Subject: NA Digest, V. 22, # 19 NA Digest Monday, June 06, 2022 Volume 22 : Issue 19 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs [log in to unmask] Today's Topics: Jonathan Barzilai Owe Axelsson Intelligent Computing & Optimization, HYBRID, Oct 2022 MaRDI Scientific Computing, Germany, Oct 2022 Scientific Computing, Peru, October 2022 Boundary and Interior Layers, Argentina, Nov-Dec 2022 Faculty Positions, Scientific Machine Learning, ShanghaiTech Professor Positions, Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist Univ Postdoc Position, Cardiovascular Inverse Problems, NL Postdoc Position, HPC, MPI for Plasma Physics PhD/Postdoc Position, SW Development HPC for Climate Research, KIT PhD Position, Structure-Preserving Methods, Ruhr-Univ Bochum PhD Position, Theoretical Machine Learning, Univ of Twente PhD Assistant Position, UHasselt, Belgium 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: Yair Censor and Henry Wolkowicz [log in to unmask] Date: May 31, 2022 Subject: Jonathan Barzilai It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Prof. Jonathan Barzilai, in March 2022, after a battle with cancer. Dr. Barzilai was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He received his doctoral degree in applied mathematics from the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) in Haifa, Israel. Along with Jonathan Borwein, he developed the famous Barzilai- Borwein gradient method, widely recognized as a very significant contribution to nonlinear optimization. His passion for optimization research continued to his very last days, and throughout that time he made significant breakthroughs in algorithms with implications for such applications as AI training. His other passion was the related areas of measurement theory and decision theory and analysis. Dr. Barzilai published major papers on measurement and decision theory and developed a methodology, Preference Function Modelling (PFM), for measurement, evaluation, and decision making by a single decision maker or a group, based on more than twenty years of research into the mathematical foundations of the Analytic Hierarchy Process, utility theory, decision theory, measurement theory, and related fields. He challenged existing theories in these domains and very recently completed a book entitled Pure Economics (published posthumously) in which he points out the major flaws in these disciplines and offers corrections. The link to Jonathan's book is: https://scientificmetrics.com/pure-economics.html. Dr. Barzilai held high ethical and intellectual standards, both for himself and others. He challenged convention and was ready to be unpopular in defense of his convictions. He was a teacher, guide, and mentor with a great sense of humor, offering invaluable advice and insights to those who were fortunate to know him. He leaves behind his loving wife Rachel, son Dan (Limor) and grandson Erez, along with members of his extended family. The Dalhousie University memorial page for Jonathan is at: https://www.dal.ca/faculty/engineering/industrial/faculty-staff/our-faculty1/past-member-biographies/jonathan-barzilai.html. Yair Censor and Henry Wolkowicz. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Maya Neytcheva [log in to unmask] Date: June 05, 2022 Subject: Owe Axelsson With a great sadness, we want to inform you that on June 2 2022 our teacher, mentor and colleague Owe Axelsson passed away. He was known for his pioneering work on preconditioning methods and overall contributions in numerical methods and numerical linear algebra in particular. He was the founder of the journal 'Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications' and served as editor-in-chief for more than 20 years. Also, he was instrumental in bringing together scientists from Eastern Europe to join the international scientific community through visits, internships, postdoc fellowships and joint European commission projects. He was strategic thinker, very good organizer, hard worker but also kind, supportive and friendly with colleagues, students and coworkers (https://user.it.uu.se/~maya/OAxelsson_public_html/index.html). With his life Owe left us an example of honesty, ethics, recognition, kindness, help and care! We are organizing a memorial web page at https://www.remembr.com/owe.axelsson.mem, where those who remember him can share their thoughts and memories. Panayot Vassilevski Maya Neytcheva ------------------------------------------------------- From: Dr. Pandian Vasant [log in to unmask] Date: June 04, 2022 Subject: Intelligent Computing & Optimization, HYBRID, Oct 2022 CALL FOR PAPERS, SPECIAL SESSIONS, POSTERS & DEMOS ICO 2022- Hybrid Conference 5th International Conference on Intelligent Computing & Optimization 2022 October 27-28, 2022 Conference website: https://www.icico.info/ Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ico2022 Submission deadline: July 24, 2022 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Innovative global optimization approaches have attracted many research scientists, decision makers, managers, executives, engineers, academicians, officers, policy makers and practicing researchers in recent years as powerful intelligent computational techniques for solving many complex real-world application problems. The International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Optimization (ICO 2022) 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, Business 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. For more information about ICO 2022, please visit https://www.icico.info/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Mario Ohlberger [log in to unmask] Date: June 05, 2022 Subject: MaRDI Scientific Computing, Germany, Oct 2022 2022 MaRDI Workshop on Scientific Computing Dates: Oct. 26-28, 2022 Location: Munster, Germany Format: In-person meeting Website: https://workshop.mardi.ovh With an ever growing body of scientific knowledge and an explosion of data generated by computer-assisted and computer-based experiments, the Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reusability of research data (FAIR principles, https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles ) became key factors for further scientific progress. Specifically in Scientific Computing, beyond the actual simulation data, the developed numerical algorithms, their implementations, their procedural data, and their metadata descriptions are central research data sets. Establishing FAIR principles for these data