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NA Digest Sunday, November 30, 1988 Volume 88 : Issue 46 Today's Editor: Cleve Moler Today's Topics: Short Corse in Hypersonics at Air Force Academy Army High Performance Computing Research Center Year on Numerical Analysis in Finland Graduate Study in Numerical Analysis at Maryland IMA Applied Linear Algebra Year at Minnesota Maximum Likelihood Programmer Wanted SIAG/LA Election Results ------------------------------------------------------- From: Jacques Periaux <mcvax!menusin.inria.fr!periaux@uunet.UU.NET> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 88 12:17:41 Subject: Short Corse in Hypersonics at Air Force Academy The University of Texas at Austin and the United States Air Force Academy and Groupe pour l'Avancement des Methodes Numeriques de l'Ingenieur - Societe de Mathematiques Appliquees et Industrielles present THE SECOND JOINT EUROPE/US SHORT COURSE IN HYPERSONICS 16-20 JANUARY 1989 at the U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO The First Joint Europe/U.S. Short Course in Hypersonics, which was held in Paris in December 1987 (cf March 1988 SIAM News, Hypersonics Experts Meet) brought together Chemists, Computer Scientists, Engineers, Experimentalists, Mathematicians, and Physicists to discuss hypersonics flows related to aerospace applications. (Published proceedings will be available). Building on this foundation, the second course will offer presentations by internationally known hypersonic experts over a wide range of subjects. Presentations on nonequilibrium thermochemistry, rarefied gas dynamics, hypersonic boundary layers (including transition), ground-based testing, computational fluid dynamics, and flight testing should interest post-graduate students, designers, and researchers. For More Information, contact : Dr J.J. BERTIN Center of Excellence for Hypersonics (University of texas, Austin) c/o HQ USAFA/DFAN USAF Academy Colorado Springs CO 80840 5701 Phone : (719) 472-4010 Dr J. PERIAUX GAMNI/SMAI Ecole Polytechnique Centre de Mathematiques Appliques 91128 Palaiseau Cedex France Phone : (33) 146 02 50 50 ext. 3789 ------------------------------ From: Arthur Wouk <wouk@BRL.MIL> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 88 10:56:12 EST Subject: Army High Performance Computing Research Center The following announcement is currently appearing the the Commerce Business Daily. Please take it seriously and call it to the attention of your institution. This is a very substantial procurement of research, associated supporting hardware, operations, training and maintenance, comparable in SOME, (but not all) ways to the NSF Supercomputing Centers. - - Arthur Wouk ARMY HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING RESEARCH CENTER The Army requires the establishment of an Army High Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC). This is a three part requirement consisting of research in High Performance Computing, the acquisition of equipment and software to perform that research, and user support in High Performance Computing. The research and analysis will address issues appropriate to near term High Performance Computing, including current Army supercomputer needs, as well as long term issues, and will provide a basis for advanced computing techniques within the Army. The research will involve both systems programming and applications programming with interdisciplinary research in the efficient utilization of current advanced performance computers, networks of current computers, and newly emerging architectures. The research will concentrate on the development of advanced algorithms and software technology, focusing on well chosen thrusts in mathematics, computer science and various associated fields, which contribute to the needs of multiple Army agencies, without duplicating the work of a specific Army research activity. Such focused areas will include: simulation of physical phenomena and the efficient accurate solution of the equations which govern their behavior, investigation of very large data bases and information retrieval, visualization and related interactive methods, data analysis, numerical analysis, implementation of algorithms and software in a multiplicity of computing environments, and optimal interfaces in emerging heterogeneous parallel computing environments. The period of performance for the research effort is five years. The contractor shall acquire advanced computing systems to support the required research. This requirement involves the acquisition of emerging alternative technology and related peripherals, for the most advanced state-of-the-art high performance computing technology. The systems will be installed at the contractor's facility. As a part of this requirement the contractor shall provide operation and user support consisting of operation and maintenance of these systems including supporting software and other equipment required to support a multi-user computing research environment, initial training, and communications interfaces and user support. User support will be provided to both local and remote users, including appropriate users from Government facilities. On-site user