Institute for Computational Mathematics

Summary of activities

Journal Calcolo

Since 1995 IMC has been editing the quarterly Calcolo, now published by Springer Verlag.

M. Pellegrini (Program committe member). ESA2000 European Symposium on Algorithms, Saarbruecken, Germany, September 2000.
B. Codenotti, Member of the CNR-ICSI Joint Committee for evaluating applications for Fellowships, National Research Council of Italy, Roma (1996-1999).
B. Codenotti, Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of DIMATIA, 1999-present.
B. Codenotti(Program committe member). Irregular 1997.
B. Codenotti (cochair). DAGS 94 Conference, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, June 1994.
B. Codenotti. Ph.D Committee. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, January 1995.

B. Codenotti. Distributed Computing in Java. IFIP Meeting, Patras, Greece (1998)
B. Codenotti. Introduction to Program Checking. Ralcom School, Santorini, Greece (1997)
B. Codenotti. Some tools for a Theory of Numerical Analysis. AMS workshop on ``Continuous algorithms and complexity'', Mount Holyoke, Ma, June 1994.
M. Leoncini. Complexity under stability constraints: some case studies. AMS workshop on ``Continuous algorithms and complexity'', Mount Holyoke, Ma, June 1994.
B. Codenotti. Some limitations to parallel Computing. DAGS 94 School, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, June, 1994.
G. Del Corso. Estimating an Eigenvector by the Power Method with a Random Start. AMS-SIAM Summer Seminar, Mathematics of Numerical Analysis: Real Number Algorithms. July-August 1995.

B. Codenotti. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, July-August 1998, and July-August 1999.
M. Pellegrini. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, July-August 1997.
B. Codenotti. SANDIA National Labs, Albuquerque, NM, USA, July-August 1996, and July-August 1997.
B. Codenotti. Harbin Shipbuilding Engineering Institute, Harbin, Cina, March-April 1994.
B. Codenotti. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, June-July 1994 and August 1995.
M. Leoncini. International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA, July-August 1994.
G. Manzini. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md, 1994-95.
A. Bernasconi. University of Chicago, Chicago, Il, October 1994 - July 1995.
G. Del Corso. Columbia University, New York, NY, August 1994 - June 1995.
A. Bernasconi. Institute of Applied Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, September 1996.
P. Favati. Institute of Applied Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, September 1997.
G. Resta. Institute of Applied Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, September 1997.

Project ESPRIT BRA GEPPCOM (240,000 ECU in three years), with University of Padova, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Oxford University, CTI Patras and University of Cork.
Convention Italy-Israel with Technion di Haifa, Israel.
Agreement Italy-China with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Research Contracts with ENEL-CRT Research Center in Pisa to develop parallel algorithms for Navier-Stokes equations.

Course in Computational Complexity, Scuola Matematica Interuniversitaria, Cortona (summer 1995) (lecturer: Bruno Codenotti).
Course Complessità Strutturale: aspetti introduttivi, within the Dottorato di ricerca in Informatica, University of Pisa (1993) (lecturers: Bruno Codenotti, Mauro Leoncini).
Course Complessità Strutturale: aspetti avanzati, within the Dottorato di ricerca in Informatica, University of Pisa (1993 e 1995) (lecturers: Bruno Codenotti, Mauro Leoncini).
Course Introduzione alla Complessità, within the Dottorato di ricerca in Matematica Computazionale e Ricerca Operativa, University of Milano (1994) (lecturer: Bruno Codenotti).
Ph.D. Course Introduzione al Calcolo Parallelo, HSEI, Harbin, Cina (March-April 1994) (lecturer: Bruno Codenotti).
Lectures in Summer School organized within GEPPCOM on Parallel Numerical Algorithms, Peniscola, Spagna (June 1994) (lecturers: Bruno Codenotti, Mauro Leoncini. Guest lecturers: Giovanni Manzini and Giovanni Resta).
Lectures within the Summer school DAGS 94 Providing Parallel Computing with Problem Solving Environments, Dartmouth College, NH (June-July 1994) (lecturer: Bruno Codenotti).
Course Introduzione alla programmazione e alla scienza dei calcolatori, Scuola Matematica Interuniversitaria, Perugia (summer 1994) (lecturer: Bruno Codenotti).

C. Fassino (thesis completed in 1994), currently research associate at the University of Genova.
G. Manzini (thesis completed in 1995), currently research associate at the University of Alessandria.
L. Margara (thesis completed in 1995), currently research associate at the University of Bologna.
G. Del Corso (thesis completed in 1996), currently research associate at The University of Pisa.
A. Bernasconi (thesis completed in 1997), currently research associate at the Institute for Computational Mathematics.
V. Crespi (thesis completed in 1998), currently research associate at the Eastern Mediterranean University.
A. Martinez (thesis completed in 1998), currently research associate at the University of Padova.
D. Finocchiaro (thesis to be completed in 2000).

M. Capovani and B. Codenotti edited the special issue of ``Quaderno delle Scienze'' (Special issue of the Italian edition of Scientific American) on Computational Mathematics (n. 84, July 1995).
B. Codenotti wrote the editorial of ``ERCIM News'' (n. 22, July 1995).