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Classes

• CSE 439/539 Quantum Algorithms through Linear Algebra, University at Buffalo (Fall 2018-2022)
• CSE 548 High Performance Computing II, University at Buffalo (Spring 2022)
• CSE 547 High Performance Computing I, University at Buffalo (Fall 2020-2021)
• CSE 191 Discrete Structures, University at Buffalo (Spring 2018-2021)
• CAAM 520 Computational Science II, Rice University (Spring 2016-2017)
• CAAM 519 Computational Science I, Rice University (Fall 2015-2016)
• Numerical Analysis, with Prof. Ahmed H. Sameh, Purdue University (1999)
• Guest Lecturer, AMCS 4302, Parallel Scientific Computing, Columbia University (2006)
• 2 Week Short Course on Scientific Computing
• Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2010)
• Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2009)
• 1 Week Crustal Deformation Modeling Tutorial
• NSF CIG Crustal Deformation Modeling Conference (2013)
• NSF CIG Crustal Deformation Modeling Conference (2011)
• 1 Week PETSc Short Course
• Maison de la Simulation, Orsay, France (2013)
• EuropeAid Scientific Computing Advanced Training, Valparaiso, Chile (2007)
• Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (2005)
• Parallel CFD 2004, Gran Canaria (2004)
• 1 Week GPU Computing Course
• NSF Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute, Scientific Computing in the Americas: the challenge of massive parallelism, Valparaiso, Chile, (2011)
• 8 single day PETSc tutorials, and 9 half day tutorials
• 1 single day Python HPC tutorial

Mentoring

Postdoctoral Researchers

• Joseph Pustazy, University at Buffalo (2022-)
• Darsh Nathawani, University at Buffalo (2022), now at LSU
• Justin Chang, Rice University (2017), now at AMD
• Tobin Isaac, University of Chicago and Rice University (2015-2017), now at Argonne National Laboratory

Graduate Students

• Ph.D. Students
  • Albert Cowie, University at Buffalo Ph.D., supervisor since 9/17
  • Vivek Bhavsar, Geology, University at Buffalo Ph.D. 2024, with Prof. Margarete Jadamec
    Two-Dimensional Modeling of the Dynamics of Non-linear Flow in Subduction Zones
  • Daniel Finn, University at Buffalo Ph.D., 2023
    Structure-Preserving Particle-In-Cell Methods for the Vlasov-Poisson-Landau System
    Postdoc at the Naval Research Laboratory
  • Darsh Kiritbhai Nathawani, University at Buffalo Ph.D., 2023
    Droplet Formation: One-dimensional Mathematical Model and Computations
    Postdoc at Louisiana State University
  • Abhishek Mishra, University at Buffalo Ph.D., 2022, with Prof. David Salac
    Enabling computational methods for discretization of partial differential equation models using stencil composition
    Engineer at AMD
  • Brandon Denton, Unviersity at Buffalo Ph.D. 2022,
    Geometry Aware Mesh Topologies
    Principal Propulsion Engineer at Rubicon Space Systems
  • Joseph Pusztay, Unviersity at Buffalo Ph.D. 2022,
    A Particle Basis Vlasov-Poisson-Landau Solver for Plasma Simulation in PETSc
    Postdoc at University at Buffalo
  • Maurice Fabien (with Beatrice Riviere), Rice Unviersity Ph.D. 2019,
    Hybridizable Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Flow and Transport: Applications, Solvers, and High Performance Computing
    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin
  • Tom Klotz, Rice Unviersity Ph.D. 2019,
    Numerical Analysis of Nonlinear Boundary Integral Equations Arising in Molecular Biology
    Smith Detection
  • Andy Terrel (with Prof. L. Ridgway Scott), University of Chicago Ph.D. 2010,
    Finite Element Method Automation for Non-Newtonian Fluid Models
  • Peter Brune (with Prof. L. Ridgway Scott), University of Chicago Ph.D. 2011,
    Fast Numerical Methods and Biological Problems
• M.S. Students
  • Jonas Actor, Rice University MA, 2018,
  • Computation for the Kolmogorov Superposition Theorem
  , Sandia National Laboratory
  • Thomas Klotz, Rice University MA, 2017,
  • Optimal Integration for Boundary Integral Models
  , Smith Detection
  • Jeremy Tillay, Rice University MA, 2017,
  • Analysis of Segmental Refinement Multigrid
  , Chevron
  • Hannah Morgan, University of Chicago MA 2015, with Prof. Ridgway Scott, Numerical solutions to the KdV equation, University of Chicago
  • Eric Buras, Rice University MA 2016, A Multigrid Solver for Graph Laplacian Linear Systems on Power-Law Graphs, Associate Research Engineer at Aptima, Inc.
• On Committee
  • Isys Johnson, Phd, Computer Science, University at Buffalo expected 2026
  • Darshana Balakrishnan, Phd, Computer Science, University at Buffalo 2023
  • Vivek Bhavsar, Phd, Computation and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo 2023
  • Amol Salunkhe, Phd, Computation and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo 2023
  • Boris Boutkov, Phd, Computation and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo 2019
  • Bailey Valint, MS, Geology, University at Buffalo 2023
  • Hannah Morgan, Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Chicago 2019
  • Kirstie Haynie, University of Houston Ph.D. 2019
  • Justin Chang, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Houston 2017
  • Boris Brimkov, Phd, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University 2017
  • Xiaodi Deng, Phd, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University 2017
  • Arturo Vargas, Ph.d., Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University 2017
  • Yabin Zhang, M.S., Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University 2017
  • John Gomez, M.S., Applied Pnysics, Rice University 2017
  • Bryan Doyle, M.S., Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University 2017
  • Caleb Magruder, Phd, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University 2017
  • Chen Liu, M.S., Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University 2016
  • Rujeko Chinomona, M.S., Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University 2016
  • Frankie Camacho, M.S., Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University 2016
  • Sri Raj Paul, M.S., Computer Science, Rice University 2015
  • Hannah Morgan, M.S., Computer Science, University of Chicago 2015,
    Parallel solutions to the KdV and BBM equations
  • Jon Riehl, Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Chicago 2008,
    Reflective Techniques in Extensible Languages

Summer Graduate Students

• Hannah Morgan, Asynchronous Krylov Methods (2014-2015)
• Sean Laguna, Asynchronous Krylov Methods (2014)
• Peter Brune, ANL Givens Fellow (2009)
• Samuel Daitch, ANL Givens Fellow (2007)
• Emma Rainey, Krell Institute Computational Science Graduate Fellow (2005)
• Richard Katz, Krell Institute Computational Science Graduate Fellow (2004)
• Dmitry Leykekhman, ANL Givens Fellow (2003)
• Nessy Tania, ANL Givens Fellow (2003)

Undergraduate Students

• Andrew Gmerek, Temporal Convergence of Crustal Deformation Solvers (2022)
• Aman Timalsina, Automated Mesh Transformations (2022)
• Rachel Bakowski, Data Assimilation for Subduction Dynamics (2022)
• Thomas Kowalski, Immersive Visualization for Earth Scienc (2022)
• Alexander Stone, Kolmogorov Superposition Theorem (2019)
• Evan Walley, Kolmogorov Superposition Theorem (2017)
• David Clark, Plasma Dynamics (2016-2017)
• Victor Gonzalez, Magma Dynamics, (2016)
• Ian Alevy, Probablistic Performance Modeling (2012)
• Seth Davidovitz, Ion Channel Modeling (2010)