Mark Ainsworth

Mark Ainsworth is a Francis Wayland Professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University and holds a joint faculty appointment with Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He obtained his PhD from Durham University (1989) and has held prominent roles such as Director of the Centre for Numerical Algorithms and Intelligent Software (2011-2012). His research focuses on numerical analysis, particularly finite element methods for partial differential equations, a posteriori error estimation, and high-performance computing challenges like resiliency on exascale systems.

Education:

• PhD in Mathematics, Durham University, 1989
• BSc in Mathematics, Durham University, 1986

Research Interests:

• Numerical approximation of PDEs
• A posteriori error estimation and adaptive methods
• High order finite element methods
• Resiliency of numerical algorithms on emerging architectures
• Fractional PDEs and scientific data compression

Awards:

• SIAM Fellow (2014)
• FIMA (2010)
• Whitehead Prize (2004)
• J.L. Lions Prize (2004)
• Fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh (2003)

Grants & Leadership:

• Co-PI for ARO MURI on fractional PDEs (2015-2020)
• Directed NAIS center (2011-2012), a £5M multi-institutional initiative
• Organized major international conferences on computational mathematics

Labs/Teams: Collaborations include Oak Ridge National Lab and international research networks in numerical analysis and scientific computing.