Robert Anderson
Computer Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, California, United States
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Top SchoolRobert Anderson is a computer scientist with 13 years of professional experience leading computational physics and simulation software efforts at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He heads modeling and simulation development within CASC, bringing deep expertise in high-performance C++ and parallel finite element methods. An active contributor to the widely used mfem library, his work focuses on scalable mesh refinement/coarsening, L2 projection improvements, and efficient global restriction assembly—optimizations that directly impact large-scale simulation performance. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton and combines rigorous academic training with hands-on performance engineering for national-scale computational challenges.
13 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering at Princeton University
Github Skills (13)
c-language10
el10
f10
cprogramming-language10
computational-science10
linear-algebra9
numerical-analysis9
hpc9
optimization8
optimisation8
optmization8
performance-optimization8
parallel-computing8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mfem/mfem
Oct 2017 - Jan 2023
Lightweight, general, scalable C++ library for finite element methods
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Performance Engineer
Back-end Developer & Performance EngineerContributions:29 reviews, 125 commits, 23 PRs in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Robert's commits primarily involve modifications to the `mfem` library, particularly within the `mesh` and `fem` subdirectories. The changes focus on refining and optimizing the parallel mesh refinement and coarsening functionalities. The user has also implemented enhancements to the L2 projection methods for L2 FE spaces, as well as improved the efficiency of the global restriction assembly processes in the library.
c-plus-plusfinitefemamrc-library
rw-anderson/binder-demo
Feb 2021 - Mar 2021
Contributions:31 pushes, 1 branch in 27 days
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