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