NA Digest, V. 18, # 29

NA Digest Monday, July 23, 2018 Volume 18 : Issue 29


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From: Jennifer Ryan Jennifer.Ryan@uea.ac.uk
Date: July 16, 2018
Subject: Advances in PDEs, USA, Aug 2018


Travel support is available to attend the ICERM workshop: Advances in
PDEs: Theory, Computation and Application to CFD, which will take
place August 20-24, 2018 in Providence, RI, USA. The aim of this
workshop is to review the recent progress in the type of PDEs arising
from fluid dynamics and other related physical areas, in terms of
their theory, computation, and applications. The invited speakers
include PDE analysts, applied and computational mathematicians, and
engineers. Many of the invited speakers have made fundamental
contributions to the development of PDE numerical methods and
mathematical analysis as well as cutting edge applications. In harmony
with ICERM's mission, the most significant aspect of this workshop is
cutting-edge computational mathematics, and reinforcing the critical
role played by computation in the mathematical and experimental
aspects of fluid dynamics. This workshop aims to showcase recent
advances in the theory and computation of PDEs with applications in
CFD. It is thus an excellent vehicle to commemorate Professor Saul
Abarbanel, who has made fundamental contributions to fluid dynamics
and PDEs, especially in their computation and application to CFD. To
honor his memory, this workshop will focus on recent developments in
the field, highlighting the exchange of current research ideas and
setting the stage for future research. More details can be found on
the workshop webpage:
https://icerm.brown.edu/topical_workshops/tw18-6-apde/

If you would like to participate in the workshop, you are encouraged
to apply through the link provided on the workshop web page, located
at https://icerm.brown.edu/topical_workshops/tw18-6-apde/.

Some funds are available to support participant travel. Those needing
travel support can request it on the application form.


From: Iain Duff duff@cerfacs.fr
Date: July 17, 2018
Subject: Sparse Days at CERFACS, France, Sep 2018


The annual Sparse Days meeting will be held at CERFACS in Toulouse on
27th and 28th September 2018.

Registration for the Sparse Days is free but we ask people who are
coming to register as soon as possible although the deadline is August
26th. Please complete the form on the website

https://sparsedays.cerfacs.fr/en/

indicating whether you want to give a talk and whether you wish to
attend the conference dinner. Although an emphasis will be on
parallel aspects, any talk that has an association with sparsity is
welcome. The length for a talk plus questions is 30 minutes although
this is negotiable in either direction.


From: Suzanne Shontz shontz@ku.edu
Date: July 18, 2018
Subject: Financial Support, Meshing Roundtable, USA, Oct 2018


The organizing committee for the 27th International Meshing Roundtable
(http://www.imr.sandia.gov/27imr/index.html) is pleased to announce
that financial support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) is
available to student and postdoc attendees from U.S. institutions to
help defray their conference and travel expenses. Information on
financial support for student and postdoc attendees from
non-U.S. institutions will be available soon.

See http://imr.sandia.gov/27imr/FinancialSupport.html for details on
the financial support and application process.

Applications for the travel grants are due on August 16, 2018.

Decisions on the travel grants will be announced by August 22, 2018.

The conference will be held on October 1-5, 2018 in Albuquerque, New
Mexico.

Suzanne Shontz, Nancy Hitschfeld, Angela Herring, and Oleg Skipa
27 IMR Student and Postdoc Travel Funding Committee

Scott Canann
27 IMR Communications Chair



From: Thomas Richter thomas.richter@ovgu.de
Date: July 23, 2018
Subject: Mod/Sim/Optim of the Cardiovascular System, Germany, Oct 2018


Modeling and Simulation of the Cardiovascular System October 22-24,
2018, Lukasklause, University of Magdeburg
http://www.math.uni-magdeburg.de/mscs

Aims of the workshop: Discussion of topical challenges to mathematical
modeling and simulation of the cardiovascular system with focus on the
following subjects:

Modeling, Analysis: Biomechanical interaction of blood flow with the
vessel wall and tissue reactions and transport processes in blood flow
and the vessel walll; Spatial and temporal multiscale effects;
Mechanics of the vessel walls including damages; Blood flow in veines;
Thrombus and plaque formation; Vessel occlusion and infarcts; Methods
and techniques for calibration and validation based on medical data.

