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NA Digest, V. 20, # 46

NA Digest Wednesday, December 02, 2020 Volume 20 : Issue 46


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From: Iain Duff [email protected]
Date: November 27, 2020
Subject: Sparse Days at Cerfacs, ONLINE, Nov 2020


As with nearly all meetings just now, Sparse Days at Cerfacs was held
online. Another major change was in the timetable for the meeting,
starting at 2pm CET until around 7pm. The reason for this is clear
when one sees the geographical distribution of the participants and
speakers. The programme very much reflected the title of the meeting,
with talks over a wide range from iterative methods and
preconditioning, to graphs and direct methods, covering inter alia
data assimilation and optimization. The talks were of really high
quality, even more impressive since, in common with our previous
meetings, we had encouraged the participation of early career
researchers. In fact we were very grateful to the many senior people
who either withdrew their talks or presented a 5 minute flash talk to
enable us to accommodate all early career speakers in a packed
programme of 21 regular talks and 8 flash talks over the two days. We
are also indebted to skilled and experienced people who chaired the
sessions so that the programme stayed on time throughout. One novel
feature the meeting was the novel use of gather town, a web- based
virtual coffee room, where people (or at least their named avatars)
were able to circulate in a large room, with white boards and links to
youtube. One could only communicate with people whom one was close to,
both in voice and video, so that many separate conversations could
take place just as in a normal large coffee room. There were also
tables where the range was limited to people seated at the table. All
this strongly supported a regular feature of our previous meetings
giving a more relaxed atmosphere and plenty of time to interact with
fellow attendees.

The programme, abstracts, and pdf files of the talks will soon be
available on the website https://sparsedays.cerfacs.fr/en .



From: Wolfgang A. Wall [email protected]
Date: November 25, 2020
Subject: CISM Webinars, Dec 2020


We are pleased to announce two webinars organized by CISM, the
International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (www.cism.it) in Udine,
Italy.

The first webinar is on
"Computational Biomechanics -- Advanced Models and Methods"
and will be held from December 2 to 4, 2020.
More info is provided here: https://www.cism.it/en/activities/events/E2014/
Registration deadline is November 30.

The second webinar is on
"Advanced Topics in Computational Mechanics"
and will be held from December 7 to 10, 2020.
More info is provided here: https://www.cism.it/en/activities/events/E2015/
Registration deadline is December 3.


From: Pamela Bye [email protected]
Date: November 25, 2020
Subject: Mathematics of Big Data: COVID-19, ONLINE, Dec 2020


Online Event: Mathematics of Big Data: Lessons from COVID-19
12:00 - 15:30 GMT, 15 December 2020
Online Conference via Zoom
https://ima.org.uk/15558/online-event-mathematics-of-big-data-lessons-from-=
covid-19

Generating a causal understanding of interventions for COVID-19
requires a confluence of several topics: statistical modelling and
causal inference, estimation of mathematical models, and working with
Big Data. This raises several difficult challenges that current
mathematical approaches have gained some limited traction on. This
event explores the mathematical challenges and opportunities that the
COVID-19 epidemic has highlighted, that will go on to be important
into the future. The special format will include a discussion panel
where our speakers and audience can speculate on the importance of
different mathematical research directions for the handling of the
COVID-19 crisis and problems that have a similar character of blending
modelling with large scale statistical inference.

This event is free to attend; however, please note that from January
2021 IMA events will be run on a fee basis in line with our usual
conference programme.

Invited Speakers and Talk Titles
- Ritabrata Dutta (University of Warwick) - Optimal lockdown using
Google mobility" (joint work with Susana Gomes, Dante Kalise and
Lorenzo Pacchiardi)
- Ricardo Silva (University College London) - Some Thoughts of
Computationally Intensive Causal Inference
- Sam Tickle (University of Bristol) - Detecting Local and Universal
Changes in Big Data: from Global Terrorism to COVID-19

Abstracts for these talks can be found at our website.


From: Sean Hon [email protected]
Date: November 25, 2020
Subject: Applied Math Seminars, ONLINE, 2020-21


You are cordially invited to join the following joint seminar series
organized throughout this academic year - Applied Mathematics Seminars
for HKSIAM and Hong Kong Universities. The seminars aim to bring
together prominent scholars from all over the world in a virtual
environment. The main topics include but not limited to data science,
statistics, scientific computation, and optimization.

