Jan S. Hesthaven

Jan S. Hesthaven is a Danish mathematician,[4] currently Dean of the School of Basic Sciences[5] with the responsibility for the Institutes of Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry[6] at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne). He is Professor of Mathematics, holds the Chair of Computational Mathematics and Simulation Science (MCSS),[5] and was appointed Vice President for Academic Affairs at EPFL (starting in 2021).[7] He is particularly known for contributions to the development, analysis and application of high-order accurate computational methods for time-dependent partial differential equations.[3] He has also contributed substantially to the development of reduced order models and the application of neural networks and machine learning techniques to problems in science and engineering.

Jan S Hesthaven
Prof. Hesthaven, circa 2019
Alma materTechnical University of Denmark
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsComputational methods for time-dependent partial differential equations
InstitutionsEPFL - École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Websitewww.epfl.ch/labs/mcss/members/hesthaven/

Career

Prof. Hesthaven[4] obtained a Master of Science degree in computational physics from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in 1991. In 1995, he received a Ph.D. in Numerical Analysis from the Institute of Mathematical Modelling (DTU) and in 2009 he was awarded the degree of Dr.Techn. from DTU for substantial and lasting contributions that has helped to move his research area forward and penetrated into applications.

After graduation, he was appointed in 1995 as Visiting Assistant Professor at Brown University, then in 1999 as assistant professor and in 2003 he was promoted associate professor of applied mathematics with tenure at Brown University where in July 2005 he was promoted to professor of applied mathematics.

In 2006, he founded the Center for Computation and Visualization (CCV) at Brown University and was its director until 2013.[8]

He served from Aug 2010 to June 2013 as founding deputy director of the Institute of Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics ICERM, an NSF Mathematical Sciences Research Institute.

In 2013, he joined EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) where he was appointed full professor of computational mathematics and simulation science,[9] and shortly later, in February 2014, he founded the new unit of Scientific IT and Application Support (SCITAS)[10]

Since 2016 he serves as Editor in Chief of SIAM Journal of Scientific Computing.

In February 2017, he became dean of the School of Basic Sciences (SB).[11] In September 2020, he was appointed as Vice President for Academic Affairs at EPFL for a term starting in 2021.[7]

Books
  • Hesthaven, Jan. (2007). Spectral methods for time-dependent problems. Gottlieb, Sigal., Gottlieb, David. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-26107-7. OCLC 162144521.
  • Hesthaven, Jan S. (2008). Nodal discontinuous Galerkin methods : algorithms, analysis, and applications. Warburton, Tim. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-72067-8. OCLC 233971312.
  • Hesthaven, Jan S. (2016). Certified reduced basis methods for parametrized partial differential equations. Rozza, Gianluigi, Stamm, Benjamin. Cham: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-22470-1. OCLC 919086945.
  • Hesthaven, Jan S. (2018). Numerical methods for conservation laws : from analysis to algorithms. Philadelphia: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. ISBN 978-1-61197-509-3. OCLC 1012713065.

Notes and references
  1. "James Manning (1738-1791), first president of Brown University".
  2. "Brown University Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards".
  3. "SIAM Fellows: Class of 2014".
  4. "Jan S. Hesthaven - Biography". Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  5. "Jan S. Hesthaven - EPFL personal page". Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  6. "School of Basic Sciences - Research Institutes". Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  7. "Board appoints new members of the Executive Boards of ETH Zurich and EPFL | ETH-Board". www.ethrat.ch. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  8. "Biography". www.cfm.brown.edu. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  9. Evangelista, Sandy (12 July 2012). "Eight professors appointed at EPFL". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. Rezzonico, Vittoria; Robyr, Julien (16 March 2014). "Développer l'utilisation des superordinateurs de l'EPFL" (in French). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. Papageorgiou, Nik (24 January 2017). "Jan S. Hesthaven appointed Dean of EPFL's School of Basic Sciences". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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