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NA Digest Sunday, February 10, 2019 Volume 19 : Issue 6

Today's Editor:

  Daniel M. Dunlavy
  Sandia National Labs
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Today's Topics:

Julia codes available for textbook, Fundamentals of Numerical Computation
IMA Early Career Mathematicians, UK, Mar 2019
Midwest NA Day, USA, Apr 2019
Scientific Computation using Machine-Learning Algorithms, UK, Apr 2019
Parallel-in-time Integration, Germany, May 2019
Reduced Order Methods in CFD, Italy, Jul 2019
Intelligent Computing and Optimization, Thailand, Oct 2019
Open Positions, Arm Performance Libraries
HPC Position, Numerical Algorithms Group, UK
Chair Position, Mathematical Optimization, NA, Data Science
Faculty Position, Nottingham Trent University
Tenure-Track Faculty Positions, CS, Clemson Univ
Professor Position, Mathematical Optimization, Univ Graz
Assistant/Associate Professor Positions, Computer Science, Durham Univ
Lecturer Position, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice Univ
Postdoc Position, Applied Statistics, BCAM
Postdoc Position, Artificial Intelligence, BCAM
Postdoc Positions, Scalable Linear Solvers, Inria-Bordeaux France
PhD Position, Geomathematics, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
PhD Positions, Data-driven Science, Univ Jena
PhD Positions, Maxwell Institute, Edinburgh, UK
Contents, Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics, 2019 (1)

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From: Toby Driscoll [log in to unmask]
Date: February 04, 2019
Subject: Julia codes available for textbook, Fundamentals of Numerical
Computation

I have translated into Julia all 45 functions and 160+ examples from
the textbook Fundamentals of Numerical Computation (SIAM), co-authored
by Rich Braun and me.

Book website: http://tobydriscoll.net/fnc/
New codes: https://github.com/tobydriscoll/fnc-extras/julia

The codes cover at an advanced undergraduate level the basics of dense
matrix factorizations, rootfinding and nonlinear least-squares,
interpolation, initial-value problems, EVD and SVD, Krylov iterations,
boundary-value problems, and the method of lines for PDEs.

The Julia codes adopt some of the more important language features,
such as comprehensions, but they are largely vanilla transliterations
of the original MATLAB codes. They do call on some well-established
packages such as Interpolations and DifferentialEquations as
complements to the basic algorithms presented. The examples do not
include the context from the text but should be typically
understandable to experienced computational scientists.

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From: Pamela Bye [log in to unmask]
Date: February 08, 2019
Subject: IMA Early Career Mathematicians, UK, Mar 2019

IMA Early Career Mathematicians' Spring Conference 2019 Saturday 2
March 2019, Lancaster University Do you want to get more involved with
the IMA? Are you keen to rub shoulders with your mathematical peers?
Then come along to the Early Career Mathematicians' Spring conference
on Saturday 2 March 2019 at Lancaster University.

The conference will interest mathematicians early in their career, be
it in academia or industry, as well as students of mathematics, and
those with an interest in the subject. There will be plenty of time to
network; allowing you the opportunity to meet people with similar
interests and find out more about the wide range of careers that are
available.

Invited Speakers: Dr Faustin Adiceam - University of Manchester; Dr
Sylvy Anscombe -University of Central Lancashire; Dr Jennifer
Wadsworth - University of Lancaster; Dr Rafal Wojakowski - University
of Surrey; Dr Jamie-Leigh Chapman - Howz working with EDF Energy

Registration is open via: https://my.ima.org.uk
Conference Webpage:
https://ima.org.uk/11041/ima-early-career-mathematicians-
conference-spring-2019/

For further information to students, including the "IMA eStudent"
grade: https://ima.org.uk/support/student/

The Early Career Mathematicians' (ECM) Branch is designed for those
with a maths degree who are within the first 15 years of graduating,
or, those without a degree who are within the first 15 years of
membership. The ECM group has been set up to engage and empower ECM,
and students of mathematics at university, to provide them with
support and an opportunity to network. The ECM Branch holds
conferences twice a year which provide an opportunity for
mathematicians across industry, academia and university to meet. It
offers a range of mathematical presentations and activities for
attendees to participate in.


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From: Mahboub Baccouch [log in to unmask]
Date: February 03, 2019
Subject: Midwest NA Day, USA, Apr 2019

The Midwest Numerical Analysis Day 2019 will take place on Saturday,
April 20, 2019 at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago. It
is chaired locally by Prof. Shuwang Li ([log in to unmask] ), Prof. Chun
Liu ([log in to unmask] ), and Prof. XiaoFan Li ([log in to unmask] ).

