Gottingen, Lotzestrasse 16-18, 37083 Gottingen, Germany by October 15, 2017 exclusively by using the following online portal: https://s-lotus.gwdg.de/uni/umna/jp_math_opt.nsf/enter ------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Parks [log in to unmask] Date: September 07, 2017 Subject: Postdoc Fellowship Position, Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories invites outstanding candidates to apply for the 2018 John von Neumann Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Computational Science. This prestigious fellowship is partially supported by the Applied Mathematics Research Program in the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research. The fellowship provides an exceptional opportunity for innovative research in computational mathematics and scientific computing on advanced computing architectures with application to a broad range of science and engineering problems of national importance. Applicants must have or soon receive a Ph.D. in applied/computational mathematics or related computational science and engineering disciplines. Applicants must have less than three years of postdoctoral experience. This appointment is for one year, with a possible renewal for a second year, and includes a highly competitive salary, moving expenses and a generous professional travel allowance. Applications will be reviewed upon receipt. Complete applications received by December 1, 2017 will receive full consideration. For more information, including application instructions, please see our web page at http://www.cs.sandia.gov/VN_Web_Page/. Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Keita Teranishi [log in to unmask] Date: September 06, 2017 Subject: Postdoc Position, HPC, Sandia National Laboratories, California Job Title: Postdoctoral Appointee - High Performance Computing Job ID: 657441 Location: Livermore, CA Qualifications We Require: Ph.D. degree in computer science, computer engineering or related field; Experience in implementation and programming of task parallel runtime systems such as StarPU and Charm++; Parallel programming with OpenMP, MPI and CUDA; Extensive knowledge in C++ programming. Qualifications We Desire: Experience with computer hardware simulators; Code generation using LLVM compiler; Knowledge in parallel scientific computing, including differential equation solvers and numerical linear algebra. This postdoctoral position is a temporary position for up to one year, which may be renewed at Sandia's discretion up to five additional years. The PhD must have been conferred within five years prior to employment. Individuals in postdoctoral positions may bid on regular Sandia positions as internal candidates, and in some cases may be converted to regular career positions during their term if warranted by ongoing operational needs, continuing availability of funds, and satisfactory job performance. The Computer Sciences and Information Systems Center is the home of computer science and information systems work and capabilities at Sandia's California site. We have capabilities that span across multiple computer science and information systems disciplines. Our activities include computational science and mathematics research, high performance computing, visualization systems research and development, problem solving environments, information security research and operations, and network operations. How to Apply Go to http://www.sandia.gov Click on Careers, Click on View All Jobs, Search on Job ID#s: 657441 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Shuchin Aeron [log in to unmask] Date: September 07, 2017 Subject: Postdoc Position, Machine Learning for Cognitive Sciences Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the Tufts Information and Networked Systems (TINS) lab in collaboration with the recently established Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences (CABCS) at Tufts University and the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center at Natick., MA This appointment would be for 12-18 months with an estimated start date of October 2017. The primary project is entitled 'Real time prediction of individual and team performance metric from neurophysiological measurements and team interaction data'. Under this project, the fellow will work with Tufts ECE faculty, Dr. Shuchin Aeron and Dr. Eric Miller, as well as CABCS scientists to develop supervised and semi-supervised machine learning algorithms that are capable of predicting cognitive state (e.g., stress level and alertness) and task performance metrics (e.g., target identification and marksmanship) from a wide assortment of physiological sensor data (both labeled and unlabeled) including information collected continuously as a function of time (EEG, FNIRS, Heart Rate) as well as data at a relatively few points in time before, during, and after a specific task (saliva and urine samples). In addition to assessing individuals, data will be collected to support the characterization of team and intergroup dynamics. We anticipate the effort will require the use of several classical as well as recent developments in machine learning and in particular recursive neural networks, manifold learning, and social network analysis. While previous experience in theoretical and applied machine learning would be ideal, we welcome applicants with significant experience in related fields including information theory, statistical signal processing, sparse signal or image processing, compressive sensing, and distributed convex optimization. Interested applicants should send a cover letter detailing their research interests and career goals, CV, and names and contact information of 3 references to Dr. Shuchin Aeron ([log in to unmask]). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Andreas Kleefeld [log in to unmask] Date: September 07, 2017 Subject: Postdoc Position, Numerical Analysis, Juelich Supercomputing Centre 2 year post-doc position at Forschungszentrum Juelich, Institute for advanced simulation, Juelich Supercomputing Centre, Germany under my guidance in the field of 'eigenvalue optimization' as part of the Helmholtz - OCPC - Program 2017-2021 for the involvement of Postdocs in bilateral collaboration projects with China partially funded by the Office of the China Postdoctoral Council (OCPC) of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MoHRSS). http://www.chinapostdoctor.org.cn/WebSite/program/Info_Show.aspx?InfoID=75124714- a070-4ad2-9ce5-634babbf154a ------------------------------------------------------- From: Milan Mihajlovic [log in to unmask] Date: September 08, 2017 Subject: Postdoc Position, Scientific Computing, Univ of Manchester The University seeks to appoint a research associate in the School of Computer Science for a period of 12 months to work on an interdisciplinary project related to the development and implementation of a simulation tool for the analysis of thermal stability in emerging 3-D Integrated Circuit technologies with liquid cooling. The specific tasks within the simulator design related to this post include development of the internal liquid cooling and the external free and forced convection cooling models and development of parallel adaptive time integration methods. Specific skills: specialist knowledge in computational science and engineering, strong mathematical skills, knowledge of the finite element method (experience with deal.II desirable), solution of initial value problems, Krylov methods, multigrid, strong C++ programming skills. Further details about the post can be found at: https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=13711 (the application deadline extended until 26/9/17) ------------------------------------------------------- From: saul Buitrago [log in to unmask] Date: September 06, 2017 Subject: Contents, Bulletin of Computational Applied Mathematics, 5 (1) Table of Contents Bulletin of Computational Applied Mathematics, Vol. 5, No. 1 http://www.compama.co.usb.ve/ Linear programming model for solution of matrix game with payoffs trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy number, D. Hunwisai, P. Kumam Legendre collocation method and its convergence analysis for the numerical solutions of the conductor-like screening model for real solvents integral equation, E. Hesameddini, M. Shahbazi A convex optimization approach for solving large scale linear systems, D. Cores, J. Figueroa On solution of a nonlocal problem with dynamic boundary conditions for a loaded linear parabolic equation by straight-line methods, Z. Khankishiyev A positive spectral gradient-like method for large-scale nonlinear monotone equations, H. Mohammad, A.B. Abubakar Fitting of parameters for a temperature control model by means of continuous derivative-free optimization: a case study in a broiler house, B.H. Cervelin, D. Conti, D.T. Detsch, M.A. Diniz-Ehrhardt, J.M. Martinez ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************