Michael Saunders
Michael Saunders is Professor (Research) Emeritus in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. He obtained his PhD in Computer Science from Stanford in 1972 (advisor Gene Golub). He is known for contributions to mathematical algorithms and software in linear algebra and optimization. From 2005 until 2019 he taught the class Large-Scale Numerical Optimization (MS&E 318 and CME 338).
Systems Optimization Laboratory (SOL)
Department of Management Science and Engineering (MS&E)
Operations Research at Stanford (=MS&E)
Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME)
Scientific Computing and Computational Math (SCCM)
Stanford University (SU)
Research Interests
- Numerical optimization, numerical linear algebra, linear/nonlinear programming, sparse matrix methods, iterative solvers.
- Algorithm design/implementation for constrained optimization, sparse linear equations, sparse least squares.
- Multiscale optimization problems in systems biology. (MSBC)
Please note that I am unable to offer internships or postdoctoral positions outside normal PhD admissions to Stanford.
Accolades
1985: William Orchard-Hays Prize in Computational Mathematical Programming, Mathematical Programming Society, first recipient (Learn More)
2004: ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science (Learn More)
2007: ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Mathematics
2007: Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Learn More)
2012: SIAM Linear Algebra Prize (with S.-C. Choi and C. C. Paige) (Learn More)
2012: Stanford University Invention Hall of Fame (with P. E. Gill, W. Murray, B. A. Murtagh, and M. H. Wright)
2013: SIAM Fellow (Learn More)
