NA Digest, V. 17, # 35

NA Digest Sunday, December 31, 2017 Volume 17 : Issue 35


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From: Karel Segeth segeth@math.cas.cz
Date: December 28, 2017
Subject: 2017 Babuska Prize Awarded


In December 2017, the Czech Association for Mechanics and the Union of
Czech Mathematicians and Physicists again awarded the I. Babuska Prize
for the best work in computational mechanics and computational
mathematics submitted by students and young scientists. The Prize
winner for 2017 is Dr Jan Zapletal from the Faculty of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science of the VSB-Technical University of
Ostrava. The work honored is his PhD thesis The boundary element
method for shape optimization in 3D.

Further winners were delivered diplomas of honor. The second position
was awarded to Dr Martin Hasal from the same Faculty for his PhD
thesis Numerical solution of the Stokes-Brinkman equation by the usage
of the mixed finite element method.

The third position belongs to Dr Jan Papez from the Faculty of
Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague who presented
his PhD thesis Algebraic error in matrix computations in the context
of numerical solution of partial differential equations.

Further diplomas of honor were delivered to MS theses. The first
position in this category was taken by Johanna R. Bloecher from the
Faculty of Environmental Sciences of the Czech University of Life
Sciences in Prague. The second was Eva Vidlickova from the Faculty of
Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague and the third
position belongs to Marek Tyburec from the Faculty of Civil
Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague.

The Prize was established in 1994 by an outstanding Czech
mathematician Ivo Babuska, now at the Institute for Computational
Engineering and Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX.



From: Steffen Boerm boerm@email.uni-kiel.de
Date: December 27, 2017
Subject: Hierarchical Matrices, Germany, Feb 2018


We would like to announce the next winter school on hierarchical
matrices.

Date: 26th of February to 2nd of March, 2018
Place: Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
Organizers: Wolfgang Hackbusch, Lars Grasedyck, Steffen Boerm

Hierarchical matrices offer an efficient approach to handling
non-local operators resulting, e.g., from the discretization of an
integral equation or the inversion of a partial differential
equation. They rely on a decomposition of a matrix into sub-matrices
of low numerical rank that can be represented in factorized
form. Using this representation, we can perform operations like the
matrix-vector multiplication, matrix multiplication, inversion,
factorization, the evaluation of matrix functions, or even the
solution of certain matrix equations in almost linear complexity.

The winter school is split into two parts: lectures present the
fundamental concepts and algorithms, while practical exercises allow
the participants to experience the methods first-hand, get acquainted
with the open-source library H2Lib (http://www.h2lib.org), and discuss
specific questions and applications with experts in the field.

Participation is free of charge. Please address questions and
registration requests to school@hmatrix.org



From: Mathias J. Krause mathias.krause@kit.edu
Date: December 27, 2017
Subject: Lattice Boltzmann Methods, Germany, Mar 2018


Early bird registration is open until the 12th of January 2018 for the
spring school Lattice Boltzmann Methods with OpenLB Software Lab. It
is held in Karlsruhe, Germany, from 19. to 23. March 2018.
Registration: http://www.openlb.net/spring-school-registration More
information: http://www.openlb.net/spring-school-2018

On behalf of the spring school executive committee, Ezeddine Sediki,
Mathias J. Krause, Mahdi Tekitek, Albert Mink.



From: Michal Kocvara m.kocvara@bham.ac.uk
Date: December 30, 2017
Subject: IMA Numerical Linear Algebra and Optimization, UK, Jun 2018


Sixth IMA Conference on Numerical Linear Algebra and Optimization
University of Birmingham, UK, 27 - 29 June 2018
Conference webpage: https://ima.org.uk/7149/6thIMANLAO/

The IMA and the University of Birmingham are pleased to announce the
Sixth IMA Conference on Numerical Linear Algebra and Optimization. The
meeting is being held in cooperation with SIAM, and SIAM Activity
Groups on Optimization and on Linear Algebra. SIAM members will
receive the IMA members' registration rate.

The success of modern codes for large-scale optimization is heavily
dependent on the use of effective tools of numerical linear
algebra. On the other hand, many problems in numerical linear algebra
lead to linear, nonlinear or semidefinite optimization problems. The
purpose of the conference is to bring together researchers from both
communities and to find and communicate points and topics of common
interest. Conference topics include any subject that could be of
interest to both communities, such as: Direct and iterative methods
for large sparse linear systems; Eigenvalue computation and
optimization; Large-scale nonlinear and semidefinite programming;
Effect of round-off errors, stopping criteria, embedded iterative
procedures; Optimization issues for matrix polynomials; Fast matrix
computations; Compressed/sparse sensing; PDE-constrained optimization;
Distributed computing and optimization; and Applications and real time
optimization.

