With great computational power comes great algorithmic responsibility.

Dr. Longfei Gao was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Extreme Computing Research Center (ECRC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), working with Professor David Keyes in his research group.

Education Profile

  • PhD in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), 2013
  • BS in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Jinan University (JNU), Guangzhou, China, 2010

Professional Memberships

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Extreme Computing Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (Feb, 2016 - Present)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher,  Joseph Fourier University, France, (Jan 2014 - Dec 2015)
  • Member, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

Selected Publications

Gao, L., Ketcheson, D., & Keyes, D. (2017). On long-time instabilities in staggered finite difference simulations of the seismic acoustic wave equations on discontinuous grids. Geophysical Journal International, 212(2), 1098–1110. doi:10.1093/gji/ggx470
Gao, L., Fernandez, D. C. D. R., Carpenter, M., Keyes, D. E. (2018). SBP-SAT finite difference discretization of acoustic wave equations on staggered block-wise uniform grids, (Preprint). https://hdl.handle.net/10754/627203
Gao, L., Keyes, D. E. (2018). Combining finite element and finite difference methods for isotropic elastic wave simulations in an energy-conserving manner, (Preprint). https://hdl.handle.net/10754/627227