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NA Digest Wednesday, May 27, 1987 Volume 87 : Issue 49 This weeks Editor: Gene Golub Today's Topics: Wilkinson Meeting: Advances in Reliable Numerical Computation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mail-From: GOLUB created at 27-May-87 08:20:53 From: NAGSVEN%vax2.oxford.ac.uk@cs.ucl.ac.uk Date: 27-MAY-1987 09:22:29 To: "NA.GOLUB" <@cs.ucl.ac.uk:NA.GOLUB@score.stanford.edu> Subject: Wilkinson Meeting: Advances in Reliable Numerical Computation ReSent-Date: Wed 27 May 87 08:20:53-PDT ReSent-From: Gene H. Golub <GOLUB@Score.Stanford.EDU> ReSent-To: na@Score.Stanford.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Reminder ------------------- ADVANCES IN RELIABLE NUMERICAL COMPUTATION A meeting dedicated to the late James Hardy Wilkinson 8th - 10th July 1987 National Physical Laboratory Teddington, Middlesex, UK Conference Program ------------------ Iterative refinement and reliable computing Ake Bjorck, Linkoping The least squares solution of linear equations with block-angular observation matrix Maurice Cox, NPL Stochastic round-off error estimates: application to the eigenvalue problem Francoise Chatelin, IBM Paris On the nearest defective matrix and related problems James Demmel(*), Courant Institute and Bo Kagstrom, Umea Evolution of numerical software for linear algebra, part I Jack Dongarra, Argonne National Laboratory Tearing large sparse systems Iain Duff, Harwell The influence of Jim Wilkinson on his younger colleagues Gene Golub, Stanford Evolution of numerical software for linear algebra, part II Sven Hammarling, NAG Analysis of the Choleski decomposition of a semi-definite matrix Nick Higham, Manchester Experiences with some software engineering practices in numerical software David Jacobs, CEGB The block Lanczos algorithm applied to a pure imaginary Hermitian matrix Kajal Gupta and Chuck Lawson(*), Harvey Mudd College Why we need The floating-point arithmetic standard Velvel Kahan, Berkeley Linear algebraic issues in solving large-scale quadratic programs Philip Gill, Walter Murray(*), Michael Saunders and Margaret Wright, Stanford Rounding errors in algebraic processes - in level-index arithmetic Frank Olver, Maryland Some aspects of generalized QR factorizations Chris Paige, McGill The behaviour of Ritz values during a run of the Lanczos algorithm Beresford Parlett, Berkeley Balancing finite-element assembly trees Iain Duff, Nick Gould, John Reid(*), Harwell and M Lescrenier, Namur Software for shape preserving spline interpolation Christian Reinsch, Munich An iterative method for solving linear inequalities Pete Stewart, Maryland Computational aspects of the Kronecker canonical form Theo Beelen and Paul Van Dooren(*), Philips Brussels On the conditioning of parameter estimation problems James Varah, British Columbia (*) presenter Timetable --------- The opening address will be given at 14.30 on Wednesday 8th July. On the Thursday and Friday there will be full morning and afternoon sessions. A Sherry Reception will be held at NPL on the Wednesday evening and a Conference Dinner at the Skyway Hotel on the Thursday. Conference Fee -------------- The conference fee is 120 pounds + 18 pounds VAT, per person. A reduced fee of 70 pounds + 10.50 pounds VAT is available for full-time postgraduate students. The fee includes luncheon on each of the three days (cold buffet on Wednesday), morning coffee and afternoon tea, the Sherry Reception and the Conference Dinner. The cost for additional people at the conference dinner is expected to be about 25 pounds each. Accommodation ------------- Provisional accommodation has been reserved at Skyway Hotel Bath Road Hayes Middlesex Telephone: UK 01 759 6311, International +44 1 759 6311 Special rates available through NPL (see registration form below) are 41 pounds per night single or 24.50 pounds per night per person for shared twin or double. Transport to and from NPL will be provided. The Skyway also operate a courtesy bus to and from Heathrow airport. Registration Form ----------------- Please complete and send as soon as possible to: Mrs. A. E. Gold National Physical Laboratory Teddington Middlesex TW11 0LW UK Telephone: UK 01 943 6352, International +44 1 943 6352 Telex: 262344 Cheques and money orders should be made payable to the Department of Trade and Industry and should be marked on the back '787COMP'. The NPL VAT number is GD 255. Please indicate if you are likely to require additional places at the conference dinner. REGISTRATION FORM Advances in Reliable Numerical Computation, 8th - 10th July 1987. Name ___________________________________________________________ Affiliation ___________________________________________________________ Position ___________________________________________________________ Address ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Please complete either A or B: A Enclosed is _______________________________________________________ for the full conference fee of 138 pounds. B Declaration for postgraduate student registration (to be completed by a senior member of the place of affiliation): I certify that ____________________________________________________ is a full-time postgraduate student at the place of affiliation given on this form: Name _________________________________________________________ Position _________________________________________________________ Signature _________________________________________________________ Enclosed is _______________________________________________________ for the reduced conference fee of 80.50 pounds. ACCOMMODATION REQUIREMENTS Please indicate the number of rooms required by your party: Single Twin Double Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday If you wish to share with another delegate please tick either A or B: A I have arranged to share with __________________________________ B Please arrange for me to share ------------------------------ End of NA Digest ************************** -------