IPNet Digest Volume 13, Number 06 Sept 08, 2006 Today's Editor: Patricia K. Lamm Michigan State University Today's Topics: Symposium on Inverse Problems honoring Alberto Calderon Inverse Problems 2007 Symposium SIAM Conference on Computational Science & Engineering: Deadlines Faculty Position in Inverse Problems, Imaging Science, Data Analysis Radon ICIAM Grants PhD Studies in Inverse Problems of Medical Imaging Book: Dynamical Systems Method for Solving Operator Equations Announcing new journal: Computational Science & Discovery Special ETNA volume dedicated to Gene Golub Special LAA Issue on Models/Algorithms in IM Radiation Therapy Special LAA issue on the Joint Spectral Radius Online version of International Journal of Tomography & Statistics Table of Contents: Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering Table of Contents: Linear and Multilinear Algebra Submissions for IPNet Digest: Mail to ipnet-digest@math.msu.edu Information about IPNet: http://www.math.msu.edu/ipnet ----------------------------- From: Gunther Uhlmann Subject: Symposium on Inverse Problems honoring Alberto Calderon Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 This is the first announcement for the Symposium on Inverse Problems Honoring Alberto Calderon to be held in IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 10 to 19, 2007. Please see the web page for more details: http://www.math.purdue.edu/~sabarre/sympinv.html We encourage Students and Junior Scientists from the US to apply for financial support. Please follow the instructions in the web page to do so. Antonio Sa Barreto Gunther Uhlmann ----------------------------- From: Neil Wright Subject: IPS 2007 Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 2007 Inverse Problems Symposium June 11 & 12, 2007 Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan, USA This is the 20th in the series of National and International Meetings on Inverse Problems that were initiated at Michigan State University in 1988. The new name reflects the breadth of research of the attendees to these symposia. Papers are solicited from all areas involving inverse methods and their applications. The symposium is organized in a single session format to foster cross-disciplinary interaction. Solicited topics are listed at the symposium website www.inverseproblems2007.org Honorary Chairperson: James V. Beck, Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University For more information, please contact: Conference Chairperson: /Neil Wright, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48864; phone: (517) 432-4917; email: ntwright@msu.edu ----------------------------- From: Connie Young Subject: SIAM CSE07 Submission Deadline August 23, 2006 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 SIAM Conference on Computational Science & Engineering (CSE07) February 19-23, 2007 Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa, Costa Mesa, California The submission deadline for CSE07 is fast approaching! To submit go to _http://meetings.siam.org/start.cfm?CONFCODE=cs07_ DEADLINES August 23 , 2006: Minisymposium proposals August 23 , 2006: Abstracts for contributed and minisymposium presentations Deadlines are midnight Eastern Daylight Time (EDT.) For more information visit _http://www.siam.org/meetings/cse07/_ or contact the SIAM Conference Department at _meetings@siam.org_ . ----------------------------- From: Elena Karn Subject: Faculty Position in Inverse Problems, Imaging Science, Data Analysis Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 The Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Davis, is soliciting applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position starting July 1, 2007, subject to budgetary and administrative approval. We are interested in applicants in the following areas: High Dimensional Data Analysis, Inverse Problems, and/or Imaging Science. This position is associated with the campus-wide initiative Universe@UCDavis. The candidates are expected to contribute to the multidisciplinary Universe@UCDavis project through their own research and the collaboration with the project team on innovative data mining and machine learning techniques for exploration and discovery with extremely large cosmological datasets. Minimum qualifications for this position include a Ph.D. degree or its equivalent in the Mathematical Sciences, and great promise in research and teaching. Duties include mathematical research, undergraduate and graduate teaching, and departmental and university service. Additional information on the Department may be found at http://math.ucdavis.edu/. Our postal address is Department of Mathematics, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8633. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. To receive full consideration, the application should be received by December 1, 2006. To apply, submit the AMS Cover Sheet and supporting documentation electronically through http://www.mathjobs.org/. The University of California, Davis, is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Submitted by: Elena Karn, Academic Personnel Coordinator, Department of Mathematics, UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616 530-752-4887 fax 530-752-6635 ----------------------------- From: Prof. Heinz W. Engl Subject: Radon ICIAM Grants Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 Radon - ICIAM - Grants The Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences announces up to 10 grants which cover the cost of * a stay of two weeks at RICAM in Linz right before ICIAM 07. * the stay at ICIAM 07 in Zurich. Travel (as cheap as possible), registration to ICIAM and accommodation and subsistence in Linz and Zurich are covered by these grants. Applications are invited from mathematicians born 1971 or later, who live and work in Central and Eastern Europe including those EU-Countries that joined the Union in 2005. Preference is given to applicants whose scientific expertise is close to the fields represented at RICAM. Applications should be sent by September 30, 2006 to radon_iciam@ricam.oeaw.ac.at. These applications should include a short statement about scientific interests and achievements, a CV and a list of publications. Also, two letters of support should directly be sent to the e-mail address given. Successful candidates will be notified around October 15, 2006 and should then submit an abstract to ICIAM. The grant will only be awarded if this abstract is accepted for presentation. Submitted by: Prof.Dr.Heinz W. Engl E-Mail: heinz.engl@jku.at Institut fuer Industriemathematik secretary: doris.nikolaus@jku.at Johannes-Kepler-Universitaet Phone:+43-(0)732-2468...,ext.9219 or 8693, Altenbergerstrasse 69 secretary: ext.9220 A-4040 Linz Fax:ext. 8855 Oesterreich / Austria World Wide Web: http://www.indmath.uni-linz.ac.at/ and Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM), Austrian Academy of Sciences; http://www.ricam.oeaw.ac.at EMail: heinz.engl@oeaw.ac.at ----------------------------- From: Peter Kuchment Subject: PhD Studies in Inverse Problems of Medical Imaging Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 PhD studies opportunities in inverse problems of medical imaging at Department of Mathematics of Texas A&M University Professors Peter Kuchment (http://www.math.tamu.edu/~kuchment) and Wolgang Bangerth (http://www.math.tamu.edu/~bangerth/) at the Department of Mathematics of Texas A&M University are starting an NSF supported research project devoted to mathematical methods of novel modalities of medical imaging (so called computerized tomography). This exciting project will address the practically important problems of medical imaging that require significant mathematical and numerical analysis. The problems of tomography are known for bringing about beautiful analytic and numerical mathematics (harmonic analysis, function theory, differential equations, etc.), and we are sure that this project will not be an exception. It is planned to involve several graduate students into the project. Interested students should contact Professors Peter Kuchment and/or Wolfgang Bangerth. One can find the enrollment procedures and requirements for our graduate program at http://www.math.tamu.edu/teaching/graduate/ Peter Kuchment, Professor Mathematics Department Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-3368 http://www.math.tamu.edu/~kuchment e-mail kuchment@math.tamu.edu (979)862-3257, FAX (979)862-4190 ----------------------------- From: Prof. Alexander G.Ramm Subject: Book: Dynamical Systems Method for Solving Operator Equations Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 Dear Colleagues: Below is information about my new monograph. Kind regards, Alexander Ramm From: M&CS books department Subject: RE: Ramm's book "Dynamical Systems Method for Solving Operator Equations" The book can be ordered now: http://elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/710057/description#description ----------------------------- From: Emma Bartovsky Subject: Announcing new journal: Computational Science & Discovery Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 Computational Science & Discovery (CSD) is a new journal from Institute of Physics Publishing, and is now accepting submissions. CSD will focus on scientific advances and discovery through computational science in physics, chemistry, biology and applied science - its multidisciplinary breadth being a unique asset. Within their papers, authors will be encouraged to include details of the scientific advances made, their numerical methods, verification and validation of codes, and the enabling technologies they used - for example, in data management, networking and visualization, among other areas. Papers will be rigorously peer-reviewed and published electronically. To find out more about the journal, including author guidelines, and members of the growing Editorial Board, please visit http://iop.org/journals/csd or contact csd@iop.org. The journal will be available free online during 2006 and 2007. ----------------------------- From: Lothar Reichel Subject: Special ETNA volume dedicated to Gene Golub Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAL VOLUME IN HONOR OF GENE H. GOLUB ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 75th BIRTHDAY ETNA, the Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis (http://etna.mcs.kent.edu), is planning a special volume in honor of Gene H. Golub on the occasion of his 75th birthday. The special editors for this volume are: Martin Gutknecht, Michael Overton, Lothar Reichel, Daniel Szyld, Nick Trefethen, Paul Van Dooren, and Andy Wathen. Papers can be submitted following the general ETNA guidelines found on ETNA's web site (http://etna.mcs.kent.edu), to any of the special editors, no later than February 29, 2007. The papers will undergo the standard refereeing process. ----------------------------- From: Hans Schneider Subject: Special LAA Issue on Models/Algorithms in IM Radiation Therapy Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS Special Issue on LINEAR AND NONLINEAR MODELS AND ALGORITHMS IN INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT) Second call for Papers with extended submission deadline Linear Algebra and its Applications (LAA) is pleased to announce a special issue on "Linear and Nonlinear Models and Algorithms in Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)". IMRT is revolutionizing radiation therapy by putting at the disposal of the medical profession powerful tools to deliver higher radiation doses to tumors and lower radiation doses to critical organs in more accurate ways. The scientific effort is a multidisciplinary one in which radiation oncologists, other medical specialists, medical physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists and engineers collaborate to study many outstanding problems in treatment planning and delivery. The goal is to merge this expertise and discover IMRT solutions that can produce meaningful benefits to patients and consistent results to practitioners. In view of the ever-increasing role of mathematics, particularly linear algebra, optimization theory, operations research, and other applied branches in IMRT, we look forward to first-class original research submissions on all relevant aspects of IMRT, including image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) which uses online imaging capabilities to reduce uncertainties in organ localization and allows response to changes in treatment geometry over time. We welcome papers for the special issue within the entire scope of IMRT; topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Algorithm engineering Aperture weight optimization Automated structure delineation Column-generation methods for large problem formulations Dose-volume constraints handling Gantry angle optimization Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) Large-scale matrix reduction and sparsing techniques Mathematical programming and operations research methods in IMRT Optimization of the segmentation process Rigid and deformable registration Sensitivity analysis for revised constraints or changed geometry Sampling techniques over constrained volumes Variance at risk methods for dose-volume modeling The deadline for submission of papers is November 30, 2006. Papers should be sent to any one of the four special editors, listed below, preferably PDF files as attachments to e-mail, and will be subject to normal refereeing procedures according to LAA standards. Go to: http://authors.elsevier.com/JournalDetail.html?PubID=522483&Precis=&popup= and click on: "Guide for Authors" (but do not use the online submission for this special issue). Yair Censor, D.Sc. Department of Mathematics, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel. yair@math.haifa.ac.il James M. Galvin, D.Sc. Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University 111 South 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA. 19107, USA. james.galvin@mail.tju.edu Mark Langer, MD Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine 535 Barnhill Dr., RT-041, Indianapolis, IN. 46202, USA. mlanger@iupui.edu Ying Xiao, Ph.D. Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University 111 South 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA. 19107, USA. ying.xiao@mail.tju.edu The editor-in-chief responsible for this special issue is Hans Schneider. Submitted by: Hans Schneider, Mathematics Department, Van Vleck Hall, University of Wisconsin, 480 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1313 USA Office Phone: 608-262-1402 Math Dept Phone: 608-263-3054 Email: hans@math.wisc.edu Math Dept Fax: 608-263-8891 http://www.math.wisc.edu/~hans ----------------------------- From: Hans Schneider Subject: Special LAA issue on the Joint Spectral Radius Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS Special issue on the JOINT SPECTRAL RADIUS Second call for papers The joint spectral radius is a measure of the maximal growth of products of matrices taken from a set. Fuelled by applications in many areas there has been intensive research on this topic over the last two decades. This special issue aims to highlight the advances that have been achieved in recent times and to generate a state of the art account of the developments in algebraic and analytic theory of the joint spectral radius, computational aspects and application areas. Papers devoted to further subjects concerning long products of matrices are also welcome. Theoretical developments in the area have used methods from diverse mathematical fields. Computational complexity theory has been used to show that in general the joint spectral radius is hard to determine, while convex analysis lies at the foundation of many results obtained on analytic properties, and methods from ergodic theory can be used to characterize the continuous time version of the joint spectral radius in the framework of stochastic dynamical systems. In order to make the broad scope of methods visible we encourage submissions from all areas that have an impact on the understanding of the joint spectral radius ranging from matrix analysis, numerical analysis, algebraic theory of matrix semigroups, computational complexity theory, stability theory of switched linear systems, spectral theory of semigroups of matrices. Furthermore, long products of matrices play a prominent role in