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Robert D. Falgout is affiliated with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with a particular focus on Computational Mechanics, Numerical Analysis, Computer Networks and Communications, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Hardware and Architecture.

The primary topics of Robert D. Falgout's work include:

  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Numerical methods for differential equations
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Matrix Theory and Algorithms
  • Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
  • Advanced Data Storage Technologies
  • Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods

They have contributed to multiple publications, including recent papers such as:

  • Provably optimal parallel transport sweeps on semi-structured grids, 2020, Journal of Computational Physics
  • Optimizing multigrid reduction-in-time and Parareal coarse-grid operators for linear advection, 2021, Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications
  • Preparing sparse solvers for exascale computing, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Porting hypre to heterogeneous computer architectures: Strategies and experiences, 2021, Parallel Computing
  • A space-time parallel algorithm with adaptive mesh refinement for computational fluid dynamics, 2020, Computing and Visualization in Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert D. Falgout include:

  • Jacob B. Schroder
  • Hans De Sterck
  • Oliver A. Krzysik
  • Ulrike Meier Yang
  • Joshua Christopher

Their work is commonly published in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
  • Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • Parallel Computing

Best Publications

  • hypre: A Library of High Performance Preconditioners

    Robert D. Falgout;Ulrike Meier Yang

  • A parallel multigrid preconditioned conjugate gradient algorithm for groundwater flow simulations

    Steven F. Ashby;Robert D. Falgout

  • An Introduction to Algebraic Multigrid Computing

    R.D. Falgout

  • The Design and Implementation of hypre, a Library of Parallel High Performance Preconditioners

    Robert D. Falgout;Jim E. Jones;Ulrike Meier Yang

  • Algebraic Multigrid Based on Element Interpolation (AMGe)

    M. Brezina;A. J. Cleary;R. D. Falgout;V. E. Henson

  • Parallel Time Integration with Multigrid

    Robert D. Falgout;Stephanie Friedhoff;Tzanio V. Kolev;Scott P. MacLachlan

  • Scaling Hypre's Multigrid Solvers to 100, 000 Cores.

    Allison H. Baker;Robert D. Falgout;Tzanio V. Kolev;Ulrike Meier Yang

  • Robustness and Scalability of Algebraic Multigrid

    Andrew J. Cleary;Robert D. Falgout;Van Emden Henson;Jim E. Jones

  • On Generalizing the Algebraic Multigrid Framework

    Robert D. Falgout;Panayot S. Vassilevski

  • Adaptive Algebraic Multigrid

    M. Brezina;R. Falgout;S. MacLachlanT. Manteuffel;S. McCormick

  • Semicoarsening Multigrid on Distributed Memory Machines

    Peter N. Brown;Robert D. Falgout;Jim E. Jones

  • Multigrid Smoothers for Ultraparallel Computing

    Allison H. Baker;Robert D. Falgout;Tzanio V. Kolev;Ulrike Meier Yang

  • Adaptive Smoothed Aggregation ($lpha$SA) Multigrid

    M. Brezina;R. Falgout;S. MacLachlan;T. Manteuffel

  • A Survey of Parallelization Techniques for Multigrid Solvers.

    Edmond Chow;Robert D. Falgout;Jonathan J. Hu;Raymond S. Tuminaro

  • Multigrid Smoothers for Ultra-Parallel Computing

    A H Baker;R D Falgout;T Kolev;U M Yang

  • On two‐grid convergence estimates

    Robert D. Falgout;Panayot S. Vassilevski;Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov

  • Spectral AMGe ($ ho$AMGe)

    T. Chartier;R. D. Falgout;V. E. Henson;J. Jones

  • Coarse-Grid Selection for Parallel Algebraic Multigrid

    Andrew J. Cleary;Robert D. Falgout;Van Enden Henson;Jim E. Jones

  • Distance‐two interpolation for parallel algebraic multigrid

    Hans De Sterck;Robert D. Falgout;Joshua W. Nolting;Ulrike Meier Yang

  • Adaptive Smoothed Aggregation ($lpha$SA)

    M. Brezina;R. Falgout;S. MacLachlan;T. Manteuffel

  • Applied Mathematics Research for Exascale Computing

    J Dongarra;J Hittinger;J Bell;L Chacon

  • Modeling groundwater flow and contaminant transport

    William J. Bosl;Steven F. Ashby;Chuck Balwin;Robert D. Falgout

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhiqiang Cai
Zhiqiang Cai Purdue University West Lafayette
Martin Schulz
Martin Schulz Technical University of Munich
Peter Brown
Peter Brown University of Oxford
William Gropp
William Gropp University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Christian Lengauer
Christian Lengauer University of Passau
Michael A. Heroux
Michael A. Heroux Sandia National Laboratories
Nancy M. Amato
Nancy M. Amato University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jack Dongarra
Jack Dongarra University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Barry Smith
Barry Smith Argonne National Laboratory
Olaf Schenk
Olaf Schenk Universita della Svizzera Italiana

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