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Ontario Tech acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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March 2, 2012

Speaker: Chen Greif, Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia

Title: Numerical Solution of Saddle-Point Linear Systems

Abstract: Constrained partial differential equations and optimization problems typically require the need to solve special linear systems known as saddle-point systems. When the matrices are very large and sparse, iterative methods must be used. A challenge here is to derive and apply solution methods that exploit the properties and the structure of the given discrete operators, and yield fast convergence while imposing reasonable computer storage requirements. In this talk I will provide an overview of solution techniques. In particular, we will introduce and discuss effective preconditioners and their spectral properties, bounds on convergence rates, and computational challenges.