Call for Nomination
SIAG/LA Prize
The SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra will award the SIAG/LA Prize at the SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra (LA12), to be held June 18-22, 2012, in Valencia, Spain.
The SIAG/LA Prize is awarded to the author(s) of the most outstanding paper, as determined by the prize committee, on a topic in applicable linear algebra published in English in a peer-reviewed journal in the three calendar years preceding the year of the award
Eligibility
Candidate papers must be published in English in a peer-reviewed journal bearing a publication date from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2011. The papers must contain significant research contributions to the field of linear algebra, as commonly defined in the mathematical literature, with direct or potential applications.
Description of the Award
The award consists of a plaque and a certificate containing the citation. The awardee (in the case of multiple authors, at least one of the awardees) is expected to attend the award ceremony and to present the paper at the meeting.
Nominations
A letter of nomination should include a full bibliographic citation for the paper and a brief statement outlining the justification for the nomination in terms of its importance and impact. Nominations should be sent to the address below, preferably via e-mail. Nominations must be received in the SIAM office by October 15, 2011.
Professor Andreas Frommer
Chair, SIAG/LA Prize
Committee
c/o J. M. Littleton
SIAM
3600 Market Street, 6th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688
USA
E-mail: littleton@siam.org
Telephone: +1-215-382-9800 ext. 303
Fax: +1-215-386-7999
Selection Committee
Members of the selection committee are:
Andreas Frommer (Chair), Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany
Zlatko Drmac, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Steve Kirkland, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Dianne O'Leary, University of Maryland
Beresford Parlett, University of California at Berkeley