support services directly related to the Army's production supercomputers will be provided at two current and one planned Army supercomputer centers as well as up to three remote sites. The period of performance for the user support services is a basic requirement of one year with four options for additional one year periods of support. A Pre-Solicitation Conference is planned for 16 December 1988, 9:00 a.m., in the auditorium of the Department of the Army, Harry Diamond Laboratories, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20783. Prospective offerors who intend to attend the Pre-Solicitation Conference should so advise the Contact Point. This is a competitive procurement with competition limited to educational institutions or consortiums of educational institutions. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be accepted. Contact Point: Patty Cannan, (202) 394-1088, Contracting Officer, Patricia Silsby, (202) 394-3438 RFP DAAL02-89-R-9029 ------------------------------ From: Olavi Nevanlinna <MAT-ON%FINHUT.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 88 09:23:42 EET Subject: Year on Numerical Analysis in Finland THE YEAR ON NUMERICAL ANALYSIS IN FINLAND The Rolf Nevanlinna Institute will host a special Year on Numerical Analysis beginning in August of 1989. The focus will be on numerical aspects of differential and integral equations. Limited funds have been reserved to support visiting scientists for periods of up to two months. Coordinator: Olavi Nevanlinna (Academy of Finland) A number of important scientific convocations will take place in Finland during the year: organizers: Advances in Scientific Computing Gene Golub (Stanford U.) (With Emphasis on Linear Problems) Olavi Nevanlinna August 21-25, 1989 (Academy of Finland) Workshop on Numerical Methods Juhani Pitkaranta for Elliptic Systems (Helsinki U. of Technology) October 25-27, 1989 Jukka Saranen (U. of Oulu) The 1990 Conference on the Numerical Olavi Nevanlinna Solution of Ordinary Differential (Academy of Finland) Equations June 18-22, 1990 Numerical Methods for Free Boundary Pekka Neittaanmaki Problems (U. of Jyvaskyla) July 23-27, 1990 In addition, the Institute will host the regular meetings of the Nordic Section of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), August 28-29, 1989, and the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI), June 6-9, 1990. The Rolf Nevanlinna Institute is a national research institute with activities in both basic and service research in all fields of pure and applied mathematics. The institute is governed by a board selected jointly by all the mathematics departments of the various universities of Finland. The members of the board represent both industry and academia. For more information about any of the mentioned conferences or any other aspect of the Year on Numerical Analysis, please contact: Rolf Nevanlinna Institute Teollisuuskatu 23 00510 Helsinki Finland E-mail: RNI_MATH at FINUH.BITNET ------------------------------ From: Doug Arnold <dna@emmy.umd.edu> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 88 13:23:08 EST Subject: Graduate Study in Numerical Analysis at Maryland We in the numerical analysis group here at Maryland would appreciate your informing your students of the possibilities for graduate study in numerical analysis at the University of Maryland at College Park. Below you will find some information on our graduate program. Thanks - - Doug Arnold (dna@emmy.umd.edu or na.arnold@na-net.stanford.edu) GRADUATE STUDY IN NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PARK FACULTY AND FIELD REPRESENTED. Faculty involved with numerical analysis include D. Arnold, I. Babuska, H. Elman, R. Fontecilla, H. Glaz, R. B. Kellogg, T.-P. Liu, R. Nochetto, D. O'Leary, F. Olver, J. Osborn, G. W. Stewart, and M. Vogelius. Faculty in- terests include numerical solution of partial differential equa- tions, numerical linear algebra, parallel computation, numerical solution of nonlinear algebraic systems, optimization, computa- tional solid and fluid mechanics, statistical computation, in- verse problems, and free boundary problems. GRADUATE PROGRAM. Graduate study in numerical analysis leading to the M.A. or Ph.D. degree can be pursued in the Mathematics or the Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics Program. There are about 150 full-time graduate students enrolled in these programs, in- cluding about 50 women and 50 foreign students. Approximately 110 students are teaching assistants and 45 hold research assis- tantships or fellowships. In the last year 6 Ph.D. and 10 M.A. degrees were awarded. Graduate courses are regularly offered in virtually all areas of applied and pure mathematics and ap- plied mathematics students take many courses in other depart- ments. FINANCIAL AID. Financial support is available through teaching assistantships in the Mathematics Department, research assistant- ships, and fellowships. Stipends range from $8,175 and $9,175 per academic year and include tuition waiver. FACILITIES. Faculty and graduate student offices are mostly in the Mathematics Building. This building also houses the Engineer- ing and Science Library, with a collection of