Layne T. Watson Professor, Computer Science and Mathematics Office: 2000B Torgersen Email: ltw@vt.edu Phone: (540) 231-7540 Website: http://people.cs.vt.edu/~ltw/shortvita.html Office Hours: McBryde 122-A: MWF: 10:00 to 11:00

Layne T. Watson received the B.A. degree (magna cum laude) in psychology and mathematics from the University of Evansville, Indiana, in 1969, and the Ph.D. degree in mathematics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1974. He is a professor of computer science and mathematics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

His research interests include fluid dynamics, solid mechanics, numerical analysis, optimization, parallel computation, mathematical software, image processing, and bioinformatics. He has worked for USNAD Crane, Sandia National Laboratories, and General Motors Research Laboratories and served on the faculties of the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, East Lansing, before coming to Virginia Tech.

His professional service includes stints as associate editor of ORSA Journal on Computing, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Computational Optimization and Applications, Evolutionary Optimization, Engineering Computations, and the International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications. He has published well over 250 refereed journal articles and 150 refereed conference papers.  He is a fellow of the IEEE, the National Institute of Aerospace, and the International Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine.