Random Number Generators for Ultracomputers - Softcover

Percus, O E; Kalos, Malvin H

9781245216678: Random Number Generators for Ultracomputers

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ISBN 10: 1245216678 ISBN 13: 9781245216678

Publisher: Nabu Press, 2011

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About the Author

Malvin H. Kalos is a physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National laboratory. He received his PhD in Physics at the University of Illinois in 1952. After postdoctoral research at Illinois and Cornell, he joined the staff of United Nuclear Corporation. In 1964, he became a Senior Research Scientist, later Research Professor and then Professor of Computer Science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. In 1989, he returned to Cornell as Professor of Physics and Director of the Theory Center. His research interests include Monte Carlo Methods and computational many-body physics. He is the recipient of the 1989 Feenberg Memorial Medal for advancement of many-body theories from first principles.
Paula A. Whitlock is Professor of Computer and Information Sciences at Brooklyn College, the City University of New York. She received her BS at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and her PhD at Wayne State University. She was a research scientist for many years at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. Her research interests include the development of Monte Carlo methods and their application to the study of condensed matter systems. She is also interested in the development of applications in distributed computing.

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