ERCIM News No.50, July 2002

	ERCIM News No. 50, July 2002 - Contents

	by Rolf Jeltsch, President European Mathematical Society

	5O issues ERCIM News by Peter Kunz, ERCIM office
	Towards a Strategic Cooperation with the European Science Foundation by Jean-Eric Pin
	Euro-Legal — Dangers of Deep Linking by Heather Weaver

	Introduction to the Special Theme: ERCIMathematics by Tom Koornwinder Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics, University of Amsterdam (temporarily also CWI), The Netherlands.
	Nonlinear Modelling of Internet Packet Traffic by David K. Arrowsmith, Mathematics Research Centre, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
	Mathematics on the Web with MathML by Max Froumentin, W3C
	Internet Protocol Table Look-up as a Geometric Problem by Marco Pellegrini, IIT-CNR
	On Large Random Graphs of the ‘Internet Type’ by Hannu Reittu and Ilkka Norros, VTT
	MUMPS: A Multifrontal Massively Parallel Solver by Patrick Amestoy, ENSEEIHT, Toulouse, France; Iain Duff, CLRC; Jacko Koster, Parallab, Bergen, Norway; and Jean-Yves L’Excellent, INRIA
	Simulation of Underground Water Pollution by Mario Arioli, CLRC
	Parallel Direct Solvers for Large Sparse Linear Systems by Iain Duff and Jennifer A. Scott, CLRC
	Spurious Solutions in Finite Element Simulation of Electromagnetic Cavity Resonators by Paolo Fernandes and Mirco Raffetto, IMATI-CNR
	Scalable Solvers for Sparse Linear Systems by Klaus Stüben, Fraunhofer SCAI
	A new Algorithm for Discrete Tomography by Rob Tijdeman, University of Leiden, The Netherlands and Herman te Riele, CWI
	Computational Topology Techniques for Shape Modelling by Silvia Biasotti, Bianca Falcidieno, Michela Mortara, Giuseppe Patané and Michela Spagnuolo, IMATI-CNR
	Marked Point Processes in Image Analysis by Xavier Descombes and Josiane Zerubia, INRIA
	Iterative Methods in Image Reconstruction by Paola Favati, Grazia Lotti and Ornella Menchi, IIT-CNR
	Shape Geometry and Aesthetics by Franca Giannini and Marina Monti, IMATI-CNR
	Angry * (-1) = Surprised! by Aldo Paradiso, Fraunhofer IPSI
	Experimental Mathematics and Integer Relations by Jonathan M. Borwein, Simon Fraser University, Canada
	Algebra and Computation at SZTAKI by András Benczúr, Gábor Ivanyos and Lajos Rónya
	Renaissance of MacMahon’s Partition Analysis: Symbolic Summation at RISC-Linz by Peter Paule, RISC-Linz, Austria
	ALIAS, a System Solving Library Based on Interval Analysis by Jean-Pierre Merlet, INRIA
	Theorema: A System for Computer-Supported Formal Mathematics by Bruno Buchberger, RISC-Linz, Austria
	A Colourful Theory on Graphs by Zsolt Tuza, SZTAKI
	Quantitative Domain Theory by Michel Schellekens, National University of Ireland, Cork
	Finding Dependencies in Industrial Process Data by Daniel Gillblad and Anders Holst, SICS
	Interaction of Stochastic Systems and Financial Mathematics by László Gerencsér, SZTAKI
	Algebraic Convergence of Pulled Fronts by Ute Ebert, CWI

	Random Indexing of Linguistic Units for Vector-Based Semantic Analysis by Magnus Sahlgren, SICS
	Extending Thematic Lexical Resources by Term Categorization by Alberto Lavelli, Bernardo Magnini, and Fabrizio Sebastiani, IEI-CNR
	An End-to-End Software Suite for 3D Scanning by Marco Callieri, Paolo Cignoni and Paolo Pingi, IEI-CNR
	Exploring the Frontiers of Computability by Jiri Wiedermann, CRCIM and Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
	Towards the Design of Functional Materials and Drugs ‘from Scratch’ by Wanda Andreoni and Alessandro Curioni, IBM Zurich Research Lab, Switzerland
	Flower – Framework for Local Wireless Services by Tero Hakkarainen, Ali Lattunen and Vespe Savikko, VTT
	A Simple Model for Spark Branching by Ute Ebert, CWI
	Dyade - A Successful Cooperation between Bull and INRIA by Patrick Valduriez, INRIA
	Digital Library Competence Center by Maria Bruna Baldacci and Stefania Biagioni, IEI-CNR

	Reports
	EU/NSF Digital Library All Projects Workshop by Costantino Thanos, IEI-CNR
	Fourth DELOS Workshop on Evaluation of Digital Libraries: Testbeds, Measurements and Metrics by László Kovács, SZTAKI
	For conference announcements, see:
	Calendar of Events and Conferences related to IT and Applied Mathematics

	CLRC - Five New Projects in Business and Information Technology
	CWI - The 2002 Brouwer Memorial Medal was awarded to Michael Aizenman of Princeton University
	SZTAKI, Fraunhofer - Virtual Institute for Production and Business Management
	NTNU has recently obtained 13 Marie Curie Training Sites
	CWI - Two CWI researchers have received honorary doctorates

ERCIM News No. 50, July 2002 - Contents