ANNOUNCING... 1995 SIAM Annual Meeting October 23-26, 1995 Adam's Mark Hotel Charlotte, North Carolina CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The 1995 SIAM Annual Meeting will focus on computational science and engineering -- its applications, and the interdisciplinary interactions that yield new perspectives on research, education, and the contribution of mathematics to science and industry. The meeting will highlight the role of mathematics and computation in the areas of control of large systems, environmental modeling, multi-disciplinary design optimization, and biology and chemistry. The meeting will also emphasize the role of numerical algorithms and software in computational science and engineering. The ever-increasing role of computation in these fields has led many institutions to install interdisciplinary degree programs that focus on computational science. TOPICS AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS Control of Large Systems Some Results and Some Open Questions in the Control of Distributed Systems J.-L. Lions, College de France Computational Science and Engineering Education Experience with Electronic Textbooks for Computational Science and Parallel Programming Education Dennis Gannon, Indiana University, Bloomington (Title to be determined) Gene H. Golub, Stanford University Computational Chemistry/Biology Mathematics Problems Suggested by Computational Statistical Mechanics Hans C. Andersen, Stanford University The Topology of DNA De Witt Sumners, Florida State University Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Industrial Strength Optimization Paul D. Frank, Boeing Computer Services Numerical Algorithms Computing Fluid Flows in Complex Geometry Marsha Berger, New York University Environmental Modeling Adaptive Projection Methods for Low Mach Number Flows John B. Bell, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Minisymposia Minisymposia are sessions consisting of four presentations on a single topic that is consistent with the meeting themes. Following is a partial list of minisymposia and organizers: Finite Element Methods in Mechanics Susanne C. Brenner, University of South Carolina, Columbia Topology of Macromolecules De Witt Sumners, Florida State University Molecular Dynamics Tamar Schlick, New York University Computations in Image Reconstruction and Restoration Robert J. Plemmons, Wake Forest University Numerical Solution of Optimal Control Problems Ekkehard W. Sachs, Universitat Trier, Germany Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Natalia Alexandrov, NASA Langley Research Center Are You Interested in Organizing a Short Course? SIAM short courses provide introductions to a timely topic in mathematics, scientific computing and their applications. Short courses are typically one- day long, and are designed to complement one of the meeting themes. Proposals to organize a short course for this meeting, are subject to approval by the organizing committee and SIAM. To obtain a short course proposal form and guidelines, send your request by e-mail to meetings@siam.org. Proposals are due by April 14, 1995. How to Contribute You are invited to contribute a presentation at the SIAM annual meeting in one or more of the following formats: Contributed Presentations in Lecture or Poster Format A lecture consists of a 12-minute presentation with an additional three minutes for discussion. A poster presentation consists of the use of visual aids, such as 8-1/2" x 11" sheets, mounted on a 4'x6' poster board. A poster session is two hours long. Each contributor must submit a brief abstract not exceeding seventy-five words on a SIAM abstract form. Deadline for submission of abstracts: May 15, 1995. Contributed Minisymposia A minisymposium consists of four 25-minute presentations with an additional five minutes for discussion. Prospective organizers are asked to submit a proposal consisting of a title, a description (not exceeding one-hundred words), and a list of speakers and titles of their presentations. Each minisymposium speaker must submit a seventy-five word abstract. Proposals to organize a minisymposium are encouraged, but not limited to be in line with the main conference themes. Deadline for submission of minisymposium proposals: April 14, 1995. Electronic Mail Response and Submission To obtain an abstract form and a minisymposium proposal form, and to submit your abstracts and minisymposium proposals by electronic mail, send your requests and submissions to meetings@siam.org. Plain TeX or LaTeX macros are available. You may continue to submit abstracts in hard copy form if you wish. Mail it to SIAM, Attention: Conference Department, 3600 University City Science Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688.