Subject: NA Digest, V. 19, # 39 NA Digest Sunday, October 13, 2019 Volume 19 : Issue 39 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs [log in to unmask] Today's Topics: Mathematics of Deep Learning, Germany, Dec 2019 Numerical Analysis and Optimization, Oman, Jan 2020 Numerical and Applied Mathematics (SANUM2020), South Africa, Mar 2020 Interplay of Discretization and Algebraic Solvers, France, Mar/Apr 2020 Foundations of Computational Mathematics, Canada, Jun 2020 Mathematics of Robotics, UK, Sep 2020 Department Chair Position, Univ of Delaware Permanent Research Position, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Professor Position, Math biology, Univ of Alabama Tenure-track or Tenured Professor Position, Financial Engineering Tenure-track or Tenured Professor Position, Machine Learning Postdoc Position, Randomized numerical analysis, NC State Postdoc position, Numerical Analysis, Pau and/or La RĂ©union, France Postdoc and PhD Positions, NLA/HPC, Charles Univ, Prague Contents, Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics, 2019 (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: Martin Eigel [log in to unmask] Date: October 10, 2019 Subject: Mathematics of Deep Learning, Germany, Dec 2019 The workshop on "Mathematics of Deep Learning" will take place on 3-5 December at the WIAS Berlin. It aims to provide a topical view on recent advances regarding mathematical aspects of popular machine learning approaches, in particular (but not limited to) deep learning. While the focus lies on theoretical and conceptual research of network representations, contributions concerned with practical aspects and non-standard methods are also welcome. We are pleased to host the following speakers: * Helmut Bolcskei (ETH Zurich) * Alexandra Carpentier (Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg) * Asja Fischer (Ruhr University Bochum) * Philipp Grohs (University of Vienna) * Arnulf Jentzen (ETH Zurich) * Gitta Kutyniok (TU Berlin) * Anthony Nouy (EC Nantes) * Ivan Oseledets (Skoltech, Moscow) * Philipp Petersen (University of Oxford) * Christoph Schwab (ETH Zurich) * Ingo Steinwart (University of Stuttgart) * Miles Stoudenmire (Flatiron Institute, New York) * Dmitry Yarotsky (Skoltech, Moscow) Registration details can be found at https://www.wias-berlin.de/workshops/DL2019/ Please note that due to limited capacity an early registration is advised. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Mehiddin Al-Baali [log in to unmask] Date: October 12, 2019 Subject: Numerical Analysis and Optimization, Oman, Jan 2020 It is my pleasure to invite you for submitting an abstract to the 5th Triannual Conference on "Numerical Analysis and Optimization" (NAOV- 2020), held at Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, January 6-9, 2020. REGISTRATION and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: Registration is required for all those wishing to attend the conference (available places, particularly for those outside Oman, are limited). If a participant wishes to contribute a talk for 20 minutes, an abstract should be submitted online via the website http://conferences.squ.edu.om/NAOV-2020/home Abstract Submission Deadline: November 10, 2019. Registration Deadline: December 10, 2019. INVITED SPEAKERS: Adil Bagirov (University of Ballarat, Australia), Oleg Burdakov (Linkoping University, Sweden), Yu-Hong Dai (Chinese Academy of Science, China), Iain Duff (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK), Francisco Facchinei (Sapienza University, Italy), Giovanni Fasano (University of Venice Ca Foscari, Italy), David M. Gay (AMPL Optimization Inc., USA), Francesca Guerriero (University of Calabria, Italy), Desmond J. Higham (University of Strathclyde, UK), Michael Hintermuller (Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Germany), Sven Leyffer (Argonne National Laboratory, USA), Nezam Mahdavi-Amiri (Sharif University of Technology, Iran), Pammy Manchanda (Guru Nanak Dev University, India), Dominique Orban (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada), Michael Overton (New York University, USA), Amiya Kumar Pani (Institute of Technology Bombay, India), Janos D. Pinter (Lehigh University, USA), Cornelis Roos (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands), Ekkehard W. Sachs (University of Trier, Germany), Jesus Maria Sanz-Serna (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain), Michael Saunders (Stanford University, USA), Abulhasan Siddiqi (Sharda University, India), Emilio Spedicato (University of Bergamo, Italy), Trond Steihaug (University of Bergen, Norway), Tamas Terlaky (Lehigh University, USA), Philippe L. Toint (University of Namur, Belgium), Maria Teresa Vespucci (Bergamo University, Italy), Andrew Wathen (Oxford University, UK), YaXiang Yuan (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Nick Hale [log in to unmask] Date: October 07, 2019 Subject: Numerical and Applied Mathematics (SANUM2020), South