is the aim of the task area 'Scientific Computing' within the German Mathematical Research Data Initiative MaRDI ( https://www.mardi4nfdi.de ), which is a consortium in the Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur NFDI ( https://www.nfdi.de ). With this first "MaRDI Workshop on Scientific Computing", we want to bring together researchers from the Scientific Computing community and related disciplines who are interested in the FAIRness of their research data. In additions to presentations on current MaRDI projects and selected keynote talks, birds-of-a-feather sessions will leave room for discussions and hands-on tutorials. Furthermore, we invite participants to contribute talks related to the following topics: Knowledge graphs and ontologies; Software Interfaces; Benchmarks; Formal workflow descriptions; Software distribution and archival; Reproduction of numerical experiments; Research data management. The deadline for abstract submission is 2022-07-31. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Thomas Richter [log in to unmask] Date: May 31, 2022 Subject: Scientific Computing, Peru, October 2022 It is with great pleasure that we draw attention to the first Peruvian Conference in Scientific Computing. This conference will be held in the Andean city of Cusco from October 3 to 6, 2022. http://www.pec3.org/cusco2022 The objective of this conference is to bring together Peruvian and international researchers working in the area of Scientific Computing, in particular in the fields Modeling, Simulation and Optimization with Differential Equations. A focus will lie on topics that are of particular interest for researchers in South America, such as Subsurface Flows, Mathematical Epidemiology or Climate and Environmental topics. The scientific part will be complemented by an attractive social program. Confirmed Plenary Speakers: Soledad Aronna (FGV Rio, Brazil); Roland Becker (Univ. Pau, France); Erik Burman (UCL - London, UK); Omar Ghattas (Univ. of Texas at Austin, USA); Roxana Lopez-Cruz (UNMSM, ULIMA Lima, Peru); Insa Neuweiler (Univ. of Hannover, Germany). 31.07.2022: Deadline for registration and for the submission of contributions The conference will be held as part of the project "Peruvian Competence Center of Scientific Computing" (http://www.pec3.org) and is sponsored and funded by the German Academic Exchange Service and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany. The conference was already scheduled to take place in 2020, but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The week before the conference, also in Cusco, we are holding a summer school on scientific computing: http://www.pec3.org/school2022 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Maria Gabriela Armentano [log in to unmask] Date: June 02, 2022 Subject: Boundary and Interior Layers, Argentina, Nov-Dec 2022 The BAIL conferences focus on all aspects of computational and analytical methods for problems whose solution shows sharp layers, and singular perturbation problems. The Boundary and Interior Layers Conference, BAIL 2022, will be held at Department of Mathematics of Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, from November 28 to December 2, 2022. See the website for more information. http://mate.dm.uba.ar/~bail2022/index.html ------------------------------------------------------- From: Qifeng Liao [log in to unmask] Date: June 02, 2022 Subject: Faculty Positions, Scientific Machine Learning, ShanghaiTech The School of Information Science and Technology (SIST) at ShanghaiTech University invites highly qualified candidates to fill multiple tenure-track/tenured faculty positions in Scientific Machine Learning. Successful candidates must have a Ph.D in Scientific Computing, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or a closely related field, with a preference for those whose expertise is applied to machine learning or data science. For details and application please see: https://sist.shanghaitech.edu.cn/2865/list.htm For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Qifeng Liao at [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: HKBU Computer Science [log in to unmask] Date: May 31, 2022 Subject: Professor Positions, Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist Univ The Department of Computer Science at Hong Kong Baptist University offers BSc, MSc, MPhil, and PhD programmes, and is now seeking outstanding applicants for the following faculty positions on tenure-track. Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor (Computer Science) (3 vacancies) (PR0395/21-22) The appointees will perform high-impact research, teach and supervise students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and contribute to professional and institutional services. Collaboration with other faculty members in research and teaching is also expected. They will be encouraged to collaborate with colleagues within the Department to contribute to two special thematic applications including (a) health informatics and (b) security and privacy-aware computing, and to pursue new strategic research initiatives under the Department/Faculty/University. Applicants should possess a PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, and sufficiently demonstrate abilities to conduct high quality research in areas including but not limited to: Internet of things, Cyber-security, High- performance computing, Big data analytics, Art technologies and Financial technologies. Applicants should also show strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in computer science and/or information systems, possess track record of innovative research and high-impact publications, and be able to bid for and pursue externally-funded research programmes. Initial appointment will be offered on a fixed-term contract of three years. Re-appointment thereafter will be subject to mutual agreement. For enquiries, please contact Professor Jianliang Xu, Head of Department (email: [log in to unmask]). More information about the Department can be found at https://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk. Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Application Procedure: Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU e- Recruitment System (jobs.hkbu.edu.hk) with samples of publications, preferably three best ones out of their most recent publications/works. They should also request two referees to send in confidential letters of reference, with PR number (stated above) quoted on the letters, to the Human Resources Office (Email: [log in to unmask]) direct. Those who are not invited for interview 4 months after the closing date may consider their applications unsuccessful. All application materials including publication samples, scholarly/creative works will be disposed of after completion of the recruitment exercise. Details of the University s Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at http://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/pics. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the posts advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions applicable at the time of offer. Closing date: Shortlisting will start immediately until the position is filled. URL: https://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/v1/?page=job_vacancies&id=743 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Cristóbal Bertoglio [log in to unmask] Date: June 05, 2022 Subject: Postdoc Position, Cardiovascular Inverse Problems, NL We are looking for an excellent and highly motivated postdoc to join our team on Cardiovascular Mathematics. The research should focus on the development of computational methods for the estimation of mechanical properties of fluid-solid models in the heart from 'raw' magnetic resonance images involving, hence involving no or little manual processing. Please find here a more complete description of the position, the team and the conditions offered: https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S0009A4P ------------------------------------------------------- From: Roman Hatzky [log in to unmask] Date: June 02, 2022 Subject: Postdoc Position, HPC, MPI for Plasma Physics On behalf of the European Fusion Community the Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) offers an opportunity to participate in a group for the high level support of European code developments for magnetic fusion related plasma physics and material modelling. Experts in high performance computing (HPC) are invited to apply for a position in this group. More information can be found under the code number 22/030 at: https://recruitingapp-5518.de.umantis.com/VacanciesIntraxData/604/Description/2 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Hartwig Anzt [log in to unmask] Date: May 31, 2022 Subject: PhD/Postdoc Position, SW Development HPC for Climate Research, KIT We have multiple open positions on the Ph.D./PostDoc level in the field of high-performance computing for climate research, modern software design, and the performance portability of complex, widely-used software. Knowledge of modern C++ and performance portable device programming is mandatory. Knowledge of Fortran programming and sustainable software development (git, CI, CB, unit tests, etc.) is a strong plus. These positions are part of a major project to modernize the ICON climate research and numerical weather prediction (NWP) code for scalable performance and code development and targeting the next-generation supercomputers. In this project, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with renowned experts to contribute to climate research and simulations. You will be part of an agile and diverse team with expertise in modern performance portable and sustainable research software development. If you want to contribute to leading climate research, you have skills in modern, sustainable, portable, GPU-enabled software programming and design applied to a complex widely-used code; we would like to see your application. We welcome your application. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Katharina Kormann [log in to unmask] Date: June 04, 2022 Subject: PhD Position, Structure-Preserving Methods, Ruhr-Univ Bochum The department of Mathematics at Ruhr-University Bochum invites applications for positions as doctoral researchers in numerical analysis or scientific computing. The research project concerns the development of efficient and reliable methods for solving high-dimensional problems with applications to plasma physics or quantum dynamics. Depending on the applicant's background and interests possible topics range from the numerical analysis to high-performance implementations for structure-preserving discretizations of partial differential equations and for low-rank tensor approximations. Applications and questions can be addressed to Katharina Kormann ([log in to unmask]). ------------------------------------------------------- From: Marcello Carioni [log in to unmask] Date: June 04, 2022 Subject: PhD Position, Theoretical Machine Learning, Univ of Twente We are looking for a talented, research-oriented PhD candidate to join the project "Regularized dynamics in optimization schemes for neural networks-based models" at University of Twente. We offer a full-time position for four years in an active and stimulating research environment, bridging applied and pure mathematics. The PhD candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Marcello Carioni and will be part of the group Mathematics of Imaging and Artificial Intelligence (MIA) headed by Prof. Christoph Brune at the department of Applied Mathematics. For more information about the position and the application procedure, you are welcome to visit https://utwentecareers.nl/en/vacancies/615/phd-position-in-infinite-dimensional-optimization-for-theoretical-machine-learning/ and contact Dr. Marcello Carioni ([log in to unmask]) Deadline: 10 July 2022. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Fred Vermolen [log in to unmask] Date: June 02, 2022 Subject: PhD Assistant Position, UHasselt, Belgium We are hiring at the University of Hasselt (UHasselt) in Belgium. We are looking for a Dutch speaking assistant who will help us with teaching and research in Mathematics. Research direction is negotiable according to the candidate's interests, but a strong preference is within the area of partial differential equations or dynamical systems. The teaching assignment is also negotiable with respect to the candidate's interests. The six years contract aims at a PhD in mathematics. More information can be found in https://www.uhasselt.be/nl/over-uhasselt/werken-bij-uhasselt/vacatures/detail/2521-assistent-wiskunde UHasselt offers a very pleasant working environment. The small size of the university makes the ties Further, Hasselt is a nice small local capital in the Flemish part of Belgium, with nice culinary facilities. ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************