IPNet Digest Volume 18, Number 01 January 27, 2011 Today's Editor: Patricia K. Lamm, Michigan State University Cara D. Brooks, Michigan State University Today's Topics: Conference: Applied Inverse Problems 2011 (Update) Special Session: Inverse Analysis and Optimization at ASME-IMECE Special Session: Inverse and Ill-Posed problems at ISAAC 2011 Symposium: Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering at ASME CIE Conference: Image and Signal Processing, BioMedical Engineering Postdoctoral and PhD Student Positions: Inverse Problems Postdoctoral Position: Identification in Mathematical Models Table of Contents: Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis Table of Contents: Journal of Applied Functional Analysis Table of Contents: Journal of Concrete and Applicable Analysis Submissions for IPNet Digest: Mail to ipnet-digest@math.msu.edu Information about IPNet: http://www.math.msu.edu/ipnet ----------------------------- Subject: AIP-2011 update From: William Rundell Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 New information about AIP 2011 is available from the website: http://aipc.tamu.edu 1. There is now a registration page (see the sidebar) and we encourage you to fill this out as soon as possible. a) This is particularly important if you require a letter from the conference in order to obtain a visa. b) We will provide a limited pick-up service at Houston airport (IAH) the day before the meeting - the registration page has information here. c) NOTE: due to the generosity of our sponsors, there is NO registration fee 2. We anticipate some funding being available for junior participants (graduate students and postdocs). For graduate students this is restricted to those enrolled in a US doctoral program (but no nationality restrictions), but we welcome applications from all postdocs. We particularly solicit applications from women and minorities. The application form is through the registration page. Deadline for applications is March 10. 3. A complete list of minisymposia is now available http://aipc.tamu.edu/minisym/index2.html and scheduling for these will be available shortly. 4. The deadline for contributed talks is approaching: see, http://aipc.tamu.edu/papers/ ----------------------------- Subject: ASME IMECE 2011: Inverse Problems & Optimization in Heat Transfer From: Kyle Daun Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 Dear Inverse Community Colleagues, Keith Woodbury and I are co-chairing a session on Inverse Analysis and Optimization in Heat Transfer at the 2011 ASME-IMECE, in Denver from Nov 11-17. We would be delighted if you would consider submitting a paper to the session, and grateful if you could disseminate the call-for-papers below to other colleagues who may be interested. Best regards, Kyle Daun Kyle J. Daun, Ph. D., P. Eng. Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering University of Waterloo www.kjdaun.uwaterloo.ca ******************************* Call for Papers: Inverse Problems and Optimization in Heat Transfer 2011 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition November 11-17, 2011 Denver, Colorado The 2011 ASME IMECE is a unique opportunity to expand international cooperation, understanding, and to promote multidisciplinary research in heat transfer. The ASME Heat Transfer Division K-6 and K-20 committees invite authors to participate in the topical area of Inverse Problems and Optimization in Heat Transfer. Papers are solicited from all areas of inverse problems in heat transfer, with a focus on inverse and optimal design of heat transfer systems and inverse analysis of experimental data. Topics of interest include: * Mathematical aspects and techniques for inverse analysis and optimization * Optimal design of heat transfer devices * Inverse multi-mode heat transfer problems * Boundary and initial condition reconstruction * Parameter estimation * Imaging and tomography * Remote sensing * Design of experiments Submit your 400-word text-only abstract to http://www.asmeconferences.org/Congress2011 under Track 2 (Energy Systems Analysis, Thermodynamics, and Sustainability) and Topic 2 (Thermal Transport in Energy Systems.) Please specify "Inverse Problems and Optimization" in the abstract. Publication Schedule Abstract Deadline: February 28th First Draft: March 28th Final Draft: May 24th We would also be grateful if you could print and prominently post the graphic call for papers located at http://www.kjdaun.uwaterloo.ca so other researchers may be made aware of this opportunity to meet and collaborate. ----------------------------- Subject: ISAAC 2011, session on inverse problems From: Professor Yagola Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 Dear Colleagues, Below please find at http://www.isaac2011.org/docs/announcement.rtf the first announcement of the 8th ISAAC Congress. It will be organised by Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Division of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Steklov Institute of