ILAS-Net 2026
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| 2026 Jan 12 ILAS-NET Message no. 2623 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Daniel B. Szyld SUBJECT: ILAS Lectures at Non-ILAS Conferences and General Support of Non-ILAS Conferences and Seminars As part of ILAS's commitment to supporting activities in Linear Algebra, the Society maintains a program of providing some support to non-ILAS conferences. This financial support may take one of two forms (a conference may apply for only one of these two forms). ILAS Lectureships at non-ILAS conferences. It is expected that ILAS lecturers will be of the stature of plenary speakers at ILAS conferences and may be supported by up to US\$1250 for expenses, or in the case of a Hans Schneider Lecturer, US\$1500. Reimbursement guidelines may be obtained from the Secretary/Treasurer. General support of conferences of up to \$1000. Such support could be used for support of student expenses, expenses for participants from developing countries, or plenary speakers. Refreshment costs are not eligible. You are welcome to consult the President of ILAS about what you may propose. This is a reminder that there is a deadline of 30 September 2026 for receipt of proposals for sponsorship of ILAS Lectures at non-ILAS meetings and for general support of conferences taking place in 2027. Please note that we will not be able to consider applications submitted after the deadline as it is important to rank all applications in one go. Each proposal is automatically assumed to be also a request for the ILAS endorsement of the conference. A statement whether the conference will adhere to the ILAS Welcoming and Inclusiveness Statement should be included in the proposal (and appropriate statement in the conference website). Further details on the guidelines for proposals can be found at the following link: https://ilasic.org/non-ilas-guidelines/ In addition, ILAS may endorse a Non-ILAS conference, without financial support. Such endorsed meetings can list ILAS' endorsement on their website, and in turn, the conferences are listed on the website of ILAS-Endorsed Meetings: https://ilasic.org/conferences/#ilas-endorsed-meetings |
| 2026 Jan 12 ILAS-NET Message no. 2622 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Tin Yau Tam SUBJECT: 2026 Spring Biweekly Matrix Seminar on Zoom at UNR The 2026 Spring Biweekly Matrix Seminar at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA will be held on Zoom at 4:15-5:15pm on Fridays (US Pacific Time). All are welcome to join. The first talk will be held on January 30, 2026. For the talk schedule, see https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MswSd16JqsZE294kYCXujLio4cnAiuYv6QKRc6BxvI0/edit# The Zoom link is https://unr.zoom.us/j/89946992179 Please contact Pan Shun Lau at plau@unr.edu if you have any questions. Best regards, Pan Shun Lau and Tin-Yau Tam |
| 2025 Jan 12 ILAS-NET Message no. 2621 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Fabio Durastante SUBJECT: PSCToolkit release Announcement: PSBLAS 3.9.0 and AMG4PSBLAS 1.2.0 We are pleased to announce the release of the newest versions of the two core components in the PSCToolkit suite. PSBLAS (Parallel Sparse BLAS) is the distributed sparse linear algebra library at the heart of PSCToolkit. It provides scalable and efficient support for parallel sparse matrix operations, iterative solvers, distributed memory execution, and interfaces to high-performance computing environments. Highlights in 3.9.0: - Direct support for GPU acceleration, no longer requiring PSBLAS-EXT - CMake installation support, in addition to configure/make - Improved C interface for easier C/C++ integration Download: https://psctoolkit.github.io/products/psblas/ AMG4PSBLAS is the algebraic multigrid preconditioner package designed to work seamlessly with PSBLAS. It implements highly parallel multilevel preconditioners optimized for large-scale iterative solvers. Key features in 1.2.0: - New polynomial smoothers optimized for GPU architectures - CMake support for easier building and integration - Improved C interface for better C/C++ usability Download: https://psctoolkit.github.io/products/amg4psblas/ # Getting Started Both libraries include source code, documentation, and examples. They can be built using configure/make or CMake and are designed to support HPC environments with MPI and optional GPU support. For support, documentation, and issue reporting, visit the PSCToolkit GitHub organization or the project websites. Best regards, The PSCToolkit Team Pasqua D'Ambra Fabio Durastante Salvatore Filippone |
| 2026 Jan 09 ILAS-NET Message no. 2620 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Apoorva Khare SUBJECT: Call for nominations for the 2027 ILAS JMM Lecturer Dear ILAS members, We are soliciting suggestions for the ILAS Lecturer at the 2027 Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM) in Chicago, USA, during 12–15 January 2027. The ILAS JMM Lecturer will represent ILAS via an Invited Address, and could also organize one or more special sessions at the JMM. A list of past ILAS JMM speakers is available at https://ilasic.org/ilas-jmm-lecturers/. Please send your suggestions for ILAS JMM Lecturers, along with a short justification and a CV, if possible, to Apoorva Khare (khare@iisc.ac.in) by 31 January 2026. We look forward to hearing from you, and with best regards, Apoorva Khare on behalf of the ILAS JMM Speaker Committee [Orly Alter, Ángeles Carmona, Mark Embree, and Daniel Szyld] |
| 2026 Jan 08 ILAS-NET Message no. 2619 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Bryan L. Shader SUBJECT: Regional Research Conference on Strong Matrix Properties and the Inverse Eigenvalue Problem NSF-CBMS Regional Research Conference on Strong Matrix Properties and the Inverse Eigenvalue Problem Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA, May 11–15, 2026 Strong properties of matrices, modeled on the Strong Arnold Property, have led to significant recent advances on the Inverse Eigenvalue Problem for Graphs (See https://www.ams.org/notices/202002/rnoti-p257.pdf for an introductory overview). These new strong properties have also energized significant progress in the study of related invariants, such as the maximum multiplicity of an eigenvalue and the minimum number of distinct eigenvalues of a graph, and they have led to new connections with graph minors and graph propagation procedures. These connections have also given rise to new matrix theory questions and results, new forbidden minor characterizations, new minor-monotone graph parameters, and new graph theoretic questions and results. The conference will provide early-career researchers and graduate students, as well as established researchers, with access to cutting edge tools and ideas needed to explore this fruitful, new, and evolving area of mathematics. The conference is one of five Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences (CBMS) Regional Research Conferences in the 2025–2026 series, each of which is partially funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and features a distinguished team of lecturers delivering a sequence of lectures on a topic of important current research in one sharply focused area of the mathematical sciences. The primary speakers for this conference are: Bryan Shader (University of Wyoming) Helena Šmigoc (University College Dublin) Kevin N. Vander Meulen (Redeemer University) Participation from all countries is encouraged. Support of up to US\$700 will be available for up to 30 participants affiliated with U.S. institutions with preference given to graduate students and junior faculty. The online application can be found at https://sites.google.com/emich.edu/cbms and the deadline to apply is January 23rd, 2026, with decisions available by February 1st. Questions can be directed to the organizer, Lon Mitchell (lon.mitchell@emich.edu). |