GSCI Digest Friday, February 11, 2000 Volume 2000: Issue 02 For subscriptions to GSCI, please mail to: scicomp@uni-erlangen.de Submission of articles and announcements are welcome by e-mail to: scicomp@uni-erlangen.de Please also use the German Scientific Computing Pages with the GSCI archive at URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/ Editor: Ulrich Rüde, Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg Ulrich.Ruede@informatik.uni-erlangen.de http://www10.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~ruede/ Topics of GSCI V00N02: Software 1. NUMERICA - Numerical PDE Solver for Teaching, Research & Applications Conferences, Workshops, Competitions, Calls for Papers 2. Applied Algorithmic Mathematics, Muenchen (GE), 30/31mar00 3. European Consortium for Mathematics for Industry, Palermo (IT), 26-30sep00 4. Stockholm Optimization Days, Stockholm (SE), 26-27jun00 5. Applied and Computational Mathematics, Trujillo Peru, 24-28apr00 6. Numerical Analysis of Random Dyn. Systems, Warwick (UK), 15mar00 7. Determ. & Stoch. Modeling of Biointeraction, Indiana/US, 23-27aug00 8. Conference in Honor of G. W. Stewart, Maryland/US, 20-21oct00 9. Next Generation Climate Models, Toulouse (FR), 23-25feb00 10. Principal Orthogonal Decomposition, Graz (AT), 25-27may00 11. Complex Systems, Dunedin (NZ), 19-22nov00 12. Distributed Systems, Ekaterinburg (RU), 30may-2jun00 13. Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods, Hong Kong, 27nov-1dec00 14. Multiscale Comp. Methods in Chemistry, Eilat (IL), 5-11apr00 15. SPEEDUP Workshop, Cadro-Lugano (CH), 16-17mar00 16. Inverse Problems, Mid Wales (US), 10-12apr00 17. Inverse Problems in Engineering, Arlington (US), 5-6jun00 18. Parallel Computing Methods, Orlando (US), 5-10nov00 19. Algorithms, Approx. & Algo. Engineering, Saarbruecken (GE), 5-8sep00 20. Approximation and Randomization Algorithms, Genf (CH), 15jul00 21. Parallel and Distributed Computing, Hong Kong, 22-24may00 22. Scientific and Mathematical Visualization, Bonn (GE), 20-24mar00 23. New Applications of Kinetic Theory, Gothenburg (SE), 18-21jun00 24. SC in Electrical Engineering, Warnemuende (GE), 20-23aug00 25. Search of Venue for the FoCM 2002 Conference 26. Comp. Methods for Real Gas Flow, Kirchzarten (GE), April 18-20 27. Numerical Sol. of Diff. (-Algebr.) Equations, Halle (GE), 4-8sep00 Job Market 28. PostDoc (Schwerpunktprogramm Transition), TU Berlin (GE) 29. Computer and Operations Research, Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE) 30. Postdoc (fluid interface modeling group), Univ Pierre et Marie Curie 31. Postdoctoral Position (frontier technology code) at NERSC/LBNL (US) 32. Chair (Department of Math) at Univ North Carolina at Charlotte (US) 33. Faculty Positions (Computer Science), University of Utah (US) 34. Student Position (parallel computing), University of Neuchatel (CH) 35. Faculty Position (Applied Math, Numerics), Univ Muenster (GE) 36. Postdoc Pos (Math & Comp Science), Arizona State Univ (US) 37. 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PhD & PostDoc Positiones (Computer Aided Surgery), at CAESAR 53. Res Position (algebraic multilevel preconditioner), RWTH Aachen (GE) 54. Wiss. Mitarbeiter (Elektromagnetischer Felder), TU Darmstadt (GE) 55. C4-Professur (multivariate Approx.-Theorie), Univ. Dortmund (GE) Journals and Papers 56. Computing and Visualization in Science Vol. 2 Issue 2/3 57. Optimization Methods and Software Vol. 13, No. 1 58. Numerische Mathematik Vol. 84 Issue 3 New Books 59. New Graphica Books Show Beauty of Mathematics ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: E. F. Toro Subject: 1. NUMERICA - Numerical PDE Solver for Teaching, Research & Application Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 21:50:21 +0000 NUMERICA, A Library of Source Codes for Teaching, Research and Applications NUMERICA is a new library of source computer programs for solving numerically partial differential equations and other mathematical problems. All the NUMERICA sub-libraries are written and maintained by specialists of world reputation in their fields and are based on authoritative textbooks and other substantial publications. NUMERICA is intended primarily for Research Students, Research Supervisors, Academics and Research Scientists in Academe, Industry Research Laboratories and Consultancy Organisations. Benefits offered by NUMERICA include: (a) Quick and cost-effective start of projects (b) Sound documentation and support (c) Complete control over development of projects (d) Continuity, improvement and expansion of software Sub-Libraries of NUMERICA HYPER-LIN. A set of 20 source programs for solving model hyperbolic conservations laws using a wide variety of modern shock-capturing methods. Suitable for teaching and learning. Available now. HYPER-EUL. A set of 20 source programs for solving the non-linear time-dependent Euler equations in one, two and three-dimensional Cartesian and non-Cartesian domains using modern high-resolution shock-capturing methods of the Godunov and centred type. Available now. HYPER-WAT. A set of 20 source programs for solving the non-linear time-dependent shallow water equations in one and two dimensional domains, using a wide variety of modern shock-capturing methods of the Godunov and centred type. Due in June 2000. GRID-GEN. A set of source programs for the generation of structured and unstructured meshes for two and three-dimensional domains. More details soon to be released. In preparation. Future Extensions of NUMERICA NUMERICA will be maintained, regularly upgraded and extended to include new sub-libraries written by other world experts, thus embracing a wider range of problems, methods and potential applications. NUMERICA is published and distributed by Numeritek Limited, UK. Website http://www.numeritek.com. Email: numerica@numeritek.com Distributed in Japan by SofTek Systems Inc. ------------------------------ From: Andreas Brieden Subject: 2. Applied Algorithmic Mathematics, Muenchen (GE), 30/31mar00 Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 16:57:32 +0100 (MET) Joint workshop of the Graduiertenkollegs ALGORITHMIC DISCRETE MATHEMATICS (Berlin) APPLIED ALGORITHMIC MATHEMATICS (TU Munich) MATHEMATICAL OPTIMIZATION (Trier) Main talks will be given by Karl-Heinz Borgwardt, Augsburg Probabalistische Analyse von Innere-Punkte-Verfahren der Linearen Optimierung Thomas Lengauer, GMD St. Augustin Discrete Algorithmic and Statistical Methods in Computational Biology Ernst Mayr, TU Munich On-line Scheduling paralleler Jobs Christoph Meinel, Trier Telematik - Forschung und Entwicklung für die Praxis Günter Rote, FU Berlin Optimale Logistik für Expeditionen -- das Jeep-Problem Further speakers are O. Bastert, R. Brandenberg, A. Brieden, B. Forster (TU Munich) L. Heinrich-Litan, M. Naatz, D. Osthus, C. Zong (Berlin) R. Mubarakzjanov, H. Sack, Ch. Stangier (Trier) For general information please contact gkaam@ma.tum.de or see http://www.ma.tum.de/gkaam for details. ------------------------------ From: Heinz W. Engl Subject: 3. European Consortium for Mathematics for Industry, Palermo (IT), 26-30sep00 Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:36:22 +0100 ANNOUNCEMENT XI Biannual Conference of ECMI - The European Consortium for Mathematics for Industry ECMI 2000 1. Place of the Conference: Villaggio TORRE NORMANNA, Altavilla Milicia (Palermo), Italy 2. Dates of the Conference September 26-30, 2000 3. The Organizing Committee: - A.M. Anile (University of Catania and ECMI Council) - V. Capasso (President of ECMI, 1999-2001) Co-Chairman - A. Donato (University of Messina) - A. Fasano (University of Florence) - A. Greco (University of Palermo) Chairman - R.M. Mattheij (Past President of ECMI, 1999-2001) 4. The Programme Committee - V. Capasso - H. Ockendon - M. Brons - R.M. Mattheij - R.E. Burkhard - H. Engl - H. Foellmer - A. Greco - J.L. Lions - A. Quarteroni 5. Plenary Sessions (invited speakers) "ALAN TAYLER" Lecture: Neunzert,H. (Kaiserslautern) HISTORY OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS FROM GREEKS TO MODERN TIMES Russo, L. (Rome) FINANCE Schachermaier,W. (Wien) SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING AND VISUALIZATION Jeltsch, R. (Zurich) ECOSYSTEMS Van Duijn, (CWI, Amsterdamn) COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS Degli Antoni (Crema,It) TECHNOLOGIES OPTIMIZATION Periaux, J. (Dassaul, Fr) NONLINEAR DIFFUSION Herrero, M.A. (Madrid) BIOFLUIDDYNAMICS Hughes, T. (Stanford) DISCRETE MATHEMATICS Korte, B (Bonn) 6. Special Sessions (invited minisymposia) 1. MICROELECTRONICS (M.Anile - M.Guenther) 2. GLASS (N.Siedow) 3. POLYMERS (G.Marrucci - V.van de Ven) 4. ENVIRONMENT (J.Hunt) 5. FUEL PIPELINES (A.Fasano) 6. FINANCE (S.Howison ) 7. COMPOSITE MATERIALS (S.Mc Kee) 8. BIOMEDICAL (J.Demongeot ) 9. NEW TECHNOLOGIES (A.Greco) 10. MULTIBODY DYNAMICS (C.Fueher-B.Simeon) 11. AUTOMATIC DIFFERENTIATION AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS (M.Masmoudie-A.Griewank) Further information, please visit the web site http://www.itdf.pa.cnr.it/ecmi2k or http://www.ecmi.dk ------------------------------ From: Stefan Feltenmark Subject: 4. Stockholm Optimization Days, Stockholm (SE), 26-27jun00 Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 15:38:55 +0100 CALL FOR PAPERS 9TH STOCKHOLM OPTIMIZATION DAYS We welcome papers for the 9th Stockholm Optimization Days, a two-day conference on optimization, to be held at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology) in Stockholm, Sweden, June 26-27, 2000. This conference is focused on applied optimization. The invited sessions put a particular emphasis on optimization applications within finance, power, structural optimization, and telecommunication. Invited and contributed presentations of tentatively 30 minutes each will be given at the conference. Invited speakers: Wolfgang Achtziger, Erlangen-Nuremberg University Dimitris Bertsimas, MIT Daniel Bienstock, Columbia University Kai-Uwe Bletzinger, Karlsruhe University Thomas Coleman, Cornell University Laureano Escudero, Iberdrola Ingenier=EDa y Consultor=EDa Don Goldfarb, Columbia University Abdel Lisser, France Telecom David G Luenberger, Stanford University John Mulvey, Princeton University Anna Nagurney, University of Massachusetts Andrew Philpott, University of Auckland Rudiger Schultz, Gerhard-Mercator University Duisburg Ole Sigmund, Technical University of Denmark Werner Romisch, Humboldt University Sergei Uryasev, University of Florida Roger Wets, UC Davis In addition to the invited presentations, we also welcome a limited number of contributed presentations. Abstracts (maximum 200 words) should be sent by May 1 (preferably by e-mail) to optdays@math.kth.se or by mail to Optimization Days Division of Optimization and Systems Theory KTH SE-100 44 Stockholm Sweden Fax: +46 8 22 53 20. Further information can be obtained via www, address http://www.optsyst.math.kth.se/~optdays/. The organizing committee consists of Ulf Br=E4nnlund, Stefan Feltenmark (head), Anders Forsgren, and Krister Svanberg, from the Division of Optimization and Systems Theory, Department of Mathematics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). ------------------------------ From: Jose Castillo Subject: 5. Applied and Computational Mathematics, Trujillo Peru, 24-28apr00 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 12:02:06 -0800 (PST) CALL FOR PAPERS The Third PanAmerican Workshop on Applied and Computational Mathematics (PWACM III) will be held in Trujillo Peru, April 24-28, 2000. The Workshop will emphasize applications of mathematics to industry, technology, science and society. Proposals for mini-workshops, short talks, posters, and short courses are solicited. See http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/math_cs/PanAm98.html ------------------------------ From: Andrew Stuart Subject: 6. Numerical Analysis of Random Dyn. Systems, Warwick (UK), 15mar00 Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 09:55:22 GMT University of Warwick Mathematics Institute LMS Workshop: Numerical Analysis of Random Dynamical Systems Wednesday 15th March 2000 Tim Hunt (Cambridge) The triple linkage: a nice example of an Anosov system Luca Dieci (Georgia Institute of Technology) Computation of Lyapunov exponents of linear systems: an overview Andrew Stuart (Warwick) Under-resolved simulations of heat baths Ben Leimkuhler (Leicester) Splitting methods for constant temperature and pressure calculations Sebastian Reich (Surrey) Resonance induced stochastic behaviour in molecular systems Organizers: Sebastian Reich and Andrew Stuart Registration free. Some limited financial assistance may be available to graduate students. For further information please see: http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/miraw or contact: Elaine Greaves-Coehlo: elaine@maths.warwick.ac.uk ------------------------------ From: Fabio Milner Subject: 7. Determ. & Stoch. Modeling of Biointeraction, Indiana/US, 23-27aug00 Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 11:27:08 -0500 (EST) SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DETERMINISTIC AND STOCHASTIC MODELING OF BIOINTERACTION August 23-27, 2000 West Lafayette, Indiana, USA We announce the Second International Conference on "Deterministic and stochastic modeling of biointeraction" organized by the Department of Mathematics of Purdue University August 23-27, 2000. The meeting will be held in West Lafayette, seat of the main campus of Purdue University. Following the first DESTOBIO organized in Sofia (Bulgaria) in 1997, the aim of the meeting is again to bring together people from the deterministic and stochastic modeling worlds with the expectation that something useful may come out. We hope this meeting, just like the one in Bulgaria, will turn out to be very exciting. TOPICS OF THE CONFERENCE 1. Deterministic and stochastic approaches to mathematical modeling in population dynamics, epidemiology, immunology, genetics, neurophysiology, molecular biology, cell biology, pattern formation, bioecology; 2. Computational biomathematics. 3. Nonlinear dynamics effects. Deterministic and stochastic chaos. Please check the Web page at http://www.math.purdue.edu/~milner/DESTOBIO_2000.html Send e-mail indicating your interest in participating to destobio@math.purdue.edu In the name of the organizing committee, I welcome you and hope you will be able to attend. Fabio Augusto Milner ------------------------------ From: Misha E Kilmer Subject: 8. Conference in Honor of G. W. Stewart, Maryland/US, 20-21oct00 Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 15:48:00 -0500 (EST) Preliminary Announcement A Conference in honor of G. W. Stewart on the occasion of his 60th Birthday A conference in honor of G. W. (Pete) Stewart on the occasion of his 60th birthday is to be held on Friday-Saturday, October 20-21, 2000. Pete will turn 60 on October 1, 2000. The conference will be located at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, where Pete has been working for the last 25+ years. The times for the meeting are 1pm Friday through 1pm Saturday, with a banquet on Friday evening. The meeting itself will be comprised of invited talks divided into two sets. The first set of talks will be devoted to reviews and highlights of Pete's work over the years in matrix theory and computations. In the second set of talks, each speaker will give a talk in depth on a specific subject, with direct or indirect connections to Pete's own work. A banquet in Pete's honor will be held on Friday night with Professor Robert Funderlic as the leading banquet speaker. The organizing committee for the conference includes: Robert van de Geijn, UT-Austin (chair) Robert Funderlic, NC State Univ. Misha Kilmer, Tufts Univ. Xiaobai Sun, Duke Univ. The local arrangements committee includes: Howard Elman, Univ. of Maryland Dianne O'Leary, Univ. of Maryland The current list of conference speakers includes: Jack Dongarra Alan Edelman Robert Funderlic Gene Golub Carl Meyer Cleve Moler Robert Plemmons Danny Sorensen Ji-guang Sun Henk van der Vorst Charles Van Loan For additional information on the conference, please visit the conference web site: http://everest.cs.duke.edu/stewart2000 Details will follow in subsequent announcements and may be found at the web site. Questions concerning the conference may be sent to the e-mail alias stewart2000@cs.utexas.edu For those planning to attend the ILAS-2000 in Raleigh, NC on October 23, there will be enough time to travel there from Maryland (or Washington D.C.). ------------------------------ From: Kengo Nakajima Subject: 9. Next Generation Climate Models, Toulouse (FR), 23-25feb00 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 15:00:54 +0900 Dear Colleagues, 2nd International Workshop on Next Generation Climate Models for Advanced High Performance Computing Facilities 23-25 February, 2000 Meteopole Toulouse, France Conveners: Prof. Akimasa Sumi (CCSR, University of Tokyo) Dr. Maurice Blackmon (NCAR) Dr. Jean-Claude Andre (CERFACS) Organizer: Hisashi Nakamura Research Organization for Information Science & Technology (RIST) Co-Sponsor: CERFACS and Meteo-France, France Science and Technology Agency of JAPAN (STA) Registration fee: Registration fee is FREE. Dear Colleague, We would like to inform you about this 2nd International Workshop on "Next generation climate models for advanced high performance computing facilities". New projects for advanced high-performance computing facilities are indeed being conducted in Japan and US, such as the "Earth Simulator" and "ASCI" initiatives. Corresponding to these hardware development programs, it is necessary to enhance an activity on the software development. For this purpose, the first Workshop on "Next-generation climate models for advanced high performance computing facilities" was held at Honolulu in March 1999. We have decided to hold the second Workshop on "Next-generation climate models for advanced high performance computing facilities" this coming February in Toulouse, in order to facilitate the cooperation with European scientists. The purpose of the workshop is to discuss the following points: (1) What is the next generation climate model suitable for these advanced computing facilities? (2) What kind of processes, schemes and /or models are necessary for the next generation model? (3) How to do in order to achieve these goals? Any kind of comments and contributions are welcome. We are looking forward with great pleasure to seeing you and exchanging information on the next-generation models and computers. For further inquiries or questions please contact: Ms. Narumi Okazaki Research Organization for Information Science & Technology Department of Research for Computational Earth Sciences 1-18-16 Hamamatsucho, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0013 