Mathematics, and Moscow State University and will take place at Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia, through 22-27 August 2011. The website of the congress can be found at http://isaac2011.org The web site of ISAAC is http://mathisaac.org/ Session V.1 is devoted to inverse and ill-posed problems. Submitted by: Anatoly Yagola, Moscow Lomonosov State University ----------------------------- Subject: ASME 2011 Symposium on Inverse Problems in Science & Engineering From: IPDO mail Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 CALL FOR PAPERS CIE-5 AMS: 2011 ASME Computers and Information Engineering Conference Symposium on Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering https://www.asmeconferences.org/IDETC2011/index.cfm Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill Washington, DC, USA August 28-31, 2011 When it is possible to determine governing equation(s), shape(s) and size(s) of the domain(s), boundary and initial conditions, material properties of the media contained in the field, and internal sources and external forces or inputs, then the analysis determining the unknown field is considered mathematically well-posed and solvable. If any of these pieces of information is unknown or unavailable, then the field problem becomes incompletely defined (ill-posed) and is of an indirect (or inverse) type. The inverse problems can therefore be classified as the determination of unknown shapes, boundary/initial values, sources and forces, material properties, or governing equation(s). If sufficient amount and type of additional information is provided, the inverse problems can become sufficiently specified so that with the use of appropriate algorithms, they can be solved. This symposium will serve as a forum to present the results of the latest research and product/tool developments, and to highlight related activities from around the world. Topics for the papers to be submitted for presentation at this meeting include, but are not restricted to: * Shape design: determination of shapes, sizes and locations of (multiply connected) domains (shape identification in acoustics, aerodynamics, electromagnetics, elasticity, plasticity, etc; detection of voids and cracks). * Material properties and constitutive responses: determination of physical properties of media. * Boundary values/initial values: identification of the proper boundary conditions and/or initial conditions (tomographic problems involving X-rays, ultrasonics, optics, thermal sources etc; determination of thermal, stress/strain, electromagnetic, fluid flow, etc. boundary conditions on inaccessible boundaries; determination of initial chemical composition, etc.). * Forces and sources: determination of the unknown external forces or inputs acting on a domain (structural dynamic modification and reconstruction) and internal concentrated and distributed sources/sinks (sources of heat, noise, electromagnetic radiation, etc.). * Governing equations: inference of analytic forms of partial and/or integral equations governing the variation of measured field quantities; parameter identification methods. Papers will be judged based on their scientific quality of innovation and rigor, as well as their application value. Quality papers will be referred to the ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science In Engineering. For more information contact the topic area organizers: George S. Dulikravich, Ph.D., FASME Professor Department of Mechanical and Materials Eng. Florida International University 10555 West Flagler St., EC 3474 Miami, FL 33174 +1 (305) 348-7016 office phone +1 (305) 348-6007 office FAX e-mail: dulikrav@fiu.edu URL: http://maidroc.fiu.edu Brian H. Dennis, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Woolf Hall 222 The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX 76019 +1 (817) 272-7379 office phone +1 (817) 673-9817 mobile phone e-mail: dennisb@uta.edu URL: http://cfdlab.uta.edu/~brian/ John G. Michopoulos, Ph.D. Head, Computational Multiphysics Systems Lab, Code 6394 Center of Computational Material Science Naval Research Laboratory Washington, DC 20375 tel. +1 202-767-2189 fax. +1 202-404-7546 e-mail: john.michopoulos@nrl.navy.mil URL: http://cms.nrl.navy.mil Submit your abstract and draft paper as soft copy in electronic format at the following website: https://www.asmeconferences.org/IDETC2011/Author/NewAbstract.cfm Please observe the following firm deadlines: * Abstract February 11, 2011 * Draft Paper February 18, 2011 ----------------------------- Subject: BMEI'11-CISP'11 Submission Deadline 15 April, Shanghai, China From: Bing Li Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 Dear Colleague, Topics of the BMEI 2011 Special Track on Informatics include (but are not limited to): Communications and Networking, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Intelligent Computing, Information Security, Automation and Control, etc.. We cordially invite you to submit a paper to the upcoming the 4th