------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 December 10 ILAS-NET Message No. 2273 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Fernando de Terán Vergara SUBJECT: ALAMA2020-ALN2gg First Announcement Dear colleagues, We invite you to participate in the ALAMA2020-ALN2gg meeting. This is a joint meeting that gathers the seventh biennial meeting of the Spanish* Thematic Network ALAMA (Linear Algebra, Matrix Analysis, and Applications) *and the seventeenth edition of* ALN2gg (Due giorni di Algebra Lineare Numerica)*. The meeting will be held at University of Alcalá (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain) *from 3rd to 5th June 2020.* It is celebrated in honour of *Ion Zaballa*, professor at Universidad del País Vasco, and of *Dario A. Bini*, professor at Università di Pisa. From now until *1st March 2020* you can submit your communication proposal through the web page www.alama2020.com, where you can also find all the information related to the meeting. The plenary speakers are: - Dario A. Bini (Università di Pisa). - Françoise Tisseur (The University of Manchester) - Eugene Tyrtyshnikov (Moscow State University and Russian Academy of Sciences). - Ion Zaballa (Universidad del País Vasco). The meeting is endorsed and/or sponsored (so far) by - ILAS. - ALAMA. We hope the meeting will be of your interest. Best regards, The Organizing Committee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 December 04 ILAS-NET Message No. 2272 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Vilmar Trevisan SUBJECT: Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems (M2CS) Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems (M2CS) FST - Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco Dates: 13 - 16 April 2020 Dedicated to Hassane Sadok on the occasion of his 60th birthday, and to Paul Van Dooren on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The aim of this event is to bring together researchers working in numerical analysis, scientific computation and applications. Participants will present and discuss their latest results in this area. The main topics of the conference are: * Large Linear Systems and Eigenvalue Problems, Preconditioning * Linear Algebra and Control, Model Reduction * Ill-posed Problems. Regularizations, Image processing * Numerical Methods for PDEs. Approximation. Optimization * Matrix-Computation for Statistics.  * Applications to: Signal and Image Processing, Data Mining, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning The conference is co-organized by the Faculté des Sciences et Techniques (FST) of University Cadi Ayyad in Marrakech, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Benguerir, Morocco and the Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale in Calais, France. Location: The conference will take place at Faculté des Sciences et Techniques (FST) in Marrakech, Morocco.   For any question or information, please send an e-mail to:      m2cs@univ-littoral.fr  or to  jbilou@univ-littoral.fr For registration and more information, go to https://m2cs.univ-littoral.fr/ PLENARY SPEAKERS Michele Benzi, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy Claude Brezinski, University of Lille, France, Froilan Dopico, Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain Marilena Mitrouli, University of Athens, Greece Gérard Meurant, CEA, France Michela Redivo-Zaglia, University of Padova, Italy Marcos Raydan, Universidad Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Lothar Reichel, Kent University, USA Yousef Saad, University of Minnesota, USA Hassane Sadok, University ULCO, Calais, France Paul Van Dooren, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium DEADLINES Abstract submission: Before December 15, 2019 Registration and payment: Before February 1 , 2020 The acceptance of the abstract will be communicated on January 30th, 2020. We suggest you to register for the conference even if the result of the review process is not yet available. FEES Regular: 280 Euros (free of taxes) and 320 Euros after February 1 and before March 1 Student: 200 Euros (free of taxes) and 240 Euros after February 1 and before March 1 Accompanying person: 100 Euros. Student from Morocco: 1200 DH and 1400 DH after February 1 and before March 1 Regular from Morocco: 1800 DH and 2000 DH after February 1 and before March 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 December 04 ILAS-NET Message No. 2271 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Vilmar Trevisan SUBJECT: Reminder of the LAA Special Issue: ILAS 2019 Conference REMINDER OF THE LAA SPECIAL ISSUE: ILAS 2019 CONFERENCE in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil A special issue of LAA devoted to the 22nd Conference of the International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS) called "Linear Algebra Without Borders" ( http://ilas2019.org) held at Fundação Getúlio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 08-12, 2019 is in progress. Papers corresponding to talks given at the conference should be submitted by December 31, 2019 via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES): http://ees.elsevier.com/laa choosing the special issue "SI:ILAS2019 Conference". Special editors for this ILAS 2019 issue are: Nair Abreu, (nairabreunovoa@gmail.com), Christoph Helmberg (helmberg@math.tu-chemnitz.de), Gitta Kutyniok (kutyniok@math.tu-berlin.de), and Vilmar Trevisan (trevisan@mat.ufrgs.br). In submitting a paper, Richard Brualdi should be chosen as the responsible editor-in-chief. Authors may suggest one of these special editors to handle their submission. Papers will be refereed according to the usual high standards of LAA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 December 01 ILAS-NET Message No. 2270 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Louis Deaett SUBJECT: See IMAGE 63 online now Issue 63 of IMAGE, the official bulletin of ILAS, is now available! Read it here: https://www.ilasic.org/IMAGE/ This issue features a review of the new first-semester Linear Algebra text by Elizabeth Meckes (a plenary speaker at ILAS 2016) and Mark Meckes; a presentation of another first-semester text, one featuring an inquiry-based approach and application projects for each topic, by Feryal Alayont and Steven Schlicker; and a feature article by Wasin So exploring the history of the question: Must the numerical range of an operator be convex over the quaternions? In addition, Roger Horn interviews Vladimir Sergeichuk, while the Problem Corner presents three new problems and solutions to most of the old ones. All this, plus details and photos from three conferences that took place in 2019, and info on 11 conferences and 2 special sessions to come in 2020. Read the Fall issue of IMAGE, be an informed ILAS member, and above all, enjoy! Louis Deaett IMAGE Editor-in-Chief ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 November 16 ILAS-NET Message No. 2269 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Leslie Hogben SUBJECT: ILAS Election Voting Is Now Open On November 15 each current member of ILAS was e-mailed an individual link,username, password and instructions for electronic voting, and voting is open. The ballot is self-explanatory, with instructions. You may vote for President (one) and members of the Board of Directors (two). Four candidates for Board of Directors were nominated by the ILAS nominating committee, and one was nominated by three ILAS members. If you did not receive an e-mail and think you are a member, please verify that you are indeed an ILAS member (remember, receiving ILAS-Net messages does not imply you are an ILAS member). You can determine whether or not you are a member of ILAS by consulting the website: https://www.ilasic.org/misc/membership.html If you are a member and did not receive an e-mail, please contact Minerva Catral, Assistant ILAS Secretary Treasurer, at catralm@xavier.edu to obtain your username and password. If you have received your instructions but have not yet voted, you may vote any time through 11:59 PM GMT January 15, 2020 (ILAS operates on Greenwich Mean Time) but it is recommended to vote by January 14 because the election ends at 11:59 PM GMT regardless of the time zone you are in. So for many people the election ends early in the day January 15. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 November 05 ILAS-NET Message No. 2268 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Leslie Hogben SUBJECT: ILAS Election Voting Is Now Open The University of Delaware invites applications and nominations for the Chair of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. The Department seeks a Chair enthusiastic about advancing its prominence, furthering its established scholarly impact, and leading efforts to innovate in and excel at its extensive teaching role at the University. The expected start date is August 1, 2020. The Chair is appointed for a renewable five-year term. See the link below for more details: https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/14385 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 October 25 ILAS-NET Message No. 2267 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Heike Fassbender SUBJECT: Submission Deadline Approaching Householder Symposium XXI, June 2020 The Householder Symposium XXI on Numerical Linear Algebra will be held from 14-19 June 2020 at hotel Sierra Silvana, Selva di Fasano (Br), Italy. Web page: https://users.ba.cnr.it//iac/irmanm21/HHXXI/index.html Application deadline: 31 October 2019 Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2020 Attendance at the meeting is by invitation only. Applications are welcome from researchers in numerical linear algebra, matrix theory, and related areas such as optimization, differential equations, signal processing, and control. Each attendee will be given the opportunity to present a talk or a poster. Some talks will be plenary lectures, while others will be shorter presentations arranged in parallel sessions. The Symposium is very informal, with the intermingling of young and established researchers a priority. Participants are expected to attend the entire meeting. It is expected that partial support will be available for some students, early career participants, and participants from countries with limited resources. The seventeenth Householder Award for the best PhD thesis in numerical linear algebra (PhD earned between 1 January 2017, and 31 December 2019) will be presented. Nominations for the Householder Award are due by 31 January 2020. The Householder Symposium takes place in cooperation with the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and the SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 October 14 ILAS-NET Message No. 2264 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Michael Tsatsomeros SUBJECT: ELA Milestone The Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra (ELA) https://repository.uwyo.edu/ela/ has been the research publication of the International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS) since 1996. ELA has reached the milestone of one thousand papers published since its inaugural year. ELA is freely accessible around the world and is made possible by the selfless contributions of its authors, referees and editors. Thanks are due to all of them and to the great many loyal readers. As members and friends of ILAS, please continue to promote and support the goals of ELA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 October 10 ILAS-NET Message No. 2263 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Leslie Hogben SUBJECT: 2020 ILAS Elections Voting in the next ILAS election (for terms starting March 1, 2020) will take place Nov 15, 2019 - Jan 15, 2020. Members will be e-mailed their voting instructions on Nov 15. In order to vote you need to be a current member of ILAS when the election begins. The official ILAS membership list http://www.ilasic.org/misc/membership.html lists all current members and is updated periodically (most recently September 30). If you are not yet a member, you need to submit your membership materials no later than November 10, 2019 so they can be prcoessed before the election begins. ILAS will continue processing memberships after Nov. 10, but it will not longer be possible to add voters for this election. To verify your ILAS membership status (for those who think they are members): 1) If you are listed on the current online list of members at http://www.ilasic.org/misc/membership.html (scroll down to see the list) you are a member and will be sent the voting instructions email. 2) If you are not listed on the current online list of members at http://www.ilasic.org/misc/membership.html (scroll down to see the list), and you believe you are a member because you actually filled in an online form to join (and made any payment that was due), please email the Secretary/Treasurer Leslie Hogben (hogben@aimath.org) and Assistant Secretary/Treasurer Minerva Catral (catralm@xavier.edu). Please state when you joined or last renewed and your type of membership (regular = $40/year, life, or fee waiver). If you have an e-mail confirmation of payment it would help to forward that, but it is not necessary. 3) Receiving ILAS-net messages, including this one, does not imply you are an ILAS member. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 October 10 ILAS-NET Message No. 2262 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Chi-Kwong Li SUBJECT: Workshop on Numerical Ranges and Numerical Radii (WONRA 2020) The Sixteenth Workshop on Numerical Ranges and Numerical Radii (WONRA 2020) will take place on June 13-16, 2020, Hotel Termas da Curia, Portugal, http://www.mat.uc.pt/~wonra2020/ The purpose of the workshop is to stimulate research and foster interaction between researchers interested in the subject. The informal workshop atmosphere will facilitate the exchange of ideas from different scientific areas and, hopefully, the participants will be informed on the latest developments and new ideas. Background on the subject and on previous meetings may be found at the WONRA website, and also at the Wiki page for the history of the workshop and related meetings. https://cklixx.people.wm.edu/wonra.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workshop_on_Numerical_Ranges_and_Numerical_Radii The workshop is endorsed and sponsored by: * theInternational Linear Algebra Society (ILAS) * Compete (Programa operacional factores de competitividade) * CMUC - Centre for Mathematics, University of Coimbra * CEAFEL - Centre for Functional Analysis, Linear Structures and Applications One may visit http://www.mat.uc.pt/~wonra2020/ for further information, and send email to wonra2020@mat.uc.pt if there are any questions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 September 13 ILAS-NET Message No. 2261 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Heike Fassbender SUBJECT: Call for applications, 2020 Householder Symposium, June 2020 The Householder Symposium XXI on Numerical Linear Algebra will be held from 14-19 June 2020 at hotel Sierra Silvana, Selva di Fasano (Br), Italy. Web page: https://users.ba.cnr.it//iac/irmanm21/HHXXI/index.html Application deadline: 31 October 2019 Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2020 Attendance at the meeting is by invitation only. Applications are welcome from researchers in numerical linear algebra, matrix theory, and related areas such as optimization, differential equations, signal processing, and control. Each attendee will be given the opportunity to present a talk or a poster. Some talks will be plenary lectures, while others will be shorter presentations arranged in parallel sessions. The Symposium is very informal, with the intermingling of young and established researchers a priority. Participants are expected to attend the entire meeting. It is expected that partial support will be available for some students, early career participants, and participants from countries with limited resources. The seventeenth Householder Award for the best PhD thesis in numerical linear algebra (PhD earned between 1 January 2017, and 31 December 2019) will be presented. Nominations for the Householder Award are due by 31 January 2020. The Householder Symposium takes place in cooperation with the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and the SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 September 02 ILAS-NET Message No. 2260 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Peter Semrl SUBJECT: ILAS Lectures at Non-ILAS Conferences and a General Support of Non-ILAS Conferences 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 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$1000 for expenses, or in the case of a Hans Schneider Lecturer, US$1500. Reimbursement guidelines may be obtained from the Secretary/Treasurer Leslie Hogben. General support of conferences of up to $750. 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 Peter Semrl about what you may propose. This is a reminder that there is a deadline of 30 September 2019 for receipt of proposals for sponsorship of ILAS Lectures at non-ILAS meetings and for general support of conferences taking place in 2020. 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. Further details on the guidelines for proposals can be found at the following link: http://www.ilasic.org/misc/non_ilas_guidelines.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 August 26 ILAS-NET Message No. 2259 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Peter Semrl SUBJECT: 2020 ILAS Elections The Nominating Committee for the 2020 ILAS elections has completed its work. Nominated for a three year term, beginning March 1, 2020, as ILAS President are: -Daniel Szyld -Tin Yau Tam Nominated for the two open three-year terms, beginning March 1, 2020, as "at-large" members of the ILAS Board of Directors are: -Enide Andrade -Sebastian Cioaba -Dragana Cvetkovic-Ilic -Carlos Marijuan 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, Richard Brualdi, brualdi@math.wisc.edu, by September 18, 2019. Many thanks to the Nominating Committee: -Richard Brualdi (Chair) -Nair Abreu -Ravi Bapat -Steve Kirkland -Naomi Shaked-Monderer for their important service to ILAS. We would also like to thank the nominees for agreeing to stand for election. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 August 01 ILAS-NET Message No. 2258 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Rachel Quinlan SUBJECT: ILAS 2020 in Galway - Call Open for Contributed Minisymposia Dear ILAS Community, The 23rd ILAS Conference will take place in Galway, Ireland, June 22-26 2020. Details are at http://ilas2020.ie where the call for proposals for contributed minisymposia is now open at http://ilas2020.ie/programme/minisymposia with a deadline of November 15. We are looking forward to seeing you in Galway in 2020. With best wishes, Rachel and Helena. Rachel Quinlan and Helena Smigoc on behalf of the Scientific and Local Organising Committees http://ilas2020.ie/organisation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 July 31 ILAS-NET Message No. 2257 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Pietro Paparella SUBJECT: Special Issue for Charles R. Johnson The deadline for the special issue of the De Gruyter journal *Special Matrices* dedicated to Charles R. Johnson has been extended to September 30th, 2019. Submissions which cover one or more of the following topics are particularly welcome: matrix completion problems; possible eigenvalue multiplicities for matrices with a given graph; the nonnegative inverse eigenvalue problem; positive definite matrices; the field of values; and matrix stability. Prior to submission, authors should carefully read over the journal guidelines, which are located at https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/spma All manuscripts are subject to the standard peer-review process and should be submitted online via http://www.editorialmanager.com/spma When entering your submission, please choose the option "Special Issue Dedicated to Charles R. Johnson". *Publication of accepted-papers is free.* Please direct any questions to the Editorial Office at spma.editorial@degruyter.com. *Special Matrices* is indexed in SCOPUS, zbMATH, MATHSCINET and the Web of Science (Emerging Sources Citation Index). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 July 31 ILAS-NET Message No. 2256 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Peter Semrl SUBJECT: New co-Editor-in-Chief of ELA Bryan Shader will step down at the end of his current term as co-Editor-In-Chief of ELA. The ILAS Journals Committee nominated Froilan Dopico to replace Bryan as a new co-Editor-In-Chief. ILAS Board approved the nomination. The appointment will become effective on August 1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 July 27 ILAS-NET Message No. 2255 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Chi-Kwong Li SUBJECT: Special Issue of Linear and Multilinear Algebra A special issue of Linear and Multilinear Algebra on Numerical ranges and numerical radii The study of the numerical ranges and numerical radii has a long history. In particular, a fundamental result on the subject is the Toeplitz-Hausdorff theorem concerning the convexity of the numerical range, which was proved in 1918-19. There were workshops on the research topic held in Germany in 2018, and Japan in 2019 to celebrate the 100 anniversary of the Toeplitz-Hausdorff theorem. In connection to these activities, Linear and Multilinear Algebra will publish a special issue on the subject. https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/linear-and-multilinear-algebra-numerical-ranges-and-numerical-radii/ The deadline of the submission is December 31, 2019. Papers may be submitted through the journal website: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/glma and will go through the usual editorial procedure. The special editors of the issue are: Yiu-Tung Poon, Iowa State University, USA (ytpoon@iastate.edu) Tin-Yau Tam, Auburn University, University of Nevada, USA (ttam@unr.edu) Takeaki Yamazaki, Toyo University, Japan (t-yamazaki@toyo.jp) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 July 24 ILAS-NET Message No. 2254 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Manjunatha Prasad Karantha SUBJECT: 28th International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics (IWMS 2020) 28th International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics (IWMS 2020) CARAMS, MAHE, Manipal, India (December 17-19, 2020) CRR Day on 17 December 2020 to celebrate 100 years of Professor CR Rao The 28th International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics, IWMS 2020, will be held during the period December 15-17, 2020 at the Center for Advanced Research for Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, (MAHE) Manipal, Karnataka, India. The purpose of the Workshop is to stimulate research and, in an informal setting, to foster the interaction of researchers in the interface between statistics and matrix theory. The Workshop will provide a forum through which statisticians may be better informed of the latest developments and newest techniques in linear algebra and matrix theory and may exchange ideas with researchers from a wide variety of countries. As well as range of plenary speakers we are to strengthening the interactions between participants by organizing a range of minisymposia in various specialist areas. The theme of workshop shall focus on · Matrix Analysis, · Projectors in Linear Models & Multivariate Analysis, · Growth Curve Models, · Linear Regression Models, · Linear Statistical Inference, · Modelling Covariance Structures, · Multivariate and Mixed Linear Models, · Statistics in Big Data Analysis. The scientific committee consists of Ravindra B Bapat, Manjunatha Prasad Karantha, Steve Kirkland, and Simo Puntanen. *CRR Day on 17th December 2020* : The present 28th IWMS will be held beside ICLAA 2020 (December 17-19, 2020) and CRR Day will be held on 17th December 2020, the common day of events, to celebrate 100 years of C. R. Rao, who is among great Statisticians and Matrix theorist India ever produced. We are sure that 28th IWMS will be a great success with the participation of prominent researchers from across the globe working in Statistics, Matrix Theory and allied subjects. Please visit https://carams.in/events/international-workshop-on-matrices-and-statistics/ for more details and registration. Best wishes Organizing Committee: Narayana Sabhahit (Chairman, Registrar, MAHE), Manjunatha Prasad Karantha (Organizing Secretary, Coordinator, CARAMS, MAHE) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 July 24 ILAS-NET Message No. 2253 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Manjunatha Prasad Karantha SUBJECT: International Conference on Linear Algebra and its Applications (ICLAA 2020) International Conference on Linear Algebra and its Applications(ICLAA 2020) CARAMS, MAHE, Manipal, India (December 17-19, 2020) CRR Day on 17 December 2020 to celebrate 100 years of Professor CR Rao In sequel to ICLAA series, the 'International Conference on Linear Algebra and Its Applications, December 17-19, 2020' will be held at CARAMS, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India. The theme of the conference shall focus on - Classical Matrix Theory - Nonnegative Matrices and Special Matrices - Matrices and Graphs - Combinatorial Matrix Theory - Matrix and Graph Methods in Statistics and Biological Science - Matrices in Error Analysis and its Applications. The scientific committee consists of Ravindra B Bapat, Manjunatha Prasad Karantha, Steve Kirkland, and Simo Puntanen. *CRR Day*: The ICLAA 2020 will be held beside 28th IWMS, and on December 17, 2020, the common day of the events, we are celebrating 100 years of C. R. Rao, who is among great Statisticians India ever produced. We are sure that ICLAA 2020 will be a great success with the participation of prominent researchers from across the globe working in Matrix Theory, Graph Theory, Network Science, Statistics, and allied subjects. Please visit https://carams.in/events/iclaa2020/ for more details and registration. Best wishes Organizing Committee: Narayana Sabhahit (Chairman, Registrar, MAHE), Manjunatha Prasad Karantha (Organizing Secretary, Coordinator, CARAMS, MAHE) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 July 23 ILAS-NET Message No. 2252 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Hugo Woerdeman SUBJECT: Minutes of 2019 ILAS Business Meeting 2019 ILAS BUSINESS MEETING Thursday July 11, 2019 Main Auditorium Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) Rio de Janeiro Brazil Agenda: A. Reading of Notice of Meeting. B. Reading of the Minutes of Previous Meeting. C. Report of President and Vice President. D. Report of Secretary/Treasurer. E. Reports of Committees. i) Education Committee (chair: David Strong) ii) Institutional Membership Committee (chair: Yongdo Lim) iii) Journals Committee (chair: Rajendra Bhatia) iv) Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra (Editors: Bryan Shader/Michael Tsatsomeros) v) IMAGE (Editor: Louis Deaett) F. Transaction of Other Business. i) Future ILAS meetings ii) Any