Jed Brown

Jed Brown is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Inclusion in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. He holds a Dr.Sc. in computational methods from ETH Zürich and has a background in developing high-performance scientific computing tools like the PETSc library. His research focuses on fast algorithms, parallel computing, and robust community software for modeling physical systems.

• Education: Dr.Sc. in Computational Methods, ETH Zürich
• Affiliations: Center for Efficient Exascale Discretization (CEED), Parallel Ice Sheet Model (PISM) project

Research interests include scalable numerical methods, GPU acceleration for exascale systems, and software sustainability. Key achievements include the 2015 SIAM/ACM Prize for contributions to computational science and the 2010 Piolet d'Or for mountaineering. He teaches courses on numerical methods and high-performance computing and leads the PhyPID research group.

• Awards: 2015 SIAM/ACM Prize, 2014 IEEE TCSC Young Achiever Award, 2010 Piolet d'Or

Advocacy efforts include promoting academic freedom and equity in STEM through initiatives like the University of Colorado’s Inclusion Committee. Active in open-source software development and community-building in computational science.