Visiting Student, April 2012 - June 2012
Introduction
Pierre-David Letourneau is currently a PhD candidate at Stanford University. He visited us from April 2012 to June 2012 and worked on fast algorithms for strong-scattering large-scale systems, and imaging through clutter media.
Research Interests
Pierre-David's research interests lie in the area of applied and computational mathematics with topics including imaging, inverse problems, waves in heterogeneous media as well as fast algorithms. His work focuses on both the theoretical and computational aspects of wave propagation, and includes among other things the development of large-scale low-complexity codes for acoustic wave propagation in highly scattering media.
Selected Publications
- Letourneau P, Cecka C, Darve E., "Cauchy Fast Multipole Method for General Analytic Kernel". Submitted.
- L. Demanet, P.D. Letourneau, N. Boumal, H. Calandra, J. Chiu, S. Snelson, "Matrix probing: a randomized preconditioner for the wave-equation Hessian", Appl. Comput. Harmon. Anal. 32 (2012) 155-168.
Education
- Ph.D., Stanford University, USA, 2008-present
- M.S., Stanford University, USA, 2012
- Hon.B.Eng., McGill University, Canada, 2008
Professional Profile
- Visiting researcher, Ecole Normale Superieure, France, June 2012 - August 2012
- Visiting researcher, KAUST, Saudi Arabia, March 2012 - June 2012
- Visiting researcher, MIT, USA, June 2010 - August 2010
Scientific and Professional Memberships
- Member of SIAM