Samuel D. Conte Professor of Computer Science
Joined department: 1997
Education:
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1968)
Ahmed Sameh is the Samuel D. Conte Professor of Computer Science. His current research interests
include numerical linear algebra, and the design and performance analysis of parallel numerical
algorithms needed in various science and engineering applications. He has served on the editorial
boards of: IEEE Transactions on Computers, Computing, SIAM Journal on
Scientific and Statistical Computing, Parallel Computing, Journal of Parallel and
Distributed Computing, Computer Physics Communications, International Journal of
High Speed Computing, Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications, IEEE Computing in
Science and Engineering, and International Journal of Parallel Programming.
He joined Purdue in 1997 as Head of Computer Science, after being head of computer science at the
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and the holder of the William Norris Chair for Large-Scale
Computing. He was also a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from 1968 to 1991, and 1992-93. During his tenure at Illinois, he
served as an associate director, and director, of the Center for Supercomputing Research and
Development (CSRD).
He is a Fellow of ACM, IEEE, AAAS, and SIAM(2011). He has also received the IEEE's 1999 Harry Goode
Award for "seminal and influential work in parallel numerical algorithms."
Selected Publications
S. Kilic, F. Saied, and A. Sameh, "Efficient iterative solvers for structural dynamics problems",
Computers & Structures, Volume 82, No. 28, pp. 2363-2375, 2004.
A. Baggag and A. Sameh, "A nested iterative scheme for indefinite linear systems in particulate
flows", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol 193, pp. 1923-1957, 2004.
S. Sambavaram, V. Sarin, A. Sameh, and A. Grama, "Multipole-Based Preconditioners for Large Sparse
Linear Systems", Parallel Computing, Volume 29, No. 9, pp. 1261-1273, September 2003.
Research Funding
Ahmed Sameh, CSR: Large: Collaborative Research Kali: A System for Sequential Programming of
Multicore Processors, National Science Foundation, 8/1/2011-7/31/2015.
Ahmed Sameh, Parallel Sparse Linear System and Eigenvalue Problem Solvers: From Multicore to
Petascale Computing, Department of Defense, 9/15/2011-9/14/2014.
Ahmed Sameh, Support for Deaglan Halligan from Sandia National Labs, Sandia Labs,
1/1/2011-9/30/2012.
Jayathi Murthy, Muhammad A Alam, Anil Kumar Bajaj, Weinong W Chen, Ananth Y. Grama, Dimitrios
Peroulis, and Alejandro H Strachan, PRISM: Center for Prediction of Reliability, Integrity and
Survivability of Microsystems, Department of Energy, 4/15/2008-4/14/2012.
Last Updated: January 30, 2012 02:40pm
