2026 David E. Keyes: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mathematics	46	1340	1148	13	13	315	10297
Engineering and Technology	50	4011	3850	29	29	404	12487

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Mathematics in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Mathematics in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
2011 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to implicit methods for the solution of partial differential equations and dedicated service to the scientific community.

Overview

David E. Keyes is affiliated with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with notable work in Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering, Geophysics, Computer Networks and Communications, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

Their main topics of research include:

Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
Matrix Theory and Algorithms
Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques
Advanced Data Storage Technologies

Keyes has published extensively, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

arXiv (Cornell University)
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Repository
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

The scientist's recent papers include:

"On the robustness and performance of entropy stable collocated discontinuous Galerkin methods" (2020), Journal of Computational Physics
"Accelerating Geostatistical Modeling and Prediction With Mixed-Precision Computations: A High-Productivity Approach With PaRSEC" (2021), IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
"Hierarchical algorithms on hierarchical architectures" (2020), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
"Fully implicit hybrid two-level domain decomposition algorithms for two-phase flows in porous media on 3D unstructured grids" (2020), Journal of Computational Physics
"mpi4py.futures: MPI-Based Asynchronous Task Execution for Python" (2022), IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Frequent co-authors with whom Keyes collaborates include:

Hatem Ltaief
Marc G. Genton
Sameh Abdulah
George Turkiyyah
Ying Sun

The scientist has been recognized with several awards including the SIAM Fellow designation in 2011 for contributions to implicit methods for solving partial differential equations and service to the scientific community. In addition, they were named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2013 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2018.

Best Publications

Jacobian-free Newton-Krylov methods: a survey of approaches and applications

D. A. Knoll;D. E. Keyes

2449
Citations
The International Exascale Software Project roadmap

Jack Dongarra;Pete Beckman;Terry Moore;Patrick Aerts

965
Citations
Multiphysics simulations: Challenges and opportunities

David E Keyes;Lois C Mcinnes;Carol Woodward;William Gropp

485
Citations
Convergence Analysis of Pseudo-Transient Continuation

C. T. Kelley;David E. Keyes

358
Citations
A comparison of domain decomposition techniques for elliptic partial differential equations and their parallel implementation

David E. Keyes;William D. Gropp

332
Citations
Nonlinearly Preconditioned Inexact Newton Algorithms

Xiao-Chuan Cai;David E. Keyes

316
Citations
Numerical Solution of Two-Dimensional Axisymmetric Laminar Diffusion Flames

M. D. Smooke;R. E. Mitchell;D. E. Keyes

305
Citations
High-performacne parallel implicit CFD

William D. Gropp;Dinesh K. Kaushik;David E. Keyes;Barry F. Smith

222
Citations
Large-Scale Inverse Problems and Quantification of Uncertainty

Lorenz Biegler;George Biros;Omar Nabih Ghattas;Matthias Heinkenschloss

216
Citations
Parallel Newton--Krylov--Schwarz Algorithms for the Transonic Full Potential Equation

Xiao-Chuan Cai;William D. Gropp;David E. Keyes;Robin G. Melvin

196
Citations
A Comparison Between Numerical Calculations and Experimental Measurements of the Structure of a Counterflow Methane-Air Diffusion Flame

I. K. Puri;K. Seshadri;M. D. Smooke;D. E. Keyes

153
Citations
Pseudotransient Continuation and Differential-Algebraic Equations

Todd S. Coffey;C. T. Kelley;David E. Keyes

152
Citations
Big data and extreme-scale computing: Pathways to Convergence-Toward a shaping strategy for a future software and data ecosystem for scientific inquiry

M. Asch;T. Moore;R. Badia;M. Beck

151
Citations
Achieving High Sustained Performance in an Unstructured Mesh CFD Application

W. K. Anderson;W. D. Gropp;D. K. Kaushik;D. E. Keyes

149
Citations
Towards Realistic Performance Bounds for Implicit CFD Codes

W. D. Gropp;D. K. Kaushik;D. E. Keyes;B. F. Smith

146
Citations
Newton-Krylov-Schwarz Methods in CFD

X.-C. Cai;W. D. Gropp;D. E. Keyes;M. D. Tidriri

129
Citations
Real-Time PDE-Constrained Optimization

Lorenz T. Biegler;Omar Ghattas;Matthias Heinkenschloss;David Keyes

117
Citations
Globalized Newton-Krylov-Schwarz algorithms and software for parallel implicit CFD

William Gropp;David Keyes;Lois Curfman Mcinnes;M. D. Tidriri

117
Citations
Modeling wildland fire propagation with level set methods

V. Mallet;D. E. Keyes;F. E. Fendell

113
Citations
Iterative solution techniques in boundary element analysis

J. H. Kane;D. E. Keyes;K. Guru Prasad

108
Citations
Domain Decomposition Methods in Science and Engineering XVI

Olof B. Widlund;David E. Keyes

54
Citations
PARALLEL NEWTON-KRYLOV-SCHWARZ ALGORITHMS FOR THE TRANSONIC FULL POTENTIAL EQUATION

Chuan Xiao-Cai;William D. Gropp;David E. Keyes;Robin G. Melvin

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

William Gropp University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Marc G. Genton King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Xiao-Chuan Cai University of Colorado Boulder

Ying Sun King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Barry Smith Argonne National Laboratory

Mitchell D. Smooke Yale University

Jack Dongarra University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Scott Klasky Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Omar Ghattas The University of Texas at Austin

Hakan Bagci King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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