Japan Tel: +81-3-3436-5271 Fax: +81-3-3436-5274 e-mail:okazaki@tokyo.rist.or.jp Updated information on the Second International Workshop: http://www.tokyo.rist.or.jp/index_e.html ------------------------------ From: Stefan Volkwein Subject: 10. Principal Orthogonal Decomposition, Graz (AT), 25-27may00 Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 15:24:59 +0100 Workshop on PRINCIPAL ORTHOGONAL DECOMPOSITION AND ITS APPLICATION Graz, Austria, May 25-27 This workshop on POD is organized within the 'Special Research Center on Optimization and Control' established at the universities of Graz. Contributions from diverse areas, especially from fluid dynamics and optimal control are accomodated. The workshop will take place at a Conference Center in Graz, Austria. For more informations please visit http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/imawww/volkwein/index_pod.html ------------------------------ From: Lynette Mitchell Subject: 11. Complex Systems, Dunedin (NZ), 19-22nov00 Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:05:00 +1300 COMPLEX SYSTEMS 2000 The Fifth International Conference on Complex Systems Conference Announcement and Call for Papers Date: 19-22 November 2000, 3-4 days Place: Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand Theme: Applied Complexity - From Neural Nets to Agricultural Soils, and all that lies in between. For registration, paper submission and detailed information, please visit: http://www.crop.cri.nz/complex2000=20 Important deadlines: Paper submissions by 31 May 2000 Aim: Much of complexity work to date has dealt with abstract modeling, while people who most deal with real complex systems (ecology to economics) are virtually unaware of progress. The conference will bring together the abstract with the realistic and show advances in complex system theory and modeling which have been applied to real world situations or hope to be heading that way. Background: "Applied Complexity" is the fifth of a series of conferences on Complex Systems in Australasia and the first in New Zealand. The first conference (From Biology to Computation) was held at the Australian National University, Canberra, in 1992. Subsequent conferences were held at the University of Central Queensland, Rockhampton, 1994 (Mechanisms of Adaptation); at Charles Sturt University, Albury, 1996 (From Local Interactions to Global Phenomena); and at University of New South Wales, Sydney, 1998 (Complexity Between the Ecos - From Ecology to Economics). "Applied Complexity" expands the international tradition of these conferences and expects a wide participation from around the world. Audience, disciplinary interests: Complex systems cross boundaries between disciplines, thus we expect to elicit interest in disciplines ranging across mathematics, computing, physics, chemistry, climatology, biology, psychology, neural sciences, information sciences, social sciences, anthropology, ethnobiology, economics, modeling, conservation, and management to cite only a few at a broad level. However, to maintain a clear focus, paper presented must deal explicitly with issues within those fields that suggest the extraction of broad rules which may be applicable across complex systems of a different nature. This conference is for you if: You work in real-life complex systems (e.g. agriculture, economy, psychology, conservation, social studies, history) and wonder whether there could be more holistic approaches to scientifically comprehend them. You have heard of chaos theory, complexity, catastrophe theory, artificial life, artificial intelligence, self-organization, etc. and believe they are applicable to your problem but don't know the right people to establish a working relationshiYou work with computer simulations of complex systems (e.g. genetic algorithms, information science, fitness landscapes, ecological and agricultural modeling, etc.) but wonder how this will ever be connected to real-life complex systems Complex Systems 2000 brings these strands together in a meeting which encourages the initiation of important collaborative research, as well as updating the most research advances in the field. We look forward to seeing you in Dunedin! Lynette Mitchell Crop & Food Research Ph: 64 3 489 0673 Fax: 64 3 489 0674 ------------------------------ From: Marcin Paprzycki Subject: 12. Distributed Systems, Ekaterinburg (RU), 30may-2jun00 Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:34:46 -0600 (CST) SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS An International Conference on DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS: OPTIMIZATION AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS Ekaterinburg, Russia 30 May - 2 June, 2000 ORGANIZED BY: Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics (Ekaterinburg) Ural State Technical University (Ekaterinburg) Steklov Mathematical Institute (Moscow) SPONSORED BY: IFIP, IIASA, Finance Group "Severnaya Kazna" CO-SPONSORED BY: WSES SCOPE: - Dynamics and control of systems with distributed parameters. - Theory and methods of mathematical programming. - Inverse problems for distributed and high-dimensional systems. - Distributed systems in economic and financial areas. - Distributed systems in geophysics and environment. - Parallel computations and optimization. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE: G.I.Marchuk, Russia (Chair) J. Korbickz, Poland I. Lasiecka, USA (Co-Chair) A.B. Kurzhanskii, Russia H. Akca, Turkey N. Mastorakis, Greece V. Barbu, Romania B. Mordukhovich, USA F.L. Chernousko, Russia L. Pandolfi, Italy I.I. Eremin, Russia M. Paprzycki, USA Yu.M. Ermoliev, Ukraine S. Saitoh, Japan K.-H. Hoffmann, Germany F. Troltzsch, Germany F. Kappel, Austria V.V. Vasin, Russia NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: I.I. Eremin (Chair) V.I. Maksimov (Co-Chair) V.N. Frolov O.I. Nikonov N.L. Grigorenko M.S. Nikolskii G.F. Kornilova V.D. Skarin A.V. Kryazhimskii (Co-Chair) B.V. Digas (Secretariat) MORE DETAILED INFORMATION: DSO'2000 Organizing Committee Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences S.Kovalevskoi Str., 16 620219 Ekaterinburg Russia Phone: +7 3432 493229 E-mail: digas@imm.uran.ru Fax: +7 3432 742581 http://orca.st.usm.edu/marcin/mp/cfp/DSOEEA/cfp.html ------------------------------ From: Fred Hickernell Subject: 13. Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods, Hong Kong, 27nov-1dec00 Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 09:33:29 +0800 FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MONTE CARLO AND QUASI-MONTE CARLO METHODS IN SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING Hong Kong Baptist University November 27 - December 1, 2000 PURPOSE AND THEMES Monte Carlo methods and their deterministic variant, quasi-Monte Carlo methods, are used to solve a variety of complex problems. Research in Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo methods spans across many disciplines and focuses on a number of topics, including, but not limited to, the following: generation of random numbers low discrepancy sequences space-filling experimental designs integration integral equations approximation simulation optimization variance reduction computational complexity implementation in parallel architectures Markov chain Monte Carlo statistical inference financial risk management valuation of financial derivatives statistical physics particle transport design of computer experiments image rendering This conference provides a joint forum for specialists in the theory and application of Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo methods to present their results and exchange views. MCQMC 2000 is the fourth in a series of international meetings. The previous conferences were held in Las Vegas (1994), Salzburg (1996), and Claremont, California (1998). PLENARY SPEAKERS S=F8ren Asmussen, Lund University Marco Avellaneda, New York University Kai-Tai Fang, Hong Kong Baptist University Peter W. Glynn, Stanford University Christian L=E9cot, Universit=E9 de Savoie Xiao-Li Meng, University of Chicago Harald Niederreiter, Austrian Academy of Sciences Erich Novak, University Erlangen-N=FCrnberg Ian H. Sloan, University of New South Wales Shu Tezuka, IBM Tokyo Jian-Sheng Wang, National University of Singapore IMPORTANT DEADLINES Submission of proposals for special sessions April 30, 2000 Submission of abstracts for contributed presentations August 31, 2000 Early registration September 30, 2000 Submission of manuscripts for proceedings March 31, 2001 CONTACT INFORMATION For more information, please see our web page or mail, fax or email the organizers: MCQMC 2000 c/o Statistics Research and Consultancy Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China. Tel: (852) 2339-7015 Fax: (852) 2336-1505 Email: mcqmc2000@www.mcqmc.org URL: http://www.mcqmc.org/MCQMC2000.html ------------------------------ From: Carol Weintraub Subject: 14. Multiscale Comp. Methods in Chemistry, Eilat (IL), 5-11apr00 Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 09:57:02 +0200 (IST) Eilat Workshops on MULTISCALE COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN CHEMISTRY April 5-11, 2000 * Interdisciplinary forum of computational mathematicians, physicists and chemists, to study basic computational obstacles in chemistry and advanced multiscale approaches for treating them. * Review lectures for non-specialists