other business G. Adjournment. Minutes of the ILAS Business meeting held on Thursday July 11, 2019, Main Auditorium, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil President Semrl called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm. About 55 ILAS members were in attendance. A. Reading of notice of meeting. B. Reading of the minutes from the previous meeting. Minutes of the 2017 Business Meeting held in Ames, Iowa, were approved. C. Report of President and Vice-President President Semrl reported on items that were new since the last President and Vice-President report that was published in the 2019 Spring issue of IMAGE. . The Board approved the proposal to hold the ILAS 2022 conference in Madrid. The organizers will present the proposal later in the meeting. . The Board approved a change to the 'Guidelines for the Hans Schneider Prize' allowing for a medal instead of a plaque. . The Board approved pursuing a Wikipedia page for ILAS. The page will contain material that does not require updating. Wayne Barrett will lead a team to provide content for the page. A volunteer from the membership will be needed to provide technical support to create and seek publication of the Wikipedia page. Those interested are encouraged to contact President Semrl. . More items were discussed at the board meeting, but those issues have not reached a conclusion yet. When they do, the membership will be informed. D. Report of Secretary/Treasurer. Treasurer Hogben presented the Treasurer's Report, which was published in IMAGE 62, and indicated that ILAS is in good financial state with a current balance of ~186K. It was reiterated that as a general rule ILAS is aiming to spend what comes in. In recent years support of conferences has increased. Treasurer Hogben introduced newly appointed Assistant Secretary/Treasurer Minerva Catral. Daniel Szyld initiated a round of applause in recognition of Treasurer Hogben's dedicated service. E. Reports of Committees. i. Education Committee The Education committee is composed of Avi Berman, Steve Leon, Sepideh Stewart, and David Strong (chair). As no committee member could be present at the business meeting, Chair Strong provided slides to be presented at the meeting. The slides showed three notable activities since the 2017 ILAS Business Meeting: . Articles on Linear Algebra education in IMAGE . Sessions on "Innovative and Effective Ways to Teach Linear Algebra" at 2018 and 2019 Joint Meetings of the AMS and MAA . National Pedagogical Initiatives on Linear Algebra The committee encourages comments and suggestions from ILAS members on furthering the teaching, learning and exploration of Linear Algebra. ii. Institutional Membership Committee The committee is composed of Minerva Catral, Heike Faßbender, Yongdo Lim (chair), and Peter Semrl (ex-officio). Heike Faßbender reported for the committee. The current institutional members are: Elsevier; Pearson; World Scientific; SIAM; CRC Press; Taylor and Francis; Maplesoft, and Birkhäuser/Springer. Birkhäuser/Springer is a new addition due to the Israel Gohberg ILAS-IWOTA Lecture series, which was approved by the ILAS board in 2017. Faßbender reported that the committee has tried to attract non-US based sponsors, but while these were happy to provide funds for ILAS conferences they were not inclined to become an Institutional Member of ILAS. While one may stay on the lookout for new Institutional Members, it may be advisable for the committee to focus on keeping the current Institutional Members well engaged. The committee expressed that help from any ILAS member in these efforts is very welcome. iii. Journals Committee The Journals Committee is composed of Rajendra Bhatia (chair), Geir Dahl, Froilán Dopico, Michael Tsatsomeros (ex-officio), and Louis Deaett (ex-officio). Tsatsomeros reported for the committee. Tsatsomeros reported that Bryan Shader has expressed the desire to step down as Editor-In-Chief of ELA at the end of his term in October 2019. ILAS and the Journals Committee are considering a replacement. Tsatsomeros continued, reporting for ELA. iv. ELA . Editorial Board: Editors-in-Chief (Bryan Shader and Michael Tsatsomeros), 7 Advisory Editors, 16 Associate Editors, an Associate Managing Editor and an Assistant Managing Editor. . The ELA annual budget of $3500 from ILAS can be spent at the discretion of the Editor(s)-in-Chief of ELA for operational expenses related to copy editing, plagiarism checking, and maintenance of the ELA portal, as well as travel for the Editors-in-Chief and Managing Editors to attend ILAS conferences and SIAM ALA conferences. The OverLeaf platform that is currently free, may start charging fees. . Milestone ahead: ELA is approaching 1,000 papers published since 1996. Suggestions for a celebration are welcome. Richard Brualdi noted that ELA's 25th anniversary is coming up in 2021, and that one could consider a satellite meeting to SIAM-LA 2021 to celebrate this. Other disciplines have done this. . To date over 185,000 papers from over 5,800 institutions and 184 countries have been downloaded from the ELA portal. 48,000 downloads of ELA papers occurred in the last year. . ELA receives about 250 submissions per year. Each volume has about 50 papers. Tsatsomeros expresses the desire to receive more submissions from core ILAS members. About 90% of the authors he does not know. . Time from submission to publication for a regular volume is about 9-10 months. While not bad considering ELA is run by volunteers, Tsatsomeros hopes to reduce this time in the future. . Tsatsomeros discusses some metrics, comparing them to LAA, LAMA, Operators & Matrices, Special Matrices, and SIMAX. For instance, the SNIP (=normalized impact factor) 2017 for ELA is 0.886, while for the others the SNIP is 1.185, 0.951, 0.656, 0.481 and. 1.747, respectively. Other metrics show similar results. While exact interpretation of these numbers is hard, it does seem to indicate that it is fair to say that ELA is at a competitive footing among the leading linear algebra journals. . The number of total ELA citations shows an upward trend, with over 500 for 2017. . It is expected that two members of the editorial board will step down in the near future. . Currently ELA has no policy on education oriented papers. The editorial board will have to discuss this. After it was brought up, Volker Mehrmann confirmed that LAA does not publish educational oriented papers. Daniel Szyld suggested that other journals are focused on educational papers, and that ELA should continue to focus on research papers. Tsatsomeros reiterated that a discussion in the Editorial Board on this topic will be pending, and that one can also consider special issues focused on educational papers. . Volker Mehrmann asked whether the current website set-up of ELA is sustainable. Tsatsomeros answered that Shader will continue as Managing Editor, and that he is committed to continue to contribute to ELA, and that the University of Wyoming website will continue to serve as the ELA website. . Volker Mehrmann brought up that Plan S, an initiative for open-access science publishing, is emerging, and that ELA should consider collecting open access fees from those authors willing and able to pay such funds. In addition, he made the point that for some, when they pay for services, it makes the service more valuable to them. Tsatsomeros said that the Editorial Board will consider this. . Sebastian Cioaba asked about accessibility of papers to readers with disabilities, noting that accessibility of teaching materials is increasingly a concern for universities. Daniel Szyld added that in use of colors, the color blind should be taken into account. Tsatsomeros responded that this is an issue to look into, and that it may require an appropriate version of LaTeX. v. Report on IMAGE Editor-in-Chief, Louis Deaett. Former Editor-in-Chief, Kevin Vander Meulen, reported. . Vander Meulen started by expressing his gratitude to the members of the editorial board for their service. . Vander Meulen reported that the creation of a book of problems and solutions based on the problem section of IMAGE, is an ongoing project. Rajesh Pereira, who is in charge of the project, has talked to various publishers, and details still need to be worked out. . The number of downloads of IMAGE continue to go up, currently about 1500 per year. Mysteriously, issue 45 remains one of the most popular, perennially averaging over 1000 downloads per year. Possible explanations are welcome. . Colin Garnett began a term as editor for book reviews with IMAGE 60, replacing Doug Farenick. . Naomi Shaked-Monderer ended her tenure as editor of the history section with IMAGE 61. No replacement has currently been found. If anyone is interested, please contact Editor-in-Chief Deaett. . Minerva Catral stepped down as editor for conferences after IMAGE 59. For issues 60 and 61, Jillian McLeod served as conferences editor. She has been unable to continue serving in this capacity, and IMAGE 62 went without a dedicated member of the staff responsible for this section. Again, if anyone is interested to serve