International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI 2011) and 4th International Congress on Image and Signal Processing (CISP 2011), to be jointly held from 15-17 October 2011, in Shanghai, China. Shanghai is the largest city in China, with famous historical and cultural heritage. Shanghai is the largest city in China, with famous historical and cultural heritage. Attractions include Yuyuan Garden ("Happy Garden" built in Ming Dynasty), Shanghai Museum with 120,000 pieces of rare relics, Shanghai World Financial Center, Jade Buddha Temple (Song Dynasty), Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Zhujiajiao Water Town, and Expo 2010 site. All papers in conference proceedings will be indexed by both EI Compendex and ISTP, as well as included in the IEEE Xplore (IEEE Conference Record Number for CISPÂ’11: 18205; IEEE Conference Record Number for BMEIÂ’11: 18206. CISP-BMEI 2008 and 2009 papers have already been indexed in EI Compendex). Substantially extended versions of best papers will be considered for publication in a CISPÂ’11-BMEIÂ’11 special issue of the Computers and Electrical Engineering journal (SCI-indexed). BMEI-CISP is a premier international forum for scientists and researchers to present the state of the art of multimedia, signal processing, biomedical engineering and informatics. The previous BMEI-CISP each attracted over 3000 submissions from all over the world, with acceptance rate around 50%. The registration fee of US$390 includes proceedings, lunches, dinners, banquet, coffee breaks, and all technical sessions. BMEI'11-CISP'11 is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. To promote international participation of researchers from outside the country/region where the conference is held (i.e., China’s mainland), researchers outside of China’s mainland are encouraged to propose invited sessions. The first author of each paper in an invited session must not be affiliated with an organization in China’s mainland. All papers in the invited sessions can be marked as "Invited Paper". The organizer(s) for each invited session with at least 6 registered papers will (jointly) enjoy an honorarium of US*D 400. Invited session organizers will solicit submissions, conduct reviews and recommend accept/reject decisions on the submitted papers. Invited session organizers will be able to set their own submission and review schedules, as long as a list of recommended papers is determined by 30 May 2011. Each invited session proposal should include: (1) the name, bio, and contact information of each organizer of the invited session; (2) the title and a short synopsis of the invited session. Please send your proposal to CISP-BMEI@dhu.edu.cn For more information, visit the conference web page: http://cisp-bmei.dhu.edu.cn If you have any questions after visiting the conference web page, please email the secretariat at CISP-BMEI@dhu.edu.cn Join us at this major event in exciting Shanghai !!! Organizing Committee CISP-BMEI@dhu.edu.cn ----------------------------- Subject: Postdoctoral and PhD student positions in inverse problems From: Mikko Salo Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 Postdoctoral and PhD student positions in inverse problems Inverse Problems Group Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Helsinki Date of announcement: January 10, 2011 Deadline for applications: February 6, 2011 Number of positions: 4-8, of which at least two (2) are postdoctoral positions and at least two (2) are PhD student positions Supervisors: Prof. Lassi Paivarinta, Prof. Matti Lassas, Dr. Mikko Salo The Inverse Problems Group at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Helsinki, will hire new PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. We invite prospective candidates to apply for these positions, which will involve research in one or more of the following areas: 1. Inverse problems and spectral theory for partial differential equations 2. Geometric inverse problems 3. Stochastic inverse problems 4. Regularization methods in inverse problems, in particular sparse reconstructions We plan to fill in 4-8 positions, of which at least two (2) are at the postdoctoral level and at least two (2) at the PhD student level. The deadline for applications is February 6, 2011. For information on how to apply, please see the webpage http://wiki.helsinki.fi/display/inverseproblems/Call+for+applications+2011 ----------------------------- Subject: postdoc position From: Thorsten Hohage Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 Open postdoctoral position In the Research Training Group RTG 1023 "Identification in Mathematical Models: Synergy of Stochastic and Numerical Methods" at the University of Goettingen, a two-year postdoctoral research position will be available from April 1, 2011. The research program of the RTG 1023 includes statistical inverse problems in imaging and in biometrics, kernel based and robust identification methods and identification problems in partial differential equations. The topics cover a broad range connecting theoretical mathematical problems, application relevant problems from numerical analysis and statistics, and interdisciplinary projects in collaboration with researchers from other sciences. Further information on the research and teaching program and, in particular, on the participating research groups can be found on the RTG 1023 Webpage. The University of Goettingen is aiming at increasing the portion of women among the young researchers. Application should be sent before March 10th, 2011, to the spokesman of the program, Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hohage Institut fuer Numerische und Angewandte Mathematik Georg-August-Universitatt Goettingen Lotzestr. 