David Bindel

David S. Bindel is a professor of computer science and director of the Center for Applied Math. He works at the interface of computational science and engineering, and his research mixes mathematical analysis, application modeling, and software design. Active research areas include: optimizing stellarators, verified numerics, kernel methods, parallel surrogate optimization, spectral network analysis, nonlinear eigenvalue bounds, and nonlinear waves in resonant MEMS. Bindel received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley and his B.S. in math and computer science from the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a SIAM Fellow and Sloan Fellow.