in this role, please contact Editor-in-Chief Deaett. . IMAGE is also looking to diversify geographically, and especially encourages potential contributors from a continent other than North America. . Sebastian Cioaba, who handles feature articles, asked for suggestions for future feature articles. President Semrl suggested to put out a call via ILAS-Net. President Semrl noted that all those involved in ELA and IMAGE do hard work. F. Transaction of other business i) Future ILAS meetings The 23st ILAS meeting will be held at National University of Ireland, Galway, June 22-26, 2020. Organizers Rachel Quinlan and Helena Smigoc advertised the conference website, ilas2020.ie. They encouraged suggestions that will be helpful to make the conference a success, and they announced that a call for minisymposia will go out soon. They encouraged all ILAS members to come to ILAS 2020. The 24th ILAS meeting will be held at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain, June 6-10, 2022. Organizers Fernando De Terán and Roberto Canogar presented impressions of the city of Madrid, which were welcomed by the membership. Vilmar Trevisan asked about the envisioned registration fee, to which De Terán answered that they hope to be in the same ballpark as ILAS 2019. Sebastian Cioaba expressed the concern that the ratio of female vs male plenary speakers at ILAS conferences was perhaps somewhat at the low end. President Semrl noted that in the 'Guidelines for the Organization of ILAS Meetings' diversity in various ways is a requirement for a successful conference proposal. Aside from diversity in gender, it also addresses diversity in topics, diversity of career stage, and geographical diversity. In addition, organizing committees are required to show diversity. Having said that, President Semrl continued, the ILAS Executive Board is always interested in feedback from the membership when specific concerns arise. ii) Other business Vice President Woerdeman, noting that this is Semrl's last ILAS business meeting as President, initiated a round of applause showing appreciation of President Semrl for his dedicated service. G. Adjournment President Semrl adjourned the meeting at 7:21 pm. Respectfully submitted by Hugo Woerdeman, Vice-President of ILAS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 July 20 ILAS-NET Message No. 2255 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: M. S. Moslehian SUBJECT: Special issue of AIOT dedicated to Rajendra Bhatia Dear members of ILAS, A special issue of the Advances in Operator Theory (AIOT- Springer) https://www.springer.com/birkhauser/mathematics/journal/43036 is considered in honor of Prof. Rajendra Bhatia in recognition of his significant contributions to several mathematics subjects including operator theory and linear algebra. I would like to invite you to contribute an article in the scope of the journal to this special issue, which will bepublished in 2020 (or under some unexpected events in 2021). The deadline for submission to this special issue is *** 31 October 2019***. Please acknowledge your willingness (possibility) to contribute to the issue by July 31, 2019. All papers should be submitted via the Editorial Manager System at (but not email): https://www.editorialmanager.com/aiot/default.aspx If possible (not mandatory), please put your paper in the Springer journal's style which can be found at http://static.springer.com/sgw/documents/468198/application/zip/LaTeX_DL_468198_240419.zip The usual reviewing procedures and standards of AIOT will be applied to all manuscripts for the special issues. Short papers, preliminary papers, or summaries of results previously published are not acceptable. There are no mandatory publication charges for authors in this journal. All the Best, Mox Moslehian Editor-in-chief ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 July 01 ILAS-NET Message No. 2250 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Peter Semrl SUBJECT: 2020 Taussky-Todd Lecturer 2020 TAUSSKY-TODD LECTURER Raf Vandebril will be the Taussky-Todd Lecturer at the ILAS Conference in Galway in 2020. The 2020 Taussky-Todd Lecture Selection Committee consisted of Anne Greenbaum (chair), Ravi Bapat, Michele Benzi, Chi-Kwong Li, and Peter Semrl. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 June 13 ILAS-NET Message No. 2249 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Hugo Woerdeman SUBJECT: 2019 ILAS Business Meeting You are hereby invited to attend the 2019 ILAS BUSINESS MEETING Thursday July 11, 2019, 18:00-19:30 Main Auditorium Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) Rio de Janeiro Brazil Agenda: A. Reading of Notice of Meeting. B. Reading of the Minutes of Previous Meeting. C. Report of President and Vice President. D. Report of Secretary/Treasurer. E. Reports of Committees. i) Education Committee (chair: David Strong) ii) Institutional Membership Committee (chair: Yongdo Lim) iii) Journal Committee (chair: Rajendra Bhatia) iv) Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra (Editors: Bryan Shader/Michael Tsatsomeros) v) IMAGE (Editor: Louis Deaett) F. Transaction of Other Business. i) Future ILAS meetings ii) Any other business G. Adjournment. Below are the minutes of the 2017 Business Meeting _______________________________________________________ Minutes of the ILAS Business meeting held on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Carver Hall, Room 305, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA President Semrl called the meeting to order at 4:55 p.m. About 70 ILAS members were in attendance. A. Reading of notice of meeting. B. Reading of the minutes from the previous meeting. Minutes of the 2016 Business Meeting held in Leuven, Belgium, were approved. C. Report of President and Vice-President Final approval was given by the Board for ILAS to support each ILAS conference with up to $2000. The Board approved the appointment of Steve Butler to be the Assistant Secretary/Treasurer. The Board approved a three-year renewable agreement with Elsevier Inc., where ILAS recognizes Linear Algebra and its Applications (LAA) as an affiliated journal and allows Elsevier Inc. to engage in associated promotion activities, and where Elsevier Inc. provides speaker support for ILAS conferences as well as reduced LAA subscription rates for ILAS members. The Board approved The Israel Gohberg ILAS-IWOTA Lecture series, in collaboration with the International Workshop on Operator Theory and its Applications (IWOTA). President Semrl announced that he was planning to approach Andre Ran and Hugo Woerdeman (he accepted) to be the ILAS representatives on the Israel Gohberg ILAS-IWOTA lecture committee for the 2020 IWOTA meeting. Future Israel Gohberg ILAS-IWOTA lectures will be held at the 2022 ILAS meeting and the 2024 IWOTA meeting The board approved the appointment of Louis Deaett as Editor-in-Chief of IMAGE starting August 1, 2017. Kevin Vander Meulen will continue as co-Editor-in-Chief for 1-3 issues as appropriate. The membership was informed that IMAGE will no longer provide hard copies. Issue 59 will be the last issue of IMAGE with a print edition. Starting with issue 60, IMAGE will only be produced in an electronic format. Accomodations will be made for the two ILAS members who prepaid for IMAGE hardcopies. The membership was informed that from now on the membership year will be March 1 - February 28/29. This works better with the timing of elections, which are held in January-February. It was observed that the by-laws are silent on this issue, and that no other ILAS business is affected by this change. The membership was informed that the ILAS 2020 meeting will be held at National University of Ireland, Galway, June 22-26. ILAS elections ran from January 12, 2017 to February 16, 2017 and proceeded via electronic voting. The following were (re-)elected with three-year terms that began on 1 March 2017: Peter Semrl (President), and James Nagy and Rachel Quinlan (Board members). Froilán Dopico and Michael Overton completed their terms on the ILAS Board of Directors on 28 February 2017. They were thanked for their service to ILAS. Gratitude was also extended to the members of the Nominating Committee (Heike Fassbender (chair), Shmuel Friedland, Sang-Gu Lee, Chi-Kwong Li, Luis Verde Star) and to all candidates that agreed to have their names stand for the elections. D. Report of Secretary/Treasurer. Treasurer Hogben presented the Treasurer?s Report, which was published in IMAGE 58, and indicated that ILAS is in good financial state with a current balance of ~188K. The new line item for the Israel Gohberg ILAS-IWOTA lecture was pointed out. E. Reports of Committees. i. Education Committee David Strong reported for the Education committee, which is composed of Avi Berman, Jason Grout, Sang-Gu Lee, Steve Leon and David Strong (chair). Strong mentioned four notable activities since the 2016 ILAS Business Meeting: Articles on Linear Algebra education in IMAGE Educational sessions at ILAS 2017 Sessions on 'Innovative and Effective Ways to Teach Linear Algebra' at 2017 Joint Meetings of the