over 225,000 books and subscriptions to 2,600 scientific journals. The Math Depart- ment maintains a network of Sun Workstations and a variety of smaller computers with connections to the Internet. The campus Computer Science Center maintains numerous mainframes and mini- computers as well as satellite access to a CRAY X-MP/48 supercom- puter. RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT. The Mathematics Department maintains a dynamic research climate including weekly seminars in numerical analysis and ten other fields, and a departmental colloquium. More than ten faculty members pursue research in various areas of numerical analysis with the active collaboration of graduate stu- dents. Our visitor program brings many long and short term visi- tors in numerical analysis from around the world each year. LOCATION. The University is located in College Park, a suburban area twenty minutes from Washington, D.C. and half an hour from Baltimore. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND APPLICATION MATERIALS call (301) 454-4900 or write to the Associate Chairman for Graduate Studies, Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. Completed applications for admission and financial aid should be received by February 15 for U.S. citizens and January 15 for foreign students. ------------------------------ From: Richard Brualdi <brualdi@weaver.math.wisc.edu> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 88 13:12:05 cst Subject: IMA Applied Linear Algebra Year at Minnesota Applied Linear Algebra Year Institute for Mathematics and its Applications(IMA) University of Minnesota The Board of Governors of the IMA has approved a program on Applied Linear Algebra for the year 1991-1992. The program is under the organization of: Richard A. Brualdi, George Cybenko, Alan George, Gene Golub, and Paul van Dooren. The plans are to focus the program on three themes as indicated below: Fall quarter: DISCRETE MATRIX ANALYSIS, with emphasis on the mathematical analysis of sparse matrices and combinatorial structure; Winter quarter: MATRIX COMPUTATIONS, with special emphasis on iterative methods for solving systems of linear equations and computing the eigenvalues of sparse, possibly structured matrices; Spring quarter: SIGNAL PROCESSING, SYSTEMS AND CONTROL, with emphasis on the matrix analysis and computations that arise in this area of application. We expect there to be considerable fluidity between the various parts of the program, which is still evolving. The following workshops are being planned: Fall quarter: (1) Sparse Matrices, (2) Combinatorial and Qualitative Matrix Analysis Winter quarter: (1) Iterative Methods for Dense Problems, (2) Markov Chains, Networking, and Queuing. Spring quarter: (1) Signal Processing Applications of Linear Algebra, (2) Systems and Control Applications of Linear Algebra. In addition we expect that there will be opportunities for minisymposia on other special topics of interest in linear algebra and its applications. To a considerable extent the activity at any time during the year will be influenced by the interests of the people in residence then at the IMA. ( At non-workshop periods this has been averaging for past programs to be 30-35.) Specialized seminars on topics in both core and applied linear algebra will be held throughout the year. It is anticipated that twelve postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded for the year 1991-1992. In addition there will be a very limited amount of money available for senior people who will spend one or more quarters at the IMA with preference given to persons with sabbatical leaves, fellowships or other stipends. This does not include money available for expenses for those invited to be in residence for one month or less, in particular for workshop participants. The organizers believe that 1991-1992 will be an exciting time at the IMA for linear algebraists. We encourage people who have sabbaticals coming up to consider spending that sabbatical at the IMA in 1991-1992. ------------------------------ From: Gary King <gmk@wjh12.harvard.edu> Date: 16 Nov 88 18:59:43 GMT Subject: Maximum Likelihood Programmer Wanted Aptech systems (makers of Gauss) are looking to hire someone to rewrite their general maximum likelihood procedure. Interested? Do not send email; instead, contact: Sam Jones, President Aptech Systems Lake Union Place, Suite 301 1914 North 34th Street Seattle, WA. 98103 206-631-6679 or 206-547-1733 ------------------------------ From: Bob Ward <ward@rcwsun.EPM.ORNL.GOV> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 88 08:29:32 EST Subject: SIAG/LA Election Results The ballots of the recent SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra election have been tallied. The following have been elected to fill the positions shown: Chair David H. Carlson Vice Chair Michael T. Heath Secretary Pamela G. Coxson Program Director John G. Lewis Congratulations to the elected officers. The SIAG/LA is in very capable hands for the next three years. - - Bob Ward ------------------------------ End of NA Digest ************************** ------- Reposted by -- Kenneth R. 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