and extended tutorials. * Two adjacent workshops and social activity in between: (1) Expert Workshop on Multiscale Computation in Chemistry and Biology: April 5-7 (possibly sponsored by NATO). (2) Excursion in the Eilat area: April 8. (3) Research Workshop of the Israeli Science Foundation on Multiscale Computational Methods in Chemistry: April 9-11. * Scientific background, general information, current participant list and registration forms, see: http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~achi/conf00/index.html Scientific Committee: - Jerry Bernholc, No. Carolina State University, USA - Kurt Binder, Univ. Mainz, Germany - Achi Brandt, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel - David Ceperley, Univ. of Illinois, USA - Tamar Schlick, New York University, USA - Klaus Schulten, Univ. of Illinois, USA - Moshe Shapiro, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel ------------------------------ From: Karsten Decker Subject: 15. SPEEDUP Workshop, Cadro-Lugano (CH), 16-17mar00 Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 18:49:31 +0100 SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT 27th SPEEDUP Workshop Scientific Data Management and Understanding in Computational Science Hotel Cadro Panoramica Cadro-Lugano Switzerland March 16 - 17, 2000 Summary Integrated solutions to computational science problems often require not only large processing power, but in general also efficient methods and techniques to store, manage, retrieve, analyze and discover the knowledge contained in the often huge amounts of data generated in experiments and computer-based modeling and simulation processes. This workshop will demonstrate established approaches with examples of scientific and industrial relevance, but also raise the question whether these approaches will be sufficient in the future to cope with the quickly growing complexity of data. Will there be completely new methods emerging? What can we learn from the experiences gained with very large data-bases in business computing? The 27th SPEEDUP Workshop is intended to bring together members of academic institutions, private enterprises and government who are interested to obtain an overview of the state-of-the-art in scientific data processing and to learn about new methods in management of, and knowledge discovery in, very large amounts of scientific data generated in computational science modeling and simulation processes. Topics Topics will include, but will not be limited to the discussion of trends in Data management and repository organization Data retrieval techniques Statistical data analysis Scientific visualization Agent technologies for intelligent post-processing Data warehouses Data mining Confirmed speakers The list of confirmed speakers includes Ron Appel, Swiss Institute for Bioinformatics, Switzerland Peter Baumann, Active Knowledge GmbH Munich, Germany Rita Casadio, Biocomputing Group - CIRB, University of Bologna, Italy Mihai Datcu, German Aerospace Center DLR, Germany Mikael Jern, Linkoping University, Sweden Victor Jongeneel, Swiss Institute for Bioinformatics, Switzerland Epaminondas Kapetanios, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Ulrich Lang, RUS, University of Stuttgart, Germany John Maddocks, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland Silvio Merazzi, SMR SA, Switzerland General information and registration The latest information on the program can be found at URL http://www.speedup.ch/Workshops/Workshop27Ann.html On-line registration is available at URL http://pobox.cscs.ch:8080/Workshops/Workshop27Reg.html Since the number of participants is limited, we urge you to register promptly to ensure that a space is reserved in your name. In any case, please register until March 10, 2000 at the latest. Further information on the SPEEDUP Society can be obtained from URL http://www.speedup.ch/ Program committee Franco Accordino Karsten M. Decker Jean M. Favre Swiss Center for Scientific Computing (CSCS) CH-6928 Manno Tel: +41 (91) 610 8267 Fax: +41 (91) 610 8209 Email: speedup@cscs.ch ------------------------------ From: "G.W.Roberts" Subject: 16. Inverse Problems, Mid Wales (US), 10-12apr00 Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 SYMPOSIUM ON INVERSE PROBLEMS AND EMERGING TECHNIQUES IN MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION LAKE VYRNWY HOTEL, MID WALES, UK 10-12 APRIL 2000 The above symposium is being organized by the University of Wales Institute for Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics. The meeting will begin with lunch on Monday 10th April and finish at lunchtime on Wednesday 12th April. The purpose of the meeting is twofold. To discuss inverse problems in rheology and materials characterization, and also to provide a forum for the discussion of new techniques from areas outside rheology which are either already beginning to make an impact on materials characterization or have the potential to do so. To provide a workshop ambience, the meeting will be restricted to about 40 participants. A sample of the topics relevant to the meeting is: The determination of linear viscoelastic functions. The determination of molecular weight distributions. Capillary viscometry. The inverse viscous heating problem in viscometry. Acoustic and optical back-scattering. NMR spectroscopy. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Dielectric spectroscopy Atomic force spectroscopy The following have agreed to speak : R.S.Anderssen (Canberra); W R Bowen (Swansea); R.Challis (Nottingham); I Emri (Ljubljana); Chr Friedrich (Freiburg); J Honerkamp (Freiburg); J Mewis (Leuven); M J W Povey (Leeds); R A Williams (Leeds); H H Winter (Amherst). The Lake Vyrnwy Hotel is located in one of the most spectacular regions of Wales. It is well known for its levels of comfort and excellent cuisine. The nearest airport is Manchester (England) which is a little over an hour's drive away.The registration fee, which includes the cost of accommodation and all meals, is £340, and is due by 14 February 2000. The cost for an accompanying person sharing a room with a delegate is £100. If you wish to participate in the symposium, as a speaker or otherwise, please contact: Dr Gareth W Roberts School of Mathematics University of Wales, Bangor LL57 1UT, UK. Tel: +44 1248 382480 Fax:+44 1248 383663 Email: G.W.Roberts@bangor.ac.uk ------------------------------ From: james beck Subject: 17. Inverse Problems in Engineering, Arlington (US), 5-6jun00 Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 Tenth Inverse Problems in Engineering Seminar Monday, June 5 - Tuesday, June 6, 2000 The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas About the Seminar The Tenth Inverse Problems in Engineering Seminar is the continuation of the informal seminars which were initiated at Michigan State University in 1987. This seminar will be sponsored by the School of Engineering and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington. Call for Papers Papers are solicited from all areas involving inverse methods and their applications. Four broad categories are being used to organize sessions. These categories and possible sub-topics are: 1. Mathematical Aspects of Inverse Problems - inverse theory and methods, uniqueness and stability considerations, Volterra and other integral equations 2. Inverse Problems in Heat Transfer - inverse heat conduction, inverse Stefan problem, thermal property estimation 3. Inverse Problems in Mechanics - applications in dynamics, petroleum engineering, shape optimization, contact problems, control of fluid flow 4. Other Inverse Problems - bio-engineering inverse problems, inverse scattering and tomography, etc. Presentations will be informal twenty minute talks. In addition, there will be forty minute invited talks by: · Professor James V. Beck, Professor emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University · Professor George Dulikravich, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington · Professor A. T. Watson, Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University · A guest speaker If the number of submissions warrants additional program time, a poster session will be included. How to Register or Submit a Paper The seminar fee is $65. This fee includes continental breakfast both days of the seminar, a Texas barbecue on Monday evening, and a copy of the proceedings. If you are interested in registering for this conference, please contact a co-chair listed below to receive registration material. If you would like to submit a paper, please submit a tentative title and an abstract by March 15, 2000. Send titles and abstracts or other inquiries to: Keith A Woodbury, Professor A. Haji-Sheikh, Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering The University of Alabama The University of Texas at Arlington Box 870276 Box 19023 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0276 Arlington, TX 76019-0023 Phone: (205) 348-1647 Phone (817) 272-2010 Fax: (205) 348-6419 Fax: (817) 272-2952 E-mail: woodbury@me.ua.edu E-mail: haji@mae.uta.edu ------------------------------ From: Christopher Freitas Subject: 18. Parallel Computing Methods, Orlando (US), 5-10nov00 Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 14:45:28 CST FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS - Forum on Parallel Computing Methods V The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is