Benjamin Uekermann

Benjamin Uekermann is a Jun.-Prof. (Assistant Professor) at the University of Stuttgart's Institute for Parallel and Distributed Systems (IPVS), part of the Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Information Technology. His work focuses on sustainable simulation software ecosystems, particularly advancing the preCICE coupling library for multi-physics and multi-scale simulations. He leads research in partitioned simulation coupling, reproducible software practices, and high-performance computing tools.

His research interests include

• Parallel computing and distributed systems
• Numerical methods for coupled PDE-based simulations
• Scientific software sustainability and open-source frameworks
• Data-driven adaptive algorithms
• Validation and testing of simulation ecosystems

Recent work emphasizes reproducibility via NixOS integration, user-friendly tools like MetaConfigurator and ASTE, and multi-X coupling across scales and physics domains. His preCICE library enables seamless integration of solvers like OpenFOAM and FEniCS for fluid-structure interaction, CFD/CSD, and thermohydraulics.

Key contributions include scalable radial-basis interpolation methods, quasi-Newton acceleration schemes, and geometric multi-scale coupling frameworks. He actively develops educational materials on open-source scientific computing and advocates for sustainable research software practices.