Proposal for a Strategic University Program
in Computational Science and Engineering at NTNU
7 Organization
The program will be structured in accordance with the figure below,
dividing the project into activities at each of the departments,
Mathematical Sciences (MS), Computer and Information Science (CS),
Marine Hydrodynamics (MS) and Structural Engineering (SE).
Although such a division of activities is necessary in order ease the
organization of the project, it should not impede the integration of
the activities.
Communication between the various activities is ensured mainly through
Joint responsibility between members of different departments
in supervising PhD students
Course requirements for PhD students belonging to different
departments
A common software platform accessible to and developed by
members from all departments
7.1 Key Personnel
We list below the key personnel, including supervisors for the PhD
students.
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Professor Syvert
P. Nørsett. He holds a PhD in numerical analysis
from the University of Dundee, Scotland. Fields of
expertise: Numerical solution of differential equations,
numerical linear algebra, parallel integration methods.
Professor Helge Holden.
He holds a Dr. Philos. degree in mathematical physics
from the University of Oslo. Fields of expertise:
Differential equations, stochastic analysis, flow in
porous media.
Associate Professor Brynjulf
Owren. He holds a PhD
from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in numerical
analysis. Fields of expertise: Numerical solution of
ordinary differential equations.
Associate Professor Anne
Kværnø. She holds a PhD
from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in numerical
analysis. Fields of expertise: Numerical solution of
ordinary and differential-algebraic equations,
Professor NN-1. To be appointed professor in CSE.
Department of Computer and Information Science
Professor Reidar Conradi. He holds a PhD in
computer science from the Norwegian Institute of
Technology. Fields of expertise: Object-oriented
modelling, software quality, configuration management.
Associate Professor Øystein Nytrø. He holds a PhD
in computer science from the Norwegian Institute of
Technology. Fields of expertise: Structural complexity,
reengineering, maintenance, Java/C++.
Associate Professor Torbjørn Hallgren. Fields of
expertise: Industrial computer vision, computer
graphics, virtual reality
Professor Richard E. Blake. He holds a PhD in
pattern recognition from University of Oxford. Fields of
expertise: Image processing, computer vision, computer
graphics.
Professor NN-2. To be appointed professor in CSE.
Department of Marine Hydrodynamics
Professor Bjørnar Pettersen. He holds a PhD in
marine hydrodynamics from the Norwegian Institute of
Technology. Fields of expertise: Motion of and load on
floating bodies, vortex shedding, computational marine
fluid mechanics.
Professor Odd M. Faltinsen. He holds a PhD in
hydrodynamics from the University of Michigan. Fields of
expertise: Sea loads and wave induced motions of ships
and marine structures, hydroelasticity.
Department of Structural Engineering
Professor Geir Moe. He has a doctorate from MIT
and has worked at Boeing, DNV, SINTEF. Fields of
expertise: Flow induced vibrations, waves, wave and
current forces, stocastic processes.
Professor Karl Eidsvik. He has his doctorate from
University of Oslo on turbulence theory and have worked
at FFI, NILU and SINTEF. Fields of expertise: Turbulence
theory applied to air and water flows.
Senior Research Scientist Torbjørn Utnes. He holds
a doctorate from Marine hydromechanics, NTNU. Fields of
expertise: Numerical solutions of Navier-Stokes
equations for air and water flows.
SINTEF Applied Mathematics
Research Scientist Carl B. Jenssen. He holds a PhD
in hydro and gas dynamics from the Norwegian Institute
of Technology and a M.Sc. in Mathematics from Stanford
University, USA. Fields of expertise: Computational
fluid dynamics, parallel algorithms.
Senior
Research Scientist Trond Kvamsdal. He holds
a Siv. ing. in Civil Engineering (NTH) and a M. A. in
Mathematics (UW-Madsion, USA). A PhD with emphasis on
error estimation and adaptivity will be defended August
1997 at NTNU. Fields of expertise: Error estimation and
adaptivity, finite element method, structural mechanics.
Senior Research Scientist Karstein Sørli. He holds
a MSc in computer science/numerical analysis and a PhD
in numerical mathematics from the University of Oslo and
the Norwegian Institute of Technology,
respectively. Fields of expertise: Numerical solution of
partial differential equations, computational fluid
dynamics, grid generation, object oriented software
development.
Center for computer services at NTNU (ITEA)
Chief Engineer Roar Skålin. He holds a PhD from
Norwegian University of Science and Technology in
numerical analysis. Fields of expertise: Parallel and
vector computing, parallel algorithms for atmospheric
models, parallel algorithms for partial differential
equations.
Chief Engineer Jørn Amundsen. He holds a PhD from
the Norwegian Institute of Technology in numerical
analysis. Fields of expertise: Parallel and vector
computing, distributed computing