holding its 2000 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) on November 5-10, 2000 at Disney World, Orlando, Florida. As part of this Congress, the Fluids Engineering Division is organizing the Forum on Parallel Computing Methods V. This is the fifth annual forum on Parallel Computing held at IMECE and has been a very successful series of paper sessions. Again, papers are solicited on all aspects of parallel computing methodology, including new and innovative methods. Papers on parallel strategies for shared and distributed memory architectures, heterogeneous clusters of workstations (NOW), and Pile-of-PCs are sought. Of particular interest are papers discussing applications of parallel algorithms and the effective use of parallel computing methods in industrial applications. Information on this Forum and the IMECE may be found at http://www.asme.org/conf/congress00/ Paper abstracts are due to the organizers by March 3, 2000 and may be submitted digitally or by hardcopy format. Notification of abstract acceptance is by March 31, 2000, and the final paper is due to the organizers by June 16, 2000. Please submit your abstract to or for further information contact: Dr. Christopher J. Freitas Principal Engineer - Computational Mechanics Southwest Research Institute 6220 Culebra Road San Antonio, Tx 78238-5166 Voice: 210-522-2137, Fax: 210-522-6290 Email: cfreitas@swri.edu ------------------------------ From: conf2000@mpi-sb.mpg.de Subject: 19. Algorithms, Approx. & Algo. Engineering, Saarbruecken (GE), 5-8sep00 Date: Fri, 11 Feb 100 11:42:25 +0100 (CET) ESA 2000 APPROX 2000 WAE 2000 Max-Planck-Institut fuer Informatik Saarbruecken, 5-9 until 8-9 The above three conferences in the areas of Algorithms, Approximation and Algorithms Engineering are jointly organized in Saarbruecken, Germany. The deadlines for submission of papers are as follows: ESA 2000: March 26 APPROX 2000: April 3 WAE 2000: May 5 For more details have a look at the web site of the conferences at http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/~conf2000 ------------------------------ From: kj@informatik.uni-kiel.de Subject: 20. Approximation and Randomization Algorithms, Genf (CH), 15jul00 Date: Fri, 11 Feb 100 11:42:25 +0100 (CET) Preliminary Call for Papers ARACNE 2000 International Workshop on Approximation and Randomization Algorithms in Communication Networks 15 July 2000 Geneva, Switzerland The Approximation and Randomization Algorithms in Communication Networks - ARACNE 2000 - will collocate with ICALP 2000 at the Computer Science Department of the University of Geneva, Switzerland on July 15, 2000. SCOPE The dramatic growth in number of powerful, easy-to-use, portable, and affordable computers, combined with globally accessible communication networks, has resulted in a large and growing user community which demands for sophisticated communication services. The realization of high-speed, high-performance, cost-effective, reliable and transparent networking requires new approaches, based on sophisticated algorithmic techniques. The workshop on Approximation and Randomization Algorithms in Communication Networks focuses on the exploitation of randomized and approximation techniques to obtain efficient solutions to these new issues arising in the area of communication networks. TOPICS Papers are solicited in all research areas related to approximation and randomized algorithms in communication networks, including, but not limited to: * Efficient access to optical bandwidth * Efficient collective information in optical trunk networks * Bandwidth routing on demand * Routing and collective communication in networks * Location management of mobile users * Frequency assignment in radio networks * Dynamic channel assignment * ATM network layout * Routing in satellite constellations * Scheduling with communication delays * Wavelength routing and allocation in optical networks * Time and resource constrained scheduling of call requests * Edge disjoint paths in communication networks * Scheduling in computer systems PUBLICATION Proceedings will be published by Carleton University Press in a single volume including all papers presented to satellite workshops of ICALP 2000. GUIDELINE FOR SUBMISSION Electronic submissions are solicited. A detailed description of the electronic submission process will be available at http://www.dia.unisa.it/~uv/ARACNE2000.html The postscript file must be received by 11:59pm of March 20, 2000 for your submission to be considered. Submissions should consists of an extended abstract describing original research in no more than 10 pages plus an optional appendix, with more details to be read/consulted at the discretion of the program committee. The submission should give the author's email address and fax number if available. Simultaneous submission to other conferences with published proceedings is not allowed except to ICALP2000 with the understanding that if the paper is accepted to ICALP2000 then the paper will have to be withdrawn from ARACNE 2000 immediately by sending an email message to uv@dia.unisa.it. It is expected that all accepted papers will be presented at the workshop. IMPORTANT DATES * Submissions: 20 March, 2000 * Notification: 24 April, 2000 * Camera ready: 4 May, 2000 * Workshop: July 15, 2000 ------------------------------ From: Stanislav Sedukhin Subject: 21. Parallel and Distributed Computing, Hong Kong, 22-24may00 Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 18:57:41 +0900 CALL FOR PAPERS The First International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT'2000) http://www2.comp.polyu.edu.hk/PDCAT2000/ May, 22-24, 2000, Hong Kong Grant Stanford Hotel Mody Road, Tsimshatsiu East Kowloon, Hong Kong Submission Deadline : January 30, 2000 (Extented) Workshop/Tutorial Due : January 1, 2000 Notification : February 20, 2000 Camera-ready : March 20, 2000 The First International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT'2000) is a major forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners throughout the world to present the latest research results, ideas, developments and applications in all areas of parallel and distributed computing. The main focus for PDCAT'2000 will be parallel and distributed computing, applications and technologies viewed from the three perspectives of networks and architectures, software systems, and algorithms and applications. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following: Networks and Architectures: - Interconnection networks, - Computer networks, - Parallel/distributed architectures, - Communication and telecommunication, - Heterogeneous and multimedia Systems, - Wireless networks and mobile computing, - ATM networks, - Mobile agents, - Optical networks, - Reliability and fault-tolerance, - Security. Software Systems: - Operating systems, - Programming languages, - Parallel programming paradigms, - Parallelizing compilers, - Distributed data and knowledge based systems, - Object Oriented Technology, - Modeling and simulation, - Performance evaluation and measurements, - Software agents, - Tools and environments for software development, - Visualization. Algorithms and Applications: - Intelligent and autonomous agents, - Parallel/distributed algorithms, - Resource allocation and management, - Load sharing and balancing, - Task mapping and job scheduling, - Network routing and communication algorithms, - GA/FL/NN and Soft Computing, - Image processing and computer graphics, - Database applications and data mining, - High-performance scientific computing, - Electronic commerce, - Biological/molecular computing. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Submissions should include an abstract, key words, fax number and e-mail address of the corresponding author, and must not exceed SIX pages, including tables and figures. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present the work. Submissions to PDCAT'2000 will be conducted electronically on the web. http://www2.comp.polyu.edu.hk/PDCAT2000/cfp_submit.html Authors unable to access Internet may send a soft copy of your papers to the general chair: Gilbert H. Young Department of Computing Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Hong Kong Email: csyoung@comp.polyu.edu.hk TUTORIALS/WORKSHOPS Workshops/special sessions and half-day tutorials are being planned for PDCAT'2000. Each workshop will focus on a particular topic, and consists of several presentations and open discussion. A one-page abstract of each workshop presentation will be published in the conference proceedings. The proposal for a workshop/special session should include the title, topics covered, proposed/invited speakers, and estimated length (hours) of the workshop. Each tutorial proposal should provide the title, topics, targeted audiences, and instructor's biography. Anyone wishing to organize a workshop/special session or tutorial should submit a proposal by January 1, 2000 to the general and program chairs: Gilbert H. Young,Department of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, KLN, Hong Kong (Email: csyoung@comp.polyu.edu.hk); Hong Shen, School of Computing and Information Technology, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia (Email: hong@cit.gu.edu.au). CONFERENCE CONTACT: Dr. Gilbert H. Young The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Address: Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong Email: csyoung@comp.polyu.edu.hk Tel: (852) 2766 7276 Fax: (852) 2774 0842 ------------------------------ From: Mario Ohlberger Subject: 22. Scientific and Mathematical Visualization, Bonn (GE), 20-24mar00 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 17:16:55 +0100 International Spring School on Scientific and Mathematical Visualization Bonn Roettgen, Germany March, 20-24.3.2000 http://www.iam.uni-bonn.de/springschool/ Supported by: Sonderforschungsbereich 256 "Nichtlineare Partielle Differentialgleichungen", Bonn GraduiertenKolleg "Nichtlineare Differentialgleichungen, Modellierung, Theorie, Numerik, Visualisierung", Freiburg Graduiertenkolleg "Wissensrepr"asentation", Leipzig Gesellschaft f"ur Informatik (GI) Organizers: M. Ohlberger,Institut f"ur Angewandte Mathematik, Universit"at Freiburg M. Rumpf, Institut f"ur Angewandte Mathematik, Universit"at Bonn D. Saupe, Institut f"ur Informatik, Universit"at Leipzig This spring school brings together internationally recognized experts from different fields in visualization for an event providing a stimulating atmosphere for teaching, learning and professional exchange of ideas in the area of scientific and mathematical visualization. The lecturers will be: M. Gross, ETH Z"urich D. Keim, Universit"at Halle H.