Zdeněk Strakoš, professor of numerical mathematics at Charles University in Prague, has been named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). He was recognized for “advances in numerical linear algebra, especially iterative methods”. Professor Strakoš is currently teaching course Matrix and Iterative Methods I that is a compulsory part of the …
Didier Henrion and M. Hromcik (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech republic) are looking for a PhD student who will participate in research project Polynomial optimization for systems control with aerospace applications. The PhD position is funded by a grant of the Czech Science Foundation (GA ČR), with a monthly salary …
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Professor Zdeněk Strakoš has written a short note on the newly established initiative Stichting Euroean Service Network of Mathematics for Industry and Innovation (EU-MATHS-IN). If you are interested in what is the mission and the goals of the initiative, please read the note published in ICIAM Newsletter.
Many of you have just started to write bachelor or master thesis. At this point you should be sure about the scientific content of your thesis. But maybe you are thinking of how to actually write your thesis and present your ideas. Here are some useful hints. The thesis layout is specified by Faculty of …
The summer school organized by Graz University of Technology will take place in Graz on September 8-12, 2014. The Summer School is addressed to PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in biomedical engineering, (bio)physics, mechanical and civil engineering, applied mathematics, physiology and materials science and more senior scientists and engineers (including some from relevant industries) whose …
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SIAM Student Chapter at Charles University in Prague organizes a workshop on applied mathematics. The workshop will be held on March, 20-22, 2014 in Prague. Program of the workshop and further information can be found at workshop webpages.
Martin Kružík is coorganizing a workshop on relaxation, homogenization and dimensional reduction in hyperelasticity. The workshop will take place at Université Paris-Nord on March 25-27, 2014. For futher information please see webpages of the workshop.
Date Event Comment 11th — 12th March 2014 AIME@CZ Czech workshop on applied mathematics in engineering The workshop, organized by Didier Henrion, Josef Málek, Tomáš Pajdla, Zdeněk Strakoš and Miroslav Tůma aims at reporting recent achievements in applied mathematics in engineering on the Czech scene. It is a follow-up of a series of previous similar …
Since 2010 Nadační fond na podporu vědy NEURON (NEURON Endowment Fund to Support Science) provides grants for scientists working in the Czech Republic. In 2012 NEURON junior research grant was awarded to Miroslav Bulíček for research concerning regularity of solutions to partial differential equations. The meeting Regularity theory for elliptic and parabolic systems and problems …
IRW (Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen) Heidelberg is organizing a one week course on DUNE (The Distributed and Unified Numerics Environment). DUNE is a software framework for the numerical solution of partial differential equations with grid-based methods. If you are interested, please register at http://conan.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/dune-workshop/.