Africa, Mar 2020 Registration is now open for the 44th South African Symposium on Numerical and Applied Mathematics (SANUM2020) at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, from 25-27 March 2020. The organisers invite contributed talks and special sessions in all topics related to numerical and/or applied mathematics. SANUM2020 will include a special session in honour of the late Dirk Laurie. Confirmed plenary speakers: * Folkmar Bornemann (Technische Universitat Munchen) * Annie Cuyt (University of Antwerp) * Randy LeVeque (University of Washington) * Lothar Reichel (Kent State University) * Precious Sibanda (University of Kwazulu-Natal) * Hugo Touchette (Stellenbosch University) * Irene Vignon-Clementel (Inria & Sorbonne Universite) For more information and registration, visit http://sanum.github.io/ or contact the organisers at [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Martin Vohralik [log in to unmask] Date: October 11, 2019 Subject: Interplay of Discretization and Algebraic Solvers, France, Mar/Apr 2020 We are organizing a workshop on Interplay of discretization and algebraic solvers: a posteriori error estimates and adaptivity. It will take place March 30 - April 1 2020 at Inria Paris. Main topics are a posteriori error estimates and adaptivity for numerical discretizations of partial differential equations, linear algebraic solvers, and particularly their interplay (stopping criteria, design of adaptive h or p refinement under inexact solvers, design of algebraic solvers on hp grids), as well as h and p robustness and material properties robustness. There is no workshop fee. However, registration at [log in to unmask] is compulsory. All the details can be found at https://project.inria.fr/gatipor/events/workshop2020/ . ------------------------------------------------------- From: Randy LeVeque [log in to unmask] Date: October 11, 2019 Subject: Foundations of Computational Mathematics, Canada, Jun 2020 Foundations of Computational Mathematics (FoCM) 2020 Simon Fraser University, downtown Vancouver, Canada June 15-24, 2020 http://focm-society.org/2020/ FoCM 2020 is the latest edition of the conference series of the FoCM society. Its aims are to promote research at the interface of mathematics and computation, and to foster interaction between mathematics, computer science and other areas of computational science. The plenary speakers are: Folkmar Bornemann, Sara van de Geer, Philipp Grohs, Alice Guionnet, Thomas Hales, Aicke Hinrichs, Kristen Lauter, Bojan Mohar, Sebastian Reich, Ed Saff, Carola Schoenlieb, Dan Spielman, Rekha Thomas, Caroline Uhler, Mariel Vazquez, Becca Willett, Sara Zahedi FoCM features themed parallel workshops, each spanning a three-day period, with the conference comprising three periods in total. Workshop talks are primarily by invitation. There will be sessions during each of the three periods featuring contributed poster presentations. Information about registration and contributed submissions will be announced shortly. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Pamela Bye [log in to unmask] Date: October 11, 2019 Subject: Mathematics of Robotics, UK, Sep 2020 Manchester Metropolitan University, 9-11 September 2020 https://ima.org.uk/11468/ima-conference-on-mathematics-of-robotics/ The IMA Conference on the Mathematics of Robotics aims to bring together researchers working on all areas of robotics which have a significant Mathematical content. The idea is to highlight the Mathematical depth and sophistication of techniques applicable to Robotics and to foster cooperation between researchers working in different areas of Robotics. This Conference has been organised in cooperation with the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: Topology. Kinematics. Algebraic topology of configuration spaces of robot mechanisms. Topological aspects of path planning and sensor networks. Differential topology and singularity theory of robot mechanism and moduli spaces. Algebraic Geometry. Varieties generated by linkages and constraints. Geometry of stiffness and inertia matrices. Rigid-body motions. Computational approaches to algebraic geometry. Dynamical Systems and Control. Dynamics of robots and mechanisms. Simulation of multi-body systems, e.g. swarm robots. Geometric control of robots. Optimal control and other optimisation problems. Combinatorial and Stochastic Methods. Rigidity of structures. Path planning algorithms. Modular robots. Statistics. Stochastic control. Localisation. Navigation with uncertainty. Statistical learning theory. Cognitive Robotics. Mathematical aspects of Artificial Intelligence, Developmental Robotics and other Neuroscience based approaches. Call for Papers deadline: 1st March 2020 For technical queries please contact Professor W. Holderbaum ([log in to unmask]) ------------------------------------------------------- From: jingmei qiu [log in to unmask] Date: October 10, 2019 Subject: Department Chair