Prof Fred J Hickernell - Constructing trustworthy numerical algorithms
Prof Fred J Hickernell, Chair of the Department of Applied Mathematics at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, was invited to speak about numerical algorithms to a UIC audience on 20 June. His talk focused on simple numerical algorithms and provided examples of dramatic flaws. He demonstrated how to construct a reliable, adaptive numerical integration algorithm based on the trapezoidal rule.
Prof Fang Kaitai, professor with the Statistics Programme of the Division of Science and Technology, presented a souvenir to Prof Fred J Hickernell. The lecture was a Distinguished Lecture organised by the Institute of Statistics and Computational Intelligence, Division of Science and Technology. |
Reporter: Deen He
Photographer: Simon Liu
(from MPRO, with special thanks to the ELC)
