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NA Digest Monday, November 23, 1987 Volume 87 : Issue 80 This weeks Editor: Cleve Moler Today's Topics: Request for CERNLIB IMG-NET Position at New South Wales Applied Math at University of Colorado SIAM Linear Algebra Prize Positions at Courant and Argonne ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 17 Nov 87 21:52:19 GMT From: David Rabson <davidra@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu> Subject: Request for CERNLIB To: na@score.stanford.edu Does anyone out there have both CERNLIB and FTP? CERNLIB is a public-domain numerical package put out by the European Center for Nuclear Research (the big accelerator on the French-Swiss border) and an extremely low-cost (i.e., free) alternative to IMSL. Thanks, David Rabson Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics davidra@helios.tn.cornell.edu DAVIDRA@CRNLASSP.BITNET ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Nov 87 01:13:48 IST To: na@score.stanford.edu From: Danny Hershkowitz <MAR23AA%TECHNION.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu> Subject: IMG-NET INTERNATIONAL MATRIX GROUP ( IMG ) The International Linear Algebra Community E-mail Address: MAR23AA @ TECHNION (bitnet) 9 November 1987 IMG-NET Message No. 1 We are pleased to announce the establishment of IMG/TILAC - International Matrix Group / The International Linear Algebra Community. IMG was constituted during the Combinatorial Matrix Analysis Conference in Victoria, May 1987. The general goal of IMG is to encourage activities in linear algebra. We aim to encourage and support existing groups and individuals active in organizing meetings and publications in all aspects of linear algebra. We have no intention of supplanting or competing with existing organizations, our entire purpose is international co- ordination, to assist the developement of linear algebra. We may add new activities where and when desirable. We welcome activities in all applications of linear algebra and we desire a proper share for theoretical matrix analysis and abstract linear algebra. We plan the following: 1. IMG will initiate, encourage and co-ordinate linear algebra meetings, and support them by the means available, such as information delivery. In the long run we hope to get some financial support from various agencies. 2. IMG will edit and distribute a bulletin (named IMAGE), which will serve as a stage for discussions and opinions. It will contain essays related to linear algebra activities, as well as some information about various activities including publicity about future meetings, about new papers accepted by the linear algebra journals, about recently written theses, and about individuals (new positions, sabbaticals, leaves etc.). It may contain letters to the editor or signed columns of opinion. 3. IMG will also operate IMG-NET, an electronic news service. We will transmit announcements of IMG activities and circulate other notices of interest to linear algebraists. Membership in IMG will be open to all mathematicians interested in furthering its aims and participating in its activities. Initially there will be no cost to individuals, and we hope that costs will always be low. The group now has the following structure: Officers: Chairman - Hans Schneider Editor of IMAGE (The IMG Bulletin) - Robert C. Thompson Secretary - Daniel Hershkowitz Committee members: Richard A. Brualdi David H. Carlson Charles R. Johnson. A key feature of our strucure is an international board (IB) which consists of one representative for each of several countries in which there is linear algebra activity. There is also a representative at large. Initially the international board consists of : Belgium - P. Van Dooren Canada - P. Lancaster Czechoslovakia - M. Fiedler Germany - L. Elsner Great Britain - S. Barnett Greece - J. Maroulas Netherlands - H. Bart Hong Kong - Y. Au-Yeung Hungary - P. Rozsa Ireland - T. Laffey Israel - A. Berman Japan - T. Ando Portugal - G. de Oliveira Spain - V. Hernandez United States - G. Golub At large - B. Datta As a first step we are currently consulting members of the IB to determine what linear algebra activities are being planned in their various countries and what kind of useful support IMG can give. If you have any suggestions please communicate these to your national representative, to the representative at large, or to any of the undersigned officers. Contributions for IMAGE should be sent to Bob Thompson. If you wish to contribute an announcement to IMG-NET or be on the mailing list for IMAGE or IMG-NET, please contact Danny Hershkowitz at the address below (please send in your regular mail and e-mail addresses). Hans Schneider Mathematics Department Van Vleck Hall University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI 53706 U.S.A. ===== e-mail address: hs@vanvleck.math.wisc.edu Robert C. Thompson Mathematics Department University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106 U.S.A. ===== Daniel Hershkowitz Mathematics Department Technion - I.I.T. Haifa 32000 ISRAEL ====== e-mail address: mar23aa@technion.bitnet ------------------------------ To: NA@score.stanford.edu Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1987 From: I. H. Sloan <munnari!Score.Stanford.EDU!Ian@uunet.UU.NET> To: Distribution%na@uunet.UU.NET Subject: Position at New South Wales Position: Lecturer in Applied Mathematics (REF: 1113) (Tenured or tenurable Appointment) - School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Applicants should have a Ph.D. or equivalent qualification, and active research interests in one or more of the following areas of applied mathematics: optimal control, operations research, optimization, numerical analysis or computational mathematics related to these areas. Situated within the School of Mathematics, the Department of Applied Mathematics has active research groups in optimal control, optmization, numerical analysis, computational mathematics, nonlinear dynamics, wave theory, fluid dynamics and physical oceanography. The Department encourages interaction with other disciplines, and research activity involving applications. In addition the School of Mathematics is currently building up strength in the area of Mathematical Computer Science. The successful applicant will be expected to supervise graduate students in suitable areas of specialisation, and to participate in the teaching of courses offered by the School. The position will be available from July 1988 and appointment will be either with tenure, or on the basis of a contract with provision for conversion to tenure. Further information from Professor I.H. Sloan, Head of School (02)697-2957. (No e-mail access in December and January.) Applications close 15 February 1988. Salary: $28,381 - $37,122 Commencing salary according to qualifications and experience. Applicants should forward two copies of their applications, including curriculum vitae, telephone number during business hours, transcripts of academic record and the names and addresses of two referees to the Academic Staff Office, Post Office Box 1, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia. Equality of employment opportunity is University policy. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 22 Nov 87 14:42:59 MST From: Bobby Schnabel <bobby@boulder.colorado.edu> To: na.moler@score.stanford.edu Subject: Applied Math at University of Colorado The Department of Mathematics and Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, invites applications for the position of Director, Program in Applied Mathematics, beginning Fall, 1988. We welcome exceptionally strong applications at all levels. Preference will be given to senior applied mathematicians having an international research reputation and demonstrated success in program development. The Program in Applied Mathematics is interdisciplinary in nature and composed of faculty from various engineering disciplines, computer science, the physical sciences, and mathematics. The University of Colorado at Boulder has a strong institutional commitment to the principle of diversity in all areas. In that spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of people, including women, members of ethnic minorities and disabled individuals. Applications, consisting of a current vitae and any other supporting information, should be sent by January 20, 1988 to: James Curry, Chair Search Committee Program in Applied Mathematics University of Colorado Campus Box 426 Boulder, CO 80309 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Nov 87 15:22:45 PST From: Dave Carlson <sdsu!carlson@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu> To: na@score.stanford.edu Subject: SIAM Linear Algebra Prize The SIAM Council, during the Annual SIAM Meeting in Denver in October, approved a Linear Algebra Prize, to be given every two years to the author(s) of the best paper in applicable linear algebra published in English in a peer- reviewed journal within the award period. The purpose of this communication is to solicit nominations for the first awarding of the Prize. The first SIAM Linear Algebra Prize will be awarded at the Third SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra, which will be held in Madison, Wisconsin May 23-26, l988. It will be awarded for a paper bearing a publication date of 1986 or 1987, containing significant research contributions to the field of linear algebra which have direct or potential applications. The prize will consist of a plaque and certificate; there will be no cash award. At least one of the awardees will be expected to attend the Prize Ceremony and present the winning paper. Also, the Prize will be announced in the SIAM News and the SIAG/LA Newsletter. The Prize Committee consists of the SIAG/LA Vice-Chair (in this case, me) as Chair and four other SIAG/LA members, chosen by SIAM President Bill Gear upon the recommendation of SIAG/LA Chair Bob Ward. Written or e-mail nominations of outstanding papers should be made as soon as possible, and no later than 12/31/87, to any member of the Prize Committee. The Committee members are: Dave Carlson, Math.Sciences Dept., San Diego State Univ., San Diego, CA 92182 (na.carlson@score.stanford.edu or sdsu.carlson@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu) Ake Bjorck, Math. Dept., Univ. of Linkoping, S-58183 Linkoping, Sweden (na.bjorck@score.stanford.edu) Gene Golub, UMIACS 2321, Comp.Science Bldg., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 (na.golub@score.stanford.edu) Roger Horn, Math.Sciences Dept., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD 21218 (MSC_HRAH@JHUVMS.BITNET) Tom Kailath, Elect.Engr.Dept., Durand 117, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA 94305 (na.kailath@score.stanford.edu or kailath@sierra.stanford.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Nov 87 19:09:05 EST From: James W. Demmel <demmel@robalo.nyu.edu> To: na.moler@score.stanford.edu Subject: Positions at Courant and Argonne Positions available at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Argonne National Laboratory Two staff researcher positions, one at Argonne and one at Courant, are available in parallel scientific software. Courant and Argonne are engaged in a cooperative project called LAPACK, whose goal is to rewrite the LINPACK and EISPACK subroutine libraries to be portable and efficient across all current supercomputers and various other promis- ing parallel machines. The principal investigators are Jack Dongarra and Danny Sorenson at Argonne, Jim Demmel and Anne Greenbaum at Courant, and Sven Hammmarling and Jeremy Du Croz at NAG in Oxford. The premise of the project is that by rewriting or replacing the currect algorithms with ones based on matrix-matrix operations, these same algorithms will run efficiently on a variety of machines. The matrix- matrix operations, the BLAS3 (see SIGNUM Newsletter, v. 22, no.3, July 1987), are to be optimized by each vendor for each machine. We expect LAPACK to become the workhorse of dense linear algebra algorithms on supercomputers just as LINPACK and EISPACK were for the serial world. The posi- tions involve numerical analysis and scientific programming. Familiarity with parallel architectures and algorithms is also desireable. Courant also has visiting and staff research positions available in other areas of applied mathematics, numerical analysis and scientific programming. Short appointments for visiting faculty as well as multiyear research staff posi- tion are available. Current research activities at Courant include linear algebra, fluid dynamics, Monte Carlo methods, and inverse problems. Inquiries should be directed to Jack Dongarra, MCS Division - Bldg. 221, Argonne National Lab, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439-4844, (312)972-7246, dongarra@anl-mcs.arpa or Jim Demmel, Courant Institute, 251 Mercer Str., New York, NY 10012, (212)998-3470, demmel@acf8.nyu.edu. ------------------------------ End of NA Digest ************************** ------- -- Professor Kenneth R. Jackson, Department of Computer Science,