Position, Univ of Delaware The University of Delaware invites applications and nominations for the Chair of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. The Department seeks a Chair enthusiastic about advancing its prominence, furthering its established scholarly impact, and leading efforts to innovate in and excel at its extensive teaching role at the University. The deadline of application is November 1st, 2019; and the expected start date is August 1, 2020. The Chair is appointed for a renewable five-year term. See the link below for more details: https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/14385 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Tyrone Rees [log in to unmask] Date: October 11, 2019 Subject: Permanent Research Position, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory We have a vacancy for a researcher in mathematics at the Computational Mathematics Group at STFC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. As well as following your own research interests, you will be working alongside scientists at STFC to identify and overcome numerical bottlenecks in their software. This role will appeal to an ambitious and highly motivated numerical analyst who wishes to work in a research environment as part of one the UK's leading computational mathematics groups. RAL's Computational Mathematics Group (http://www.numerical.rl.ac.uk), home to the HSL and Galahad software libraries, has strengths in numerical linear algebra and optimisation, and we are looking for a researcher who compliments and extends our existing skills. For more information please see https://www.topcareer.jobs/Vacancy/irc251258_10061.aspx or contact [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Shan Zhao [log in to unmask] Date: October 08, 2019 Subject: Professor Position, Math biology, Univ of Alabama The Department of Mathematics at The University of Alabama invites applications for a tenured position at the Professor level, in the area of mathematical biology, beginning on August 16, 2020 or as negotiated. The salary for this position will be competitive. We are seeking an applied mathematician who has outstanding records in interdisciplinary research areas at the interface of mathematics and biology. Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to biophysics, biomechanics, ecology, neuroscience, physiology, drug discovery, system biology, and biological data analysis. The successful candidate is expected to play a significant role in the recently formed Alabama Life Research Institute (http://ovpred.ua.edu/alabama-life-research-institute/). The University of Alabama is a student-centered research university that is ranked very highly research active by the Carnegie Classification. With 30 faculty, 43 graduate students, and over 400 undergraduate majors, the Department of Mathematics currently has active groups in algebra, analysis, topology, applied mathematics, scientific computing, and mathematical biology. The successful candidate should have an international reputation for scholarship, a proven track record of securing external funding, demonstrated excellence at graduate and undergraduate education, and a willingness to supervise undergraduate and graduate research. Preference will be given for someone who will complement existing strengths of the applied and computational math group. More details available here: https://facultyjobs.ua.edu/postings/45908 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Aurelie Labbe [log in to unmask] Date: October 08, 2019 Subject: Tenure-track or Tenured Professor Position, Financial Engineering The Department of Decision Sciences at HEC Montreal is seeking highly- qualified applicants for a full-time, tenure-track or tenured position in financial engineering beginning June 1, 2020. Rank will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. The Department of Decision Sciences at HEC Montreal (www.hec.ca/mqg, in French) offers a stimulating environment with 28 professors and 4 full- time lecturers. Department faculty specialize in Financial Engineering, Optimization and Data Science. They are members of internationally- recognized research centers (CIRRELT [www.cirrelt.ca], CRM [www.crm.umontreal.ca], GERAD [www.gerad.ca] and MILA (mila.quebec]) and contribute to the mission of the IVADO institute for data-driven value creation (www.ivado.ca). HEC Montreal is a world-class business school. The School offers undergraduate programs as well as graduate degrees: an MBA, an EMBA, an MSc and a PhD. Courses are mainly taught in French but also in English and Spanish. The MSc program offers several specializations including: Data Science and Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Financial Engineering. The PhD program is offered jointly with McGill University, Concordia University and UQAM, and includes specializations in Financial Engineering, Data Science, and Management Science. Qualifications - Candidates