certain areas in automata theory, iterated functions systems and various other fields. We note that depending on the authors the joint spectral radius is also known as the maximal Lyapunov exponent or Lyapunov indicator, the Bohl exponent or the exponential growth rate and we encourage the submission of papers that create links to fields where notions similar to the joint spectral radius are studied, e.g. papers on continuous time versions of the joint spectral radius and extensions to infinite dimensions. The joint spectral radius has found numerous applications in diverse areas; e.g. it has been used in coding theory to express the capacity of certain channels, in the stability analysis of consensus algorithms, to quantify the smoothness of wavelets obtained via dilation equations, in combinatorial number theory, in probability to analyze the distributions of random power series, in stability analysis of switched linear systems, in approximation theory to verify the convergence of subdivision algorithms,and in the theory of fractals and attractors. We particularly invite papers that explore applications in these or other areas. All papers submitted must meet the publication standards of Linear Algebra and its Applications and will be refereed in the usual way. They should be submitted to one of the special editors of this issue listed below by 31 December 2006. Submission via email by sending a ps or pdf file is encouraged. Vincent Blondel Department of Mathematical Engineering Université catholique de Louvain 4 Avenue George Lemaitre B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium vincent.blondel@uclouvain.be Micheal Karow Department of Mathematics Berlin University of Technology Strasse des 17. Juni 136 10623 Berlin Germany karow@math.tu-berlin.de Vladimir Protasov Department of Mechanics and Mathematics Moscow State University Vorobyovy Gory 119992 Moscow Russia vladimir_protassov@yahoo.com Fabian Wirth The Hamilton Institute NUI Maynooth Maynooth, Co. Kildare Ireland fabian.wirth@nuim.ie The responsible editor-in-chief of the special issue is: Hans Schneider Department of Mathematics University of Wisconsin - Madison Van Vleck Hall 480 Lincoln Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53706 U.S.A. email: hans@math.wisc.edu Submitted by: Hans Schneider, Mathematics Department, Van Vleck Hall, University of Wisconsin, 480 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1313 USA Office Phone: 608-262-1402 Math Dept Phone: 608-263-3054 Email: hans@math.wisc.edu Math Dept Fax: 608-263-8891 http://www.math.wisc.edu/~hans ----------------------------- From: Int. J. Tomogr. Stat. Subject: Online version of International Journal of Tomography & Statistics Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 Dear Colleague, Greetings from International Journal of Tomography & Statistics (IJTS). The Fall 2006 of International Journal of Tomography & Statistics (IJTS) is ready. The "Online issue" will be available by second week of September 2006 and "Paper Print Issue" by November 06. The Online Content and Abstract of this issue can be view on www at : Content: http://www.isder.ceser.res.in/ijts/cont/ijts-f06-cont.html Abstract: http://www.isder.ceser.res.in/ijts/cont/ijts-f06-abs.html An Announcement Special volume of "International Journal of Tomography & Statistics" on: �Control Applications of Optimisation - control and aeronautics, optimal control, control of partial differential equations; Vol. 5, No. W07, Winter 2007 �Control Applications of Optimisation - applications of optimal control, robust control and stabilization, applications in industry; Vol. 6, No. S07, Summer 2007 �Control Applications of Optimisation - optimisation methods, differential games, time delay control systems, economics and management; Vol. 7, No. F07, Fall 2007 The papers provide new developments in the interacting fields of optimisation, control and system theory, including optimisation methods, optimal control, differential games, stochastic optimisation, numerical optimisation methods and their applications in control, optimisation with uncertainties, multi-objective control and optimisation, robust control and stabilisation, applications in economics and management, and optimal PDE control. Both theoretical and practical aspects are discussed. All papers have passed the standard refereeing process. Online Contents of Vol. 5, No. W07, Winter 2007 (Control Applications of Optimisation - control and aeronautics, optimal control, control of partial differential equations) can be view at: http://www.isder.ceser.res.in/ijts/cont/ijts-w07-cont.html The above volume contains some selected and highly reviewed papers presented at the 13th IFAC Workshop on Control Applications of Optimisation, FRANCE which was organized in Paris - Cachan, at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, France, on April 26-28, 2006. Organized by: the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS Cachan); and SEE (Société de l'Electricité, del'Electronique et des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication); Sponsored by: IFAC Technical Committee on Optimal Control (TC 2.4); IFAC Technical Committee on Economics and Business Systems (TC 9.1); IFAC Technical Committee on Control Design (TC 2.1); IFAC Technical Committee on Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems (TC 1.3); and supported by CNRS, INRIA, CNAM, MENR, and IFP. The contributors are from 25 countries. With