For more information about the seminars, please visit:
https://sites.google.com/hkbu.edu.hk/ams-hksiam-hkuniversities/home


From: Raffaele D'Ambrosio [email protected]
Date: November 27, 2020
Subject: Evolutive Problems and Applications, ONLINE, 2020-21


The series of online seminars NEPA "Numerics for Evolutive Problems
and Applications" is focused on presenting recent advances in
numerical modeling for deterministic and stochastic evolutive
problems, corresponding issues in any related area of Mathematics, as
well as on related relevant applications.

All the seminar lectures will be delivered via Zoom. The first seminar
will be given on December 4, at 3 pm (CET), by Desmond Higham
(University of Edinburgh), whose talk is entitled "A Hierarchy of
Network Models Giving Bistability Under Triadic Closure".

Confirmed speakers so far are Dario Bini (University of Pisa), Kevin
Burrage (Queensland University of Technology), David Cohen (University
of Gothenburg), Lukas Einkemmer (University of Innsbruck), Severiano
Gonzalez Pinto (University of La Laguna), Marlis Hochbruck (Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology), Christian Lubich (University of Tubingen),
Juan Ignacio Montijano (University of Zaragoza), Ander Murua
(University of the Basque Country), Christian Offen (University of
Padeborn).

Detailed informations will be available at webpage
https://sites.google.com/unisa.it/nepaseminars where the free
registration form to the seminar series is already available.


From: Philipp Neumann [email protected]
Date: November 26, 2020
Subject: HPC System Administrator Position, Hamburg


The chair for high-performance computing at Helmut-Schmidt-Universitat
seeks a HPC system administrator (salary grade A12/E12 TVoD, permanent
position) who will take care of
- administrating various HPC systems,
- running and developing benchmark suites,
- supporting at visualizing simulation results, etc.

An excerpt of the job description can be found in English at:
https://www.hipeac.net/jobs/11813/hpc-system-administrator-a12e12/

The official job announcement (in German) is available at:
https://www.hsu-hh.de/karriere/wp-content/uploads/sites/658/2020/11/Kennzif=
fer-MB-
4420.pdf

Interested? Feel free to send inquiries to Philipp Neumann,
[email protected], or apply directly to
[email protected], mentioning the job reference number
MB-4420.



From: Jeff Linderoth [email protected]
Date: November 25, 2020
Subject: Faculty Position, Data Science, College of Eng, UW-Madison


The College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
seeks to hire a faculty member with research and teaching interests in
the computational and/or statistical aspects of data science, broadly
defined. This position in Electrical and Computer Engineering or
Industrial and Systems Engineering is part of a campus-wide cluster
initiative to expand and broaden expertise in the fundamentals of data
science at UW- Madison. Three faculty positions will be hired in the
cluster, which will build a world-class core of interdisciplinary
strength in the mathematical, statistical, and algorithmic foundations
of data science. The cluster hiring initiative involves the
Departments of Computer Sciences, Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Industrial and Systems Engineering, Mathematics, and Statistics. It is
anticipated that successful candidates will develop strong
collaborations with existing data science research programs at UW-
Madison -- especially with the other faculty hired under this cluster
program.

For additional details, please see the full position description,
requirements, and application instructions in the official position
vacancy listing:
https://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/en-us/job/506918/professor-cluster-hire

The review process will begin immediately, and candidates are
encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The deadline for ensuring
full consideration for the position is January 8, 2020.


From: Hans De Sterck [email protected]
Date: December 02, 2020
Subject: Faculty Position, Univ of Waterloo


The Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo
invites applications for a tenure-track position in Applied
Mathematics. The areas of interest include numerical analysis and
scientific computing. The application deadline is December 23, 2020.

The Department of Applied Mathematics is one of four departments,
together with the School of Computer Science, that comprise the
Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo. Research in the
department is enhanced by interdisciplinary and industrial
collaborations and links to interdisciplinary institutes including
Waterloo's Centre for Computational Mathematics, which offers
undergraduate and Masters degrees in Computational Mathematics. The
department has a substantial graduate program with over 135 graduate
students pursuing Masters or PhD degrees, and strong undergraduate
programs in applied mathematics, scientific computation and
mathematical physics.

More information about the position and application instructions can
be found at https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/16787



From: Anna-Karin Tornberg [email protected]
Date: December 02, 2020
Subject: Associate Professor Positions, Numerical Analysis, KTH


KTH Royal Institute of Technology is announcing two open positions:
Associate professor in Mathematics with specialization in Numerical
Analysis.

This are tenured positions. Application deadline: Feb 1, 2021.

