Roland Freund
Roland Freund's Profile
Associate Professor
Mathematics
Center for Computational Science and Engineering
| Office | 653 Kerr Hall | |
|---|---|---|
| Phone | +1 (530) 752-1660 | |
| Fax | +1 (530) 752-6635 | |
| freund@math.ucdavis.edu | ||
| Website | http://math.ucdavis.edu/~freund/ |
Research Interests
Scientific computing, numerical linear algebra, dimension reduction of dynamical systems, large-scale optimization, computational photonics, and algorithms for VLSI circuit simulation.
Career History
- Ph.D., University of Wurzburg, Germany, 1983
- Research Asst to Professor Josef Stoer, Institute of Applied Mathematics, University of Wurzburg, Germany, 1982-1984
- Visiting Research Associate to Professor Gene H. Golub, Computer Science Department, Stanford University, 1985-1986
- Scientific Assistant, University of Wurzburg, Germany, 1985-1991
- Research Scientist, Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (RIACS), NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 1988-1992
- Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, 1993-1994
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 1994-1995
- Visiting Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering and Operations Research, Princeton University, 1996
- Member of Technical Staff, Computing Sciences Research Center, AT&T/Lucent/Bell Laboratories, Murrary Hill, New Jersey, 1992-2004
- Professor, University of California, Davis, 2004-Present
Honors
- Hundhammer Fellowship for Gifted Students in Bavaria, 1975-1980
- Fellowship of the Foundation for Study of the German People, 1979-1981
- Award of the Memorial Foundation for Science of Lower Franconia for the Doctoral Thesis, 1984
- Fellowship of the German National Science Foundation (DFG) for research in Numerical Linear Algebra, 1985-1986
- Recipient of the Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz Award, 1989
- Recipient of the SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra Prize, 1994, for the most outstanding paper in applicable linear algebra published in the years 1991-1993
- Recipient of the Best Paper Award in the category CAD at the Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference, 1998
- Recipient of the IEEE/ACM William J. McCalla ICCAD Best Paper Award at the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer Aided Design, 2004