Contributed by:  Hans Schneider 

          INTERNATIONAL LINEAR ALGEBRA SOCIETY (ILAS) SYMPOSIUM ON

        "Fast Algorithms for Control, Signals and Image Processing"
                        June 6th, 7th and 8th, 1997

                                    and

                                 ILAS/IIMS
      Session on Linear Algebra for the Canadian Mathematical Society
                                June 9, 1997


                                Organized by

     Institute of Industrial Mathematical Sciences (IIMS) University of
                                  Manitoba

   Participating Institutions of IIMS are: Manitoba Hydro, Atomic Energy
   of Canada Ltd., Faneuil ISG Inc. and the Red River Community College.


   The objective of this three day meeting is to bring together people
   from the areas of Control Theory, Signal and Image Processing and
   Computational Linear Algebra to discuss recent advances, trends and
   future directions for research on fast algorithms. This will offer a
   unique opportunity for interaction among these groups and will provide
   a forum of interdisciplinary communication that should encourage
   researchers to develop a new sense of participation and a new
   perception of these areas as closely rel ated scientific disciplines.


   The Symposium will feature a special emphasis on modern methods in
   scientific computing and linear algebra relevant to digital control,
   signal and image processing. For such applications it is important to
   consider ingredients such as 1) sophisticated mathematical models of
   the problems, including a priori knowledge, 2) rigorous mathematical
   theories to understand the difficulties of solving problems which are
   often ill-posed, and 3) fast algorithms for either real-time or
   data-massive computations. Asp ects of each of these three ingredients
   will be discussed by speakers in the Symposium by way of short
   courses,invited and contributed lectures, and invited and contributed
   mini-symposium on relevant topics.

   On June 6 a set of tutorial short courses will be given.

   The Summer Meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is being
   held in Winnipeg on June 7, 8, 9, 1997 and hence overlaps with the
   ILAS Workshop on June 7 and 8. A CMS Session on Linear Algebra
   organized by ILAS/IIMS will be held on June 9, 1997.

   The Winnipeg Symposium and short courses are the first of their kind
   for ILAS.

   On June 6 there will be an ILAS Workshop which will be open to
   participants of CMS.

   Date ILAS CMS
   June 6 Tutorial Short Courses
   June 7, 8 Symposium Annual Meeting
   June 9 *Session on Linear Algebra (Open to ILAS)

   *The main speakers are Roger Horn and Paul Van Dooren.

   The Registration Fee is $150.00. An additional $60.00 will enable ILAS
   participants to attend the CMS Summer Meeting.


                              Invited Speakers

   Eleanor Chu (Guelph), M. Hanke (Germany), Simon Haykin (McMaster),
   Linda Kaufman (Bell Labs), Christopher Paige (McGill), Haesun Park
   (Minnesota), Ali Sayed (UCSB), C. W. Stewart (Maryland).

                               Short Courses

   Stephen Boyd (Stanford), Raymond Chan (Chinese University of Hong
   Kong), Tom Kailath (Stanford), Byron Welsh (Air Force Institute of
   Technology).

                           Invited Mini-Symposia

   N. Nichols (Reading), B. Datta (NIU), G. Heinig (Kuwait), J. Nagy
   (SMU), P. Van Dooren (Belgium), F. Luk (RPI)

                              Call for Papers

   Contributed papers which deal with the themes of the ILAS Symposium
   and for the CMS Special Session on Linear Algebra are solicited.
   Please send author, title and abstracts before March 31, 1997.

                               Communications

   All enquiries regarding the meeting, including those on contributed
   papers, should be addressed to:

   P. N. Shivakumar, Director.

   Registration forms should be sent to:

   Mrs. S. Henderson, Conference Coordinator.

   Address for both is as follows:

   Institute of Industrial Mathematical Sciences
   420 Machray Hall
   University of Manitoba
   Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2
   Canada
   Tel: (204) 474 6724 Fax: (204) 275 0019
   E-Mail: insmath@cc.umanitoba.ca
   URL: http://www.iims.umanitoba.ca

                               Accommodation

   Holiday Inn South
   1330 Pembina Highway
   Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2B4
   Tel: (204) 452 4747 (call collect)
   Fax: (204) 284 2751
   $75.00 per night, single/double

   Please make your reservations directly with the hotel.

   For registered hotel guests to use the free Holiday Inn South shuttle
   from and to the Airport please contact the hotel in advance.