The wesbsite is
https://sites.google.com/view/mwnd2019/home .

To register, visit
https://sites.google.com/view/mwnd2019/registration .

As usual, there is no registration fee. However, all attendees must
register by the end of March, 2019.


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From: Alex Bespalov [log in to unmask]
Date: February 08, 2019
Subject: Scientific Computation using Machine-Learning Algorithms, UK, Apr
2019

Workshop "Scientific computation using machine-learning algorithms:
recent mathematical advances and applications" 25-26 April 2019,
University of Nottingham, UK

The aim of this workshop is to discuss recent advances in mathematical
foundations of machine learning and artificial neural networks as well
as the application of these methodologies in computational science.
The workshop will bring together experts in such diverse areas as
approximation theory, PDEs, scientific computing, networks, computer
science, and uncertainty quantification to facilitate the exchange of
results and ideas and to initiate new collaborations.

Confirmed speakers:
Martin Eigel (WIAS, Germany)
Ahmed Elsheikh (Heriot Watt University, UK)
Jan Hesthaven (EPFL, Switzerland)
Desmond Higham (University of Strathclyde, UK)
Jakub Marecek (IBM Dublin, Ireland)
Kaj Nystrom (Uppsala University, Sweden)
Ivan Oseledets (Skoltech, Russia)
Philipp Petersen (University of Oxford, UK)

The programme will include a small number of contributed talks.
Participants wishing to present a contributed talk are invited to
submit a title and a short abstract (maximum 1 page) by sending an
email to [log in to unmask]

Deadline for abstract submission: 31 March 2019
Deadline for registration: 15 April 2019

Detailed information about the meeting is on the web-page:
https://tinyurl.com/sci-comp-and-ml-2019


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From: Daniel Ruprecht [log in to unmask]
Date: February 05, 2019
Subject: Parallel-in-time Integration, Germany, May 2019

Registration is now open for the 8th International Workshop on
Parallel-in-time integration. Date: 20 May to 24 May 2019, Location:
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld University,
Germany. More information:
https://parallel-in-time.org/events/8th-pint-workshop/

Registration is based on formal invitation from the host (Bielefeld
University). Please send an informal email to [log in to unmask]
if you are interested in attending and would like to receive an
invitation. The deadline for registration is 15 March 2019. Hotel
rooms for a reduced price are available for participants on a first
come first serve basis and can be requested through the registration
form.

We gladly confirm the following plenary speakers:
- Dr Carmen Rodrigo, University of Zaragoza
- Prof Eric Aubanel, University of New Brunswick
- Dr Marie-Therese Wolfram, University of Warwick
- Dr Jemma Shipton, Imperial College London
- Dr Oliver Rain, Robert Bosch GmbH

We kindly acknowledge support for this workshop from the Centre for
Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld University; Juelich
Supercomputing Centre GmbH; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and
the Graduate School of Excellence Computational Engineering at TU
Darmstadt.


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From: Gianluigi Rozza [log in to unmask]
Date: February 10, 2019
Subject: Reduced Order Methods in CFD, Italy, Jul 2019

We are glad to announce to the Summer School Reduced Order Methods in
Computational Fluid Dynamics, 8-12 July, 2019 in Trieste at the
International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA).

There will be a poster session open to students and early postdocs.

More info and a preliminary program can be found here:
https://indico.sissa.it/event/34/

Lecturers: Prof. Gianluigi Rozza, Dr. Giovanni Stabile, Dr. Francesco
Ballarin

Other thematic lectures will be offered as well as opening and closing
lectures will be delivered by international recognised scientists.

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From: Dr. Pandian Vasant [log in to unmask]
Date: February 10, 2019
Subject: Intelligent Computing and Optimization, Thailand, Oct 2019

CALL FOR PAPERS: ICO 2019
2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT
COMPUTING & OPTIMIZATION 2019 (ICO2019)
Venue: BAYWATER RESORT, KOH SAMUI,THAILAND
Date: 3 - 4 October 2019
Website: https://www.icico.info/

The International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Optimization
(ICO2019) highlights the latest research innovations and applications
of algorithms designed for optimization applications within the fields
of Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology,
Management, Finance and Economics. Focusing on a variety of methods
and systems as well as practical examples, this conference is a
significant resource for post graduate-level students, decision
makers, and researchers in both public and private sectors who are
seeking research-based methods for modeling uncertain and
unpredictable real- world problems.