-P. Pfister, Mitsubishi Research Lab, Cambridge D. Silver, Rutgers University The topics covered by the lecturers include: - Wavelets and Multiresolution Methods for Computer Graphics - Visual Data Exploration - Volume Graphics - Visualizing Time-Varying Phenomena The participants will gain an overview and a working knowledge of fundamental methodology in different field of visualization, ranging from flow visualization and feature extraction, hardware supported volume rendering, hierarchical paradigms and compression techniques, to concepts in information visualization. The lecturers have outstanding expertise in their fields and will present the state of the art in current research. The intended audience are students and professionals from universities, research institutes and industry who want to get a comprehensive view of visualization including recent results. Poster sessions and a small number contributed lectures by the participants will be held in addition to the main lectures. To keep this spring school personal the number of participants is limited to a maximum of 60. The spring school will take place at in the Landjugendakademie at Röttgen, a village close to Bonn. Arrival is proposed for Sunday the 19th of March starting at 6pm and the springschool will end on Friday the 24th of March after lunch at 1pm. The conference fee is DM 500,-, to be paid at the spring school location. It includes a set of printed course notes, accomodation (on the base 1-4 bed rooms), meals and coffee breaks. The participants cover their own traveling expenses. The organizers have booked a limited set of rooms at the conference center, which are kept open for conference reservation until February, 4th, 2000. Registration is possible at the WWW-site: http://www.iam.uni-bonn.de/springschool Please use this web based registration. ------------------------------ From: Kinetic TMR-Network (Koordinator A.Arnold) Subject: 23. New Applications of Kinetic Theory, Gothenburg (SE), 18-21jun00 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 19:53:51 +0100 (MET) New Applications of Kinetic Theory Gothenburg 18 - 21 June 2000 First announcement Granular media and biological modelling are two new interesting applications of kinetic theory. This meeting will bring together specialists in these fields with mathematicians specialised in kinetic theory. The meeting will take place at Mathematics Centre Chalmers University of Technology Gothenburg, Sweden. One day of the meeting will be devoted to granular media, and one to biological applications. The remaining time is open for the more traditional topics of the TMR-network "Asymptotic Methods in Kinetic Theory". Scientific Committee: A. Arnold, C. Bardos, N. Ben Abdallah, A. Majorana, H. Neunzert, M. Pulvirenti, J. Soler, B. Wennberg Organising Committee: The Kinetic Theory Group, Gothenburg. Conference Secretary: M. Börgesson. Participation: The meeting will be divided in plenary lectures from invited speakers, and contributed talks.Discussion is in progress with several experts in each of the meeting topics. Invited speakers (confirmed as of Dec 1999): Isaac Goldhirsch Bob Eisenberg Karl Sigmund Plenary talks from the TMR-network: Each network team is invited to suggest speakers. Contributed talks: Deadline for proposals of contributed talks is 31 March 2000. We encourage in particular young researchers to send their abstracts. Registration: You register most easily by email tmr-workshop@math.chalmers.se or by sending a fax to TMR Workshop, M. Börgesson: (int)46-31 16 19 73 At the end of this message, you will find a registration form that you can use either for the fax message, or for the email message. Registration fee: The conference fee is SEK 860 (approx. EUR 100) for persons that make their registration no later than 31 March. For late registrations, the fee is SEK 1000 (approx. EUR 120). The fee is to be payed at arrival and should be payed in cash; no credit cards or checks are accepted. N.B. If your university has a VAT-registration number, please remember to bring it along. Travel and hotel reservations: A number of hotel rooms of different categories have been reserved. Each participant must contact the hotel to make a personal reservation. The prices are reduced for conference participants. Göteborgs Vandrarhem: a hostel with "hotel standard" Price: SEK 350 per room (one or two persons) Web page with contact information: http://www.goteborgsvandrarhem-eng.gs2.com/ Hotell Ljungbacken: only 200 meters from the Mathematics Centre Price: SEK 628 (double room) Web page with contact information: http://www.hotelljungbacken.se/ Mornington Hotel: Price: SEK 796 (single room) or SEK 1296 (double room) Web page with contact information: http://www.mornington.se/goteborg/engelsk/4eframe.htm For information, please contact: M. Börgesson (mb@math.chalmers.se) or B. Wennberg (wennberg@math.chalmers.se) An updated version of this page can be found at: http://www.md.chalmers.se/Math/Research/Kinetics/TMR2000.html ------------------------------ From: "Ursula van Rienen" Subject: 24. SC in Electrical Engineering, Warnemuende (GE), 20-23aug00 Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 11:11:04 MEST Third International Workshop SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SCEE-2000 August 20-23, 2000 Warnemünde, Germany FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS The third International Workshop "Scientific Computing in Electrical Engineering" SCEE-2000 with the main subjects Computational Electrodynamics and Circuit Design will be held August 20-23, 2000 in Warnemünde, Germany. The aim of this workshop is to bring together scientists from universities and industry with the goal of intensive discussions about modelling and numerical simulation of electronic circuits and electromagnetic fields. The workshop is mainly directed at mathematicians and electrical engineers. Developers of algorithms and programs shall come to know recent advances on the other fields as well as open problems coming from industry; industry shall come to know new program tools and mathematical methods. This meeting continues a small series of earlier workshops, held in Darmstadt (1997) and Berlin (1998), Germany, under the auspices of the DMV. GSCI members are especially invited to participate in the Workshop. Program Committee: Dr. Michael Günther, Universität Karlsruhe (TU), Germany Prof. Dr. Ulrich Langer, Universität Linz, Austria Prof. Dr. Ursula van Rienen, Universität Rostock, Germany Dr. E. Jan W. ter Maten, Prof. Dr. Wil H. A. Schilders Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Dr. Uwe Feldmann, Infineon Technologies, Germany Advisory Committee: Prof. Dr. Marcello Anile, Universita di Catania, Italy Dr. Andreas Blaszczyk, ABB, Heidelberg, Germany Dr. Alain Bossavit, EDF, France Prof. Dr. Peter Deuflhard, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik (ZIB) Berlin, Germany Prof. Dr. Hartmut Ewald, Fachhochschule Wismar, Germany Prof. Dr. Albert Gilg, Siemens, Germany Prof. Dr. Kay Hameyer, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Prof. Dr. Volkert Hansen, Universität Wuppertal, Germany Dr. Georg Hebermehl, Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Berlin, Germany Prof. Dr. Lauri Kettunen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Prof. Dr. Roswitha März, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Germany Prof. Dr. Irina Munteanu, Politehnica University of Bukarest, Romania Prof. Dr. Peter Rentrop, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany Dr. Peter Thoma, CST GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany Prof. Dr. Dirk Timmermann, Universität Rostock, Germany Prof. Dr. Thomas Weiland, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Local Organising Committee: Prof. Dr. Ursula van Rienen, (Chairman) Dr. Hans-Walter Glock, Dr. Dirk Hecht, Universität Rostock, Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik Institut für Allgemeine Elektrotechnik D-18051 Rostock Germany Important Dates Deadline for the receipt of abstracts: 20.04.2000 Deadline for early registration (reduced fee): 15.06.2000 Contacts