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Sophie Moufawad

Research Experience
 

Postdoc Research at IFPen

January 2015 - June 2016

 

s-step BiCGStab Algorithms for Geoscience Dynamic Simulations, adaptive preconditioners

 
Visiting Scholar at University of California Berkeley with Pf. James Demmel.

​November 2012

 

PHD thesis Research

​October 2011 - December 2014

 

Enlarged Krylov Subspace Methods and Communication Avoiding ILU(0) Preconditioner

 

Internship at CastorC, Cyprus Institute with Pf. Klaus Schilling

​April 2010 - June 2010

 

QCD (Quantum Chromodynamics), Masters Thesis, and Opencl.

 

Masters thesis Research

​March 2010 - June 2011

 

Communication Avoiding General Minimum Residual Methods (CA-GMRES) on

Multi Core Hardwares: An Application in Lattice QCD

Languages

Java

C

C++

Programming Skills

OpenCL

MPI

Matlab

FreeFEM++

2010 - present

2010 - present

Teaching Experience
 

American University of Beirut (AUB)

2016-present

  • Instuctor for the course Math 202 (Differential Equations): Summer 2018, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2020.

  • Instuctor for the course Math 212 (Introduction to partial differential equations): Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021.

  • Instuctor for the course Math 251 (Introduction to Numerical Computing): Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Summer 2019, Fall 2019,Summer 202, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Summer 2021.

  • Instuctor for the course Math 281 (Numerical Linear Algebra): Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021.

  • Math 212 course coordinator: Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2021.

Sorbonne University, Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)

2014-2015

  • Prepared and gave a Course and solving session on Communication Avoiding methods for the Masters course HPC1, Fall 2015.

  • Prepared and gave a solving session on Communication Avoiding methods for the Masters course HPC1, Fall 2014.

American University of Beirut (AUB)

2009-2011

 

  •  Instructor for the course CMPS 211 (Discrete Structures), Spring 2009

  • Teaching Assistant for the course Math 212 (Introduction to Partial Differential Equations), Fall 2009-2010 and Spring 2010

  •  Teaching Assistant for the course Math 350 (Discrete Models for Differential Equations), Fall 2010-2011

Education
 

PHD in Mathematics
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6, France

October 2011 - December 2014

 

Scholarship: INRIA, Rocquencourt

Thesis Topic: Enlarged Krylov Subspace Methods and Preconditioners for Avoiding Communication

Thesis Advisor: Professor Laura Grigori

 

Masters in Computational Sciences 
American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon

​February 2009 - June 2011

 

GPA: 91/100

Thesis Topic: Communication Avoiding General Minimum Residual Methods (CA-GMRES) on

Multi Core Hardwares: An Application in Lattice QCD

Thesis Advisor: Professor Nabil Nassif

 
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon

​September 2005 - January 2009

 

Minor in Computer Science

Minor in Computational Science

Minor in Education

GPA: 91.48/100

 

Teaching Diploma-Secondary
American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon

​September 2005 - January 2009

 

Concentration: Teaching of Mathematics

 

Lebanese Baccalaureate in General Science
Saint Joseph School, Qornet Chehwan, Lebanon

​August 2005 

 

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