Dr. Jill Reese will attend the American Institute of Mathematics workshop on Derivative-Free Hybrid Optimization Methods for Solving Simulation-Based Problems in Hydrology, October 6-10, 2008. The workshop participants will form an information commons to create and exchange ideas on applying hybrid optimization methods to hydrology problems which exhibit behaviors that often challenge traditional, derivative-based optimization algorithms.

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Created: September 30 2008

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The Fourth International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling will be hosted by the Department of Scientific Compurting this October 27-31, 2008, in Tallahassee, FL.

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Created: September 25 2008

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Professor Michael Navon will be a keynote speaker at the 2008 International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering (ICHE2008) September 8^th through 11^th in Nagoya, Japan. The conference theme is New Challenges in Hydro-Science and Engineering for Sustainability through Flood Risk, Water Resources & Ecosystem Assessment. Professor Navon's keynote is entitled Reduced Order Modeling of an Adaptive Mesh Ocean Model.

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Created: August 14 2008

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With the support of the Provost and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the FSU Board of Trustees, at its June meeting, approved the formation of the new Department of Scientific Computing. The fifteen founding faculty of the new department are drawn from the School of Computational Science; these faculty formerly were affiliated with the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Geological Sciences, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, and Physics. Eppes Professor Max Gunzburger will serve as the first chair of the new department. The new department also inherits the graduate degree programs previously offered by the School of Computational Science.

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Created: August 14 2008

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Dr. Max Gunzburger, Eppes Professor and SCS Director, is the 2008 recipient of the Reid Prize in Mathematics. The prize will be awarded in July at the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) in San Diego, California. Click here for the complete article.

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Created: July 09 2008

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