Jack Dongarra
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Jack J. Dongarra is a University Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department http://www.eecs.utk.edu at the University of Tennessee
. He holds
the position of a Distinguished Research Staff member in the Computer Science
and Mathematics Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
, and is an
Adjunct Professor in the Computer Science Department at Rice University
. Dongarra holds the Turing Fellowship in the schools of Computer Science and Mathematics
at the University of Manchester
. He is the founding director of Innovative Computing Laboratory.http://icl.cs.utk.edu
Jack Dongarra received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Chicago
State University in 1972 and a Master of Science in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology
in 1973. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics
from the University of New Mexico
in 1980 under the supervision of Cleve Moler
. He worked at the Argonne National Laboratory
until 1989, becoming a senior scientist.
He specializes in numerical algorithms in linear algebra
, parallel computing
, the use of advanced-computer architectures, programming methodology, and tools for parallel computers. His research includes the development, testing and documentation of high quality mathematical software. He has contributed to the design and implementation of the following open source software packages and systems: EISPACK
, LINPACK
, the BLAS
, LAPACK
, ScaLAPACK
http://www.netlib.org/scalapack, Netlib
, PVM
, MPI
, NetSolve http://icl.cs.utk.edu/netsolve, Top500
, ATLAS
, and PAPI http://icl.cs.utk.edu/papi. With Eric Grosse, he pioneered the open source distribution of numeric source code via email with netlib
. He has published approximately 200 articles, papers, reports and technical memoranda and he is coauthor of several books. He is a Fellow of the AAAS
, ACM
, and the IEEE and a member of the National Academy of Engineering
.
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department http://www.eecs.utk.edu at the University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
. He holds
the position of a Distinguished Research Staff member in the Computer Science
and Mathematics Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a multiprogram science and technology national laboratory managed for the United States Department of Energy by UT-Battelle. ORNL is the DOE's largest science and energy laboratory. ORNL is located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near Knoxville...
, and is an
Adjunct Professor in the Computer Science Department at Rice University
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...
. Dongarra holds the Turing Fellowship in the schools of Computer Science and Mathematics
School of Mathematics, University of Manchester
The School of Mathematics at the University of Manchester is one of the largest mathematics departments in the United Kingdom, with around 80 academic staff and an undergraduate intake of roughly 400 a year and another 200 postgraduate students...
at the University of Manchester
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
. He is the founding director of Innovative Computing Laboratory.http://icl.cs.utk.edu
Jack Dongarra received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Chicago
State University in 1972 and a Master of Science in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly called Illinois Tech or IIT, is a private Ph.D.-granting university located in Chicago, Illinois, with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design, and law...
in 1973. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics
Applied mathematics
Applied mathematics is a branch of mathematics that concerns itself with mathematical methods that are typically used in science, engineering, business, and industry. Thus, "applied mathematics" is a mathematical science with specialized knowledge...
from the University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
in 1980 under the supervision of Cleve Moler
Cleve Moler
Cleve Barry Moler is a mathematician and computer programmer specializing in numerical analysis. In the mid to late 1970s, he was one of the authors of LINPACK and EISPACK, Fortran libraries for numerical computing. He invented MATLAB, a numerical computing package, to give his students at the...
. He worked at the Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory is the first science and engineering research national laboratory in the United States, receiving this designation on July 1, 1946. It is the largest national laboratory by size and scope in the Midwest...
until 1989, becoming a senior scientist.
He specializes in numerical algorithms in linear algebra
Linear algebra
Linear algebra is a branch of mathematics that studies vector spaces, also called linear spaces, along with linear functions that input one vector and output another. Such functions are called linear maps and can be represented by matrices if a basis is given. Thus matrix theory is often...
, parallel computing
Parallel computing
Parallel computing is a form of computation in which many calculations are carried out simultaneously, operating on the principle that large problems can often be divided into smaller ones, which are then solved concurrently . There are several different forms of parallel computing: bit-level,...
, the use of advanced-computer architectures, programming methodology, and tools for parallel computers. His research includes the development, testing and documentation of high quality mathematical software. He has contributed to the design and implementation of the following open source software packages and systems: EISPACK
EISPACK
EISPACK is a software library for numerical computation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices, written in FORTRAN. It contains subroutines for calculating the eigenvalues of nine classes of matrices: complex general, complex Hermitian, real general, real symmetric, real symmetric banded,...
, LINPACK
LINPACK
LINPACK is a software library for performing numerical linear algebra on digital computers. It was written in Fortran by Jack Dongarra, Jim Bunch, Cleve Moler, and Gilbert Stewart, and was intended for use on supercomputers in the 1970s and early 1980s...
, the BLAS
Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms
Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms is a de facto application programming interface standard for publishing libraries to perform basic linear algebra operations such as vector and matrix multiplication. They were first published in 1979, and are used to build larger packages such as LAPACK...
, LAPACK
LAPACK
-External links:* : a modern replacement for PLAPACK and ScaLAPACK* on Netlib.org* * * : a modern replacement for LAPACK that is MultiGPU ready* on Sourceforge.net* * optimized LAPACK for Solaris OS on SPARC/x86/x64 and Linux* * *...
, ScaLAPACK
ScaLAPACK
The ScaLAPACK library includes a subset of LAPACK routines redesigned for distributed memory MIMD parallel computers. It is currently written in a Single-Program-Multiple-Data style using explicit message passing for interprocessor communication...
http://www.netlib.org/scalapack, Netlib
Netlib
Netlib is a repository of software for scientific computing maintained by AT&T, Bell Laboratories, the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Netlib comprises a large number of separate programs and libraries...
, PVM
Parallel Virtual Machine
The Parallel Virtual Machine is a software tool for parallel networking of computers. It is designed to allow a network of heterogeneous Unix and/or Windows machines to be used as a single distributed parallel processor. Thus large computational problems can be solved more cost effectively by...
, MPI
Message Passing Interface
Message Passing Interface is a standardized and portable message-passing system designed by a group of researchers from academia and industry to function on a wide variety of parallel computers...
, NetSolve http://icl.cs.utk.edu/netsolve, Top500
TOP500
The TOP500 project ranks and details the 500 most powerful known computer systems in the world. The project was started in 1993 and publishes an updated list of the supercomputers twice a year...
, ATLAS
Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software
Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software is a software library for linear algebra. It provides a mature open source implementation of BLAS APIs for C and Fortran77....
, and PAPI http://icl.cs.utk.edu/papi. With Eric Grosse, he pioneered the open source distribution of numeric source code via email with netlib
Netlib
Netlib is a repository of software for scientific computing maintained by AT&T, Bell Laboratories, the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Netlib comprises a large number of separate programs and libraries...
. He has published approximately 200 articles, papers, reports and technical memoranda and he is coauthor of several books. He is a Fellow of the AAAS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the...
, ACM
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
, and the IEEE and a member of the National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States, that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences...
.