Numerical methods and simulation: Methods for long time processes;
Simulations of fluid-structure interaction and related free boundary
problems; Handling complex wall models; Methods for processes with
large deformations; Report and discussion of simulations results and
their medical implications

The Symposium will take place at a small meeting center close to the
river Elbe in Magdeburg. The program of the Symposium will provide
enough time for discussion and co-operation. Therefore the number and
the time for lectures will be limited. There will be invited lectures
and lectures selected from the offers of interested
participants. Expected participants are experts and students from
Mathematical Modeling, Analysis, Numerics and Medicine.



From: Krassimir Georgiev georgiev@parallel.bas.bg
Date: July 18, 2018
Subject: Large-Scale Models: Numerical Methods, Bulgaria, Jun 2019


Special Session on Large-scale Models: Numerical Methods, Parallel
Computations and Applications will be organized during the 12th
International Conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computations
(LSSC'19). The conference will take place in Sozopol (a very nice
resort town on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria) from June 10 to June
14, 2019 (see more details:
http://parallel.bas.bg/Conferences/SciCom19/). Proceedings will be
published in the distinguish Springer Series: Lecture Notes in
Computer Science. Extended papers from this session will probably be
published (as was done in the previous conferences) in an
international journal with high index.

Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 15, 2019
Notification of acceptance of the talks: January 31, 2019
Deadline for registration: February 15, 2019
Deadline for submission of full papers: March 1, 2019

An online registration will be opened.

E-mails: scicom19@parallel.bas.bg; georgiev@parallel.bas.bg;
zz@envs.au.dk



From: Steven Lee steven.lee@science.doe.gov
Date: July 21, 2018
Subject: Program Manager Position, Applied Math Program, DOE


This position is now posted for DOE Applied Mathematics Program
Manager

Open & closing dates: 7/19/2018 to 7/25/2018

For full details, see:
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/505418500

Summary: This position is located in the Computational Science
Research & Partnerships Division, Office of Advanced Scientific
Computing Research, and Office of Science (SC). The mission of the
Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) is to deliver
forefront computational and networking capabilities to mathematicians
nationwide that will enable them to extend the frontiers of
science. The Division is responsible for funding and administering
fundamental research programs in applied mathematics, computer
science, networking, and advanced scientific computing software tools,
and computational partnerships with other SC offices and with other
DOE elements that utilize tera- to peta- scale computing resources for
modeling and simulating complex scientific and engineering problems
across the entire civilian scope of DOE.

A successful candidate in this position will:
- Serve as a Program Manager and technical authority in the field of
applied mathematics relating to computational science
- Plan, coordinate, implement and evaluate research program in the
field on a national and international level.


From: Laura Grigori laura.grigori@inria.fr
Date: July 17, 2018
Subject: Postdoc Position, High Performance Numerical Techniques, France


Deadline: July 31.

We are looking to fill a postdoctoral position in high performance
numerical techniques for Cosmic Microwave Background data analysis.
The successful candidate will have a PhD in applied mathematics, high
performance computing background or computational physics and
expertise in at least one of the following:
- solvers of large linear systems of equations with help of new,
customized approaches suitable for massively parallel supercomputers
with particular emphasis on preconditioning techniques;
- large-scale optimization problems;
- massively parallel, high performance programming on heterogeneous
computational platforms;
- solutions to large scales I/O problems in the context of massively
parallel codes and huge data sets.

No formal background in physics is required.

