IPNet Digest Volume 6, Number 08 September 30, 1999 Today's Editor: Patricia K. Lamm Michigan State University Today's Topics: Conference and Workshop on Inverse Problems Int'l Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics 16th IMACS World Congress 2000 SIAM Int'l Conference on Numerical Combustion New Titles in Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems Series Position: Chair at University of Maryland Baltimore County Table of Contents: Inverse Problems Table of Contents: Journal of Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems Submissions for IPNet Digest: Mail to ipnet-digest@math.msu.edu Information about IPNet: Mail to ipnet-request@math.msu.edu http://www.mth.msu.edu/ipnet ------------------------------ From: Otmar Scherzer Subject: Conference on Inverse Problems Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 Conference on Inverse Problems of the special research initiative SFB F013 "Numerical and Symbolic Scientific Computation" of the University of Linz (Austria) in junction with TMR-Workshop on Inverse Problems _________________________________________________________________ The Workshop on Inverse Problems of the SFB will be held in the Erwachsenenbildungshaus in Strobl, Lake St. Wolfgang, Austria from June, 26th to July, 1st 2000. Topics of this workshop include but are not limited to: * Inverse Problems * Ill-posed Problems * Regularization Methods * Optimal Control Problems * Optimization The following speakers have been invited and already mentioned their interest to take part at this conference: * M. Hanke (University of Mainz, Germany) * R. Hoppe (University of Augsburg, Germany) * K. Ito (North Carolina State University, USA) * M. Jaoua (University of Carthago, Tunis) * R. Kress (University of Göttingen, Germany) * K. Kunisch (University of Graz, Austria) * P. Maass (University of Bremen, Germany) * Z. Nashed (University of Delaware, USA) * M. Pidcock (Oxford Brookes University, UK) * F. Troeltsch (University of Chemnitz, Germany) * J. Weickert (University of Mannheim, Germany) _____________________________________________________________ In addition to the SFB workshop there will take place a TMR workshop (Training and Mobility of Researchers) funded by the European Union. This is two days workshop on June 26th, 2000 and June 27th, 2000. Several Researches will give introductions in extended courses on Inverse Problems, Shape Optimization. The following researchers have already confirmed to give extended courses: * M. Bruehl (University of Mainz, Germany) * H. W. Engl (University of Linz, Austria) * C. Stangl (University of Linz, Austria) Partcipants of the TMR workshop are welcome to participate also at the SFB Workshop on Inverse Problems. _________________________________________________________________ If you are interested to participate and/or to contribute with a talk to this Conference please inform Thorsten Hohage (hohage@indmath.uni-linz.ac.at). In case you are interested in participating exclusively at the TMR-workshop please contact Tom Felici (felici@indmath.uni-linz.ac.at). Please note that there is only limited space available in the the Erwachsenenbildungshaus in Strobl. Updated information on this conference will be available in the internet at http://imagewww.indmath.uni-linz.ac.at/sfb2000/ ------------------------------ From: Masataka Tanaka Subject: Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics (ISIP2000) March 7 - 10, 2000 at MIELPARQUE NAGANO, Nagano City, Japan Organized by Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Shinshu University, Japan Co-Organized by The University of Texas at Arlington, USA, and Ecole Polytechnique, France Sponsored by Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan Co-sponsored by Japan Society for Computational Methods and Engineering (JASCOME) Chair Prof. Tanaka, Masa., Shinshu University, Japan Co-Chair Prof. Dulikravich, G.S., The University of Texas at Arlington, USA OBJECTIVES Inverse Problems can be found in many topics of engineering mechanics. Following the first IUTAM Symposium in Tokyo held in May 1992, the second one in Paris held in November 1994, and the last successful Symposium in Nagano City held in 1998, we think it should be very fruitful to gather researchers and engineers again for exchange of the latest ideas and discussion on recent developments. The following general areas will be the subject of presentations and discussions at ISIP2000: mathematical and computational aspects of the inverse problems, parameter or system identification, shape determination, sensitivity analysis, optimization, material property characterization, ultrasonic nondestructive testing, elastodynamic inverse