AMS and MAA Book 'Challenges and Strategies in Teaching Linear Algebra' Suggestions ILAS members might have on furthering Linear Algebra education are welcome. ii. Institutional Membership Committee The committee is composed of Steve Butler (chair), Heike Fassbender, Yongdo Lim, and Peter Semrl (ex-officio). Steve Butler reported for the committee. The current institutional members are: Elsevier; Pearson; World Scientific; SIAM; CRC Press; Taylor and Francis; Maplesoft. This membership has been stable for the past three years. In addition to the institutional membership dues, some of the institutional members give additional support to ILAS and ILAS conferences through sponsorship, e.g., talks. We continue to maintain our relationship with institutional members and where possible strengthen them. To help strengthen these relationships we should look for synergies between the institutional members and ILAS members, e.g., expanding sponsorship opportunities. While we are always open to new institutional members; we are not actively recruiting new institutional members at this time. iii. Journals Committee Chair Rajendra Bhatia reported for the Journals committee, which is comprised of Geir Dahl, Froilán Dopico, Bryan Shader (ex-officio), Kevin Vander Meulen (ex-officio) and Rajendra Bhatia (chair). Bhatia thanked the previous committee members (Ilse Ipsen (chair), Douglas Farenick, Shmuel Friedland, Bryan Shader (ex-officio), Kevin Vander Meulen (ex-officio)) for their service and especially for their hard work on the reappointment of Bryan Shader as Editor-in-Chief of ELA for another three-year term, which started on November 1, 2016. He also announced the appointment of Louis Deaett as Editor-in-Chief of IMAGE starting August 1, 2017. iv. ELA Michael Tsatsomeros, Co-Editor-in-Chief, reported for ELA. He started out saying that Bryan Shader sends his regards. Tsatsomeros addressed the following: He thanked all Editors, the managing team (consisting of Panos Psarrakos, Sarah Carnochan-Naqvi and Michael Cavers), and all referees. Harm Bart and Christian Mehl resigned as editors. Their service was appreciated. ELA is planning to replace them. To date over 101,000 papers were downloaded from over 4,301 institutions and 170 countries through the ELA portal. 43,863 downloads of ELA papers occurred in the last year. The acceptance rate for ELA over the last 3 years is about 26% which is slightly lower than the historic average of around 35%. For the most recently completed normal volume the median time from submission to publication was 180 days. The number of citations to ELA articles per year has grown 22% since 2013 and 67% since 2012. LAA, LAMA and ELA average 1.01, .9 and .45 citations per article over the last 3 years, respectively. ELA's most recent H-index is 23; that is, 23 ELA papers have received 23 or more citations. Vol 31 had 56 papers and with a total of 833 pages. Vol 32 has so far about 25 papers. There were 237 submissions in the period June 2016-May 2017, with 298 the year before. About 50-60 papers/year seems to be about the acceptable workload for the journal. Ilse Ipsen asked whether ELA should use CrossCheck to detect plagiarism. Tsatsomeros said that Bryan Shader is working to make CrossCheck available via the University of Wyoming library, and that they have not used it yet. He added that by simply using Google and other means they exposed some misbehavior (including resubmitting a paper with different authors and simultaneous submissions of the same manuscript to different journals). v. Report on IMAGE Editor-in-chief, Kevin Vander Meulen, reported. Michael Cavers has ended his term as a contributing editor for feature articles. He was thanked for his service since 2012. He was thanked, in particular, for his help setting up the LaTeX structures for IMAGE when he began his term. Sebastian Cioaba will take over as contributing editor for feature articles. Douglas Farenick is stepping down as contributing editor for book reviews, due to some new administrative duties. He was thanked for his service since 2013. Colin Garnett has been appointed as the new book reviews editor. Louis Deaett will serve as Editor-in-Chief starting with the 2017 Fall issue of IMAGE, issue 59. Kevin Vander Meulen will continue as co-Editor-in-Chief for 1-3 more issues, to provide continuity. Issue 59 will be the last issue of IMAGE with a print edition. Starting with issue 60, IMAGE will only be produced in an electronic format. It was noted that ILAS website, thanks to Sarah Carnochan Naqvi, has been tracking the number of downloads of IMAGE. In a one-year period, issue 56 was downloaded over 1200 times. Issue 57 has over 1000 downloads in the last 8 months and issue 58 already has over 500 downloads in two months. The rest of the editorial board was also thanked for their work: Minerva Catral, Louis Deaett, Carlos Fonseca, Rajesh Pereira, David Strong, Naomi Shaked-Monderer, and Amy Wehe. President Semrl initiated a round of applause for Kevin Vander Meulen thanking him for all the work he has done over the years. F. Transaction of other business i) Future ILAS meetings The 22nd ILAS meeting will be held July 8-12, 2019, in Rio de Janeiro. Organizers Nair Abreu and Vilmar Trevisan informed the membership that the website (ilas2019.org) for the meeting is up and that Scientific Organizing and Local Organizing Committees were formed. In addition, they described their activity in raising awareness of the ILAS 2019 meeting in Brasil by organizing local workshops, including the Linear Algebra and its Applications Workshop (laaw2018.org) to be held July 30-31, 2018, just before the ICM 2018, also to be held in Rio. The organizers encouraged everyone to come to ILAS 2019. The 23st ILAS meeting will be held held at National University of Ireland, Galway, June 22-26, 2020. Organizers Rachel Quinlan and Helena Smigoc gave initial impressions of the conference site and of the city of Galway, which has been designated the European Capital of Culture 2020. ii) Other business President Semrl encouraged members to come to the Conference on Applied Linear Algebra (SIAM-ALA18), Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, May 4-8, 2018. Mark Embree and Valeria Simoncini will be ILAS lecturers at this meeting. The next ILAS business meeting will be in Rio de Janeiro in 2019. G. Adjournment President Semrl adjourned the meeting at 5:47 p.m. Respectfully submitted by Hugo Woerdeman, Vice-President of ILAS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 May 30 ILAS-NET Message No. 2248 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Louis Deaett SUBJECT: Read IMAGE 62 online now You can now read the 62nd issue of your ILAS news bulletin, IMAGE 62, online at: http://www.ilasic.org/IMAGE This issue includes a moving tribute to David Lay as both a researcher and human being. It also explores how topics in linear algebra can be taught from primary historical sources, includes a review of a new text for a second-semester course in linear algebra, and an interview with Helene Shapiro by Frank Ulig. Our feature article surveys the possibilities for extending spectral graph theory to uniform hypergraphs. Our Problem Corner includes illuminating solutions and new problems to tackle. And of course you will find reports from conferences past, news of conferences that are coming up, and reports from ILAS officers on the recent activities and budget of ILAS. Enjoy all of that in the Spring issue of IMAGE! Louis Deaett IMAGE Editor-in-Chief ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 May 21 ILAS-NET Message No. 2247 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Tin-Yau Tam SUBJECT: R. Westwick Passed Away With deep sadness I write to share the news that Professor Roy Westwick peacefully passed away on April 15, 2019 in Richmond, Canada. He was 86 year old. Professor Westwick received his PhD from the Department of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1959, under the supervision of the well-known linear algebraist Professor Marvin Marcus. He published in the area of linear and multilinear algebra. During his 35 years at UBC, Professor Westwick produced eight PhD graduates according to Math Genealogy. He and his kindness will be greatly missed. His obituary can be found at: http://vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca/obituary/roy-westwick-1074099169 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 May 06 ILAS-NET Message No. 2246 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Peter Semrl SUBJECT: ILAS Lectures at Non-ILAS Conferences and a General Support of Non-ILAS Conferences 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 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$1000 for expenses, or in the case of a Hans Schneider Lecturer, US$1500. Reimbursement guidelines may be obtained from the Secretary/Treasurer Leslie Hogben. General support of conferences of up to $750. 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 Peter Semrl about what you may propose. This is a reminder that there is a deadline of 30 September 2019 for receipt of proposals for sponsorship of ILAS Lectures at non-ILAS meetings and for general support of conferences taking place in 2020. 