Laura Grigori

Laura Grigori is a Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics at EPFL and Head of the Laboratory for Simulation and Modeling at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Université Henri Poincaré (2001) and has been a leading figure in high-performance numerical algorithms and communication-avoiding methods. Her research focuses on numerical linear algebra, randomized algorithms, and scalable scientific computing for applications in astrophysics, molecular simulations, and exascale systems.

Affiliations: EPFL Chair of High-Performance Numerical Algorithms & Simulation; Head, PSI Laboratory for Simulation and Modeling.

Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Université Henri Poincaré (2001); Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Berkeley/LBNL (2001–2003); Senior Researcher at INRIA (2004–2023).

Research Interests: Communication-avoiding algorithms, randomized numerical linear algebra, parallel preconditioners, tensor computations, and exascale computing challenges.

Awards: SIAM Fellow (2020), ERC Synergy Grant (2018), SIAM Supercomputing Career Prize (2024), and Best Paper Awards (2016, 2023).

Grants & Leadership: PI of the ERC Synergy Project EMC² (Extreme-scale Computational Chemistry); Chair of PRACE Scientific Steering Committee (2021–2022); SIAM SIAG Supercomputing Chair (2016–2017).

Labs/Teams: Alpines Group (INRIA/Sorbonne University), EMC² Collaboration (Cancès, Maday, Piquemal).