THE HOUSEHOLDER MEETING ON NUMERICAL ALGEBRA


The Householder Meeting on Numerical Algebra will be held
Monday June 17 - Friday June 21, 1996 in Pontresina, Switzerland,
at the Kronenhof.  More complete information about the meeting and
the Householder Prize can be found at the Website

       http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/oleary

and these files are also available via ftp from

       cs.umd.edu in directory pub/faculty/oleary.

This meeting is the thirteenth in a series, previously called
the Gatlinburg Symposia.  The name honors Alston S. Householder,
one of the pioneers in numerical linear algebra and organizer
of the first four meetings.  The meeting has traditionally been
held in an isolated location and is very informal in style.
Each attendee is given the opportunity to present a talk, but
a talk is not mandatory.  The format of the meeting includes
scheduled presentations during the day and more informal
evening sessions that are organized on-site.  Spirited
discussion is encouraged.

At the meeting, the Householder VII prize will be awarded for
the best thesis in numerical algebra written since 1 January 1993.

We hope that the meeting will be attended by recent entrants
into numerical algebra as well as more experienced researchers.
We encourage attendance by core numerical linear algebra
researchers, matrix theoreticians, and people in applications
such as optimization, signal processing, control, etc.

The Program Committee welcomes your contribution.  The meeting
facility in Pontresina holds only 125 people, however, so attendance
may need to be limited.  We are seeking funding to provide financial
assistance to recent Ph.Ds and others who might need it.

For full consideration, the committee must receive your abstract
by 5 January 1996.  Please use the format described in the "abstract"
file on the Website and ftpsite.  The committee expects to complete the
list of attendees and scheduled presentations by 15 February 1996.

After reading the files in the Website or ftpsite, if you have any
questions about local arrangements, please contact Martin Gutknecht:
mhg@ips.id.ethz.ch.  Other questions can be directed to
house-request@cs.umd.edu.


The Program Committee:
   A. Bjorck
   A. Bunse-Gerstner
   T. Chan
   C. Davis
   A. George
   N. Higham
   D. O'Leary  (chair)
   B. Parlett
   G. W. Stewart
   P. Van Dooren
   C. Van Loan
   M. Gutknecht (ex officio)
   W. Gander (ex officio)