IPNet Digest Volume 6, Number 09 October 31, 1999 Today's Editor: Patricia K. Lamm Michigan State University Today's Topics: Workshop: Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods Conference: SIAM Conf. Computational Science and Engineering Conference: Numerical Analysis and Applications Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in Inverse Problems in Vibration Position: Chair in Applied Mathematics, Open University, UK Table of Contents: Inverse Problems Table of Contents: Journal of Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems Table of Contents: Inverse Problems in Engineering Table of Contents: Linear Algebra and Its Applications 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: Ali Mohammad-Djafari Subject: Annoncing MaxEnt2000 workshop Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 Can you please annonce this workshop: MaxEnt 2000 The Twentieth International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering http://www.nd.edu/~adjafari/me2000.htm will be held in France under the auspices of Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite de Paris--Sud, Orsay and Ecole Superieure d'Electricite (Supelec). MaxEnt 2000 strives to present Bayesian inference and Maximum Entropy methods in data analysis, information processing and inverse problems from a broad range of diverse disciplines: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Medical imaging, Non Destructive Evaluation, Particle Physics, Physical and Chemical measurement techniques, Economics and Econometrics, etc. Special interest will be given to Bayesian inference applications in: Inverse problems, Data Fusion, Time series analysis, spectral estimation, Deconvolution, Source Separation, Segmentation, Classification and Pattern Recognition, X-ray, Diffractive and Diffusive Imaging and Quantum Tomographic, etc. The workshop includes a one day tutorial session (Sunday July 9, 2000), state of the art lectures, invited papers, contributed papers, and poster presentations. The official languages will be French and English. Selected papers by the program committee will be edited in a book. All the papers will be in English with a bilingual summary. Translation assistance will be provided for the summary translations. Contributed papers relating the above topics are being solicited. Especially encouraged are papers whose content is novel, either as to approach or area of application. Abstracts (one page of about 400 words) of the proposed papers should be received by the conference secretariat on March 30, 2000. You will find all the complementary information about this workshop in : http://www.nd.edu/~adjafari/me2000.htm or by contacting the organizer: djafari@lss.supelec.fr If interested, please fill the preliminary registration form on the web site early. The number of participants will be limited to 100. Thanks in advance Ali Mohammad-Djafari Laboratoire des Signaux et Systemes (CNRS-SUPELEC-UPS) Ecole Superieure d'Electricite Plateau de Moulon, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France. Tel: 33- 1- 69 85 17 41 Fax: 33- 1- 69 41 30 60 E-Mail: djafari@lss.supelec.fr ------------------------------ From: flores@siam.org Subject: SIAM Conf. on Computational Science and Engineering Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 First SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering September 21-23, 2000 Wyndham City Center Hotel Washington, DC Conducted by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Proposals for minisymposium and abstracts for contributed presentations are welcome. For additional information about the conference and how to participate, please visit: www.siam.org/meetings/cse00/ ------------------------------ From: Jennifer Collins Subject: Second Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applications Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 SECOND CONFERENCE ON NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS June 11-15, 2000 organized by the University of Rousse, Bulgaria in cooperation with SIAM and endorsed by the International Linear Algebra Society This conference is second in a series. The first one (organized in-cooperation with SIAM) was held in June 24-28, 1996 at the University of Rousse. There were more than 80 participants from 22 countries all over the world. In addition to more than 30 participants from Bulgaria, about 20 participants were from Eastern European countries. In this way the meeting turned out to be a good place for exchange of ideas between East and West. The refereed proceedings of the first meeting were published by Spinger Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (vol. 1196). The main tracks of the conference are: 1. Numerical Linear Algebra. 2. Numerical Methods for Differential Equations. 3. Numerical Modeling. 4. High Performance Scientific Computing. The preliminary list of Keynote Speakers who accepted our invitation: G. Akrivis (Greece), V. B. Andreev (Russia), R. Chan (Hong Kong), F. Chatelin (France), I. Dimov (Bulgaria), I. Duff (UK), R. Freund (USA), A. V. Goolin (Russia), A. Griewank (Germany), P. C. Hansen (Denmark), P. W. Hemker (Netherlands), B. Jovanovich (Yugoslavia), M. Kaschiev (Bulgaria), Yu. A. Kuznecov (USA - Russia), R. D. Lazarov (USA - Bulgaria), F. Luk (USA), J. J. Miller (Ireland), H. G. Roos (Germany), V. V. Shaidurov (Russia), G. I. Shishkin (Russia), E. E. Tyrtyshnikov (Russia), P. N. Vabishchevich (Russia), P. Vassilevski (Bulgaria-USA) Important deadlines: Feb 1, 2000 - abstracts (about half a page) and propositions for organizing minisymposia on a given topic March 1, 2000 - notification of acceptance March 15, 2000 - full papers (not more than 12 pages for the Key Speakers, and 8 pages for the rest of the speakers) June 30, 2000 - final version of papers We expect the abstract andi