The position is for up to two years with the starting date some time
in the fall of 2018. The approximate salary after the burden will be
on order of 2.4-2.9 kEuros per month, depending on candidate's
experience. The position comes with full benefits. Travel founds are
also allocated.

The candidate will work within the context of the ANR-funded B3DCMB
project, which gathers cosmologists, physicists, applied
mathematicians, high performance computing experts, and statisticians
and aims at a development of novel, high performance numerical methods
and tools for cosmic microwave background analysis. S/he will be
formally attached to the APC Laboratory and the group of cosmologists
and physicists based there. However, arrangements can be made that
s/he spends significant fractions of his/her time at the INRIA-Paris
to work directly with computer scientists/applied mathematicians from
the Alpines team led by Laura Grigori. While the candidate is expected
to dedicate most of his/her work time to the goals of the B3DCMB
project, time could be allocated for part-time personal projects upon
mutual agreement. For more details and information, please contact:
radek.stompor@in2p3.fr or Laura.Grigori@inria.fr

To apply please send to the email addresses above: your CV, statement
of research interests, and arrange for one or two recommendation
letters. The formal deadline for applications is July 31 but we will
continue considering applications until the position is filled.



From: Dietmar Oelz d.oelz@uq.edu.au
Date: July 18, 2018
Subject: Postdoc Position, Univ of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia


We are recruiting a full-time postdoctoral fellow to work on an
Australian Research Council funded project that will involve the
development, derivation and simulation of particle-based and continuum
models for actomyosin dynamics. It is our goal to investigate
contractility and pattern formation in the cell cortex.

The project (CI: Dietmar Oelz, UQ,
https://people.smp.uq.edu.au/DietmarOelz/) will involve collaboration
with NYU (Courant Institute). The applicant will have a good
background in Applied Mathematics, and a strong interest in Biology
and Cell Biology. The postdoctoral fellow will be hosted at the
University of Queensland (UQ, Brisbane, Australia).

Applicants should possess a PhD in the area of
Mathematics/Physics/Engineering with a specialisation in Applied
Mathematics and evidence of contribution to research, including
publication of research in peer-reviewed journals. Expert knowledge in
the area of Mathematical Biology is desirable.

All applicants must supply the following documents: Cover-letter,
Resume and Selection Criteria responses.

For information on completing the application (for job number 504714)
please refer to
http://jobs.uq.edu.au/caw/en/job/504714/postdoctoral-research-fellow



From: Qing Nie qnie@uci.edu
Date: July 23, 2018
Subject: Postdoc Positions and Other Opportunities, NSF-Simons Center, UCI


The NSF-Simons Center on Multiscale Cell Fate Research at University
of California, Irvine (http://cellfate.uci.edu/) has several exciting
opportunities for researchers working at the interface between biology
and mathematics. During the next three months, there are four major
opportunities:

a) Multiple job openings for the center postdoctoral fellows:
https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF04759

b) Annual Symposium (October 1-2, 2018):
http://cellfate.uci.edu/symposium-2018/

c) Interdisciplinary Opportunity Award (joint with the Annual Symposium):
http://cellfate.uci.edu/symposium-2018/symposium-2018-interdisciplinary-opportunity-
awards/

d) Convergence Acceleration Team program:
http://cellfate.uci.edu/program/



From: Sivaguru. S. Sritharan sivaguru.sritharan@afit.edu
Date: July 22, 2018
Subject: Postdoc Positions, Air Force Institute of Technology


The AFIT-AFRL HYPERSONICS COLLABORATIVE FOR EXCELLENCE led jointly by
Dr. Thomas Jackson, AFRL/ST Chief Scientist of Hypersonics at Air
Force Research Laboratory and Dr. Sivaguru S. Sritharan, Provost &
Vice Chancellor at Air Force Institute of Technology, has immediate
openings in postdoctoral fellowships (require US Citizenship) in the
following areas:

1. Diagnostics of hypersonic combustion, scramjet combustion
diagnostics - expertise in diagnostics or machine learning techniques
applied to fluid mechanics or combustion.