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. Further details on the guidelines for proposals can be found at the following link: http://www.ilasic.org/misc/non_ilas_guidelines.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 May 03 ILAS-NET Message No. 2245 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Simo Puntanen SUBJECT: IWMS-2019,6-9 June 2019, Shanghai Dear Colleagues: This is the last -- or almost the last -- call for the 27th International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics, IWMS-2019, 6-9 June, 2019, Shanghai, China http://www.suibe.edu.cn/txxy/iwms2019/ Local OC: Chengcheng HAO International OC: Jeffrey J HUNTER See you in Shanghai! Simo Puntanen (IOC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 April 16 ILAS-NET Message No. 2244 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Pietro Paparella SUBJECT: Special Issue for Charles R. Johnson The De Gruyter journal *Special Matrices* is pleased to announce a special issue in honor of Charles R. Johnson in recognition of his numerous and profound contributions to the fields of matrix theory and linear algebra. Submissions which cover one or more of the following topics are particularly welcome: matrix completion problems; possible eigenvalue multiplicities for matrices with a given graph; the nonnegative inverse eigenvalue problem; positive definite matrices; the field of values; and matrix stability. Prior to submission, authors should carefully read over the journal guidelines, which are located at https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/spma All manuscripts are subject to the standard peer-review process. Manuscripts should be submitted online via http://www.editorialmanager.com/spma When entering your submission, please choose the option "Special Issue Dedicated to Charles R. Johnson". The deadline for submissions is August 31st, 2019. Please direct any questions to the Editorial Office at spma.editorial@degruyter.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 April 05 ILAS-NET Message No. 2243 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Fuzhen Zhang SUBJECT: Full-Time Faculty Position at Nova Southestern University A full-time math faculty position is available at Math Department of Nova Southeastern University (Fort Lauderdale, Florida). https://www.nsujobs.com/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1554482044586 (Position #993300). Applications are welcome. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 April 04 ILAS-NET Message No. 2242 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Peter Semrl SUBJECT: SIAM 2019 Fellows The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) has recently announced its 2019 SIAM Fellows, and among those named is an ILAS member Froilan Dopico. He was recognized for contributions in numerical linear algebra and the solution of polynomial and rational eigenvalue problems via linearizations. On behalf of ILAS, I congratulate him for this well-deserved honour. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 March 23 ILAS-NET Message No. 2241 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Nick Higham SUBJECT: Advances in Numerical Linear Algebra, UK, May 2019 Advances in Numerical Linear Algebra: Celebrating the Centenary of the Birth of James H. Wilkinson, May 29-30, 2019 This international workshop on numerical linear algebra brings together researchers working to discuss current developments, challenges in the light of evolving computer hardware, and the changing needs of applications. This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of James Hardy Wilkinson, who died in 1986, and one of the aims of the workshop is to take stock of Wilkinson's contributions, ensuing developments, and related challenges. Contributed Talks and Posters and welcome and for full consideration should be submitted by April 1, 2019, as part of the registration process. For details of the conference, including the invited speakers, and registration (deadline May 1, 2019) see https://nla-group.org/advances-in-numerical-linear-algebra-2019/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 March 19 ILAS-NET Message No. 2240 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Fernando de Teran Vergara SUBJECT: 5th ALAMA Workshop on NLA, June 2019 The Spanish network on Linear Algebra, Matrix Analysis, and Applications (ALAMA) announces the 5th ALAMA Workshop on Numerical Linear Algebra (NLA). The workshop will take place at the Universitàt Politecnica de València, next June 17 and 18, and will consist of 6 talks (2 hours each) on different topics and applications of NLA. These topics include preconditioning and some of its applications, matrix functions for graphs and networks, software for NLA, nonlinear eigenvalue and eigenvector problems, together with some applications to mining and learning with graphs, and strictly sign regular matrices. For more information and to access the registration form: http://red-alama.es/jornadas_ALN2019/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 March 17 ILAS-NET Message No. 2239 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Leslie Hogben SUBJECT: 2019 ILAS Membership At the end of March the official ILAS membership list http://www.ilasic.org/misc/membership.html will be updated to include only 2019 members (it currently has 2018 members as well as 2019 members current through March 13, 2019). If you have questions about your membership, including whether you are a 2019 member, please contact ILASsecretarytreasurer@gmail.com. If you are not a 2019 member and would like to be, please use the "Join ILAS Now!" button on the membership page (above the membership list) and follow instructions to join or renew. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 March 14 ILAS-NET Message No. 2238 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Nair Abreu SUBJECT: Abstract Submissions for ILAS 2019 Dear all In order to ensure that you have enough time to submit your abstract for the 2019 ILAS 2019, July 8-12, Rio de Janeiro, the deadline of the submission has been extended to the next March 25th. Visit the details www.ilas2019.org Nair Abreu/Vilmar Trevisan ILAS2019 Chair's ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 March 13 ILAS-NET Message No. 2237 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Leslie Hogben SUBJECT: ILAS Email Address Effective immediately, the email address for contacting the ILAS Secretary Treasurer about ILAS business is ILASsecretarytreasurer@gmail.com ILAS' former iastate.edu address no longer works. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 March 12 ILAS-NET Message No. 2236 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Mansoor Haider SUBJECT: Graduate Student Modeling Workshop (IMSM 2019), July 2019 The 25th Industrial Mathematical & Statistical Modeling (IMSM) Workshop for Graduate Students will take place at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, between July 14-24, 2019. The workshop is sponsored by the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) along with the Center for Research in Scientific Computation (CRSC), and the Dept. of Mathematics at North Carolina State University. The IMSM workshop exposes graduate students in mathematics, statistics and engineering to exciting real-world problems from industry and government. The workshop provides students with experience in a research team environment and exposure to possible career opportunities. On the first day, a bootcamp on building software in teams will bring students up-to-date on programming skills and introduce them to version control systems and software repositories. Local expenses and travel support will be covered for graduate students at US institutions that are admitted to the workshop The official application deadline is April 15, 2019, but full consideration will be given to all applications received prior to April 30, 2019. Further Information is available at http://www.samsi.info/imsm-19 and questions can be directed to grad@samsi.info With best regards, Mansoor Haider (Chair), Ilse Ipsen, Pierre Gremaud, and Ralph Smith ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 February 20 ILAS-NET Message No. 2235 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Qing-Wen Wang SUBJECT: 5th International Conference on Matrix Inequalities and Matrix Equations (MIME 2019) The 5th International Conference on Matrix Inequalities and Matrix Equations (MIME 2019) Hosted by Guilin University of Electronic Technology; Shanghai University June 7-10, 2019 http://wwwmath.shu.edu.cn/mime2019 Purpose: The purpose of the conference is to stimulate research and foster interaction of researchers interested in matrix inequalities and matrix equations. The conference hopes to provide a convenient platform for the exchange of research experiences and ideas from different research areas related to matrix inequalities and matrix equations. Keynote