problems, thermal inverse problems, and other engineering applications. SYMPOSIUM LOCATION The Symposium will be held at Mielparque Nagano Hotel which is only five minutes walk from Nagano Station in Nagano City. Nagano City is located at the center of Japan's main island, Honshu, and about 90 minutes by a bullet train, called Shinkansen, from Tokyo. Nagano is surrounded by beautiful high mountains and it is famous for natural beauty and many hot springs. The 1998 Winter Olympic Games was held in this city. OFFICIAL LANGUAGE The symposium language is English. CALL FOR PAPERS Papers are invited on the topics related to the wide area of inverse problems in engineering mechanics. Contributors are requested to submit three (3) copies of an extended abstract not longer than four (4) single spaced pages of A4 format written in English. The abstracts should be submitted to the Symposium Secretariat by either by e-mail or by air mail. All accepted papers will be published in the proceedings after the Symposium. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for extended abstract within 4 pages of A4 sheet: October 15, 1999 Notification of acceptance: December 14, 1999 Deadline for final camera-ready manuscript: March 7, 2000 Conference: March 7-10, 2000 Note that during the symposium only a soft-cover volume of extended abstracts will be available. The symposium book of selected papers will be published by Elsevier Science after the symposium. The instructions for authors concerning the final camera-ready manuscript will in due course be sent to those whose extended abstracts are accepted for presentation at the Symposium. SYMPOSIUM SECRETARIAT Mr. Kim Sato JASCOME Office c/o Kozo Keikaku Engineering, Inc. 4-5-3 Chuo, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, 164-0011, Japan TEL: +81-3-5342-1123, FAX: +81-3-5342-1223 E-mail: sato@kke.co.jp INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Prof. Tanaka, Masataka (Chair), Shinshu University (Japan) Prof. Dulikravich, George S. (Co-Chair), The University of Texas at Arlington (USA) Prof. Aoki, Shigeru, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) Prof. Bonnet, Marc, Ecole Polytechnique (France) Prof. Bui, Huy Duong,Ecole Polytechnique & Electricite de France (France) Prof. Burczynski, Tadeusz, Silesian Technical University of Gliwice (Poland) Prof. Chavent, Guy, Universite Paris-Dauphine and INRIA (France) Prof. Elden, L., Linkoping University (Sweden) Prof. Engl, Heinz W., Johannes-Kepler-Universitaet (Austria) Prof. Ingham, Derek B., The University of Leeds (UK) Prof. Trendafilova, Irina., Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) Prof. Kassab, Alain J., University of Central Florida (USA) Prof. Kitahara, Michihiro, Tohoku University (Japan) Prof. Kubo, Shiro, Osaka University (Japan) Prof. Ladeveze, Pierre, ENS de Cachan (France) Prof. Louis, Alfred K., Universitaet des Saarlandes (Germany) Prof. Maier, Giulio, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) Prof. Migorski, S., Jagiellonian University (Poland) Prof. Nishimura, Naoshi, Kyoto University (Japan) Prof. Onishi, Kazuei, Ibaraki University (Japan) Dr. Potthast, Roland, University of Goettingen (Germany) Prof. Reynier, Marie, ENS de Cachan/CNRS/Universite Paris VI (France) Prof. Sobieczky, H., DLR German Aerospace Research Center (Germany) Dr. Soemarwoto, Bambang I., National Aerospace Laboratory (The Netherlands) Prof. Toropov, V.V., University of Bradford (UK) Prof. Tosaka, Nobuyoshi, Nihon University (Japan) Prof. Yao, Zhenhan, Tsinghua University (P.R. China) Prof. Zhong, Weifang, Huazhong University of Science & Technology (P.R. China) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Prof. Tanaka, Masataka (Chair), Shinshu University (Japan) Prof. Dulikravich, George S. (Co-Chair), The University of Texas at Arlington (USA) Prof. Matsumoto, Toshiro (Secretary), Shinshu University (Japan) Prof. Amaya, Kenji, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) Prof. Aoki, Shigeru, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) Prof. Arai, Masahiro, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) Prof. Azegami, Hideyuki, Toyohasi University of Technology (Japan) Prof. Bui, Huy Duong, Ecole Polytechnique & Electricite de France (France) Prof. Fukui, Takuo, Fukui University (Japan) Prof. Hayami, Ken, University of Tokyo (Japan) Prof. Hirose, Soichi, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) Prof. Honjo, Yusuke, Gifu University (Japan) Prof. Hori, Muneo, University of Tokyo (Japan) Dr. Igarashi, Hajime, Kagawa University (Japan) Prof. Imado, Fumiaki, Shinshu University (Japan) Prof. Kagawa, Yukio, Okayama University (Japan) Prof. Kihara, Junji, Himeji