Ahmed Hamdy Mohamed Sameh is the Samuel D. Conte Professor of Computer Science at

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. He is known for his contributions to parallel algorithms in

numerical linear algebra Numerical linear algebra, sometimes called applied linear algebra, is the study of how matrix operations can be used to create computer algorithms which efficiently and accurately provide approximate answers to questions in continuous mathematics. ...

Biography

Sameh received his BSc in civil engineering from the University of Alexandria, Egypt in 1961, MS in civil engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1964 and PhD in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1968 under the supervision of Alfredo Hua-Sing Ang. A conference on "High Performance Scientific Computing: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications" was organized on October 11–12, 2010 at the Purdue University in honor of Sameh on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

Research

Sameh and Eric Polizzi developed the SPIKE algorithm, a hybrid

parallel Parallel is a geometric term of location which may refer to: Computing * Parallel algorithm * Parallel computing * Parallel metaheuristic * Parallel (software), a UNIX utility for running programs in parallel * Parallel Sysplex, a cluster of IBM ...

solver for banded

linear systems In systems theory, a linear system is a mathematical model of a system based on the use of a linear operator. Linear systems typically exhibit features and properties that are much simpler than the nonlinear case. As a mathematical abstraction ...

Awards and honors

* Fulbright fellow, 1963–1964 * Fellow of SIAM, IEEE, AAAS and ACM * William Norris Chair in Large Scale Computing, 1991–1992, 1993–1996 * IEEE's

Harry H. Goode Memorial Award The Harry H. Goode Memorial Award is an IEEE Computer Society The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated discipline ...

, 1999, for seminal and influential work in parallel numerical algorithms * IEEE Computer Society Golden Core 1996 Charter Memberhttp://www.computer.org/web/awards/golden-core#1996b Golden Core 1996 Charter Members

References

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