must: - Have completed or nearly completed a PhD in Financial Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Quantitative Finance, or a related field. - Applicants must have demonstrated experience with Financial Engineering applications. - Show excellent potential in research, an aptitude to supervise students at the MSc and PhD levels, and a desire to engage in one of our research groups. - Show excellent potential in teaching with demonstrated communication skills in either French or in English and a clear interest in becoming competent in both. Interested candidates should submit online (https://emplois-corps- professoral.hec.ca/job.php?id=663): a curriculum vitae, a cover letter, a copy of diplomas, as well as evidence of teaching effectiveness (if possible) and contact information for at least three references. While applications will be accepted until the positions are filled, material should be received by October 15, 2019, in order to receive full consideration. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Aurelie Labbe [log in to unmask] Date: October 08, 2019 Subject: Tenure-track or Tenured Professor Position, Machine Learning The Department of Decision Sciences at HEC Montreal is seeking highly qualified applicants for a tenure-track or tenured position in machine learning beginning June 1, 2020. Rank will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. The chosen candidate may be eligible to receive a Canada CIFAR AI Chair (https://www.cifar.ca/ai/pan-canadian- artificial-intelligence-strategy), depending on their research profile. The Department of Decision Sciences at HEC Montreal (www.hec.ca/mqg, in French) offers a stimulating environment with 28 professors and 4 full- time lecturers. Department faculty specializes in Data Science (including machine learning and statistics), Financial Engineering, and Optimization. They are members of internationally recognized research centers (Mila - Quebec Institute for Learning Algorithms [mila.quebec], CIRRELT [www.cirrelt.ca], CRM [www.crm.umontreal.ca], and GERAD [www.gerad.ca]. They also contribute to the mission of the IVADO institute for data-driven value creation (www.ivado.ca). HEC Montreal is a world-class business school. The School offers undergraduate programs as well as graduate degrees: an MBA, an EMBA, an MSc and a PhD. Courses are mainly taught in French but also in English and Spanish. The MSc program offers several specializations including: Data Science and Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Financial Engineering. The PhD program is offered jointly with McGill University, Concordia University and UQAM, and includes specializations in Data Science, Financial Engineering, and Management Science. Qualifications - Candidates must: - Have completed or nearly completed a PhD in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field. - Have demonstrated experience with machine learning methodology through publications at top conferences and/or journals in the field and ideally be interested in applications of machine learning. Candidates with research interests at the intersection of machine learning and another field are also encouraged to apply. - Show excellent potential in research, an aptitude to supervise students at the MSc and PhD levels, and a desire to engage in one of our research groups. - Show excellent potential in teaching with demonstrated communication skills in either French or in English and a clear interest in becoming competent in both. Interested candidates should submit online: a curriculum vitae, a cover letter, a copy of diplomas, as well as evidence of teaching effectiveness (if possible) and contact information for at least three references. While applications will be accepted until the positions are filled, material should be received by December 15, 2019, in order to receive full consideration. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Pierre Gremaud [log in to unmask] Date: October 07, 2019 Subject: Postdoc Position, Randomized numerical analysis, NC State The Department of Mathematics at NC State University has an open postdoctoral position under its NSF funded Research Training Group RTG, DMS-1745654 in Randomized Numerical Analysis. The position is restricted to US citizens, nationals and permanent residents. The postdoctoral associate must hold a Ph.D. in mathematics or a closely related discipline awarded after January 1, 2018. An exception to this rule, occasioned for instance by a career interruption, may be requested in the cover letter. The postdoctoral associate is expected to engage in research related to at least one of the three complementary research thrusts of the project in randomized numerical linear algebra, random nonlinear solvers and global sensitivity analysis. Strengths in applied probability, numerical analysis, and scientific computing are an asset. Based on background, experience, and interests, the postdoc will be assigned one