and further information For all items concerning the conference please contact: scee-2000@etechnik.uni-rostock.de For up-to-date information about the conference see: http://www.SCEE-2000.uni-rostock.de ------------------------------ From: "Endre Suli" Subject: 25. Search of Venue for the FoCM 2002 Conference Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 22:29:03 -0000 Search of venue for the FoCM 2002 Conference Following the very successful second international conference on the Foundations of Computational Mathematics (FoCM) at Oxford University in July 1999 which attracted 320 participants and a high-powered cast of foremost world authorities from all branches of mathematics, the Executive Committee of FoCM is now investigating possible venues and calling for proposals for the next FoCM conference in Summer 2002. Although the Committee is open-minded as to the geographic location, there is a definite body of opinion to the effect that this is North America's turn (after Brazil and the UK). If you contemplate the idea of organising the next FoCM conference, please drop an e-mail to Endre.Suli@comlab.ox.ac.uk as soon as possible to explore this further. Formal applications (up to 2 pages long) should be sent to him by 31 March, 2000, including details about lecture room facilities, quality and cost of local accommodation and subsistence, convenience of travel to the region, and potential sources of funding. The FoCM Executive Committee expects to announce the venue and the likely time of the next FoCM conference in April 2000. The aim of FoCM as an organisation is to explore and foster the interactions and establish a common agenda between computational mathematics, pure mathematics and computer science through conferences, workshops and series of publications which include the new Springer-Verlag journal ``Foundations of Computational Mathematics'', edited by Mike Shub, and the new Cambridge University Press monograph series ``Library of Computational Mathematics'' published under the FoCM imprint. Further details are available from the official FoCM website: http://www.focm.net/ ------------------------------ From: Christian Rohde Subject: 26. Comp. Methods for Real Gas Flow, Kirchzarten (GE), April 18-20 Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 15:09:47 +0100 COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR REAL GAS FLOW April 18-20, 2000, Kirchzarten (Schwarzwald) Organization: D. Kroener and C. Rohde (Freiburg) Main Speakers: Josef Ballmann (RWTH Aachen) Frederic Coquel (Universite Paris VI) Thierry Gallouet (Universite de Provence) Duncan R. van der Heul (TU Delft) The main speakers will deliver two 45-minutes lectures each. Supported by: DFG-Schwerpunkt "Analysis und Numerik fuer Erhaltungsgleichungen" DFG-Graduiertenkolleg "Nichtlineare Differentialgleichungen" Call for contributions: The program of the workshop will include the main lectures and 30-minutes contributed lectures. Participants are invited to present their research results in the contributed sessions. For more detailed information on the program and the accomodation consult: http://www.mathematik.uni-freiburg.de/IAM/News/workshops/RG/rg.html ------------------------------ From: NumDiff Conference Halle Subject: 27. Numerical Sol. of Diff. (-Algebr.) Equations, Halle (GE), 4-8sep00 Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 09:24:02 +0100 (MET) The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Martin-Luther- University Halle-Wittenberg and CWI, the Center for Mathematics and Computer Science in Amsterdam, organize the 9th Seminar ``NUMDIFF'' on Numerical Solution of Differential and Differential-Algebraic Equations Organizers: K. Strehmel, R. Weiner (Halle), P.J. van der Houwen, B.P. Sommeijer, J.G. Verwer (Amsterdam) Date: 4. - 8. September 2000 Location: University of Halle (Germany) Topics: The conference is devoted to all numerical aspects of time dependent differential equations and differential algebraic equations. Further information and registration: Please visit the conference web pages at http://www.mathematik.uni-halle.de/~numdiff which provide further information (plenary lectures, minisymposia including list of speakers, accommodation). There you can also find forms for conference registration (fee DM 200, students free of charge) and abstract submission. Important deadlines are: * May 31, 2000 - receipt of registration if you would like to contribute a talk * June 30, 2000 - receipt of abstracts * July 31, 2000 - receipt of registration We look forward to seeing you in Halle. Best regards, K. Strehmel and R. Weiner. -- Address: NUMDIFF, FB Mathematik und Informatik, Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg, Postfach, 06099 Halle (Saale), Germany. Email : numdiff@mathematik.uni-halle.de WWW : http://www.mathematik.uni-halle.de/~numdiff ------------------------------ Subject: 28. PostDoc (Schwerpunktprogramm Transition), TU Berlin (GE) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job1.html ------------------------------ Subject: 29. Computer & Operations Research, Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job2.html ------------------------------ Subject: 30. Postdoc (fluid interface modeling group), Univ Pierre & Marie Curie URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job3.html ------------------------------ Subject: 31. Postdoctoral Position (frontier technology code) at NERSC/LBNL (US) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job4.html ------------------------------ Subject: 32. Chair (Department of Math) at Univ North Carolina at Charlotte (US) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job5.html ------------------------------ Subject: 33. Faculty Positions (Computer Science), University of Utah (US) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job6.html ------------------------------ Subject: 34. Student Position (parallel computing), University of Neuchatel (CH) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job7.html ------------------------------ Subject: 35. Faculty Position (Applied Math, Numerics), Univ Muenster (GE) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job8.html ------------------------------ Subject: 36. Postdoc Pos (Math & Comp Science), Arizona State Univ (US) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job9.html ------------------------------ Subject: 37. PhD position (Mechanical Engineer), TU Braunschweig (GE) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job10.html ------------------------------ Subject: 38. PhD Pos (Modelling of Drug User Populations), Univ South Australia URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job11.html ------------------------------ Subject: 39. Research Positions at the MINGLE Project in Europe URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job12.html ------------------------------ Subject: 40. Student Position (appl. math), Univ. Bremen (GE) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job13.html ------------------------------ Subject: 41. Postdoc Position (Computational Finance Group), Univ Waterloo (CA) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job14.html ------------------------------ Subject: 42. Postdoctoral Position (geometric modeling), Univ. of Utah (US) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job15.html ------------------------------ Subject: 43. Ph.D. & PostDoc positions in Berlin (GE) and Zurich (CH) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job16.html ------------------------------ Subject: 44. Research / Post-doc Position (Optimization) at ZIB (Berlin/GE) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job17.html ------------------------------ Subject: 45. Research Position (Large Scale Inverse Problems), Univ. Linz (AT) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job18.html ------------------------------ Subject: 46. Postdoc Pos (adaptive optics, adavanced comp), Univ. Chicago (US) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job19.html ------------------------------ Subject: 47. Faculty Position (Comp. Science) at College of William & Mary URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job20.html ------------------------------ Subject: 48. Postdoc Position (optimal hybrid control), Univ. Trondheim (NO) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job21.html ------------------------------ Subject: 49. Postdoc Position (large scale matrix problems), TU Wien (AT) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job22.html ------------------------------ Subject: 50. Faculty position (OS Laboratory), University of Aizu, Japan URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job23.html ------------------------------ Subject: 51. Assistant Professor (math) at Arizona State University URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job24.html ------------------------------ From: Erwin Keeve x Subject: 52. PhD & PostDoc Positiones (Computer Aided Surgery), at CAESAR Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 18:30:48 +0100 URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job25.html Postdoctoral Fellowships and Scholarships for Graduate Students in Computer Aided Surgery c a e s a r - center of advanced european studies and research caesar is a new international, multidisciplinary research center located in the former German capital Bonn and is equipped with an endowment of about 