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Erin Claire Carson is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Numerical Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague. A specialist in numerical linear algebra and high-performance computing, she leads the ERC Starting Grant project InEXASCALE focused on exascale algorithms. Her research explores mixed precision arithmetic, communication-avoiding Krylov subspace methods, and stability analysis in finite precision.
- Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (2015)
- Courant Instructor, New York University (2015-2018)
- Postdoctoral Researcher and PRIMUS Fellow, Charles University (2018-2022)
Dr. Carson's work bridges theoretical analysis with practical implementations for supercomputers. Her recent publications include advancements in low-synchronization orthogonalization, silent error detection, and multilevel sampling techniques. She received the 2025 Wilkinson Prize from SIAM for outstanding contributions to numerical analysis.
Current trends in her research involve:
- Exploiting mixed precision arithmetic for algorithm acceleration
- Developing stable communication-avoiding Krylov methods
- Optimizing numerical stability in GPU-based solvers
- Understanding error propagation in multistage refinements
Scientific honors:
- 2025 SIAM Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
- 2023 ERC Starting Grant recipient
- 2019-2022 PRIMUS Research Fellow
She supervises PhD and Master’s students while teaching advanced courses in numerical linear algebra and high-performance computing. Her work has been featured in WIRED and Forbes Czech Republic for improving supercomputer algorithms.
