NEMACOM - New Methods in Applied and Computational Mathematics Workshop

In July 1998 the first NEMACOM (NEw Methods in Applied and COmputational Mathematics) workshop was held at the campus of the University of Southern Queensland at Hervey Bay on the Wide-Bay-Burnett coast of Queensland. At the workshop a number of different topics in applied and computational mathematics were presented ranging from computational statistics and stochastic processes, through optimization, optimal control, graph theoretic methods in computational mathematics, the use of dynamical systems techniques for meteorology, modelling the solar atmosphere and geo-hydrological processes, simulating rigid-body dynamics, and the future of the Fast Fourier Transform.

On the implementation of Algebraic multi-level methods on vector and parallel-vector computers -- Approximate models of dynamic thermoviscoelasticity describing shape-memory-alloy phase transitions -- Using graph theory to improve some algorithms in scientific computing -- Variable selection and control in least squares problems -- Modelling non-isothermal flows in porous media: a case study using an example of the Great Artesian Basin, Australia -- Simulation of rigid-body dynamics with impact and friction -- Local error growth and predictability of ensemble perturbations in chaotic dynamical systems -- The calculation of Eigenvalues for nonadiabatic oscillations in magnetized polytropic atmospheres.