About this journal
BIT was started by Carl Erik Fröberg in 1961. The name is an acronym for "Tidskrift för Informationsbehandling" read backwards. From the outset, a wide area of computer science and technology was covered, but since 1992 the focus has been on Numerical Mathematics.
Editors-in-Chief
1961-1992 Carl Erik Fröberg
1993-2002 Åke Björck
2003-2015 Axel Ruhe† (Axel passed away suddenly on April 4, 2015)
2015 to present Lars Eldén
Owner
BIT foundation, Lund, Sweden
Board
Appointed by the Academies of (Engineering) sciences in the Nordic Countries for three year periods.
The members from 2016 are:
Olavi Nevanlinna, Aalto University, appointed by STA, Suomalainen Tiedakatemia, Finland, (Chairman)
Allan Peter Engsig-Karup, Technical University of Denmark, appointed by ATV, Akademiet for de Tekniske Videnskaber, Denmark
Bo Kågström, Umeå University, appointed by IVA, Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien, Sweden
Tom Lyche, University of Oslo, appointed by DNVA, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, Norway
Lars Eldén, Linköping University
Aims and Scope
BIT publishes original research papers in the rapidly developing field of numerical analysis. The essential areas covered by BIT are development and analysis of numerical methods as well as the design and use of algorithms for scientific computing. Topics emphasized by BIT include numerical methods in approximation, linear algebra, and ordinary and partial differential equations, but BIT also publishes papers in areas such as numerical functional analysis and numerical optimization.
News
Next BIT Circus for young researchers is planned August 26-27, 2015 in Umeå:
https://www.hpc2n.umu.se/events/workshops/BITcircus2015