Michele Benzi's Homepage

Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University.

Address:

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Emory University

Mathematics and Science Center, Room E428

Atlanta, GA 30322

USA

Phone: +1 (404) 727-3638

Fax : +1 (404) 727-5611

E-mail: benzi@mathcs.emory.edu

Selected Professional Activities:

• SIAM Fellow (Class of 2012)
• Member of the SIAM Council

Research Interests:

• Scientific computing
• Numerical linear algebra
• Sparse and structured matrix algorithms
• Preconditioning techniques, iterative methods
• Multilevel algorithms
• Computational fluid dynamics
• Computational chemistry
• Complex networks
• Numerical methods for Markov chains
• History of numerical analysis and computing

Teaching Interests:

• Linear Algebra
• Differential Equations
• Numerical Analysis
• History of Mathematics
• Matrix Analysis
• Functional Analysis

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Curriculum Vitae

My mathematical genealogy

Bio

Teaching (Spring 2014):

• MATH 315 Numerical Analysis

• MATH 550 Functional Analysis

• Scientific Computing Group

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• The Institute for Quantitative Theory and Methods

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Editorial Boards, past and current:

• SpringerBriefs in Mathematics (2011-).
• SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (2004-).
• SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (three terms, 2003-2011).
• SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (two terms, 2002-2007; Copper Mountain Special Section Guest Editor-in-Charge, 2012-)
• Journal of Complex Networks (2013-).
• Linear Algebra and its Applications (2013-).
• Numerical Algorithms (2009-).
• Calcolo (2013-).
• Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications (2008-).
• Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics (2011-).
• Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis (ETNA) (2003-).
• Communications in Applied and Industrial Mathematics (CAIM) (2010-).
• Advances in Numerical Analysis (2008-2013).
• International Journal of Computing Science and Mathematics (IJCSM) (2006-).

In 2014 I lectured at two Summer Schools in Italy:

• Dobbiaco Summer School on Matrix Theory and Computation, Dobbiaco (Bolzano - Italy), June 15-20, 2014.
• International Summer School on Complex Networks, Bertinoro (Ravenna - Italy), July 14-18, 2014.

I am co-director (with Valeria Simoncini) of the CIME Summer School Exploiting Hidden Structure in Matrix Computations. Algorithms and Applications, Cetraro (Calabria, Italy), Grand Hotel San Michele, June 21-26, 2015. More information will be added soon.

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Recent and forthcoming conferences:

• Advances in Matrix Functions and Matrix Equations, University of Manchester, UK, April 10-12, 2013.
• New Frontiers of Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing, Kent State University, April 19-20, 2013.
• International Spring School on Matrix Functions and their Applications (SSMF2013), Laboratoire Paul Painleve`, University of Lille, France, May 15-17, 2013.
• 2013 Preconditioning Conference, St. Anne's College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, 19-21 June, 2013.
• Preconditioning of Iterative Methods: Theory and Applications, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic, 1-5 July, 2013.
• 2013 SIAM Workshop on Network Science, San Diego, CA, July 7-8, 2013.
• 2013 SIAM Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 8-12, 2013.
• Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Linear Algebra, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, September 2-5, 2013.
• Aspects of Fluid Dynamics, 13th Annual Red Raider Mini-Symposium, Texas Tex University, Lubbock, TX, October 25-26, 2013.
• 2014 SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing, Portland, OR, February 18-21, 2014.
• Georgia Scientific Computing Symposium, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, 22 February, 2014.
• 13th Copper Mountain Conference on Iterative Methods, Copper Mountain, Colorado, April 6-11, 2014.
• Householder Symposium XIX, Spa, Belgium, June 8-13, 2014.
• 2014 SIAM Workshop on Network Science, Chicago, IL, July 6-7, 2014.
• 2014 SIAM Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 7-11, 2014.
• 4th IMA Conference on Numerical Linear Algebra and Optimisation, Birmingham, UK, September 3-5, 2014.
• Structured Numerical Linear and Multilinear Algebra: Analysis, Algorithms and Applications, Kalamata, Greece, September 8-12, 2014.

Links to some family members:

Useful/interesting links:

• SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
• AMS (American Mathematical Society)
• ILAS (International Linear Algebra Society)
• UMI (Unione Matematica Italiana)
• SIMAI (Societa` Italiana di Matematica Applicata ed Industriale)
• SBMAC (Sociedade Brasileira de Matematica Aplicada e Computacional)
• GAMM Activity Group on Applied and Numerical Linear Algebra
• ALAMA (Spanish Applied Linear Algebra Network)
• NSF (National Science Foundation)
• The arXiv
• The Parallel Algorithms Team at CERFACS, France
• The Numerical Analysis Group at at RAL, UK (Technical Reports Series)
• Oxford University Numerical Analysis Group Research Reports .
• MIMS Technical Reports Series at The University of Manchester, UK
• Acta Numerica
• Network Science
• SIAM Electronic Journals
• IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis
• Mathematics of Computation
• Springer-Verlag
• Wiley-Interscience Journals
• Spectral Graph Theory Web Pages
• Ernesto Estrada's Lab at the University of Strathclyde, UK.
• Luciano da Fontoura Costa's Research Group at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Stackexchange - Computational Science
• The Mathematics Genealogy Project
• History of Math Archive at St. Andrews University, Scotland
• History of Approximation Theory (Technion, Israel)
• NUMDAM Project
• Sito Mathematica Italiana, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (in Italian)
• Sito MatePRISTEM at Universita' Bocconi (in Italian)
• Sito MADDMATHS (in Italian)
• Map of Italian Mathematicians Abroad
• Sito ISSNAF
• ISSAWIKI (Italian Scientists, Scholars and Artists in North America Encyclopedia)
• Mathematical Fiction Site (maintained by Alex Kasman, College of Charleston)
• Sito di Tobia Rava' (in English and Italian)
• Edge