Mini-symposium proposals and contributed talks are invited on all
aspects of numerical linear algebra and optimization. Mini-symposium
proposals should be submitted to conferences@ima.org.uk by 31 January
2018. A mini-symposium consists of up to four speakers. For emerging
topics the mini-symposium can be extended to at most two sessions on a
single topic (maximum eight speakers). Organisers will be advised of
acceptance by 12 February 2018. Contributed talks and mini-symposia
talks will be accepted on the basis of a one page extended abstract
which should be submitted by 28 February 2018 online at
https://my.ima.org.uk.



From: E. Alper Yildirim alperyildirim@ku.edu.tr
Date: December 25, 2017
Subject: Faculty Positions, Industrial Engineering, Koc Univ, Turkey


The Department of Industrial Engineering at Koc University invites
applications and nominations for full-time faculty positions to start
in Fall 2018. We seek outstanding candidates in all areas of
industrial engineering, preferably with a strong background in
operations research. The candidates are expected to complement and
enhance the current research and education portfolio of the department
and preferably have interests in one or more of the following
application areas: data analytics, energy, financial engineering,
healthcare, production systems, supply chain and logistics, and
sustainable operations. Individuals at all ranks are encouraged to
apply (Assistant, Associate or Full Professor). Applicants must have
a PhD in industrial engineering, operations research, management
sciences, or a related field, and must demonstrate a strong commitment
to high-quality research and teaching excellence. Candidates will be
expected to develop and to maintain an externally funded research
program; to teach courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels;
to attract and to supervise doctoral students; to contribute to
departmental and university administration; and to support outreach
activities. Candidates for Associate or Full Professor should have a
commensurate record of research publications and are expected to
provide organizational and research leadership, and to build
relationships with industry.

Koc University is a private, nonprofit institution located on a new, state-
of-the-art campus in Rumelifeneri, Istanbul. The University is supported
by the Vehbi Koc Foundation, and is committed to the pursuit of
excellence in both teaching and research. The medium of instruction is
in English. Detailed information on our program and the College of
Engineering can be found at http://eng.ku.edu.tr/

We offer an internationally competitive salary and benefit package.
Applications, including a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statements
of teaching and research interests, and at least three reference
letters, should be submitted online at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs

All applications will receive full consideration, but candidates are
urged to submit all required material as soon as possible. All
applications will be considered and treated confidentially.



From: E. Alper Yildirim alperyildirim@ku.edu.tr
Date: December 25, 2017
Subject: Faculty Positions, Mathematics, Koc Univ, Turkey


Koc University, a foundation-supported, non-profit institution of
higher education in Istanbul, Turkey, invites applications for
full-time faculty positions of open rank in pure mathematics, applied
mathematics or mathematical statistics that will complement or expand
the research activities of the Department of Mathematics. Current
research activities of the department are in algebraic geometry,
analysis, combinatorics, geometric topology, mathematical physics,
number theory, numerical analysis, partial differential equations,
probability and stochastic processes. Successful candidates are
required to have postdoctoral experience, expected to develop a
competitive research program and to teach undergraduate- and
graduate-level courses. The medium of instruction is English. Salary
will be competitive and commensurate with experience. University
housing or rental subsidy, and K-12 education subsidy will be
provided.

Applications should be submitted online at
https://www.mathjobs.org

and should consist of the following materials:
(a) cover letter,
(b) curriculum vitae,
(c) publication list,
(d) summary of past and ongoing research,
(e) research plan (mentioning collaboration prospects in Europe),
(f) teaching statement, and
(g) three reference letters.

Applications submitted by December 15th, 2017, will receive full
consideration, with later applications reviewed as needed until the
positions are filled.



From: David Chappell david.chappell@ntu.ac.uk
Date: December 28, 2017
Subject: Research Fellow Position, High-Frequency Wave Modelling


Applications are invited for the above joint post to work with Prof
Gregor Tanner (University of Nottingham) and Dr David Chappell
(Nottingham Trent University) on an EPSRC - funded project entitled
Transfer operator methods for modelling high-frequency wave fields -
advancements through modern functional and numerical analysis. The
project will advance a method for calculating energy flow in complex
structures developed in Nottingham, the so-called Dynamical Energy
Analysis (DEA). The method is used for computing noise and vibration
in vehicle structures as well as electromagnetic field distributions
in complex cavities. DEA exhibits a rich underlying mathematical
structure based on transfer operators originally arising in the theory
of chaotic dynamical systems.

