History of Scientific Computing

An interest in the history of scientific computing in the second half of the 20th century has led to many publications, listed here.

[A2]

Raymond H. Chan, Chen Greif, and Dianne P. O'Leary, eds., Milestones in Matrix Computation: Selected Works of Gene H. Golub, with Commentaries, Oxford University Press, 2007.

[A3]

Misha E. Kilmer and Dianne P. O'Leary, eds., G. W. Stewart: Selected Works with Commentaries, Birkhauser Press, Boston, 2010.

[J28]

Gene H. Golub and Dianne P. O'Leary, ``Some history of the conjugate gradient and Lanczos algorithms: 1948-1976,'' SIAM Review 31 (1989) 50-102.

[H01]

(invited) Dianne P. O'Leary, ``Some Themes in Gene H. Golub's Work on Iterative Methods,'' Iterative Methods for Sparse and Structured Problems (IMA, February 1992), in Recent Advances in Iterative Methods Gene H. Golub, Anne Greenbaum, and Mitchell Luskin, eds., IMA Volumes in Mathematics and Its Applications, Vol. 60, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1994, 1-11.

[H02]

Dianne P. O'Leary, ``Conjugate Gradients and Related KMP Algorithms: The Beginnings," in Linear and Nonlinear Conjugate Gradient-Related Methods, Loyce Adams and J. L. Nazareth, eds., SIAM, Philadelphia, 1996, 1-8.

[H03]

Dianne P. O'Leary, ``Commentary on Lanczos's `Analytical and Practical Curve Fitting of Equidistant Data,'" Cornelius Lanczos Collected Published Papers with Commentaries, William R. Davis et al., eds., North Carolina State University Publishers, Raleigh, 1998, volume 5, 3-433 to 3-434.

[H04]

D. O'Leary, R. Plemmons, H. Schneider, and P. N. Shivakumar, ``Winnipeg 1997 Conference Report," Linear Algebra and Its Applications Special Issue: Proceedings of the International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS) Symposium on Fast Algorithms for control, Signals, and Image Processing (6-8 June 1997), Winnipeg, Canada, 284 (1998) 357-359.

[H05]

Dianne P. O'Leary, ``Commentary on Methods of Conjugate Gradients for Solving Linear Systems by Magnus R. Hestenes and Eduard Stiefel," in David R. Lide, ed., A Century of Excellence in Measurements, Standards, and Technology - A Chronicle of Selected NBS/NIST Publications 1901-2000, NIST Special Publication 958, 2001, pp. 81-85.

[H06]

Dianne P. O'Leary, ``Commentary on An Iteration Method for the Solution of the Eigenvalue Problem of Linear Differential and Integral Operators by Cornelius Lanczos," in David R. Lide, ed., A Century of Excellence in Measurements, Standards, and Technology - A Chronicle of Selected NBS/NIST Publications 1901-2000, NIST Special Publication 958, 2001, pp. 77-80.

[H07]

Dianne O'Leary, ``Celebrating 50 Years of the Conjugate Gradient Method," SIAM News (35) June 2002, p. 4.

[H08]

Dianne P. O'Leary, ``George Dantzig: A Remembrance," Computing in Science and Engineering 7, no. 5, September/October 2005, p.96

[H09]

Dianne P. O'Leary, ``Gene Howard Golub, 1932-2007," obituary, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 428 (2008) 2405-2409. doi:10.1016/j.laa.2008.1.014

[H10]

Misha E. Kilmer and Dianne P. O'Leary, ``Introduction to the Commentaries," Chapter 3 in G. W. Stewart: Selected Works with Commentaries, Misha E. Kilmer and Dianne P. O'Leary, eds., Birkhauser Press, Boston (2010) p. 25.

[H11]

Charles F. Van Loan, Misha E. Kilmer, and Dianne P. O'Leary, ``Matrix Decompositions: LINPACK and Beyond," Chapter 4 in G. W. Stewart: Selected Works with Commentaries, Misha E. Kilmer and Dianne P. O'Leary, eds., Birkhauser Press, Boston (2010) pp. 27-44.

[H12]

Lars Eldén, Misha E. Kilmer, and Dianne P. O'Leary, ``Updating and Downdating Matrix Decompositions," Chapter 5 in G. W. Stewart: Selected Works with Commentaries, Misha E. Kilmer and Dianne P. O'Leary, eds., Birkhauser Press, Boston (2010) pp. 45-58.

[H13]

Misha E. Kilmer and Dianne P. O'Leary, ``Least Squares, Projections, and Pseudoinverses, Chapter 6 in G. W. Stewart: Selected Works with Commentaries, Misha E. Kilmer and Dianne P. O'Leary, eds., Birkhauser Press, Boston (2010) pp. 59-69.

[H14]

``Krylov Subspace Methods for the Eigenproblem," Howard C. Elman and Dianne P. O'Leary, Chapter 10 in G. W. Stewart: Selected Works with Commentaries, Misha E. Kilmer and Dianne P. O'Leary, eds., Birkhauser Press, Boston (2010) pp. 111-119.

[H15]

``Other Contributions," Misha E. Kilmer and Dianne P. O'Leary, G. W. Stewart: Selected Works with Commentaries, Misha E. Kilmer and Dianne P. O'Leary, eds., Birkhauser Press, Boston (2010) Chapter 11 in pp. 121-123.

[H16]

``John Osborn, 1936-2011", obituary, Ricardo Nochetto and Dianne O'Leary, SIAM News July/August 2011, p. 2; Notices of the AMS, 58(8) September 2011, p. 1134.