Subject: NA Digest, V. 18, # 45 NA Digest Sunday, November 11, 2018 Volume 18 : Issue 45 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs [log in to unmask] Today's Topics: Call for Nominations, SIAG/CSE Best Paper Prize Announcing SPIKE-OpenMP banded solver v1.0 Bulgarian SIAM Section Meeting, Bulgaria, Dec 2018 East Coast Optimization Meeting, USA, Apr 2019 European Conference on Operational Research, Ireland, Jun 2019 Faculty Positions, Applied Mathematics, Univ of Manchester Postdoc Position, Scientific Computing/Machine Learning, William and Mary Postdoc Positions, Applied & Computational Mathematics, NIST Postdoc Positions, Young Research Groups PhD and Postdoc Positions, EOS Project KULeuven/VUB/UCL/UMons New Journal, Pure and Applied Analysis Special Issue, Discrete Applied Mathematics Contents, Statistics, Optimization & Information Computing, 6 (4) Subscribe, unsubscribe, change address, or for na-digest archives: http://www.netlib.org/na-digest-html/faq.html Submissions for NA Digest: http://icl.utk.edu/na-digest/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Hans De Sterck [log in to unmask] Date: November 07, 2018 Subject: Call for Nominations, SIAG/CSE Best Paper Prize Final call: nominations close on November 15 for the new Best Paper Prize of the SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE). The prize recognizes a paper that makes an outstanding and potentially long-lasting contribution to the CSE field, as determined by the prize committee. Papers published in the years 2014 - 2017 across the field of CSE are eligible for nomination. The online nomination process requires uploading a nominator's letter of recommendation for the candidate paper (along with bibliographic citation information and pdf digital version of the candidate paper). 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: Eric Polizzi [log in to unmask] Date: November 10, 2018 Subject: Announcing SPIKE-OpenMP banded solver v1.0 SPIKE is a parallel algorithm for solving banded linear systems. Banded matrices frequently arise in many applications from reordering sparse matrices. In other instances, they are constructed as effective preconditioners to general sparse systems where they are solved via iterative methods. SPIKE is a domain decomposition algorithm that can efficiently balance communication overhead with arithmetic cost for achieving better scalability than other traditional LU-based methods on parallel architectures. This new library package v1.0 includes a feature complete SPIKE- OpenMP banded solver. This solver can significantly outperform the traditional LAPACK-LU banded solvers on shared memory multi-core systems. It is also designed as an easy to use 'black-box' replacement to the standard LAPACK banded interfaces. The library includes support for single and double precision arithmetic using real or complex system matrices, C and Fortran interfaces, as well options for transpose solve, pivoting and non-pivoting factorizations. The software can be downloaded from the following website: http://www.spike-solver.org ------------------------------------------------------- From: Krassimir Georgiev [log in to unmask] Date: November 08, 2018 Subject: Bulgarian SIAM Section Meeting, Bulgaria, Dec 2018 The 13-th Annual Meeting of the Bulgarian SIAM Section (BGSIAM) will take place in Sofia, December 18 - 20, 2018. More information about this event can be found at http://www.math.bas.bg/IMIdocs/BGSIAM/bgsiam18_announcement.htm. We kindly invite you to participate and give a talk during this meeting. A booklet with the extended abstracts will be available before the meeting. Proceedings of refereed and presented papers will be published as a special volume of Studies in Computational Intelligence, Springer. You are welcome to invite your colleagues and students to this meeting! ------------------------------------------------------- From: Harbir Antil [log in to unmask] Date: November 08, 2018 Subject: East Coast Optimization Meeting, USA, Apr 2019 We cordially invite you to attend the first annual East Coast Optimization Meeting (ECOM) on April 4-5, 2019. ECOM is an annual two day workshop hosted at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, which is in the Washington DC metropolitan area. The goal of ECOM is to introduce students and early-career researchers to current trends in optimization as well as to provide a strong networking environment between academia, industry, and the national laboratories. This year's focus for ECOM is stochastic optimization. The keynote speakers for the first ECOM are: - Prof. Alexander Shapiro (Georgia Tech) - Dr. Jean-Paul Watson (Sandia National Labs) More details and registration information is available here http://math.gmu.edu/~hantil/ECOM/2019/ Please forward to the interested colleagues. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber [log in to unmask] Date: November 06, 2018 Subject: European Conference on Operational Research, Ireland, Jun 2019 EURO 2019 30th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO 30th), Dublin, Ireland, June 23-26, 2019, www.euro2019dublin.com We have the great pleasure of inviting you to take part in the 30th EURO Conference to be held in Dublin, Ireland on 23-26 June, 2019. We have selected several outstanding Plenaries & Tutorial Speakers that will present the state-of-the-art in Operations Research and outline pathways of its future developments. More information on their presentations will be announced soon. Please follow up further information at the EURO 30th Conference webpage: https://www.euro2019dublin.com/key-note-speakers Researchers, academics, practitioners, and students interested in any branch of Operational Research, mathematical modelling or economic analysis are invited to submit abstracts or organize sessions. Invited and contributed papers will be organized in parallel sessions. In general, sessions will be a part of the Conference streams, and streams are grouped in different areas. The list of areas and streams will be available shortly. No participant can present more than one paper at the Conference. Abstract submission system is available online, via the Conference web page (http://www.euro-online.org/conf/euro30/). Abstracts: max. 1500 characters; submission deadline: February 8, 2019. Researchers who wish to organize a stream or an invited session or contribute with a paper within an invited session should contact a PC member of the corresponding area. Abstract submission start: Monday, October 22, 2018 Abstract submission deadline: Friday, February 8, 2019 Parties interested in having a booth or exhibition area during the Conference are kindly requested to contact the EURO 2019 Conference Secretariat (Sponsorship & Exhibition Manager Emma Power: [log in to unmask]). An exhibitor's guide will be available shortly. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Nick Higham [log in to unmask] Date: November 09, 2018 Subject: Faculty Positions, Applied Mathematics, Univ of Manchester The School of Mathematics is seeking mathematical scientists of outstanding ability or potential for appointments at Lecturer, Senior Lecturer or Reader level. Applicants with research experience in numerical linear algebra, or at the interfaces with pure mathematics or probability and statistics, are particularly encouraged. The closing date is January 11, 2019. More information available at https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=16379 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Andreas Stathopoulos [log in to unmask] Date: November 08, 2018 Subject: Postdoc Position, Scientific Computing/Machine Learning, William and Mary Applications are invited for a postdoc position in the Computer Science Department at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA. The position is initially for one year, renewable for a second year based upon performance. The candidate is expected to lead together with professors A. Stathopoulos and Z. Liu an NSF-funded project of designing and implementing large scale Singular Value Decomposition solvers optimized for modern machine learning algorithms. It has two specific objectives. First, to provide high performance implementations of state-of- the-art Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) techniques, including randomized, streaming, and iterative methods, which will deliver consistent user experience for a diverge range of problems and requirements. Second, to implement high level interfaces that enable downstream applications in machine learning and SVD solvers to interoperate. The candidates will also be exposed to opportunities to tackle tough, large scale machine learning problems alongside with statisticians and engineers. Required Qualifications: Ph.D. In a scientific computing area, with strong programming skills in C/C++/Python. Strong background in two of the three areas: numerical linear algebra, high performance computing, and machine learning applications. Preferred Qualifications: Strong background in all above three areas, and experience in creating/maintaining open source software at public repositories. To apply submit a vita and the names of at least two references at https://jobs.wm.edu/postings/33877 , Position Number: F0991W. Reviewing of applications starts on Dec 10, 2018, and continues until the position is filled. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Tim Burns [log in to unmask] Date: November 06, 2018 Subject: Postdoc Positions, Applied & Computational Mathematics, NIST The Applied and Computational Mathematics Division (ACMD) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites applications for two-year NRC postdoctoral research positions at NIST Laboratories in Gaithersburg, Maryland and Boulder, Colorado. NIST is a Federal government research laboratory specializing in measurement science. ACMD consists of some 46 full-time professional staff, along with part-time faculty appointees and guest researchers. Staff members engage in collaborative research with scientists throughout NIST, providing expertise in applied mathematics, mathematical modeling, and computational science and engineering. Research areas of interest include complex systems and networks, computational materials science, computational fluid dynamics, computational electromagnetics, computational biology, orthogonal polynomials and special functions, applied optimization and simulation, combinatorial software testing, data mining and visualization, parallel and distributed algorithms, quantum information science, and uncertainty quantification in scientific computing. Candidates and their research proposals are evaluated in a competitive process managed by the National Research Council (NRC) Associateship Programs. The current stipend is $71,128 per year; there is also a $5500 travel and equipment allowance. For further details, see https://www.nist.gov/itl/math/postdoctoral-opportunities. Application deadlines are February 1 and August 1. Appointments commence within one year of selection. For questions, contact Tim Burns, [log in to unmask] NIST is an equal opportunity employer. The NRC Associateship Program at NIST is restricted to US citizens. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Carolin Gietz [log in to unmask] Date: November 09, 2018 Subject: Postdoc Positions, Young Research Groups The Cluster of Excellence Mathematics M\unster: Dynamics - Geometry - Structure offers several Postdoctoral Positions and Young Research Groups (salary level E13 TV-L) in all fields of mathematics related to the cluster. The duration of these positions is up to 3 years, for research groups up to 4 years. Expected starting date is no later than October 2019. Generally there are no teaching obligations but such opportunities are provided if desired by the candidates. The main selection criterion is scientific excellence. For Postdoctoral Positions you apply on your own. Applications for Young Research Groups are applications from groups of two or three postdoctoral researchers, who plan to collaborate intensively on research topics relevant to the cluster. Your application should contain a cover letter, your CVs (with the grade for the dissertation if applicable), a publication list and a research plan relating to the research of Mathematics Munster. Moreover, you have to choose one or two of the Research Areas as well as one or two potential local postdoctoral mentors from among the Munster based professors listed as investigators of the respective research area. Applicants who have not yet completed their PhD are requested to include a two-page outline of their dissertation project comprising results up to now. Please arrange for two letters of recommendation to be sent within the deadline to [log in to unmask] The University of Munster is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing the proportion of women academics. Consequently, we actively encourage applications by women. Female candidates with equivalent qualifications and academic achievements will be preferentially considered within the framework of the legal possibilities. We also welcome applications from candidates with severe disabilities. Disabled candidates with equivalent qualifications will be preferentially considered. If you have any questions please contact [log in to unmask] Please apply using our online application form at: www.uni-muenster.de/MathematicsMuenster/careers/postdocs The evaluation for the current application round will start at December 1st 2018. Later applications may also be considered. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Lieven De Lathauwer [log in to unmask] Date: November 06, 2018 Subject: PhD and Postdoc Positions, EOS Project KULeuven/VUB/UCL/UMons We are advertising several PhD and postdoctoral positions for an EOS project on "Structured Low-Rank Matrix/Tensor Approximation: Numerical Optimization-Based Algorithms and Applications" (2018-2021). This excellence-of-science project involves a consortium of four Belgian universities: KULeuven (L. De Lathauwer, B. De Moor, P. Patrinos, M. Van Barel), VUB (I. Markovsky, M. Ishteva), UCL (P.A. Absil, F. Glineur) and UMons (N. Gillis). We are seeking outstanding candidates who have obtained a master's or doctoral degree in mathematical engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics or physics. Strong candidates have a proven record in numerical mathematics, optimization, systems & control, machine learning and/or signal processing. A good knowledge of linear algebra is mandatory but experience with tensor techniques is not required. Candidates must be fluent in English. Further information and application form are available from https://www.esat.kuleuven.be/stadius/selma/ . ------------------------------------------------------- From: Mike O'Neil [log in to unmask] Date: November 07, 2018 Subject: New Journal, Pure and Applied Analysis Pure and Applied Analysis (PAA) is a