For full advertisement and instructions for applying, see:
https://www.kth.se/en/om/work-at-kth/lediga-jobb/what:job/jobID:362832/wher=
e:4/


From: Chris Kees [email protected]
Date: November 30, 2020
Subject: Postdoc Position, Civil & Envr Engineering, LSU


Louisiana State University is seeking applications for a 2-year post-
doctoral position in computational coastal and riverine
engineering. The appointee will be a member of the Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and the interdisciplinary Center for
Computation and Technology. The position is supported by the
university-wide commitment to advancing coastal science and
engineering, which spans multiple departments, centers, and institutes
(www.lsu.edu/coast).

Responsibilities: The successful candidate will conduct basic research
and development on two- and three-dimensional computational models of
hydrodynamic flow, waves, and processes, as well as their interaction
with structures of critical concern to projects along the Gulf Coast
and Mississippi River Valley. The ultimate goal of the post-doc is to
make fundamental contributions to the next generation of coastal
modeling software, including the accurate and efficient representation
of sediment morphodynamics, vegetation, nonlinear waves, and
infrastructure across a range of scales.

Prior experience and strong motivation to continue work in several of
the following areas is highly desirable:
- Multiphase fluid mechanics
- Sediment and soil mechanics
- Nonlinear water waves
- Finite element methods for computational fluid and wave dynamics
- Discrete element methods for granular materials
- High performance computing
- Software development in C++ and Python
- Digital twins and model reduction

The successful candidate will be expected to help lead development of
the open source Proteus toolkit for computational methods and
simulation (https://proteustoolkit.org) by writing code, mentoring
graduate and undergraduate students at LSU, and collaborating with
developers and users of Proteus from outside organizations, including
federal laboratories, universities, and consultancies.

Applications: https://lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/3255-Patrick-F-Tayl=
or-
Hall/XMLNAME-2-Year-Postdoctoral-Researcher_R00051219


From: Luis Gustavo Nonato [email protected]
Date: November 27, 2020
Subject: Postdoc Position, Data Science for Crime Analytics


The Center for Research in Mathematical Sciences Applied to Industry
(CEPID-CeMEAI) at the University of Sao Paulo, in Sao Carlos/SP,
Brazil opens a post-doctoral research position in Data Science /
Visual Analytics to work in the project: "Crime Analysis and
Forecasting in Urban Environments - Tools for Improving Public
Policies in the Area of Security". The project, funded by Fapesp (Sao
Paulo State research funding agency), aims at advancing the
state-of-the-art research in spatiotemporal crime data analysis, crime
pattern identification, and crime prediction. The project is in
collaboration with the Nucleo de Estudos da Violencia - University of
Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo/SP, Brazil and Fundacao Getulio Vargas - Rio de
Janeiro/RJ, Brazil. The post-doc will interact with members of those
institutions but s/he will be hosted in Sao Carlos/SP. We are seeking
a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow! Curiosity, open- mind,
creativity, persistence, and collaborative-work capability are the key
personal skills we target. A Ph.D. in computer science, applied
mathematics, or related fields is required, with demonstrated
experience and high quality publications. Candidates should have
advanced programming skills and a solid background in data science
and/or visual analytic techniques. Candidates must have got their PhD
in the last 7 years. Portuguese speaking is not required but fluency
in English is mandatory. Sao Paulo Research Foundation provides the
financial support with a monthly salary of R$ 7.373,10 (about U$
1,600.00). Financial support can also be provided to cover
transportation expenses to move to Sao Carlos - Brazil. An extra grant
is also provided to cover participation in highly relevant
conferences, research trips (limited to 15% of the annual amount of
the fellowship), computers and research related equipaments. The
position is for one year, but it can be extended to an extra year.

Applicants are invited to submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae
(including their full publication record), as well as reference
letters (at least two) by email to Dr. Luis Gustavo Nonato -
[email protected] ( PDF files only) until January 31th, 2021.

Contract Condition:
Grant from FAPESP under the Research, Innovation and Dissemination
Centers (RIDC-CeMEAI) (http://www.fapesp.br/en/17,
http://www.cemeai.icmc.usp.br/).


From: Shahadat Hossain [email protected]
Date: November 30, 2020
Subject: Postdoc Position, Quantum Algorithms


Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellowship in Quantum
Algorithms and Optimization at the University of Lethbridge. The
position is for one year extendible up to two years, subject to the
availability of funds. The position is available immediately. Alberta
Innovates funds the position as part of the QMIF project. Salary is
50,000 CAD per year.

Applicants should have a track record of research in Quantum Computing
and a recent PhD degree in Computer Science, Physics, or a related
field. Programming experience with IBM-QX or NISQ devices is a plus.

