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Name	E-mail	Affiliations	Title	Research Interests
Alonso, Juan	jjalonso@stanford.edu Web	Aeronautics and Astronautics	Associate Professor	Past and current research includes transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic vehicles, rotorcraft, turbomachinery, and launch vehicles. Specific current interests include advanced methods for design, multi-fidelity optimization, environmentally-friendly aircraft, uncertainty quantification and robust design, and system-level challenges for NextGen.
Behrman, Bill	behrman@stanford.edu Web	ICME	Director, Stanford Data Lab	The development of the practical skills of data science through project-based learning The solution of data science challenges from social sector
Biondi, Biondo	biondo@stanford.edu Web	Geophysics	Professor of Geophysics, Co-Director, Center for Computational Earth and Environmental Science	Professor Biondi and his students devise new algorithms to improve the imaging of reflection seismic data.
Bosagh Zadeh, Reza	rezab@stanford.edu Web	ICME	Consulting Assistant Professor	Machine Learning Theory and Applications Distributed Computing Discrete Applied Mathematics
Bose, Sanjeeb	stbose@stanford.edu	ICME	Consulting Professor
Boyd, Stephen	boyd@stanford.edu Web	Electrical Engineering	Professor	Convex optimization, especially applications to engineering problems.
Candes, Emmanuel	candes@stanford.edu Web	Mathematics, Statistics	The Simons Chair in Mathematics and Statistics	Compressive sensing, mathematical signal processing, computational harmonic analysis, scientific computing, stastistical estimation and detection, high-dimensional statistics. Applications to the imaging sciences and inverse problems. Other topics of interest include mathematical optimization and information theory.
Carlsson, Gunnar	gunnar@math.stanford.edu	Mathematics	Professor	Applied algebraic topology and algebraic K-theory
Darve, Eric	darve@stanford.edu Web	Mechanical Engineering	Associate Professor	Professor Darve's research is focused on the development of numerical methods for large scale scientific computing with applications in biomolecular simulations, acoustics, electromagnetics, and microfluidics.
Donoho, David	donoho@stat.stanford.edu Web	Statistics	Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences	Professor Donoho's theoretical research interests have focused on the mathematics of statistical inference and on theoretical questions arising in applying harmonic analysis to various applied problems. His applied research interests have ranged from data visualization to various problems in scientific signal processing, image processing, and inverse problems.
Dror, Ron	ron.dror@stanford.edu Web	Computer Science, ICME	Associate Professor	Computational biology, with an emphasis on the spatial organization and dynamics of biomolecules and cells.
Dunham, Eric	edunham@stanford.edu Web	Geophysics	Assistant Professor	Research focuses on the development and use of physics-based computational simulations to characterize and understand earthquakes and volcanoes.
Farhat, Charbel	cfarhat@stanford.edu Web	Aeronautics and Astronautics, Mechanical Engineering	Professor, Chair, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Vivian Church Hoff Professor of Aircraft Structures	Professor Farhat and his research group develop mathematical models, advanced computational algorithms, and high-performance software for the design and analysis of complex systems in aerospace, marine, mechanical, and naval engineering.
Fedkiw, Ron	fedkiw@cs.stanford.edu Web	Computer Science	Associate Professor	Professor Fedkiw's research is focused on the design of new computational algorithms for a variety of applications including computational fluid dynamics, computer graphics, and biomechanics.
Fringer, Oliver	fringer@stanford.edu Web	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Associate Professor	Research focuses on the development and application of numerical models and high-performance computational techniques to the study of fundamental processes that influence the dynamics of the coastal ocean, rivers, lakes, and estuaries.
Gerritsen, Margot	margot.gerritsen@stanford.edu Web	Energy Resources Engineering	Director, Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Associate Professor	Professor Gerritsen's primary research interests are the design and analysis of efficient numerical solution methods for partial differential equations that arise in fluid dynamics. She currently specializes in simulation and performance prediction of heavy oil reservoirs and enhanced oil recovery processes.
Giesecke, Kay	giesecke@stanford.edu Web	Management Science and Engineering	Associate Professor	Kay's research addresses the quantification and management of financial risks. He is particularly interested in The stochastic modeling, valuation and hedging of financial risks, The development of statistical tools to estimate and predict these risks, and The methods for solving the significant computational problems that arise in this context. His research contributions...
Glynn, Peter	glynn@stanford.edu Web	Management Science and Engineering	Professor and Chair, Management Science and Engineering, Thomas W. Ford Professor in the School of Engineering	Interests include discrete-event simulation, computational probability, queuing, and general theory for stochastic systems. Current applications areas include performance engineering for communications networks, control algorithms for wireless networks, and computational finance.
