Numerical Linear Algebra and Numerical PDEs profiles

Christopher Batty

School of Computer Science

Email: christopher.batty@uwaterloo.ca

Research Interests: Physics-Based Animation

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Hans De Sterck

Department of Applied Mathematics

Email:  hans.desterck@uwaterloo.ca

Research Interests: Large-scale scientific computing, Multilevel numerical linear algebra methods, Numerical methods for PDEs, Novel platforms for scientific computing including GPUs and clouds, Computational fluid dynamics

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David Del Rey Fernandez

Department of Applied Mathematics

Email:ddelreyfernandez@uwaterloo.ca

Research Interests: Numerical simulation of PDEs, Mathematically robust schemes, Summation-by-parts methods, Continuous and discontinuous Galerkin schemes, finite difference schemes, etc., Mesh adaptation, Machine learning for acceleration of scientific computing

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Peter Forsyth

School of Computer Science

Email: paforsyth@uwaterloo.ca

Research Interests: Financial derivative securities

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Mark Giesbrecht

School of Computer Science

Email: mwg@uwaterloo.ca

Research Interests: Computer algebra, algebraic algorithms and computational complexity

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Robert Gracie

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Email: rgracie@uwaterloo.ca

Research Interests: Geomechanics and Risks of Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas Development

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Roberto Guglielmi

Department of Applied Mathematics

Email: roberto.guglielmi@uwaterloo.ca

Research Interests: Control of finite and infinite dimensional systems, optimization with PDE-constraints, model predictive control, stability of dynamical systems and feedback controls, and applications to finance and natural sciences

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Lilia Krivodonova

Department of Applied Mathematics

Email: lgk@uwaterloo.ca

Research Interests: Discontinuous Galerkin methods, Error estimation and adaptive methods, Finite element methods, Numerical solution of PDEs in complex geometries, Hyperbolic conservation laws

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Anita Layton

Department of Applied Mathematics

Email: anita.layton@uwaterloo.ca

Research Interests: Mathematical Biology and Medicine

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Kirsten Morris

Department of Applied Mathematics

Email: kmorris@uwaterloo.ca

Research Interests: Estimator design, Computation of controllers for systems modelled by partial differential equations, Optimal actuator/sensor location, Robust control of smart materials, Hysteresis

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Walaa Moursi

Department of Combinatorics and Optimization

Email: wmoursi@uwaterloo.ca

Research Interests: Continuous optimization, non-smooth optimization, convex analysis, monotone operator theory 

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Sander Rhebergen

Department of Applied Mathematics

Email: srheberg@uwaterloo.ca

Research Interests: Discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods, Space-time finite element methods for deforming domain problems, Higher-order accurate finite element methods, Preconditioners, Fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, magma/mantle dynamics, two-phase flows

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Giang Tran

Department of Applied Mathematics

Email: giang.tran@uwaterloo.ca

Research Interests: Sparse Modeling and Sparse Optimization Methods, Data Science, Image Processing and Medical Imaging, Compressed Sensing

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Stephen Vavasis

Department of Combinatorics and Optimization

Email: vavasis@uwaterloo.ca

Research Interests: Continuous optimization and numerical analysis

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Justin Wan

School of Computer Science

Email: justin.wan@uwaterloo.ca

Research Interests: Numerical methods of PDEs, machine learning in finance and medical image processing, physics-based simulation in graphics, and parallel computing.

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Henry Wolkowicz

Department of Combinatorics and Optimization

Email: henry.wolkowicz@uwaterloo.ca

Research Interests: Optimization; Mathematical Programming (linear, nonlinear, semidefinite programming, semi-infinite); Low Rank Matrix Completions, Compressive Sensing; Quadratic Assignment, Graph Partitioning, Knapsack Problems; Numerical Analysis (numerical linear algebra); Convex Analysis; Matrix Theory (eigenvalue bounds, invariant cones); Generalized Inverses (operators and matrices)