Institute of Technology (Japan) Prof. Kishimoto, Kikuo, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) Prof. Kita, Eisuke, Nagoya University (Japan) Prof. Kitahara, Michihiro, Tohoku University (Japan) Prof. Kojima, Fumio, Kobe University (Japan) Prof. Kubo, Shiro, Osaka University (Japan) Prof. Murakami, Akira, Kyoto University (Japan) Prof. Nakamura, Masayuki, Shinshu University (Japan) Prof. Nishimura, Naoshi, Kyoto University (Japan) Prof. Onishi, Kazuei, Ibaraki University (Japan) Prof. Tosaka, Nobuyoshi, Nihon University (Japan) Prof. Yamamoto, Masahiro, University of Tokyo (Japan) Those who are interested in this symposium are kindly requested to contact the secretariat via E-mail. Scientific queries should be sent to the Chair or the Co-Chair of the Symposium. Prof. Masa. Tanaka, Chair Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering Faculty of Engineering Shinshu University 500 Wakasato, Nagano City, 380-8553, Japan Fax: +81-26-269-5124, Tel: +81-26-269-5120 E-mail: dtanaka@gipwc.shinshu-u.ac.jp Prof. George S. Dulikravich, Co-Chair Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX 76019, USA Fax: +1-817-272-5010, Tel: +1-817-272-2603 E-mail: dulikra@mae.uta.edu ACCOMODATION A block of rooms will be reserved for the Symposium at Mielparque Nagano Hotel which is only five minutes walk from Nagano Station. There are many other hotels in the nearby downtown of Nagano City. A list of the appropriate hotels could be found on the Symposium Web page in the future. Booking of accomodations should be made by directly contacting each hotel by phone or fax. TRAVEL There is a bullet train service from JR Tokyo Station to Nagano City. Trains leave every hour and arrive at Nagano Station in approximately 90 minutes. Japan Railways (JR) Tokyo Station is linked to Narita International Airport with train and bus services. The journey from the airport to JR Tokyo Station takes approximately 60 minutes by train service called Narita Express which leaves the airport every hour. Nagano City is also accessible by a bullet train from Nagoya, but the journey takes about 3 hours. WEB PAGE OF SYMPOSIUM More detailed information can be seen in the web page (http://homer.shinshu-u.ac.jp/ISIP2000/) of the Symposium. Submitted by: Prof. Masataka TANAKA Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering Faculty of Engineering SHINSHU UNIVERSITY 500 Wakasato, Nagano 380-8553, Japan Fax: +81-26-269-5124; Tel: +81-26-269-5120 Mailto:dtanaka@gipwc.shinshu-u.ac.jp ------------------------------ From: Jennifer Collins Subject: IMACS2000-ANUC session-second call Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 16th IMACS WORLD CONGRESS 2000 on Scientific Computation, Applied Mathematics and Simulation Lausanne, Switzerland, August 21-25, 2000 * http://www.imacs2000.eplf.ch * http://www.sc.rutgers.edu/imacs IMACS - The International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation is an organization of professionals and scientists concerned with computers, computation and applied mathematics, in particular, as they apply to the simulation of systems. This includes numerical analysis, mathematical modelling, approximation theory, computer hardware and software, programming languages and compilers. IMACS also concerns itself with the general philosophy of scientific computation and applied mathematics, and with their impact on society and on disciplinary and interdisciplinary research. IMACS is one of the five international scientific associations (with IFAC, IFORS, IFIP and IMEKO) represented in FIACC.Theses five international organizations are representative of computers, automation, instrumentation and the relevant branches of applied mathematics. Of the five, IMACS (which changed its name from AICA in 1976) is the oldest, having been founded in 1956. CALL for PAPERS for the Special Session Applied Numerical Computing: Grid Generation and Solution Methods for Advanced Simulations * Scientific Organizer: Dr.Rosa Maria Spitaleri Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo-CNR tel: 39(6) 88470254 Viale del Policlinico 137,00161 fax: 39(6) 4404306 Rome,Italy e-mail:spitaleri@vaxiac.iac.rm.cnr.it *Invited speaker: Prof. Bharat Soni Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sr.CFD Lead ARL_ASC PET_MSRC NSF Engineering Research Center Mississippi State University, USA e-mail:bsoni@erc.msstate.edu This special session will provide a forum for exchanging research ideas involving theoretical and applied developments in numerical grid generation and solution methods for advanced simulations. Papers are solicited on all aspects of grid generation (structured, unstructured, hybrid grids, surface generation, moving and