2. Control of compressible fluid dynamics, boundary layer stability in
compressible flow, machine learning of fluid dynamics.

3. High fidelity simulation, compressible Navier-Stokes or Boltzmann
level, computations or machine learning techniques.

Exact match is not essential but curiosity and interest to learn is
what is desired.

Postdoc salaries are typically around $75k-$80k with additional
stipend to cover health insurance and also generous travel support to
attend conferences, etc.

If interested please contact me.

Dr. Sivaguru. S. Sritharan, Provost & Vice Chancellor,
Air Force Institute of Technology
Wright Patterson AFB
Dayton, OH 45433
sivaguru.sritharan@afit.edu



From: Juliane Mueller juliane.mueller2901@gmail.com
Date: July 18, 2018
Subject: Postdoc Positions, Optimization and Decision Support, Berkeley Lab


The Center for Computational Sciences and Engineering has an immediate
opening for two postdoctoral researchers to work on the development of
computational optimization algorithms and decision support
systems. The focus of the first position is the development of methods
for large-scale computationally expensive optimization problems. The
second position focuses on the development of data-informed surrogate
models for decision support systems in the water-energy nexus. We are
looking for candidates with experience in nonlinear computational
optimization including mixed-integer, derivative-free, or global
optimization. Experience with surrogate models, data analysis,
machine learning, and uncertainty quantification is a plus. The
candidates will work independently as well as collaboratively in a
multidisciplinary team environment that includes mathematicians,
computer/computational scientists, and domain scientists. The
candidates will have the opportunity to apply their developments to
exciting application areas.

For more information about optimization at LBL, please visit
https://optimization.lbl.gov

For more information about these particular openings, please contact
Juli Mueller at JulianeMueller (AT) lbl.gov

To apply, please go to the postings at

decision support:
https://lbl.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/computational-postdoctoral-scholar-water-
energy-decision-support-957

large scale optimization:
https://lbl.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/postdoctoral-scholar-center-for-computational-
sciences-and-engineering-929

The posting shall remain open until the position is filled, however
for full consideration, please apply by August 15, 2018.



From: Matthias Bolten bolten@math.uni-wuppertal.de
Date: July 16, 2018
Subject: PhD Position, HPC, Univ of Wuppertal


The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of
Wuppertal has an immediate opening for a 3-year position of a Research
Assistant within the high performance computing group at 75 % of the
standard working hours (pay scale: German public sector salary level E
13 TV-L).

The candidate will work both independently and with members and
collaborators of the research group on the development and analysis of
methods for parallel-in-time integration of time-dependent partial
differential equations. Part of the research will be carried out
within the project "PASIROM - Parallele Simulation und robuste
Optimierung von elektromechanischen Energiewandlern mit
Unsicherheiten" (Parallel simulation and robust optimization of
electromechanical energy convertors with uncertainties,
http://www.pasirom.de/)

Further information can be found at

https://www.uni-wuppertal.de/universitaet/verwaltung/dezernat-
4/stellenangebote/ansicht/job/reference-number-18135-research-assistant/



From: Carola Kruse carola.kruse@cerfacs.fr
Date: July 19, 2018
Subject: PhD Position, Iterative Methods, EDF and Cerfacs, France


An industrially funded 3-year PhD position is available which will be
jointly supervised by EDF R&D (French Electricity Company, Palaiseau),
ISAE- SUPAERO and Cerfacs (Toulouse).

The project focuses on iterative solution techniques for thermo-hydro-
mechanical problems (THM). We are interested in the behaviour of a
weakly compressible fluid flowing in a soil, represented as a porous
medium. This problem is called the Biot's consolidation or
poroelasticity problem and it is used for studying galleries of
underground storage. For example, we seek to achieve the numerical
modelling of two crossing galleries. This simulation remains difficult
today mainly for reasons of the numerical performance of 3D
poromechanical calculations.