research mentor from the faculty associated with the RTG: Alen Alexanderian, Pierre Gremaud, Ilse Ipsen, Tim Kelley, Arvind Saibaba and Ralph Smith. An academic mentor will be chosen from this group to oversee the postdoc's training and professional development. The postdoc will also play a leading role in mentoring students associated with some of the project's working groups; he/she will be expected to assist in organizing seminars and activities related to the general research of the RTG. In addition, the postdoc will teach on average one course per semester in the Department of Mathematics. This position is for a term of up to three years, contingent upon performance. The anticipated starting date is August 2020; there is however some flexibility. The 11-month salary of $62,500 includes summer support. In addition, the postdoc will be given an annual travel budget of $3,000. Submit your application materials (cover letter, a CV, a research statement and the names of at least three potential letter writers) through mathjobs.org at https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/14743. Women and members of under-represented minority groups are particularly encouraged to apply. Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis until the position is filled; please apply as soon as possible. Inquiries may be directed to Pierre Gremaud (RTG Director): [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Pierre-Henri Cocquet [log in to unmask] Date: October 10, 2019 Subject: Postdoc position, Numerical Analysis, Pau and/or La RĂ©union, France This 2-year post-doctoral position is funded by the ANR JCJC project O- TO-TT-FU. The main objectives of this project are the development and the study of new mathematical and numerical methods to solve topology optimization problems, which are PDE-constrained optimization problems, for convective heat transfer in fluid flows. The scientific program will start by studying topology optimization problem targeting solid material with anisotropic and/or spatially-varying thermal conductivity. A second task will aim to design and analysis parallel-in-time numerical schemes for topology optimization problem for unsteady flows. This position is expected to start at 01/01/2020 or earlier but has a flexible start date. There is also no teaching requirements. For more information, please contact: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask] To apply, please send your a CV listing educational background, research experience and publications to [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Erin Claire Carson [log in to unmask] Date: October 11, 2019 Subject: Postdoc and PhD Positions, NLA/HPC, Charles Univ, Prague The research program "Scalable and Accurate Numerical Linear Algebra for Next-Generation Hardware" within the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University, Prague is seeking to fill a postdoctoral and multiple phd positions. Details about the project and application instructions can be found in the Mathjobs postings: - PhD positions (deadline November 15): https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/14512 - Postdoc position (tentative deadline October 31, but position open until filled): https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/14513 The PI website can be found here: https://www.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~carson/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Piotr Matus [log in to unmask] Date: October 07, 2019 Subject: Contents, Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics, 2019 (4) COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS (2019), No 4 Hybrid Discontinuous Galerkin Discretisation and Domain Decomposition Preconditioners for the Stokes Problem, Barrenechea, Gabriel R. / Bosy, Michal / Dolean, Victorita / Nataf, Frederic / Tournier, Pierre-Henri. A Hybrid High-Order Method for Highly Oscillatory Elliptic Problems, Cicuttin, Matteo / Ern, Alexandre / Lemaire, Simon. Operator Learning Approach for the Limited View Problem in Photoacoustic Tomography, Dreier, Florian / Pereverzyev Jr, Sergiy / Haltmeier, Markus Derivative Free Regularization Method for Nonlinear Ill-Posed Equations in Hilbert Scales, George, Santhosh / Kanagaraj, K. Maximal Regularity for Fractional Cauchy Equation in Holder Space and Its Approximation, Liu, Li / Fan, Zhenbin / Li, Gang / Piskarev, Sergey Stabilizability of Infinite-Dimensional Systems by Finite-Dimensional Controls, Raymond, Jean-Pierre Two Implicit Meshless Finite Point Schemes for the Two-Dimensional Distributed-Order Fractional Equation, Salehi, Rezvan Legendre Collocation Method for Volterra Integro-Differential Algebraic Equation, Wei, Yunxia / Chen, Yanping / Huang, Yunqing An Optimal Embedded Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Second-Order Elliptic Problems, Zhang, Xiao / Xie, Xiaoping / Zhang, Shiquan ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************