Michele Benzi (born 1962 in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

) is an Italian mathematician who works as a full professor in the

Scuola Normale Superiore The Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (commonly known in Italy as "la Normale") is a public university in Pisa and Florence, Tuscany, Italy, currently attended by about 600 undergraduate and postgraduate (PhD) students. It was founded in 1810 wi ...

Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...

. He is known for his contributions to

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. ...

and its applications, especially to the solution of sparse linear systems and the study of

preconditioners In mathematics, preconditioning is the application of a transformation, called the preconditioner, that conditions a given problem into a form that is more suitable for numerical solving methods. Preconditioning is typically related to reducing ...

Previous career

He worked as assistant professor at the

University of Bologna The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in continuo ...

from 1993 to 1996, then at Cerfacs in Toulouse from 1996 to 1997, and then at the

Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, ...

for three years. He transferred to the

Emory University Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...

in Atlanta in 2000, where he held the

endowed chair A financial endowment is a legal structure for managing, and in many cases indefinitely perpetuating, a pool of financial, real estate, or other investments for a specific purpose according to the will of its founders and donors. Endowments are of ...

Samuel Candler Dobbs Samuel Candler Dobbs (November 8, 1868 – October 31, 1950) was president (1919-1920) and chairman of The Coca-Cola Company, from 1919 to 1922. Early life and education Dobbs was born in 1868 in Georgia. He was the son of Harris Henry Dobbs, a ...

professor starting from 2012 to 2018. Subsequently, he moved back to Italy to the

in Pisa as a full professor.

Awards

Benzi was named a

SIAM Fellow The SIAM Fellowship is an award and fellowship that recognizes outstanding members of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The goal of the program is to: *honor SIAM members who are recognized by their peers as distinguished ...

in 2012, and a fellow of the

American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, ...

in 2018 "for his contributions in numerical linear algebra, exposition, and service to the profession". As of 2022, he is the

editor in chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

of the

SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications The ''SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications'' (until 1989: ''SIAM Journal on Algebraic and Discrete Methods'') is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering matrix analysis and its applications. The relevant applications include signal ...

, and he is editor of approximately 20 journals. He won a SIAM Outstanding Paper Prize in 2001.

Selected publications

* ''Numerical solution of saddle point problems''. M Benzi, GH Golub, J Liesen. Acta Numerica 14, 1-137 * ''Preconditioning techniques for large linear systems: a survey''. M Benzi. Journal of Computational Physics 182 (2), 418-477 * ''A preconditioner for generalized saddle point problems.'' M Benzi, GH Golub. SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications 26 (1), 20-41 * ''The physics of communicability in complex networks''. E Estrada, N Hatano, M Benzi. Physics Reports 514 (3), 89-119

References

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