Dear Colleague,

The Fifth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics will
be held at the University of Colorado at Boulder on August 4-7, 1999,
in the wonderful setting of the Rocky Mountains.

We (Patrick Le Tallec and Daniel Rixen) are organizing a minisymposium
on Domain Decomposition Techniques. Knowing your interest in that field
and hoping to hear about your latest research, we would like to extend
to you our cordial invitation to give a presentation.

This Minisymposium will provide a forum for discussing new advances
in Domain Decomposition methods, from the theoretical basis to
algorithms,
implementation issues and applications to structural and fluid
mechanics.

Papers are solicited in the following areas, with some insight on the
relevant applications :

     o Primal and dual domain decomposition methods
     o Iterative solvers and convergence acceleration procedures
     o Multigrid and multi-level algorithms
     o Non-conforming mesh, fictitious domains and overlapping methods
     o Substructuring methods and model reduction
     o Domain decomposition for eigenvalue and non-linear problems
     o Parallel computing, mesh partitioning and implementation issues
     o Industrial applications and software

If you are interested in contributing to this minisymposium, please
e-mail a one-page abstract of up to 400 words before December 31, 1998
to one of us:

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    Daniel Rixen
    rixen@gnat.colorado.edu
    +1-303-735-4650 (tel)
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    Prof. Patrick Le Tallec
    letallec@ceremade.dauphine.fr
    +33-1-44 05 46 75 (Tel)
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Description of the minisymposium and details for submitting your
contribution are given at

    http://civil.colorado.edu/usnccm99/MiniSymposia.d/List.html

We will send announcement flyers upon request. Information about
the fifth USNCCM can also be found on the web at

    http://civil.colorado.edu/usnccm99

Feel free to forward this invitation to any colleague who
might be interested in contributing to the conference.

Looking forward to reading you soon,


                                Daniel Rixen & Patrick Le Tallec