Leslie Greengard

Leslie Greengard is the Silver Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at New York University, affiliated with the Department of Mathematics. His research interests include applied and computational math, partial differential equations, computational chemistry, and mathematical biology. Greengard's work focuses on integral equation methods for electromagnetics, acoustics, elasticity, plasma physics, and fluid dynamics. He develops fast solvers for these applications in complex geometry and extends analysis-based fast solvers to kernel-based methods in statistical inference. His research group is part of the Courant Mathematics and Computing Laboratory, where they explore novel methods for electromagnetic simulation and design.

Leslie Greengard is a Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. His research focuses on scientific computing, applied mathematics, electromagnetics, acoustics, and computational biology. Greengard has developed fast algorithms for particle simulations, including the fast multipole method and the fast Gauss transform, which have significantly advanced computational methods in physics and engineering. His work also includes spectral deferred correction methods for differential equations and techniques for high-density electrophysiological recordings. These contributions have had a broad impact on computational science and engineering.