Householder Symposium XV, 2002

Householder Prize XI: Call for Nominations

Nominations are solicited for the Alston S. Householder Award XI (2002). The award will be presented to the author of the best dissertation in numerical algebra submitted by the recipient of a PhD earned between January 1, 1999, and December 31, 2001.

The term numerical algebra is intended to describe those parts of mathematical research that have both algebraic aspects and numerical content or implications. Thus, for example, the term covers linear algebra that has numerical applications and the algebraic aspects of ordinary differential, partial differential, integral, and nonlinear equations. To qualify, the dissertation must have been submitted to fulfill requirements for a degree at the level of a United States Ph.D. Candidates from countries in which a formal dissertation is not normally written at that level may submit an equivalent piece of work.

The Householder Award, given every three years, was established at the 1969 Gatlinburg Symposium (now renamed the Householder Symposium) to recognize the outstanding contributions of Alston S. Householder, 1904--1993, to numerical analysis and linear algebra.

Entries will be assessed by an international committee consisting of James Demmel (University of California, Berkeley), Ludwig Elsner (University of Bielefeld), Volker Mehrmann (TU Berlin), Charles Van Loan (Cornell University) and Olof Widlund (Courant Institute, New York University).

The candidate's sponsor (the supervisor of the candidate's research) should submit five copies of the dissertation (or qualifying work), together with an appraisal by the sponsor and at least one additional letter of recommendation supporting the nomination, by February 15, 2002 to

Professor Ludwig Elsner
Fakultät für Mathematik
Universität Bielefeld
Postfach 10 01 31
33501 Bielefeld
Germany
email: elsner@Mathematik.Uni-Bielefeld.de

The award will be presented at the Householder Symposium XV to be held June 17-21, 2002 at the Peebles Hotel Hydro, Scotland. Candidates on the short list will receive invitations to the meeting.

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