Speaker: Rajendra Bhatia, Ashoka University, India Scientific Organizing Committee: Delin Chu, National Unversity of Singapore Dragana Cvetkovic-Ilic, University of Nis, Serbia Chi-Kwong Li, College of William and Mary, USA Zhongshan Li, Georgia State University, USA Yiu-Tung Poon, Iowa State University, USA Tin-Yau Tam, University of Nevada, Reno, USA Qing-Wen Wang, Shanghai University, China Yangzhang, University of Manitoba, Canada | Local Organizing Committee (LOC): Xuefeng Duan (Chair), Nan Gao, Zhuoheng He, Xiaomei Jia, Chunmei Li, Lingji Lou, Shuling Pan, Jingjing Peng, Zhenyun Peng, Yonghui Qin, Jiancai Sun, Fuping Tan, Qing-Wen Wang (Co-Chair), Xiying Yuan, Jianjun Zhang, Yunfei Zhou Sponsors: International Research Center for Tensor and Matrix Theory in Shanghai University (IRCTMT), Shanghai, China. Guilin University of Electronic Technology,Guilin, China. Registration fee: ?800. Important dates: (1) April 5, 2019 is the deadline for you to inform Dr. Zhuo-Heng He if you decide to attend the conference. April 30, 2019 is the deadline for you to send the abstract and title of your talk to Dr. Yonghui Qin (yonghui1676@163.com). (2) June 7, 2019 is the registration date. (3) Talks will be scheduled on June 8-9, 2019. (4) June 10, 2019 is free discussion day and/or excursion. Please visit the conference website for detailed information and updates. http://wwwmath.shu.edu.cn/mime2019/ Contact for questions: Dr. Zhuo-Heng He ( hzh19871126@126.com ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 February 06 ILAS-NET Message No. 2234 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Peter Semrl SUBJECT: ILAS Election Results The ballots for this year's ILAS elections have now been counted, with the following results: Hugo Woerdeman has been re-elected to the position of Vice President for a three-year term, beginning on March 1, 2019; and Valeria Simoncini and Michael Tsatsomeros have been elected to three-year terms as members of the ILAS Board, beginning on March 1, 2019. On behalf of ILAS, I take this opportunity to thank the members of the Nominating Committee - Chi-Kwong Li (chair), Wayne Barrett, Heike Fassbender, Judi McDonald, and Christian Mehl - for their efforts on behalf of ILAS, and also to thank all of the nominees for their participation in the election. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 January 28 ILAS-NET Message No. 2233 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Tin-Yau Tam SUBJECT: 8th International Conference on Matrix Analysis and Applications (ICMAA 2019) ICMAA 2019 The 8th International Conference on Matrix Analysis and Applications University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA July 15-18, 2019 https://wolfweb.unr.edu/homepage/ttam/2019-ICMAA.html Purpose: This meeting aims to stimulate research and interaction of mathematicians in all aspects of linear and multilinear algebra, matrix analysis, graph theory, and their applications and to provide an opportunity for researchers to exchange ideas and developments on these subjects. The previous conferences were held in China (Beijing, Hangzhou), United States (Nova Southeastern University), Turkey (Selcuk University, Konya), Vietnam (Duy Tan University, Da Nang), and Japan (Shinshu University, Nagano Prefecture). Former keynote speakers are Roger Horn, Richard Brualdi, Chi-Kwong Li, Steve Kirkland, Alexander A. Klyachko (ILAS guest speaker), Shmuel Friedland, Man-Duen Choi, Tsuyoshi Ando, and Fumio Hiai. Keynote speaker: Lek-Heng Lim, University of Chicago, USA Organizers: Tin-Yau Tam (Chair), University of Nevada, Reno, USA Qing-Wen Wang, Shanghai University, China Fuzhen Zhang, Nova Southeastern University, USA Local Organizing Committee (LOC): Pan Shun Lau, University of Nevada, Reno, USA Tin-Yau Tam, University of Nevada, Reno, USA Sponsors: ILAS University of Nevada, Reno Registration fee: $80 (waived for students and retirees). Important dates: (1) May 15, 2019 is the deadline for you to inform Pan Shun Lau if you decide to attend the conference. It is also the deadline for you to send the abstract and title of your talk to him. (2) July 15, 2019 is the registration date. (3) Talks will be scheduled on July 16-17, 2019. (4) July 18, 2019 is free discussion day and/or excursion. Please visit the conference website for detailed information and updates. https://wolfweb.unr.edu/homepage/ttam/2019-ICMAA.html Contact for questions: Pan Shun Lau (panlau@connect.hku.hk) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 January 27 ILAS-NET Message No. 2232 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Nair Abreu SUBJECT: ILAS 2019 Abstract Submission Now Open 22nd Linear Algebra without Borders Rio de Janeiro July 8-11 2019 We invite anyone working in Linear Algebra and its Applications, including those working in combinatorics, graph theory, matrix analysis, optimization, quantum information theory, and theoretical computer science, to submit an abstract for a contributed talk. Early career researchers, postdocs, and graduate students are particularly encouraged to submit an abstract. The abstract submission is opened now in www.ilas2019.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 January 14 ILAS-NET Message No. 2231 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Peter Semrl SUBJECT: ILAS Lectures at Non-ILAS Conferences and a General Support of Non-ILAS Conferences 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 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$1000 for expenses, or in the case of a Hans Schneider Lecturer, US$1500. Reimbursement guidelines may be obtained from the Secretary/Treasurer Leslie Hogben. General support of conferences of up to $750. 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 Peter Semrl about what you may propose. This is a reminder that there is a deadline of 30 September 2019 for receipt of proposals for sponsorship of ILAS Lectures at non-ILAS meetings and for general support of conferences taking place in 2020. 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. Further details on the guidelines for proposals can be found at the following link: http://www.ilasic.org/misc/non_ilas_guidelines.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 January 14 ILAS-NET Message No. 2231 CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM: Jeffrey Hunter SUBJECT: International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics Announcement The 27th International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics, IWMS-2019, will be held at over the period 6-9 June 2019 at the Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai, China. The purpose of the Workshop is to stimulate research and, in an informal setting, to foster the interaction of researchers in the interface between statistics and matrix theory. The Workshop will provide a forum through which statisticians may be better informed of the latest developments and newest techniques in linear algebra and matrix theory and may exchange ideas with researchers from a wide variety of countries. The Workshop will comprise Plenary Talks, Invited Minisymposia, Contributed Talks and Poster Sessions. The organizers welcome abstract submissions in the above mentioned areas. Submissions by young researchers and postgraduate students are encouraged. IMPORTANT DATES Registration begins: March 1, 2019 Deadline for registration: April 30, 2019 Abstract submission begins: January 15, 2019 Deadline call for presentation abstracts: April 30, 2019 Conference: June 6-9, 2019 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Oskar Maria Baksalary (Poland) Kai-Tai Fang (Hong Kong, China) Arjun K. Gupta (USA) Jianxin Pan (UK) K. Manjunatha Prasad (India) Yongge Tian (China) Fuzhen Zhang (USA) Shurong Zheng (China) Lixing Zhu (Hong Kong, China) INVITED MINISYMPOSIA TOPICS Experimental design (Organizer: Kai-Tai Fang, China) Decompositions of tensor spaces with applications to multilinear models (Organizer: Dietrich van Rosen, Sweden) Linear statistical models and related matters (Organizer: Simo Puntanen, Finland) Magic Squares, Prime Numbers and Postage Stamps (Organizer: George Styan, Canada) Inference in parametric models (Organizer: Julia Volaufova, USA) Statistical diagnosis (Organizer: Shuangzhe Liu, Australia) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE International Organizing Committee: Jeffrey Hunter (New Zealand) (Chair), Dietrich von Rosen (Sweden)(Vice-Chair), George P. H. Styan (Canada) (Honorary Chair), S. Ejaz Ahmed (Canada), Francisco Carvalho (Portugal), Katarzyna Filipiak (Poland), Daniel Klein (Slovakia), Augustyn Markiewicz (Poland), Simo Puntanen (Finland), Julia Volaufova (USA), Hans Joachim Werner (Germany) Local Organizing Committee: Yonghui Liu (Chair), Hui Liu (Vice-Chair), Chengcheng Hao, Cihai Sun FURTHER INFORMATION IWMS-2019 website: http://www.suibe.edu.cn/txxy/iwms2019 History of IWMS: http://www.sis.uta.fi/tilasto/iwms/IWMS-history.pdf Contacts: Jeffrey Hunter (jeffreyjhunter@gmail.com), Yonghui Liu (liuyh@lsec.cc.ac.cn) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------