Michael Holst is
a Professor of Mathematics and Physics
at UC San Diego in La Jolla, California.
His research is in the intersection of
mathematics and physics, and includes work in
applied analysis,
computational mathematics,
partial differential equations (PDE),
and mathematical physics.
His main research interests are in
adaptive finite element numerical methods,
and in the analysis and numerical treatment of
geometric PDE arising in biophysics and general relativity.
In addition to research,
Michael teaches regularly in the undergraduate and graduate
mathematics programs at UCSD, and is involved in a number
of interdisciplinary research and training programs on campus.
Michael directs the Mathematical and Computational Physics Research Group
(MCP) within the
Mathematics
and
Physics
Departments at
UCSD.
He also serves as Co-Director for the Center for Computational Mathematics
(CCoM)
within the Mathematics Department,
and co-directs the interdisciplinary
M.S. and Ph.D. Programs in Computational Science, Mathematics,
and Engineering
(CSME)
that span a number of departments at UCSD.
Michael is also a senior scientist with the
NSF Physics Frontier Center for Theoretical Biological Physics
(CTBP),
and with the NIH National Biomedical Computation Resource
(NBCR).
Michael's research is supported by NSF, NIH, DOE, and DOD,
as well as by industrial sponsors and private foundations.
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about Michael's
research
program, his journal
publications
and books, the
courses
he teaches,
his research
affiliations,
his
contact
and biographical
information,
and links to the
software
he develops as part of his research program.
The Center for Computational Mathematics
at UCSD is hosting a number of regional, national,
and international workshops and conferences over the
next two years, including:
REB60:
Workshop on Adaptive and Multilevel Methods for PDE
(November 2009)
PCGM26:
The 26th Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting (March 2010)
SI2010:
The 6th Annual Structured Integrators Workshop (April 2010)
DD20:
The 20th International Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods
(January 2011)
The CSME M.S. Program was just approved by the UC System in Fall 2009,
and is the first degree-granting Computational Science Graduate Program
in the UC System.
The CSME M.S. Program will launch in Fall 2010, and UCSD will start
accepting students into this new interdisciplinary M.S. Program in
Spring 2010.
For more information about this exciting new graduate program
at UCSD, and for information about the related CSME Doctoral Program,
see the CSME Website.
Michael Holst will teach a graduate course (Math 273) in Winter 2010
on approximation theory, applied harmonic analysis,
and numerical methods for nonlinear PDE, as part of a book project
with Ivar Stakgold.
Information about this course can be found
here.
Updated information:
Contrary to what the catalog says, Math 273A is NOT a prerequisite
for Math 273B (or Math 273C).
Just contact the math front desk and they will clear you for
registration if you run into this prerequisite problem.
