Charles Francis Van Loan (born September 20, 1947) is an emeritus professor of

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includi ...

and the Joseph C. Ford Professor of Engineering at

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

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He is known for his expertise in numerical analysis, especially matrix (mathematics), matrix computations. In 2016, Van Loan became the Dean of Faculty at Cornell University.

Biography

Originally from Orange, New Jersey, Van Loan attended the University of Michigan, where he obtained the B.S. in applied mathematics (1969) and the M.A. (1970) and Ph.D. (1973) in mathematics. His PhD dissertation was entitled "Generalized Singular Values with Algorithms and Applications" and his thesis adviser was Cleve Moler. Following a postdoctorate at the University of Manchester, he joined the Department of Computer Science at

in 1975, and served as the Department Chair from 1999 to 2006. During the 1988–1989 academic year, Van Loan taught at Oxford University for his sabbatical. Van Loan ran the Computer Science Graduate Program from 1982 to 1987 at Cornell and was the Director of the Undergraduate Studies from 1994 to 1998 and 1999–2003. He was awarded the Ford chair in 1998. He held the position of chairman from July 1999 to June 2006. In the spring of 2016, Van Loan retired from the Computer Science Department and was promoted to Dean of Faculty, replacing Joseph Burns. Van Loan is the first emeritus professor to hold the position of Dean of Faculty.

Honors and awards

Van Loan won the Robert Paul Advising Award in 1998 and the James and Martha D. McCormick Advising Award in 2003. Other awards Van Loan won include the Merrill Scholar Faculty Impact Award in 1998 and 2009 and the James and Mary Tien Teaching Award, College of Engineering in 2009. In 2018 he was awarded the John von Neumann Lecture prize by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Books

Van Loan's best-known book is ''Matrix Computations, 3/e'' (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, ), written with Gene H. Golub. He is also the author of ''Handbook for Matrix Computations'' (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, SIAM, 1988, ), ''Computational Frameworks for the Fast Fourier Transform'' (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, SIAM, 1992, ), ''Introduction to Computational Science and Mathematics'' (Jones and Bartlett, 1996, ), and ''Introduction to Scientific Computation: A Matrix-Vector Approach Using MATLAB'' (2nd ed., Prentice-Hall, 1999, ). His latest book is ''Insight Through Computing: A MATLAB Introduction to Computational Science and Engineering'' (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, SIAM, 2009, ) written with K-Y Daisy Fan.

References

External links

Home page at Cornell University
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