krj@csri.toronto.edu (Ken Jackson) (06/12/88)
>> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 88 13:56:28 EDT >> From: ward@rcwsun.EPM.ORNL.GOV (Bob Ward) >> Subject: Summary of SIAG/LA Conference SIAG/LA Email Message --------------------- Summary Third SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra May 23-26, 1988 Madison, Wisconsin Facts and Figures: Attendance: 340 Invited papers: 7 Minisymposium papers: 55 Contributed papers: 164 As the above data indicates, the meeting was a great success from a numerical point of view. The technical aspects of the conference were just as impressive with many excellent talks and informal discussions throughout the four days. The number of papers presented is believed to be a record for SIAG/LA conferences. The Madison sky cooperated and produced great weather for walks, jogging, refreshing lunch breaks, etc. Thanks go to Richard Brualdi (Co-Chair), Hans Schneider (Co-Chair), David Carlson, John Lewis, Bob Plemmons, and Charles Van Loan for organizing the meeting. On Wednesday morning the annual meeting of the SIAG/LA was held. A summary of the topics discussed and information presented is given below. New Officers - New officers will be elected this fall with their three-year term beginning on January 1, 1989. The current officers form the Nomination Committee. Members wishing to suggest nominees should contact one of the current officers immediately. Future Program Activities - Sponsored activities in the near future include David Young's 65th birthday celebration in Austin, Texas (October 19-21, 1988), Sparse Matrix Symposium at the Salishan Lodge near Portland, Oregon (May 22-24, 1989), and Householder Symposium XI in Sweden (Summer, 1990). A conference on Markov and stochastic matrices has been tentatively planned for late 1989 or early 1990, and a conference on signals, systems, and control has been discussed for 1990. Three cities have been volunteered to host our next Applied Linear Algebra Conference in 1991: Minneapolis, Montreal, and San Diego. This will be one of the first decisions made by our new officers. Newsletter - Information appropriate for the SIAG Newsletter was solicited and issue dates announced. Please provide Richard Brualdi with items for the August issue of the newsletter by the end of this July. Email may be sent to him at na.brualdi@na-net.stanford.edu at any time. One of the major highlights of the conference came at the end of the SIAG/LA annual meeting. The first SIAG/LA Linear Algebra Prize was presented to Jim Demmel for his paper "On Condition Numbers and the Distance to the Nearest Ill-Posed Problem," Numer. Math 51 (1987) 251-289. After the ceremony, Demmel gave a stirring half-hour account of his work in the area of the prize paper. ------------------ Reposted by -- Kenneth R. Jackson, krj@csri.toronto.edu (csnet) Department of Computer Science, uunet!csri.toronto.edu!krj (uucp) University of Toronto, krj@csri.toronto.cdn (ean x.400) Toronto, Canada M5S 1A4 krj%csri.toronto.edu@relay.cs.net (arpa) (416) 978-7075 krj@csri.utoronto (bitnet)