A good knowledge of computational wave modelling is essential. In
addition, a background in more than one of the following areas is
highly desirable: short wavelength asymptotic methods, numerical
solutions of PDEs, programming, numerical linear algebra, numerical
analysis, and functional analysis. This full-time position is
available from 1 February 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter and
will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of thee
years. The post is a joint appointment (50:50 split) between UoN and
NTU and the person appointed will be based at UoN and NTU
campuses. The salary will be 32548 to 34520 (GBP) per annum.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Prof Gregor Tanner, email:
gregor.tanner@nottingham.ac.uk or Dr David Chappell, email:
david.chappell@ntu.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly
to these email addresses will not be accepted. Further information and
the online application system can be accessed via the link:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI438917

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 17th January 2018.


From: Dmitry Savostyanov d.savostyanov@brighton.ac.uk
Date: December 29, 2017
Subject: Postdoc Position, Numerical Mathematics, Univ of Brighton


A position is opened for post doctorate Research Fellow in Numerical
Mathematics to take part in the EPSRC funded project Tensor product
algorithms for quantum control problems. Candidates should possess a
PhD in the area of Computational Mathematics, Physics, or Scientific
computing or any other closely related area, excellent knowledge of
Numerical Linear Algebra and Matrix Analysis as well as experience in
scientific coding using MATLAB. The candidate is expected to be
confident using LaTeX and have experience in contributing to academic
publications. You will work in close collaboration with Dr Dmitry
Savostyanov in order to develop, implement and test efficient tensor
product algorithms. This is an exciting opportunity for a recent PhD
graduate. Candidates in final stages of their PhD research (thesis
submitted) will also be considered.

The deadline for applications is 11 January 2018.
https://jobs.brighton.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=SM4095-17-514


From: Danielle Walker danielle.walker@springer.com
Date: December 26, 2017
Subject: Contents, Advances in Computational Mathematics, 43 (6)


TABLE OF CONTENTS, ADVANCES IN COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS
VOL. 43, NO. 6, 2017
http://www.springer.com/journal/10444

A fully diagonalized spectral method using generalized Laguerre
functions on the half line, Fu-Jun Liu, Zhong-Qing Wang & Hui-Yuan Li

Solving F(z + 1) = b F(z) in the complex plane, William Paulsen &
Samuel Cowgill

A note on Taylor boundary conditions for accurate image restoration,
Pietro Dell'Acqua

A simple finite element method for the Stokes equations, Lin Mu & Xiu
Ye

Computing ultra-precise eigenvalues of the Laplacian within polygons,
Robert Stephen Jones

Constructing radial kernels with higher-order generalized Strang-Fix
conditions, Wenwu Gao & Zongmin Wu

A matrix method for fractional Sturm-Liouville problems on bounded
domain, Paolo Ghelardoni & Cecilia Magherini

New approximations to the principal real-valued branch of the Lambert
W-function, Roberto Iacono & John P. Boyd

An h-p version of the continuous Petrov-Galerkin method for Volterra
delay-integro-differential equations, Lina Wang & Lijun Yi

Inverted finite elements for div-curl systems in the whole space,
Tahar Z. Boulmezaoud, Keltoum Kaliche & Nabil Kerdid



From: Irena Lasiecka IL2V@VIRGINIA.EDU
Date: December 24, 2017
Subject: Contents, Evolution Equation and Control Theory, 6 (4)


EECT: Content vol 6.4 December 2017.
http://aimsciences.org/journal/A0000-0000

1. Exact and approximate controllability of coupled one-dimensional
hyperbolic equations, Abdelaziz Bennour, Farid Ammar Khodja and Djamel
Teniou

2 Approximate controllability of semilinear non-autonomous evolution
systems with state-dependent delay, Xianlong Fu


3 Finite determining parameters feedback control for distributed
nonlinear dissipative systems - a computational study, Evelyn Lunasin
and Edriss S. Titi

4 Some problems of guaranteed control of the Schlogl and
FitzHugh---Nagumo systems, Vyacheslav Maksimov

5 Stability and instability of solutions to the drift-diffusion
system, Takayoshi Ogawa and Hiroshi Wakui

6 Exact controllability results for a class of abstract nonlocal
Cauchy problem with impulsive conditions, Poongodi Rathinasamy,
Murugesu Rangasamy and Nirmalkumar Rajendran

7 Degeneracy in finite time of 1D quasilinear wave equations II,
Yuusuke Sugiyama

8 Asymptotic profile of solutions to the linearized double dispersion
equation on the half space Rn+, Yu-Zhu Wang, Si Chen and Menglong Su