To apply, please submit a cover letter, a CV, a research statement,
the contact information for three references, and two of your
publications, to the e-mail address below.

Members of Equity seeking groups are encouraged to apply. E-mail
address for the submission of the application and for any question is:
[email protected]

Lethbridge is in Southern Alberta, Canada, close to the border with
the province of British Columbia and the state of Montana. It is only
1.5 hour's drive from the Rockies and the Waterton Lakes National
Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and less than 2 hour's drive from
Calgary.


From: Christoph Lehrenfeld [email protected]
Date: December 01, 2020
Subject: Postdoc Positions, Num. software/Data analysis, Univ of Goettingen


Within the Collaborative Research Center SFB 1456 "Mathematics of
Experiment (The challenge of indirect measurements in the natural
sciences)" the Georg-August-University Gottingenhas an opening for two
fully funded PostDoc positions for the infrastructure projects which
lies in the intersection of the natural sciences, applied mathematics
and computer science. These positions should be filled in the
beginning of 2021. The salary is in accordance with the German public
service salary scale (E13 TV-L) for three years. The positions are
offered with 100 % of the regular working hours.

Applicants are expected to have a PhD degree in applied math, natural
sciences, computer science or a related field and solid knowledge in
at least two of the fields: optimization, inverse problems, numerical
data analysis and numerical software development.

For further details on the Collaborative Research Center, see here:
https://www.uni-goettingen.de/crc1456

The application deadline for both PostDoc positions is December 31,
2020.

Further details can be found here:
https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/305402.html?cid=3D100780

If you have any questions, please contact Eva Hetzel via e-mail
([email protected]).


From: Patrick Henning [email protected]
Date: November 27, 2020
Subject: PhD/PostDoc Position, Numerical Analysis, Ruhr-Univ Bochum


At the Faculty of Mathematics of the Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany)
we are currently offering a 3-year PhD position (salary group 75% E13)
or a 2-year PostDoc position (salary group 100% E13). The research
focus of this position is on finite element schemes and computational
multiscale methods with applications to physics and/or
engineering. The salary is based on the German public service salary
scale (TV-L), where the PhD salary group would be "75% E13" and the
PostDoc salary group "100% E13".

For additional information we refer to the following link
https://www.stellenwerk-bochum.de/jobboerse/best-nr-403735-wiss-mitarb-mwd-=
2987-
stdwoche-bzw-3983-stdwoche-201127-426604
and for further questions, please contact Patrick Henning
([email protected]).

If you are interested in this position, please send your application
and CV until the 15th of December electronically to the email address
above.


From: Daniel Appel=C3=B6 [email protected]
Date: November 25, 2020
Subject: PhD Position, Computational Mathematics, Michigan State Univ


Michigan State University's Department of Computational Mathematics,
Science and Engineering (CMSE; https://cmse.msu.edu/) is currently
accepting applications for its interdisciplinary PhD program in
computational and data science. This program provides its graduates
broad and deep knowledge of the fundamental techniques used in
computational modeling and data science, significant exposure to at
least one application domain, and the opportunity to conduct
significant original research in algorithms and/or applications
relating to computational and data science.

A brief introduction to the program can be found at here, and a list
of CMSE faculty and their research interests can be found at
http://cmse.msu.edu/faculty. Additional information about the PhD
program, as well as application information, can be found at
http://cmse.msu.edu/apply. Please note that the deadline for
application for the Fall 2021 cohort is January 2, 2021.


From: Recruitment BCAM [email protected]
Date: November 26, 2020
Subject: PhD Positions, BCAM


IC2020_11_4 PhD Fellowships in different areas.

The call offers up to 4 PhD Student positions in the following areas:
- Core in Applied Mathematics: Fourier Analysis, Algebraic Geometry
and Singularity Theory, Discrete Mathematics, Inverse Problems,
PDEs, Mathematical Physics, etc.
- Computational Mathematics, Modelling and Simulation: Computer
qSimulation, CFD, Mathematical Modelling, HPC, Numerical Analysis,
Algorithm Development, etc.
- Applications of Mathematics: Applied Statistics, Energy,
Biosciences, Advanced manufacturing, Machine Learning, Artificial
Intelligence, etc.

This program is devoted to attracting talented Early-Stage Researchers
- of any nationality - who wish to pursue doctoral degree. It is aimed
at supporting the best scientific talent and fostering innovative and
high- quality research by recruiting outstanding international
students and offering them an attractive and competitive environment
for conducting researching.

APPLY AT:
http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job/ic2020-11-four-phd-fellowships-in-di=
fferent-areas

DEADLINE: 18th December 2020


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