the paper to be written in Latex. We plan to publish the proceedings with Springer again. Therefore, please use the Latex Spinger files for LLNCS (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) at http://www.springer.de REGISTRATION FORM Name --------------------------------------------------------------- Affilation --------------------------------------------------------- Contact Adress:----------------------------------------------------- City-----------------Zip/Postal Code:-------------- Country:------- E-mail---------------Fax--------------------------- I intend to: submit a paper to Section ------------------------------ present a poster ------------------------------ present a talk ------------------------------ propose a minisimposim on ------------------------------ Please send a printed copy and a PS file of the paper to Tracks 1 and 4: Plamen Yalamov University of Rousse 7017 Rousse Bulgaria e-mail: yalamov@ami.ru.acad.bg Tracks 2 and 3: Lubin Vulkov University of Rousse 7017 Rousse Bulgaria e-mail: vulkov@ami.ru.acad.bg For more information contact: Marcin Paprzycki (marcin@orca.st.usm.edu) Lubin Vulkov (vulkov@ami.ru.acad.bg) Plamen Yalamov (yalamov@ami.ru.acad.bg) The mirror WWW sites are located at: http://unidhp.uni-c.dk/~yalamov/conferences.html http://orca.st.usm.edu/marcin/mp/cfp/rousse00/rousse00.html ------------------------------ From: Graham Gladwell Subject: Postdoctoral Fellow in Inverse Problems in Vibration Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 Professor G.M.L.Gladwell of Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1, wants to hire a postdoctoral fellow in the general area of Inverse Problems in Vibration. Applicants should be familiar with the field, and have expertise in Matrix Analysis. They are asked to send a brief bio,and a description of their current research interests, preferably by email to ggladwell@uwaterloo.ca Graham Gladwell. ------------------------------ From: "Dr. R. Hasson" Subject: Chair in Applied Mathematics at the Open University, UK. Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 BUILDING ON 30 YEARS OF SUCCESS! The Open University invites applications for a Chair in Applied Mathematics - as part of a major commitment to strengthen both research and teaching in Applied Mathematics. You should have an excellent record of research publication and of teaching at a range of levels, academic leadership qualities (proven or potential), and a vision for our curriculum development. You will have an opportunity to build a strong research team: we are making available at least one additional Lectureship and one additional Lectureship/Senior Lectureship, to be filled following your appointment. Your leadership qualities are more important than your precise research area, but we would particularly welcome your application if you work in non-linear dynamics, quantum mechanics or numerical analysis of dynamical systems. You will lead the Department that teaches more Applied Mathematics students than any other UK University, with impressive multi-media resources to ensure that your courses are at the forefront of current teaching and learning technologies. Salary will be in the professorial range minimum Ģ36,401 according to academic attainment and experience. The post is based in Milton Keynes. Confidential informal enquiries may be made of Professor David Brannan (Tel: +44 (0)1908-652892; email: d.a.brannan@open.ac.uk). Further particulars of the post and the application process may be obtained from Ms J Barker (Department of Applied Mathematics, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, Bucks MK7 6AA, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1908-653580; email: j.barker@open.ac.uk). Access details for disabled applicants may also be obtained on this number. The closing date for applications is 5th November 1999. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to visit the Department in late November/early December, and interviews will be held on 16th December 1999. Disabled applicants whose skills and experience meet the requirements of the job will be interviewed. Please let us know if you need your copy of the further particulars in large print, on computer disk, or on audio cassette tape. Hearing impaired persons may make enquiries on Milton Keynes (01908) 654901 (Minicom answerphone). Equal Opportunity is University Policy. The University offers a wide range of jobs with excellent training and career development opportunities. We actively promote equal opportunities in education and employment and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Further details: http://www.open.ac.uk/employment/ ------------------------------ From: "Martin Beavis" Subject: Inverse Problems, Volume 15, Issue 5 Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 Inverse Problems October 1999 Volume 15, Issue 5 Table of Contents On the non-uniqueness of optimal radiation treatment plans C B\"orgers and E T Quinto Novel approaches to entropic regularization F M Ramos, H F Campos Velho, J C Carvalho and N J Ferreira Photothermal depth profiling: analysis of reconstruction errors C Glorieux, R Li Voti, J Thoen, M Bertolotti and C Sibilia Numerical piecewise-uniform regularization for two-dimensional ill-posed problems A S Leonov Stability for the reconstruction of a Riemannian metric by boundary measurements J-N Wang Optimal stability estimates for the determination of defects by electrostatic measurements L Rondi The approximate inverse for solving an inverse scattering problem for acoustic waves in an inhomogeneous medium H Abdullah and A K Louis Enclosing a polygonal cavity in a two-dimensional bounded domain from Cauchy data M Ikehata Slicing of a three-dimensional object from boundary measurements M Ikehata and G Nakamura Representations of initial heat distributions