The Occasion
Alan George,
Michael Saunders, and
Jim Varah
are turning 60 between July 2003 and January 2004. A two-day workshop will
take place at Stanford University on January 9 and 10 to celebrate
their birthdays and accomplishments. Students, friends, and colleagues
are welcome to attend.
During the mid- and late 1960s, three young men decided to pursue their
doctoral studies in scientific computing at Stanford University.
In the approximately \pi decades that followed (up to a modest rounding error),
they have become close colleagues and are well established individuals in the
field of numerical computing. Alan is well known for his work on sparse matrix
computation, much of which is fundamental in the area. Mike is one of the leading
experts in large-scale numerical optimization. Jim's work has covered a wide
spectrum of numerical analysis and scientific computing.
Photos available
Photos are
now online. (Thanks to Sou Cheng Choi!) Please send
us any photos you might want to share.
Posted Jan 11, 2004
RSVP for dinner banquet
We need to get an accurate count of everyone who will attend the banquet.
Please
RSVP.
Posted Dec 12, 2003
Hotel accomodations
We've arranged for a group rate with Palo Alto's
Creekside Inn.
More details are on the
logistics page.
Posted Nov 12, 2003
Please register
Registration is now open. Anyone who plans to attend (as speaker or
otherwise) should fill out the form on the
registration page.
Posted Oct 2, 2003
If you would like to speak...
If you would like to give a talk about any of our three prospective
senior citizens or their fields of work, feel free to contact one of the
organizers and volunteer. Technical talks as well as
personal observations are welcome!
Posted Oct 2, 2003
Looking for photos
We'd like to fill a photos page with
remembrances of the honorees. We welcome the entire gamut, from
toddler to graduation days to the present. Send hard copies
(we'll be sure to return them!) or JPEGs, etc, to the
webmaster.
Posted Oct 1, 2003