Requirements: MSc degree or equivalent with a background in one or
several of the following topics: engineering, computational mechanics,
high performance computing, numerical methods, applied
mathematics. The PhD student will be based at Cerfacs (Toulouse,
France) and EDF R&D (Palaiseau, France).

Further information is available at
https://cerfacs.fr/en/offer/phd-position-high-performance-linear-solver-for-thermohydro-
mechanics-with-regularization/

Contacts:
EDF - Nicolas Tardieu, nicolas.tardieu@edf.fr
Cerfacs - Carola Kruse, carola.kruse@cerfacs.fr



From: Emiliano emiliano.traversi@lipn.univ-paris13.fr
Date: July 23, 2018
Subject: PhD Position, Operations Research and Data Science


We are looking for a highly motivated candidate for a PhD in
operations research and data science. The PhD is in collaboration with
Padam (www.padam.io), a company working on a turnkey platform and
developping simulation tools for on-demand transportation systems.

At the interface of 2 hot and trend topics, the project will be
oriented on the following aspects:
- The design of exact and heuristics algorithms for routing problems
to efficiently tackle instance of the company
- The use of original data science and probabilistic methods to
improve routing decisions

To achieve this goal, the candidate will have to suggest novel
algorithms combining advanced optimization techniques
(e.g. mathematical programming models, hyper- and meta- heuristics)
with robust and data- driven optimization techniques.

Applicants should have (or be about to finish) a relevant master
degree. Good knowledge of operations research techniques (integer
linear programming, graphs etc.) and data science/machine learning
tools are strongly recommended. The applicant should also have good
programming skills in any programming language. Expertise in working
with a unix-like system (e.g. ubuntu) and knowledge in database models
will be appreciated.

The PhD thesis will take place in 2 locations:
- Paris XIII University - 99, av. Jean-Baptiste Clement - 93430 Villetaneuse
- Padam - 34 boulevard Sebastopol - 75001 Paris

For more information contact:
Emiliano Traversi traversi@lipn.univ-paris13.fr
Roberto Wolfler Calvo wolfler@lipn.univ-paris13.fr



From: Edward B. Saff constr.approx@vanderbilt.edu
Date: July 23, 2018
Subject: Contents, Constructive Approximation, 48 (1)


Constructive Approximation
Special Issue on Approximation and Statistical Physics - Part II
Volume 48, Issue 1, August 2018

Introduction

On Large Deviations for Gibbs Measures, Mean Energy and Gamma-
Convergence, Robert J. Berman

The Stolarsky Principle and Energy Optimization on the Sphere, Dmitriy
Bilyk, Feng Dai and Ryan Matzke

Large Deviation Principles for Hypersingular Riesz Gases, Douglas
P. Hardin, Thomas Leble, Edward B. Saff and Sylvia Serfaty

Point Processes, Hole Events, and Large Deviations: Random Complex
Zeros and Coulomb Gases, Subhroshekhar Ghosh and Alon Nishry

Polynomial Ensembles and Recurrence Coefficients, Adrien Hardy

The Projective Ensemble and Distribution of Points in Odd-Dimensional
Spheres, Carlos Beltran and Ujue Etayo

Constructive Approximation
An International Journal for Approximations and Expansions
Published by Springer
http://link.springer.com/journal/365



From: irena lasiecka lasiecka@memphis.edu
Date: July 16, 2018
Subject: Contents, Evolution Equations and Control Theory (EECT), 7 (3)


I am pleased to inform you the new issue EECT 7-3 September 2018
regular issue is now online.

http://aimsciences.org/journal/A0000-0000/2018/7/3


From: Claude Brezinski claude.brezinski@univ-lille.fr
Date: July 20, 2018
Subject: Contents, Numerical Algorithms, 78 (4)


