[2010. 12. 31] Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra
2010 was a good year for ELA-The Electronic Journal
of Linear Algebra. in 2010 ELA published 78 papers in two issues, and
received 168 submissions. Much thanks goes to the editorial board and the
referees for evaluating the papers in a thoughtful and timely fashion, and
to the authors for carefully preparing their submissions and
revisions.
The new year brings many exciting developments for the
Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra (ELA) that I'd like to
share.
Ludwig Elsner's term as Editor-in-chief of ELA is complete, but
his efforts and care for ELA will be long lasting.
Panagiotis
(Panos) Psarrakos http://www.math.ntua.gr/~ppsarr/) has
taken over the duties of associate managing editor. Much thanks goes to
former associate managing editor Michael Tsatsomeros for his years of efforts
in this role and for his help in making a smooth transition. Michael Cavers
(http://www.michaelcavers.com/), and
In-Jae Kim (http://cset.mnsu.edu/mathstat/dir/kim.html)
join the board as assistant managing editors.
The board members
expertise and renown, as well as high-quality submissions from the ILAS
community, position ELA to continue to develop into a leading mathematical
journal.
[2010. 11. 01] Invitation for Nominations for the Householder Award XIV
The Alston S. Householder Award is given every three years for the best PhD dissertation in numerical linear algebra. It is presented at the triennial Householder Symposium on Numerical Linear Algebra, which will be held on June 12-17, 2011. We solicit nominations of dissertations by the candidate's PhD advisor. To be eligible, the dissertation must have been submitted between Jan 1, 2008 and Dec 31, 2010. The deadline for submission is Feb 1, 2011.
Details, including submission instructions and a list of prior winners, may be found at
https://outreach.scidac.gov/HH11/index.html
The term numerical linear algebra is intended to describe those parts of mathematical research that have both linear algebraic aspects and numerical content or implications. Thus, for example, a dissertation concerned with the numerical solution of differential equations, optimization problems, signal processing, or control problems would be eligible if linear algebra is central to the research contribution.
Entries will be assessed by an international committee consisting of Michele Benzi (Emory U.), James Demmel (UC Berkeley, Chair), Howard Elman (U. Maryland), Volker Mehrmann (TU Berlin), Sabine Van Huffel (Catholic U. Leuven) and Stephen Vavasis (U. Waterloo).
Regards, James Demmel UC Berkeley Chair of the Householder Award Committee
[2010. 10. 19] ILAS 2011 Braunschweig, Germany
The 2011 ILAS Conference “Pure and Applied Linear Algebra: The New Generation” will take place in Braunschweig, Germany, at the Technische Universität Braunschweig August 22 - 26, 2011. This conference will have a special emphasis on young researchers, which will be reflected by predominantly young plenary speakers as well as young researchers’ minisymposia. See www.ilas2011.de for more information on invited speakers, invited minisymposia, and local information.
Due to its special focus, at this ILAS conference the only contributed minisymposia will be Young Researchers’ Minisymposia: A young researchers' minisymposium will focus on a specific, timely research subject. It will last two hours with four to six talks. Two organisers from two different institutions can apply for a young researchers' minisymposium. As all other speakers they should hold a PhD for no longer than 6 years and not yet hold a tenured professor's position. The speakers should also be affiliated to at least two different institutions. From the applications received, the scientific committee will select up to five young researchers' minisymposia. All speakers in and organizers of accepted young researchers’ minisymposia will only pay the reduced student registration fee.
A proposal consists of a one page abstract, the titles of all lectures and information about the date of the PhD degree and the current position and affiliation of all organizers and speakers. Submission of proposals by e-mail (plain ASCII) to ilas2011@tu-braunschweig.de. For consideration, the proposal has to be submitted by December, 31 2010. Organizers will be notified by email about accepted proposals by January, 31 2011.
Individuals who are interested in presenting a contributed talk at the 2011 ILAS conference are asked to download the LaTeX-template-files from www.ilas2011.de (click on abstract submission) and to follow the guidelines stated in the files. For consideration, the abstract has to be submitted by February, 15 2011. Authors will be notified by email about accepted contributed talks by March 30, 2011
[2010. 10. 14] Upcoming 2010 ILAS Election
From: Steve Kirkland, ILAS President
The Nominating Committee for the
2010 ILAS elections has completed its work.
Nominated for a three year
term, beginning March 1, 2011, as ILAS President is:
- Steve
Kirkland
Nominated for the two open three-year terms, beginning March 1,
2011, as "at-large" members of the ILAS Board of Directors are:
-
Robert Guralnick, Los Angeles USA - Francoise Tisseur, Manchester UK -
David Watkins, Pullman USA - Henry Wolkowicz, Waterloo
Canada
According to ILAS By-Laws, additional nominations may be made
by electronic or regular mail by any three members of ILAS; prior approval
of the nominee is required. All such nominations should be sent to the
chair of the Nominating Committee, Avi Berman <berman@technion.ac.il>, by 29
October, 2010.
