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Subject: NA Digest, V. 18, # 38 NA Digest Sunday, September 23, 2018 Volume 18 : Issue 38 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs [log in to unmask] Today's Topics: Correction: PNWNAS, Canada, Oct 2018 Correction: PhD Position, Multiobjective Derivative-free Optim, Univ Nova de Lisboa Pierre Comon wins French Academy of Sciences IMT Grand Prize Call for Nominations, SIAG/CSE Best Paper Prize Call for Nominations, COIN-OR Cup Commemoration, Anfré-Louis Cholesky Mid-Atlantic NA-Day, USA, Nov 2018 Mathematics of Finite Elements (MAFELAP), UK, Jun 2019 AMiTaNS'19, Bulgaria, 2019 Software Engineer Position, Mentor Graphics, USA Computational Research Scientist Position, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Faculty Position, Operations Research and Information Engineering Faculty Positions, ORIE, Cornell Univ Professorship Position, Uncertainty Quantification, Univ of Potsdam Postdoc Position, Model Reduction for Hyperbolic Systems Postdoc Position, Stanford SLAC Computer Science, California USA Postdoc Position, Temple Univ, USA PhD/Postdoc Position, Inverse Problems+Machine learning, UT Austin PhD Position, Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), Lehigh Univ PhD Position, Mathematics for Artificial Intelligence PhD Positions, Southern California, USA Contents, Numerical Algorithms, 79 (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: Uri Ascher [log in to unmask] Date: September 23, 2018 Subject: Correction: PNWNAS, Canada, Oct 2018 The next one-day meeting of the Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis Seminar (PNWNAS) will take place at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, on October 13, 2018. The PNWNAS brings together people interested in scientific computing, numerical analysis, and computational mathematics from academia, government research labs and industry from around the Pacific Northwest region and beyond. PNWNAS has been held annually since 1987 at different locations in the region. Confirmed speakers are: Ron Estrin Jay Gopalakrishnan Eldad Haber Danny Kaufman Sherry Li Michael Overton Steve Ruuth Andy Wan Please see our web site http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~greif/PNWNAS2018/ for the program, registration details, and information regarding travel and limited student support. We gratefully acknowledge support from the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) and the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Ana Luisa Custodio [log in to unmask] Date: September 23, 2018 Subject: Correction: PhD Position, Multiobjective Derivative-free Optim, Univ Nova de Lisboa One MSc fellowship is opened at Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, under the scope of the project BoostDFO: Improving the performance and moving to newer dimensions in Derivative-Free Optimization (PTDC/MAT-APL/28400/2017). We are looking for a talented student, which will be integrated in a research team, developing robust and efficient algorithms for Multiobjective Derivative-free Optimization. Applicants must hold an MSc in Mathematics and have applied or commit to apply in 2018/19 for a PhD program at the Department of Mathematics of Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. More information regarding the application can be found at: http://www.eracareers.pt/opportunities/index.aspx?task=global&jobId=103817&lang=pt The application deadline is 15th October 2018. For more information, please contact the PI project, Ana Luisa Custodio ([log in to unmask]). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Yang Qi [log in to unmask] Date: September 20, 2018 Subject: Pierre Comon wins French Academy of Sciences IMT Grand Prize Pierre Comon has been awarded the IMT Grand Prize by the French Academy of Sciences for his exceptional scientific contributions in the fields of digital technology and environment. The judging panel cited his outstanding body of works in Blind Source Separation, Independent Component Analysis, Theory of Nonnegative Tensors, and their Applications to Environmental Science. The award will be presented at a formal ceremony in November at the Institut de France. http://www.academie-sciences.fr/en/Laureats/les-laureats-des-prix-2018.html ------------------------------------------------------- From: Hans De Sterck [log in to unmask] Date: September 21, 2018 Subject: Call for Nominations, SIAG/CSE Best Paper Prize Nominations are due by November 15, 2018 for the Best Paper Prize of the SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), which will be awarded for the first time at the 2019 SIAM CSE conference in Spokane, Washington, USA, February 25 - March 1, 2019. The prize recognizes a paper that makes an outstanding and potentially long-lasting contribution to the CSE field, as determined by the prize committee. The selection criteria emphasize multidisciplinary work opening up new areas of research, and potential broad impact, in addition to novelty, creativity, and overall scientific advancement and quality. To promote the diversity and inclusiveness of the CSE community, nominations of papers authored or co-authored by women and minorities are encouraged. For the 2019 award, the paper must have been published between the dates of January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2017. The qualifying paper must be published in English, in a peer-reviewed journal. Nominations require: Nominator's letter of recommendation for candidate paper; Bibliographic citation for candidate paper; and Digital version of candidate paper (PDF required). Please see https://www.siam.org/Prizes-Recognition/Activity-Group-Prizes/Detail/siag-cse-best-paper- prize for further information and for instructions on submitting a nomination. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Dominique Orban [log in to unmask] Date: September 23, 2018 Subject: Call for Nominations, COIN-OR Cup CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 14th annual "COIN-OR Cup" competition sponsored by the COIN-OR Foundation. The COIN-OR Cup recognizes and celebrates the best contributions to open source operations research software development and use associated with the COIN-OR software collection. To remind you, COIN-OR stands for "COmputational INfrastructure for OPerations Research". It is the definitive collection of free open source operations research software that lets you concentrate on your research instead of re-implementing software. See https://www.coin-or.org/. Get on board! GUIDELINES FOR COIN-OR CUP SUBMISSIONS: A submission or nomination must contain: 1. A synopsis of an effective use of COIN-OR or valuable contribution to COIN-OR (or both!), including an explanation of its significance. Maximum 3 pages (pdf format). 2. Copies of relevant papers or documents (pdf format). We especially encourage nominations describing effective use of COIN-OR that the community may not know about. Self-nominations are welcome. Submission deadline: Friday, October 5, 2018. Please e-mail your submissions to [log in to unmask] in a single zipped archive, containing a description of your submission and copies of all relevant papers/documents in pdf format. The winner must accept the prize in person at the 2018 INFORMS Annual Meeting so we can all celebrate appropriately (see below). The 2018 COIN-OR Cup will be awarded at a celebration on Monday November 5 during the INFORMS Annual meeting in Phoenix, AZ. All entrants, supporters, and other interested parties are welcome to join the celebration and regale, rile, and roast the prize winners. Details of the event will be announced later. The winning entry will be announced at this celebration event, and posted on the COIN-OR website https://www.coin-or.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Claude Brezinski [log in to unmask] Date: September 18, 2018 Subject: Commemoration, Anfré-Louis Cholesky On 31 August 2018, it was the centenary of the death of Cholesky. See: C. Brezinski, D. Tournès Anfré-Louis Cholesky Mathematician, Topograoher and Army Officer Birkhäuser, Basel, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Daniel B Szyld [log in to unmask] Date: September 18, 2018 Subject: Mid-Atlantic NA-Day, USA, Nov 2018 This year's Mid-Atlantic Numerical Analysis Day will take place at Temple University in Philadelphia on Friday the 9th of November. (Deadline for submission is October 15). The keynote speaker is Tim Warburton, from Virginia Tech whose talk is titled "On building an Exascle-ready high-order finite element solver." The purpose of the one-day meeting is to provide a forum for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows, i.e., researchers and practitioners at the very beginning of their careers, from the Mid-Atlantic region, to exchange ideas in numerical analysis, scientific computing and related application areas. The meeting will start at 10am to allow same-day travel. Registration is free, but we ask everyone to register (even if attending only, i.e., no talk or poster). The website is: https://www.math.temple.edu/events/conferences/na-day/ Please circulate this information among colleagues, postdocs and graduate students. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Carolyn Sellers [log in to unmask] Date: September 19, 2018 Subject: Mathematics of Finite Elements (MAFELAP), UK, Jun 2019 MAFELAP 2019: 17 - 21 June 2019, Brunel University London, England MAFELAP 2019, the sixteenth conference on the Mathematics of Finite Elements and Applications, will take place at Brunel University London during 17 - 21 June 2019. Preliminary information is available on the conference website: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/mafelap. Apologies for cross-posting if you are already on our contact list, although we would be grateful if you could also circulate this information to interested colleagues. As on previous occasions the conference will consist of plenary lectures, mini-symposia and parallel sessions. To propose a mini- symposia for MAFELAP 2019 please send an email to mafelap-mini- [log in to unmask] with your name, those of any intended co- organizers, and a tentative title. There is no formal review process - we will follow the practice of previous years and encourage the running of any mini-symposia related to the general MAFELAP themes and areas of interest in and around the theoretical and application advances in computational methods. The current list of planned mini-symposia is here: http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~icsrsss/bicom/mafelap/#ms If you are new to the MAFELAP conferences you can get a flavour of what they involve from the web pages of the previous two conferences: http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~icsrsss/bicom/mafelap2016 and http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~icsrsss/bicom/mafelap2013 We hope to hear from you and welcome you at Brunel in 2019. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Michail D Todorov [log in to unmask] Date: September 23, 2018 Subject: AMiTaNS'19, Bulgaria, 2019 The Euro-American Consortium for Promotion of the Application of Mathematics in Technical and Natural Sciences is pleased to announce its 11th Conference AMiTaNS'19 to be held in the 5-star Flamingo Grand hotel in Albena, Bulgaria. The conference will be scheduled in plenary and keynote lectures followed by special and contributed sessions. The accents of the conference will be on Mathematical Physics, Solitons and Transport Processes, Numerical Methods, Scientific Computing, Continuum Mechanics, Applied Analysis, Applied Physics, Biomathematics, which can be complemented by some specific topics in contributed special sessions. You are welcomed to announce and organize special sessions that should be within the general topic of the conference. Please send your announcements to [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: James Wolfe [log in to unmask] Date: September 21, 2018 Subject: Software Engineer Position, Mentor Graphics, USA Company: Mentor Graphics Job Title: Software Development Engineer - PEX- 8912 Job Location: USA - OR - Wilsonville Job Category: R&D/Software Engineering We are looking for a highly motivated software engineer to work on the Calibre engineering team in the Design to Silicon business unit. You will be part of a team responsible for designing, developing, debugging and supporting the Calibre Parasitic Extraction software. Development responsibilities will span different software tools including computation engines, application software, APIs, and utilities. You will collaborate with a senior group of software engineers contributing to final production level quality of new components and algorithms and to support support existing parasitic extraction related products. MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related discipline; Prior experience with development of capacitance extraction engines, field solver based is highly recommended; IC CAD experience and solid knowledge of semiconductor processes and device physics, modeling, and simulation is a plus; Understanding of numerical methods like Finite Elements and numerical solvers for Maxwell's equations is a plus; Knowledge of C, C++ is necessary; Strong ability to learn and explore new technologies; Strong analysis and problem solving skills; Prior experience with large software development projects is highly recommended; Excellent programming and software engineering skills; Experience with multithreaded and/or distributed programming ; Experience with UNIX and/or LINUX platforms is recommended; Willingness to travel overseas; Self-motivation, self-discipline and the ability to set and work consistently towards personal goals For more information and to apply directly please use the following link: https://chc.tbe.taleo.net/chc01/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition? org=MENTOR&cws=44&rid=8912 This position may require access to export-controlled technology. If an export license is required and Mentor Graphics elects to apply for such a license, then candidates must be approved and licensed by the applicable government authorities as a condition of employment. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Chao Yang [log in to unmask] Date: September 18, 2018 Subject: Computational Research Scientist Position, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory The Scalable Solvers Group in the Computational Research Division (CRD) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) is looking for a Career-Track Research Scientist to join the group to engage in research on the design and implementation of algorithms for solving large-scale linear and nonlinear eigenvalue problems that are of interest to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The Computational Research Scientist will be expected to contribute to algorithmic design and code development in several areas of eigenvalue computation research. In particular, the candidate is expected to develop rational Krylov approximation based nonlinear eigenvalue computational methods, model order reduction methods for solving linear response eigenvalue problems, and novel algorithms for solving tensor eigenvalue problems using tensor train and tensor networks representation of the eigenfunctions. In addition, the successful candidate will participate in multidisciplinary teams involving mathematicians, computer scientists, and domain scientists for developing and deploying eigenvalue computation techniques and codes in the solution of DOE science problems. More information on application requirements can be found at https://jobs.lbl.gov/jobs/computational-research-scientist-1083 The deadline of application is: Sept 30, 2018. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Melanie Regis [log in to unmask] Date: September 21, 2018 Subject: Faculty Position, Operations Research and Information Engineering A faculty position in Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE) is available at the Cornell Tech campus in New York City. The position is part of the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute. The position is within Cornell University's School of ORIE, and applicants with research interests represented within Cornell ORIE are welcome at all levels, including tenured and tenure-track. The School consists of 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. Cornell ORIE spans both the Ithaca and New York City campuses, but the successful candidate's teaching and research will be based in New York City. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in operations research, mathematics, statistics, or a related field by the start of the appointment, and have demonstrated an ability to conduct outstanding research at the level of tenure-track or tenured faculty in Cornell ORIE. The successful candidate will be expected to pursue an active research program, to teach Master's and Ph.D.-level graduate courses, and to supervise graduate students. All applications completed by November 16, 2018 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. Applications are on-line at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/12018 Inquiries about your application may be directed to Sheri Minarski at [log in to unmask] Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University's heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities. Apply Here: http://www.Click2apply.net/s83dbmy465qxdqkf PI104475450 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Hannah Gay Ico [log in to unmask] Date: September 21, 2018 Subject: Faculty Positions, ORIE, Cornell Univ Cornell University's School of Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE) seeks to fill multiple tenured/tenured-track faculty positions for its Ithaca campus. We will primarily consider applicants with research interests in the areas of discrete optimization and financial engineering, especially those individuals who do computation, who work with data, or whose work intersects with machine learning. Nevertheless, we welcome strong applicants from all research areas represented within ORIE, especially those in resonance with the College of Engineering Strategic Areas: https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/research-and-faculty/strategic-areas-research. 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. Please apply online at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11870 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. All applications completed by November 16, 2018 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. 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. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Sebastian Reich [log in to unmask] Date: September 16, 2018 Subject: Professorship Position, Uncertainty Quantification, Univ of Potsdam The University of Potsdam, Faculty of Science, Institute of Mathematics invites applications for a W 1- Junior Professorship "Uncertainty Quantification" Candidates are expected to have a strong research profile in the area of uncertainty quantification or related areas of statistics, applied mathematics, and machine learning with connections to the field of data assimilation. In particular, the successful candidate is expected to develop a research program in the field of uncertainty quantification as part of the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 1294 "Data Assimilation - The seamless integration of data and models". Successful candidates will have demonstrated the ability to combine theoretical and algorithmic advances with applications to problems of practical relevance. The candidate is expected to contribute to the teaching curriculum of the MSc Mathematics and the new MSc Data Science. Applications (with a presentation of your research interests, teaching statement, curriculum vitae, copies of academic certificates and documents, a list of publications, a list of conducted courses, a list of externally funded projects) should be sent to the University of Potsdam [log in to unmask] till October 9th. Informal inquires about the post can be directed to the Head of the Institute of Mathematics, Prof. Wilhelm Huisinga ([log in to unmask]). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Christian Himpe [log in to unmask] Date: September 19, 2018 Subject: Postdoc Position, Model Reduction for Hyperbolic Systems The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Magdeburg is looking for a postdoctoral researcher with solid experience in model order reduction and an interest to get involved in model order reduction for hyperbolic systems. Moreover, the candidate will be part of the MathEnergy project, a cooperation research project between universities, research institutes and industry. The MathEnergy project is aimed at developing a library of software components for the simulation of gas and power networks as well as their interaction. The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems develops new model reduction techniques for models of such energy networks as part thereof. Aspects of your research may include model reduction for hyperbolic and nonlinear models of gas networks, hyper-reduction, data-driven methods, time-stepping solvers, discretization of partial differential equations, index reduction of differential algebraic equations, data compression and parallel computing. Thus, the work environment has facets of numerical linear algebra, numerical analysis and scientific computing. On the network-coordination side, your duties will focus on coordinating the scientific aspects considered in MathEnergy, co-organizing project meetings and workshops, etc. You should hold a PhD in Applied Mathematics with a focus on numerical analysis, numerical linear algebra or scientific computing as well as experience with model order reduction. You should possess a strong ability for organizing scientific collaboration and you must be willing to support the scientific administration of the project. Fluency in written and spoken English is required. The position is for two years with salary according to the German public service wage agreement (TVoD E13 or E14, depending on qualification). The position will be associated to the team "Simulation of Energy Systems" led by Dr. Sara Grundel, which is part of the department "Computational Methods in Systems and Control Theory" at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, headed by Prof. Dr. Peter Benner. The Max Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages applications from such qualified individuals. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. Please send your application material, including a motivation letter, CV, and contact-details of at least two references as one pdf-file to [log in to unmask] by September 30th, 2018. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Alan Heirich [log in to unmask] Date: September 17, 2018 Subject: Postdoc Position, Stanford SLAC Computer Science, California USA Mathematical optimization, numerical continuation, machine learning This position is in the Computer Science division of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University. The division is directed by professor Alex Aiken of the Stanford Computer Science department. Members of the division conduct fundamental research and collaborate with groups on the Stanford campus and at other institutions. The project involves several related activities: Build a Machine Learning model of a Free Electron Laser from simulations Implement a novel gradient-free Machine Learning algorithm in C++ Design and implement nonlinear programming models in AMPL Develop methods to measure the quality and smoothness of solutions of the ML model The position requires a PhD in Computer Science or a closely related field. Previous experience with machine learning is not a strict requirement for this position, but expertise with optimization and continuation are essential. Software development skills and experience are a plus. The position is funded for two years with a possibility of renewal for a third year. The position is available now and will be filled when a suitable candidate is found. Interested candidates should send a c.v. and personal statement of interest to Alan Heirich at [log in to unmask] The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is operated by Stanford University for the Department of Energy. Stanford is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Daniel B Szyld [log in to unmask] Date: September 18, 2018 Subject: Postdoc Position, Temple Univ, USA A postdoctoral position is available to start July 1, 2019. Candidates are sought in several areas including Applied and Computational Mathematics. The applicant must identify a mentor in the Department of Mathematics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, and indicate the name of the mentor or mentors in the application through MathJobs. https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/12506 Screening of applications will begin on December 1st, 2018. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Tan Bui [log in to unmask] Date: September 17, 2018 Subject: PhD/Postdoc Position, Inverse Problems+Machine learning, UT Austin Due to recent grants from NSF, DOE, and DTRA: A PhD and a Postdoc positions are immediately available Dr. Bui's Computational Engineering and Optimization Group at the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, UT Austin. Research Areas: Inverse problems, machine learning, high-order finite element methods, and HPC Requirements: Strong background in mathematics and computation Salary: Competitive Duration: 1) PhD: 4-5 years 2) postdoc: renewable each year based on the performance and the position is available up to 4 years. Please contact Tan Bui at [log in to unmask] for more details. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Frank E. Curtis [log in to unmask] Date: September 17, 2018 Subject: PhD Position, Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), Lehigh Univ The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at Lehigh University invites applications for its Ph.D. program. Faculty and students in the department are involved in cutting-edge research in a variety of extremely active areas including - mathematical optimization, - data science and machine learning, - energy and service systems, and - high-performance computing. Our PhD alumni have been recruited by top universities, research institutions, and companies. For more information, please see our website: http://ise.lehigh.edu Financial support is guaranteed for first-year students. Subsequent support is available through research advisors and their federal, state, and industry grants. Please direct any questions to Frank E. Curtis ------------------------------------------------------- From: Stig Larsson [log in to unmask] Date: September 21, 2018 Subject: PhD Position, Mathematics for Artificial Intelligence The Department of Mathematical Sciences of Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Sweden, invites applications for a PhD student position in "mathematics for artificial intelligence". The center "Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program" (WASP) is launching a program to develop the mathematical side of this area, see http://wasp-sweden.org/ai-math/. The aim is to promote the competence of Sweden as a nation within the area of AI. We are taking part in this program through several research projects. We have recently recruited three PhD students and we now seek one more PhD student with a strong background in mathematics or mathematical statistics for the project "Deepest learning using stochastic partial differential equations" supervised by associate professor Annika Lang. Application deadline: October 30, 2018 Starting date: January 1, 2019 More information and link to the online application system: http://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/Working-at- Chalmers/Vacancies/Pages/default.aspx?rmpage=job&rmjob=6690 For questions, please contact: Stig Larsson, [log in to unmask] Annika Lang, [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Jose E Castillo [log in to unmask] Date: September 17, 2018 Subject: PhD Positions, Southern California, USA San Diego State University(SDSU) and University of California Irvine (UCI) two hispanic serving institutions offer a joint Interdisciplinary PhD program in Computational Science. We offer graduate students, on a competitive basis, a broad range of financial assistance options while they are pursuing their advanced degree, including Teaching, Graduate and Research Assistantships and Fellowships. Areas of interest include: BioScience, Earth Science, Engineering Science, Physical and Chemical Science, intersecting with Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computing. Strong applicants with backgrounds in mathematics, the natural sciences, computer science, or engineering are all considered. Please check our web site for details about the program, including application process. http://www.csrc.sdsu.edu/doctoral.html Don't hesitate to contact our center if you have any questions about our program. Our email address is: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Claude Brezinski [log in to unmask] Date: September 18, 2018 Subject: Contents, Numerical Algorithms, 79 (1) Table of Contents Numerical Algorithms, Vol. 79, No. 1 Convergence rates for Kaczmarz-type algorithms, Constantin Popa Novel analytical and numerical techniques for fractional temporal SEIR measles model, F. A. Abdullah, F. Liu, P. Burrage, K. Burrage, T. Li On the eigenvalues of the saddle point matrices discretized from Navier-Stokes equations, Na Huang, Chang-Feng Ma Finite-difference method for singular nonlinear systems, Sandra Buhmiler, Sanja Rapajic, Slavica Medic, Tatjana Grbic Interval versions of Milne's multistep methods, Andrzej Marciniak, Malgorzata A. Jankowska AIR Tools II: algebraic iterative reconstruction methods, improved implementation, Per Christian Hansen, Jakob Sauer Jorgensen Modified basic projection methods for a class of equilibrium problems, Pham Ngoc Anh, Tran T. H. Anh, Nguyen D. Hien Some iterative methods for the largest positive definite solution to a class of nonlinear matrix equation, Bao-Hua Huang, Chang-Feng Ma New class of hybrid BDF methods for the computation of numerical solutions of IVPs, Moosa Ebadi A new subspace minimization conjugate gradient method with nonmonotone line search for unconstrained optimization, Ming Li, Hongwei Liu, Zexian Liu Globally convergent Jacobi methods for positive definite matrix pairs, Vjeran Hari A new class of efficient one-step contractivity preserving high-order time discretization methods of order 5 to 14, Abdulrahman Karouma, Truong Nguyen-Ba, Thierry Giordano, Remi Vaillancourt Boundary layer preconditioners for finite-element discretizations of singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion problems, Thai Anh Nhan, Scott MacLachlan, Niall Madden Disguised and new quasi-Newton methods for nonlinear eigenvalue problems, E. Jarlebring, A. Koskela, G. Mele Galerkin-Legendre spectral schemes for nonlinear space fractional Schrodinger equation, Hui Zhang, Xiaoyun Jiang, Chu Wang, Wenping Fan ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************