adaptive techniques, etc.) and solution (finite difference, elements and volumes, etc.) of PDEs: theory, methodologies, algorithms and tool realizations, case studies, and applications are welcomed. Presentations representing real world applications, which evaluate the effectiveness of new methodologies or computational approaches with respect to the traditional well proven techniques are encouraged. *Deadlines Papers are to be submitted in the form of an extended abstract of at most 2 pages in length. Deadline for submission is October 15, 1999. Papers submitted by that date will be decided upon no later than December 20, 1999. *Financial support There will be some financial support available for scientists from developing countries. The funds are likely to be very limited and participants should continue seeking alternative sources of funding. Candidates for financial support should send a brief curriculum vitae (including date of birth and a list of publications) either by e-mail or conventional mail, before November 20, 1999. *Registration fees Authors and members of Cooperating Societies (ISGG, SIMAI, etc.) will receive a 10% discount on the following fees: - before May 15, 2000 550 CHF. - after May 15, 2000 650 CHF. (fees include coffee break, gala dinner on boat, proceedings on CD-ROM and Congress programme book) Registration fees for students 100 CHF. (without social programme) Submitted by: Dr.Rosa Maria Spitaleri Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo-CNR Viale del Policlinico 137,00161 Roma,Italy tel: 39 (6) 88470254 fax: 39 (6) 4404306 ------------------------------ From: ross@siam.org Subject: Numerical Combustion Conference Date: Wed, 08 Sep 99 Eighth International Conference on Numerical Combustion March 5-8, 2000 Amelia Inn and Beach Club Amelia Plantation, Amelia Island, Florida The deadline for submission of minisymposium proposals and minisymposium speakers' abstracts and contributed abstracts for a lecture or poster presentation has been extended. The new deadline is SEPTEMBER 30, 1999. For instructions and guidelines on how to submit your abstracts, please visit: www.siam.org/meetings/nc00/ and use our new electronic conference participation system. You may also e-mail your 75-word abstract to meetings@siam.org by using the LaTeX macro available at: www.siam.org/tex/confs/conftex.htm Thank you and we look forward to your participation. SIAM e-mail: meetings@siam.org phone: 215-382-9800 fax: 215-386-7999 Submitted by: Darrell Ross, Conference Program Manager Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics 3600 Market St University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104 ross@siam.org Phone:(215) 382-9800 Fax: (215) 386-7999 http://www.siam.org/meetings/ ------------------------------ From: "VSP, marketing department" Subject: new titles in "Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems Series" Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 Recently published in the "Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems Series": Composite Type Equations and Inverse Problems A.I. Kozhanov 1999; x+170 pages ISBN 90-6764-305-X DEM 175/USD 104/GBP 65 www.vsppub.com/books/mathe/bk-ComTypEquInvPro.html Inverse Problems of Electromagnetic Geophysical Fields P.M. Martyshko 1999; x+114 pages ISBN 90-6764-306-8 DEM 124/USD 74/GBP 46 www.vsppub.com/books/mathe/bk-InvProEleGeoFie.html Tables of contents of above books and information on other books in this book series can be found on http://www.vsppub.com/books/bs3.html VSP - Int.'l. Science Publishers P.O. Box 346 3700 AH Zeist Netherlands Fax: +31 30 693 2081 E-mail: vsppub@compuserve.com http://www.vsppub.com ------------------------------ From: seidman@pc14.math.umbc.edu Subject: Chair at UMBC Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Maryland Baltimore County The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for the position of the Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. The Chair is expected to lead the faculty in the development of the department's instructional and research programs, including the anticipated filling of several open faculty positions over the next few years. Candidates should have an earned doctorate in mathematics, statistics, or a closely related field, and be qualified for appointment at the rank of full professor. Committment to excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, possession of superior leadership and communication skills, and a strong and active research program are required. The department offers programs leading to the BA, BS, MS and PhD degrees in applied mathematics and MS and PhD in statistics. Currently there are 22 full-time faculty members, 25 full-time and 30 part-time graduate students, and 150 undergraduate majors. Further details can be obtained from the department's web site at http://www.math.umbc.edu. UMBC is located just outside Baltimore and about 30 minutes from Washington DC, near major industries, federal laboratories and sponsoring agencies. It has a faculty of over 400 and a student body of approximately 10,000. The campus is in a growth mode and has several facilities under construction The campus's total research funding is approaching $50 million. Candidates should submit a CV, a statement of professional goals, and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of four references to Dr. Geoffrey Summers, Chair of Math/Stat Search Committee, c/o Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UMBC, Baltimore, MD~21250. Screening of the candidates will begin in November 1999 and will continue until the position is filled. UMBC is an EOE/AA employer. ------------------------------ From: "Martin Beavis" Subject: Inverse Problems, Volume 15, Issue 3 Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 Inverse Problems August 1999 Volume 15, Issue 4 Table of Contents PAPERS Matching pursuit for imaging high-contrast conductivity L Borcea, J G Berryman and G C Papanicolaou Identification of domains with near-extreme conductivity: global stability and error estimates H Kang and J K Seo Unrolling and rolling of curves in non-convex surfaces J Munoz Masqu\'e and L M Pozo Coronado Error estimates for band-limited spherical regularization wavelets in an inverse problem of satellite geodesy S Pereverzev and E Schock A spectral method for solving the sideways heat equation F Berntsson A simple model for the efficient correction of collimator blur in 3D SPECT imaging P Boccacci, P Bonetto, P Calvini and A R Formiconi A new approach towards simultaneous activity and attenuation reconstruction in emission tomography V Dicken An inverse problem in electrostatics P H\"ahner On necessary conditions for reconstruction of a specially structured Jacobi matrix from eigenvalues L Z Lu and W W Sun FM demodulation in the presence of multiplicative and additive noise K D Ridley and E Jakeman Identification of the load of a partially breaking beam from inclination measurements W Ring Stability for an inverse boundary problem of determining a part of a boundary A L Bukhgeim, J Cheng and M Yamamoto An inverse boundary value problem for the heat equation: the Neumann condition R Chapko, R Kress and J-R Yoon A fast rebinning algorithm for 3D positron emission tomography using John's equation M Defrise and X Liu A high-order perturbation approach to profile reconstruction: I. Perfectly conducting gratings K Ito and F Reitich A convergence analysis for Tikhonov regularization of nonlinear ill-posed problems Jin Qi-nian On reduced CKP equations I Loris CORRIGENDA Inverse problems with structural prior information J P Kaipio, V Kolehmainen, M Vauhkonen and E Somersalo Solving inverse problems for ordinary differential equations using the Picard contraction mapping H E Kunze and E R Vrscay IOP Publishing Ltd. Registered No 467514 England Submitted by: Martin Beavis, Production Editor Institute of Physics Publishing Dirac House,Temple Back, Bristol, BS1 6BE, UK Tel: Direct line: +44 (0)117 930 1087 Switchboard: +44 (0)117 929 4781 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4318 E-mail: martin.beavis@ioppublishing.co.uk WWW: http://www.iop.org ------------------------------ From: "VSP, marketing department" Subject: Journal of Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems, Vol. 7, No. 4 Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 Journal of Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems 1999 Vol. 7, No. 4 Table of Contents Surface waves and monitoring a deep cracking structure M.V. Fokin and V.V. Skazka Identification problems for linear symmetric integrodifferential systems G. Guerra and A. Lorenzi One-dimensional inverse problems for systems of elasticity with a source of explosion type A.L. Karchevsky and V.G. Yakhno An algorithm for determining the right-hand side of the transport equation in a disk O.A. Klimenko An optical tomography-related time-domain inverse problem for the diffusion equation V.G. Romanov and S. He Conference report: International Conference on Inverse Problems of Mathematical Physics More information on this journal, such as contents of previous issues, instructions to authors, can be found on: http://www.vsppub.com/journals/jn-JouInvIllPro.html VSP - Int.'l. Science Publishers P.O. Box 346 3700 AH Zeist Netherlands Fax: +31 30 693 2081 E-mail: vsppub@compuserve.com http://www.vsppub.com ------- end -------