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>> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 88 13:56:28 EDT
>> From: ward@rcwsun.EPM.ORNL.GOV (Bob Ward)
>> Subject: Summary of SIAG/LA Conference

			SIAG/LA Email Message
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		  	       Summary
	      Third SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra 
			    May 23-26, 1988
			   Madison, Wisconsin


Facts and Figures:

	Attendance:  340
	Invited papers:  7
	Minisymposium papers:  55
	Contributed papers:  164


As the above data indicates, the meeting was a great success from a
numerical point of view.  The technical aspects of the conference were
just as impressive with many excellent talks and informal discussions
throughout the four days.  The number of papers presented is believed
to be a record for SIAG/LA conferences.  The Madison sky cooperated and
produced great weather for walks, jogging, refreshing lunch breaks,
etc.  Thanks go to Richard Brualdi (Co-Chair), Hans Schneider (Co-Chair), 
David Carlson, John Lewis, Bob Plemmons, and Charles Van Loan for
organizing the meeting.

On Wednesday morning the annual meeting of the SIAG/LA was held.  A
summary of the topics discussed and information presented is given
below.

   New Officers - New officers will be elected this fall with their
       three-year term beginning on January 1, 1989.  The current 
       officers form the Nomination Committee.  Members wishing to
       suggest nominees should contact one of the current officers
       immediately.

   Future Program Activities -  Sponsored activities in the near future
       include David Young's 65th birthday celebration in Austin, Texas
       (October 19-21, 1988), Sparse Matrix Symposium at the Salishan
       Lodge near Portland, Oregon (May 22-24, 1989), and Householder
       Symposium XI in Sweden (Summer, 1990).  A conference on Markov
       and stochastic matrices has been tentatively planned for late
       1989 or early 1990, and a conference on signals, systems, and
       control has been discussed for 1990.  Three cities have been
       volunteered to host our next Applied Linear Algebra Conference
       in 1991: Minneapolis, Montreal, and San Diego.  This will be one
       of the first decisions made by our new officers.

   Newsletter - Information appropriate for the SIAG Newsletter was
       solicited and issue dates announced.  Please provide Richard
       Brualdi with items for the August issue of the newsletter by
       the end of this July.  Email may be sent to him at 
       na.brualdi@na-net.stanford.edu at any time.

One of the major highlights of the conference came at the end of the
SIAG/LA annual meeting.  The first SIAG/LA Linear Algebra Prize was
presented to Jim Demmel for his paper "On Condition Numbers and the
Distance to the Nearest Ill-Posed Problem," Numer. Math 51 (1987)
251-289.  After  the  ceremony,  Demmel gave  a stirring half-hour
account of his work in the area of the prize paper.

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Reposted by

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Kenneth R. Jackson,                   krj@csri.toronto.edu (csnet)
Department of Computer Science,       uunet!csri.toronto.edu!krj (uucp)
University of Toronto,                krj@csri.toronto.cdn (ean x.400)
Toronto, Canada  M5S 1A4              krj%csri.toronto.edu@relay.cs.net (arpa)
(416) 978-7075                        krj@csri.utoronto (bitnet)