Matthias K. Gobbert

Matthias K. Gobbert Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250 U.S.A.

Professor of Mathematics Office: Math/Psyc 416 Phone: (410) 455-2404 Fax: (410) 455-1066 E-mail: gobbert@umbc.edu https://www.umbc.edu/~gobbert

Useful Shortcuts

• UMBC Visitor's Guide including an interactive campus map and directions to UMBC
• Link to the main page of UMBC's Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery and its catalog
• Direct links to myUMBC, Gmail, Blackboard, Calendar, Webex, Panopto, POSC
• Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Consulting CIRC
• UMBC High Performance Computing Facility HPCF
• CyberTraining: Big Data + HPC + Atmospheric Physics (cybertraining.umbc.edu)
• REU Site: Online Interdisciplinary Big Data Analytics in Science and Engineering
• REU Site: Interdisciplinary Program in High Performance Computing

Teaching

Fall 2024:

• Math 221 Introduction to Linear Algebra
• Math 447/627 Introduction to Parallel Computing

Winter 2025:

• Math 426 Introduction to Mathematical Software Packages: Matlab

Spring 2025:

• Math 341 Computational Methods
• Math 430 Matrix Analysis

Teaching in Past and Future Semesters

Current Research Interests

• Scientific computing and parallel algorithms for computing clusters and other architectures
• Machine learning techniques for applications of Big Data in science and engineering
• Multiscale modeling and numerical simulation of chemically reactive flows
• Numerical methods for stationary and time-dependent partial differential equations
• Applications in the life sciences, computational biology, engineering, statistics, and other areas

Publications

Brief Biography

• University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Assistant Professor 1997-2003, Associate Professor 2003-2010, Professor 2010-present
• University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), Postdoctoral Associate 1996-97
• Ph.D. in Mathematics, Arizona State University, May 1996

Curriculum Vitae, medium bio, short bio

Useful Links to Information, Software, and Other Sites

Information about Mathematics and Various Events

• The recommended literature includes listings of books on mathematics, computer programming, learning, and teaching.
• Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Consulting CIRC
• DelMar Numerics Day, whose 2014 edition was held at UMBC
• 2014 Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society at UMBC
• The Finite Element Circus at UMBC in Spring 2006
• Conference Advances in Control of Partial Differential Equations in honor of Thomas I. Seidman on October 28-29, 2006
• Information and examples of my use of a tablet laptop in lecturing from 2006 to 2011 and of an iPad in teaching since 2011
• Selected slides from presentations

Information on Software Written by Me

• A brief introduction to Unix/Linux
• Brief introductions to C
• How to get started with Matlab at UMBC (historic page)
• The page COMSOL at UMBC gives some pointers how to get started with COMSOL Multiphysics, a professional-grade finite element package for 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D problems with a powerful graphical user interface. (Historic page)
• Introduction to LaTeX gives some pointers how to get started with LaTeX, has a small sample document as well as a larger Template for Project Reports.
• The webpage of HPCF has full information on parallel computing available at UMBC. (Historic pages: Introduction to using MPI under Linux in the Math Department and webpage of our 64-processor Beowulf Cluster kali including general information, preprints of results, and crucial user information.)
• University Partnership with the University of Kassel in Germany

Other Software-Related Links

• The main repository of free software on the web maintained at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee
• An excellent survey of freely available optimization programs is available here.
• The HTML Coded Character Set

Disclaimers

I have tried to ensure correctness of all information on this webpage and its subpages. However, no warranty of any kind for correctness or fitness of use for any purpose can be assumed.

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