16-18, 37083 Goettingen. Germany In addition to the curriculum vitae, copies of relevant academic transcripts or university degrees and two letters of recommendation, the applications should contain specifications on the intended direction of research within the PhD program and preferences for one of the research groups. ----------------------------- Subject: ETNA, ToC, Vol. 37 From: Lothar Reichel Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis 2010 Volume 37 Table of Contents Approximate Fekete points for weighted polynomial interpolation A. Sommariva and M. Vianello Block approximate inverse preconditioners for sparse nonsymmetric linear systems J. Cerdan, T. Faraj, N. Malla, J. Marin, and J. Mas Analysis of the finite element method for transmission/mixed boundary value problems on general polygonal domains H. Li, A. Mazzucato, and V. Nistor The analytic SVD: On the non-generic points on the path D. Janovska and V. Janovsky Convergence rates for regularization with sparsity constraints R. Ramlau and E. Resmerita On the approximation of analytic functions by the q-Bernstein polynomials in the case q > 1 S. Ostrovska On weighted lacunary interpolation M. Lenard An aggregation-based algebraic multigrid method Yvan Notay Computing exp(-tA)b with Laguerre polynomials B. N. Sheehan, Y. Saad, and R. B. Sidje A gradient recovery operator based on an oblique projection B. P. Lamichhane An implicit approximate inverse preconditioner for saddle point problems S. Le Borne and C. Ngufor New quadrilateral mixed finite elements Y. Hyon and D. Y. Kwak On a non-stagnation condition for GMRES and application to saddle point matrices V. Simoncini A weakly over-penalized symmetric interior penalty method for the biharmonic problem S. C. Brenner, T. Gudi, and L.-Y. Sung Two-level nonlinear elimination based preconditioners for inexact Newton methods with application in shocked duct flow calculation F.-N. Hwang, H.-L. Lin, and X.-C. Cai Accumulation of global error in Lie group methods for linear ordinary differential equations B. Orel A streaming approach for sparse matrix products and its application in Galerkin multigrid methods J. Georgii and R. Westermann Adaptive reduction-based multigrid for nearly singular and highly disordered physical systems J. Brannick, A. Frommer, K. Kahl, S. MacLachlan, and L. Zikatanov A robust spectral method for finding lumpings and meta stable states of non-reversible Markov chains M. N. Jacobi An analysis of low-rank modifications of preconditioners for saddle point systems C. Greif and M. L. Overton Semi-convergence and relaxation parameters for a class of SIRT algorithms T. Elfving, T. Nikazad, and P. C. Hansen Mapping directed networks J. J. Crofts, E. Estrada, D. J. Higham, and A. Taylor Benchmarking aggregation AMG for linear systems in CFD simulations of compressible internal flows M. Emans Coarsening invariance and bucket-sorted independent sets for algebraic multigrid D. M. Alber and L. N. Olson A spectral method for the eigenvalue problem for elliptic equations K. Atkinson and O. Hansen Analysis of a non-standard finite element method based on boundary integral operators C. Hofreither, U. Langer, and C. Pechstein In 2010 also ETNA volume 36, a special volume dedicated to Richard S. Varga, was completed. ETNA is available at http://etna.math.kent.edu and at several mirror sites. ETNA is in the extended Science Citation Index and the CompuMath Citation Index. ----------------------------- Subject: Contents, Journal of Applied Functional Analysis From: "George A Anastassiou (ganastss)" Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 http://www.eudoxuspress.com/images/TOC-JAFA-11--VOL-6.pdf Submitted by: George A. Anastassiou,Ph.D Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Sciences The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA ----------------------------- Subject: Contents, Journal of Concrete & Applicable Analysis From: "George A Anastassiou (ganastss)" Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 http://www.eudoxuspress.com/images/TOC-VOL-9--2011--JCAAM.pdf Submitted by: George A. Anastassiou,Ph.D Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Sciences The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA ------- end -------