This article is available online from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics's Journal on Optimization (Volume 10, Number 3). It covers minimization of the maximum eigenvalue of an affine matrix function (real and symmetric) for application to large-scale problems.

This site, sponsored by Stanford University's Computing and Communications Group, is maintained by Jeff Hodges, Project Manager of Stanford's Enterprise Directory Services Project. It is an annotated metasite designed as a tutorial and aid to navigating resources on the Internet relating to the directory services protocols LDAP (the Lightweight Directory Services Protocol) and X.500. The site...

Developer.com, created by EarthWeb, offers a wealth of resources and information for software developers. This sizeable site consists largely of Internet-related resources and programming tools, but it also contains numerous general purpose development resources. Among the offerings are over 150 free, online, full-text books with subjects ranging from ActiveX to Website management; a large library...

The UCLA Image Communications Laboratory focuses their research on the image coding and transmission of communications and archiving systems. While the emphasis is on applied research, they are also studying a number of issues of theoretical importance. Areas of research include wireless communications, medical imaging, FPGA implementations, channel/source coding, data compression, image...