Goel, Ashish	ashishg@stanford.edu Web	Management Science and Engineering	Associate Professor	I conduct research in the design, analysis, and applications of algorithms. Current application interests include Social Networks and Social Algorithms; Crowdsourced Democracy; Internet Commerce; Reputation, Recommendation, and Trust Systems; Algorithms for large scale data processing.
Guibas, Leonidas	guibas@cs.stanford.edu Web	Computer Science	Professor, Paul Piggot Professor in Engineering	Current foci of interest include geometric modeling with point cloud data, deformations and contacts, organizing and searching libraries of 3D shapes and images, sensor networks for lightweight distributed estimation / reasoning, analysis of GPS traces and other mobility data, and modeling the shape and motion biological macromolecules and other biological structures. More theoretical work is aimed at investigating fundamental computational issues and limits in geometric computing and...
Hanrahan, Patrick	hanrahan@cs.stanford.edu Web	Computer Science, Electrical Engineering	Professor, Canon Professor in the School of Engineering	Current research involves rendering algorithms, high performance graphics architectures, and systems support for graphical interaction. Professor Hanrahan also has worked on raster graphics systems, computer animation and modeling and scientific visualization, in particular, volume rendering.
Harris, Jerry	harrisgp@stanford.edu Web	Geophysics	Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Professor of Geophysics, Associate Dean for Multicultural Affairs	Professor Harris' research interests address a range of problems related to the physics and dynamics of seismic and electromagnetic waves in complex media.
Hastie, Trevor	hastie@stanford.edu Web	Statistics, ICME	Professor	Statistical Learning and Datamining Statistical Computing Bioinformatics
Henderson, Nicholas	nwh@stanford.edu	ICME	Academic Staff-Research
Iaccarino, Gianluca	jops@stanford.edu Web	Mechanical Engineering	Associate Professor	Research themes include numerical methods for fluid mechanics, physical models for laminar/turbulent flows, and uncertainty quantification in computational science.
Jain, Kapil	kkjain@stanford.edu Web	ICME	Lecturer	Directing the ICME MCF program
James, Doug	djames@cs.stanford.edu	Computer Science, ICME	Professor of Computer Science	Computer Graphics Computer Sound Physically based Modeling and Animation Reduced-order Physics Models
Jameson, Antony	antony.jameson@stanford.edu Web	Aeronautics and Astronautics	Professor (Research), Thomas V. Jones Professor in the School of Engineering	Professor Jameson's research focuses on the numerical solution of partial differential equations with applications to subsonic, transonic, and supersonic flow past complex configurations, as well as aerodynamic shape optimization.
Johari, Ramesh	ramesh.johari@stanford.edu Web	Management Science and Engineering	Associate Professor	Professor Johari is interested in the design and management of large-scale complex networks, such as the Internet. Using tools from operations research, engineering, and economics, he has developed models to analyze efficient market mechanisms for resource allocation in networks.
Keller, Joseph	keller@math.stanford.edu Web	Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics	Professor Emeritus	Professor Keller's research concerns the use of mathematics to solve problems of science and engineering.
Khayms, Vadim	vadim@stanford.edu	ICME	Senior Lecturer
Kitanidis, Peter	peterk@stanford.edu Web	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Professor	Professor Kitanidis develops methods for the solution of interpolation and inverse problems utilizing observations and mathematical models of flow and transport. He studies dilution and mixing of soluble substances in heterogeneous geologic formations, issues of scale in mass transport in heterogeneous porous media, and techniques to speed up the decay of pollutants in situ. He also develops methods for hydrologic forecasting and the optimization of sampling and control strategies.
Lai, Tze Leung	lait@stat.stanford.edu Web	Statistics, Cancer Center	Professor of Statistics	Professor Lai's present research areas include sequential experimentation, adaptive design and control, stochastic optimization, time series analysis and forecasting, change-point detection, hidden Markov models and particle filters, empirical Bayes modeling, multivariate survival analysis, probability theory and stochastic processes, biostatistics, econometrics, quantitative finance, risk management cancer clinical trials, biomarker-guided personalized medicine, machine learning and...
Le, Hung	lehung@stanford.edu	ICME, Mechanical Engineering	Lecturer
Lele, Sanjiva	lele@stanford.edu	Aeronautics and Astronautics, Mechanical Engineering	Professor	Professor Lele's research combines numerical simulations with analytical modeling to study fundamental unsteady flow phenomena, turbulence, flow instabilities, and flow-generated sound.
