Michael Heath (computer scientist)
Encyclopedia
Professor Michael T. Heath (b. December 11, 1946) is a computer scientist
who specializes in scientific computing. He is the director of the Center for the Simulation of Advanced Rockets, a Department of Energy
-sponsored computing center and the Computational Science and Engineering Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From 2007 to 2009, Heath served as the Interim Head of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Computer Science.
Heath currently holds the Fulton Watson Copp Chair in Computer Science at the University of Illinois. Heath was inducted as a Fellow
of the Association for Computing Machinery
in 2000,
and a Fellow
of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
in 2010.
He also received the 2009 Taylor L. Booth Education Award from IEEE.
Heath is the author of Scientific Computing: An Introductory Survey, an introductory text on numerical analysis.
in Mathematics
from the University of Kentucky
in 1968. In 1974, Heath earned his M.S.
in Mathematics from the University of Tennessee
. Heath earned his Ph.D.
in Computer Science from Stanford University
in 1978. His Ph.D. dissertation was entitled Numerical Algorithms for Nonlinearly Constrained Optimization and was completed under the direction of Gene Golub.
. Heath joined Oak Ridge in 1968 as a Scientific Applications Programmer, and he became a Eugene P. Wigner Postdoctoral Fellow in 1978.
Michael Heath served as an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of Tennessee from 1988 to 1991. In 1991, Heath joined the University of Illinois, where he soon became a Senior Research Scientist with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications
.
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...
who specializes in scientific computing. He is the director of the Center for the Simulation of Advanced Rockets, a Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...
-sponsored computing center and the Computational Science and Engineering Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From 2007 to 2009, Heath served as the Interim Head of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
Department of Computer Science.
Heath currently holds the Fulton Watson Copp Chair in Computer Science at the University of Illinois. Heath was inducted as a Fellow
Fellow
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of the Association for Computing Machinery
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...
in 2000,
and a Fellow
Fellow
A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. The term fellow is also used to describe a person, particularly by those in the upper social classes. It is most often used in an academic context: a fellow is often part of an elite group of learned people who are awarded...
of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics was founded by a small group of mathematicians from academia and industry who met in Philadelphia in 1951 to start an organization whose members would meet periodically to exchange ideas about the uses of mathematics in industry. This meeting led...
in 2010.
He also received the 2009 Taylor L. Booth Education Award from IEEE.
Heath is the author of Scientific Computing: An Introductory Survey, an introductory text on numerical analysis.
Education
Michael Heath earned his B.A.Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
from the University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
in 1968. In 1974, Heath earned his M.S.
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
in Mathematics from the University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
. Heath earned his Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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in Computer Science from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in 1978. His Ph.D. dissertation was entitled Numerical Algorithms for Nonlinearly Constrained Optimization and was completed under the direction of Gene Golub.
Early work
Prior to his work with the University of Illinois, Michael Heath spent a number of years at Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak 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...
. Heath joined Oak Ridge in 1968 as a Scientific Applications Programmer, and he became a Eugene P. Wigner Postdoctoral Fellow in 1978.
Michael Heath served as an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of Tennessee from 1988 to 1991. In 1991, Heath joined the University of Illinois, where he soon became a Senior Research Scientist with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications is an American state-federal partnership to develop and deploy national-scale cyberinfrastructure that advances science and engineering. NCSA operates as a unit of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign but it provides high-performance...
.