Paola Gervasio - Department of Mathematics - University of Brescia - gervasio@ing.unibs.it
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Curriculum Vitae
  • Associate professor of Numerical Analysis at the University of Brescia (Italy), since march 2005
  • Researcher in Numerical Analysis at the University of Brescia since 01.09.1996 up to 28.02.2005
  • Research activity at CRS4 (Center for Advanced Research and Development in Sardinia) in collaboration with the Applied Mathematics and Simulation Group, under the supervision of Prof. Alfio Quarteroni [1992-1993]
  • P.h.D. in Mathematics, November 1995, University of Milan (Italy).
    Thesis title: Numerical solution of PDE by spectral methods and domain decomposition techniques.
    Advisor: prof. A. Quarteroni.
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  • Laurea (master degree) in Mathematics, July 1990, Catholic University of Brescia.
    Thesis title: Effective numerical algorithms of direct type for spectral methods.
    Advisor: prof. G. Sacchi.
  • The scientific interests regard the numerical approximation of partial differential equations with special attention to both theoretical and computational points of view.
    • Domain decomposition methods, with and without overlap, for both homogeneous and heterogeneous differential problems.
    • Optimal control theory for heterogeneous differential problems.
    • Stabilization techniques for spectral element methods and the approximation of incompressible Navier-Stokes equations for viscous flows.
    • Fractional step schemes for advection-diffusion equations.
    • Algebraic fractional step schemes for time-dependent Stokes and Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous flows.
    • Finite-element preconditioners for matrices arising from spectral approximations.
  • Author of about 20 papers published on either international journals or books.
  • Member of the following scientific research projects of national relevance: Prin 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008.
  • Referee for some international journals, among which: J. Comput. Appl. Math., Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg., Numer. Math.
  • Teaching
    • Lecturer: Numerical Analysis, Engineering Faculty, University of Brescia. Since 1999
    • Lecturer: Mathematical Analysis I, Engineering Faculty, University of Brescia. Since 2003
    • Assistant: Numerical Analysis, Engineering Faculty, University of Brescia. From 1995 to 2005


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