Website: The submission Web page for ICO 2019 is
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ico2019

Submission deadline: June 13, 2019
Author notification: July 15, 2019


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From: Chris Goodyer [log in to unmask]
Date: February 09, 2019
Subject: Open Positions, Arm Performance Libraries

Arm is looking for highly skilled and motivated software engineers
with experience of optimizing numerical software to join our team in
working on our numerical libraries for HPC and more. The team is
based in Manchester in the UK.

You will work on all aspects of researching, developing and delivering
into the high performance ecosystem for the Arm architecture. You will
be part of the team primarily focused on optimization of the Arm
Performance Libraries implementations of BLAS, LAPACK and FFT
routines. You could also work on the development of high performing
math.h functions.

You will strive to improve the computational algorithms used and help
develop new features to expand the use of this technology into new and
existing markets. This will require innovation and cutting-edge
development, working with both proprietary and open source software
stacks, on the very latest Arm-based hardware.

Full details and details of how to apply are available at:
http://tinyurl.com/y3s5uybj

Feel free to contact me ([log in to unmask]) if you have any
questions.

Arm Job ID: 15177


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From: Craig Lucas [log in to unmask]
Date: February 04, 2019
Subject: HPC Position, Numerical Algorithms Group, UK

The Numerical Algorithms Group has a position available for an HPC
Application Analyst based in Oxford or Manchester.

The candidate should have the following and desire to develop further:
- BSc, MSc or equivalent in an applied science;
- Experience programming with Fortran, C, C++, Python, or other
languages;
- Experience in parallel programming with MPI, OpenMP, CUDA or OpenCL;
- Good communication skills;
- A desire to learn and apply new skills in a commercial environment.

The following characteristics are desirable but not essential,
training will be provided where appropriate:
- Experience using application performance analysis tools;
- Appreciation of good practice in software engineering;
- Ability to collaborate and contribute to team goals.

The role will encompass:
- Working with users of the EU POP project (https://pop-coe.eu/) to
identify and improve upon poor code performance;
- Undertaking software development for NAG products;
- Participating in webinars and training events;
- Contributing to business development, marketing material and blog
posts;
- Travel to attend meetings and representing NAG at events;
- Continuing your personal and skills development.

Further details: https://www.nag.co.uk/content/hpc-application-analyst
Closing Date: 28th February 2019


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From: Michal Kocvara [log in to unmask]
Date: February 08, 2019
Subject: Chair Position, Mathematical Optimization, NA, Data Science

School of Mathematics, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
University of Birmingham, UK

Applications are invited for a Chair post in Mathematical
Optimization, Numerical Analysis, Data Science. The School is seeking
to appoint an active and committed researcher in the emerging areas of
modern Mathematical Optimization and Numerical Analysis, such as
Optimization for Machine Learning and Data Science, Dimensionality
Reduction, Stochastic Optimization, Scalable Linear Algebra and High
Performance Computing, Stochastic PDEs and Uncertainty Qualification.

The successful candidates will have a PhD (or equivalent) in
Mathematics or Computer Science, a first-class research record in
Mathematics, and a commitment to teaching, along with excellent
communication skills. Candidates will demonstrate experience in
attracting external funding.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor Michal Kocvara, tel:
+44(0)1214146598, email: [log in to unmask]

Salary: Competitive package for outstanding candidate

Closing date: 10 March 2019

To download the details and submit an electronic application online
visit: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/jobs/ -> Current vacancies
online -> post number 1406

See also
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BQB111/chair-in-mathematics


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From: David Chappell [log in to unmask]
Date: February 06, 2019
Subject: Faculty Position, Nottingham Trent University

A permanent faculty position at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Assistant
Professor) level is available at Nottingham Trent University for a
summer 2019 start. The ideal candidate will have research interests in
the broad areas of Applied/Industrial Mathematics, Mathematical
Methods and Modelling or Numerical Analysis and Scientific
Computation. The deadline for applications is 3rd March 2019.

See: https://vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=6132
for further details.

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From: Ilya Safro [log in to unmask]
Date: February 03, 2019
Subject: Tenure-Track Faculty Positions, CS, Clemson Univ

The School of Computing (SoC) at Clemson University invites
applications for a tenure-track or tenured faculty position in its
Computer Science (CS) Division. Candidates from all areas of computer
science will be considered. The current areas of research strength
include algorithms, cloud computing, computer systems, cybersecurity,
data science, machine learning, networking, scientific computing, and
software engineering. Candidates in both complementary and existing
research areas are welcome to apply.