regards, Dr. Tanuja Srivastava Executive Editor, International Journal of Tomography & Statistics (IJTS) Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee-247667, INDIA, www.isder.ceser.res.in/ijts.html E-mail: ijts@isder.ceser.res.in, tanujfma@iitr.ernet.in ----------------------------- From: jamesverebeck@comcast.net Subject: Contents, Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering June 2006 Vol. 14 No. 4 Table of Contents Inverse problem of aircraft structural parameter identification: application of genetic algorithms compared with artificial neural networks P. M. Trivailo, T. Gilbert, E. Glessich and D. Sgarioto Inverse problem of aircraft structural parameter estimation: application of neural networks P. M. Trivailo, G. S. Dulikravich, D. Sgarioto and T. Gilbert Optimization tools in the analysis of micro-textured lubricated devices G. C. Buscaglia, R. F. Ausas and M. Jai The inverse determination of aerodynamic loading from structural response data using neural networks P. M. Trivailo and C. L. Carn Evolutionary optimization using a new radial basis function network and the adjoint formulation I. C. Kampolis, D. I. Papadimitriou and K. C. Giannakoglou Inverse problems in magnetohydrodynamics: theoretical and experimental aspects F. Stefani, T. Gundrum, G. Gerbeth, U. Gunther and M. Xu Transient inverse design of radiative enclosures for thermal processing of materials F. H. R. Franca and J. R. Howell An inverse solution to functional brain mapping in language processing using an eigensystem study M. Cabrerizo, M. Adjouadi, M. Aybala and K. Nunez ***************** Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering July 2006 Vol. 14 No. 5 Table of Contents Estimation of phase boundary by front points method in electrical impedance tomography M. C. Kim, S. Kim, K. Y. Kim, K. H. Seo, H. J. Jeon, J. H. Kim and B.Y. Choi The variation of the metal/mold heat transfer coefficient along the cross section of cylindrical shaped castings E. N. Souza, N. Cheung, C. A. Santos and A. Garcia Parameter estimation in active plate structures using gradient optimisation and neural networks A. L. Araujo, C. M. Mota Soares, J. Herskovits and P. Pedersen Global line search strategies for nonlinear least squares problems based on curvature and projected curvature P. Al Khoury and G. Chavent A dynamic thermal identification method applied to conductor and nonconductor materials V. L. Borges, S. M. M. De Lima e Silva and G. Guimaraes Matching of objects nodal points improvement using optimization L. F. Bastos and J. M. R. S. Tavares Neural network based models in the inversion of temperature vertical profiles from radiation data E. H. Shiguemori, H. F. de Campos Velho, J. D. S. da Silva and J. C. Carvalho A variational approach for solving an inverse vibration problem L. D. Chiwiacowsky, H. F. de Campos Velho and P. Gasbarri ***************** Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering Sept 2006 Vol. 14 No. 6 Table of Contents Potential energy function from second virial data using sensitivity analysis N. H. T. Lemes, R. C. O. Sebastiao and J. P. Braga Topological design of structures using population-based optimization methods S. Bureerat and T. Kunakote Improving the design of clustered neural fuzzy models for optimization F. G. Guimaraes and J. A. Ramirez Optimization of slender structures considering geometrical imperfections M. Baitsch and D. Hartmann 3D direct inversion algorithm for electrical impedance underground anomaly detection with dual reciprocity boundary element modeling Y. Kagawa, W. Xu, Y. Zhao, T. Horikane, N. Wakatsuki and H. Totsuji Aircraft parameter estimation using output-error methods L. Carlos Sandoval Goes, E. Moreira Hemerly, Carlos de Oliveira Maciel, W. Rios Neto, C. Braga Mendonca and J. Hoff Parameter identification for a complex lead-acid battery model by combining fuzzy control and stochastic optimization G. Steiner and B. Schweighofer Evaluation of heat transfer coefficients along the secondary cooling zones in the continuous casting of steel billets A. Santos, A. Garcia, C. R. Frick and J. A. Spim Information for the September 2006 issue was also submitted by: Katie Chandler, Publishing Editor, Applied Science Journals, Taylor & Francis ----------------------------- From: Subject: Contents, Linear and Multilinear Algebra Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 Linear and Multilinear Algebra September 2006 Volume 54, No. 5 Table of Contents Representations of /p/-groups with submultiplicative spectra Marjeta Kramar An estimate for the norm of a derivation on a norm ideal Mohamed Boumazgour The Picard iteration and its application Xuzhou Chen, Robert E. Hartwig Eigenvalues of products of matrices Susana Furtado, Laura Iglesias, Fernando C. Silva Orthogonality preserving bijective maps on real and complex projective spaces Leiba Rodman, Peter Semrl Derivations of the intermediate Lie algebras between the Lie algebra of diagonal matrices and that of upper triangular matrices over a commutative ring Dengyin Wang, Shikun Ou, Qiu Yu Similarity of pairs of linear maps defined modulo a subspace M&art1;Isabel Garcia-Planas www.tandf.co.uk/journals Volume 54 Number 5/September 2006 of Linear and Multilinear Algebra is now available on the journalsonline.tandf.co.uk web site at http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk . Submitted by: Katie Chandler, Publishing Editor, Applied Science Journals, Taylor & Francis ------- end -------