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From score.stanford.edu!NA-Request Thu Mar 12 04:33:57 1987 Received: from ai.toronto.edu by csri.toronto.edu via ETHER with SMTP id AA06624; Thu, 12 Mar 87 04:33:17 EST Message-Id: <8703120933.AA06624@csri.toronto.edu> Received: from relay.cs.net by RELAY.CS.NET id aa29404; 12 Mar 87 4:02 EST Received: from score.stanford.edu by RELAY.CS.NET id aa08135; 12 Mar 87 3:52 EST Date: Thu 12 Mar 87 00:00:40 PST Subject: NA Digest V87 #15 From: NA Digest <NA@score.stanford.edu> Errors-To: NA-request@score.stanford.edu Maint-Path: NA-request@Score.Stanford.EDU To: NA Distribution List:; Reply-To: NA@score.stanford.edu Received: from CSNet-Relay by TORONTO; 12 Mar 87 4:31:42-EST (Thu) Status: R NA Digest Thursday, March 12, 1987 Volume 87 : Issue 15 This weeks Editor: Gene Golub Today's Topics: Director of MCS at ANL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 87 15:56:05 cst From: cody@anl-mcs.ARPA (Jim Cody) To: na.dis@su-score.arpa Subject: Director of MCS at ANL DIRECTOR OF THE MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE DIVISION ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY Applications are invited for the position of Director of the Mathematics and Computer Science (MCS) Division of Argonne National Laboratory. The Director is responsible for the overall scientific quality of the division's research programs. Important aspects of this responsibility are long-range planning, establishing divisional policy and priorities, preparing research and funding proposals, and interacting with funding agencies and other research establishments. The MCS Division has vigorous programs in advanced computing, applied analysis, computational mathematics, software engineering, and automated reasoning. The MCS Division is also responsible for running the Advanced Computing Research Facility which is operated as a national user facility for state-of-the-art parallel computers. Applicants should have a Ph.D in mathematics or computer science with a minimum of 5 years of research experience, and at least 3 years of experience in a supervisory position. Candidates from other disciplines with a strong background and research interest in mathematics and computer science will be considered. Additional information can be obtained from W. J. Cody, Chairman Search Committee, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, 60439, (312) 972-7231, arpa: cody@anl-mcs.arpa. Applicants should send a resume to R. A. Johns, Appointments Officer, Box D-MCS-28290-83, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, 60439. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Argonne National Laboratory, located 25 miles southeast of Chicago, is a multidisciplinary laboratory operated by the University of Chicago for the U.S. Department of Energy. Argonne National Laboratory is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer. ------------------------------ End of NA Digest ************************** ------- From score.stanford.edu!NA-Request Fri Mar 13 04:33:44 1987 Received: from ai.toronto.edu by csri.toronto.edu via ETHER with SMTP id AA05696; Fri, 13 Mar 87 04:32:41 EST Message-Id: <8703130932.AA05696@csri.toronto.edu> Received: from relay.cs.net by RELAY.CS.NET id aa06965; 13 Mar 87 3:41 EST Received: from score.stanford.edu by RELAY.CS.NET id aa17255; 13 Mar 87 3:37 EST Date: Thu 12 Mar 87 22:59:28 PST Subject: NA Digest V87 #16 From: NA Digest <NA@score.stanford.edu> Errors-To: NA-request@score.stanford.edu Maint-Path: NA-request@Score.Stanford.EDU To: NA Distribution List:; Reply-To: NA@score.stanford.edu Received: from CSNet-Relay by TORONTO; 13 Mar 87 4:31:41-EST (Fri) Status: R NA Digest Thursday, March 12, 1987 Volume 87 : Issue 16 This weeks Editor: Gene Golub Today's Topics: A new floating-point standard Reunion/Symposium March 26-28 Announcement for NA-net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 12 Mar 87 11:15:15 cst From: cody@anl-mcs.ARPA (Jim Cody) To: na.dis@su-score.arpa Subject: A new floating-point standard As of 11:32 EST this morning, 3/12/87, P854, the draft Radix-Independent Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic, is an official IEEE standard. This culminates an effort that began in 1977 with the first work on what is now ANSI/IEEE Std 754-1985, the standard for binary floating-point arithmetic. ------------------------------ Mail-From: GOLUB created at 12-Mar-87 14:20:19 Mail-From: TAJNAI created at 12-Mar-87 14:13:24 Date: Thu 12 Mar 87 14:13:24-PST From: Carolyn Tajnai <TAJNAI@Score.Stanford.EDU> Subject: Reunion/Symposium March 26-28 To: csd-list@Score.Stanford.EDU ReSent-Date: Thu 12 Mar 87 14:20:18-PST ReSent-From: Gene H. Golub <GOLUB@Score.Stanford.EDU> ReSent-To: na@Score.Stanford.EDU Computer Science at Stanford The Impact of the First Ten Years 1987 March 26-28 Thursday, March 26 5:30 to 8:00 reception at Faculty Club Red and Gold Lounges (no-host bar) Friday, March 27 7:30 a.m. reg & continental brk Terman Bldg Loobby 8:30 Welcome - Jim Gibbons Terman Aud 8:40 symposium Intro - John Levy 8:50 Computer Science ADvisory Com. - Cuthbert Hurd 9:00 Origins of CS at Stanfrod - Bill Miller 9:35 Impact of Stanford CS on Academia and Industry Tom Bredt 10:10 coffee break 10:40 resources for computing at Stanford Ed Feigenbaum 11:15 CS program at Stanford Nils Nilsson 11:50 lunch at Tresidder 1:20 Theoretical Foundations: Then and Now - Don Knuth 1:55 Numerical Analysis: Then and Now - Gene Golub 2:30 Systems and Languages: Then and Now - Forest Baskett 3:05 coffee break 3:35 AI: then and now - John McCarthy 4:10 Student Perspectives: Then and Now panel discussion (current and former students) 4:45 closing presentations 5:00 end of symposium session 5:30 cocktails (cash bar) faculty club 6:30 banquet faculty club (prime rib, salmon, chicken, veggie dish - buffet) 7:30 Keynote address: "Has Computer Science Instruction Helped the Development of High Quality Software?" Edsger W. Dijkstra, Professor, CSD, UT Austin 8:30 What's Happening: open microphone CS Alumni - 5 minutes per speaker 11:30 end of banquet session Saturday, March 28 10:00 Tours of various facilities -- meet at Palm Drive Circle 12:00 picnic lunch -- Memorial Court at Inner Quad COST: full conference $110 ($75 for current faculty & Staff - $55 for current students) (includes Thursday reception, full day Friday symposium [cont. brk., coffee breaks and lunch,] banquet, Sat. picnic, t-shirt, proceedings). banquet only $30 picnic only 9 proceedings only 20 t-shirt only (s, m, l, xl) $8 For registration: contact John Levy (Levy@sushi) or call 415/327-4296 Computer Structures, 580 College Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306 The Computer Science Department is sponsoring the reunion/symposium, but not underwriting it. IF there is a profit, it will be turned over to the department. If there is a deficit (heaven help us). Committee: General Chairman John Levy Program Tod Bredt & Bill White Local Arrangements Linda Lorenzetti & Carolyn Tajnai Registration Skip Stritter & John Levy Archiving arrangements John Shoch (includes videotaping) picnic arrangements Dani Beaudry Student coordinator Haym Hirsh ------------------------------ Mail-From: GOLUB created at 12-Mar-87 22:57:26 From: scott%PSUVAX1.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu Date: Thu, 12 Mar 87 23:12:17 est To: golub@su-score.arpa Subject: Announcement for NA-net ReSent-Date: Thu 12 Mar 87 22:57:25-PST ReSent-From: Gene H. Golub <GOLUB@Score.Stanford.EDU> ReSent-To: na@Score.Stanford.EDU S C I E N T I F I C C O M P U T A T I O N Special Sessions at The 833rd Meeting of the American Mathematical Society Kent State University -- Student Union Friday, April 3, 1987 Special Session on Scientific Computation, I Room 313 9:00- 9:30 Jesse Barlow 833-65- 22 Dept. of Computer Science Pennsylvania State Univ. 9:40-10:10 Max Gunzburger 833-65-117 Dept. of Mathematics Carnegie-Mellon Univ. 10:20-10:50 Bill Hager 833-65- 46 Dept. of Mathematics Pennsylvania State Univ. Invited Hour Address Kiva Auditorium 11:00-12:00 Ridgway Scott 833-65- 46 Dept's of Computer Science and Mathematics Pennsylvania State Univ. Special Session on Scientific Computation, II Room 313 3:00- 3:30 Janet Petersen 833-65-130 Computer Research and Applications Los Alamos National Laboratory 3:40- 4:10 George Majda 833-65- 76 Dept. of Mathematics Ohio State Univ. 4:20- 4:50 Ricardo Nochetto 833-65- 58 Inst. for Math. & Applic. Univ. of Minnesota 5:00- 5:30 Nic Nicolaides 833-65-125 Dept. of Mathematics Carnegie-Mellon Univ. Saturday, April 4, 1987 Special Session on Scientific Computation, III Room 313 9:00- 9:30 Werner Rheinboldt 833-65- 63 Dept. of Mathematics Univ. of Pittsburgh 9:40-10:10 Bram van Leer 833-65- 36 Dept. of Aero.Eng. Univ. of Michigan 10:20-10:50 Ed Overman 833-65- 60 Dept. of Mathematics Ohio State Univ. For further information, see the January and February issues of the NOTICES of the American Mathematical Society ------------------------------ End of NA Digest ************************** -------