Ballots will be sent out towards the end of this
year.
Many thanks to the Nominating Committee for
their important service to ILAS.
Thanks also to the nominees for agreeing
to stand for election.
[2010. 9. 9] ILAS 1782 LAA Special Issue on Matrix
Patterns
The
Deadline for this special issue of LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS has
been extended to December 31, 2010:
Special Issue on the occasion
of the Workshop at the Banff International Research Station titled "Theory
and Applications of Matrices described by Patterns" (January 31 - February
5, 2010). Papers within the scope of the Workshop are solicited from all
interested whether or not a participant in the Workshop. Papers should be
submitted by October to one of the special editors: Shaun Fallat <sfallat@math.uregina.ca>, Leslie
Hogben <lhogben@iastate.edu>,
Bryan Shader <bshader@uwyo.edu>,
Pauline van den Driessche <pvdd@math.uvic.ca>.
The responsible
editor-in-chief is Richard A. Brualdi.
[2010. 9. 1] ILAS 1781 Joint Meetings on Innovated and Effective Ways to Teach Linear Algebra
Presentations made at the 2010
Invited Minisymposium on Linear Algebra
Education
Talks at
the Invited Minisymposium on Linear Algebra Education at The 16th Conference of
ILAS, Pisa, Italy, from June 21 to June 25, 2010 - PDF files of Talks
ILAS 1780 Send News for IMAGE
Send News for IMAGE by October 1, 2010 All news of interest
to the linear algebra community will be welcome, both longer articles
as well as short notes like historical tidbits and elegant proofs of
classic results. In particular, send: * Announcements of
upcoming conferences and workshops * Reports on conferences held
recently * News about striking developments in linear algebra and its
applications * Honors and awards * Articles on history *
Survey articles * Books, websites, funding sources * News about
journals * Employment and other funding opportunities * Problems
and solutions * Transitions: new appointments, responsibilities,
deaths * Linear algebra education * Possible new corporate
sponsors * Letters to the editor
Photos are always of
interest. Suggestions are welcome too, such as ideas for new topics,
survey articles, history topics, books to review, possible new
sponsors, etc. Send all material to the appropriate Editor by
October 1, 2010: Problems and solutions to Fuzhen Zhang (zhang@nova.edu) Book news and reviews
to Oskar Baksalary (baxx@amu.edu.pl). History of linear
algebra to Peter Semrl (peter.semrl@fmf.uni-lj.si). Linear algebra education to Steve Leon (sleon@umassd.edu). Advertisements to
Jim Weaver (jweaver@uwf.edu). All
other material to Jane Day (day@math.sjsu.edu).
If you
wish to submit an article after October 1, let the appropriate editor
know as soon as possible when to expect your item, and it may be
possible to include it. Send material in plain text, Word or in both
Latex and PDF (Article.sty with no manual formatting is preferred). Send
photos in JPG format. The upcoming issue 45 will be published on
December 1, 2010.
ILAS 1773 Householder Symposium XVIII, June 12-17, 2011
Householder Symposium XVIII on Numerical Linear Algebra will be held on June 12-17, 2011, at the Granlibakken Conference Center & Lodge in
Tahoe City, California, on the northwest shore of Lake Tahoe. This
meeting is the eighteenth in a series, previously called the Gatlinburg
Symposia. The series of conferences is named after its founder Alston S.
Householder, one of the pioneers in numerical linear algebra. The
meeting is very informal, with the intermingling of young and
established researchers a priority. Participants are expected to attend
the entire meeting. The fourteenth Householder Award for the best thesis
in numerical linear algebra since January 1, 2008 will be
presented. Attendance at the meeting is by invitation only.
Applications are solicited from researchers in numerical linear algebra,
matrix theory, and related areas such as optimization, differential
equations, signal processing, and control. Each attendee is given the
opportunity to present a talk. Some talks will be plenary lectures,
while others will be shorter presentations arranged in parallel
sessions. To apply for an invitation to attend the meeting, please go
to: https://outreach.scidac.gov/HH11/ For full consideration, conference applications must be received by October 31, 2010. Invitations will be sent in January 2011. It
is expected that partial support will be available for some students, early career participants, and participants from countries with limited resources.
ILAS 1771 Changes to ILAS Mirror Sites
This message is to let you know that there may be some disruption to the
ILAS mirror sites in Israel, Germany, Portugal and the United
States. We are in the process or removing all the very old
webpages and refreshing the website with only current
material. During this time, the Canadian site is still active. Please use this link if you are unable to use a more local mirror
site. http://www.ilasic.math.uregina.ca/iic/
