Dahlquist Prize 続報
From: xxx
To: makino@grape....
Date: 19 May 2003 16:09:05 -0000
I would like to try to clarify the situation with the Dahlquist Prize,
to the best of my knowledge. A very short time ago, I received a call
from Jim Crowley, the Executive Director of SIAM. He was concerned
that SIAM had neglected to send out a call for nominations and to
convene a Prize committee, and that the time when the Prize should be
awarded was rapidly approaching. At that point, there were only two
possible courses of action that we could think of, both of which would
be controversial. I recommended that we call for nominations and
convene a Prize Committee immediately. My thinking on this was that
this is a relatively small and very responsive community, and that we
could do an excellent job with this even on such short notice. I felt
that the harm that would be caused by deferring the Prize for one or
two years was greater than the inconvenience to the community of
having to respond quickly to the call for nominations. By the way, it
goes without saying that if it turns out that the winner of the Prize
is not able to attend SciCADE03, then the award will have to take
place at a different meeting.
In past years, the awarding of this Prize has resulted in division and
controversy in the SciCADE community. Even under the best of
circumstances, there has been some unhappiness and disagreement. I
agreed to help SIAM with this because I have been a member of the
SciCADE community for a great many years, I care about what happens in
it, and I believed (and still believe) that putting this Prize on
schedule while maintaining the highest standards is something that we
are capable of doing. This is an extraordinarily thankless task; I
hope that I can have your support.
Please direct your questions and comments either to the SIAM office or
to me.
-- xxx
なんか難しい賞みたいである。