From: Fikret Aliev proceedings.IAM@gmail.com
Date: December 29, 2017
Subject: Contents, Proc Institute of Applied Mathematics, 6 (2)


CONTENTS

F.A. Aliev, V.B. Larin, Algorithm for factorization of second degree
discrete matrix polynomials

M.A. Noor, Kh.I. Noor, S. Iftikhar, Integral inequalities via strongly
beta-convex functions

N.A.Aliev, G.S. Alieva, R.M. Tagiyev, Determination of the coefficient
of hydraulic resistance in gas lift process described by partial
derivatives hyperbolic equations

A. Aghili, M.R. Masomi, Solving systems of fractional partial
differential equations via two dimensional Laplace transforms

A.B. Ramazanov, Application of a gradient algorithm in some problems
for recognition of images

E. Guner, S. Balci, The solution of the fuzzy lifting problem on fuzzy
covering spaces

M.A. Sadygov, J.J. Mamedova, H.S. Akhundov, Extremal problem for the
Goursat-Darboux type inclusion in infinite domain

N.S. Hajiyeva, I.A. Maharramov, Identification problem for defining
the coefficient of hydraulic resistance on different areas of
pump-compressor pipes in gas lift process

S. M. Madian, Some results of differential subordination and
superordination for p- valent functions associated with new operator

Z. Velioglu, N. Ekici, Parafree lie algebras with certain properties

Fikret A. Aliev, N.A. Aliev, N.A. Safarova K.G. Gasimova , Y.V.
Mamedova, Analytical construction of regulators for a fractional
derivative



From: Carlos Fonseca cmdafonseca@hotmail.com
Date: December 27, 2017
Subject: Contents, Special Matrices, 2017


The 2017 volume of Special Matrices (http://www.editorialmanager.com/spma)
is now completed. In addition to SCOPUS, MATHSCINET, and zbMATH,
Special Matrices is now indexed to the Web of Science.

All the papers are available here:
https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/spma.2017.5.issue-1/issue-files/spma.2017.5.issue-1.xml

Krein-space operators determined by free product algebras induced by
primes and graphs, Cho, Ilwoo / Jorgensen, Palle E. T.

On the q-exponential of matrix q-Lie algebras, Ernst, Thomas

The classification of edges and the change in multiplicity of an
eigenvalue of a real symmetric matrix resulting from the change in an
edge value, Toyonaga, Kenji / Johnson, Charles R.

A shorter proof of the distance energy of complete multipartite
graphs, So, Wasin

Polynomial sequences generated by infinite Hessenberg matrices,
Verde-Star, Luis

Finding metastabilities in reversible Markov chains based on
incomplete sampling, Fackeldey, Konstantin / Niknejad, Amir / Weber,
Marcus

Some results on magic squares based on generating magic vectors and
R-C similar transformations, Ma, Xiaoyang / Fang, Kai-tai / Deng, Yu hui

On characteristic and permanent polynomials of a matrix, Singh,
Ranveer / Bapat, R. B.

An effective recursive formula for the Frobenius covariants in matrix
functions, Schafer, F.

Spectrally Perron Polynomials and the Cauchy-Ostrovsky Theorem,
Paparella, Pietro

Some inferences on the distribution of the Demmel condition number of
complex Wishart matrices, Shakil, M. / Ahsanullah, M.

A simple spectral algorithm for recovering planted partitions, Cole,
Sam / Friedland, Shmuel / Reyzin, Lev

Enumeration and investigation of acute 0/1-simplices modulo the action
of the hyperoctahedral group, Brandts, Jan / Cihangir, Apo

Structured matrix methods computing the greatest common divisor of
polynomials, Christou, Dimitrios / Mitrouli, Marilena / Triantafyllou,
Dimitrios

Sign patterns of J-orthogonal matrices, Hall, Frank J. / Li, Zhongshan
/ Parnass, Caroline T. / Rozloznik, Miroslav

Spectral properties of a sequence of matrices connected to each other
via Schur complement and arising in a compartmental model, Haskell,
Evan C. / Paksoy, Vehbi E.

Representation of doubly infinite matrices as non-commutative Laurent
series, Arenas-Herrera, Maria Ivonne / Verde-Star, Luis

Matrices induced by arithmetic functions acting on certain Krein
spaces, Cho, Ilwoo

Factorizations related to some numerical triangles, Prodinger, Helmut

A note on distance spectral radius of trees, Wang, Yanna / Xing,
Rundan / Zhou, Bo / Dong, Fengming

A counterexample to the Drury permanent conjecture, Hutchinson, George

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