Layne T. WatsonProfessor, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
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Research Interests
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, mathematics, and aerospace and ocean engineering 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, and was the Visiting Melchor Chair Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame in 2008.
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, and is senior editor of Applied Mathematics and Computation. He has published well over 300 refereed journal articles and 200 refereed conference papers. He is a fellow of the IEEE, the National Institute of Aerospace, and the International Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine.
Laboratory for Advanced Scientific Computing and ApplicationsURL: http://research.cs.vt.edu/~lasca/ The goal of the Laboratory for Advanced Scientific Computing and Applications (LASCA) is to provide expertise and leadership in high-end scientific computing research and education at Virginia Tech. Located in Torgersen Hall, the laboratory is a visible and strategic center of activity in applied high-computation and assist scientists and engineers in applying high-end computing resources to their problems. By bringing together experts in scientific cp\omputing and its applications, LASCA helps build the kind of multidisciplinary teams needed to address today's most challenging computational science problems. |
Please see projects at: http://people.cs.vt.edu/~ltw/res_projs.html
AFRL-VT Collaborative Center on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Design of Future Aerospace Vehicles
Granting Institution: AFRL
Amount: $240,737 out of total university award of $3,283,735
Mathematical Software for Optimization And Nonlinear Systems Of Equations On Terascale Computers
Granting Institution: Department of Energy
Amount: $346,255
Multiscale Modeling Simulation And Sensitivity Analysis of Biochemical Systems Motivated By Pulsatile Insulin Secretion
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $131,568
Parallel Deterministic And Stochastic Global Optimization Algorithms
Granting Institution: AFOSR
Amount: $718,237
Short Cycle Surrogate Based Design Optimization
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $111,952
Statistical Decision - Theoretic Methods for Robust Design Optimization
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $200,000
Stochastic Models Of Cell Cycle Regulation In Eukaryotes
Granting Institution: National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Amount: $3,424,192
Sustainable Engineered Materials From Renewable Resouces: Design And Manufacture A High-Performance Composites
Granting Institution: USDA-CREES
Amount: $48,921
The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle as a Test Case for Modeling Cellular Regulation in a Collaborative PSE
Granting Institution: DARPA
Amount: $2,442,399