Please visit
http://www.clemson.edu/cecas/departments/computing/connect/tenuretrackCS2019.html


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From: Klemens Fellner [log in to unmask]
Date: February 06, 2019
Subject: Professor Position, Mathematical Optimization, Univ Graz

Institute of Mathematics and Scientific Computing is filling a
Professor (f/m) of Mathematical Optimization (40 hours a week;
permanent employment according to the Austrian Law on Salaried
Employment (AngG); Expected starting date October 1, 2020)

For more information follow the link:
https://jobs.uni-graz.at/en/BV/10/98/4689

In case of equal qualifications, women will receive priority
consideration.


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From: Lawrence Mitchell [log in to unmask]
Date: February 05, 2019
Subject: Assistant/Associate Professor Positions, Computer Science, Durham
Univ

The department of Computer Science at Durham is growing rapidly, and
we are looking to make a number of appointments across applied
Computer Science. We would particularly welcome applications from any of:

1. AI, data analytics, and data science;
2. intelligent tutoring systems;
3. high performance, and scientific computing.

Application deadline is 11 March 2019.

For more details, please see:
https://recruitment.durham.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec
?
p_id=017358

For any informal enquiries please contact either myself
([log in to unmask]) or the head of department, Gordon Love
([log in to unmask])


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From: Fran Moshiri [log in to unmask]
Date: February 08, 2019
Subject: Lecturer Position, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice
Univ

The Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics at Rice
University seeks to hire lecturers to teach in its undergraduate
and graduate programs. We expect that the appointments will start
in July 2019. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics,
Mathematics, Computational Sciences, Operations Research,
Industrial Engineering, or a related field. Candidates must have
demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching.

The lecturer positions are (non-tenure-track) full-time teaching
positions. Each lecturer teaches the equivalent of three courses
per semester. Lecturers teach courses across a variety of subjects
and levels. Curricular materials are already available for most of
the existing courses.

To read the complete job announcement and to apply, please follow
this link:

http://jobs.rice.edu/postings/18403

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From: BCAM [log in to unmask]
Date: February 07, 2019
Subject: Postdoc Position, Applied Statistics, BCAM

Applications are welcome for a postdoctoral position in Applied
Statistics within the Data Science group at BCAM.

The topics of the fellowship will be Semi-parametric and
non-parametric regression, spatial and spatio-temporal modelling,
random-effects models, Computational Statistics, Bayesian Statistics,
Sparse regression, Functional Data Analysis, Survival Analysis.

More info and application form:
http://www.bcamath.org/es/research/job/ic2019-winter-postdoctoral-fellow-position-in-
applied-statistics

Deadline: February 28th, 2019


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From: BCAM [log in to unmask]
Date: February 07, 2019
Subject: Postdoc Position, Artificial Intelligence, BCAM

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Artificial
Intelligence within the Data Science research group at BCAM. The
candidate will be involved in several projects in the fields of
Medicine and/or Energy.

Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision,
Deep Learning.

More information is available at:
http://www.bcamath.org/es/research/job/ic2019-winter-postdoctoral-fellow-position-in-
artificial-intelligence

Deadline: February 28th, 2019


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From: Giraud [log in to unmask]
Date: February 04, 2019
Subject: Postdoc Positions, Scalable Linear Solvers, Inria-Bordeaux France

Two post-doc positions are immediately available at Inria Bordeaux
within the HiePACS project (https://team.inria.fr/hiepacs/) in the
framework of H2020 projects related to the design and development of
parallel scalable sparse linear solvers.

We are looking for a candidate with a PhD in the fields of
computational sciences (applied mathematics or computer science) with
a solid knowledge in numerical linear algebra and/or parallel
computing. The candidate should have interest in sparse direct, hybrid
direct/iterative and/or block Krylov solvers.

The successful candidates will contribute to the design and
development of parallel scalable linear solvers in existing software
packages developed by the team. The parallel performance assessment
will be performed through benchmarking in large applications for
reliable low carbon energy production in close collaborations with
application partners of the H2020 projects. More details can be found
on (https://team.inria.fr/hiepacs/job-offers/)

Interested applicants should send a copy of their latest CV with a
cover letter or email and names of at least three references.
Applications should be submitted electronically and addressed to:
Luc Giraud ([log in to unmask])


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From: Christian Gerhards [log in to unmask]
Date: February 08, 2019
Subject: PhD Position, Geomathematics, TU Bergakademie Freiberg

PhD position, Geomathematics, TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Within the Geomathematics and Geoinformatics Group there is an opening
for a 3-year PhD position working on inverse problems in geomagnetism.
More details can be found here:

https://tu-freiberg.de/sites/default/files/2019-28.fak3-englisch.pdf

Interested candidates can directly contact
[log in to unmask]

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From: Martin Buecker [log in to unmask]
Date: February 08, 2019
Subject: PhD Positions, Data-driven Science, Univ Jena

The Michael Stifel Center Jena at Friedrich Schiller University Jena,
Germany, is an interdisciplinary research initiative in the field of
data-driven and simulation-based sciences. Within a project funded by
the Carl Zeiss Foundation, the center is currently looking for six PhD
candidates in various areas. More details are available at

http://www.mscj.uni-jena.de/opportunities/

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From: Benedict Leimkuhler [log in to unmask]
Date: February 03, 2019
Subject: PhD Positions, Maxwell Institute, Edinburgh, UK

MAC-MIGS is a new UKRI/EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in
Mathematical Modelling, Analysis and Computation addressed to the
formulation, analysis and implementation of state-of-the-art
mathematical and computational models and methods. It will recruit
approximately 15 PhD students each year from 2019 to 2024. MAC-MIGS
will train experts who can develop and analyse mathematical models,
translate them into efficient computer codes, and communicate the
solutions with industry and government. MAC-MIGS is operated under
the auspices of the Maxwell Institute Graduate School, a long-running
partnership of the mathematical scientists at the University of
Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University. It involves further
partnerships throughout the Sciences and Engineering, including the
Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, the Scottish Financial Risk
Academy, the DataLab and the Alan Turing Institute, as well as the
involvement of over 30 industrial and governmental partners.

Students in the programme will receive advanced training in
mathematical modelling, analysis, computational methods, and
techniques of data analysis, as well as entrepreneurship training and
responsible research and innovation. The CDT is committed to
principles of equality, diversity and inclusivity. The CDT is already
in the process of recruiting students for 2019 entry.

The co-directors of the CDT are Benedict Leimkuhler, University of
Edinburgh and Dugald Duncan from Heriot-Watt University. More details
regarding the CDT, its aims, supervisors, partners and the
applications process may be found at the website:
http://www.mac-migs.org.uk

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From: Piotr Matus [log in to unmask]
Date: February 04, 2019
Subject: Contents, Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics, 2019 (1)

Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics (2019), No 1
Special Issue on Tensor Numerical Methods, Guest Editors: Ivan
Gavrilyuk and Boris Khoromskij

1. Tensor Numerical Methods: Actual Theory and Recent Applications,
Gavrilyuk, Ivan / Khoromskij, Boris N.

2. A Low-Rank Inexact Newton-Krylov Method for Stochastic Eigenvalue
Problems, Benner, Peter / Onwunta, Akwum / Stoll, Martin

3. A Tensor Decomposition Algorithm for Large ODEs with Conservation
Laws, Dolgov, Sergey V.

4. Non-intrusive Tensor Reconstruction for High-Dimensional Random
PDEs, Eigel, Martin / Neumann, Johannes / Schneider, Reinhold / Wolf,
Sebastian

5. Quasi-Optimal Rank-Structured Approximation to Multidimensional
Parabolic Problems by Cayley Transform and Chebyshev Interpolation,
Gavrilyuk, Ivan / Khoromskij, Boris N.

6. Projection Methods for Dynamical Low-Rank Approximation of
High-Dimensional Problems, Kieri, Emil / Vandereycken, Bart

7. Tensor Train Spectral Method for Learning of Hidden Markov Models
(HMM), Kuznetsov, Maxim A. / Oseledets, Ivan V.

8. Tucker Tensor Analysis of Matern Functions in Spatial Statistics,
Litvinenko, Alexander / Keyes, David / Khoromskaia, Venera /
Khoromskij, Boris N. / Matthies, Hermann G.

9. Low-Rank Space-Time Decoupled Isogeometric Analysis for Parabolic
Problems with Varying Coefficients, Mantzaflaris, Angelos / Scholz,
Felix / Toulopoulos, Ioannis

10. Approximate Solution of Linear Systems with Laplace-like Operators
via Cross Approximation in the Frequency Domain, Muravleva, Ekaterina
A. / Oseledets, Ivan V.

11. Rayleigh Quotient Methods for Estimating Common Roots of Noisy
Univariate Polynomials, Stegeman, Alwin / De Lathauwer, Lieven

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