Lew, Adrian	lewa@stanford.edu Web	Mechanical Engineering	Associate Professor	Professor Lew's interests lie in the broad area of computational solid mechanics. He is concerned with the fundamental design and mathematical analysis of material models and numerical algorithms.
Marsden, Alison	amarsden@stanford.edu	Pediatrics, Bioengineering, ICME	Associate Professor	Professor Marsden’s research focuses on patient specific modeling and simulation for cardiovascular disease. She develops and applies advanced algorithms for computational fluid dynamics, optimization, and uncertainty quantification to clinically relevant problems with particular interests in pediatric and congenital heart disease and coronary artery disease.
Minion, Michael	mlminion@stanford.edu Web	ICME	Consulting Professor	Research interests are in scientific computing with an emphasis on novel algorithms for problems in fluid dynamics.
Moin, Parviz	moin@stanford.edu Web	Mechanical Engineering	Franklin P. and Caroline M. Johnson Professor in the School of Engineering, Chair, Flow Physics and Computation Division of Mechanical Engineering	Professor Moin pioneered the use of direct and Large Eddy Simulation techniques for the study of turbulence physics, control and modelling concepts and has written widely on the structure of turbulent shear flows. His current interests include: interaction of turbulent flows and shock waves, aerodynamic noise and hydroacoustics, aerooptics, combustion, numerical analysis, turbulence control, large eddy simulation and parallel computing.
Murray, Walter	walter@stanford.edu Web	Management Science and Engineering	Professor (Research)	Research interests include numerical optimization, numerical linear algebra, sparse matrix methods, optimization software and applications of optimization.
Osgood, Brad	osgood@ee.stanford.edu Web	Electrical Engineering, Education	Professor	Professor Osgood is interested in problems in imaging, pattern recognition, and signal processing.
Pande, Vijay	pande@stanford.edu Web	Chemistry	Professor	Professor Pande and his group are interested in the self-assembly properties of biomolecules: for example, how do protein and RNA molecules fold? How do proteins misfold and aggregate and how can we use our understanding of this process to tackle misfolding related diseases, such as Alzheimer's or Huntington's Disease? How can we design or discover novel small molecules to inhibit this process?
Papanicolaou, George	papanicolaou@stanford.edu Web	Mathematics	Robert Grimmett Professor of Mathematics	Professor Papanicolaou is currently working on assessing multi-pathing effects in communication systems, especially when time reversal arrays are used. Another recent interest is financial mathematics, the use of asymptotics for stochastic equations in analyzing complex models of financial markets and in data analysis.
Paulraj, Arogyaswami	apaulraj@stanford.edu Web	Electrical Engineering	Professor (Research) Emeritus	MIMO Wireless Theory (Wikipedia Article) Antenna Array Processing Mobile and WLAN Wireless Systems
Pavone, Marco	pavone@stanford.edu Web	Aeronautics and Astronautics	Assistant Professor	Research interests lie in the area of design and control of autonomous systems, with a focus on robotic platforms for planetary exploration, distributed coordination of multi-robot networks, formation flying, and transportation networks.
Pinsky, Peter	pinsky@stanford.edu	Mechanical Engineering	Professor	Professor Pinsky works in the theory and practice of computational mechanics with a particular interest in multiphysics problems in biomechanics. His work uses the close coupling of techniques for molecular, statistical and continuum mechanics with biology, chemistry and clinical science. Areas of current interest include the mechanics of human vision (ocular mechanics) and the mechanics of hearing.
Poulson, Jack	poulson@stanford.edu Web	Mathematics, ICME	Assistant Professor	Professor Poulson's current research is focused on a symbiotic development of algorithms and software for distributed-memory dense and sparse linear algebra and optimization. Much of this work is embodied in Elemental, and the recent additions include distributed-memory sparse-direct Interior Point Methods for linear and quadratic programming, as well as high-performance routines for computing pseudospectra.
Rajaratnam, Bala	brajarat@stanford.edu	Statistics	Assistant Professor	Multivariate statistical analysis, graphical models, statistical decision theory, random matrix theory, machine learning, mixture models, applications in genomics/climate and environmental sciences/social sciences/finance.
Ryzhik, Lenya	ryzhik@math.stanford.edu Web	Mathematics	Professor	Theoretical PDEs, complex analysis
Saberi, Amin	saberi@stanford.edu Web	Management Science and Engineering	Associate Professor	Research interests include algorithms, approximation algorithms, and algorithmic aspects of games, markets, and networks.

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