375 million euro. The private, non-profit research institute carries out cutting-edge technologies at the interface of information sciences and physics, chemistry, biology and medicine. The Surgical Simulation and Navigation Group at caesar has several openings for postdoctoral fellows and graduate students with a profound background in image analysis and synthesis, computer vision, geometric modeling, computer graphics or visualization. The main research focus of the group is on image-guided interventions with a strong emphasis on deformable modeling of anatomical structures. Applicants will be appointed on the German BAT IIa/Ib scales with a four year contract and should have an excellent first degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or Physics and preferably should have a relevant Ph.D. and/or experience in medical imaging and visualization with a good publication record. The open posts will be filled a.s.a.p. For further information please contact Dr. Erwin Keeve, +49-228-9656-245, keeve@caesar.de. Applicants should send their CV and the names and contact details of 2 referees to Dr. Keeve, Surgical Simulation and Navigation Group, caesar, Friedensplatz 16, 53111 Bonn, Germany. Electronic applications are welcome. Erwin Keeve, Ph.D. Head: Surgical Simulation and Navigation caesar - center of advanced european studies and research Fon: +49-228-9656-245 Fax: +49-228-9656-111 Email: keeve@caesar.de ------------------------------ Subject: 53. Res. Pos. (algebraic multilevel preconditioner), RWTH Aachen (GE) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job26.html ------------------------------ Subject: 54. Wiss. Mitarbeiter (Elektromagnetischer Felder), TU Darmstadt (GE) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job27.html ------------------------------ Subject: 55. C4-Professur (multivariate Approx.-Theorie), Univ. Dortmund (GE) URL: http://www.scicomp.uni-erlangen.de/~scicomp/gsci/letter/v00n02/Job28.html ------------------------------ From: link-alert@em08.em.springer.de Subject: 56. Computing and Visualization in Science Vol. 2 Issue 2/3 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 17:54:04 +0100 (MET) Computing and Visualization in Science Volume 2 Issue 2/3 http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00791/tocs/t9002002.htm or http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/journals/00791/tocs/t9002002.htm Editorial Comput Visual Sci 2 (1999) 2/3, 61-61 D.R. van der Heul, C. Vuik, P. Wesseling: A staggered scheme for hyperbolic conservation laws applied to unsteady sheet cavitation Comput Visual Sci 2 (1999) 2/3, 63-68 C. Moulinec, P. Wesseling: Discretization of the Navier-Stokes equations on non-smooth grids using auxiliary points Comput Visual Sci 2 (1999) 2/3, 69-73 Luca Formaggia, Fabio Nobile, Alfio Quarteroni, Alessandro Veneziani: Multiscale modelling of the circulatory system: a preliminary analysis Comput Visual Sci 2 (1999) 2/3, 75-83 L. Fontana, E. Miglio, A. Quarteroni, F. Saleri: A finite element method for 3D hydrostatic water flows Comput Visual Sci 2 (1999) 2/3, 85-93 Cristian Coclici, Gheorghe Morosanu, Wolfgang L. Wendland: On the viscous-viscous and the viscous-inviscid interactions in Computational Fluid Dynamics Comput Visual Sci 2 (1999) 2/3, 95-105 R. Becker, M. Braack, R. Rannacher, C. Waguet: Fast and reliable solution of the Navier-Stokes equations including chemistry Comput Visual Sci 2 (1999) 2/3, 107-122 Marilena Giangi, Fulvio Stella, Tomasz A. Kowalewski: Phase change problems with free convection: fixed grid numerical simulation Comput Visual Sci 2 (1999) 2/3, 123-130 J.-L. Guermond: Subgrid stabilization of Galerkin approximations of linear contraction semi-groups of class C0 Comput Visual Sci 2 (1999) 2/3, 131-138 Stefano Micheletti, Riccardo Sacco: Stabilized mixed finite elements for fluid models in semiconductors Comput Visual Sci 2 (1999) 2/3, 139-147 C.-H. Lai, C.S. Ierotheou, C.J. Palansuriya, K.A. Pericleous, M.S. Espedal, X.-C. Tai: Accuracy of a domain decomposition method for the recovering of discontinuous heat sources in metal sheet cutting Comput Visual Sci 2 (1999) 2/3, 149-152 Hilde Reme, Geir Age Oye: Use of local grid refinement and a Galerkin technique to study secondary migration in fractured and faulted regions Comput Visual Sci 2 (1999) 2/3, 153-162 ------------------------------ From: Oleg Burdakov Subject: 57. Optimization Methods and Software Vol. 13, No. 1 Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 18:33:00 +0100 (MET) Table of Contents Optimization Methods and Software (OMS) Volume 13, Number 1 (February, 2000) P.S. Bradley and O.L. Mangasarian Massive data discrimination via linear support vector machines 1-10 N. Krejic and J.M. Martinez A globally convergent inexact-Newton method for solving reducible nonlinear systems of equations 11-34 I. Charpentier and M. Chemires Efficient adjoint derivatives: application to the atmospheric model MESO-NH 35-63 W. Klein and A. Walther Application of techniques of computational differentiation to a cooling system 65-78 Forthcoming papers and complete table of contents for the journal OMS: http://www.mai.liu.se/~olbur/OMS.contents Instructions for authors, subscription information, free sample copies: http://www.gbhap.com/Optimization_Methods_Software/ Latex style files: http://www.mai.liu.se/~olbur/STYLES/ ------------------------------ From: link-alert@em08.em.springer.de Subject: 58. Numerische Mathematik Vol. 84 Issue 3 Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 18:24:43 +0100 (MET) Numerische Mathematik Volume 84 Issue 3 http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00211/tocs/t0084003.htm or http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/journals/00211/tocs/t0084003.htm A. Bellen, S. Maset: Numerical solution of constant coefficient linear delay differential equations as abstract Cauchy problems Numer. Math. 84 (2000) 3, 351-374; DOI 10.1007/s002119900106 Jean-David Benamou, Yann Brenier: A computational fluid mechanics solution to the Monge-Kantorovich mass transfer problem Numer. Math. 84 (2000) 3, 375-393; DOI 10.1007/s002119900117 Carsten Carstensen, Tomas Roubicek: Numerical approximation of young measuresin non-convex variational problems Numer. Math. 84 (2000) 3, 395-415; DOI 10.1007/s002119900122 M. Costabel, J. Saranen: Spline collocation for convolutional parabolic boundary integral equations Numer. Math. 84 (2000) 3, 417-449; DOI 10.1007/s002119900121 Michael J. Johnson: An improved order of approximation for thin-plate spline interpolation in the unit disc Numer. Math. 84 (2000) 3, 451-474; DOI 10.1007/s002119900115 Ming-Jun Lai, Paul Wenston: On Schwarz's domain decomposition methods for elliptic boundary value problems Numer. Math. 84 (2000) 3, 475-495; DOI 10.1007/s002119900120 Rudolf Scherer, Thomas Schira: Estimating quadrature errors for analytic functions using kernel representations and biorthogonal systems Numer. Math. 84 (2000) 3, 497-518; DOI 10.1007/s002119900105 Jungong Xue, Weiguo Gao: Blockwise perturbation theory for block p-cyclic stochastic matrices Numer. Math. 84 (2000) 3, 519-526; DOI 10.1007/s002119900078 ------------------------------ From: Wolfram Research Subject: 59. New Graphica Books Show Beauty of Mathematics Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 10:51:47 -0600 Wolfram Media has recently published two books of visualizations from mathematics and the natural sciences. "Graphica 1: The Imaginary Made Real" presents four general types of imagery and includes hundreds of full-color polyhedra, knots, braids, and surfaces. "Graphica 2: The Pattern of Beauty" explores the ways to generate patterns using controlled randomness and features numerous examples. The images will appeal to mathematicians and other technical professionals, as well as those interested in art and design. Both books include step-by-step examples that show the computer programming techniques used to create and manipulate the images. The art has been featured in a variety of publications, and here's what a few reviewers had to say about the books: "Aristotle contended that 'the mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.' Physicist Michael Trott proves the philosopher's theory using Mathematica, Wolfram Research's lauded technical software. His dizzying images are collected in Graphica 1." --WIRED "Who says art and science don't mix? Two physicists--Michael Trott from Germany and Russian Igor Bakshee--have proven otherwise. They used Mathematica, a visualization and modeling tool used by engineers, mathematicians, and scientists, to create startling images that are at once amazingly complex and beautifully simple." --Applied Arts "...an exquisite balance between mathematical predetermination and personal aesthetics, computational force and natural grace." --IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications "...high-quality...the color and resolution are of eye-shattering brilliance." --SIAM News For sample images and more information about the books, visit http://www.graphica.com. Graphica 1: The Imaginary Made Real, by Michael Trott John Bonadies, Editor Hardcover US$24.95 ISBN 1-57955-009-6 Graphica 2: The Pattern of Beauty, by Igor Bakshee John Bonadies, Editor Hardcover US$24.95 ISBN 1-57955-010-X ------------------------------ End of GSCI Digest V00N02 **********************************************************************