Prof. Dr. Peter Arbenz Chair of Computational Science / Professur für Computational Science ETH Zürich CAB H89  Universitätsstrasse 6 CH-8092 Zürich Switzerland Tel: +41-44-632 7432 Fax: +41-44-632 1374 Email: arbenz at inf.ethz.ch

Research Interests

• Numerical Linear Algebra
• High Performance Computing
• Parallel and Distributed Computing
• Computational Science & Engineering

Books

Peter Arbenz and Wesley Petersen Introduction to Parallel Computing - A practical guide with examples in C February 2004 Oxford University Press Series: Oxford Texts in Applied and Engineering Mathematics No. 9 ISBN: 0-19-851576-6 (hardback), 0-19-851577-4 (paperback)

Selected Papers and Reports

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Lectures / Courses

• Parallel Numerical Computing (401-2694-00L) [Spring semester 2012] 2V2U
• Large Scale Eigenvalue Problems (251-0504-00G) 3G (5 credits) [Spring semester 2012, biannual]
• Seminar in Computational Science (252-5251-00S) [Spring semester 2011] 2S
• Informatik I für den Studiengang Maschinenbau und Verfahrenstechnik (251-0832-00L) 2V2U [Frühlingssemester 2011]
• Introduction to Finite Elements and Sparse Linear System Solving (263-5001) 2V1U [Fall semester 2010]
• Advanced Parallel Computing for Scientific Applications (263-5350) 3V2U [Fall semester 2010] with Prof. Ivo Sbalzarini.
• MATLAB - Einführungskurs (als pdf-file)

Topics for master and bachelor theses and term projects

• Adaptives Zeit-Integrations-Verfahren für die effiziente Intergration von bewegten Teilchen in grossen Teilchenbeschleunigern (MA)
• Adaptive Gitterverfeinerung (AMR) bei der Berechnung von Eigenfrequenzen in grossen Teilchenbeschleunigern (MA)
• Decoding Problem (MA)
• Bone structure analysis with GPGPUs (MA)
• Marching cubes in bone structure analysis (MA)
• Davidson- und Jacobi-Davidson-Algorithmus zur Lösung von grossen Eigenwertproblemen (MA)

Projects

• Resonant Lossy Electromagnetic Structures (2008-)
• Micro Finite Element Analysis of Human Bone Structures (2006-)
• A Self Consistent Particle-in-Cell Finite Element Time Domain Solver for Large Accelerator Structures (2007-)
• SNF SCOPES project: Establishing CS&E in Bulgaria and Macedonia (2002-2004)
• The Remote Computation System (1995-1996)

Conferences

• SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing and Scientific Computing (PP10). Seattle, USA, February 24-26, 2010.
• GAMM Annual Scientific Conference (GAMM2010). Karlsruhe, Germany, March 22-26, 2010.
• Schweizer Numerik Kolloquium - Colloque Numérique Suisse. Zurich, Switzerland, April 16, 2010.
• IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS). Atlanta, USA, April 19-23, 2010.
• PARA 2010: Conference on the State-of-the-Art in Scientific and Parallel Computing. Reykjavik, Iceland, June 6-9, 2010.
• 9th International Meeting on High Performance Computing for Computational Science (VECPAR'10). Berkeley CA, USA, June 22-25, 2010.
• 6th International Workshop on Parallel Matrix Algorithms and Applications (PMAA'10). Basel, Switzerland, June 30-July 2, 2010.
• Euro-Par 2010. Ischia, Italy, August 31-Sept 3, 2010.
• SPEEDUP Workshop on High-Performance Computing. Zurich, Switzerland, September 6-7, 2010.
• 2nd IMA Conference on Numerical Linear Algebra and Optimisation. Birmingham, UK, September 13-15, 2010.
• EuroMPI 2010. Stuttgart, Germany, September 12-15 , 2010.
• 35th Woudschoten Conference. Zeist, The Netherlands, October 6-8, 2010.
• International Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC 2010). Goa, India, December 19-22, 2010.


• SAMHYP2011: Numerical methods for hyperbolic equations. Zurich, Switzerland, February 18-19, 2011.
• Advances in Computational Science. Lugano, Switzerland, May 30-June 2, 2011.
• 7th International Conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computations (LSSC'11). Sozopol, Bulgaria, June 6-10, 2011.
• Householder Symposium XVIII. Tahoe City CA, USA, June 12-17, 2011.
• 7th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 11). Vancouver, Canada, July 18-22, 2011.
• Euro-Par 2011. Bordeaux, France, August 29-Sept 2, 2011.
• 9th International Conference on Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics (PPAM 2011). Torun, Poland, September 11-14, 2011.
• EuroMPI 2011. Santorini, Greece, September 18-21, 2011.


• SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing and Scientific Computing (PP12). Savannah, USA, February 15-17, 2012.
• 26th IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2012). Shanghai, China, May 21-25, 2012.
• PARA 2012: Workshop on State-of-the-Art in Scientific and Parallel Computing. Helsinki, Finland, June 10-13, 2012.
• SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra (SIAM ALA 2012). Valencia, Spain, June 18-22, 2012.
• 7th International Workshop on Parallel Matrix Algorithms and Applications (PMAA'12). London, UK, June 28-30, 2012.
• 11th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (ISPDC 2012). Munich, Germany, June 25-29, 2012.
• 10th International Meeting on High-Performance Computing for Computational Science (VECPAR 2012). Kobe, Japan, July 17-20, 2012.
• European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2012). Vienna, Austria, Sept 10-14, 2012.


• The 8th International Conference on Preconditioning Techniques (Precond 2013). Oxford, UK, June 19-21, 2013.

Journals

• SIAM Journals Online
• Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications
• Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience (SCPE)
• Parallel Computing

Other interesting sites

• Netlib repository of mathematical software, papers, and databases.
• NA-Digest
• The Trilinos Project home page
• TOP500 Supercomputer Sites
• HPCwire: Electronic news magazine for High Performance Computing
• CiteSeer: Scientific Literature Digital Library
• Science & Engineering Journal Abbreviations
• Eric Weisstein's World of Science
• Wikipedia, die freie Enzyklopädie
• English/French <> German dictionary
• Interactive map of Switzerland