Table of Contents
Numerical Algorithms, Vol. 78, No. 4

Shrink wrapping for Taylor models revisited, Florian Buenger

Iterative methods for solving quasi-variational inclusion and fixed
point problem in q-uniformly smooth Banach spaces, Pongsakorn
Sunthrayuth, Prasit Cholamjiak

Weak and strong convergence theorems for variational inequality
problems, Duong Viet Thong, Dang Van Hieu

Fully discrete second-order backward difference method for
Kelvin-Voigt fluid flow model, Ambit Kumar Pany

Construction of the optimal set of two or three quadrature rules in
the sense of Borges, Tatjana V. Tomovic, Marija P. Stanic

Two algorithms for solving systems of inclusion problems, R. Diaz
Millan

Adaptive high-order splitting schemes for large-scale differential
Riccati equations, Tony Stillfjord

Retraction algorithms for solving variational inequalities,
pseudomonotone equilibrium problems, and fixed-point problems in
Banach spaces, Zeynab Jouymandi, Fridoun Moradlou

Exact solution to a parametric linear programming problem, Lubomir
Kolev, Iwona Skalna

Detailed error analysis for a fractional Adams method with graded
meshes, Yanzhi Liu, Jason Roberts, Yubin Yan

On the limit cycles, period-doubling, and quasi-periodic solutions of
the forced Van der Pol-Duffing oscillator, Jifeng Cui, Wenyu Zhang,
Zeng Liu, Jianglong Sun

A new inexact SQP algorithm for nonlinear systems of mixed equalities
and inequalities, Chao Gu, Detong Zhu, Yonggang Pei

An improved Perry conjugate gradient method with adaptive parameter
choice, Shengwei Yao, Donglei He, Lihua Shi

An iterative algorithm for the least Frobenius norm Hermitian and
generalized skew Hamiltonian solutions of the generalized coupled
Sylvester-conjugate matrix equations, Baohua Huang, Changfeng Ma

Matrix-free monolithic homotopy continuation with application to
computational aerodynamics, David A. Brown, David W. Zingg



From: David G. Yu david.iapress@gmail.com
Date: July 16, 2018
Subject: Contents, Statistics, Optimization & Information Computing, 6 (2)


Contents,Statistics, Optimization & Information Computing, 6 (2)
This issue is available at http://www.iapress.org/index.php/soic

Hybridized Support Vector Machine and Recursive Feature Elimination,
with Information Complexity, Hamparsum Bozdogan, Seung Hyun Baek

Weighted Clustering for Anomaly Detection in Big Data, Rasim
Alguliyev, Ramiz Aliguliyev, Yadigar Imamverdiyev, Lyudmila Sukhostat

Inference on the Parameters and Reliability Characteristics of
Generalized Inverted Scale Family of Distributions based on Records,
Ajit Chaturvedi, Ananya Malhotra

Optimization on the distribution of population densities and the
arrangement of urban activities, Savin Treanta

Locating Direction Finders Optimally under Risk of Detection, Suhwan
Kim

Approximate Homogenized Synthesis for Distributed Optimal Control
Problem with Superposition Type Cost Functional, Olena A. Kapustian,
Valentyn V. Sobchuk

POT approach for estimation of extreme risk measures of EUR/USD
returns, Ouadjed Hakim

Buys-Ballot Technique for the Analysis of Time Series with a Cubic-
Trend Component, Emmanuel Okereke

Weak convergence of stochastic processes from spaces $F_\psi(\Omega)$,
Yurii Yuriiovych Mlavets, Yurii Vasylovych Kozachenko, Nataliia
Vasylivna Yurchenko

Flexiblity of Using Com-Poisson Regression Model for Count Data, Esin
AVCI

The parameter estimation of the multivariate matrix regression models,
Zerong Lin, Lingling He, Tian Wu, Changqing Xu

DEA Window Analysis with slack-based measure of Efficiency in Indian
Cement Industry, Arif Muhammad, Tirupathi Rao, Qaiser Farooq

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