by means of their heat distributions as functions of time G Nakamura, S Saitoh and A Syarif Deblurring by a local extrapolation scheme H Braunisch and T M Habashy Uniqueness for a one-dimensional inverse parabolic problem A Elayyan Iterative projection onto convex sets using multiple Bregman distances C Byrne Numerical solution of the identification problem for the attenuated Radon transform A V Bronnikov Extended contrast source inversion P M van den Berg, A L van Broekhoven and A Abubakar A finite-element model of electron transport in radiation therapy and a related inverse problem J Tervo, P Kolmonen, M Vauhkonen, L M Heikkinen and J P Kaipio Complete integrability of derivative nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger-type equations T Tsuchida and M Wadati Recovery of region boundaries of piecewise constant coefficients of an elliptic PDE from boundary data V Kolehmainen, S R Arridge, W R B Lionheart, M Vauhkonen and J P Kaipio Submitted by: Martin Beavis, Production Editor Institute of Physics Publishing Dirac House,Temple Back,=20 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=20 WWW: http://www.iop.org ------------------------------ From: "VSP, marketing department" Subject: Journal of Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems, Vol. 7, No. 5 Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 Journal of Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems 1999 Vol. 7, No. 5 Table of Contents Numerical algorithms for identification problem of magnetoencephalography A.M. Alekseenko and S.I. Kabanikhin Inverse problems of active control of acoustic fields in three-dimensional waveguides G.V. Alekseev, A.S. Panasyuk and V.G. Sinko Recovery of electron velocity distribution in vacuum photodetectors V.E. Andreev, A.L. Bukhgeim and A.S. Terekhov Constructive approaches to multidimensional inverse problems of determining two or more coefficients of evolutionary equations Yu.E. Anikonov Numerical solution of some direct and inverse problems of electromagnetoelasticity A.V. Avdeev, E.V. Goryunov, O.N. Soboleva and V.I. Priimenko Modelling and parameter estimation of reaction kinetics in coal pyrolysis T.W. Lohmann On reconstruction of the speed of sound from a part of boundary L.N. Pestov 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 - Intīl. Science Publishers P.O. Box 346 3700 AH Zeist The Netherlands fax:+31 30 693 2081 e-mail: vsppub@compuserve.com http://www.vsppub.com ------------------------------ From: James Beck Subject: Inverse Problems in Engineering Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 Inverse Problems in Engineering 1999 Vol. 7, Number 4 Table of Contents A Boundary Element Approach to Identify Static Boundary Conditions in Elastic Solids from Stresses at Internal Points E. Turco Three-Dimensional Boundary Inverse Heat Conduction Problem for Regular Coordinate Systems O.M. Alifanov and A.V. Nenarokomov Input Parameters to Achieve Target Performance in Stochastic Systems: A Simluation-Based Approach H. Arsham Variational Formulation of Inverse Shape Design Problems of Heat Conductors in an Image Plane and Finite Element Solutions G.-L. Liu and Z.-C. Wu ------------------------------ From: Hans Schneider Subject: LAA contents Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 Linear Algebra and Its Applications Oct 1999 Volume 297, Issue 1-3 Table of Contents Diagonability of idempotent matrices over noncommunicative rings Guangtian Song Le theoreme de hua pour les algebres artiniennes simples H Essannouni Stratification of linear systems. Bifurcation diagrams for families of linear systems I Garcia-Planas Operators which are remain convergent when multiplied by certain Hermitian operators B Cain Eigenvalues of tridiagonal pseudo-toeplitz matrices D Kulkarni, Szekai Tsui Extensions d'operateurs auto-adjoints et defaut de reflexivite M'Hammed Benlarbi Delai Is every matrix similar to a Toeplitz matrix? SM Mackey, N Mackey Inverse eigenvalue problem: existence of special mass-damper-spring systems P Nylen Robust controllability and robust closed-loop stability with static output feedback for a class of uncertain descriptor systems C Lin, JL Wang Majorization polytopes G Dahl On the decomposition of a matrix into the sum of stable matrices Y Ito A note on the equivalence of a class of factorized Broyden families for nonlinear least squares problems H Ogasawara The distribution of the maximum condition number on great circles through a fixed 2 x 2 real matrix D Lewis Linear Algebra and Its Applications Nov 1999 Volume 298, Issue 1-3 Table of Contents On exponent of indecomposability for primitive boolean matrices B Liu On graphs with complete bipartite star complements PS Jackson, P Rowlinson Infite eigenvalue assignment for singular systems D Chu A matrix-decomposition theorem for GLn(K) F Bunger, K Nielsen The covering number of elements of a matroid and associated transformations R Fernandes On syzygy modules for polynomial matrices Zhiping Lin Automorphisms of some Banach algebras of analytic functions MR Alaimia A unified approach to Krylov subspace methods for the Drazin-inverse solution of singular nonsymmetric linear systems A Sidi On the algebraic theory of pseudo-distance-regularity around a set MA Fiol Nearest pair with more nonconstant invariant factors. Pseudospectrum JM Gracia OMC for householder reflections SW Drury Column optimal strongly three-fold orthogonal matrices in a class index eight AS Hedayat, H Pesotan Littlewood's algorithm and quaternion matrices DI Merino Submitted by: Hans Schneider hans@math.wisc.edu. Department of Mathematics 608-262-1402 (Work) Van Vleck Hall 608-271-7252 (Home) 480 Lincoln Drive 608-263-8891 (Work FAX) University of Wisconsin-Madison 608-271-8477 (Home FAX) Madison WI 53706 USA http://www.math.wisc.edu/~hans (URL) ------- end -------