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The SIAM Activity Group on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions (SIAG/OPSF) promotes basic research in orthogonal polynomials and special functions; furthers the application of this subject in other parts of mathematics, and in science and industry; and encourages and supports the exchange of information, ideas, and techniques between workers in this field and other mathematicians and scientists.

Officers

• Chair: Kirk Jordan email (1/1/2011 - 12/31/2012)
• Vice Chair: Carol Woodward email (1/1/2011 - 12/31/2012)
• Program Director: Karen Willcox email (1/1/2011 - 12/31/2012)
• Secretary/Treasurer: Luke Olson email (1/1/2011 - 12/31/2012)

External Links

• CS&E Homepage
• SIAG/CSE Mailing List
• SIAM CS&E Books

Step 1, Join SIAG/CSE

If you are not a member, please join SIAG/CSE.

Step 2, Suggest content (and/or request wiki access).

If you have additional content or have changes that you would like to see on the wiki, please contact Luke, or request access to the wiki (due to spam, we moderate access).

Please help us make this a resource for the community.

• ICIAM, Vancouver, July 2011 - Please suggest minisymposiums to be sponsored by SIAG/CSE (Email Uli)
• Meetings in cooperation with SIAM
• SIAM CSE13
  • Co-Chairs: Karen Willcox email and Hans Petter Langtangen email
  • The location of CSE13 is being reviewed. Please send comments to the co-chairs.

SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering

• List of CSE Programs
• CSE09 Panel discussion on education
• Presentations from SIAM-CSE:
  • CSE09: Graduate Education in CS&E – Needs, Trends, Risks, and Chances, organized by Donald Estep and Hans-Joachim Bungartz
    • CSE Graduate Programs in the US (pdf), Donald Estep, Colorado State University
    • Overview of Graduate CSE Education in Europe (ppt), Lennart Edsberg, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
    • Report on International Study of Simulation-based Engineering \& Science, and Preparing the Next Generation in CSE (ppt), Sharon C. Glotzer, University of Michigan; Celeste Sagui, North Carolina State University
    • CSE/CE Programs in Germany (ppt), Michael Schäfer, TU Darmstadt, Germany
    • Pros and Cons of CSE Programs Versus Disciplinary Programs, the “Different Ways” to Approach Training in CSE (ppt), Chris Johnson, University of Utah
    • SIAM’s Role in Supporting and Developing CSE (pdf), David Keyes, Columbia University and Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • Education Issues in CSE: Student Backgrounds, Instruction Modes, Outcomes (pdf), Marek Behr, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
    • Ingredients of a CSE Education Program (pdf), Max Gunzburger, Florida State University
• Reports and Articles through SIAM:
  • Graduate Education for Computational Science and Engineering, a SIAM report by Linda Petzold, Uri Ascher, H. Thomas Banks, James Crowley, Walter Gander, Leslie Greengard, Michael Heath, Andrew Lumsdaine, Cleve Moler, Tinsley Oden, Robert Schnabel, Kris Stewart, and Anne Trefethen.
  • Undergraduate Computational Science and Engineering Education, a SIAM report by Peter Turner, Mathematics and Computer Science, Clarkson University
  • SIAM CSE 2009 Forward-Looking Panel, a report by Julianne Chung and Carol Woodward

• CSE11 Business Meeting: (Notes) (slides,pdf) (slides,ppt)
• CSE09 Business Meeting: (Notes) (slides, pdf) (slides, ppt)