Michael Saunders (academic)
{{Short description|American numerical analyst and computer scientist}}
{{about|an American computer scientist|other people|Michael Saunders (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Michael Alan Saunders
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = 6 January 1944
| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand
| nationality = American
| field = Computer Science, Mathematics
| work_institutions = Stanford University
| alma_mater = Stanford University
University of Canterbury
| doctoral_advisor = Gene H. Golub
| doctoral_students =
| known_for = MINOS, NPSOL, SNOPT
| prizes = Beale-Orchard-Hays Prize, SIAM Linear Algebra Prize
}}
Michael Alan Saunders is a New Zealand American numerical analyst and computer scientist. He is a research professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University.{{cite web|url=http://engineering.stanford.edu/research-faculty/profile-faculty/s|title=Faculty with "S" last names|accessdate=2 February 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609040639/http://engineering.stanford.edu/research-faculty/profile-faculty/s|archivedate=9 June 2013}} Saunders is known for his contributions to numerical linear algebra and numerical optimization and has developed many widely used software packages, such as MINOS, NPSOL, and SNOPT.
Saunders developed the MINRES method for the iterative solution of symmetric linear equation systems in 1975 together with Christopher Conway Paige.{{Cite journal |title=Solution of sparse indefinite systems of linear equations |author=Christopher C. Paige, Michael A. Saunders |date=1975 |url=https://doi.org/10.1137/0712047 |journal=SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis |volume=12 |issue=4|pages=617–629 |doi=10.1137/0712047 |bibcode=1975SJNA...12..617P |url-access=subscription }}
Education and career
Saunders was born on {{birth date|df=yes|1944|01|06}} in Christchurch, New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://www.stanford.edu/~saunders/cvmxs.pdf|title=Curriculum Vitae - Michael Saunders |accessdate=2 February 2013}} He received his B.Sc. in mathematics from University of Canterbury in 1965 and worked for two years as a scientific officer at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) in New Zealand. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University in 1972, under the supervision of Gene Golub.
Saunders spent another two years at his old position with DSIR before joining the Systems Optimization Laboratory (SOL) in the Operations Research department at Stanford University. He was promoted to his current position in 1987 and made a faculty member in the Scientific Computing and Computational Mathematics (SCCM). He has authored over 100 scientific papers on a variety of topics, including many with his colleagues Philip Gill, Walter Murray, and Margaret Wright.
Honors and awards
Saunders is a highly cited researcher in both computer science and mathematics on the ISI Web of Knowledge,{{cite web|url=http://researchanalytics.thomsonreuters.com/highlycited/names/s/ |title=ISI highly cited researchers with "S" last names |accessdate=4 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502004101/http://researchanalytics.thomsonreuters.com/highlycited/names/s/ |archivedate=2 May 2013 }} an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand,{{cite web|url=http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/organisation/academy/fellowship/current-honorary-fellows/|title=Current Honorary Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand|accessdate=4 February 2013}} and a Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) fellow.{{cite web|url=http://fellows.siam.org/index.php?sort=year&value=2013|title=SIAM Fellows: Class of 2013|accessdate=10 April 2013}} He has won the Mathematical Programming Society (MPS) Beale-Orchard Hays Prize,{{cite web|url=http://www.mathopt.org/?nav=boh#winners|title=Past Winners of the Beale-Orchard-Hays|accessdate=4 February 2013}} and is a cowinner of the SIAM Linear Algebra Prize{{cite web|url=http://www.siam.org/prizes/sponsored/siagla.php|title=SIAG/Linear Algebra Prize|accessdate=4 February 2013}} with Sou-Cheng Choi and Christopher Paige.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.stanford.edu/~saunders/}}
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- {{Google Scholar id|oPDVmsgAAAAJ}}
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