not-for-profit journal devoted to original research at the interface of mathematical modeling, scientific computation, numerical methods and harmonic/functional analysis, partial differential equations and related subjects. In order to remain friendly to mathematicians' interests, the policies of Pure and Applied Analysis are set by the board of MSP and the editorial board of PAA - both groups of working mathematicians - rather than by a profit-oriented company. For rapid handling, papers are submitted online. Based on peer-review reports, the articles are accepted or rejected by the editorial board, which contains experts in many subfields, through a process of online discussion and consensus. Articles with supplementary materials, such as programs, datasets or visualizations, are welcome. We strongly encourage submissions from our colleagues working in Numerical Analysis. See http://msp.org/paa for more information. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Leo Liberti [log in to unmask] Date: November 08, 2018 Subject: Special Issue, Discrete Applied Mathematics Special issue of Discrete Applied Mathematics on Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization (dedicated to CTW18) We are calling for full papers to be published on a special issue of Discrete Applied Mathematics (DAM) dedicated to the broad topics of graph theory and combinatorial optimization. This issue follows the 16th edition of the Cologne-Twente Workshop (CTW) on those same topics. The CTW18 took place at the Conservatoire National des Arts et M\'etiers (CNAM), in Paris, on 18-20 june 2018. This special issue is open to the topics of graph theory, combinatorial optimization, discrete algorithms and/or mathematical programming. It is not restricted to papers by authors who attended the CTW18 workshop, and we are not inviting ``best papers'' presented to the workshop, as is sometimes customary in computer science today. Instead, anyone who wishes to submit a paper to this issue on the aforementioned topics is welcome to. Of course, those who did attended CTW18 are specially encouraged to submit a paper. The CTW culture is closer to mathematics (light peer-review at the workshop, and rigorous peer-review for the journal issue) than computer science (in general, the reverse). Accordingly, papers will be reviewed following the high standard of DAM, requiring two out of two positive recommendations for acceptance. We have a tentative submission deadline set to 31st March 2019, but this deadline is not necessarily strict *to the day*. Interested authors should apply to us for extensions. Any paper submitted before deadline will be treated immediately. So, if your paper is ready, feel free to submit it now. In order to submit, log on (as an Author) to Elsevier's EES Editorial Manager for DAM at , click on "Submit new manuscript", then, at the bottom of the first screen, for "Choose article type", select "SI: CTW18" from the menu. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT: if you do not select the CTW18 Special Issue explicitly, your paper will be handled by DAM's Editor-in-Chief (Endre Boros), and will NOT go to this special issue. ------------------------------------------------------- From: David G. Yu [log in to unmask] Date: November 11, 2018 Subject: Contents, Statistics, Optimization & Information Computing, 6 (4) Contents,Statistics, Optimization & Information Computing, 6 (4) This issue is available at http://www.iapress.org/index.php/soic Inequalities on Generalized Tensor Functions with Diagonalizable and Symmetric Positive Definite Tensors, Maolin Che, Dragana S. Cvetkovic Ilic, Yimin Wei Weighted Machine Learning,Mahdi Hashemi, Hassan A. Karimi Improved Mean Methods of Imputation, Choukri Mohamed, Stephen A. Sedory, Sarjinder Singh The Use of the Extended Generalized Lambda Distribution for Controlling the Statistical Process in Individual Measurements, Sajad Noorian, Majid Nili Ahmadabadi Characterization of Lifetime Distribution Based on Generalized Interval Entropy, Vikas Kumar, Nirdesh Singh Optimal Surplus and Minimum Benefits for a Defined Contribution Pension Plan: a Mean-variance Approach, Charles I Nkeki Expeditious Contrast Enhancement for Grayscale Images Using a New Swift Algorithm, Zohair Al-Ameen Applying Bayesian Decision Theory in RBF Neural Network to Improve Network precision in Data Classification, Nader Rezazadeh Nonlinear Approximation in the Large Deviations Principle, Oksana Yarova, Ya. I. Yeleyko A Quartic Subdomain Finite Element Method for the Modified KdV Equation, Seydi Battal Gazi Karakoc An Efficient Satellite Image Super Resolution Technique for Shift- Variant Images using Improved New Edge Directed Interpolation, Pooja Solanki, Dippal Israni, Arpita Shah On the Dynamics of a Viral Marketing Model with Optimal Control using Indirect and Direct Methods, Joao N.C. Goncalves, M. Teresa T. Monteiro, Helena Sofia Rodrigues ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************